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JAHRESBERICHT DER FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG 2020 2020 ANNUAL REPORT 2021 OUTLOOK Facts and Figures

194,000,000 z 240 budget (2020) publications in

108 2,646 3,048 foreign offices students and doctoral events in Germany candidates (in person and online)

16 270 120,474 offices in Germany of them are foreign participants scholarship-holders (in person and online)

22,000 56,000 metres visitors to Museum of archive holdings Karl-Marx-Haus in

1 million publications in the library holdings 2020 ANNUAL REPORT

2021 OUTLOOK Contents

FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG

FOREWORD 05 Foreword 08 2020 in pictures

PROJECTS AND WORKING LINES

PRESS REVIEW 29 The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e. V. in the press

AREAS OF ACTIVITY 40 Political Education and Consultation 51 Prizes awarded by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e. V. 44 International work of the FES 48 Academic Activities 52 Dependent foundations and special funds

APPENDIX FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG 04 For Social

FOREWORD 05 Foreword 08 2020 in pictures

PROJECTS AND WORKING LINES 11 Emerging from the Corona crisis and its fall-out: more just, ecological and democratic? 13 Democracy under pressure: With all our might for an open, PRESS REVIEW plural society 29 The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e. V. in the press 16 Flight, migration, integration: Reaching out to the most vulnerable groups 19 Economic and social affairs: Harnessing the momentum from the crisis AREAS OF ACTIVITY 23 Europe: 40 Political Education and Consultation Cohesion, rule of law, socio-ecological 44 International work of the FES transformation 48 Academic Activities 26 Just transition: Shaping climate protection equitably

APPENDIX 54 Organisational Chart 65 Members of the Board of 56 Annual financial statements Trustees for the year ending 65 Members of the Admission 31 December 2019 Committee for scholarships 62 The self-perception of the 66 Liaison tutors for the political foundations Scholarship Programme 62 Committed to sustainability 74 Addresses 63 Members of the Executive Board 64 Members of the Association 76 Legal Notice THE FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG For

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Who we are This is what we do

Founded in 1925, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) is the We promote and strengthen Social Democracy, above all political foundation with the longest and richest tradition in through Germany. It was named after Reichpräsident , • Civic and political education work to bolster civil society. and the Foundation owes its origins and tasks to the political Our information, orientation and training programmes legacy he left behind. and events motivate and help lay the groundwork for suc- As a political foundation with close ties to a political party, cessful political, trade union and civic engagement. We we base our work on the fundamental values of Social De- improve participation by citizens in the social discussion mocracy: freedom, justice and solidarity. This links us ideo- and debate as well as in decision-making processes; logically with Social Democracy and free trade unions. As a • Policy advice: We develop strategies on central issues re- non-profit organisation, we organise our work independently lating to economic, social and educational policy as well and autonomously. as on fundamental questions of democratic development. At the interfaces between science and political practice, we help shape the public discourse to bring about a more What we strive for just and sustainable economic and social order at national, European and global levels; • A free society based on solidarity, offering equal opportu- • International cooperation: With foreign offices in over nity for political, economic, social and cultural participa- 100 countries, we support a policy of peaceful coopera- tion – regardless of origin, gender or religion; tion and human rights, promote the establishment and • A vibrant and strong democracy; an economy growing consolidation of democratic, social and constitutional sustainably with decent work for everyone; structures, and help pave the way for free trade unions • A welfare state which provides more education and better and a strong civil society. In the process of European uni- health, but also fights poverty and addresses the major fication, we are committed to, and work intensively for a risks in life; social, democratic and competitive Europe; • A country that assumes responsibility for peace and social • Encouraging the advancement of talented young people progress in Europe and the world. with special consideration of students and doctoral can- didates from low-income families and those with a migra- tion background. This is one way we contribute to greater educational justice; • Collective memory of Social Democracy: through the ar- chive, our library and contemporary history projects, we keep the historical roots of Social Democracy and trade unions alive and vibrant while supporting socio-political and historical research. Foreword

5 FOREWORD The FES in 2020 – a crisis and many new opportunities

As 2020 drew to a close, the Foundation found itself facing challenges on an un- precedented scale. Since the beginning of 2020, the FES has been undergoing one of the largest restructuring processes in its history. Thanks to the process initiated by the Ex- ecutive Board, “FES 100” ¹, the Founda- , State Premier (ret.) Dr. Roland tion is to receive a new, more streamlined President of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., Secretary General of the working structure, which will organise Honorary Chair since January 2021 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V. its work more clearly, translate into effi- ciency gains and help make planning processes more coherent. The pandemic’s negative consequences can be felt in In mid-March, the Corona pandemic put a stranglehold many areas of life. The forecasted enormous economic up­ on everyday working life. The Foundation was jolted into heavals harbour considerable potential for social conflict. crisis mode as a result of strict legal regulations and rules Strong warnings regarding further ruptures and cleavages governing contact and hygiene. Measures had to be initiat- in social milieus are to be heard as well as calls for po- ed in a very brief span of time to ensure that the Foundation licy-makers to take countermeasures to reduce inequality in would be able to work effectively under the conditions laid society. This has been a major topic for the Foundation – down in the new rules and regulations at Federal and Länder even before Corona. levels aimed at containing the pandemic. In times of lockdown, however, it has also become ap- Wherever possible, work was largely done from home. parent how stable traditional role models that were thought Video conferences replaced real meetings; an exhausting to have become a thing of the past are still making their sequence of video conferences day in, day out took its toll on presence felt. Just consider this fact: it is predominantly all our staff members. women who are responsible for “children and cooking” in The fact that socio-political work was nevertheless car- times of closed schools and day-care centres. Many mea­ ried on, and was in no way inferior in terms of either scope, sures to contain the pandemic have gone hand in hand with diversity or quality compared to a “normal” year, bears wit- unprecedented restrictions on basic democratic rights. Ex- ness to the substance of the Foundation. The heart of the tremists are instrumentalising the Coronavirus, agitating Foundation also continued to beat strongly during the Coro- in the hope of bringing about a collapse of democracy. Ab- na pandemic. As a result, the FES fully accomplished its struse conspiracy ideologies are spreading on social media, mission even in times of crisis. posing a threat to democracy. It is in this context that find- This was important because the need for political consul- ings from the FES “Mitte Study” are often being cited in the tancy and policy mediation was in particularly high curren- public debate. cy this year. The political and social effects of the Corona In a crisis, people yearn for answers and explanations. crisis impacted working lines in which the Foundation has Therein lies a great opportunity for civic and political educa- been engaged for a considerable time now. The problems tion work. Thanks to solid and resolute preparatory work in that the working lines grapple with have clearly been ampli- the field of digitisation, the Foundation was able to react fied by the pandemic – as if through a magnifying glass. quickly to the lockdown and adapt its socio-political services. The crisis has brought home to us with full force the fundamental importance of a well-functioning and capable social welfare state. However, it has also exposed the drastic consequences of cuts in investments in public infrastructure and services of general interest – issues that the FES has been intensively addressing for some time now.

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It was possible to even create completely new networks in the beginning of June, the Foundation presented the adviso- innovative digital formats freed from the constraints of geo- ry paper “Corona verändert die Welt”, which was praised as graphy. In many places in this field, FES colleagues report a valuable contribution by the German Federal Minister of that technology is helping to expand the range and reach out Foreign Affairs. to new target groups. Here the FES has managed to be at the In order to reflect the extent of the crisis in a global con- forefront: an evaluation by the Centre for Evaluation (CEval) text and thus also to meet the surge in demand for advice on shows that in the field of civic and political education the FES the Corona pandemic around the world, the FES is leverag- is among the top group of institutions in terms of offering the ing its large network of offices abroad and its excellent glob- most online events. al networks and partnerships. The foreign offices produce In addition to this technical management, the Founda- comprehensive expert reports on the handling of the Corona tion has succeeded in responding to the crisis in a competent pandemic in countries in which the FES operates on a con- and efficient manner in its work. The crisis has brought tinuous basis. These are then evaluated and edited at head- home to us with full force the elementary importance of a quarters. This work provides important information on the well-functioning and capable social welfare state. But it has effectiveness of control strategies and is a valuable source of also revealed the drastic consequences of slashing invest- knowledge for policy-makers. ments in public infrastructure and services of general inter- Structural and political deficits in the architecture of est – topics and issues that the Foundation has been address- multilateral organisations have not only been a subject of ing intensively in its work for some time. debate since Corona. The Corona crisis has made these defi- At the same time, massive financial support programmes cits more visible, however. Global institutions such as the instituted to cope with the pandemic have lent a new urgen- UN and its specialised agencies such as the WHO have failed cy to the classic demands of Social Democracy for greater to fulfil their tasks. Global coordination of the necessary cri- tax justice and fairer taxation of wealth. At a high-level pan- sis measures has been lacking. el organised by the FES for the “Global Solutions Summit” in The EU initially had to struggle with similar problems, May, Norbert Walter-Borjans called for social democrats and with parochial national interests and knee-jerk isolationist policy-makers to “learn from the crisis and correct the grad- reactions taking precedence over a Community approach ual reversal of tax progression over the last 100 years”. with all its advantages. Here, a turnaround was only initiat- The “FES Spotlight Report”, an important shadow report ed with the construction programme “Next Generation EU”, on the status of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Develop- which went into action under the German Council Presiden- ment, which the Foundation presented at the 75th session of cy in July. the UN General Assembly in September, also contains The Foundation has taken these developments as an op- far-reaching demands for the transformation of our econo- portunity to intensify its European work once again. Through mies. The report provides the basis for many of the work pro- its programmes, it supports various partners in forging pro- grammes of non-governmental organisations that back these gressive alliances, especially between actors committed to demands. climate and social policy, in order to lend impetus to Europe- Since April, all FES departments have been working in an an integration along progressive lines. Together with the In- ad hoc working group to develop concrete proposals on how stitute for European Politics, the FES office in Brussels has democracy, society and the economy can be made fairer in developed proposals on how the EU can make its decisions the future in the wake of Corona. Debates were held in a more democratic and successfully defend itself against at- variety of formats with prominent guests, including re- tacks on democracy and the rule of law. The results are be- nowned economists, the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, ing continuously fed into the two-year EU process “Confer- Thomas Piketty and sustainability expert Maja Göpel ². At ence on the Future of Europe”. 7 FOREWORD

While the pandemic is holding the peoples of the world in demanding year. The fact that challenges have been taken suspense, the climate crisis is increasingly posing an acute up energetically and tackled successfully fills us both with threat to humanity. The colossal forest fires in California and great joy and thankfulness. Siberia this year as well as the progressive melting of the po- A special word of gratitude goes out to our highly moti- lar ice caps are dramatic signs of this. It is true that the - vated and excellently qualified staff for their work in this pean Commission is leading the way toward an urgently need­ particularly difficult year. ed ecological restructuring of the European economy with We wish the new Foundation President the “European Green Deal”. But many people in Europe appa- and future Secretary General Dr. Sabine Fandrych much rently perceive economic structural change as something success and all the best. that is at their own expense. For them, the ecological issue is a zero-sum game with social issues on the other side of the equation. It is for this reason that the Foundation is placing Kurt Beck, State Premier (ret.) an important focus in its work on the climate issue from the President, Honorary Chair since January 2021 perspective of a socio-ecological transformation. The FES wants to provide an impetus to the debate on ecological jus­ Dr. Roland Schmidt tice that specifically applies to people’s everyday lives. Saving Secretary General the climate will only succeed in the long term if social cohe- sion is preserved. / in January 2021 In December, the Foundation, but also all of us personal- ly, were faced with important changes. The task was to pass the baton of Foundation responsibility on to able new hands. In our “personal home stretch to the end of the year”, we could hardly have imagined a more trying, strenuous and

1  This designation refers to the 100th anniversary of the foundation’s founding in 2025. ²  The French economist Thomas Piketty is the winner of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s “The Political Book” prize. The prize was awarded to him in 2015 for his work “Capi- tal in the Twenty-First Century”. 2020 in pictures

PROJECTS AND

10 WORKING LINES Workers at a furniture business in Indonesia. The number Emerging from the Corona of employees was cut back by up to 50 % in smaller sectors of business and industry during the pandemic. crisis and its fall-out: more just, ecological and democratic?

The Corona pandemic had a significant impact on the year 2020. Thanks to careful preparation, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung was able to organise numerous events at 11 home and abroad, quickly switching to online formats and thus reach new target groups. Topics relating to Social Democracy, such as justice in education and taxes or the importance of social security systems, took on a new urgency; the need for advice was enormous everywhere. The FES was also able to recognise opportunities in the crisis and apply its resources effectively in response.

Social pathways out of the crisis

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Mon- etary Fund (IMF) is forecasting the worst recession since the PROJECTS AND WORKING LINES Great Depression 90 years ago. Global poverty could rise for the first time in 30 years. Many countries are already facing a new debt crisis. The need for advice on social and economic counterstrategies went ballistic in the spring of 2020. Thanks to its excellent global networks, the FES was able to react nimbly and offer ideas and suggestions in Germany and abroad on the question of how reconstruction in the wake of the Corona crisis can be used to make societies more just, ecological and democratic. The massive support programmes of numerous govern- ments to cope with the pandemic have given a new urgency to demands for greater tax justice and taxation of wealth. A study by the FES on the sovereign debt crisis, which explores strategies for debt relief, came just at the right time in April Strengthening information work and rights and flowed into the deliberations of international organisa- tions on how to help the countries of the South. In many Western countries, some citizens have preferred Mass redundancies, week after week of cancelled classes to consume and conspiracy narratives on social and overburdened clinics dramatically underscored the im- media in response to Corona. Against this background, the portance of a properly functioning state in times of crisis. FES prepared several country studies on the situation sur- Wherever governments had refrained from investing in rounding public broadcasting. In order to meet the enor- good social services, serious gaps and deficits were exposed. mous need for advice on the global situation and to counter The pandemic has also had serious implications for educa- misinformation, the FES put together an international infor- tion systems. From a social democratic point of view, there is mation service. In blogs, FES experts reported on the effects an urgent need to prevent children from disadvantaged of the pandemic in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle backgrounds from becoming losers in the crisis. In order to East and the Balkans. develop recommendations for the school year 2020 / 21 in The crisis is in part being used to reinforce authoritarian Germany, the FES appointed a commission of 22 experts structures. This is making trade union representation of in- from educational science, law governing schools, medicine, terests become even more difficult in many countries. To- psychology, school administration, headmasters, teachers, gether with its partners, the FES has responded to this by students and parents. Their recommendations were ad- supporting, for example, the development of trade union dressed to a wide audience. apps in Uganda and Argentina, launching an online course The chronic shortage of labour is leaving its mark: Afghan health worker Juma Khan has not seen his family for three months because of the risk of infection and the heavy workload. Picture from the series “Afghan Lives Through the Lens of COVID-19”.

for a post-Corona agenda with the Global Labour University and strengthening trade unions in Vietnam in wage and col- lective bargaining. In the medium term, it is to be expected that causes of 12 flight will increase worldwide. In crisis countries, where the pandemic has further aggravated an already dramatic situa- tion for the population, the FES has adopted new strategies to attract international attention. For example, it helped Afghan photojournalists produce the photo essay “Afghan Lives Through the Lens of COVID-19”, which was published in the journal “Internationale Politik” as well as in “The Diplomat”. With the global FES media campaign “Care to Join Us”, the Foundation was able to draw attention in Egypt to the structural discrimination of female care workers, which was “Digital Capitalism” in November looked at the impact of the exacerbated by the pandemic. In Latin America, the cam- pandemic and digitalisation on work and the economy, health paign took up numerous counselling approaches launched by and urban development, education and Social Democracy. the FES and the ILO on the rights of domestic workers. In Is- The switch to working from home and online events pre- rael as well, women were disproportionately affected by the sented the entire Foundation with some major logistical chal- impact of the pandemic on the labour market. A study pre- lenges. Due to different rules and regulations in the various sented by the FES and Adva Center served as the basis for a countries, the FES had to react individually at each interna­ joint list of demands forwarded by feminist organisations to tional location. The Scholarship Programme Division also had policy-makers. to make massive changes to its schedule and “digitalise” both In Germany as well, it became apparent that women are the selection of scholarship-holders and non-material sup- particularly affected by the pandemic because of the care port at short notice. Fortunately, it was possible to continue work that largely women perform, because of job losses to pay scholarships. and because they are often particularly exposed to the risk Looking back, it can be said that the FES was well posi- of infection. An interdepartmental project looks at the tioned to react quickly. The Foundation had already consequences of Covid-19 in gender policy and focuses on launched the project “Digital Political Education and Con- those people who perform care work (not only) during the sultation” (in short: FES digital) in 2019 and systematically pandemic. addressed the digitisation of its offerings. The changeover from face-to-face to online formats was achieved within a Digital – new paths, new impact few weeks. The rapid switchover was also made possible by numerous training courses for colleagues in Germany and In substantive terms, the FES was quick to recognise the op- abroad and new web tools from the IT department. An eval- portunity for a new narrative of Social Democracy in the uation by the Centre for Evaluation (CEval) in June 2020 Corona crisis. Representatives of all departments formed an showed that the FES and the Heinrich Böll Foundation of- ad hoc working group as early as April to jointly describe a fered the most online events on civic education. The FES social democratic way out of the crisis. The Department of work areas in Germany and abroad also reported that they Economic and Social Affairs (WISO) promptly succeeded in were able to increase their reach and address new target adding a wide-ranging Corona perspective to its work. The groups with digital events. In addition, international ex- annual WISO event “Progressive Economy Day” was trans- perts who would rather not attend face-to-face events are formed into a blog and book project. The online conference able to participate. “The 2020 Political Book” award ceremony held Democracy under pressure: at FES Berlin on 17 September 2020: Award-winner Matthias Quent with former FES President and With all our might for an State Premier (ret.) Kurt Beck open, plural society

30 years after German unification, the democratic system of the Federal Republic is un- der massive pressure. Enemies of an open, pluralistic society are taking advantage of each and every opportunity to trumpet weak points, discredit political representatives, divide society and fan the flames of hatred and hatred-mongering. The Friedrich-Ebert- 13 Stiftung is fighting this with all its might. Its political education programmes inform people about democratic mechanisms, remind them of historical milestones, promote tolerance and openness to the world, and support social and political commitment.

