Local Political Forum Saxony

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The Municipal Political Forum of Saxony is a German non-profit association closely related to the Die Linke party and headquartered in Dresden . The association is responsible for political education work with a focus on local politics . He sees himself as belonging to the basic intellectual current of democratic socialism .

Local Political Forum Saxony eV (KFS)
purpose "The purpose of the association is to provide citizens with political education in order to enable them to act civically and thus also to participate in local self-government"
Chair: Sabine Brünler
Executive Director: Patrick Pritscha
Establishment date: November 30, 1991
Seat : Dresden
Website: www.kommunalforum-sachsen.de

history

The association was founded on November 30, 1991. In 1995 the PDS recognized the association as a party-affiliated educational institution. The KFS has been receiving funding from the Free State of Saxony since 1996 . The association has had its headquarters on Großenhainer Strasse in Dresden since 2006.

engagement

The Municipal Political Forum Saxony sees itself connected to democratic socialism . The aim of the association's activities is to motivate and enable municipal elected officials, knowledgeable residents and interested citizens to participate in municipal self-government .

For this purpose, the association organizes educational events in various formats. The events take place across Saxony and are partly carried out in cooperation with the respective municipal administrations.

The KFS is registered as an independent publisher and is the publisher of the Edition KFS series , the specialist periodical Kommunal-Info and the biannual magazine Das Kommunalforum .

Legal form and financing

The KFS has the legal form of a registered association . The association is financed from membership fees, donations and funding from the Free State of Saxony.

organization

The highest organ of the association is the general assembly. It elects the board of the association every two years. The board currently has six members, with Sabine Brünler as the chairperson (as of August 2020) .

The association has an office in Dresden and has four employees. The managing director is Patrick Pritscha (as of August 2020) .

Publications

  • Patrick Pritscha: Shrinking cities and urban development. An overview. Municipal Political Forum Saxony, Dresden 2007, ISBN 978-3-89819-280-4 .
  • Patrick Pritscha: What is participatory budgeting and how is it created? A guide to the development of participatory budgeting. Municipal Political Forum Saxony, Dresden 2008, ISBN 978-3-89819-308-5 .
  • Katrin Pritscha, Horst Wehner: People with disabilities - municipal actors are in demand. A suggestion for action. Municipal Political Forum Saxony, Dresden 2013, ISBN 978-3-89819-402-0 .
  • Roland Roth et al. a: Citizen participation and democracy at the local level. Municipal Political Conference 2013. Municipal Political Forum Saxony, Dresden 2013, ISBN 978-3-89819-406-8 .
  • Alexander Thomas: Municipal budget law in Saxony. Municipal Political Forum Saxony, Dresden 2015, ISBN 978-3-945564-01-1 .
  • Konrad Heinze: Local asylum policy. Municipal Political Forum Saxony, Dresden 2016, ISBN 978-3-945564-03-5 .
  • Frank Kutzner: Participation in local politics. A start guide. Local Political Forum Saxony, Dresden 2017, ISBN 978-3-945564-04-2 .
  • Christian Wirrwitz: Communication, Rhetoric, Argumentation. Basic knowledge for local politics. Local Political Forum Saxony, Dresden 2017, ISBN 978-3-945564-05-9 .
  • Christian Wirrwitz: Time sovereignty and self-organization in everyday local politics. Local Political Forum Saxony, Dresden 2018, ISBN 978-3-945564-06-6 .
  • Achim Grunke: Tendering and awarding of public contracts. A guide to local politics. Municipal Political Forum Saxony, Dresden 2018, ISBN 978-3-945564-07-3 .
  • Thomas Scherzberg: Manual for a sustainable municipal environmental policy. Local Political Forum Saxony, Dresden 2018, ISBN 978-3-945564-08-0 .
  • Achim Grunke, Alexander Thomas: The municipal mandate. A manual. Municipal Political Forum Saxony, Dresden 2018, ISBN 978-3-945564-09-7 .
  • Christian Wirrwitz: Personnel management and teamwork. Basics for local politics. Local Political Forum Saxony, Dresden 2019, ISBN 978-3-945564-10-3 .
  • The municipal forum. Magazine for progressive local politics. Volume 1. Local Political Forum Saxony, Dresden 2020, ISBN 978-3-945564-14-1 .

literature

  • Peter Graeff, Robert Neumann, Marcus Donath: Trust and Social Capital in Political Institutions. Political Consequences of the District Reform 2008 - Final Report. TU Dresden, Dresden 2007- Investigation on behalf of the Municipal Political Forum Saxony.
  • Saxon City and Community Day : paperback for the council work. Dresden 2014.
  • Claudia Leonhardt, Felicitas Weck: Left local politics. An introduction . VSA, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-89965-799-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Statutes of the KFS - Local Political Forum Saxony. Accessed April 30, 2019 (German).
  2. ^ History of the KFS - Local Political Forum Saxony. Accessed April 30, 2019 (German).
  3. ^ Sächsischer Städt- und Gemeindetag (Ed.): Pocket book for the council work . Dresden 2014, p. 271/272 .
  4. ^ Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .
  5. ↑ district Görlitz: local elections 05/26/2019. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .
  6. ^ The municipal forum . In: Local Political Forum Saxony. Retrieved on August 11, 2020 (German).
  7. ↑ REVOSax state law Saxony - KomPolFördRL. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .