Projects versus programmes
Alongside our permanent programmes, FINDER runs a portfolio of time-limited projects funded by German federal ministries, state authorities, the European Union, and private foundations. Projects are where we develop, adapt, pilot, and evaluate. Successful projects feed into our permanent programme portfolio; unsuccessful ones are written up and closed.
Each project has a detailed project page on our German website with funders, consortium, outputs, and lead person. This English overview is for international partners, journalists, and researchers.
Currently active
REBOUND 2.0
Funder: Federal Institute for Public Health (BIÖG), on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG). Duration: 1 June 2024 – 31 December 2026. Scope: Update and digitise the REBOUND curriculum (new short films, new materials); extend the programme for young adults aged 18–25; pilot a hybrid trainer concept using student multipliers. External evaluation by the Institute of Psychology, University of Greifswald. FINDER role: Project lead and implementation.
RBYC-Adapt / 3VK
Consortium: FINDER e.V. (lead), Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Deutsche Kinderschutzstiftung Hänsel+Gretel, and the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Duration: 1 March 2024 – 30 June 2027. Scope: Translate, culturally adapt, pilot, and evaluate via randomised controlled trial the US-origin “Responsible Behaviour with Younger Children” (RBYC) programme for German schools. Study population: 24 German schools, grades 6–7. Target group: Students in grades 6–7; trainers from teaching staff and school social work.
Weitblick
Funder: Verband der Privaten Krankenversicherung (PKV-Verband). Duration: 1 November 2022 – 31 October 2026. Scope: Develop, deliver, and evaluate an integrated school-setting health promotion intervention, building on Communities That Care. Currently delivering to 72 schools across Germany free of charge. External evaluation by the Medical School Hannover. FINDER role: Project lead.
CTC-3V – “Vernetzen, Verbreiten, Verstärken”
Funder: Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ), via the Stiftung Deutsches Forum für Kriminalprävention (DFK). Duration: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025. Scope: Establish Communities That Care as a nationwide instrument of municipal prevention through awareness, networking, knowledge transfer, and a communication strategy. Deliverables include image films, a shared online presence, networking events, a digital collaboration platform, and a CTC specialist conference. Partners: Stiftung DFK; Lower Saxony State Prevention Council.
PROXI
Funder: Lower Saxony State Prevention Council. Duration: Ongoing (no fixed end date published). Scope: Qualification programme for developmentally oriented radicalisation prevention for professionals and leaders in schools, youth work, and municipal prevention. Grounded in the four-proximal-factor model of Prof. Dr. Andreas Beelmann (University of Jena). Free of charge for participants.
International programme adaptations
Alongside the federal and EU-funded projects above, FINDER accompanies adaptations of its programmes in countries outside Germany. Unlike the EU projects, these are typically bilateral cooperations with a ministry, municipality, or implementing partner in the target country. The scope of FINDER’s role depends on the request – from train-the-trainer delivery to full cultural adaptation with local stakeholders.
REBOUND Mauritius
Partners: Mauritian Ministry of Education; local education and public-health stakeholders. Scope: Cultural adaptation of the REBOUND life-skills and substance-prevention curriculum for Mauritian secondary schools; on-site teacher trainings delivered in 2023 and 2024; continued curriculum work and teacher-guide development through 2026. Outputs include a Mauritius-specific logic model, adapted teacher’s guide, character cards, and film materials. FINDER role: Programme owner and training delivery.
REBOUND Romania (Bistrița-Năsăud)
Partners: Local partners in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania (Memorandum of Understanding signed 13 January 2025). Scope: Production of REBOUND prevention training in the Bistrița-Năsăud County. First teacher training and public event delivered in Bistrița in May 2025; materials available in Romanian (Conștientizarea și promovarea punctelor forte – învățarea gestionării riscurilor). FINDER role: Programme owner and training delivery.
Recently completed
CTC – Federal Implementation
Funder: Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ) via the Stiftung Deutsches Forum für Kriminalprävention. Duration: 1 January 2023 – 31 December 2024. Scope: Anchored Communities That Care as a strategic element of municipal prevention in eight German federal states. Trained state-level multipliers and accompanied first CTC implementations.
Frontline Politeia
Funder: European Commission (co-financed). Duration: 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2023. Scope: Further training for frontline prevention staff (teachers, police, social workers) built on the European Prevention Curriculum. Outputs: e-learning tools, local working groups, a textbook compatible with the EUDA PLATO platform, and cross-country exchange mechanisms. Consortium: 15 partners from 14 EU member states. FINDER project lead: Vivien Voit. Scientific partner: European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN).
Funder acknowledgements
Federal and EU project funding requires prescribed forms of attribution and logo placement, including the project funding reference number (Förderkennzeichen). Each German project page displays these in the legally required form. For English-language press use of project information, please contact us to obtain the correct attribution text.