Democracy needs commitment “The slogan ‘Never again!’ was never meant to be just an empty phrase. ‘Never again!’ was a promise to never again Political education is increasingly in demand because socie- look away – but to act instead.” ty is under greater pressure than it was a few years ago. The In order to win people over to democratic discussion pro- PROJECTS AND WORKING LINES division between rich and poor as well as right-wing popu- cesses, the Schwerin FES office conceived “Political Educa- list movements and governments are posing a threat to de- tion Days”, which collected “ideas for a strong Mecklen- mocracy and social peace. On many political issues, opinions burg-Western Pomerania”. In Berlin as well, participants in differ so much that a dialogue is scarcely possible any more. a series of workshops discussed challenges and innovative This is shown not least by the increasingly shrill protests approaches to life in the metropolis. At the “Long Night of against Corona protection measures, in which opponents of Democracy”, the BayernForum invited poetry slammers vaccination are allying with conspiracy ideologists and and journalists to present “Declarations of Love for Democ- right-wing extremist Reichsbürgers. The Friedrich-Ebert- racy”. Participants in the 20th FES Summer University were Stiftung is addressing these phenomena and promoting able to further develop and present visionary project ideas awareness of the problem as well as willingness to get in- online under the caption “Climate, Work, Capital – Only volved in democracy. The regional offices organised numer- Utopias are Realistic”. ous events against the extreme right and for a democratic culture (of de- bate). The FES office in , for example, launched a project involving outreach political education work to strengthen citizens’ resilience against right-wing actors. The language used by the extreme right and how the me- dia should react to this was the subject of a two-day online programme in the project against right-wing extremism. The sociologist Matthias Quent describes the dangers of the shift to the right in his book “Deutschland re- chtsaußen. Wie die Rechten nach der Macht greifen und wie wir sie stoppen können”. For this book, he received the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s “The Politi- cal Book” award. In her laudation, Sas- kia Esken emphasised: The largest single graffiti work in -Anhalt was created along the former inner-German border in Hötensleben during the workshop “MeGa – tearing down walls, dismantling borders” (17 – 21 August 2020).

In July, KommunalAkademien NRW, Baden-Württem- agenda is to be implemented across Europe at the FES cere- berg and Bayern brought together 200 people active in local mony celebrating International Women’s Day in Berlin. politics from all over Germany at the first virtual local poli- Federal Minister for Women’s Affairs tics summer academy. and SPD Deputy Chair discussed this topic 14 Can the future be shaped along socially just lines? This is with other high-ranking guests from the fields of European the question that was explored by the FES podcast “Zukunft and German politics and civil society. gerecht”. It presents scientific studies in a generally under- Meanwhile, in Germany, effort to get more women into standable way – studies which have been carried out within parliaments suffered some severe setbacks: In both Thurin- the framework of the Foundation’s project “For a Better Tomor- gia and , the constitutional courts overturned row”. The Academy Social Democracy launched “Buch|Essenz”, parity laws stipulating a quota system for electoral lists. which presents non-fiction books on the fundamental pro- The Berlin Parity Network, founded in autumn 2019 upon grammatic principles of Social Democracy as expressed in the initiative of Forum Berlin, is nevertheless continuing to political platforms in a new digital format. pursue the goal of introducing a parity law for the Abgeord­ netenhaus (House of Representatives) there. The FES More women in politics, policy-making stepped up its activities in this area with two publications and leadership in widely read media on the participation of women in the federal capital. At European level, the cornerstones for equality between The discussion series “FrauenFühren” (Women in Leader- women and men were laid this year: At the beginning of ship), staged by the FES Office, also addressed the is- March, EU Commissioner presented the EU sue of muted participation of women in politics. State Pre- Gender Equality Strategy 2020 – 2025. This was reason mier discussed online with the French Ambassa- enough to take a closer look at how the European equality dor, Anne-Marie Descôtes, parity expert Uta Kletzing and around 80 participants from all over Germany the French parity law and the possibility of it serv- ing as a role model for Germany. The difficult situation of single parents dur- ing the Corona pandemic was highlight- ed by the NRW regional office in an on- line discussion with the members of the Land parliament Anja Butschkau and Nicola Stroop from the NRW Associa- tion of Single Mothers and Fathers. Many young people in Germany have become more political again through the Fridays for Future move- ment, whose focus is the climate crisis. The FES takes this up in programmes and events geared to young people. In addition, it offers digital learning modules on local politics for first-time voters in its programme and trains teachers in the use of digital tools de- signed for civic education and foster- ing democracy in the classroom. FES Bonn: Contemporary witness Penina Katsir from describes her struggle for survival in the Ukrainian ghetto to around 200 schoolgirls.

30 years of German unity

Reunification was the most prominent anniversary this year. Many regional offices seized this opportunity to open up new perspectives looking back on the time of reunifica- 15 tion. Participants in the four-day workshop “MeGa – Mau- ern einreißen, Grenzen abbauen” (MeGa – tearing down walls, dismantling borders), staged in Hötensleben in Sax- ony-Anhalt, explored the impact of the former border be- tween East and : They spray-painted a 26-metre-long wall, thereby creating the largest single graffiti work in Saxony-Anhalt – with the FES logo as an element. The Berlin film “Die Kraft der Wenigen, Protest und Wider­ spruch – DDR Umweltbibliothek und Fridays for Future” (The Power of the Few, Protest and Dissent – GDR Environ- PROJECTS AND WORKING LINES mental Library and Fridays for Future) moved the spotlight to a small group of committed people who had a tremendous impact. In it, environmental activists from the former and the Fridays for Future movement reflect on their political demands then and now. The film is being made available to secondary schools in the form of a work- shop in combination with a discussion with contemporary witnesses. The Online History Workshop has placed a digital portunity to hold a “contemporary witness talk” with teaching package online, consisting of a film, video state- 90-year-old Penina Katsir from Israel in Bonn House with ments, a quiz and an online survey on the 30th anniversary over 200 schoolgirls. Ms. Katsir’s account of her struggle for of young people from East and West. survival in the Ukrainian ghetto underscored the pan-Euro- On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the official pean scale of . merger of the East and West SPDs, , the last Foreign Minister of East Germany and later Member of the Public service media can sensitise groups , discussed the beginnings of the East SPD (SDP) far removed from politics with SPD Deputy Chair Klara Geywitz in . Meckel’s autobiography “Zu wandeln die Zeiten” (To change the times) The role of public service media services as a kind of ‘virtu- not only illustrates the dangers involved in establishing the al campfire’ for societal discussions continues to decline in party in the GDR, which was illegal back then, but at the the face of digital distribution channels and individualised same time illustrates what role the federal Land of Branden- use of news. In the publication “Gemeinsamer Gesprächs- burg, which was established later, played for the SDP. raum. Wie der öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk den Diskurs On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the bombing fördert” (A common space for discussion. How public broad- of , the Saxony regional office organised a panel casting corporations promote the public debate), the Media event with several hundred guests in the Albertinum on Policy Unit drew attention to the potential of public broad- 13 February to look at the question of how to deal with this casters to use entertainment and humour to sensitise popu- date, which is routinely abused by right-wing extremists. As lation groups far removed from politics to political and so- is well known, the bombing of Dresden and other German cial problems. At a digital event staged by Journalis- cities at the end of the war was preceded by some of the tenAkademie in August, 120 media professionals spoke ghastliest crimes against humanity in history along with a about conducting research in Corona times, new funding ruthless war of aggression by the National Socialists. The opportunities for quality journalism and the importance of FES took Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January as an op- fact-based reporting, including in social media channels. Flight, migration, integration: Reaching out to the most vulnerable groups

Corona has exacerbated the desperate situation of refugees and migrant women around the world: while the most vulnerable groups are largely defenceless against the pandemic, borders have been closed and the deployment of aid workers has been made more diffi- 16 cult. For the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, this means that it needs to vigorously redouble its efforts in its work on flight, migration and integration. At international level, it works to ensure that migration is fair and that conditions facing refugees and migrant workers are improved. In Germany, it promotes the integration process, which has already been successful in many cases, and supports people who stand up for immigrants.

#zusammenkommen – #get-together integration commissioner Doris Lemmermeier noted the spe- cial nature of Potsdam’s integration policy at the 19th Land The consequences of the Corona pandemic hit the most vul- Integration Conference: although immigrants only make up nerable groups the hardest, among them refugees and mi- six per cent of the population, Brandenburg was the first fed- grants. Border closures have made it more difficult to flee eral Land with an integration strategy, and it furthermore war and crisis regions. Inhumane conditions in many refugee provides a comparatively large amount of state funding for camps have further worsened because aid workers can no social work with refugees. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomera- longer come there and medical care is inadequate. Moreover, nia, Minister of Social Affairs Stefanie Drese and Integration it is almost impossible to protect oneself from infection in the Commissioner Reem Alabali-Radovan spoke about the par- cramped conditions there. The fire that devastated the Greek ticularly difficult situation facing migrant women in Corona camp Moria on Lesbos in September was one example of the times and the tasks for integration policy resulting from this. desperate situation refugees have been in for many years. For Factors conditioning successful integration into the labour the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, this means that the focus on market are examined in the FES study “Mehr als nur ein Job. “flight, migration, integration” as a theme is by no means los- Die qualitative Dimension der Arbeitsmarktintegration von ing its importance at home and abroad, even if public atten- Geflüchteten in Deutschland” (More than just a job. The tion is being absorbed by Corona. qualitative dimension of labour market integration of refu- Five years have passed since 2015, when more than gees in Germany). It reveals, first of all, that the quality of 800,000 people arrived in Germany hoping for safety and a work does not differ significantly from the average for all em- better future. Much progress has been made with integra- ployees and, secondly, that although refugees tend to earn tion since then. At the beginning of March 2020, almost half more over time, they are still in the low-wage category. The of all refugees who had arrived in Germany since 2015 were labour market integration of women of non-Western origin in employment. More than 10,000 people who have fled was the topic of an online workshop in which representatives their homes have enrolled in higher education since 2015, from academia, politics and civil society from Germany, Swe- and 93 per cent of children between the ages of six and ten den, and Denmark took part. It became evident that attend school. special measures are needed for this target group. What has been achieved in integration policy and what Sufficient skills are indispensable for still needs to be done was the subject of a digital integration social participation. The Federal Office for Migration and policy symposium entitled “#zusammenkommen” held in Refugees (BAMF) is currently evaluating integration courses October. The conference showed that there is still a long way offered by various providers. The FES is supporting the eval- to go before people who have fled their homes can participate uation process from a civil society perspective. A symposium equally in political and social life – and that this requires a staged in cooperation with AWO-Bundesverband brought to- continued commitment as well as political initiatives in the gether representatives from policy-making and public ad- fight against racism and discrimination. ministration with providers and teachers of language courses FES regional offices also took stock of the successes and to discuss what had been achieved, but also to discuss poten- challenges of integration work. In Brandenburg, for example, tial for improvement in language-learning programmes. To- The pupils Valentina, Aleksandra and Aymar (from left to right) learn German at Friedenauer Gemeinschaftsschule in Berlin in a welcome class.

gether with the association Migra e. V., the Foundation host- Social Survey. Current data analysis showed that eastern ed an online conference on the topic of teachers with a migra- and western Europe continue to diverge on this issue. While tion background in order to make proposals to policy-makers the majority of people in western Europe are still positive on how to successfully bring teachers of foreign origin into about immigration, attitudes in some Eastern countries the teaching profession. such as the Czech Republic and have worsened con- 17 siderably. In the long term, it is to be expected that eastern Eastern and Western Europe: and western Europe will think in fundamentally different Views on immigration drift apart ways on the migration issue. An unexpected finding of the FES study was that the population in the Western Balkans, The fact that Germany is a country with a net immigration which has a history of ethnic hostilities and divisions and is balance is now part of the discursive consensus. This diversi- a key migration route, is much less sceptical about immigra- ty is rarely reflected in the inner workings of political parties tion than the populations of most countries in central east- and parliaments, however. The importance of diverse voices ern Europe. Moreover, the study showed that immigrants in politics is underscored by the FES podcast “Hörgut – Auf have more trust in the social, economic and political institu- Stimmenfang für Vielfalt” (Listening to Voices for Diversity), tions of their countries of refuge than native citizens of which Forum Berlin produced together with the Iranian com- these countries themselves. This does not change the fact PROJECTS AND WORKING LINES munity in Germany. In the podcast, young people inter- that they feel excluded, however. viewed politicians with migration experience. The FES has been working on migration issues not only at Competence centres for migration the national level, but also at European level, particularly at the location from 2017 to 2020 in the regional pro- The FES is committed to ensuring that cross-border mobility ject “Flight, Migration, Integration in Europe”. Among other is fair and based on free choice. This year, the situation for things, the project looked at attitudes toward migration from migrant workers worsened dramatically worldwide, which a comparative European perspective before and after the also affects their countries of origin, as remittances are de- years 2015 / 16 on the basis of data produced by the European clining as a result. This will have a negative impact on the fight against poverty. The FES Flight and Migration Competence Center (FMCC) in Addis Ababa has been man- dated to promote the dialogue between Africa and Europe through dialogue platforms. The Competence Center co- operates closely with the EU, the Afri- can Union, academic institutions and civil society organisations in Africa and Europe to facilitate exchange between African and European experts and de- cision-makers. In 2020, the centre put out the publication “Risking Everything for a Better Life”, which sheds light on international migration to, from and through Ethiopia. The FES Tunis Office supports the Trade Union Network for Migration in the Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Af- rica (RSMMS) with the aim of strength­ ening the dialogue between countries of origin, transit and arrival of migrant Participants in a gender training workshop held in Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, on 5 September 2020

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workers. The network brings together trade unionists from al-Kateab, who lives in Great Britain, spoke about develop- North and West Africa as well as Southern Europe and ad- ments in her country of origin and how individuals and vocates fair regulation of migration that upholds and res- states can take meaningful action, for example by support- pects the rights of migrants while recognising the potential ing the “Stop Bombing Hospitals” initiative. of migration. At the same time, the 29 affiliated unions One of the biggest refugee crises in the world is currently from 16 countries are working together to find solutions to unfolding in Latin America. According to the combat racism within their own ranks. The RSMMS has be- High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Venezuela is the come a sought-after centre of expertise on labour migration second largest country of origin for refugees after , ac- in the Mediterranean region. counting for 3.7 million, while Colombia is the second largest host country in the world behind Turkey, with 1.8 million Crises and flight in the world people finding refuge there. The FES offices in Colombia and Venezuela are therefore working closely together as well as Together with Women in Migration Network, the Founda- with partners like government authorities, academia and aid tion is working to put together an overview of all organisa- organisations on the ground. tions and experts working on gender and migration world- Ecuador has also taken in hundreds of thousands of refu- wide. More than 300 organisations were interviewed about gees from Venezuela. Many of them have experienced and their work. The objective is to foster networking and joint are experiencing violence, racism and xenophobia. The FES action to strengthen the human rights of women in connec- Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sociales Ecua- tion with migration. dor (ILDIS) together with Collective Corredores Migratorios The Middle East and North Africa are particularly affected produced short video clips on people who have fled. Their by flight and displacement due to the crises in Syria and Lib- testimonies underscore their vulnerability due to the failure ya. The film “For Sama”, nominated for an Oscar as the best of the state to guarantee their rights. The videos are also to documentary film of the year, describes the development of be used in a legal action before the Ecuadorian Constitution- the Arab Spring in Syria up until the bombing of Aleppo. al Court, which is seeking to ensure that such violations are The FES office showed the film as a Bavarian pre- not repeated. In addition, selected videos can be found on miere in the presence of filmmaker Waad al-Kateab. Waad the FES theme portal “Flight, Migration, Integration” (FMI). Warning strike in the public sector: A partici- Economic and social affairs: pant holds a speech at a strike rally in holding up a sign saying “Underpaid, over- Harnessing the momentum from worked, essential workers”. the crisis

“Systemically relevant” was the term of the year. Public attention was riveted on the care and service sector, as well as government aid for crisis-stricken companies, economic sectors and freelancers. The FES accompanied these topics in its usual competent, critical and constructive manner while not losing sight of long-term developments such as the 19 socio-ecological transformation and digitalisation of the economy.

