The Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen is Germany’s oldest intermediary organisation for international cultural relations. It promotes a peaceful and enriching coexistence between people and cultures worldwide.
ifa’s broad array of exhibitions, meetings, dialogues, and conferences support and promote artistic and cultural exchange, whilst its conflict resolution programme helps build and maintain peaceful societies, supporting projects for cultural minorities and foster cultural diversity.
It is part of a global network that relies on sustainable, long-term partnerships and is supported by the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, the state of Baden-Württemberg and its capital Stuttgart.