Could representatives from foundations who are polite sceptics on international activity explain their reticence?
A participant from the floor said that foundations were under pressure from local lobbying. Most of them worked on local issues and the idea of spending a small proportion of their funds on a project for example in Africa did not make much sense. There were, however, local issues that had international implications. It made sense to stick to your issue areas but look to see what the international implications were. In this way foundations could make a link between their local work and international projects. NEF could provide information as to what partnership opportunities were available in specific areas/regions. Wilhelm Krull pointed out that local and global were becoming intertwined. In Germany no provision had been made for religious education for Muslim immigrants in schools. As a result, they had gone to the militant Koran schools. This neglect had potentially explosive consequences, not just in Germany, but in the whole of Europe. Wilhelm Krull was asked how more young people
