The Institute for Democracy, Media and Cultural Exchange (IDEM) is an independent and non-profit advisory and research institute.
IDEM initiates and assists programs and projects that support democratic institutions and media in transition and developing countries.
The aim of IDEM is to provide democratic and transparent framework conditions for peace and development-oriented media, communication and cultural exchange. To this end, IDEM analyzes existing structures, develops development steps together with the partners, carries out further research for strategy consulting and qualifies people in local institutions and projects.
We work in a partnership-oriented and participatory basis, in close proximity to our target groups and strive for continuous and long-term cooperation with our partners.
IDEM is a long-standing and active member of the Forum Media and Development – FOME
Executive Board
Juna Kule-Morsch
Chairperson
Juna Kule-Morsch is a lecturer for German as a foreign language, an expert in migration questions and a certified youth leader for international and intercultural youth encounters.
She studied Psychology, Romance and English studies and Communications in Bonn and Dusseldorf.
Key areas of expertise- Youth work
- Education projects in Southeast Europe
- Conception and conducting of youth exchange projects
- German
- Albanian
- English
- Italian
Dr. Ulrike Fischer-Butmaloiu
Deputy Chairperson
Dr. Ulrike Butmaloiu is a journalist, trainer and lecturer. She studied journalism, anthropology, politics, economics, law, media and intercultural communication in Leipzig, Hagen, Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) and Sofia (Bulgaria) and completed her PhD in Dortmund on Russian media in war and crisis situations.
At the International College of Journalism at the Free University of Berlin, she led training programs for journalists from all over Europe, the successor states of the Soviet Union and the USA. She taught at the University of Bonn and the Deutsche Welle Academy in the Master's program International Media Studies. She has worked as a media trainer and lecturer in Egypt, Palestine, Ghana, Tanzania, Cambodia, Brazil, Ukraine, Central Asia, the Balkans and the Caucasus.
Main areas of work- Development and implementation of workshops, training courses and projects
- Training of Trainers
- Media and Information Literacy
- Political Communication
- Journalism
- Conflict-sensitive reporting
- Digital Storytelling/Mobile Reporting
- Citizen Journalism
- Data journalism
- German
- English
- Russian
- Romanian
Sonila von Wittich
Treasurer
Sonila von Wittich studied Sustainable Development Cooperation, Cultural and Translation Studies Chinese / English and Economics.
Most recently, she worked as a Communication Coordinator at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) - European Representative Office - Frankfurt am Main. Earlier, she worked as executive assistant at the Asian Development Bank in Frankfurt and as a lecturer for German as a foreign language in Bonn.
Key areas of expertise- Good governance and civil society
- Education for Sustainable Development
- Sustainable Project Management
- Project evaluation
- German
- English
- Chinese