German Society for Policy Advice

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The German Society for Political Advice ( degepol for short , in its own spelling : de'ge'pol ) is the association of German-speaking political advisors . The association , based in Berlin , was founded on May 25th, 2002 and claims to be independent, cross-party and supported by a voluntary board.

Goals and Activities

The purpose of the association is to promote further training and professionalization of professionals in the field of policy advice . Among other things, de'ge'pol names the objectives of ensuring quality and ethical standards in the political consulting industry, conveying a clear profile of political consulting and management to the actors in the political field and the public, as well as building a common professional self-image.

In Germany and the European Union, the association comments on projects and decisions that affect the professional practice of political advice. It is in dialogue with other associations relevant to professional policy and participates in public discussions on the practice of policy advice, in particular on its regulation and professional standards as well as on educational pathways and qualifications.

structure

Board

  • Chairman: Dominik Meier
  • Treasurer and ethics officer: Heiko Kretschmer

Vice-chairman:

  • Tanja Boehm
  • Carsten J. Diercks
  • Sabine Schmidt
  • Sergius Seebohm
  • Norbert Theihs

The board of directors manages the business, plans the activities and represents the membership externally. The board is elected by the general assembly for three years. Dominik Meier, co-founder and managing partner of miller und meier consulting GmbH, political consulting and public affairs, has been the chairman since 2002.

The de'ge'pol advisory board is a source of inspiration and a discussion forum from the industry for the industry in exchange with the de'ge'pol board members. The advisory board is also involved in the voluntary self-regulation in the German Council for Interest Representation.

The advisory board forms the various activities in the field of policy advice, i. H. it consists of members of de'ge'pol or previous advisory board members of the activity clusters:

Advisory Board

Members

Members of degepol can be persons or corporations. Personal members are professional practitioners who have experience in policy advice . You work in the areas of political communication and public affairs , campaign advice and policy advice in various countries. You work in agencies , companies , associations , political parties or as self-employed. Since January 2010, membership has also been open to legal entities. Corporate members are organizations that work in the professional field, especially agencies and consulting firms. Corporate members can send up to five representatives to degepol.

Quality, ethics and transparency

The association's main concerns are quality standards, rules of conduct and transparency for policy advice. The association has published a catalog of criteria for quality management in policy advice. In 2003 a code of conduct for political advisors was adopted at the general assembly. Since 2009, the association has been publicly advocating a registration requirement for interest representatives at EU level and in Germany.

Memberships

Since 1987, the association, together with the German Public Relations Society (DPRG), the Federal Association of Communicators (BdKom) and the Society for Public Relations Agencies (GPRA), has supported the German Council for Public Relations (DRPR). In October 2017 the de'ge'pol left the DRPR in a dispute.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.degepol.de/satzung
  2. ↑ http://www.degepol.de/degepol/
  3. ↑ Statutes of de'ge'pol ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.degepol.de
  4. ↑ http://www.degepol.de/degepol/
  5. ↑ degepol: Information on membership .
  6. ↑ degepol: Corporate Members .
  7. ↑ Catalog of criteria for quality management in policy advice
  8. ↑ de'ge'pol code of conduct, April 5, 2003
  9. ↑ The de'ge'pol key issues paper on a register for interest groups in Germany, December 17, 2009
  10. ↑ Thomas Dillmann, Bad Honnef: Zoff in DRPR: de'ge'pol resigns and covers BdP, DPRG and GPRA with accusations. PR-Journal, October 27, 2017, accessed on October 30, 2017 (German).