Myanmar parliamentarians travelled to Berlin for second half of visit to Germany
Hluttaw Delegation to Germany - Delegation Diary 2: HSF HQ, Bundesrat and Federal Agency for Civic Education

The Hluttaw delegation at the German Bundesrat in Berlin.

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Tuesday 20.03.:

The Delegation received information and had a discussion about political education of the Hanns Seidel Foundation by Mr Karl-Heinz Keil, Head of the Institute of Political Education. The Hanns Seidel Foundation implements more than 1500 events, trainings and seminars in Bavaria every year. Following was a presentation and discussion with Mr Maximilian Rückert from Academy for Politics and Current Affairs on social media and the chances and manipulations of it. In the afternoon the delegation travelled to Berlin and had a Dinner with Dr Jochen Guckes, German Bundestag and Dr Sandra Michel, Bundesrat. Both had been previously in Myanmar cooperating with the Hluttaw.

Members of the delegation discussed social media and its potential in the future with Maximilian Rückert from Academy for Politics and Current Affairs.

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Wednesday 21.03.:

In the morning the Delegation was welcomed at the Bundesrat. The Bundesrat has been a strong support of our project with the Hluttaw and on the past 18 months there have been 8 activities where the Bundesrat was directly involved with the project.

After a welcome by Dr Sandra Michel, Parliamentary Relations, an introduction on the Bundesrat by Mr Claus Koggel followed. The Bundesrat received more than 1000 groups of pupils, students and teachers in the past year that took part in the Bundesrat simulation - role play. At present the key target group for the simulation is youth and pupils between 15-25. The simulation is regularly adapted to societal changes. The Delegation then observed a role-play simulation of a Bundesrat session with pupils.

The Hluttaw representatives got the chance to observe a simulation of the German Bundesrat done with students from Germany.

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The morning was concluded by a presentation of Mr Peter Wilke, Presse and Communication, on information films of the Bundesrat. It was then followed by a lunch with Dr Georg Kleemann, Deputy Secretary General of the Bundesrat.

In the afternoon the Delegation met with the Federal Agency for Civic Education. The meeting was with Mr Christian Vey, Division and Communication and Mr Wolfram Hilpert, Division Targeted Services on the how the Federal Agency for Civic Education works and the discussions focused on public relations, political education and how to develop educational publications that are easily read by specific target groups.

Dinner was with her Excellency Mrs Yin Yin Myint, Ambassador of Myanmar to Germany.