The Akademie is aimed at people with a refugee background and people who want to support them. In addition to the focus on work and residence, we offer interesting workshops on cultural and political topics and practical tips for life in Germany. The Akademie takes place at different locations.
Important information about Akademie
All seminars at the Akademie are held in German. The seminars, which are primarily aimed at refugees, are held in simple German. For the seminars, which are primarily aimed at full-time and volunteer helpers, knowledge of German at C1 level is recommended.
Some of the training courses, which are primarily aimed at helpers, are part of the BasicTraining , a cooperation between various Munich educational providers in the area of integration. With the associated module pass, participants can have their participation in training documented and then receive a certificate.
The events are also open to anyone interested, regardless of basic training. *
Free participation for volunteers and refugees
Full-time employees are asked to make a donation of €20 to the following account:
ArrivalAid gUG
GLS Bank Bochum
IBAN: DE94 4306 0967 8223 6729 00
BIC: GENODEM1GLS
2024 program
Naturalization Act
Work assistance for full-time and volunteer workers
Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m
Speaker: Anna Frölich, specialist lawyer for immigration and asylum law
reform of citizenship law was passed in January 2024 . The most important measure of this reform is the opportunity for foreigners to become naturalized more quickly (5 years instead of the previous 8 years, in certain cases 3 years) while retaining their previous citizenship. The law also contains other measures. In this seminar, lawyer Anna Frölich will discuss the new naturalization modalities and their effects.
This seminar is aimed at full-time and volunteer helpers. For this seminar, knowledge of German at C1 level is recommended.
The cooperation partner is the Munich Bildwungswerk.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Course fee: 0.00 euros
Thank you for your volunteer work – an afternoon just for you!
QiGong, meditation, mindful yoga and stress management exercises
Saturday, 18 . January 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m
Speaker: Hanna Wolter-Henkel, QiGong teacher and alternative practitioner
It is particularly important for people who do voluntary work to always take good care of themselves.
Otherwise there is a risk of becoming overwhelmed, losing yourself or being overwhelmed by the suffering of others.
Stressful brooding, insomnia, restlessness and joylessness can be the result.
Volunteers are often in direct contact with painful experiences and do real work from the heart.
This makes self-care all the more important. On this day we want to experience gentle stretches, short breathing meditations, relaxation while lying down, body scan, QiGong, exchange and silence.
Then we feel our body again, relax a little more, recharge our batteries and can marvel at the wonders of life again.
This gives us a little more confidence and strength for volunteer work.
This event is for volunteers.
You need comfortable clothing.
Venue: Münchner Bildungswerk, Dachauer Str. 5 80335 Munich
Course fee: 0.00 euros
Dibersity & Anti-Bias workshop series
, January 20, 2025,
p.m.
Monday, January 27, 2025, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Monday, February 10, 2025, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Monday, March 10, 2025, 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m
Speaker: Maria Beimborn
In this five-part training series, we explore and sensitize ourselves using methods of diversity and anti-bias education for:
- Our own biases towards others, i.e. learned patterns of perceiving, thinking and evaluating the world and how we can get out of them
- Different dimensions of diversity , our own diversity and how we ourselves want to deal with diversity
- structures of disadvantage and different forms of discrimination and what anti-discrimination can mean
- what it means to be critically white and how white supremacy can be healed
- How we are involved in social power relations and can still change them
- Different approaches to social justice
- How and where we can personally work for social justice and anti-discrimination and solidarity can succeed
With practical exercises we gain agency and expand our perspectives and possibilities.
The series is open to everyone who is interested in the topic! No previous knowledge is necessary!
Venue: Münchner Bildungswerk, Dachauer Str. 5 80335 Munich
Course fee: 0.00 euros
Dealing with traumatized refugees in voluntary care
Work assistance for full-time and volunteer workers
Monday, 17 . February 2025, 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m
Speakers: Alena Schäberle, Tobias Toepfer psychological specialists from the Trauma Help program at ArrivalAid )
Unfortunately, volunteering in refugee and integration work often means coming together with people who have experienced great suffering. In many cases, this leaves deep psychological scars, including serious illnesses as a result of trauma.
Tobias Toepfer and Alena Schäberle (psychological specialists from the Trauma Help program at ArrivalAid ) will talk to you about how trauma occurs, what exactly the term trauma covers, what consequences can arise from it and why it is particularly important in volunteer work to pay attention. We are happy to share insights from our everyday professional life in ArrivalAid 's Trauma Help Center and look forward to exchanging experiences.
This seminar is aimed at full-time and volunteer helpers. For this seminar, knowledge of German at C1 level is recommended.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Course fee: 0.00 euros
Family reunification
Work assistance for full-time and volunteer workers
Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m
Speaker: Anna Frölich, specialist lawyer for immigration and asylum law
In this seminar you will find out what the requirements are for family reunification and who has the right to it. You will also find out what pitfalls there could be.
This seminar is aimed at full-time and volunteer helpers. For this seminar, knowledge of German at C1 level is recommended.
The cooperation partner is the Munich Bildwungswerk.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Course fee: 0.00 euros
Opportunity right of residence
Work assistance for full-time and volunteer workers
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m
Speaker: Anna Frölich, specialist lawyer for immigration and asylum law
The opportunity residence right according to Section 104c of the Residence Act (AufenthG) came into force on December 31, 2022. In the seminar, its implementation in practice is explained and current developments are presented. Among other things, difficulties in applying and legal problems are discussed and suggested solutions are discussed.
This seminar is aimed at full-time and volunteer helpers. For this seminar, knowledge of German at C1 level is recommended.
The cooperation partner is the Munich Bildwungswerk.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Course fee: 0.00 euros
Support refugees with disabilities
Work assistance for full-time and volunteer workers
Monday, April 7, 2025, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m
Speaker: Johanna Bueß
In this training you will get an overview of the challenges, support structures and application options for people with a refugee and migration history and a disability or chronic illness.
The following are explicitly discussed:
– Responsible authorities (social department, health or nursing care insurance company, Upper Bavaria district, special schools, etc.)
– Severely disabled ID card
– Level of care
This seminar is aimed at full-time and volunteer helpers. For this seminar, knowledge of German at C1 level is recommended.
The cooperation partner is the Munich Bildwungswerk.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Course fee: 0.00 euros
Flight and migration in Germany – current developments
Work assistance for full-time and volunteer workers
Monday, May 12, 2025, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m
Speaker: Martin Kilgus
Dr. Kilgus gives us an update on current figures and data regarding flight and migration : From which countries do people come to us? How old are you? What reasons do they have to flee, what routes do they choose? And what are the predictions of the UNHCR and other organizations as to which countries and for what reasons they will come to us in the next few years? An exciting lecture with numbers and data, but also full of background information and assessments from the Foreign Office and the United Nations.
This seminar is aimed at full-time and volunteer helpers. For this seminar, knowledge of German at C1 level is recommended.
The cooperation partner is the Munich Bildwungswerk.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Course fee: 0.00 euros
Contact persons
Gerhard Grunick
gerhard.grunick@ arrivalaid .org
Anne-Charlotte Haas
anne-charlotte.haas@ arrivalaid .org