Care policy needs to be rethought Thus, it is no coincidence that the majority of sectors that are essential for survival are staffed by women, even though Parents, hospital and nursing home staff as well as family they earn less here than workers in other professions. care-providers – these are all systemically relevant in the Minister of Family Affairs Franziska Giffey has submit- PROJECTS AND WORKING LINES true sense of the word. The great interest they received at ted a draft law for more women on boards of directors. The the beginning of the Corona crisis did not last all that long FES Managers Group has supported this concern with its and problems in the care sector, especially considerable staff discussion paper “Stark mit Quote” (“Strong through Quo- shortages, persist. The FES addressed these issues through- tas”), which was published in June and covered by several out the year. In Oranienburg, for example, the care commis- newspapers. sioner of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Living conditions in Germany vary greatly from region , and the deputy chair of the SPD parliamen- to region. At the Trier Business Forum, , tary group in the state parliament of Brandenburg, Björn Vice-President of the , and Jens Süde- Lüttmann, spoke with senior care workers about the unat- kum, expert on regional infrastructure at the University of tractive working conditions characterising this sector. In co- Düsseldorf, discussed recommendations forwarded in the operation with the trade unions, Bay- ernForum addressed these issues in the online discussion series “Who cares?”. Nor is monetary remuneration in line with the importance of the service sector. This injustice was the topic of the NRW Service Congress in November. Employees, representatives from trade unions, works councils, research and politics elaborated recommendations for a sustainable service sector. At the digital symposium “Feminist Economics and Sustainability: An An- swer to an Economy in Crisis?” held in , Katharina Mader from Vien- na University of Economics and Busi- ness Administration illustrated how a gender-sensitive approach helps ad- dress deficits in our economic system. In the Berlin pilot project “Car-Free Friedrichstrasse”, a 500- metre section of the street has been closed to car traffic. The space gained for cyclists and pedestrians is to be used to turn the street into a promenade.

FES study “Better Promoting Europe’s Regions – Ideas from and sustainable infrastructure. Important discussions sought the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt” with repre- to bridge the gap between representatives of Fridays for Fu- sentatives of the business community. ture and Munich Airport as well as between the city urban The focus was on tailor-made funding opportunities for planning office and citizens’ initiatives. Due to the great re- 20 structurally weak municipalities and regions. The Re- sponse, the series is to be continued in 2021. gional Office published “Unequal Hesse – Regional Disparity A central building block in the socio-ecological transfor- Report”, which presents the development of the Land and mation of the economy is the transformation of transport and formulates political recommendations for action on the basis transportation. With the country having literally ground to a of socio-economic data. halt, mobility researcher Marco Sonnberger from the Univer- “The 21st century is threatening to become a century of sity of Stuttgart discussed in a live chat organised by the extreme inequality, and not only between North and South, NRW Land office at the end of May what opportunities and West and East. Class-based society is returning – including in risks the pandemic meant for the mobility transformation. Germany. Social divisions are posing a threat to our democra- The Baden-Württemberg Managers Group focused on struc- cy.” This pessimistic prognosis was spelled out in detail by tural change in the automotive industry this year, for exam- Dierk Hierschel, Head of Economic Policy at ver.di, at the on- ple at the New Year’s reception in Stuttgart with SPD Land line presentation of his book “Das Gift der Ungleichheit” (Ine- chair Andreas Stoch. quality: a toxic brew) in . The event explored, among Agriculture also urgently needs to become more environ- other things, how trade unions, the environmental movement mentally friendly if we do not want to destroy the natural and political parties can help bring about better working con- resources of our planet. At the very well-attended “Agrarpoli- ditions as well as a more socially and ecologically just society. tische Tagung” (Agricultural Policy Conference) put on by the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Regional Office in Advancing the socio-ecological transformation Güstrow at the end of January, discussions were held with Minister of Agriculture Till Backhaus on how the agricultural BayernForum continued its series on Munich urban develop- sector can be made sustainable. At an online conference at ment with online events under the heading “City in Balance”. the end of November, at which a statement was also issued by The focus was on individual lifestyles, citizen participation Federal Minister of the Environment , oppor- tunities for sustainability in agriculture, the food industry and tourism in Mün- sterland were explored. The public seems to be largely una- ware of the fact that Social Democracy also has a long tradition in environmen- tal policy. It was against this back- ground that the Archive of Social De- mocracy contributed a historical ap- proach to policy advice with its paper on the SPD’s socio-ecological tradition. In September, the AdsD hosted a debate on current social democratic climate policy with the digital event “Gutes Klima – Gute Gesellschaft!” In January, the Friedrich-Ebert- Stiftung’s Kocheler Kreis for Economic Policy elevated the topic of “Public In- vestments in Times of Debt Caps and Fiscal Pact” to the agenda. The 85 mem- bers came to the conclusion that there is Digital capitalism – a watershed change due to Corona? 10 – 26 November 2020 Digital Congress with forums, interviews and live talks; moderation: Geraldine de Bastion and Tobi 21 Müller. For more, see: www.fes.de/en/digitalcapitalism PROJECTS AND WORKING LINES considerable pent-up demand in Germany for investments Digital World). This series tackled issues such as working e.g. in education and infrastructure. from home or cohesion at the workplace and on digital plat- The experts recommended reforming the debt cap as well as forms. The format was so well received that the FES is plan- the fiscal pact, taxing higher incomes and wealth more heavily ning to continue it next summer. and channelling more financial resources to municipalities. “A turn in the tide through Corona?” This question served The FES Managers Circle drafted a discussion paper entitled as the banner for the FES congress “Digital Capitalism”, “Offering a direction for crisis management” on the same topic. which took place in November as a virtual event series. High-ranking guests from science and research, politics and Social cohesion in digital life society discussed the impact of the Corona crisis on the digi- tal economy and society. The discussion series “digital.social. The fact that Germany is in danger of losing out when it democratic”, which was launched in tandem with the con- comes to digitalisation has been a recurring theme in connec- gress, offers all those actors who help shape social democrat- tion with school closures and working from home. An online ic digital policy in Europe the opportunity for a debate orient- discussion in July looked at whether the Corona stimulus ed towards the field of practice. packages could help. Guests included the head of department The education system in the Federal Republic of Germany in the Federal Ministry of Finance in charge of this area, Ana is suffering not only from the slow pace of digitisation, but is Dujic´, and the digital policy spokesman of the SPD parlia- also troubled by an unequal distribution of educational op- mentary group, Jens Zimmermann. portunities. These grievances were discussed by a number of Malu Dreyer, State Premier of Rhineland-Palatinate, ex- FES regional offices with policy-makers, teachers’ unions, plained her state’s digital strategy in the online forum of the researchers, school authorities, parents’ and pupils’ repre- Rhine-Main Managers Group in December. The Corona sentatives, for example at an event organised by the Regional pandemic has made this process all the more urgent. For Office in Regensburg in May on the topic of home schooling. example, the media literacy of schoolchildren and teachers, Representatives of the SPD in the Land parliament, the teach- the “electronisation” of the administrative and judicial sys- ers’ unions, academia and the Bavarian State Pupils’ Council tem as well as investments in the broadband supply need to came down hard on the Bavarian state government: educa- be boosted significantly. The Fritz-Erler-Forum in Stuttgart tion policy was criticised as having woefully neglected add- conceived “Digitaler Sommer-Frühschoppen” (Digital Sum- ing digital formats to lessons in good time, online lessons had mer Breakfast) together with Netzwerk Sozialer Zusam- been launched in a rush and it bordered on an outrage that menhalt in Digitaler Lebenswelt (Social Cohesion in the the government was abusing parents as “substitute teachers”. Living, teaching and learning democracy in schools – a hybrid conference under Corona conditions (with livestream) held at FES Berlin on 2 September 2020

tion of this type of school and exploit the innovative potential of this form of joint learning.

22 Jobs and the pandemic

“Out on the streets for May Day …?” Not in 2020. Nevertheless, on the in- ternational Day of Labour, the de- mand for decent work was also under- scored along a broad front at numer- ous FES departments. The Schwerin office published a special paper on the topic on the Internet and launched the online event series “Valuable Work” together with the northeast chapter of the Confederation of Ger- man Trade Unions (DGB Nordost). The Social Law Network, which was jointly founded by the FES and Con- federation of German Trade Unions in 2018, launched the new website “netzwerk-sozialrecht.net”. Workers in the catering industry can only dream of a good job at the mo- A short study on educational equity published by the FES ment. Uli Grötsch, Member of the Bundestag, spoke about Education Network formulates recommendations for the the precarious situation in the Bavarian catering and hotel coming school year. “Democracy needs schools – schools industry with Mustafa Öz, President of the Bavarian Food need democracy” was the title of a hybrid Berlin conference and Catering Union (NGG), at a webinar staged by the Re- held in September at which an FES study on political educa- gensburg Regional Office at the end of May. tion at Berlin schools was presented. It explored ways in The digitalisation of the economy must not go hand in which democracy can be lived, taught and learned in schools. hand with an inevitable elimination of jobs, and the plat- In Baden-Württemberg, ten years after its launch, the “com- form economy cannot replace companies as a social realm. munity school” has successfully established itself. This is the These were the conclusions drawn by historian Carsten conclusion of a study conducted by the Forum. Uhl, DGB Chair Reiner Hoffmann, Berlin Transport Board With its complex learning concept, the community school member Dirk Schulte and Bundestag member Cansel achieves just as good examination results as Realschule – Kiziltepe at an event on co-determination in the digital age many employers are not aware of this, however. held in February. This was the kick-off for the new series The study recommends developing an integrated upper “geschichte.macht.zukunft” sponsored by the Archive of level at community schools in order to improve the reputa- Social Democracy. Europe: Cohesion, rule of law, socio-ecological transformation

Making Europe ship-shape for the future: The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung intends to con- tribute to this by developing concepts for socially just ecological modernisation while fostering democracy and the rule of law. The FES provided critical and constructive support for the German EU Council Presidency with numerous events and initiatives. 23

Shaping ecological transformation along Many countries in central and eastern Europe are social lines strongly affected by the climate crisis. At the same time, there is little willingness there to curb global warming: Structural and political deficits in the architecture of European half-hearted CO₂ reduction targets are not in line with the PROJECTS AND WORKING LINES integration have not only been a subject of debate since Corona. Climate Agreement; moreover, these countries con- But in the pandemic, these deficits and the debate surround- tinue to protect CO₂-intensive companies and business ing them have taken on a new urgency. As in the case of the while building new coal-fired power plants. Through sever- Euro crisis and refugee crisis, the EU was not in a position to al studies on the interplay between climate and social poli- act uniformly and quickly. Instead, unilateral action and po- cy concerns, the FES has been able to contribute to a criti- litical impasses characterised action over long stretches. The cal discourse on these policies. Poland’s industry in par- turning point came with the “Next Generation EU” recon- ticular is still heavily dependent on coal. Experience of struction programme, with an outlay of EUR 750 billion, German trade unions with the phase-out of coal are there- which was adopted in July under the auspices of the German fore an important source of knowledge for the Polish trade Council Presidency. With this, the Union finally proved that it union movement. In February, the FES organised an ex- is capable of taking action. Optimists see a chance that the change of experience between the Confederation of Ger- EU could emerge from this crisis even stronger and more man Trade Unions (DGB) and the umbrella Polish trade united. The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung has seized this as an op- union federation OPZZ in Berlin. portunity to intensify its work on Europe – with the aim of A new FES Madrid project on sustainable industrial policy strengthening the EU internally and externally while lending brings together IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie and IG Metall impetus to progressive European integration. with the Spanish trade unions UGT FICA, CCOO Industrial One focal point of FES work on Europe is directed at a and the Hans Böckler Foundation (HBS). In four online socially just ecological transformation. For liberal democ- events, strategies for socio-ecological transformation were racy, prosperity and peace depend on whether we succeed developed – while taking into account trade union interests in aligning our life and economic model with the ecological and experience. limits of the planet. With the European Green Deal, the Eu- ropean Commission presented its strategy for an ecological EU pillar: social legal framework transformation of the European economy in December 2019. However, many European workers are being left with At national and European levels, one of the main objec- the sober realisation that economic structural changes are tives of the FES is to overcome social inequality and deliv- at their expense. For them, the ecological question is in er on the promise of decent work and a decent life. Impor- competition with the social question. That is why the FES is tant in this connection is the introduction of binding prioritising the social dimension of the ecological transfor- standards in the European Pillar of Social Rights adopted mation – a just transition. To this end, progressive alliances by the EU Member States in 2017. Specifically, this in- need to be forged, especially between actors committed to volves a legal framework for minimum wages, minimum climate and social policy. standards for national basic social security systems, a Eu- For the tenth time, representatives of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) and the most important trade union federations in met at the FES in Berlin for the Franco-German Trade Union Forum on 27 February 2020.

ropean unemployment reinsurance scheme, as well as tion. It is for this reason that the Foundation opposes tenden- equal opportunities and fair working conditions. cies towards a reversal of democratisation and upward-trend- Together with investments in (further) education and jobs ing violations of the rule of law, especially in EU Member of tomorrow, these are core building blocks for a socio-eco- States such as Hungary and Poland. 24 logical transformation in Europe. The ’s failure, at least in part, to defend The 10th Franco-German Trade Union Forum with DGB the rule of law and democracy in its own Member States is President Reiner Hoffmann and CGT President Philippe Mar- exacerbating its crisis of credibility. This is compounded by tinez took place in Berlin in February. The trade unionists long-standing criticism of the democratic legitimacy of the spelled out joint proposals on vocational training for the Fran- EU itself. The FES office in Brussels, together with the Insti- co-German expert group on the future of work, which is part tute for European Politics, has developed proposals on how of the cooperation agreements comprising the Treaty. the EU can make its decisions more democratic and defend In order to examine the long-term effects of the Corona against attacks on democracy and the rule of law. The results crisis on the British world of work in more detail, FES Lon- are being continuously fed into the two-year EU process don, together with the Involvement and Participation Associ- “Conference on the Future of Europe”. ation, produced the study “Towards a New Normal – What What influence is the pandemic having on right-wing and legacy might COVID-19 leave for UK working patterns?”. rightist populist parties and movements in Europe? How is Among other things, it shows how Corona affects businesses their role developing in national and European socio-politi- and jobs. The study was distributed digitally and discussed in cal debates? Is their approval rating growing or declining in a German-British online event with the Economic and Social elections? The FES offices in , Paris and the Nordic Science Institute. countries have produced country portraits on this subject that met with a lively response and organised a Europe-wide Europe and democracy exchange in cooperation with the FES project “Against Right- Wing Extremism”. All the studies carried out – including In many countries of the world, including in Europe, political those focusing on the AfD – are available in several languag- polarisation is allowing right-wing populists and nationalists es on the FES online portal. to gain considerable popularity. The aim of FES work is to European foreign and security policy is heavily influenced strengthen the normative power of universal values and ele- by the systemic rivalry between the USA and , by the vate these to become the guiding principles for political ac- highly strained relations between and the West, by conflicts and wars in Europe’s neigh- bourhood and the general crisis of mul- tilateralism. In view of these develop- ments, the EU and its Member States must significantly strengthen their ca- pacity to act in the area of foreign and security policy. The Initiative for Coop- erative Security undertaken by the Vien- na FES Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe has initiated a de- bate on cooperation in foreign and secu- rity policy that has to date been followed by about half a million interested people via Twitter, and YouTube. Future relations with Great Britain, especially cooperation within the NATO framework, are central elements in the EU’s ability to act effectively in the field of security policy. In informal Winner of the FES Human Rights Award 2020: Zoran Zaev, Prime Minister of the Republic of Northern Macedonia

constellations such as the trialogue be- tween , Paris and Berlin organ- ised by the FES, experts and parlia- mentarians discussed further coopera- tive security policy possibilities. The 25 different perspectives were published in a joint publication.

