Fehmarn Belt Formation Region

Educational innovation and the establishment of sustainable Danish-German networks between educational, business and cultural actors.

Background and Purpose

With the opening of the Fehmarnbelt link in 2029, Region Zealand will be connected to Northern Germany. It is crucial that the future workforce in the Fehmarn Belt geography can master cultural, linguistic and professional relationships across the Danish-German border.

The aim of the Fehmarn Belt Education Region is therefore to promote innovation in education by improving the capacity of pupils, students, teachers and trainers and upskilling the future workforce with the necessary technical knowledge and creative, linguistic, intercultural and project management skills to build a more sustainable and cohesive region across the Danish-German border.

By increasing the relevance and quality of education and making it more attractive - as well as by creating authentic connections between the adults of the future, giving them courage, determination and pragmatic intercultural skills - we will be better able to give them a competitive edge and bring their knowledge into play in a new labor market across borders.

The project therefore also helps to give the new generation of young people in the Fehmarnbelt geography better opportunities for a career and a good life in the region.

How to proceed

The project partners will:

  • Develop a new approach to local planning and regional development across borders that innovates education in collaboration with cultural, business and public organizations and citizens
  • Train young people and adults with creative and communicative action skills to become ambassadors who take the initiative to create new ties between Danish and German citizens
  • Reach out to partners across the Danish-German border region and Europe to gain insights and knowledge to innovate the way we teach language and math
  • Use in-depth scientific insights to understand obstacles and barriers in Danish-German collaborations and make learning elements publicly available on a digital platform to help new cross-border initiatives flourish

The project partners will also host a multidisciplinary, cross-sector networking event to cement a new and lasting Danish-German alliance working towards a more inclusive, cohesive, sustainable and intercultural border region.

Funded by
Project period

October 2023 - August 2026

Project partners
  • Næstved Municipality
  • Region Zealand
  • Zealand Business Academy
  • Hanseatic City of Lübeck
  • Technical Center Lübeck Development Company
  • Roskilde University
  • University of Lübeck
  • European University Flensburg
  • VUC Storstrøm
  • Danish Central Library for South Schleswig
  • Region Sønderjylland-Schleswig
  • University of Southern Denmark
  • Business House Zealand
  • State Center for E-Sports and Digitization Schleswig-Holstein
  • Christian Albrechts University of Kiel
  • The National Center for Foreign Languages
  • Emil Possehl School
  • Friedrich List School
  • Lübeck Chamber of Crafts
  • Design School Kolding
  • Kobberbakkeskolen afd. Rønnebæk
  • Hanseatic School of Economics and Administration
  • IPN Leibniz Institute
  • DGI Storstrøm
  • Museum Lolland-Falster
  • Lolland International School
  • CELF Lolland Falster
  • EUC Zealand
  • Economic development Lübeck
  • Museum Southeast Denmark
  • Køge Gymnasium and HF
  • Guldborgsund Municipality
  • Aarhus University
  • Rønnebæksholm
  • Saarland University
  • District consultant for cultural education at schools in Ostholstein
  • Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • ZBC
  • Næstved Gymnasium
  • Carl Jacob Burchardt Gymnasium
  • Knowledge Hub Zealand
Contact us

Nicolai Vædele
Senior Consultant
Knowledge Hub Zealand
Email: nijv@kalundborg.dk

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