
Twin City Lab
Academy
Our TCL Academy offers tailor-made online training courses for voluntary and full-time players in Belarus, Germany, Russia and Ukraine.
Twinning partnerships often encounter challenges that could be solved with the right set of skills. If you want to have more impact, more fun, less worries and obstacles, then take advantage of the following opportunities for professional development and networking with others twinning activists.
Our working language will be English. We consider English as neutral, international language - also in our target regions. Special courses will be provided in other languages, including translation.
Please check out our educational offers below. If you have any questions, you'll probably find answers in our...
Die TCL Academy bietet ehren- wie hauptamtlichen Akteuren in Belarus, Deutschland, Russland und der Ukraine passgenaue Online-Fortbildungen an.
Neue wie etablierte Akteure in Städtepartnerschaften stoßen oft auf Herausforderungen, die mit den richtigen Skills und Ressourcen einfacher lösbar wären. Wenn Du mehr Impact, mehr Freude, weniger Frust und Limitierungen erleben möchtest, dann nutzen Möglichkeiten zur professionellen Entwicklung und Vernetzung mit anderen Engagierten.
Unsere Arbeitssprache ist Englisch. Denn wir betrachten English als eine neutrale, internationale Sprache – auch in unseren Zielregionen. Einzelne Angebote werden zudem in anderen Landessprachen inkl. Übersetzung angeboten.
Наша Академия TCL предлагает индивидуальные онлайн-курсы как для активистов, так и для штатных работников в Беларуси, Германии, России и Украины.
В рамках побратимских партнерств часто возникают проблемы, которые можно решить с помощью соответствующего набора практических знаний. Если вы хотите получить большее влияние на процессы, в которых вы задействованы, больше удовольствия, меньше забот и препятствий в этом, воспользуйтесь этой возможностью для собственного профессионального развития и обмена с другими участниками и городами.
Рабочий язык английский.
Нашим рабочим языком является английский, поскольку мы считаем его общим, международными и нейтральным языком для всех наших целевых регионов. Более подробную информацию об этом можно найти в разделе часто задаваемые вопросы.
Ознакомьтесь подробнее с нашими курсами, семинарами и мастер-классами:
Наша Академія TCL пропонує індивідуальні онлайн-курси як для активістів, так і для штатних працівників у Білорусі, Німеччині, Росії та Україні.
В рамках побратимських партнерств часто виникають проблеми, які можна вирішити за допомогою відповідного набору практичних знань. Якщо ви хочете отримати більший вплив на процеси, в яких ви задіяні, більше задоволення, менше турбот та перешкод у цьому, скористайтеся цією можливістю для власного професійного розвитку та обміну з іншими учасниками та містами.
Робоча мова англійська.
Нашою робочою мовою є англійська, оскільки ми вважаємо її загальною, міжнародною та нейтральною мовою для всіх наших цільових регіонів. Докладнішу інформацію про це можна знайти у розділі найпоширеніші запитання.
Ознайомтесь детальніше з нашими курсами, семінарами та майстер-класами:
Наша Акадэмія TCL прапануе індывідуальныя анлайн-курсы як для актывістаў, гэтак і для штатных праца ўнікоў у Беларусі, Германіі, Расіі і Украіне.
У рамках братанніцкіх партнёрстваў часта ўзнікаюць праблемы, якія можна вырашыць з дапамогай адпаведнага набору практычных ведаў. Калі вы хочаце атрымаць большы ўплыў на працэсы, у якіх вы задзейнічаны, больш за задавальненне, менш за клопаты і перашкоды ў гэтым, скарыстайцеся гэтай магчымасцю для ўласнага прафесійнага развіцця і памену з іншымі ўдзельнікамі і гарадамі.
Працоўная мова ангельская.
Нашай працоўнай мовай з'яўляецца ангельская, бо мы лічым яе агульнай, міжнароднай і нейтральнай мовай для ўсіх нашых мэтавых рэгіёнаў. Больш дэталёвую інфармацыю пра гэта можна знайсці ў падзеле часта задаваныя пытанні.
Азнаёмцеся падрабязней з нашымі курсамі, семінарамі і майстар-класамі:
Our Educational Offers

Focus on your target groups! Upgrade your Twinning Activities with Design Thinking!
Languages: English /
Workshop
Live Sessions
Building and establishing a city partnership with great impact can be challenging. Why are some offers better received than others? What new things can you offer your participants? User-centered innovation is a way of developing new offerings that are radically geared to the needs of your target group. The approach that makes this possible is called “Design Thinking,” which was developed in the 1970s and then first found its way into companies and startups. Today, people all over the world work with Design Thinking to create innovation in the fields of business, sustainability, democracy, health, or social services. In the three-part online training “Design Thinking” you will learn about this concept.