The EU and human rights

During the EU Council Presidency, Germany was able to set special ac- cents in the EU in 2020. Together with several cooperation partners, the FES initiated a book and blog project demonstrating how a more stable, fair- PROJECTS AND WORKING LINES er and economically, ecologically, so- cially and fiscally sustainable form of economic development can be achieved in Europe. Several events organised by the national offices also accompanied the German EU Council Presidency with constructive proposals. For exam- ple, at the invitation of the Lower Sax- ony Office, , Member of the European Parliament, called for the crisis to be used to after the elections. For Poland, destabilisation in Belarus help the hardest-hit Member States bring about the neces- would have immediate consequences. Former Polish Presi- sary transformation of their economies. dent Aleksander Kwašniewski spoke about this with the for- Around 20 young people from several European countries eign policy spokesperson of the SPD parliamentary group, presented their expectations for a functioning Europe at , and the former Polish Ambassador to Moscow, Hambach Schloss on 26 November. With Katarina Barley and Katarzyna Pełczyn´ska-Nałęcz, in August in an online confer- other MEPs, and in the presence of FES President Kurt Beck, ence organised by FES Poland and the Lassalle Centre. they discussed above all a consistent defence of democratic Zoran Zaev is the recipient of the 2020 FES Human Rights values. They criticised the EU’s failure to speak with one voice Award. Kurt Beck presented the prestigious prize to the on human rights violations such as those in Belarus. The par- Prime Minister of the Republic of Northern Macedonia on 16 ticipants also included members of the Polish voivodeship of November in Berlin. Beck praised Zaev’s courageous commit- Opole and the French region of Franche Comté / Burgundy, ment to a “free, open and social society”. The laudator, Ger- partner regions of Rhineland-Palatinate. man Foreign Minister , called Zaev a “bearer of The most important development in the Eastern Partner- hope for an entire generation”. Commission President Ursula ship area in 2020 was the massively rigged presidential elec- von der Leyen, EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner Josep Bor- tion in Belarus. The FES office in Kiev in charge of Belarus rell and their colleagues also conveyed their congratulations. provided information as well as recommendations for action In Northern Macedonia, the award ceremony was broadcast for political decision-makers in rapid succession before and live by three television stations. Just Transition: Shaping climate protection equitably

Despite the pandemic, the climate crisis remains one of the biggest problems of our times. Under the heading “Just Transition”, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is working towards a combination of ecological renewal and social justice. This is a focus in 26 both the international and national work of the Foundation.

Ecology, justice, solidarity The renowned Africa scholar Robert Kappel attested to a failure of development and trade policy with Africa in an on- The virtual Global Green Deals Forum organised by the FES line discussion on the topic “EU and Africa – Partnership in- on 1 October was held under the banner “social.democratic. stead of Patronage”, which was organised together with Mu- climate-just”. 2,300 participants discussed in digital forums seum Karl-Marx-Haus Trier. Ndiitah Nghipondoka-Robiati and participatory labs how social and ecological issues can from the Namibian Ministry of Trade called for more inten- be reconciled and how change can be shaped democratical- sive cooperation between the EU and African Union. ly. The congress marked the start of a thematic focus that the Like many regions, South Africa is mired in an energy Foundation will continue to pursue in the coming years. crisis that can only be solved if the energy transition is ac- The EU Commission has set up civil society advisory bodies companied by job creation. with the aim of making trade agreements sustainable. The FES Based on a study conceived with civil society, the FES is also member of some of these. In 2020, the Foundation to- launched a programme in which women trade unionists in the gether with Ghent University for the first time presented a de- energy sector are advised by IG BCE. Meanwhile, in the Horn tailed study on the effectiveness of these bodies. It formulates recommendations for strengthening this trade policy con- trol instrument, which have met with a broad resonance by the European Com- mission and EU Parliament. Sustainable supply chains were the topic of an FES conference held in Ber- lin in March. “Only through legal regu- lation of due diligence obligations of companies can the 450 million people who now work in supply chains be pro- tected,” said IG BCE Chair Michael Vassiliadis. The conference is part of an extensive FES consultation programme on the German Supply Chain Act

(Lieferkettengesetz),­ which is also a sub- Global Green Deals Forum, FES Berlin, 1 October 2020 – on the podium here: Ralf ject of controversy within the German Fücks (Managing Director of Liberale Moderne); Kevin Kühnert (Deputy SPD Party government. This includes comparative Chair and Federal Chairman of the Young Socialists); Luisa Neubauer (Fridays for Future); moderator Jochen Steinhilber (FES). For more, see: studies on similar projects in other www.fes.de/en/global-green-deals countries and regular expert work- shops on individual aspects of the law. On the Way to Sustainable Supply Chains – Challenges and Instruments in a Fair Globalisation: Expert Conference of the FES and the IG BCE’s Stiftung Arbeit und Umwelt held in Berlin on 5 March 2020

of Africa, the likelihood of violent con- flict is mounting due to climate change. The Climate Security Working Group founded by the FES, together with its partners, has presented recommenda- 27 tions for action for greater climate secu- rity, which were discussed in the Bunde- stag and at the African Union Summit. In Germany, the energy transition, among other things, is intended to help stop global warming. But the social consequences must not be ignored. This was the topic of an expert discus- sion with Saxony-Anhalt’s Minister of Economic Affairs Armin Willingmann in Freyburg / Unstrut at the beginning PROJECTS AND WORKING LINES of March. Although coal production has been declining for decades, the remaining coalfields Spreading peace and security and regions are facing massive changes at present, accord- ing to the speakers. The African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), the in- The FES office in Schwerin offered several discussion for- stitutional backbone for security on the African continent, mats on the transformation of the energy sector, for example remains fragile. Against this background, the FES organised on the role of wind energy, the importance of hydrogen and a scenario process on the future of APSA. Four scenarios the 2 natural gas pipeline. Two online events were presented to decision-makers in the African Union, who accompanied the Fridays for Future debates; they debunked plan to use these as a basis for planning in the future. In , climate myths and showed how these can be deconstructed. the FES had drawn attention to the unstable situation early This allowed the mostly young participants to create a link on, based on its annual survey “Mali Mètre”. In the wake of between their commitment to sustainability and education in the military coup in August, FES representatives in the re- civic and political democracy. gion were sought-after discussion partners for German and The BayernForum’s Climate Handbook for Municipalities European Sahel policy. shows that ecological change is possible through solidarity. It In many countries, the main responsibility for the increase provides practical recommendations for action and showcases in violence lies with state security forces. The Security Policy best-practice municipalities that have already completed the Alternatives Network (SPAN), co-founded by the FES, devel- transformation. The strong demand – also at the accompany- ops proposals for alternative approaches to security and peace ing online events – showed that there is a great need for ideas policy. At its network meeting this year, SPAN presented its on how to combine ecology and solidarity at the local level. policy recommendations to government representatives from Political polarisation, autocracy and hostility to democra- Germany, France, the UK and USA. cy are on the rise worldwide. Counteracting this remains one In Tunisia, the FES is working with partners to train police of the main tasks of the FES. One key approach to this is fos- executives on how to deal with female victims of violence and tering committed young people in society through Young teach them the basics of a human rights-based approach to Leaders programmes such as “Youth for Change” in Tunisia. dealing with citizens. This year, 250 young people were trained there. Several The effects of online bullying were addressed in Young Leaders were admitted to online courses at the on the basis of an FES study on gender-specific violence on FES-supported Global Solution Summit in May, where they social media. Feminist groups and academic experts were able met prominent politicians and academics such as Federal to network thanks to this FES initiative and jointly developed Minister of the Environment Svenja Schulze, virologist Chris- strategies to counter sexualised violence online. In the run-up tian Drosten and economist Dani Rodrik. to the Jordanian parliamentary elections in November, the Together with the regional FES project “Toma Partido”, FES Uruguay organised the “Foro Progresista de Partidos Políticos (FPPP)” on 4 / 5 October 2020.

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FES supported female candidates with a team of researchers to organising a virtual dialogue in July on the foreign policy systematically record misogynistic hostility and violence in interests of the countries of the centre compared to the politics in order to raise awareness among the members of the southern periphery. “Multilateralism is in crisis and this electoral commission there. In , the FES has created crisis will even worsen,” predicted former foreign minister an app to document and publicise homophobic attacks. of Argentina and current senator Jorge Taiana in a dia- The new regional FES project in Latin America “Toma logue with Celso Amorim, Brazilian foreign minister for Partido” (Parties in Change) is networking progressive many years under the Lula and Dilma Rousseff adminis- parties to facilitate a discourse over a new development trations. The event attracted enormous interest with more model. The FES Brazil and Argentina offices are together than 10,000 viewers. THE FRIEDRICH-­EBERT-­STIFTUNG E.V.

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30 Mr. Mohammed Hussein Aidaroos, The Academy and the Friedrich-Ebert- Bisan Center for Research and Develop- Chairman of the Shura Council, praised Stiftung have been working together ment released yesterday the first issue the activities of the Friedrich Ebert successfully since 2014 within the of the Progressive Journal during a con- Foundation in , which targeted framework of the project “International ference held at the Red Crescent Socie- core issues such as the social security of Standards for the Protection of Human ty. This journal comes to open the way state employees, in cooperation with a Rights through the Courts”. Christoph for debate and dialogue on a number of number of civil society organizations Mohr noted the particular importance thorny intellectual issues, in order to and their efforts to re-launch the pay- of improving the professional skills of answer the question, ‘What do Palestin- ment of the salaries of military veterans. judges and expressed the intention to ian progressives think?’ The Progres- In addition, the Council discussed the expand the scope of cooperation with sive was published in cooperation with aspects of cooperation between the Eco- the Academy. the German Organization Friedrich nomic Commission and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Bisan Center for Re- Ebert Foundation in the field of capacity search and Development. building programs which could be pro- vided for the members and employees MDR / GERMANY of the Shura Council. 26 FEBRUARY 2020

LATVIAN PUBLIC BROADCASTING / And various think tanks have also ad- dressed the issue of open data. The 22 JANUARY 2020 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, for example, which is close to the SPD, can imagine The Latvian Foreign Policy Institute the dominant companies in the market (LIIA), in cooperation with the Fried­ being required to share raw data. rich Ebert Foundation, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, the European Leader- ship Network, and the Russian Interna- tional Affairs Council, held a public discussion entitled “Transform Process in Belarus: Impact on the West and Russia.” The discussion took place in the framework of the annual “Riga Dia- logues 2020” conference. The aim of the project is to discuss and provide mutually beneficial recommendations for improving the Euro-Atlantic securi- ty area and dialogue. 03 04

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In his will, Friedrich Ebert decreed that A number of Gender aligned Civil socie- 31 a foundation should be set up with the ty organisations (CSOs) and Non-Gov- A study conducted by the Friedrich- aim of “helping people of all classes in the ernmental Organizations (NGOs) today Ebert-Stiftung criticises other aspects democratic spirit, to improve understand- like the African Women’s Development as well. Children with a migration his- ing between Germany and its neighbours Fund, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Plan tory rarely attend public schools, and to promote talented young people”. Ghana, Star Ghana, Cluster on Decen- which seemingly “offer those who are […] On 2 March 1925, the SPD central tralisation, FDA-Ghana, Alliance for intent on segregation and securing PRESS REVIEW organ “Vorwärts” sent out a request in Women in Média, ABANTU for Devel- status an option to realise their inten- the spirit of the deceased “to refrain from opment among others have been very tions in the field of education – with donating wreaths and sending deputa- forceful in their advocacy to push more potentially problematic consequences tions and to donate amounts earmarked women towards decision-making spac- for the cohesion of society. How are for this purpose to the Foundation”. The es in society. young people of different social and appeal for donations marks the found- ethnic backgrounds supposed to learn ing of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. PAGINA21 / ITALY to understand each other if they don’t 30 MARCH 2020 have any common experiences?” BALKANINSIGHT / BOSNIA 5 MARCH 2020 In fact, as Luca Argenta, Michael Braun TRUD / BULGARIA and Tobias Mörschel also point out in 24 APRIL 2020 An anti-European and anti-western an article in the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung pre-disposition for a variety of reasons – magazine: “In Italy, meanwhile, there is If the EU has the ambition to be a lead- for example, in Serbia – should also be a growing feeling of having been, once ing force on the world stage, as written factored into the equation. As argued in again, abandoned by Europe in a state in the Union’s strategy papers, the slow the FES report, it is this psychological of serious crisis: as at the time of the decision-making mechanism must be void that China is stepping into. But, euro crisis that began in 2008, and then changed, because sluggishness leads again, this is not the whole story. One during the migration crisis that began to inefficiency. The EU must be more would still have to qualify the Asian gi- in 2015 and now, in 2020, in the man- effective in both preventing and man- ant’s reputation in Southeast Europe – agement of the coronavirus crisis. To aging crises that take place outside the is China enjoying a warm embrace or a the question ‘Does the EU help Italy?’ Union. This was stated by President lukewarm acceptance? […] Are young- an overwhelming 88 % answered nega- Rumen Radev at a discussion organ- sters in Southeast Europe tempted to tively”. An opinion therefore unfortu- ized in Sofia by the Institute of Eco- study and pursue a professional career nately widespread, but false. nomics and International Relations in China? It doesn’t look like it. China’s and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. soft power has little, if anything, to do with appeal. Rather, it is a mix of eco- nomic prowess and hyperactive public diplomacy, blended with a pledge of fi- nancial assistance which then breeds expectations across the region. 05

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32 What worries today’s Russian youth? A majority of young Russians distrust How would you start a conversation What are the attitudes of the country’s NATO more than any other organiza- with your friends about the Sustaina- youngest generation, who have no (or tion and disagree that Russia is a Euro- ble Development Goals (SDGs), the col- almost no) personal memories of the pean country, according to a recent poll lection of global goals aimed at ad- Soviet Union? How do young people, conducted by Russia’s independent Le- dressing everything from hunger, to mostly influenced by the “wild 1990s” vada Center and Germany’s Friedrich poverty and ensure the well-being of and economic growth of the 2000s, Ebert Foundation. humanity? feel about Russia and the world – espe- A new comic book by Friedrich-Ebert- cially in an environment of increasing WELT / GERMANY Stiftung (FES) Rwanda attempts to “de-democratization” of society and a 8 MAY 2020 visually break down goals using visual confrontation between Russia and the characters that are simple to under- West that has lasted for more than five No nation suffered as many victims in stand. years? To get answers to these ques- the Second World War as the Soviet Un- tions, the Levada Center conducted a ion. According to historians’ estimates, EL ECONOMISTA / MEXICO representative survey of 1,500 young Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians and 31 MAY 2020 Russians between the ages of 18 and 35 all other peoples of the Soviet Union, in 2019, as well as additional fo- which was invaded by the German Re- In recent months, the pandemic has fur- cus-group surveys. The research was ich, suffered fatalities in the realm of 20 ther highlighted the deficiencies in the conducted at the request of the Ger- to 27 million soldiers and civilians […]. health system and the precariousness of man Friedrich Ebert Foundation as A recent study by the Friedrich-Ebert- the labour market experienced by mil- part of the international project FES Stiftung (FES) on the political attitudes lions of Mexicans, according to experts Youth Studies. of young people in Russia shows how at a webinar organised by the Friedrich- deeply these traumas continue to affect Ebert-Stiftung. them. When asked about the most im- portant historical event, the Second World War was named most often, well ahead of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. 06

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As in other countries in Asia and all The Education Bookshop in , “From the South, rebuilding the econo- 33 around the world, COVID-19 has be- in cooperation with the German Fried­ my to protect life” was the theme of an- come a nationwide challenge for Af- rich Ebert Foundation, organized yes- other meeting of the roundtable organ- ghanistan. Decades of war have terday an exclusive meeting with Pro- ised by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in wreaked havoc on a health system fessor Noam Chomsky on Zoom, which Uruguay last week. The minimum liv- that is unable to contain or adequately was followed by about 500 people ing income and other possible alterna- monitor the spread of the virus. (…) through the app itself and more than a tives for minimum material security PRESS REVIEW With the support of the Friedrich- thousand people on Facebook. While were discussed. Ebert-Stiftung Afghanistan, photogra- the recorded clip has exceeded fifteen phers Mohammad Aref Karim and thousand people during the past twen- THE JERUSALEM POST / ISRAEL Mariam Alimi explored everyday life ty-four hours. 23 JUNE 2020 in Herat and Kabul. The aim of the project is to shed a light particularly FORBES / KASACHSTAN A poll by the Jerusalem Media and Com- on the deep socioeconomic impact of 12 JUNE 2020 munication Center (JMCC) in coopera- the pandemic on Afghan lives and the tion with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, of country’s prospect for peace. The question of what the future of Cen- 1,200 Palestinian adults living through- tral Asian cooperation will look like out the and Gaza found that was the subject of a webinar held by 45.3 % of Palestinians believe that if Is- the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Ka- rael follows through with plans to an- zakhstan. As noted by the moderator of nex parts of the West Bank, there would the meeting, Rakhim Oshakbayev, di- be “no chance at all” for the two-state rector of the Talap Centre for Applied solution. Research, the crisis caused by the pan- demic has not revealed any new rea- sons for integration in the region. 07

