news & events

The Sister Cities in Action project coordinators from Berlin, Mexico City, and Jakarta arrived in Windhoek and was warmly welcomed to the offices of Creative Industry Institute Africa (CIIA) for the very first time.

Monday, 06.10.2025 17:00 – Food and music 19:00 – Film screenings and discussion We present 2 short films: MEMORI DIA and MY THERAPIST SAID, I AM FULL OF SADNESS. The screening is followed by a discussion moderated by Canan Turan

We invite you to a meeting space to share experiences, strategies, and struggles related to migration in Mexico and Germany. Wednesday, 10th of September, 18-20 PM Berlin / Online – via Zoom

Monday, 22th September, 6 – 9PM, aquarium Berlin A documentary film on immigration, belonging, and creative activism

Friday, Sept. 12th, 2025, 14-16:00, Berlin Global Village, Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin

On Thursday, 3rd of July from 2-8 PM a network meeting on new municipalism and other approaches to grassroots democracy took place.

The 25 Years of Creative Ties anniversary event celebrated the Windhoek–Berlin Sister Cities partnership, highlighting a quarter-century of cultural exchange and collaboration.

16th July 2025 18:30 @ Creative Industry Institute Africa, 3 Hügel Street Windhoek. The Creative Industry Institute Africa invites you to a special evening marking 25 years of sister city partnership between Windhoek and Berlin.

Monday, July 14th, Berlin time: 2pm-4pm ; Jakarta-time: 7pm-9pm Weltraum, Berlin Global Village, Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin and ONLINE

On June 28, 2024, the Tandem Berlin–Mexico City launched the first edition of “Sister Cities on Screen” with a screening of La Energía de los Pueblos.

Tuesday, 15 July 2025, 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM, MAAYA, Revalerstraße 99, 10245 Berlin

At the joint network meeting with the Actions Alliance for Fair Trade (Aktionsbündnis Fairer Handel) on 10th April 2025, around 50 committed individuals from civil society, administration and economy sector came together to shed light on fair trade in the context of international city partnerships.

Networking Session, February 21, 2025. The Creative Industry Institute Africa (CIIA) hosted two insightful networking sessions on 21st of February 2025 exploring what fair trade means in the Namibian context.

In September 2024 a 12-day stakeholder meeting was held in Berlin with the 7 coordinators from all 4 cities. During the meeting […]

On the occasion of the 14th Anniversary of Casa Tochan – Nuestra Casa/Our home, we warmly invite you to the opening of the photo and memory exhibition: “Memories of the Journey.”