Eberhard Diepgen Prize
The Eberhard Diepgen Prize for social cohesion is a long-November 2018 annually conferred price of the CDU Berlin . It is intended to honor and promote commitment that has rendered outstanding services to social cohesion in Berlin.
The name giver of the endowed award is the Berlin city elder and long-time ruling mayor Eberhard Diepgen .
history
The idea of the award goes back to an initiative of the state minister for culture and the CDU state chairman in Berlin at the time, Monika Grütters , who presented it to the CDU state executive with Secretary General Stefan Evers during a closed meeting on March 9, 2018 in Nauen, Brandenburg . On the same day, the committee decided to offer the award.
According to the CDU, the primary aim of the award is to take up historical political priorities again and, in particular, to support and praise social and societal commitment within Berlin as a core principle of cohesion. Leading CDU politicians implemented a similar idea after the end of the war with the creation of the Union Aid .
The prize is endowed with 5000 euros, whereby the rule was created that the awardees have to invest the money back in the winning project.
The namesake and patron is the long-time former governing mayor Eberhard Diepgen, who also acted as parliamentary group and state chairman and has been honorary chairman of the CDU Berlin since 2004 . As namesake, Diepgen is also to be recognized for his services as a member of the Advisory Board for Cohesion, in which he campaigned for humane solutions for the accommodation of refugees during the refugee crisis in Germany in 2015/2016 .
The Eberhard Diepgen Prize, which is financially supported by Spreebogen Grundbesitz GmbH, was awarded for the first time on November 19, 2018 as part of an evening event in Schloss Friedrichsfelde .
jury
The jury is made up of people from public life who have distinguished themselves through social engagement. In addition to Monika Grütters, the members also include the former foreigners commissioner of the federal government Babara John , the state chairman of the Unionhilfswerk Berlin, Thomas Georgi and the former state secretary Dirk Gerstle .
The chair of the jury is the former Federal Minister and long-time President of the Berlin Regional Association of the German Red Cross , Sabine Bergmann-Pohl .
Award winners
| 2018 | Social department store Rabauke e. V. (main prize)
Visitor service of the Maltese in Berlin (recognition award) |
| 2019 | Evangelical Reconciliation Community Berlin
Neighborhood home Neukölln eV |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Isabell Jürgens: CDU wants to award an Eberhard Diepgen Prize. In: BERLINER MORGENPOST website. March 13, 2018, accessed on July 9, 2018 (German).
- ^ Eberhard Diepgen Prize for Social Cohesion. In: Website of the CDU Berlin. March 2018, accessed on July 9, 2018 (German).
- ↑ CDU Berlin will in future honor commitment to social cohesion with the Eberhard Diepgen Prize. In: TP press agency. March 13, 2018, accessed on July 9, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Dominik Bath: Diepgen Prize is awarded for the first time. In: Berliner Morgenpost. November 19, 2018, accessed on November 19, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Eberhard Diepgen Prize for Social Cohesion awarded for the first time. In: Website of the CDU Berlin. November 20, 2018, accessed on November 20, 2018 (German).