State center for political education

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The sixteen state centers for political education of the German states are institutions for the promotion and deepening of political education and the civic sense of responsibility of the citizens of a country. In many task definitions, the consolidation of the free-democratic basic order and the promotion of democratic participation are also addressed. The state centers for political education act in a non-partisan way, but are affiliated to a ministry and, depending on the state, organized as a state institution or state institution, for example. They are independent of the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) and represent their counterparts at the state level. As a joint offer for political education, the state headquarters provide the information portal for political education within the framework of a federal working group (BAG) , which is provided by the state agency for political education Baden-Württemberg is supported and developed.

history

overview

The Prime Minister's Conference of the Länder agreed in February 1954 to set up central institutions for civic education in all of the Länder. This decision was implemented very differently in the federal states of Germany and was only implemented gradually. Historical development and organizational characteristics and connection of the state headquarters vary from state to state. The predecessor organization of today's State Center for Civic Education North Rhine-Westphalia , the equivalent in Lower Saxony in 1955, was founded as early as 1947 . In the new federal states , the state headquarters were set up in the early 1990s.

Due to the educational federalism in Germany, there are centers for political education at federal and state level, which work independently of one another, but sometimes also cooperate. In the 1990s, the cooperation between the state headquarters and the federal agency for political education intensified at the level of publications, conferences and promotional work.

Lower Saxony special route (2005-2017)

The Lower Saxony State Center for Political Education was dissolved on December 31, 2004 for ostensibly financial reasons, following a resolution by the Lower Saxony State Government under Prime Minister Christian Wulff and Interior Minister Uwe Schünemann . This led to considerable protests, including by the Federal Agency for Civic Education . Educational tasks were then transferred to the Lower Saxony constitution protection agency, which led to criticism and protests. Alternatively, the tasks of the Lower Saxony state center for political education were also taken over by the Federal Working Group on Political Education Online . In April 2016, the Lower Saxony state parliament unanimously decided to re-establish a Lower Saxony state center for political education . It opened on January 25, 2017 and is headed by Ulrika Engler.

assignment

The mandate of the Federal Agency for Civic Education and the State Agency for Civic Education was last formulated in the Munich Manifesto on May 26, 1997. This includes, in particular, that political education must be "pluralistic, non-partisan and independent" and that it promotes political participation by citizens.

The main tasks of the regional headquarters are

  • to strengthen the democratic and political awareness of the citizens and
  • to encourage their active participation in political life.

The profile of the work of the headquarters is characterized by

  • Meetings, seminars, forums, congresses and study trips
  • Publications on important topics
  • Teaching and learning materials for political education
  • Development of new methods and use of new information transfer techniques
  • Exhibitions and competitions
  • Development and coordination of a political education network "
  • Support and promotion of a pluralistic educational offer.

All of this should be guaranteed , both in the publications and in the events, through a high degree of impartiality and objectivity .

Regional headquarters in Germany

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Centers for Civic Education on the website of the Federal Agency for Civic Education September 3, 2012
  2. ↑ Imprint of the Federal Working Group on Political Education Online. Retrieved February 13, 2017 .
  3. ^ A b c d Peter Massing: Federal and state centers for political education. In: https://www.bpb.de/ . Federal Agency for Civic Education, March 19, 2015, accessed on December 12, 2019 .
  4. ^ Closure of the state center for political education in Lower Saxony. (Press release) In: bpb.de. Federal Agency for Civic Education , July 27, 2004, accessed on June 11, 2016 : "The participants expressed their incomprehension that the state government is breaking an element out of the tried and tested system of state political education in Germany by closing the regional headquarters."
  5. ↑ Democracy needs the state centers for political education. (Resolution) Democracy needs political education, political education work needs strong partners - needs the state centers for political education. In: dvpb.de. German Association for Political Education, accessed on June 11, 2016 : "German Association for Political Education (DVPB) protests against the threatened closure of the State Center for Political Education Lower Saxony"
  6. ↑ Political education The protection of the constitution makes school , by Michael Quasthoff, TAZ September 1, 2009
  7. ^ Educational work at Lower Saxony's constitutional protection meeting of the Lower Saxony state parliament on January 21, 2011; Question Time 44 January 21, 2011
  8. ↑ http://www.weiterhaben.de/sites/default/files/downloads/Verfassungsschutz_Wiedemann.pdf
  9. ↑ Political education has another address. State Center for Political Education returns. In: NDR 1 Lower Saxony. Norddeutscher Rundfunk, April 14, 2016, accessed on June 11, 2016 : "On Thursday, the Lower Saxony state parliament decided, with the votes of the CDU and FDP, to reintroduce the state headquarters."
  10. ^ Dpa: Landtag: new state center for political education. In: www.abendblatt.de. Retrieved April 14, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Red-Green resolves: New state center for political education Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung 5th and 8th November 2015
  12. ^ Lower Saxony: new state center for political education Die Welt June 22, 2016
  13. ↑ Press release from the Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture from November 29, 2016
  14. ↑ Federal Office and the State Office for Political Education: Munich Manifesto of May 26, 1997. In: https://www.lpb-bw.de/ . Federal Agency and the State Agency for Political Education, 1997, accessed on December 12, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Berlin State Center for Political Education
  16. ^ State center for political education Saarland
  17. ↑ 60 years of the State Center for Political Education