Stiftung Mercator’s new “Mercatora” seminar programme helps alumnae consciously engage with the structures of the “glass ceiling”, learn action strategies and share ideas and experience with other Mercator alumnae and experienced experts from the Stiftung Mercator network.

Stiftung Mercator uses the Mercator Alumni Fund to support events, specialist seminars, workshops and project ideas by and for Mercator fellows and alumni. The goal is to foster an expert exchange on the foundation’s themes, to support inter-programme networking and to promote the ideas and initiatives of Stiftung Mercator fellows and alumni.

Each year, the Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs promotes 24 highly-committed German-speaking university graduates from all disciplines and young professionals who aspire to positions of responsibility in the world of tomorrow. Fellows receive a monthly stipend. In addition, funding is available for stays abroad, conference participation and language courses.

This is a project of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation and Stiftung Mercator in cooperation with Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, and of the Swiss Study Foundation and Stiftung Mercator Schweiz in cooperation with the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

The Mercator Fellowship Program enables outstanding individuals from all over the world to do research on a specific academic or practice project and pursue explorative and unconventional fellow ideas, which address aspects relevant to the work of Stiftung Mercator.

Mercator Exchange combines the international exchange programmes run by Stiftung Mercator for schools, young people and multipliers. Under the Mercator Exchange umbrella, these programmes are expanded, refined and further developed. Mercator Exchange is Stiftung Mercator’s way of investing in the exchange of people and ideas between China, Turkey and Europe.

The IPC Fellowship Programme is at the heart of the Istanbul Policy Center (IPC), an initiative that concentrates on the exchange of ideas and people in Turkey. The core philosophy behind this partnership is to identify common perspectives while at the same time always bearing in mind the European context.