International Exchanges
Connect with peers across the globe through collaborative projects, residencies, and cross-border learning journeys.
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Amsterdam and Europe
Our International Community
Be part of human rights, theatre and storytelling workshops, international exchanges, and local events across Amsterdam & the Netherlands. Open to youth and adults who believe in cultural exchange and creative collaboration.
Why join the community?
CultureWorldMe is a hub for curious minds. Our open calls are your gateway to meaningful experiences that expand horizons, spark creativity, and connect you with peers worldwide.
Local Workshops
Hands-on sessions in Amsterdam & the Netherlands — from storytelling to design, music to civic innovation.
Community Events
Meet, share, and grow together at festivals, meetups, and intimate gatherings designed for genuine connection.
Door 1
Come to a workshop or event
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Door 2
Train as a facilitator
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Door 3
Help behind the scenes
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Door 4
Work, intern, or shadow a role
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Door 5
Join the youth advisory track
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Door 6
Bring your organisation in
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Door 7
Get the updates, no commitment
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What happens after you click
You fill in a short form
2 minutes, we promise. A few questions that change depending on which door you picked.
A real person reads it
Not a bot, not a queue you disappear into. Someone on the team reads every response.
You hear back within a week
Sooner if it's tied to something coming up. We'll always reply — even if it's just to say "not right now, but here's when."
Community in Amsterdam
If you live in or near Amsterdam and want to take part in our work, this is your door. Showing up is the entry condition; no application, no portfolio, no performance required.
- Open rehearsals and story circles
- Public workshops and labs
- Friends evenings and community gatherings
- Volunteer roles at the door, in welcome, or in light production support
You can belong without being hired and without performing trauma. You do not need to share your story to be welcome. You do not need to be a professional artist to participate.
Who this is for: youth and adults curious about theatre, story, and human rights, and neighbours who simply want to help a session run smoothly.
Internships & job shadowing
Practice on your CV, without being used as free labour. We only offer internships and shadowing we can host well: with a named supervisor, clear tasks, and a real learning plan.
What we offer
- Observe a rehearsal, lab, or office week
- Agreed learning goals in writing
- Short reflection letter you can use for your CV or school
- One named supervisor
- One named task area (e.g. comms, production, method documentation, community hosting) — not "do everything"
- Regular check-ins and feedback
- When a sending organisation exists and the placement fits our capacity
- Only with our ethics protocol in place: consent, confidentiality, no extraction of stories
What we do not offer
- Unpaid full-time work with no learning plan
- Roles where you are left alone without supervision
- Tasks that extract participants' stories for content without consent
Other ways to collaborate
Youth co-author / rapporteur
Named, consented public writing about projects
Translator / language support
We work in up to eight languages
Access companion
Helps the room be enterable for everyone
Photographer / documenter
Under a strict consent protocol
Academic / practitioner lab
Peer review of the Quality Framework and methods
Municipal or school placement
Not only "youth internship"
How we select and stay aligned
Across all pathways, we look for the same things. This is what makes "our team is trained in our methodology" a checkable claim, not a slogan.
- Alignment with our human-rights frame: dignity, participation, non-discrimination, access
- Respect for consent: no forced disclosure, no extraction of stories
- Reliability and clarity about roles and boundaries
- Willingness to learn and to work within the Quality Framework
For facilitation and training roles, there is a required induction before you lead any CWM session. This is non-negotiable: it is how we keep the work honest.
Stichting CWM Education
cultureworldme@gmail.com
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Herengracht 449A
1017 BR Amsterdam
The Netherlands
1017 BR Amsterdam
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