The EURASIA-Institute offers German universities intercultural seminars on awareness-raising in interaction with Chinese students. The seminars are primarily aimed at staff in government authorities or in Student Secretariats, but also at students, tutors and lecturers who come into contact with foreign, and particularly Chinese, students on the university campus.

The EURASIA Institute offers intercultural training for public authorities, integration associations and advice bureaux. The seminars and training are primarily aimed at German staff who come into contact with foreign immigrants from the Arab and Chinese parts of the world. The seminars on intercultural awareness-raising in dealings with immigrants from the Chinese and Arab worlds are entitled Chinese and Arab Cultural Norms.

The seminars provide a grounding in the Chinese and Arab cultures. They include perspectives on intercultural problems both from a Middle Eastern and a Far Eastern standpoint. The seminars look at situations where intercultural clashes can occur between Chinese and Arab immigrants on the one hand, and on the other, with German public authority staff. Everyday irritations and misunderstandings, which can render both parties helpless and unable to communicate, are analytically and self-critically examined. The focus is on overcoming cultural stereotypes. The seminars encourage participants to have an open attitude towards their own and foreign cultures.

The intercultural EURASIA seminars and training impart country-specific knowledge, theoretical groundwork and solutions for intercultural problems. With increasing globalisation and the rise in the number of immigrants in Germany, there is now a growing need for intercultural communication and behavioural competencies. With our range of seminars we hope to make a contribution to the intercultural debate in German society.

The Seminar "Typically German? - Discovering the Germans ^pdf deals with German cultural norms. It is primarily aimed at foreign students in their first semester who are seeking help with settling in and getting along with the Germans. We particularly recommend the seminar "Typically German?" for the "freshers' week" for new students, offered at many German universities at the start of the first semester. We also offer "Typically German?" to participants in our pre-university preparatory German course.

The seminar examines intercultural problems between foreigners and Germans, as both can find themselves helpless and unable to communicate when they encounter intercultural irritations.

We compare German and foreign cultural norms and give tips on how to get along with German people. The most typical and significant German cultural norms which feature in everyday university life are looked at in greater detail.

You can also take this seminar within the framework of the Focus Germany programme.

A pre-requisite for successful business with internationally oriented companies abroad is a knowledge of the culture, code of behaviour and the specific way of life of a region. The EURASIA Institute is aware of this challenge. We offer German businesses and individual business people intercultural professional development seminars and intercultural training.
We offer intercultural seminars and training on the following topics:

• The business conduct in a specific market
• First meeting and introductions
• Business practices and customs
• Gifts and bribes
• Legal considerations
• Historical considerations
• Cultural considerations
• Eating habits and table manners
• Culturally specific negotiation tactics
• Social and economic considerations
• Practical survival tips for the specific country or region in question

Our seminar leaders and trainers have lived and worked in the particular countries being looked at. Emphasis is placed in the seminars on active participation. This includes simulation exercises and role play in preparation for a variety of situations which could arise during the participant's visit or stay in the country in question.