Mission Statement of the VHS Bonn

The Volkshochschule Bonn is a municipal centre for further education and provides
comprehensive measures of general, political, career-related, health-related,
cultural and language-related further education on the basis of its statutes (as
decided by the Council of the City of Bonn) and the „Weiterbildungsgesetz
Nordrhein-Westfalen“ (Further Education Act of North-Rhine Westphalia). With the
help of our offers, participants of VHS courses should gain personal and
career-related orientation, social skills and specialist knowledge.

We are bound to the common welfare, neutral in terms of ideology and party politics
and advocate / plead for tolercance, plurality and social justice. We also encourage
/ promote the mutual understnding of different social groups and cultures. Our
objective is to enable our course participants to critically reflect and evaluate
and to improve their chances to self-determined professional, societal, political
and cultural participation.

The Volkshochschule is open to everyone, both for individuals and instutitions,
organisations as well as companies. We bring together the young and the elderly,
people with different cltural, social and family backgrounds and different personal
circumstances irrespective of their social status and education. The courses take
place in all city districts. By means of socially compatible course fees we make it
easier for low-income groups to particpiate in our courses.

As a modern service provider we work according to the principles of quality
assurance. Our system of quality management covers the areas of service, consulting,
planning the programme, developing offers, further education and regular evaluation.

We react to political, social and cultural developments as well as changes in
educational and labour market policy and continually develop our programme. Apart
from carrying out a regular needs assessment, we take up ideas arising from
cooperation with local, regional, national and international partners when planning
our programme.

Our work contributes to the dynamic development of the City of Bonn with regard to
culture, education, science and research and as a platform for international
dialogue