Regional concepts strengthening youth, social work and community initiatives of the German minorities in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, 1996 - 2000

• Russia, Research work on and assessment of the present situation of young people, evaluation of the current structures of youth work, trainer workshops to support the future development of regional youth and social work services for German minorities in Russia.
• Russia, Training the staff of Russian-German Community Centres in social work and community organising skills for GTZ, Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit.
• Russia / Western Siberia, Local community involvement, regional planning workshops with mayors from Altai, Rayon Halbstadt.