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34 Mongolia’s ruling party won a land- Today the study on impact of Covid-19 The Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative slide election victory to retain an over- on workers in tourism, which was sup- LOGI, in collaboration with Kulluna Ira- whelming majority in parliament – a ported by Friedrich Stiftung Stiftung, da and in partnership with the Frie- reward from voters who approved of its invited hotel entrepreneurs, hotel un- drich-Ebert-Stiftung have held a round- handling of the coronavirus pandemic, ions from Phuket, tour guides and la- table discussion with economists, according to near-complete results on bour rights lawyer to discuss about the parliament members and legal experts Thursday. […] “Voters did obviously re- problems and solutions in order to pro- to discuss the necessity of passing a law ward the handling of the corona crisis pose to the Ministry of Labour on about the establishment of a sovereign by the Mongolian government and put 16 July 2020. wealth fund to manage the revenues of their trust in the leadership of Prime the Lebanese natural resources. This Minister Khurelsukh,“ Niels Hege- MONTEVIDEO PORTAL / URUGUAY discussion comes as a lobbying act to vet wisch, country director of Friedrich- 19 JULY 2020 the plans of state representatives who Ebert-Stiftung, a German non-profit altogether with the banks are pushing foundation, told AFP. “Certainly, a vic- This note, signed by Sebastian Sperling, towards the establishment of a fund to tory of this magnitude comes with a director of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung collect the public assets in order to in- great responsibility. Economically, office in Montevideo, warns that in our vest / sell them. Mongolia is facing tough times,“ he country “the centre-right government is said. Despite its mineral wealth, the dismantling the system that made its re- KLIMAREPORTER / GERMANY country’s economy has been weak and sponse to the pandemic so successful”. 27 JULY 2020 required a $ 5.5 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund in 2017. Every year, Germany awards billions in fossil fuel subsidies in the energy sector. In an analysis for the Friedrich-Ebert- Stiftung, Forum Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft (FÖS) estimates that these subsidies total around EUR 17 billion. The subsidies cement the fossil status quo and make it more difficult for Germany to achieve the climate goals it has set itself. What is more: they counteract efforts to protect the climate. 08 09

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The coronavirus remains central to the Led by Dr Michalis S. Michael, the In the wake of 1990, the illusions of the 35 concerns of politicians, analysts, jour- “Famagusta Dialogues Project” was East combined with the ignorance of nalists and academics, but it is no funded by the Australian Department the West, according to historian Il- longer the most important one. […] of Foreign Affairs & Trade, with the fi- ko-Sascha Kowalczuk. His theses are at The people who generate opinion in nancial support of the Friedrich Ebert the focus of the 31st Bautzen Forum. the country and influence politicians’ Stiftung Foundation in Cyprus. The At the Bautzen Forum, the Friedrich- decisions are more concerned about project brought together the Greek and Ebert-Stiftung now wants to shed light PRESS REVIEW the country’s economic and social situ- Turkish Cypriot municipal communi- on the causes underlying this develop- ation and the consequences this may ties of Famagusta, the adjacent Deryneia ment. Sächsische.de spoke with the have on the dispute for power in the municipal community, and other stake- historian about the question of why October elections. This is according to holders, with a view of involving them prosperity is increasing in the East, but a delphi study by the Friedrich Ebert in a constructive, respectful and mutu- at the same time the distance to the po- Stiftung (FES), which applied an on- ally beneficial dialogue. It comprised of litical system is growing - and why this line questionnaire to a select group of two intracommunal (internal) consul- development is also reaching the West. 118 political actors, analysts, journal- tations and two intercommunal (bi- ists and specialists in different fields. communal) dialogues. THE NAMIBIAN / NAMIBIA 21 SEPTEMBER 2020 SPUTNIK MUNDO / ECUADOR 20 AUGUST 2020 The country’s housing backlog of about 300,000 housing units would require The Platform Observatory, in coordina- N$ 76 billion for land servicing and tion with Glovers Ecuador, an organiza- housing construction. tion of application distributors and the This was revealed by Derek Klazen Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Ecuador FES – deputy minister of urban and rural de- ILDIS Foundation, promotes the ‘Survey velopment during a Zoom web seminar on working conditions of application with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Namibia distributors’, which seeks to collect Office, early this month. anonymous information on the viola- The seminar was on housing provision tions experienced by workers in seven in informal settlements and the gov- cities in Ecuador. ernment’s initiatives to address the cri- sis and ensure adequate housing for all. 10

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36 Rahman made these remarks while pre- About twenty activists from the region Experts have warned that factors con- senting a keynote paper at an interna- gathered at the conference, and one of tributing to increased child labour tional webinar styled “The Pandemic the goals of the Foundation and the have intensified in Jordan due to the and SMEs: Shock-absorbing policy program itself is to organize activities coronavirus pandemic throughout the measures and future debates, impacts in at locations where there is activism for past six months, according to a Jordan Bangladesh and lessons from responses environmental protection. During the Labour Watch (JLW) statement re- around the World”. conference, activists will discuss new leased on Thursday. In a panel discus- The event, jointly organised by the Small strategies in seeking environmental sion held online… the participants said and Medium Enterprise Foundation solutions and discuss a variety of key that the economic and social condi- (SMEF) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung topics related to climate change and tions have shadowed the regulations (FES) Bangladesh, was held yesterday. environmental degradation in our and policies to combat child labour, communities. Director of the regional which have not stopped the increase of NET EASE / CHINA project of the “Friedrich Ebert” Foun- number of working children in Jordan. 29 SEPTEMBER 2020 dation, Ralf Melzer, said that he is fa- The panel discussion, held to consider miliar with environmental problems a paper titled “Child Labour and the The theme of the symposium was “Liv- in and that novel coronavirus crisis”, is part of a ing Cities for the Future with a Global he is aware that environmental prob- series of discussions focused on the vi- Perspective” and was conducted in an lems do not exist only in BiH, but in all rus and the labour market, held by the online and offline format. Chen Qun, countries in the region. Phenix centre, in cooperation with the Vice Mayor of Shanghai, and Roland Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Schmidt, Secretary General of the Ebert Foundation, delivered a video message KÖLNER STADT-ANZEIGER / GERMANY at the opening of the conference. (…) 10 OCTOBER 2020 Roland Schmidt said that cities are not only the birthplace of prosperity and in- Nine out of ten Germans complain that novation, but also places full of special in our society selfishness counts more challenges. There is a broad global dis- than cohesion, according to the trust cussion on how to make cities social cit- study carried out by the Friedrich- ies and sustainable cities. After decades Ebert-Stiftung and the University of of development, China and its cities have Bonn. This is a remarkable result that undergone significant changes, with makes clear how much selfishness dis- rapid urbanization and a strong capacity turbs us in everyday life. You all know for integration that can offer extraordi- this from observing traffic in urban nary opportunities for development. settings: cyclists shouting at car driv- ers and vice versa. 11

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Ramallah – The participants in a Some 61 percent of Israelis think that in Although women make up 51.2 % of the 37 workshop on “Health Policies to Con- the wake of the Israel-UAE normaliza- country’s population, according to the front the Coronavirus Pandemic” or- tion deal, Israel should try to reach sim- National Statistics Institute (DANE), ganized by the Institute for Public Pol- ilar agreements with other Arab coun- the number of women in elected office icy (IPP) in cooperation with the Ger- tries, while only 24 percent think it in Colombia is very low: only 12 % of man Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) should make resolution of the Isra- mayors and municipal councillors, 16 % called for preparation to deal with el-Palestinian conflict the top priority. of governors and 19.7 % of Congress. PRESS REVIEW various scenarios, that could impose These are among the findings of the Therefore, social movements are cam- itself during the coming period, in- 2020 Israeli foreign policy index of the paigning for political parity, so that half cluding the post-Corona phase. Mitvim Institute, released this week for of the positions in the different public the eighth consecutive year. The sur- spheres of power, will be held by wom- AINGUYEN / VIETNAM vey, conducted in cooperation with en. The campaign “Paridad Ya!” (Parity 11 OCTOBER 2020 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Rafi Smith Now!) was launched by citizens of the Institute polled a sample size of 700 country with the support of organisa- On November 10th, in Hanoi, the Jewish and Arab adult Israelis. tions such as the women’s organisation World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) “Artemisas”, the German Friedrich Ebert Vietnam, Climate Change Working Stiftung (in Colombia Fescol), the Na- Group (CCWG) in collaboration with tional Women’s Network and the Casa the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in de la Mujer. Vietnam organized the workshop: “Five years after the Paris Agreement – CIVIL.TODAY / MACEDONIA Continuing and implementing the 16 NOVEMBER 2020 commitment and national programs on climate change”…. Facing the chal- Zoran Zaev was awarded the Friedrich lenges posed by climate change, Ms. Ebert Human Rights Award 2020 for, Claudia Ehing – Project Director for as they themselves stated, Zaev’s de- Climate and Energy in Vietnam said: termined course of reforms that ulti- “Looking from the changes of climate mately led EU member states to start change that have poured into the cen- negotiation talks for EU accession of tral Vietnam recently, we can see that in March, and also climate change cannot be taken lightly. the country’s success to join NATO as When the Covid-19 pandemic ends, the the 30th member. environmental crisis is still there. The Covid-19 pandemic is not the reason we delay our transition to a low-carbon economy, but we need to find appropri- ate methods and solutions”. 12

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38 The only “tamed” access to the island The sanitary emergency has deepened The findings of a publication named is on the southwest coast, so in the inequalities in most Latin American “Assessing the implementation of the course of time a port was built there countries, authorised measures that youth legislation in Kosovo municipal- for the ships that brought prisoners. violate human rights and increased ities”, which was conducted in cooper- Even today boats arrive there, but with the use of the military for policing ation between FES Kosovo and SINK tourists who want to visit the notori- tasks. (…) Experts from several coun- Institute, revealed that youth partici- ous “Croatian Alcatraz”. The Zagreb tries in the region will analyse this pation in Kosovo needs better support. office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung worrying reality from Monday to In comparison to the countries in the and the Association Documenta – Thursday, in the second Latin Ameri- region, e. g., in Albania, youth partici- Center for Dealing With the Past – cre- can-wide congress of the “Network for pation is more active than in Kosovo ated a brochure with a tour plan this Inclusive and Sustainable Security”, both in the local and central level. The summer on the occasion of the Euro­ organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foun- speakers of the publication launching pean Day of Remembrance for the Vic- dation in Colombia (Fescol). conference highlighted the impor- tims of Totalitarian and Authoritarian tance of the implementation of the Regimes, which can be downloaded youth legislation in order to empower from www.goli.hr. and widen youth participation in be- coming agents of change in the society HANDELSBLATT / GERMANY they live in. 20 NOVEMER 2020 AL GHAD NEWSPAPER / JORDAN One woman for every four board mem- 4 DECEMBER 2020 bers: SPD and CDU / CSU want to intro- duce a binding quota for women on the Jordan has the capacity to produce low boards of listed or co-determined com- cost green hydrogen with the potential panies. […] There has also been sup- of international export according to port for a quota from the business com- the “Hydrogen as green energy source munity. The Managers Group of the in the MENA region” Report produced Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, which is close by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) to the SPD, published a discussion pa- Regional Energy and Climate Project. per on this in the summer: “The quota Green Hydrogen will increase the con- will help to leverage the full potential tribution of renewable energy resources of our well-trained executives for the in the total energy mix, storage capaci- success of our companies in Germany.” ty, green growth and employment. AREAS OF ACTIVITIES 39

POLITICAL EDUCATION AND CONSULTATION 40 Political Academy 42 Political Dialogue 42 Economic and Social Policy 43 Central tasks / Managers Group

INTERNATIONAL WORK OF THE FES PRIZES AWARDED BY THE 44 International Dialogue FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG E.V. 45 International Development 51 The Political Book Cooperation 51 The Hans Matthöfer Prize 46 International offices of the for Economic Publishing Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung 51 The FES Human Rights Award

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES 48 Scholarship Programme DEPENDENT FOUNDATIONS AND 49 Archive of Social Democracy SPECIAL FUNDS 52 Erich Brost Special Fund 52 Franziska and Otto Bennemann Foundation 52 Hans and Traute Matthöfer Foundation Political Education and Consultation

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung provides civic and socio-political education and consultation in Germany, oriented towards the guiding model of Social Democracy. Political education is one of the decisive instruments for fostering democratic participation and the identifi- cation of citizens with the community.

Through its civic education work, the FES aims to contribute The aim of the civic education and advisory work of the to citizens’ ability to judge and take purposeful action, while Political Academy (PA) is to open up equal political and motivating them to engage in political, trade union and civic social participation opportunities for all. This is achieved voluntary work. At the same time, the Foundation sees itself by means of information, orientation and training pro- as a platform for socio-political dialogue by promoting pub- grammes preparing people for political, trade union and lic debate and advising policy-makers. Its programmes are civic engagement as well as by participation of citizens in target-group-oriented, thematically structured and region- social discussion and decision-making processes. In dia- ally flexible. They are based on the four pillars of civic / so- logue with politicians and scientists, citizens develop pro- cio-political education, learning projects, skills training and posals on issues like how to ensure the viability of democ- political consulting. At the same time, they leverage a varie- racy, local politics and social and educational policy in the ty of methodological, particularly participatory, approaches. future. Experts and individuals working in the field of 40 Through the testing of new digital educational programmes practice discuss developments in media and network poli- last year, during the Corona shutdown, the Foundation was cy in detail. In cooperation with educational institutions able to rapidly convert its educational programmes into dig- and associations, learning projects strengthen the partici- ital formats: There were webinars, podcasts, livestreams, pation and political commitment of young people. This is blogs, videos or messenger-based games for mobile phones. how the department contributes to citizens’ competence and abilities to judge and act effectively, promoting the di- Political Academy alogue between the policy-making arena and the public, motivating and empowering engagement while contribut- In 2020, Political Academy organised 910 events. ing advice to policy-makers. The focal points of the Politi- In addition to online and print publications, the cal Academy (PA) include basic values, the programme FES made various digital formats available, e.g. and history of Social Democracy, digital society, media eight new episodes of the podcast “Zukunft ge- and network policy, journalistic training and further edu- recht”. The messenger channel “Der rote Faden” cation, political commitment in political parties, trade un- registered 5,200 subscribers. ions and civil society, young people and policy-making, local politics, digital civic education and consulting.

UTOPIEN Who Governs the Internet? Für ein besseres Morgen The updated and expanded Thomas Hartmann, new edition Jochen Dahm, Frank Decker (ed.) Henning Lahmann, Dietz Verlag Jan Engelmann THE FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG IN GERMANY

Target groups in civic and socio-political education work • Citizens seeking political information and orientation • Young people and next-generation politicians • Committed individuals in trade unions Land office and company interest representatives Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Schwerin • Multipliers who have an influence on social debates • People actively involved in civil society Julius-Leber-Forum • Multipliers in political parties and parliaments Head office area of • Representatives from the media, activity Berlin Politics culture and creative sectors

Land office Brandenburg  Land office Land office Potsdam 41 Saxony-Anhalt Land office Hanover Magdeburg North Rhine-Westphalia Bonn / Düsseldorf

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Regional office Karl-Marx-Haus Rhineland-Palatinate / Museum Trier Mainz

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STATUS AS OF: MARCH 2021 Other examples of topics in 2020 were the expansion of the programmes to digital beginning at the end of March. Some interactive chat for young people, called “e-Bert”, to include of the regional offices were able to resume their full-scale “Myths in Climate Policy”, online articles and contributions by and digital event operations as early as April. JournalistenAkademie, KommunalAkademie and Akademie During the lockdown, podcasts proved to be successful Management und Politik, the new policy paper “Weiterdenken educational formats. In Hamburg, and Schleswig- NRW” and publications and activities in the thematic field of Holstein alone, for example, the podcast series: “Fried­rich media policy and public service broadcasting in Europe. on the road – in search of solidarity” reached over 8,400 listeners with 24 episodes. Other audio contributions in- Political Dialogue cluded “Reboot 2020 – Thüringer Perspectives” and “His- tory of fundamental values in Mecklenburg-Western Po- During the year, Political Dialogue offered around merania”. The FES debate portal sagwas.net, which has 35,000 interested people almost 910 events online been in operation for several years, supported politically and offline. In addition, there were 200 publications, engaged people and associations with new content. Other mainly online formats and e-paper series. examples of work include the e-paper series “Democracy in a state of emergency. How is Corona changing law, pol- The Political Dialogue Division (PD) provides civic and so- itics and society?” and the qualitative study “In search of cio-political education and advice in northern and eastern the lost dialogue”. Germany as well as on selected national policy issues in Berlin. The department seeks to interest citizens, especially Economic and Social Policy (WISO) 42 young people, in democratic politics, to enable them to en- gage in socio-political activities and to promote the dia- In 2020, more than 60 reports were published in logue between the policy-making realm and the public. By German and English and also distributed digitally providing policy advice at federal and Länder levels, PD via the WISO electronic newsletter. strengthens the capacity of political partners to make judge- ments and take action. The Länder and regional offices take The Economic and Social Policy Division (WISO in the short up federal, Länder, municipal and European policy issues, form) advises policy-makers and society on issues relating collating and organising these in a decentralised approach, to economic, social and ecological development. It organis- including in rural areas, for a broad public. The Berlin sec- es events at which representatives of policy-making and so- tions of the Forum for Politics and Society and Forum Berlin ciety meet with experts to discuss basic issues and current focus on selected Federal policy issues. The innovative con- problems. In three publication series – WISO Diskurs, WISO cepts and online services already developed in previous direkt and WISO Argumente – the department publishes ex- years in the interdepartmental FES project “Digital Political tensive expert reports and brief action-oriented analyses for Education and Consultation” and the experience gained a specialist audience. It prepares critical discussions of eco- enabled Political Dialogue to rapidly convert all analogue nomic topics for a broad readership.

