MIXED UP federal competition winners announced by Karin Prien, Digi Mart USA News: Under the motto “For Everyone. With Everyone.
Designing All-Day Schooling Culturally,” the federal MIXED UP competition recognizes successful collaborations between schools, daycare centers and cultural education providers.
On November 6, Federal Education Minister Karin Prien announced the winners of the MIXED UP federal competition in Berlin. The event was moderated by German journalist and presenter Vivian Perkovic.
Prien said children need an all-day program that supports them while also serving as a reliable place where they like to spend their time. She added that good all-day care should provide room for friendships, movement and creativity, and emphasized the federal government’s introduction of a legal entitlement to all-day childcare and its ongoing effort to improve service quality through cooperation among the federal government, the states and municipalities.
The 2026 MIXED UP award honored successful partnerships between schools, all-day care providers or daycare centers, and cultural education stakeholders that show how all-day programs can be designed together, creatively and with high quality. Three award-winning projects each received 5,000 euros.
The MIXED UP Kick-Off grant seeks ideas for educational cooperation between schools, all-day care providers or daycare centers, and cultural education partners that have not yet entered into a joint cultural education partnership. Three cooperation ideas were also awarded 5,000 euros each.
The federal competition has been held for 20 years in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Education. It is organized by the Federal Association for Cultural Child and Youth Education (BKJ), an umbrella organization founded in 1963 that today includes 55 member associations.
The BKJ is a longtime partner of the ministry and is funded through the federal Children and Youth Plan.
