Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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The Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( BWIHK for short ) is an association of the twelve Baden-Württemberg Chambers of Commerce and Industry (IHK), organized as a registered association (eV). In Baden-Württemberg , the twelve IHKs represent the interests of around 650,000 member companies through the BWIHK. The office is located in Stuttgart . Michael Alpert is the managing director. Wolfgang Grenke is the current president. The office of the Wirtschaftsjunioren Baden-Württemberg is also located at the BWIHK.

Mission and tasks

The association aims to bundle the interests of the IHK association and its members at the state level. Further tasks include promoting cooperation and exchanging experiences with the member chambers. He also asserts his voice in the federal government and in Europe as well as in relation to the IHK umbrella organization at federal level in Berlin ( DIHK ). The BWIHK follows the lead principle when it comes to technical topic support. Here, individual IHKs act as spokespersons for all twelve chambers of industry and commerce in the state on certain issues and with a division of labor.

As part of the BWIHK work and its organizational structure, for example, basic economic positions and guidelines for company-oriented economic policy are drawn up, negotiations are conducted with ministries and authorities, cooperation projects are agreed and accompanied, statements are made and economic expertise is brought in to the state parliament, especially in the context of hearings.

Bodies

The board of directors is in charge of the BWIHK. He acts according to the guidelines and resolutions of the general assembly. The BWIHK is represented externally by the President, if he is unable to do so, by one of the two Vice-Presidents. According to the statutes, the election of the board members takes place every two years within the framework of the general meeting. Re-election is possible, once for deputies and twice for the office of President. General meetings take place at least twice a year. In this highest body of the BWIHK, economically relevant topics are discussed, joint positions are developed and guidelines are agreed, which are represented and pursued by the BWIHK externally. Members are all twelve Baden-Württemberg chambers of industry and commerce, represented by the president and the general management. The HGF conference is an essential decision-making body of the BWIHK, in which all twelve full-time IHK chief executives are represented. It meets several times a year to discuss key issues relating to the IHK essence, relevant developments for the commercial economy, political decisions and general management issues.

Leadership principle

The technical work is divided into 17 departments according to the lead principle. Thus, individual IHKs act as speakers for all twelve chambers of industry and commerce in the state, lead the respective working groups and bring technical expertise to the political work and discussion. In cooperation and coordination with the management of the BWIHK, they ensure that internal opinions are formed. With this division of labor, negotiations are carried out with ministries , authorities, agencies and other organizations and, for example, statements are drawn up.

Special projects

At the state level, one-year or multi-year projects to promote the economy in the state are implemented by a total of 17 BWIHK lead management. In addition, the BWIHK is home to the control center for the training ambassadors and the coordination of the Go.for.europe initiative.

President

The following presidents have been at the head of the BWIHK since it was founded as a registered association:

  • 1999–2000: Hans Peter Stihl , IHK Region Stuttgart
  • 2000–2006: Till Casper, IHK Northern Black Forest
  • 2006–2010: Bernd Bechtold, IHK Karlsruhe
  • 2010–2016: Peter Kulitz , IHK Ulm
  • since 2016: Wolfgang Grenke , IHK Karlsruhe

history

Forerunners are the chamber associations, which started their activities in 1946 in Württemberg-Baden , Württemberg-Hohenzollern and South Baden . In the course of the founding of Baden-Württemberg in 1953, the merger to form a working group of chambers of industry and commerce took place . This was followed by the reinstatement of the Stuttgart Chamber of Industry and Commerce in its old pre-war position as a suburban chamber, which it already held for Württemberg (Württ. Chamber of Industry and Commerce) from 1924 to 1936. The Stuttgart Chamber of Industry and Commerce had taken on both the management of the working group and largely the lead for the subject areas. Your incumbent president was also president of the working group. Criticism of this organizational model led to the organizational and personal separation from the Stuttgart Chamber in 1996, with the establishment of a separate office. Since then, all technical subject areas have been looked after by all twelve chambers of industry and commerce according to the lead management principle. In 1997 the working group was renamed the Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Industry and Commerce ( BWIHK day for short ). In 1999, the BWIHK-Tag gained legal independence by being entered in the register of associations and has since been known as BWIHK eV .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tobias Tabor: Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Michael Alpert, accessed August 5, 2016 .
  2. ^ Tobias Tabor: The 12 IHKs in Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Southwest Chamber of Commerce with a new managing director. In: bild.de. January 27, 2014, accessed August 5, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Board of Directors. In: bw.ihk.de. Retrieved August 26, 2016 .
  5. ↑ WJBW - Junior Chamber Baden-Wuerttemberg. In: www.wjbw.de. Retrieved August 8, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Kretschmann and IHK tips consult on top issues of economic policy. In: baden-wuerttemberg.de. State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg and Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, June 10, 2015, accessed on August 9, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Tobias Tabor: Mission & Tasks. Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
  8. ↑ German Chamber of Commerce and Industry. DIHK, accessed on August 5, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Tobias Tabor: The IHK network. Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
  10. ↑ BWIHK: departments. Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Impulses 2016–2021. BWIHK, accessed on August 10, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Tobias Tabor: Board of Directors. Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
  13. ^ BWIHK: General Assembly. Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
  14. ^ Tobias Tabor: Departments. Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economics, Labor and Housing: Welcome to Baden-Württemberg as a state of training. Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economics, Labor and Housing, accessed on August 5, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Margrit Seiter: Go.for.europe. BBQ Berufliche Bildung gGmbH, accessed on August 5, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Wolfgang Grenke is head of the IHK . DPA announcement from November 26, 2016, Südwest Presse .
  18. ↑ Baden-Württemberg Economic Archive : Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In: uni-hohenheim.de. University of Hohenheim, accessed on August 29, 2016 .