Focus Areas of KAAD
Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship
With its 12 month Master's, KAAD supports graduates who build ventures and lead digital change in their home regions.
A Common Future in a Just World
For 65 years, KAAD has offered scholarships, education and networking to students and young professionals from the Global South so that they can take on leadership roles in the social and cultural development of their countries.
Care for the Common Home
Climate and environmental protection, combined with a global social and ecological transformation, is one of KAAD's fundamental concerns.
Dialogue of Cultures
Encounter and fruitful exchange between people of different cultures and backgrounds is a focus of KAAD's support and alumni work.
Promotion of Peace and the Common Good
By supporting change agents, KAAD promotes and strengthens civil society, human rights, good governance, leadership and democracy.
Global Health
Health and well being is one of the central goals of sustainable development. For KAAD and its networks, global and public health is a focus area.
Cultural Heritage
The diverse cultural heritage of the world's regions expresses the history and identity of local people and is a treasure for all humanity. KAAD supports the preservation and transmission of tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
