RRCGN goes ESC (European Solidarity Corps)
The first ESC seminar for the international voluntary service of the European Solidarity Corps took place in Weimar. RRCGN team member Penelope was there.
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RRCGN Annual General Assembly for 2025!
On Monday, April 7, 2025, RRCGN held its annual general meeting. Nine members were present in person, two participated via video conference. The Board gave an overview of the activities and finances for 2024 and discussed plans for 2025. Board member Niklas Josten had previously announced that he would no longer be standing as a…
Recap: AkzepTanz – Dance as You Are.
Insights into the performance of the street dance and theater project with young people in the fall of 2021!
iJuLa at the MIXED UP competiton for creative cooperation projects
On January 12, 2022, we received the Participation Award for the iJuLa project at the award ceremony of the MIXED UP competition!
The iJuLa Update Academy 2023
The iJuLa Update Academy, which took place from April 3 to 12, 2023, in the picturesque surroundings of the Landesmusikakademie NRW in Heek-Nienborg, proved to be an inspiring and insightful time for all participants. Under the guidance of our educational teams, the group focused on the essential topic of intersectionality for the project and was…
iJuLa and RRCGN at IDAHOBITA*23
This year, once again, we from ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne had the honor of organizing the rally for IDAHOBITA*. (internationalen Day bzw. Tag gegen Homo*-, Bi*-, Inter*-, Trans*- & Asexuellenfeindlichkeit) We supported artistically, and once again, participants from the iJuLa project joined with a creative idea! The rally was organized together by the Cologne community,…
The OASES Multiplier Event in Cologne
After 20 years of working in international youth exchange, we developed quality criteria, guidelines, and practical tools in international cooperation within the project “OASES for Change – Organising Artistic-Self-Empowerment Spaces,” which we presented on May 25th in Cologne.
Kölnchella 2023 – More than just a festival!
Kölnchella is more than just a festival! On August 13th, participants of our project “iJuLa – intersektionale JugendLabore im Veedel” brought around 2,000 visitors to the second Kölnchella Summer Festival at the beautifully decorated grounds of the Orangery Theatre Cologne, and today they can proudly pat themselves on the back! With features like a tattoo…
Sleepless on Baltrum? – Project Report on (IN)SOMNIA23
What actually happens when we close our eyes? From November 5th to 21st, 2023, our annual international encounter project took place again on the North Sea island of Baltrum. In the project “(IN)SOMNIA – What happens when we close our eyes?”, 40 young artists from France, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Turkey, and Germany focused on the…
Advent Calendar Door 12: The Kölnchella Winter Concerts 2023!
This December, we had the great fortune to host the winter concert series “Sternenklänge” and the show “Star Drag” as part of the “Kölnchella” series at the iJuLa space! Today, we’re excited to share a few highlights from these events with you. 🙂 Diversity Fund NRW
Advent Calendar Door 22: Best-Of Photos from INSOMNIA23
In November of this year, our international encounter took place „INSOMNIA – What happens when we close our eyes?“ It took place on Baltrum – we’re incredibly excited to gradually share the fantastic results throughout this month. Despite the holiday rush and year-end deadlines, we’ve still managed to find a small selection of photos to…
Feel like diving into international art projects? You’re invited to the RRCGN Match Days!
Are you between 16 and 26 years old and into music, dance, theater, or film?Interested in developing your creative skills through international artistic exchanges and connecting with fellow creatives from across Europe?All guided by professional coaches! Then sign up for one of our 2024 encounters! All you need to do is take part in one…
Antigone Akgün as artistic director at RRXP24!
We are pleased to announce that the artistic direction for our upcoming summer project ROOTS & ROUTES Experience 2024 (#RRXP24) has been successfully cast! After searching at home and abroad, we have found a fantastic director, theater maker and author in the talented Antigone Akgün, who will shape the project with creativity and commitment and…
INDaRAY24: ROOTS & ROUTES goes Salzburg!
The professionals seminar on “International Network Development and Regeneration in Artistic Youthwork” (INDaRAY24) took place from February 26 to March 1, 2024 in Salzburg, Austria. In an open and inspiring atmosphere, project coordinators and staff from various organizations of our international ROOTS & ROUTES network came together to exchange ideas on network development, quality criteria…
Press release by Kooperative Kulturelle Bildung Köln
The City of Cologne is threatening to cut cultural education facilities by up to 50% – risking losses of millions…
CABY25: ROOTS & ROUTES International Network meeting in Budapest.
CABY25: Connecting Art-Based Youthwork Seminar From 23 to 27 February 2025, cultural education organizations from 12 countries met in Hungary for the seminar “CABY25: Connecting Art-Based Youthwork”. RRCGN and the ROOTS & ROUTES International Association had jointly invited to #CABY25. The event provided a space for representatives of the participating organizations to share insights, explore…
Kölnchella 2024 – Our summer festival enters the next round
It is with great pleasure that we can announce that our queer youth music festival Kölnchella 2024 is imminent. After two years of Kölnchella and a total of six larger and smaller events, this year we are celebrating Cologne’s queer youth culture in a great indoor location with great artists and DJs. The overall theme…
OASES: Professionals information evening and project presentation
After 20 years in the international youth encounter work we have developed in the project “OASES for Change – Organising Artistic-Self-Empowerment Spaces” in international cooperation quality criteria, guidelines and practical tools which we will present on May 25th in Cologne.
ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne amps it up!
New look, new swing, new rooms – on the 1st of October 2021 there is reason to celebrate, and you’re more than invited!
ROOTS & ROUTES has received three awards
ROOTS & ROUTES has won three prizes in recent weeks: One at the NRW competition “Europe at home”, two at the NRW Youth Culture Prize.
iJuLa Youth Lab in Zollstock: Opening on the 2nd of July
On July 2, 2021, the first iJuLa youth lab will open with an open day: In Herthastraße in Cologne-Zollstock, there will be a stage program, participatory activities, coffee, and cake from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
DeTalks: At the end of the project, the work aid is published
After 28 months, the project “DeTalks – Creative and Inclusive Non-Verbal Education” ended New Year’s Eve 2020.
The first ever online general meeting
The annual RRCGN general meeting had to be held as an online conference for the first time.
2020, Lets go!
2019 was an exciting year with many exciting projects, we thank all participants, artists, partners and supporters!
2020 could be even better.
Janna Hadler becomes Vice President of the ROOTS & ROUTES International Association
At the annual general meeting of the ROOTS & ROUTES International Association (RRIA) in Marseille on Thursday (12 September), Janna Hadler, content lead at RRCGN, was elected as one of two RRIA Vice Presidents.
RRCGN receives municipal funding as a specialised cultural education institution
The city’s youth welfare committee decided that ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e. V. will receive regular funding as a specialised cultural education institution.
And the young.europe.award 2018 goes to … RRCGN!
At the Youth Culture Award NRW, RRCGN won the young.europe.award with the project “The Roots & Routes Experience 2017”.
ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e. V. is founded!
ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e. V. was founded on 4 December.