Rita Darboven, Dr. phil., has worked for many years on Euregional cooperation and European integration for many years as a social scientist. She is specialized in modern methods of sustainable education and development of innovative educational programs. Another focus lies on projects designed to increase intercultural cohesion.

Profile: executive management, innovative approaches in education, intercultural project management, moderation of participation events and evaluation of external projects.

Languages spoken: German, English, French, Dutch

Behrendt Darboven, Dipl.-Ing, MBA, initially worked as an IT-professional for an international corporation in the development department. In addition to his tasks as executive manager, his work focusses on the development and design of educational material, print media and websites.

Profile: executive management, technical and organisational administration of projects, development of teaching material and multimedial presentations

Languages spoken: German, English

Anne Karoline Bonn, an engineer with a degree in architecture, worked for various architectural practices in Brussels after her study at RWTH Aachen University. She organised the exhibition "Kids for Science - Science for Kids" for the Helmholtz Association. The STAP project - urban development for young citizens - lets her combine her experience in the field of participatory urban development with her interest for knowledge transfer and creative educational concepts for children and adolescents.

Profile: participatory urban development projects, creative knowledge transfer

Languages spoken: German, English, French, Dutch

Julia Hellmanns, student of social work is currently assigned as a freelance assistant with tasks related to educational projects in sustainability and inter cultural, euregional exchange. Besides the implementation of urban education projects and organizing events in the field of sustainable urban development she is charged with numerous other preparational tasks.

Profile : Management Assistant

Languages : German, English