DAKA Exchange: Cities for Life – Nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung

Dar es Salaam + surroundings, Tanzania, 11. – 25.10.2025

On short notice: two spaces available!
Are you interested in sustainability and global collaboration? Are you a professional and/or student in the field of sustainability, social  work, creativity and/or education? Are you interested in learning along the past, through the present into the future? Would you like to spend two weeks in Tanzania exploring solutions for a more sustainable future with a special focus on sustainable cities?

We kindly invite you to join us for a collective learning journey exploring solutions to the cross-cutting issues surrounding social justice, education for sustainability, the sustainable development goals and community organizing taking place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Programme
By bringing together eight participants from different organization 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. We collaborate with various NGOs and are much looking forward to extend our network. The program is recognized as educational leave/Bildungsurlaub.

Who?
Professionals and learners from organizations in the field of education, social work and sustainability from Dar es Salaam/Tanzania and Hamburg/Germany with a willingness to learnand work alongside fellows from mixed backgrounds. Working language is English, though translations will be available.

Application, dates and costs
From Hamburg: 1400 Euro if paid by individual, 1800 Euro if paid by organizations, from Dar es Salaam: 250 Euro.
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. Find out more at: www.dakanetwork.net

Das Programm wird gefördert durch die Senatskanzlei Hamburg, die Sozialbehörde Hamburg, die Norddeutsche Stiftung für Umwelt und Entwicklung und dem Kirchlichen Entwicklungsdienst.