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Collaboration online. Efficiently working together, anywhere
Languages: English /
Workshop
Video Content & Live Sessions
Since early 2020, many of us have gained new experiences working “remotely” at home or elsewhere away from the office, due to the constantly changing pandemic situation. For others, working together virtually is (and was) a necessity and “normal”, as they collaborate with colleagues or project partners from other cities or countries. Against this background, the topic of “virtual teams” and collaborating online is very relevant for many these days, and remote workers are often grateful for tips, methods, and tools. When it comes to city partnerships online collaboration plays a particularly important role, as there is not always time and opportunity to visit another city, especially when it is located at a great geographical distance abroad.
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TwinCafé 30.11.21 (18:30 – 19:30 CET)
Languages: Deutsch / Russisch
Online-Session im Meet-Up Stil
mit Interviews, Lightning Talks & Austausch
Die Zukunft der Städtepartnerschaften.Ideen zur Entwicklung und praktische Ausgestaltung.
Wie wurden Städtepartnerschaften bzw. Town Twinnings in der internationalen Zusammenarbeit in der Vergangenheit eingesetzt? Wie haben sich die Beziehungen entwickelt? Wie werden Partnerschaften gegenwärtig gestaltet? Und wie steht es um die Zukunftsperspektiven und Entwicklungschancen in den kommenden Jahren?
Diese Fragen diskutieren wir im Rahmen des nächsten TwinCafé mit Botschafter Dr. Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth.
Будущее городов-побратимов. Идеи развития и практическая реализация
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Как использовался инструмент городского партнерства или побратимства в международном сотрудничестве раньше? Как развивались отношения? Как в настоящее время строятся партнерские отношения? А как насчет перспектив и возможностей развития в ближайшие годы?
Мы обсудим эти вопросы с послом д-р Гансом-Юргеном Гаймзетом.

Looking for funding opportunities for Twin Cities
Languages: English /
Workshop
Video Content & Live Sessions
When you look for funding opportunities, what are the key parts that you pay attention to? The amount of funding or the topic of the opportunity? Or is it the technical requirements? Let’s look at the important parts of the fund application procedure and how to structure your project in a way that will facilitate the workflow. Cities can cooperate on many levels, the work should be designed with a deep understanding of the benefits, results, and responsibilities of each partner. Cooperation and synergy are two things that every good application is required to have. Why is the partnership in the project so important and how to make it work? What is the donor looking for?
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Local Community Building for City Twinning projects
Languages: English /
Workshop
Video Content & Live Sessions
We go global, but at the same time, we seek locality. Those two poles are possible in local communities, which usually appear because of individual needs but can have a global impact. The city consists of diverse interlinking communities, which influence the social fabric of the city in different ways. While planning international cooperation you’re always taking into consideration traditions, rituals, or local community leaders. What is the community and what is not? How can you support the local development of your community through international partnership? How can you evaluate the success of a community? Сan community be explained through structures, or it is an unpredictable live system?
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It’s a match! Successful volunteer recruitment for your organization and twinning projects
Languages: English /
Workshop
Video Content & Live Sessions
A large number of projects in the public sector, especially related to international partnerships and multilateral projects, are impossible without dedicated people and volunteers. There is more to do than ever before and helping hands are needed right now! But how can you find new committed people despite contact restrictions or social distancing? Showing presence and reaching out to new people with your vision is even more difficult online. However, new ways need to be walked to meet new people. So, we invite you to this wonderful journey of exploring new ways of volunteer recruitment. Time to reflect and upgrade your strategies to find supporters.
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Making videos for your social media channels
Languages: English /
Workshop
Video Content & Live Sessions
This event workshop is an introduction to the fuss-free and amazingly effective video genre: human stories. This is the genre of choice for those who aim to empower their communities, to facilitate mutual sympathy, understanding, and trust in any communicatory situation, no matter how sensitive or in other way complicated it may be.
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Meaningful audience engagement in social media
Languages: English /
Workshop
Video Content & Live Sessions
However unique and important your story is, it makes no difference at all when your audience doesn’t engage. It’s engaged audiences who change the world. This event workshop aims to develop your understanding of urban audiences in both human and socio-spatial terms to assure and raise their engagement in your current and future projects.
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Thrilling storytelling for social media
Languages: English /
Workshop
Video Content & Live Sessions
Stories are one of the most popular, engaging, and stable formats across social media, including Instagram, Facebook, and more. They can also be tricky: engagement and performance require some expertise. This workshop will help you develop better stories by turning the mysterious creative process into a sequence of understandable and reproducible steps. Moreover, it will help you harness the stories’ power for the benefit of your city and its communities.
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Art spaces and events for deeper Twin Cities connections
Languages: English /
Workshop
Video Content & Live Sessions
Our cities need spaces, where different people and opinions can meet and come out of their bubbles. They need spaces where one can face something unusual, but still, feel safe. Art spaces and art events are something that can have it all – diversity and cohesion, openness, and calling things by their names. Arts are bringing a lot of freedom in them which they are sharing with other people. When it comes to city partnerships, arts are something that can help us speak one language and exchange on controversial topics while working together. Cities can exchange their “secrets” and jointly raise their capacities. Art spaces, events, and urban festivals organized between the twin cities can be even more impactful getting a “stage” for the non-formal presentation of the city through arts. They can become a “showcase” for one city into the other one.
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