Daka Exchange 2026_2027

Inquiries into Peace & Sustainability – A Learning Journey between Dar es Salaam/Tanzania & Hamburg

Call for Applications
Daka Network invites participants from Dar es Salaam and Hamburg to apply for a learning journey that brings together professional development and questions of systemic change.
By bringing together eight participants from each city, we leverage potential for long term collaborations in addressing local issues. Each part contains workshops, expert meetings and cultural events, as well as excursions.

Some of our core questions will be: How do we live together? How do we address structural inequalities? How do we relate across difference? And how do we co-create more just futures in our respective contexts and beyond? Rather than offering ready-made answers, we offer a shared space for inquiry and understanding of our varied contexts.

The learning Journey
The program consists of two interconnected parts:
Part I: Dar es Salaam and surroundings: 9–22 november 2026 plus travel days
Part II: Hamburg and surroundings: September 2027 (exact dates to be confirmed)
Participants are expected to attend at least 70% of the learning activities in their respective hometown.

Who?
Professionals and learners in the field of education, social work and sustainability from Dar es Salaam/Tanzania and Hamburg/Germany with …

• willingness to learn and work alongside fellows from mixed backgrounds;
• willingness to reflect on structural con-ditions and their own positionality within them;
• motivation to co-create knowledge through dialogue and shared practice;
• commitment to participating in both parts of the journey.

We welcome applications from diverse professional backgrounds. What matters most is curiosity, openness, and a willingness to engage in a shared learning process.

Practical infos

• Working language: English (with translation support where needed)
• For participants from Germany: The Dar es Salaam part is accredited as Bildungsurlaub

Participation fee (Germany):
2.500 Euro if paid by individual, 3.000 Euro if paid by organisation.
The fee covers the program costs, travel (up to 950 Euro per person) and CO2-emission compensation, food and lodging in shared rooms.

Daka Network is hosted by International Education Center dock europe e.V. and Saving Africa‘s Nature SANA in partnership with Goldin Institute Tansania. For more Infos: www.dakanetwork.net

Das Programm wird gefördert durch die Senatskanzlei Hamburg, die Sozialbehörde Hamburg und den Kirchlichen Entwicklungsdienst.