TRIUMPH OF THE PARI… WHAT? WOMEN? Questions and The Female Face of Answers on Gender Right-wing Populism Parity and Parity Laws and Extremism Ed. Uta Kletzing Cynthia Miller-Idriss Focal topics include labour, social affairs, education / re- Central Tasks / Managers Group search, spatial development, finance, economy and climate / energy / environment. In addition, there are cross-cutting In 2019, Managers Group organised 91 events at themes such as trade unions, migration / integration, consu- 13 venues, more than half of them at regional level. mers, companies / SMEs, gender / family / youth / senior citi- 52 of these took place online. zens, demographic change, digitisation, as well as Europe- an and global economic and social policy. The subject areas Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s Managers Group (Managerkreis – map WISO-relevant committees in the German Bundestag, MK) brings together some 950 managers, entrepreneurs and making close intermeshing with actors involved the legisla- representatives from business associations and policy-making tive process possible in tune with needs. Activities are orga- who are affiliated with Social Democracy. The FES offers them nised in flexible thematic working groups or in established the opportunity to exchange ideas and contribute their entre- discussion groups. preneurial expertise and operational experience to the eco- In dialogue with politicians, social partners, associa- nomic policy discourse. Managers Group develops recommen- tions and research, the FES develops new concepts for De- dations for action in the area of innovative, ecologically and cent Work, a sustainable expansion of political and eco- socially just future economic policy. It organises panel discus- nomic employee participation and an innovative, social sions and expert talks, produces position and impulse papers. and effective labour market policy. The precarious situa- In addition, background discussions are organised to foster an tion of individual self-employed workers in terms of labour exchange and networking of members. Managers Group is di- and social law – against the background of the growing vided into five working groups (Economy / Digital, Finance, importance of the platform economy – is becoming an in- Transport / Mobility, Environment / Energy and Health), which 43 creasingly pressing issue in the labour market policy de- draft proposals on how Germany can be made sustainable as bate. In the thematic focus on social affairs, for example, a centre of business and industry. Eight regional groups coor- the FES worked with experts to develop proposals for ef- dinate their programme with the Länder offices of the FES. fective and viable future social security systems. A study Face-to-face meetings remain the first choice, but the on a fundamental reorientation of old-age social security possibility to participate online without travelling boosted was presented. nationwide participation in 2020. The events organised ex- The majority of the expert seminars could be held as clusively for women (Business Meetings) and Young Lead- face-to-face, hybrid or digital events in 2020. Large events ers were very successful. AREAS OF ACTIVITY and congresses were redesigned as smaller online and off­ Managers Group offers coaching for FES scholarship-hold- line events. One highlight of the year was the online event ers on business-related courses, which is very well received. “Digital Capitalism”. Since April, 15 episodes of the podcast series “Manager- kreis-Impulse – Wirtschaftsdialoge zum Mithören” have been produced.

Wirtschaft. Weiter. Small and medium-sized Denken. enterprises in the platform economy Hans-Matthöfer-Preis für Wirtschaftspublizistik More fairness for SMEs Award Ceremony in digital markets

Christoph Busch International work of the FES

Global trends that have been destabilising the international order for some time are also being exacerbated by the Corona pandemic and its aftermath. For example, multi- lateralism, the centre-piece of the post-war liberal order, is in a serious crisis as paro- chial national approaches are challenging multilateralism’s values, objectives and pro- cesses. Country-first strategies, unilateral reflexes and a return of major power politics are eroding trust between states. The European Union must protect its fundamental values and try to fill the vacuum left by the US withdrawal from global politics.

In short, the pandemic is like a stress test for , all clude the annual Tiergarten Conference for progressive for- the more so in countries whose democracy has been under eign and security policy, the Global Green Deals Forum for pressure for some time. From Russia to China, to Turkey, Ven- socio-ecological change and the digital ipg-journal (Interna- ezuela and Belarus, dictators and autocrats are unscrupu- tionale Politik und Gesellschaft). lously using old and new (digital) methods of repression to cling to power. However, social inequality and poverty, as International Dialogue well as climate change, remain the biggest global challenges. Covid-19 reminds us that dialogue and international co- The European Union, its neighbourhood and transatlantic operation are essential to effectively counter the crisis. This relations are at the centre of the work of the International is where the FES’ work abroad comes in: this supports frag- Dialogue Division. It organises educational and advisory ile democracies in maintaining democratic processes even services for politicians, associations and non-governmental 44 in times of crisis. FES international and European coopera- organisations in a variety of formats, from bilateral brief- tion programmes seek to reshape globalisation. In numer- ings to major international conferences. The foreign offices ous country-specific and global approaches, the Foundation work on four strategic topics across borders, supported by works to ensure that economic stimulus funds are used in a thematic offices in Brussels and Vienna: peace and security democratically managed manner and to support the goals policy, socio-ecological transformation, work of the future of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. as well as democracy and democracy promotion. In the With its dense network of offices abroad, the FES makes an process, the progressive European and international FES effective contribution to building trust and confidence in inter- network is also strengthened and young multipliers are national politics and exploring opportunities for cooperation. promoted. To this end, it uses its excellent access to political and social In 2020, the work of the Brussels office was dominated actors and its broad range of dialogue opportunities. The topic by debates on the EU’s multi-annual financial framework of “Decent Work Worldwide” is a top priority. Together with and the blueprint for building Europe. As long as the rules national and international trade unions, the foundation works of Brexit, the UK’s exit from the EU, were not clear, this also for fair working conditions, corporate responsibility and trade remained a central issue. In 2020, Germany played a deci- union rights, including in supply chains. Important formats in- sive role through its presidency of the European Council.

Climate action. RUSSIA´S GENERATION Z: Socially. Just. ATTITUDES AND VALUES 2019 / 2020 A manual of arguments for a Lev Gudkov, fair and ecological Natalia Zorkaya, society Ekaterina Kochergina, Karina Pipiya, Published by the Alexandra Ryseva “Dept. for Central and Eastern Europe” of the Friedrich-Ebert- Stiftung The situation in Belarus, the newly flared-up conflict be­ virus acts as an accelerator of crises and conflicts. Humani- tween and , migratory pressure from the tarian and medical aid is not being provided due to border Mediterranean region and military muscle-flexing between closures, peace negotiations have been suspended and par- Turkey and are just some of the challenges. ties to conflicts are instrumentalising the pandemic. As a Looking at the USA, it became painfully clear once again result, social conflicts are intensifying, while the wounds that one of the oldest and most successful democracies in the from past violent conflicts which had been painstakingly world has manoeuvred itself into crisis through a populist healed are being re-opened. president, a dysfunctional two-party system and outdated There was a lively demand for advice worldwide on ques- electoral and governmental structures. tions relating to the right social and economic Corona strate- The Corona pandemic shows that solutions to global chal- gy. The International Development Cooperation Division lenges can only be found together. An America-first or Eu- (IEZ) was able to respond to these needs efficiently and topi- rope-first strategy is doomed to failure in the face of global cally due to its firm footing in numerous countries, both with climate change, worldwide migration flows or conflicts. The country-specific and cross-continental project strategies. European Union must become more active in global politics. The long-standing cooperation not only with interna- The agreed “Next Generation EU” reconstruction pro- tional social democratic forces, but also with national and gramme, endowed with EUR 750 billion, could help the Un- international trade unions and non-governmental organi- ion to emerge from this crisis stronger and more united. sations has proven its worth. In addition, the IEZ was able The ipg-journal, the online publication of the FES, con- to draw on its numerous regional and international train- tributes to a pluralistic discourse on all these topics. The ipg’s ing and networking opportunities specifically for young Internet portals in German, English and Russian achieve al- people from the global South (such as the UN Fall Acade- 45 most 5.5 million page views each year. my), which were conducted online in 2020. At the same time, the IEZ used the year to make its work even more ef- International Development Cooperation ficient and collaborative. Its programme included two major events: The Global The worst recession since the Great Depression 90 years ago: Solutions Summit, supported by the FES and attended by This is how the International Monetary Fund views the con- over 5,000 online participants, addressed among other sequences of the Corona crisis for the global economy. Global things the question of how progressive tax systems can be poverty could rise for the first time in 30 years and affect an advanced. And the FES hybrid format “Global Green Deals AREAS OF ACTIVITY additional half a billion people. Forum” held on 1 October invited around 2,300 partici- In many regions, food security is at stake; there is a threat pants to debate on how social and ecological issues can be of further famines. In particularly vulnerable societies, the reconciled.

Disrupted: How The Mobility Transition COVID-19 is affecting in the MENA Region. societies across Asia Comparative Policy Testimonies of an Perspectives. unfolding crisis Ali Attari, Published by the Ronja Schiffer, “Office for Regional Mohamed Hegazy, Cooperation in Asia” Hazem Zureiqat, of the Friedrich-Ebert- Rami Semaan, Stiftung Prof. Sameer Abu-Eisheh INTERNATIONAL OFFICES OF THE FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG

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STATUS AS OF: MARCH 2021 Academic Activities

The FES organises and supports scholarly work, consulting and talent through the Scholarship Programme, the Archive of Social Democracy and the library. The Scholar- ship Programme provides funding to talented and engaged students from Germany and abroad who feel a commitment to Social Democratic values while contributing to the debate on education and higher education policy. The collective memory of social democracy and the trade unions is kept alive in the Archive of Social Democracy.

Scholarship Programme

For more than 95 years, the task of the Scholarship Solidarity Fund Programme has been a twofold one: The Founda- The Solidarity Fund was established in 1971 at the behest of Ger- tion supports young people for their own sake. But man and international scholarship-holders and alumni. Since it also supports students and doctoral candidates then, it has served as an important instrument providing rapid because politically committed young people are es- support without red tape to foreign students who find themselves sential to the future of a (social) democracy – re- in need or face persecution. gardless of whether they later work in politics, trade unions, business, the media, schools, research Donations to the fund can be made under the rubric: or science. During and after their studies, FES “FES Solidarity Fund”. scholarship holders stand out for their socio-politi- IBAN DE52 1007 0000 0938 4744 00 | BIC DEUTDEBBXXX 48 cal commitment and exceptional services. As a net- work of solidarity, the FES Scholarship Programme was able subjects and students with a migration background when to face the challenges posed by the pandemic in a special way. making our selection. With tremendous commitment on all sides, it was possible to More than 50 percent of FES scholarship holders receiv- find answers to new questions and individual solutions to dif- ing funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Re- ficult situations. In many cases, the financial support of the search (BMBF) are politically active in the party. scholarship holders was more than ever of existential impor- Even after a scholarship, the Foundation encourages many tance. Personal assistance and advice were even more impor- of its approximately 23,000 alumni to continue their socio- tant to scholarship-holders than before. Thanks to digital for- political involvement and to help shape the network of Social mats, not only the support and selection interviews, but also Democracy. civic education events took place in virtual space. The Education and Science area of activity is concerned Education is fundamental to equal opportunities, partic- with the systematic analysis, consultation and networking of ipation and social justice. It is with this in mind that we pay actors in Länder and federal politics, ministries, science and particular attention to first-time academics, women, stu- school practice. In 2020, the focus was on the major challenges dents at universities of applied science, students in MINT posed by the Corona pandemic for schools.

Ein ganzer Tag Feuerwerk statt Brennpunkt Ganztag Was brauchen Schulen in Auf der Suche nach benachteiligten sozialen Chancengleichheit Lagen?

Hrsg. Burkhard Jungkamp Hrsg. Burkhard Jungkamp Martin Pfafferott Martin Pfafferott

The publication provides insight into the topic of all- What do schools in disadvantaged day schooling in Germany social situations in Germany need? A 22-member interdisciplinary expert commission presented recommendations Study support 2020 on this in May, which generated a broad media and political resonance. Another research policy focus was an e-paper se- ries on the importance of science commu- nication in times of the Corona pandemic.

Archive of Social Democracy The Archive of Social Democracy (AdsD) 2,646 52 % is the historical memory of Social De- scholarship-holders of whom were women mocracy. It is in the tradition of the party library and archive founded by in 1878. In 1969 it became the AdsD brand and has migrated its tradi- tion and work into the digital world of 529 270 the 21st century. The collection, safe- of whom were new of whom were guarding, preservation, indexing and foreign students making available of printed and unprint- 49 ed documents and other artefacts of So- cial Democracy are its core services. With its holdings, (digital) services and products, the AdsD is an easily accessi- ble, internationally known repository of knowledge. It works in accordance with international standards and plays a leading role among the The historical perspective on major industrial transfor- archives of the German political foundations in terms of long- mations helps to better specify the challenges posed by digi- AREAS OF ACTIVITY term digital archiving and services. Information, education tal transformation and co-determination rights of workers and advisory services are actively offered in various formats and trade unions. and channels; this facilitates a deeper historical understand- For this reason, one focus in 2020 was on the “transfor- ing of current topics. The AdsD promotes networking and mation of the world of work” with digitally driven automa­ acts as an imparter of democratic values as well as an actor tion. In 2020, one focus of the AdsD was on more intensive promoting science and historical-political education. cooperation between the Archive and Library areas of work,

Digitale Industrie Gutes Klima – Algorithmische Arbeit Gute Gesellschaft! Gesellschaftliche Transformation Die ökologische Frage in der Sozialen Wolfgang Schroeder, Demokratie Ursula Bitzegeio, Sandra Fischer (Ed.) Peter Beule (Hrsg.) Dietz Verlag

Digital industry Algorithmic work Ecological issues and Social transformation Social Democracy which were merged in 2018. In the Archive area, the intro- duction of a new archive information system in particular Archive of Social Democracy 2020 required a great deal of attention. In parallel, the library ex- panded its service offerings and digitisation activities. For example, the “Onleihe” has grown significantly. This allows FES colleagues worldwide to read daily newspapers, weekly magazines and e-books directly in digital form. The web in- frastructure developed for the digitisation of the social de- mocratic central organ “Vorwärts” was used to digitise further key titles from the historical social democratic press, 56,000 metres which means that a total of 16 central historical newspaper titles in the field of social democracy from the Empire, the of archive holdings Republic and its exile during National Socialism are now available for full-text research. Since July 2020, the library has been examining its million “founding holdings”, i. e. the party library of the SPD, which 1 was rebuilt by 1969, as well as purchases of older works up publications in the until 1977, in terms of their provenance portfolio as part of library collection a project in the field of provenance research funded by the 50 German Centre for the Loss of Cultural Property. A total of almost 18,000 books are be systematically analysed over a period of two years in terms of their provenance. For prop- erty clearly identified as looted (by the Nazis), “a just and fair” restitution is to be sought in accordance with the Museum Karl-Marx-Haus, a unique historical place to Washington Principles. learn about the life, work and impact of the universal scholar, The review of holdings is making possible the reconstruc- attracted 22,000 visitors. Since the museum had to remain tion of the SPD party library before 1933, which contains ap- closed for months, the digital offerings of the Museum were proximately 30,000 titles. greatly expanded.

