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Education for Syrian Refugee Children
Outside Germany, Porsche supported the City
ofStuttgart in its partnership with the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the reporting
period. Stuttgart is twinned with the Syrian-
Turkish border town of Mardin and is helping to
build education centres for Syrian refugee
children. With the new schools and preschool
centres, Porsche’s aim is to contribute to giving
the young people of Mardin perspectives. The
partnership began on November 20, 2015 – the
anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights
ofthe Child – and is initially limited to one year.
Porsche is training children from disadvantaged
backgrounds as car mechanics as part of the
Porsche Training and Recruitment Centre Asia
project in Manila, Philippines. More than 250
young adults have already graduated from the
project and are now employed as specialists
atthe Porsche Centres in growth markets. Audi
and VW also joined the partnership in the report-
ing period. The number of trainees per year will
be increased from the current figure of 32 to
approximately 145 by 2017. The education facility
was upgraded and expanded by 1,500 square
metres in 2015.
Science & Education
Igniting passion for technology – with practical
application: this is Porsche’s objective in sup-
porting schools and universities. Porsche pro-
vides start-ups with the opportunity to launch
their business at Leipzig University of Applied
Sciences. The sports car manufacturer aims
toraise young people’s interest in engineering
careers with the Porsche Student Workshop
atthe Association of German Engineers (VDI)
GaraGe in Leipzig.
Help for Start-ups
Since 2013, Porsche has sponsored the Chair
of Strategic Management and Family Business
at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management.
This privately-funded institution is a leading inter-
national business school. Porsche supported
the SpinLab project in financial year 2015, which
provides start-ups with offices and equipment
to launch their businesses. The sports car manu-
facturer established an endowment chair at the
Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, which
is devoted to areas including modern vehicle
manufacture. Porsche traditionally supports the
Center for Advanced Studies in Heilbronn, the
University of Stuttgart, the Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology and the RWTH in Aachen with
numerous partnerships. In addition, Porsche
runs its own doctoral programme, supports
Femtec – the international platform fostering
young female talent in MINT careers – and
awards numerous Germany Scholarships.
Young people aged between 12 and 18 are taught
technical skills at the GaraGe, the technology
centre of the Association of German Engineers,
in Leipzig. Porsche has supported the project
financially and has provided equipment for the
GaraGe for 14 years. Young people can tinker
with a 911, look inside the engine and carry out
electronics tests themselves. The training
workshop is aimed at encouraging the students’
affinity for technology and raising their interest
in engineering careers. Around 87,000 students
have already completed courses at the training
workshop. The GaraGe in Leipzig was renovated
in the reporting period and expanded to include
a new module, the Worlds of Technology Educa-
tion (Techniklernwelten). ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
250
young employees in
Manila attended training
at the Porsche Training
and Recruitment Centre
in Asia.
87,000
young people attend the
GaraGe Leipzig Training
Workshop annually.
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