DW Akademie Report 2025/26

DW Akademie is Deutsche Welle’s center for international media development, journalism training and knowledge transfer. Our projects strengthen the human right to freedom of expression and unhindered access to information.

Free media. Free expression. Free societies.

DW Akademie empowers people worldwide to make independent decisions based on reliable facts and constructive dialogue. It is a strategic partner of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and is also active with funding from the German Foreign Office and the European Union.

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Our numbers: We set the standards

Close cooperation with local partner organizations in around 60 developing and emerging countries is our strength. To enable us to work even more closely together, we are continuously opening or expanding DW Akademie’s field and regional offices. Our ten field offices complement our ten regional offices to form a global network of media development experts. Our decentralized organizational structure guarantees that we are where we are needed most.

78

DW Akademie projects in 2025

187

partner organizations around the world with which we work closely in 2024/25 (as of April 2026)

57

emerging economies and developing countries where we have projects (as of April 2026)

3.74

million euros in funding from the Federal Government Commissioner for Cultureand the Media, for work we do on behalf of Deutsche Welle (Budget 2025)

37.33

million euros in project funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the German Federal Foreign Office, the European Union and other donors (Budget 2025)

9
regional offices and

330

people around the world whom we employ on a full or part-time basis (as of April 2026)