From Trier to the Babylon Berlin World: Karl Marx. und der Anfang The Pocket Guide. vom Ende der Weimarer Republik Museum Karl Marx Wie eine moderne Fernsehserie Geschichte erzählt

Olaf Guercke

“Babylon Berlin and the beginning and end of the ”, a tele­ vision series tells a story Award ceremony for “The Political Book” Prizes awarded by held at FES Berlin on 17 September 2020 – the prize-winner was the sociologist and researcher on the phenomenon of right- the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V. wing extremism Matthias Quent

The Political Book The Hans Matthöfer Prize for Economic Publishing The 2020 prize went to Dr. Matthias Quent for his book “Deutschland rechts außen. Wie die Rechten nach der Macht “Wirtschaft.Weiter.Denken.” (“Economy.Think.Deeper”) That greifen und wie wir sie stoppen können”. The author uses a is the name of the Hans Matthöfer Prize for Economic Publish- wealth of facts to reveal the strategies and aims of the radical ing, with which the Hans and Traute Matthöfer Foundation right and shows why a strong democracy must not allow itself within the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung each year pays tribute to to be hounded by right-wing populists. The jury justified the economists and social scientists who come up with innovative selection with the words: “Matthias Quent impressively answers to current challenges. This year the main prize was shows us how current and real the dangers are to which de- awarded to Julie Froud, Michael Moran (†), Sukhdev Johal, mocracy and open society are exposed – and at the same time Angelo Salento and Karel Williams for their book “Die Ökono- encourages the silent majority to oppose the strategies from mie des Alltagslebens – Für eine neue Infrastrukturpolitik”. the far right. This is a book for all those who understand the The authors show the extent to which public infrastructure has threat to our liberal democracy and do not want to stand by been offered only based on financial returns in recent years, and witness it without standing up.” Dr. Quent is a sociolo- and they point out the negative effects of this policy. They call gist, distinguished researcher on right-wing extremism and for new forms of cooperation between private and public ac- director of the Institute for Democracy and Civil Society at tors in order to create properly functioning infrastructures for the Amadeu Antonio Foundation in Jena. the economy and society. The “The Political Book” prize is one of the most impor- The special prize was awarded to Hubertus Bardt, Sebas- tant non-fiction prizes in the German-speaking world and is tian Dullien, Michael Hüther and Katja Rietzler for their joint 51 endowed with EUR 10,000. The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung article “Für eine solide Finanzpolitik: Investitionen ermögli- awards this prize each year for an outstanding new publica- chen!” The authors demonstrate how weak investment in Ger- tion that critically examines current socio-political issues many can be reversed by bold economic policy. In their work, and provides trend-setting food for thought and impetus for the economists succeeded in overcoming former ideological debate. The decision is made by an independent jury. boundaries between workers’ and employers’ interests. www.fes.de/preis-das-politische-buch Further information AREAS OF ACTIVITY The FES Human Rights Award

The FES Human Rights Award 2020 was presented to the Prime Minister of Northern Macedonia, Zoran Zaev. At the award ceremony held in Berlin in November, Federal For- eign Minister Heiko Maas praised Zaev’s commitment to the with Greece. This paved the way for North Macedonia’s NATO membership and the commence- ment of accession negotiations with the EU. Kurt Beck praised Zaev’s domestic political commitment to a free, open and social society. Commission President , EU External Relations Commissioner Josep Bor- rell and other colleagues and counterparts also conveyed their congratulations. Prime Minister Zaev said he was proud to receive a prize bearing the name of Friedrich Ebert, who to this day has been “an inspiration for all social democrats”. www.fes.de/en/human-rights-award Dependent foundations and special funds

Erich Brost Special Fund Franziska and Otto Bennemann Foundation

Erich Brost (1903 – 1995), a journalist from East , was Otto Bennemann (1903 – 2003) was a leading Social Demo- a leading Social Democrat before and after the Second World crat before and after the Second World War, and was later War. In 1948 he founded the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zei- Lord Mayor of (until 1959) and Minister in the tung (WAZ) with journalist Jakob Funke. Erich Brost was Government of Lower Saxony from 1959 to 1967. He was editor-in-chief until 1970 and then publisher of WAZ until his married to Franziska Bennemann (née Stellmacher, death. Founded in 1994, the Erich Brost Foundation was 1905 – 1986), Member of the Bundestag. Established in 1990, transferred to the assets of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in the Franziska-und-Otto Bennemann Foundation promotes 2006 as “Sondervermögen Erich Brost” and, in the spirit of research into the philosophy and practice of democratic so- Erich Brost, supports activities dedicated to the following cial law in state and society, including the ethical values topics: Cooperation between Germany and its eastern neigh- upon which it is based. bours, especially Poland, support for the process of European In 2020, the Foundation supported the symposium “A ba- unification, coming to terms with the experiences from the sic income security system free of poverty and repression as two dictatorships in Germany, civic engagement, educational an important component of a different distribution policy” policy and inclusion. held in Gladenbach. In addition, events and publications In September 2020, the “31st Bautzen Forum” was were funded, with the main topics being digitalisation and staged. The topic: “30 years of German unity and the her­ new business models in industry, private over-indebtedness, itage of the SED dictatorship”. Similarly, the German-Polish the start-up and labour market potential of refugees, and the 52 dialogue was also continued in the border region between energy transition through the phase-out of coal. The third Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the region of Szczecin component of the funding was the establishment of a plat- with expert conferences on environmental and climate pro- form for the discussion and development of a new economic tection in the Baltic region and experience with transforma- and social paradigm in the New Economy Forum. tion in eastern Germany and eastern Europe. Hans and Traute Matthöfer Foundation

Hans Matthöfer (1925 – 2009) was a leading German trade unionist and Social Democrat. Between 1974 and 1982 he served a minister in several federal governments, including four years as minister of finance under . The dependent Hans and Traute Matthöfer Foundation (HTMS) in the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung concentrates not only on pro- moting historical and contemporary research, but also on publishing works that deal with fundamental problems of economic and social policy, technological development and its consequences for society. Additional guiding themes include the importance of so- cial actors, especially trade unions, the communication of aspects of globalisation and contributions to the further de- velopment of the theory of Social Democracy. The Founda- tion awards the Hans Matthöfer Prize for Economic Publish- ing each year. APPENDIX 53

54 Organisational Chart 56 Annual Financial Statements 62 The self-perception of the political foundations 62 Commitment to sustainability 63 Members of the Executive Board 64 Members of the Association 65 Members of the Board of Trustees 65 Members of the Admission Committee for the Scholarship Programme 66 Liaison tutors for the Scholarship Programme 74 Addresses

76 Legal Notice Organisational Chart

STATUS AS OF: JANUARY 2021

EXECUTIVE BOARD

President Vice-Presidents Secretary Generals Martin Schulz , Michael Sommer Dr. Sabine Fandrych, Dr. Roland Schmidt

POLITICAL EDUCATION AND CONSULTATION

Central Unit for Political Academy Political Dialogue Economic and Communication 1 Social Policy

Adrienne Woltersdorf Dr. Sabine Fandrych Dr. Manuela Erhart Dr. Andrä Gärber

Press Office Academy for Social Länder / Forum Politics and Länder / Work, Qualifications Peter Donaiski Democracy Regional Offices Society Regional Offices and Training Jochen Dahm Dr. Stefanie Elies Andreas Wille Brandenburg Strategic Communica- Baden-Württemberg Family and Gender Potsdam tion and Brand Academy Management Fritz-Erler-Forum Social Issues Policy, Youth Policy Anne Seyfferth Management and Policy Stuttgart Iva Figenwald and Antidiscrimination, Sarah Tangen Katrin Matuschek Anja Dargatz Democracy Forum Bremen, Hamburg Trade Unions / Schleswig-Holstein Editorial Media Policy Digitisation Neue Gesellschaft / Julius-Leber-Forum and Community Dr. Roland Feicht BayernForum Stefanie Moser Frankfurter Hefte Hamburg Management Philipp Kufferath München Prof. Dr. Thomas Meyer Dr. Dietmar Molthagen Climate / Energy / Reimar Winkler Anna-L. Koschig-Hölzl Journalists Academy Environment ­ Digital Communication Carla Schulte-­ Regensburg Berlin Forum Mecklenburg-Western Max Ostermayer Development Breidenbach Eva Nagler Felix Eikenberg Pomerania Schwerin Tobias Metz Democratic constitu- Migration / Integration; Hesse Frederic Werner Online Academy tional state, public Gender, Family, Young Wiesbaden Sara Schinowski safety, countering People, Seniors Severin Schmidt Lower Saxony right-wing extremism, Susan Javad Youth and Politics Hanover politics in Berlin, poli- Forum North Rhine-Westphalia Stephan Meuser Consumers, Firms / tics in Eastern Ger- Business Process Ina Koopmann Bonn / Düsseldorf ­SMEs 1 many, integration and Management Kerstin Ott Petra Wilke Saxony Dr. Robert Philipps participation, empirical Leipzig social research, culture Academy for Employee Rhineland-Palatinate / Matthias Eisel Spatial Development, Gender Coordination Saarland and policy, religion and Further Training Dresden branch office Demographic Change Dr. Stefanie Elies Mainz policy Jochen Reeh-Schall Eter Hachmann Mareike Le Pelley Brigitte Juchems Economic and Financial Auditing / Anticorrup- Local Politics Academy Saxony-Anhalt Anne Haller Policy / tion Officer 1 Magdeburg 54 European Economic and Birgit K. Schultz Dr. Ringo Wagner Social Policy Thuringia Markus Schreyer Data Protection 1 Erfurt Dr. Georg Wronka, Dr. Irina Mohr Press and Public Att. at Law Relations Work Sina Dürrenfeldt

Representative for Friedrich-Ebert- the Disabled Stiftung Managers Marion Fiedler Group 1 Marei John-Ohnesorg

Works Council

Central Works Council Jochen Reeh-Schall

Works Council Bonn Toni Henseler

Works Council Berlin Monika Schneider

1 Direkt der Geschäftsführung unterstellt EXECUTIVE BOARD General Meeting of the Association of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Board of Trustees

INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES, CONSULTATION, INTERNAL SERVICES COOPERATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME

International Develop- International Dialogue Scholarship Archive of Social Finance and Human Resources ment Cooperation Programme Democracy Organisation Department

Christiane Kesper Michael Meier Pia Bungarten Dr. Anja Kruke Dr. Roland Schwartz Dr. Beate Bartoldus

Africa Western Europe / Deputy Head of Office for Digital Controlling and Basic Policy Issues and Dr. Manfred Öhm North America Department Transformation Organisation HR Development Trade Unions: Michèle Auga Judith Illerhues Dr. Andreas Marquet Axel Schmidt Maria Theodossiou Thomas Greven Central and Eastern Admission Organisational Information Internal Job Market Asia and Pacific Europe Martin Weinert Inventories Technology and Mobility Marc Saxer Matthias Jobelius Michael Oberstadt Peter Bujny Kathrein Hölscher Counselling IT-Basic Services Trade Unions: International Policy Organisational Elena Espinosa Peter Bujny Anja Bodenmüller-­ Analysis Personal Records and Development and Collections Raeder Catrina Schläger Doctoral Scholarships IT-Process Support Digitisation Human Harry Scholz Dr. Markus Trömmer Volker Schäfer Resources Latin America and Editorial Board Anja Minnaert Public History Caribbean Internationale Politik Foreign Scholar- Financial Accounting Dr. Ursula Bitzegeio Valeska Hesse and Society / ship-Holders Janine Schmidt HR Service Sector IPG-Journal Domestic Germany Trade Unions: Judith Illerhues Karl-Marx-Haus Trier Claudia Detsch Project Accounting Naima Becker Dominique Klawonn Elisabeth Neu Nikolaos Gavalakis Seminar Programme Jutta Klemm Sener Dogan Middle East, North Nyat Mebrahtu Bettina Pohl Library Central Services Bonn Africa Coordination Tasks Jacques Paparo Diana Gohle Elisabeth Braune Trade Unions: Alumni, HR Service Sector Dr. Marc Meinardus Career Counselling, Catalogue and Acade- ­Building manage- International Trade Unions: Young Journalists mic Services: ment,postal and ship- Laura Gelenkirch Jannis Grimm Programme Regine Schoch ping services, internal Katharina Kuhlmann Ariane Rödel Global Politics and Rebecca Demars Periodicals/ Utilisation: print shop,property Sabina Tariq Development Jacques Paparo management PA, Trier Liaison Tutors Sascha Wolter Jochen Steinhilber Antje Schnadwinkel Central Services Berlin Globalisation: Tino Ernst Vocational Training Elisabeth Bollrich Team Communication, Programme ­Building manage- 55 Community Portal Bettina Pohl Peace and Security: ment,procurement, Ines Herr Konstantin Bärwaldt building and property Climate and Energy: Education and Management PD Manuela Mattheß University Policy Gender / Social Justice: Dr. Martin Pfafferott Natalia Figge APPENDIX Human Rights: Hajo Lanz

Coordinating Tasks International Trade Union Coordination: Mirko Herberg Number of employees compared to previous year Along the lines of the recommendations issued by the Commission of Independent Experts ap- Evaluation / Quality Management pointed by the Federal President from 17 February 1993 (Bundestag Printed Paper 12 / 4425), we Philipp Kauppert are disclosing the following data for financial year 2020 (as on 31 December 2020) as supplemen- tal information to the present Annual Financial Statements.

31 Dec 2019 31 Dec 2020

Employees in Germany 493* 487*

Employees abroad 116* 111*

Total 609* 598*

* The number of employees has been stated in terms of so-called full-time equivalents (FTE) since 2018. The number of FTEs shows how many full-time positions result from a mixed workforce including part- time employees. Annual Financial Statements

BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2019

figures in ASSETS Writedowns / Additions / d i s p o s a l s / 1 Jan. 2019 reclassifications reclassifications 31 Dec. 2019 31 Dec. 2018

A. Fixed assets

I. Intangible assets 949,354.00 211,650.95 398,512.95 762,492.00 949,354.00

II. Tangible assets

1. Land and buildings 70,547,317.45 6,035,635.30 2,449,701.30 74,133,251.45 70,547,317.45

2. Operating and business equipment 5,563,527.81 1,098,562.04 918,142.04 5,743,947.81 5,563,527.81

3. Advance payments and assets under construction 5,059,873.02 0.00 5,059,873.02 0.00 5,059,873.02

81,170,718.28 7,134,197.34 8,427,716.36 79,877,199.26 81,170,718.28

III. Financial assets 39,638,810.13 999,924.16 0.00 40,638,734.29 39,638,810.13

121,758,882.41 8,345,772.45 8,826,229.31 121,278,425.55 121,758,882.41

B. Earmarked assets 8,547,870.13 8,567,618.02

C. Current assets

I. Receivables and other assets 1,584,235.49 2,372,225.77

II. Cash in hand and bank balances 17,975,018.04 20,541,787.21

19,559,253.53 22,914,012.98

56 D. Deferred income and accrued expenses 61,553.99 85,452.19

149,447,103.20 153,325,965.60 figures in Euros LIABILITIES

Adjustments / Withdrawals and 1 Jan. 2019 accruals liquidations 31 Dec. 2019 31 Dec. 2018

A. Reserves

Earmarked reserves 62,444,903.65 4,041,372.54 5,137,888.62 61,348,387.57 62,444,903.65

of this, reserve in acc. with § 62 (1) (1) German Tax Code (AO) EUR 2,413,122.46 (prev. year EUR 7,551,011.08)

of this, reserve in acc. with § 62 (1) (3) German Tax Code (AO) EUR 45,155,862.89 (prev. year EUR 41,233,489.04)

of this, reserve in acc. with § 62 (3) German Tax Code (AO) EUR 13,779,402.22 (prev. year EUR 13,660,403.53)

B. Special reserve from subsidies and grants for fixed assets

I. Intangible assets 949,354.00 211,650.95 398,512.95 762,492.00 949,354.00

II. Land and buildings 48,235,761.40 6,035,634.30 1,918,055.57 52,353,340.13 48,235,761.40

III. Operating and business equipment 4,632,510.55 1,098,562.04 911,970.04 4,819,102.55 4,632,510.55

IV. Advance payments and assets under construction 5,059,873.02 0.00 5,059,873.02 0.00 5,059,873.02

58,877,498.97 7,345,847.29 8,288,411.58 57,934,934.68 58,877,498.97

C. Special item relating to earmarked assets 8,547,870.13 8,567,618.02

D. Pension reserves 2,489,624.00 2,221,838.00 57

E. Accounts payable

I. Trade accounts payable 3,608,192.00 6,893,712.28

II. Other accounts payable 784,897.00 901,240.87 APPENDIX

4,393,089.00 7,794,953.15

F. Deferred income 14,733,197.82 13,419,153.81

149,447,103.20 153,325,965.60 Income and Expenditure Statement

1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 2019

figures in Euros

2019 2018

1. Project-tied grants and subsidies

a) Federal ministries 177,197,131.25 183,102,542.58

b) Länder and other regional authorities 3,161,906.89 2,991,689.52

c) Other providers of grants and subsidies 2,440,840.57 182,799,878.71 2,209,011.08 188,303,243.18

2. Donations

a) General purposes of the Statutes 163,299.40 173,488.50

b) Research and scholarly purposes 100,000.00 100,000.00

c) Solidarity fund for Scholarship Programme 323,943.24 587,242.64 322,848.24 596,336.74

3. Income from the release of special items from grants and subsidies to finance fixed assets 3,228,538.56 3,791,187.19

4. Participation fees 647,736.72 626,643.84

5. Other income 1,390,290.65 983,918.87

188,653,687.28 194,301,329.82

6. Expenditures due to activities in accordance with the Statutes

a) Scholarships for German and foreign students 27,193,385.19 27,559,431.76

b) Civic and socio-political education 23,306,443.87 21,005,756.34

c) International cooperation and understanding 109,869,950.34 114,178,560.97

d) Research projects 6,774,200.72 6,590,427.51

e) Promotion of art and culture 70,280.88 167,214,261.00 427,326.65 169,761,503.23

58 7. Depreciation and amortisation of intangible assets under fixed assets and property 3,764,421.29 4,339,992.06

