Franco-German Week

Every year in Germany and in France, the Franco-German Week takes place around the 22nd of January: the date of the signature of the Franco-German friendship treaties, the 1963 Élysée Treaty and the 2019 Aachen Treaty.

Franco-German Week 2021 – Programme :

• A Q&A hour with Martin Krechting, regional adviser for the Franco-German Citizen Fund (January 18th & 25th, 4:15 – 5:45 PM, online via Zoom)
• A “Speakdating” – Franco-German Week special (January 19th, 7 PM, online via Zoom)
• A Q&A hour with Sarah Chaumot, regional Youth Ambassador for the Franco-German Youth Office (January 20th, 3-5 PM, online via Zoom)
• An evening on mobility to Germany (January 21st, 6:30 PM, online via Zoom) :
• A conference & discussion on the Nantes/Hamburg cooperation  (January 22nd, 3:00 – 4:30 PM, online), organized by Nantes Métropole
• A “East Frisia” evening (January 22nd, 7 PM, online via Zoom)
• A “Vorlesekurs” – Franco-German Week special (January 27th, 2:30 – 3:30PM, online via Zoom)
• A “mobiklasse.de” workshop for German teachers (January 27th, 10 AM – 4:30 PM, online via Zoom)
• A “Stammtisch” – Franco-German Week special  (January 28th, 7 PM, online via Zoom)
• A “Leipzig” evening (January 29th, 7 PM, online via Zoom)
• A quizz evening (January 31th, 6 PM, online via Zoom and Kahoot)

You can find all of the descriptions of thèse activities & the Zoom informations in our agenda! 

A look back on the 2021 Franco-German Week:

The evening on mobility to Germany: Four members of the CCFA-team, Sophie Kuhn, Arne Hintz, Alexia Theissen-Achille and Isabel Schmidt, presented their respective mobility programmes which allow them to stay in the neighboring country. The presentation included mobility programmes between France and Germany, funded by the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – German Academic Exchange Service) or by the the FGYO (Franco-German Youth Office), and exchanges in the context of the twinning between Nantes and Saarbrücken.

The evening on East Frisia: You only know this region from North-Germany by the jokes about its inhabitants? Not anymore! Our colleague Arne Hintz takes you on a trip to his native region for an evening on Zoom. His presentation showed not only the geography of the region, but also the specific dialect and traditions of the region. The guest of honor: a real “Ostfriese” joined the presentation live from his kitchen in East Frisia, to demonstrate a traditional tea ceremony, all the while speaking “Platt”, the traditional dialect.