Cosmopolitan Saxony for democracy and tolerance

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Cosmopolitan Saxony for Democracy and Tolerance is a political program launchedin April 2005 in the Free State of Saxony to combat right-wing extremism , racism and anti-Semitism . The creation of such a program was laid down in the coalition agreement between the CDU and SPD for the fourth legislative period of the Saxon state parliament.

coordination

The deputy government spokesman of the Free State of Saxony Andreas Beese has been named as the coordinator of the program. As members of the created advisory board, the Foreigners Commissioner of the Free State of Saxony Friederike de Haas , Ralf Hron (as representative of the trade unions), Werner Scheibe (as representative of the churches), Ullrich Gintzel (as representative of science), Stefan Schönfelder (as representative of the training providers) , Ulrich Rienth (as a representative of the economy) and the members of the state parliament Lars Rohwer , Martin Dulig and Falk Neubert .

aims

The state program pursues five different program objectives:

  1. Perception of extremism, racism and anti-Semitism as ongoing social issues
  2. Strengthening democratic values ​​in an active civil society
  3. Mobilizing citizens against totalitarian thinking and for tolerance and solidarity
  4. Qualification and advice for specialists in dealing with violence and extremism, especially multiplier training and networking
  5. Victim protection.

In 2005, the program supported 865 projects and events across the country.

financing

For the years 2005 and 2006, 2 million euros were made available from the Saxon state budget, which are broken down as follows:

  • Costs for scientific support and advice: 200,000 euros
  • Cross-departmental public relations: 590,000 euros
  • Subsidies to independent organizations, clubs and associations: 1,010,000 euros
  • Other allocations to municipalities and municipal associations: 200,000 euros

In 2005, 195 projects submitted applications for the available 1.21 million euros, 119 of which were rejected and 76 were approved. In 2006, 67 projects received funding of 1,055,130.50 euros.

See also

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  1. ^ Program "Cosmopolitan Saxony for Democracy and Tolerance" ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
  2. ↑ Cosmopolitan Saxony for Democracy and Tolerance - Evaluation of the factual reports for the 2005 funding period ( Memento from July 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) State Chancellery Free State of Saxony, p. 5 (PDF, 558 kB)
  3. ^ Fritz Hehle, Cornelius Weiss: Joint press release: parliamentary groups of CDU and SPD submit proposals for amendments to the draft state budget 2005/2006 ( Memento of September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Press release, March 23, 2005
  4. ↑ Cosmopolitan Saxony for Democracy and Tolerance - Evaluation of the factual reports for the 2005 funding period ( Memento from July 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) State Chancellery Free State of Saxony, pp. 47–50 (PDF, 558 kB)
  5. ↑ http://www.sachsen.de/de/bf/wos/download/Gefoerderte_Projekte2006.pdf (link not available)

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