Black History Month has roots in Germany too. The celebration began in 1990, and it’s started by members in the Black German organization, ISD or the Initiative of Black Germans (Initiative Schwarze Deutsche). But Germany does not celebrate BHM in October, like the United Kingdom and Ireland, otherwise in February, following the customs of the United States and Canada. In 2001, Germany stopped celebrating Black History Month, but in 2009, the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy and the German Federal Agency for Civic Education organized one in Berlin. Ten years later, since 2011, the Black History Month has taken place at the Werkstatt der Kulturen (Workshop of Cultures), which bids for diverse multicultural programming and activities, and every year they return to commemorate the history of the Black people.