Federal working group of self-employed associations
| Federal Working Group of Self-Employed Associations (BAGSV) |
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| founding | February 13, 2017 |
| Seat | Berlin , Germany |
| purpose | Joint representation of the interests of (solo) self-employed people in politics |
| Chair | Andreas Lutz , Victoria Ringleb, Marcus Pohl |
| Members | 25 associations with around 100,000 members (as of 02/2020) |
| Website | bagsv.de |
The Federal Working Group of Self-Employed Associations (BAGSV) is a cross-industry association of professional associations and initiatives with a high proportion of self-employed individuals. It was founded in February 2017.
tasks
The BAGSV sees itself as a network that brings together politically active association representatives and multipliers who are committed to the interests of freelancers and the self-employed, recognizes overlaps in the sense of common concerns of its members and tries to implement them. In order to implement these interests, it is the declared intention of the member associations to inform and support one another and to become politically active together.
From the point of view of the associations, the necessity had become clear in previous years, because far-reaching political decisions and processes took place without the involvement of those affected.
Concrete political objectives are legal certainty with regard to the subject of bogus self-employment, a sensible design of the planned pension obligation, a more realistic and differentiated image of self-employment, overcoming disadvantages in the statutory health and long-term care insurance as well as the reduction of bureaucracy, compulsory levies and reprisals.
Emergence
On February 13, 2017, 25 representatives from professional, industry and self-employed associations and initiatives met at the invitation of Andreas Lutz ( VGSD ) and Victoria Ringleb ( AGD ). At this meeting, those present decided on the working group, its name and the objectives, and the two initiators were elected as speakers.
In their communication and in the design of their website, the associations emphasize the diversity of the working group. The spectrum of associations ranges from doctors (Federal Association of Honorary Doctors ), designers (AGD, Federal Association of Communication Designers ), IT experts (AGEV, IT project cooperative), commercial and legal professions ( BVBC , Federal Association of Pension Advisors, umbrella company German Interim Management), Translators and text workers (ATICOM, BDÜ , VFLL ), filmmakers (BFS, BVFK, BvS), craftsmen (BUH, IF-Handwerk), social workers ( DBSH ), teachers and trainers ( bdfm , trainer supply , federal association of tutoring and afternoon schools ) up to to self-employed in the event industry (ISDV, VDT). The VGSD is the only cross-industry member association.
Development and Milestones
Each member association can take the initiative on a topic alone or together with others and ask the other associations for support. In this way, a large number of position papers and statements on current legislative proposals have been created, for example on the Statutory Health Insurance Relief Act, on the subject of mandatory old-age provision, on the planned law to strengthen fair competition, the reintroduction of compulsory master craftsmen and the dissolution of the KfW consultancy exchange.
Several member associations joined forces shortly after the BAGSV was founded in 2017 in order to achieve a reduction in the minimum contributions to health and long-term care insurance for the self-employed, which actually came about in January 2019. They jointly commissioned a study, mobilized a large number of participants for it, organized a petition and were heard several times as experts by the Bundestag Committee on Health.
In 2019, several BAGSV member associations were invited by the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to represent the solo self-employed and were initially involved in four specialist discussions on the design of the planned pension obligation and later in the year in three specialist discussions on the reform of the status determination procedure of statutory social insurance in Germany.
organization
The Federal Working Group of Independent Associations is an informal association that has met three times a year in Berlin since it was founded, also coordinates by means of video conferences and sometimes takes part in third-party events together. He finances his expenses through an annual contribution, which is to be borne by the regularly participating associations.
Speakers are the CEO of the Association of Founders and Self-Employed Germany , Andreas Lutz from Munich, the managing director of the Alliance of German Designers , Victoria Ringleb from Berlin, and the first chairman of the interest group of independent service providers in the event industry, Marcus Pohl from Offenbach .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ BAGSV Association List , accessed on March 12, 2020.
- ↑ a b c About us. In: bagsv.de. Federal working group for self-employed associations, accessed on April 6, 2020 .
- ↑ 20 organizations found the Federal Working Group of Independent Associations (BAGSV) - BDÜ also involved. In: uepo.de - translator portal. Richard Schneider, February 27, 2017, accessed April 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Associations establish “Federal Working Group of Independent Associations”. In: bagsv.de. Federal Working Group of Self-Employed Associations, February 20, 2017, accessed on April 6, 2020 .
- ^ Association list. In: bagsv.de. Federal working group for self-employed associations, accessed on April 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Bagsv: Position Paper on the planned retirement obligation for self-employed. In: bvbc.de. Federal Association of Accountants and Controllers e. V., October 17, 2018, accessed April 9, 2020 .
- ^ Conversation with BMAS State Secretary Schmachtenberg on September 24th. In: agd.de. Allianz Deutscher Designer, October 7, 2019, accessed April 9, 2020 .