The volunteers, mainly organized by student clubs, don't see themselves as mere donators, but represent the personal encounter of their fellows at each ciy.
The personal service is completed in all three countries through a semester -long seminar program:
- The beginning of the semester starts with the city days: the scholars and GFPS members meet to get to know each other. It's a cultural program and they invite speakers, with which students can discuss current issues from the German -Polish- Czech - Belarus area.
- The second meeting, called the square, is the highlight of the stay: on this scientific seminar, the results of the students will be presented and within a round of scholarship recipients and GFPS members diuscussed. For further input additional speakers are invited as well.
- For the fellows in Poland a seminar in Warsaw middle of the semester is organized by the Foundation for German -Polish cooperation. The aim is to get to know the the foundation and there is a cultural programme as well as workshops for the mutual exchange.