Lake Constance Council
The International Council of Lake Constance (IBR) is an ideal association consisting of representatives of the countries bordering Lake Constance .
It was founded in 1991 on a private basis to promote cross-border cooperation in the Euregio Bodensee.
The association wants to contribute to the fact that the people of the Lake Constance region can preserve their identity in Europe. It sees itself as a civil society , advisory institution based on the personal commitment of its members. It covers all questions that are of general interest. It gives recommendations to the authorities and institutions that are responsible in the countries and cantons bordering Lake Constance. These recommendations were frequently taken up by the International Lake Constance Conference. The IBR has been the official partner of the International Lake Constance Conference since it was founded .
organization
The Lake Constance Council has 55 members who are appointed according to a trinational proportional representation clause . The following numbers of members apply to the individual neighboring countries:
- Germany 27
- Switzerland 18
- Austria 8
- Liechtenstein 2
The Lake Constance Council generally meets in public plenary sessions several times a year and also maintains six departments (as of 2018):
- Culture
- economy
- Transport, tourism, sport
- Agriculture and Food
- Science and technology
- public relation
In addition, current issues such as B. Migration, integration, energy transition, etc. picked up and discussed with international experts.
From 1991 to 2003 Robert Maus , District Administrator of Konstanz , was President of the Lake Constance Council. He was followed by the Swiss National Councilor Arthur Loepfe , who held office until 2017. Frank Hämmerle , Constance, has been President of the international Lake Constance Council since 2017 . Honorary members of the Lake Constance Council are Robert Maus and Horst Sund (since 2017)
Web links
- Official website
- Lake Constance Council , Office for External Relations, Canton Thurgau
- High-tech region of Lake Constance. Retrieved May 4, 2011 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.bodenseerat.org/der-bodenseerat/lösungen
- ^ Report on cross-border cooperation and the involvement of the cantons in foreign policy of March 7, 1994, 412.5 Region Bodensee , p. 640 (PDF)
- ↑ Bodenseerat , St. Galler Tagblatt , May 4, 2011
- ↑ a b c Stephan A. Jansen, Nico Stehr, Eckhard Schröter: Positive Distance ?: Multidisciplinary approaches to the true distance and keeping distance in theory and practice, Springer-Verlag, 2012, p. 327 [1]
- ↑ "Partnership cooperation in the Lake Constance region (IBK)"
- ↑ Articles of Association (PDF)
- ↑ "IBR Calendar (Official Website)"
- ^ Bodenseerat: Arthur Loepfe is the new president of the Bodenseerat , Schwäbische Zeitung , November 21, 2003
- ↑ a b c District Administrator Hämmerle is now President of the Lake Constance Council , Südkurier , March 30, 2017