Jurisdiction Government of Germany Founded 14 January 1960 | Phone +49 228 993580 Number of employees 4,000 | |
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Formed 14 January 1960 (57 years ago) (1960-01-14) Superseding agency Bundesstelle für Verwaltungsangelegenheiten Headquarters Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia Agency executive Christoph Verenkotte, President Address Barbarastraße 1, 50735 Köln, Germany Hours Open today · 8AM–4:30PMFriday8AM–4:30PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–4:30PMTuesday8AM–4:30PMWednesday8AM–4:30PMThursday8AM–4:30PM Similar Stiftung Butzweile Köln, Federal Office for the Prote, Bundesamt für Migration, Bundesamt für Güterverk, Bezirksre Köln Profiles | ||
The Federal Office of Administration (German: Bundesverwaltungsamt, BVA) is an agency of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, headquartered in Cologne.
Central Agency for German Schools Abroad
The Central Agency for German Schools Abroad (Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen, ZfA) is a part of this office.
Schools that are a part of the ZfA network serve children of expatriates working for offices of German multinational companies and/or who live in major centres of economic and/or political operations. Schools in some locations emphasise ties to Germany and/or Germanness while others emphasize international connections and education and promote their instruction of the English language. Many German schools in the Middle East and the Far East emphasize international education, and many schools in developing countries have German-speaking groups as the minority in their student bodies. Schools attracting English-speaking and local students have websites and materials in other languages. In other parts of the world German schools are catered to local German communities. Within North America many schools emphasise ties to Germany, and there are some Saturday-only programs in operation on that continent.