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In order to approach this topic and reflect on experiences of violence in their home countries, 25 KAAD scholars and alumni from 15 countries traveled to Oświęcim (Auschwitz) in Poland from May 17th to 21st.

The linguistic diversity of the worldwide KAAD community is a specific feature that we would like to offer a scientific forum in this group.

We mourn the death of the founding director of KAAD, Walter Kiefer, who passed away on 27 April 2023 at the age of 94.

Annual Convention of the Catholic Academic Exchange Service (KAAD) in Bonn

A delegation from the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart met on April 24, 2023 in Beirut with KAAD alumni who were sponsored with funds from the diocese.

KAAD publishes its Annual Report 2022

"Doing Synodality" – The annual conference of the Institute for Global Church and Mission (IWM) in cooperation with the Catholic Academic Exchange Service (KAAD) offered a platform for global church dialogue.

The Catholic Academic Exchange Service (KAAD) and the Görres-Gesellschaft intend to cooperate more closely in the future.

Besides diverse presentations from some KAAD scholars, Prof Dr Tillmann Buttschardt and Dr Elba Tyanif Rico Rodríguez presented the importance, function and value of forests.

From 6 to 9 February 2023, the seminar "Good Governance in Central and Eastern Europe – better than its reputation?" took place in Bonn at Haus Venusberg.