Leipzig receives funding for local education initiative / Media Foundation of the Sparkasse Leipzig assumes basic Sponsorship

Within the next three years, the city of Leipzig receives funding from the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) for the development of a community approach to education. This was announced by the initiative “Lernen vor Ort” today in Berlin.

Beside Leipzig, 39 other German municipalities receive grants totaling 60 million euros. A multi-phase selection process had a total of 150 locations from 15 states applied for the funding.

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