Evaluation of the website Qantara.de (German Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

After 9/11 the German Government installed the project „Website Qantara.de“ (arabic = bridge) which is implemented by the institutions Deutsche Welle, Goethe-Institute, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen and Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung in Germany. This project intends to be a bridge to the islamic and arabic world with the objectives to provide a dialog strategy instead of confrontation, enhance the dialogue between the cultures and to reduce prejudices. A team of three consultants of konsortium evaluated the management of the project, the achievement of the objectives, the perception of the project in target countries and the user statistic of this site. Personal searches in Morocco and Jordan and further inquiries took place.