Future Berlin Foundation
The Stiftung Zukunft Berlin is an independent forum for civic co-responsibility. It is a foundation under civil law with legal capacity based in Berlin , non-profit and politically independent; their work is operational.
organization
The foundation is committed to the development of Berlin. It emerged in 2006 from the “Forum Zukunft Berlin eV”. Founders are the entrepreneurs Dieter Rosenkranz and Klaus Groth .
The board of directors sets the priorities of the foundation's work and represents the foundation externally. The members of the board are Volker Hassemer (chairman), Karin Kohler (deputy chairwoman) and Stefan Richter.
The Board of Trustees consists of nine members. The members of the Board of Trustees are: Christine Bergmann (Chair), Andreas Gebhard (Deputy Chair), Henry Bren d'Amour, Jutta Croll, Thomas Rühle, Markus Schächter , Peter Schiwy and Reinhard Uppenkamp .
The Stiftung Zukunft Berlin is an operational foundation and does not sponsor any third-party projects.
More than 400 Berliners work in the foundation in groups of five to 15 volunteer members each. From among their number there is one responsible person for the progress of the respective initiative. They are supported organizationally by the employees of the foundation. The foundation brings citizens together with politicians and decision-makers, offers events for exchanging views and platforms for positions.
Projects
Projects the foundation is working on:
- A Soul for Europe - A civil society initiative that relies on cooperation between civil society and political decision-makers. Starting from its base points in Amsterdam, Belgrade, Berlin, Brussels, Porto and Tbilisi, the initiative forms an international network of European cities and regions, the cultural and economic sectors as well as European political decision-makers.
- Berlin-Forum - The Berlin-Forum would like to let urban society have a say and bring it to work together with politicians. It consists of 50 people from all areas of Berlin society and would like to participate in long-term decisions on urban development. The forum is carried out jointly with the partner organizations BUND Berlin , German Caritas Association , Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia , Chamber of Crafts Berlin , Landesmusikrat Berlin , Landessportbund Berlin , Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin and ver.di Berlin-Brandenburg .
- Together Berlin - The project discusses how citizens can be better included in decisions and focuses in particular on groups that are often not heard in the processes. Best-practice examples of participatory budgeting - budgets administered by citizens - are also to be tested for Berlin.
- Rütli model - In order to improve the educational situation in Neukölln, the Stiftung Zukunft Berlin initiated together with the district mayor a. D. Heinz Buschkowsky opened the " Campus Rütli - CR²" in 2007 . The area around the Rütli School is being developed from a problem area into a model project through appropriate education and support offers. Christina Rau is the patron of the “Campus Rütli” .
literature
- Stiftung Zukunft Berlin (ed.): Speeches about the capital. The federal states and Berlin - Prime Ministers in dialogue. B&S Siebenhaar, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-936962-02-4 .
- Volker Hassemer: Why Berlin? A polemic. B&S Siebenhaar, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-936962-87-1 .