Welobby

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welobby
Welobby Logo.png
legal form society
founding 2018
Seat Berlin
purpose Lobbying for social purposes
Chair Jan Christian Sahl
Website www.welobby.co

Welobby ( proper spelling welobby ) is a non-profit association based in Berlin . The aim of the association, founded in 2018, is to politically represent and enforce non-commercial and under-represented interests .

history

Welobby was in 2018 by the web developer Niklas Hofmann and the former BDI - lobbyists Jan Christian Sahl established. In addition, the foundation was supported by former top politicians such as Norbert Lammert and Brigitte Zypries .

Goals and work

According to its own statement, the aim of the organization is to give financially weaker interest groups a political voice and thus to function as a “lobby for everyone without a lobby”. In addition, lobbying should be transparent to the public. Lobbyism is recognized as "an indispensable part of a functioning democracy". Welobby wants to "democratize" lobbying through more equal opportunities and better transparency. For this purpose, private individuals or non-profit organizations can submit topic suggestions, which Welobby will check for their legal and political feasibility as well as other criteria. If the proposal successfully goes through public crowdfunding on the Welobby website, lobbying for the topic begins.

In addition, the association carries out educational work on the subject of lobbying, for example through lectures and courses at schools and universities.

subjects

2018 Compatible Welobby the club Prowo offering in Berlin places for assisted living for people with social difficulties. Since the association's rental contracts were subject to commercial leasing law, the people in the supervised living were largely unprotected under rental law. In December 2018, after lobbying , the Bundestag finally approved a change in tenancy law, which extended the usual tenant protection, for example against dismissals or rent increases, to this group of people. In addition, Welobby works for political measures to fight loneliness in old age, as well as for a better legal basis for alternative forms of living such as tiny houses .

reception

The founding of the organization met with a predominantly positive media response. The lobby-critical association Lobbycontrol rated Welobby as a “remarkable, creative initiative that starts in exactly the right place”.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Böcking: Welobby: Platform should enable lobbying for everyone. Der Spiegel , March 5, 2018, accessed on February 17, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Dieter Kassel: Platform for Citizens' Interests - A lobby for everyone who doesn't have a lobby. In: Deutschlandfunk . January 2, 2020, accessed February 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Stefan Reccius: Jan Christian Sahl: The Welobby founder wants to make political lobbying “compatible with democracy”. In: Handelsblatt . June 28, 2018, accessed February 17, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Laura Hofmann: Neighborhood. In: Der Tagesspiegel . December 5, 2018, accessed February 17, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Jan Christian Sahl : What kind of lobbyists are they, based on topics? In: www.welobby.co. July 25, 2018, accessed February 17, 2020 .
  6. ^ Kai Schlieter, Gabriela Keller: The city sold. In: Berliner Zeitung . February 20, 2019, archived from the original on February 17, 2020 ; accessed on June 19, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b Tim Zülch: Piggyback on tenancy law. In: new Germany . December 20, 2018, accessed February 17, 2020 .
  8. ↑ welobby project - better protection for those in need of protection! In: www.welobby.co. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Natalia Warkentin: After a successful petition: Tampon activists start crowdfunding . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 15, 2019, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed February 17, 2020]).
  10. ↑ welobby - suggestions. In: www.welobby.co. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  11. ↑ The hour of the whisperers. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . June 1, 2020, accessed June 19, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Maria Fieddler, Laura Schreiner: A lobby for people with no lobby. In: Tagesspiegel . November 4, 2018, accessed February 17, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Bernd Lechler, Ellinor Krogmann: Support for the lobbyless. In: SWR2 . September 4, 2018, accessed February 17, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Uwe Ritzer: Lobbyists want to fight for the lobbyless. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . August 15, 2018, accessed February 17, 2020 .
  15. ↑ welobby. In: www.socialimpact.eu. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Winner 2nd funding round. In: www.demokratie.io. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  17. ↑ welobby wins betterplace innovation competition and receives support from bpb. In: www.welobby.co. November 16, 2018, accessed February 17, 2020 .