Stiftung Nord-Süd-Brücken

The Stiftung Nord-Süd-Brücken was founded in 1994 on the initiative of the development policy Round Table. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting projects of East German associations (including Berlin) in the field of development policy education and domestic work, as well as poverty alleviation and human rights work in the Global South. The foundation supports projects that contribute to improving the material living conditions of disadvantaged groups in developing countries and strengthen the capacities of these groups to independently solve their problems. The foundation manages funding for development policy projects of Berlin-based non-governmental organizations and handles the processing of applications, clarification of administrative and substantive issues, as well as the review of expenditure reports.

The Stiftung Nord-Süd-Brücken is committed to a more just world by addressing the root causes of poverty, injustice, exploitation, and unequal opportunities. Its goal is to contribute through the support of projects focused on development policy education and domestic work, as well as poverty alleviation and human rights efforts in the Global South. The foundation believes in the transformative power of education and collaboration and aims to promote the civil society anchoring of development policy in East Germany through its work.

The funding programs of the Stiftung Nord-Süd-Brücken are aimed at non-profit associations based in the federal states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The foundation supports projects that focus on development cooperation, development-related education and public relations work, as well as project-related studies. The target groups are particularly disadvantaged groups in developing countries whose material living conditions are to be improved, as well as East German associations engaged in development policy education.