Founding an association
In order to broaden our activities and to reach a longterm funding of our project, we founded our own association Nahostcast e. V. on the 20th of February 2020.
We win the FAIRWandler Award of the Karl-Kübel foundation!
After a successful nomination within the category FAIRMitteln (wordplay of fair and convey) we win the award of the Karl-Kübel foundation in Frankfurt. The award highlights unique engagement in the field of development policy.
2. Strategy Workshop
Shortly before Christmas we meet up altogether at a cozy place in the middle of the Black Forest. A lot has happened in the past half year and the new year awaits us with a whole new topics and podcast episodes.
Talk at the Deutsch-Arabische Freundschaftsgesellschaft e. V., Berlin
The DAFG invited us to our first public presentation and discussion about our podcast. Thank you to all attendees and the amazing feedback we received!
Civil Academy
Nahostcast is granted a one-year sponsorship by the Civil Academy to attend seminars on topics like financing and positioning of social projects.
Strategy-Workshop
After 6 months of podcasting we take a step back to reflect on our poduction processes, team work and PR strategy. Our goal? To professionalize the podcast and reach more people with our message.
Podcast Launch
We launch our first podcast episodes talking about Syrian refugees in Lebanon and journalist mediators in Egypt.
Preporatory phase
concept development & technical implementation of our project, and we need a catchy name!
An idea comes alive…
7 Middle East passionates, many university discussions, and a medium was needed to put this dynamic in a format that could reach people – our podcast idea was borne!