International encounters

International exchange through sports (Erasmus+)

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The project

What the projects are about

Since 2022, Roter Stern Berlin has regularly organized international learning mobilities as part of Erasmus+ Sports. Professionals, volunteers and active members of the club visit partner organizations in sports and youth social work, shadow everyday training and exchange ideas about methods, experiences and challenges.

The focus is on job shadowing, coaching and joint work assignments, where participants gain insight into different approaches to sports work and can get actively involved themselves. Over the years, this has grown into a lively network that keeps expanding and enables new partnerships.

What began with the exchange in Marseille has been developing since 2026 into a broader European network: besides Marseille, learning mobilities now also take place in Istanbul and Athens – further partnerships and encounters are already being planned.

Alongside the exchanges for professionals, there are also joint activities for young people – such as meetings between boxers from different cities who use sports as a shared space of experience.

Background

Why Marseille

Why Marseille matters to us

Our cooperation focuses particularly on the so-called Quartiers Nord in the north of Marseille – districts that in many ways face challenges similar to those we know from Wedding. It is exactly this comparison that makes the exchange so valuable: we learn from each other how sports can promote social participation and reach people in everyday life.

The encounters bring concrete ideas back to Berlin. Inspired by the work of our partner Groupe Addap13, for example, we created the Kiezsportbus, an open and decentralised exercise program in the Soldiner Kiez.

Through further international meetings and partnership-building activities, the network keeps growing and opens up new opportunities for our members for exchange, cooperation and joint projects across borders.

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Why Marseille

In practice

What we actually do

  • Job shadowing at partner organizations
  • Work placements in training & project work
  • Exchange for professionals & workshops
  • Youth exchanges & joint sports formats

Impact

What comes out of it

  • Sports become a space for exchange, education and solidarity across borders
  • International experience strengthens our work in socially challenging neighborhoods
  • Projects don’t come from behind a desk, but from encounters and learning from each other
  • New networks give members opportunities to get involved internationally

Impressions

Impressions from our encounters

Our learning mobilities thrive on direct exchange: training together, conversations, new perspectives and many shared moments – in Marseille, Istanbul, Athens and beyond.

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Network

Partners & network

Our international projects are created together with committed partner organizations from sports, youth and social work. The exchange thrives on learning from each other and long-term relationships that last beyond individual encounters.

Our partners include organizations in Marseille, Istanbul and Athens as well as other European networks within Erasmus+ Sports.

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Get involved & take part

Would you like to take part in a learning mobility yourself, support the project or contribute an idea of your own? Our international projects thrive on the commitment of many people in the club – whether as participants, companions or organizing behind the scenes.

We welcome new perspectives, support and partnerships.

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