The VHS Hamburg is the largest municipal centre for adult education and further education. The main aims of HVHS are, apart from professional further education, to create opportunities for people to go their own way in their particular social environment and to achieve the capability to be self-responsible and to take over social responsibility.

HVHS offers about 7.000 courses per year, mainly language courses, and professional training courses, as well as courses dealing with cultural and political issues. Furthermore HVHS offers health programmes, second chance schools, courses for disabled persons and illiterate persons of German origin. The courses are of different length and are held at different times in order to meet the demands of the participants. Furthermore HVHS offers German language courses for foreign mothers at the request of the Hamburg authorities. At the request of the authorities for social policy and family affairs the integration of migrants is forced by providing training in sports and language courses.

In addition HVHS offers in-company courses. The VHS Hamburg is leading the network “Learning Regions Hamburg” and thus has gained wide experience in networking. Besides, the VHS Hamburg is the project manager of the educational programme “Service Network Education and Learning Culture”, which is supported by the government. In addition, programmes for older people and migrants are offered. Intergenerative initiatives such as exchange of PC-competence, being constantly surveyed by means of questionnaires, are of importance.

Contact:

Municipal Adult Centre for Continuing/Further Education
Billstedter Hauptstrasse 69a, 22111 Hamburg, Germany
Tel.: +49/40 73 61 71 26, Fax: +49/40 73 61 71 40
Website: www.vhs-hamburg.de
Contact: Ellen Abraham
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