8. Additions to special items from grants and subsidies to finance fixed assets 2,285,974.27 4,934,145.90

9. Other operational and administrative expenditures 17,006,233.81 12,724,425.40

10. Revenue shortfalls from ongoing operations (previous year: additional income) –1,617,203.09 2,541,263.23

11. Financial result 560,197.75 508,152.89

12. Result from regular association activities –1,057,005.34 3,049,416.12

13. Extraordinary expenditures 39,510.74 51,194.69

14. Revenue shortfalls (previous year: additional income) –1,096,516.08 2,998,221.43

15. Removals from earmarked reserve 1,096,516.08 0.00

16. Additions to earmarked reserve 0.00 2,998,221.43

17. Annual result 0.00 0.00 Complete Overview of all Income and Expenditures expected in the 2021 Budget Year

AS OF: 31 JANUARY 2021

Figures in Euros

I. Income

1. Grants, subsidies and allowances

Grants and subsidies from Federal ministries 196,823,708

Grants and subsidies from the Länder and other regional authorities 3,299,000

Other providers of grants and subsidies 2,670,000

2. Donations 500,000

3. Participation fees 500,000

4. Other income 400,000

II. Expenditures

1. Expenditures from activities / project expenses in acc. with the Statutes

Support of students and graduates 31,052,364

Civic and socio-political education 24,116,182

International cooperation 119,892,729

Research projects 6,492,795

Promotion of art and culture 100,000

2. Human resource expenses for staff in Germany for information purposes only 38,668,983

3. Material administrative tasks 59

Other operating and administrative costs 17,964,738

4. Other operating expenditures

5. Other costs APPENDIX 6. Costs of investments 4,573,900

III. Probable annual result 0

* Human resource expenses for staff in Germany are already contained in items 1 (expenditures from activities in accordance with the Statutes / project costs) and 3 (material administrative tasks). This is EUR 38,668,983. This includes wages and salaries: EUR 29,965,967 Social security contributions: EUR 8,703,015 Additional notes to the Income and Expenditure Statement

Grants, subsidies and other income The Federal Foreign Office accounted for a total salary costs € 29.7 m., social security contributions of € 2.9 million in administrative grants. and other social security expenses € 8.1 m. In 2019, the Federal Ministry for Economic Coop- In sum total, federal grants and subsidies, in- Expenditures on civic and socio-political educa- eration and Development (BMZ) was again the cluding portfolio carry-forwards, decreased by tional work relates to seminars, conferences, con- largest single provider of project-related grants € 5.9 million compared to 2019, with Federal gresses, exhibitions and the production of publica- and subsidies. Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Develop- tions. The events took place at the head offices in € 90.6 million was allocated to support pro- ment funds declining by € 4.5 million and funds Bonn and Berlin as well as at venues throughout jects of importance to development. In addition, from the Federal Foreign Office by € 1,4 million, the Federal Republic. the Foundation received special funds from the while funds from the Federal Ministry of Educa- The item “International cooperation and un- Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and tion and Research dropped by € 0.4 million, and derstanding and partnerships with developing Development amounting to € 7.4 million for inter- funds from the Federal Ministry of the Interior countries” contains expenditures for the Founda- national climate and environmental protection. rose by € 0.4 million. tion’s work abroad in developing countries, the All Federal Ministry for Economic Coopera- The German Länder and other local authori- countries of Central and Eastern Europe and in tion and Development grants and subsidies ties granted earmarked funds of € 3.2 million for industrialised countries. Human resource ex- therefore totalled € 98 million, of which € 13.4 the organisation of Länder-specific events in the penses for foreign staff included here amounted million was for administrative costs. field of civic and socio-political education. At to € 20.6 m. The Federal Ministry of the Interior is provid- € 1.9 million, the Land of North Rhine-West- The item “Research projects” includes expendi- er of the global grant to promote socio-political phalia is the largest provider of funding, inter tures for the operation of the Museum Karl-Marx- and democratic education work. The amount of alia under the German Continuing Education Act Haus in Trier, historical research, archive docu- € 35.7 million was granted for the Friedrich- (Weiterbildungsgesetz). ments in the Archive of Social Democracy and on Ebert-Stiftung to perform tasks in Germany in Under other providers of grants and subsi- books and journals in the library. accordance with its Statutes, in particular the dies, a total of € 122 t. was allocated by various “Other operating and administrative expenses” organisation of seminars, conferences and collo- organisations at the local level to implement de- contains human resource, administrative and oper- quiums, the procurement of teaching and learn- velopment policy measures abroad. ating costs incurred by the overhead centres in ing materials, the awarding of research projects Participants’ own contributions to education Bonn and Berlin. with socio-political objectives and the archiving and training events amounted to € 648 t. in the of personal and organisational records of con- year under review. temporary historical significance to Social De- The item “Other income” includes income mocracy. The global grant is also used to defray from the staging of guest and third-party events, staff, administrative and operational costs relat- canteen operations in Bonn (a total of € 469 t.), ing to this area of activity. cost refunds (€ 13 t.), investment income (€ 8 t.), In addition, the Foundation received € 0.8 publication and admissions income (€ 216 t.) and million from the Federal Ministry of the Interior income from rentals and leases (€ 29 t.). to carry out investment measures. The Federal Ministry of Education and Re- Costs and expenditures search provided € 21.3 million in funding for the award of scholarships to German students en- From 1986, grants and subsidies awarded to fi- 60 gaged in basic or postgraduate studies and for nance expenses subject to capitalisation have Own income and donations the support of doctoral projects. € 2.6 million been recognised as special items from grants for was granted as lump-sum allowances for admin- construction measures and from 1991 also for Of particular importance to the Friedrich- istration, selection and supervision costs. other fixed assets as special items from grants Ebert-Stiftung is income from the dependent The Federal Foreign Office provided € 3 mil- and subsidies for fixed assets (see Balance Sheet). foundations. These assets from wills or be- lion in funding for the award of scholarships and This special item is released to income in the item quests, currently amounting to € 8.5 m., con- for the supervision and follow-up support of for- “Income from the release of special items from stitute a very special obligation for the Foun- eign students and graduates in Germany. € 16.2 grants and subsidies to finance fixed assets” in dation. Income from these assets can be used million was allocated for international socio-po- line with depreciation. to perform tasks for which public funds are litical measures. These projects serve to promote The items listed under “Expenditures due to otherwise not sufficiently available on a per- the exchange of information, opinion and experi- activities in accordance with the Statutes” amount manent basis in the spirit and on behalf of the ence and to train key social and political groups. to € 167 m. These items also include staff, adminis- donors. The same applies to donations re- In addition, the Federal Foreign Office grant- trative and operational costs directly related to the ceived for general and scientific purposes laid ed the Foundation special funds amounting to performance of these tasks. down in the Foundation’s Statutes and for the € 2.2 million, of which € 1.2 million was used to Human resource expenses for domestic staff Solidarity Fund for the Scholarship Pro- strengthen social justice and political participa- and staff employed on a temporary basis totalled gramme. These donations amounted to € 587 t. tion in the Middle East / North Africa region. € 37.8 m., and breaks down as follows: Wage and Auditor’s opinion

To the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e. V., Bonn: management, as well as an evaluation of the overall presentation of the Annual Financial Statements. We have audited the Annual Financial Statements, We are of the opinion that our audit forms a suffi- comprising the Balance Sheet and the Income and ciently secure basis for our assessment. Expenditure Statement together with the book- Our audit has not led to any objections. keeping system of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e. V., In our opinion, based on the findings produced by Bonn, for the financial year from 1 January to 31 our audit, the Annual Financial Statements comply December 2019 prepared by the Executive Board with statutory provisions with the deviations not- in accordance with Article 12 (1) of the Statutes. ed below relating to the recommendations in the The bookkeeping and preparation of the Annu- IDW Statement on Accounting: Accounting for as- al Financial Statements in accordance with the sociations (IDW RS HFA 14). statutory provisions and their interpretation by Contrary to general commercial law regula- the IDW Statement on Accounting: Accounting of tions and recommendations in the IDW Statement associations (IDW RS HFA 14) is the responsibility on Accounting for Associations (IDW RS HFA 14), of the legal representatives of the association. The no other reserves or provisions are recognised, fi- bookkeeping is based on the regulations and de- nancial assets are carried at cost, no extraordinary rived regulations set out in the Federal Budget depreciation is made on financial assets and accru- Code (Bundeshaushaltsordnung) and contains als of income and expenditures are made for the cameralistic elements. Our responsibility is to ex- reporting year only, with a budgetary accounting press an opinion on the Annual Financial State- range. In addition, extraordinary expenses and ments together with the bookkeeping system on the result of ordinary association activities are the basis of our audit. shown on the Income and Expenditure Statement. We conducted our audit of the Annual Financial Statements in accordance with the IDW Auditing Standard: Auditing of Associations (IDW PS 750). These standards require that we plan and perform the audit in such a manner that errors materially affecting the presentation of the financial state- , 24 August 2020 ments are detected with reasonable certainty. Rödl & Partner GmbH, auditing company, Knowledge of the business activities and the eco- tax consulting company nomic and legal environment of the association and expectations as to possible errors are taken into ac- signed count in the determination of audit procedures. The Vogel Finsterer effectiveness of the accounting-related internal Auditor Auditor control system and evidence supporting disclosures in the books and records and the Annual Financial Statements are examined primarily on the basis of random samples within the framework of the audit. 61 The audit includes assessment of the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by APPENDIX The self-peception of the political foundations

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, • promoting the academic education and further training of Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung and gifted young people through scholarships and pro- Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung have described their self-perception grammes accompanying studies; and determined their domiciles. Their joint declaration is • promoting art and culture through events, scholarships both an obligation they have jointly assumed and at the same and the care and preservation of cultural works; time serves to inform the public. • supporting efforts toward European integration and con- tributing to international understanding through infor- Below is a summary of the declaration: mation and international meetings; The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, • providing development aid through programmes and pro- Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung and jects and contributing to the establishment of democratic, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung are the political foundations liberal and constitutional structures committed to human ideologically aligned with the Christian Democratic Union and civil rights. of Germany, the Social of Germany, the Free Democratic Party, the Christian Social Union in Ba- Another element in the self-perception of political founda- varia and the federal party / The Greens. By tions is the desire and intention to use their resources to performing their statutory tasks, they intend to contribute the greatest possible advantage and to be publicly account- to shaping the future of our community. Their socio-politi- able for this. cal and democratic educational work, information and pol- Informing the public about their activities and the use of icy advice in Germany and abroad, which are based on the their funds is a self-imposed obligation on the part of the polit- principles of a free democratic order and are committed to ical foundations and strengthens public trust and confidence in the principles of solidarity, subsidiarity and mutual toler- their work. For this reason as well, the political foundations ance, are particularly aimed at have agreed to take up the recommendations of the Commis- • stimulating citizens’ engagement with political issues sion of Independent Experts appointed by the Federal President while promoting and deepening their political commit- without waiting for any legal regulation to be adopted in this ment by providing civic and socio-political education; respect. In their joint declaration, they describe their self-per- • developing the basis and foundations for political action ception, in particular with regard to the state financing of their through promotion of science, political research and ad- work and public accountability. vice and deepening the dialogue and transfer of knowl- edge between science and research, politics, government 62 and business; The complete text can be requested from • studying the historical development of political parties the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. and political and social movements; [email protected]

Commitment to sustainability

The topic of sustainability has accompanied the Foundation end, a roadmap is being developed on how to systematically not only since this year. The installation of a solar power sys- improve the ecological, social and economic dimensions of tem in Bonn, the leasing of energy-efficient photocopiers, the sustainability at the Foundation. use of recycled paper, the multiple use of event backwalls are Important building blocks such as the connection of the already established practices for sustainable management at Bonn building to the district heating network, the develop- the FES. What is new is that the Foundation is now seeking ment of a mobility concept as well as green roofs and solar external advice on how these selective measures can be power systems on the Berlin buildings are already being im- pooled into a comprehensive sustainability strategy. To this plemented. Members of the Executive Board

STATUS: MARCH 2021

President: State Premier (ret.) Address for the Executive Board, Martin Schulz MP a. D. Kurt Beck Association and Board of Trustees Postal address: Vice-Presidents: Members of the Friedrich-­Ebert-­Stiftung Daniela Kolbe, Executive Board: 53170 Bonn Michael Sommer Prof. Dr. Peter Brandt Building / delivery address: Secretary Generals: Dr. Barbara Hendricks Friedrich-­Ebert-­Stiftung Dr. Sabine Fandrych, Christina Kampmann Godesberger Allee 149 Dr. Roland Schmidt Barbara Ludwig 53175 Bonn Dr. Rolf Mützenich

The number and type of leadership positions occupied by Members of the German Bundes­ tag, the Länder parliaments and the federal or Länder governments or the federal or Länder party executive committees were as follows:

Of the eleven members of the Executive Board, there are: • five members without the aforementioned functions • four Members of the German Bundestag • one member of a Land parliament • one member of a Land parliament (and at the same time member of a Land government).

Management and departmental heads of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: none of these are in one of the aforementioned leadership positions.

The requirements of the Federal Constitutional Court and the Act on Political Parties (Parteien­ 63 gesetz) to ensure the independence of the political foundations are taken into account on the basis of the Joint Declaration of the Political Foundations. According to this declaration, “the President of the Executive Board, the Spokesperson of the Executive Board, the Secretary Gen- eral and Member of the Executive Board, and the Treasurer of a political foundation […] do not

exercise comparable functions in the respective ideologically aligned party”. APPENDIX Members of the Association

STATUS: MARCH 2021

Doris Ahnen Klara Geywitz Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Schneider Dr. Dr. Franziska Giffey Serpil Midyatli Dr. Herbert Schnoor Günter Gloser Franz Müntefering Dr. Katarina Barley Reinhard Grätz Dr. Rolf Mützenich Gerhard Schröder Kurt Beck Günter Schröder Uwe Karl Beckmeyer Nina Hauer Dr. Dr. Aydan Özoguz Martin Schulz Erik Bettermann Johannes Andreas Pflug Jens Böhrnsen Dr. Barbara Hendricks Matthias Platzeck Dr. Angelica Schwall-Düren Klaus Brandner Reiner Hoffmann Konrad Porzner Prof. Dr. Peter Brandt Dr. Eva Högl Joachim Poß Anke Brunn Prof. Dr. Uwe Holtz Dr. Ilse Brusis Berthold Huber Prof. Dr. Christa Randzio-Plath Prof. Dr. Klaas Hübner Dr. h. c. Hermann Rappe Michael Sommer Dr. h. c. Hedda Jungfer Anke Rehlinger Peer Steinbrück Dr. Jürgen Burckhardt Johannes Kahrs Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier * Christina Kampmann Dr. Hans-Martin Bury Sabine Kaspereit Wolfgang Roth Franz Thönnes Prof. Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin Dr. Karl-Peter Schackmann- Michael Vassiliadis Dr. Hans-Ulrich Klose Fallis Heide Dörrhöfer-Tucholski Daniela Kolbe Axel Schäfer Dr. Malu Dreyer Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel Carmen König-Rothemund Frank Werneke Martin Dulig Stefan Körzell Harald Schartau Detlef Wetzel Günter Schlatter Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Krupp Dr. Nils Schmid Dr. Bettina Wieß Petra Ernstberger Klaus-Dieter Kühbacher Nancy Faeser Ute Kumpf Dr. Roland Schmidt Dr. Monika Wulf-Mathies Dr. Gerlinde Kuppe Dr. Jens Zimmermann 64 Dr. Sabine Fandrych Prof. Wilhelm Schmidt Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zöllner Elke Ferner Dr. Jürgen Linde Hubertus Schmoldt Prof. Dr. Christoph Zöpel Barbara Ludwig

* Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier: his membership is dormant during his tenure of office as Federal President Members of the Board of Trustees

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Chairwoman Prof. Dr. h. c. Cornelia Füll- Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kromphardt Rolf Schwanitz MP'in a. D. Hannelore Kraft krug-Weitzel Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Krupp Prof. Dr. Hartmut Soell Moritz Leuenberger Karl Starzacher Vice-Chair Iris Gleicke Markus Meckel Dr. Heike Taubert Prof. Dr. Helene Harth Siegmar Mosdorf Ingrid Häußler Prof. Dr. Julian Nida-Rümelin Prof. Dr. Johano Strasser Wolfgang Altenburg Dr. Peter Heinemann Dr. Edith Niehuis Helmut Teitzel Richard Becker Dr. Christine Hohmann- Aydan Özoguz Dr. Gerald Thalheim Dennhardt Dr. Wilhelm Bender Prof. Dr. Winfried Polte Dr. Carl Tham Roland Issen Klaus-Uwe Benneter Dr. Simone Raatz Gerhard Jochum Dr. h. c. Hermann Rappe Dr. Gottfried Timm Prof. Dr. Karl Kaiser Prof. Dr. Friedrich Buttler Gerd Walter Dr. Karl Kauermann Harro Uwe Cloppenburg Edzard Reuter Gerd E. Weers Prof. Dr. Jürgen Keßler Dr. Klaus von Dohnanyi Dr. Nikolaus Schneider Dr. Rosemarie Wilcken Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kocka Rudolf Dreßler Wolfgang Schneiderhan Dr. Monika Wulf-Mathies Prof. Dr. Heiko Körner Dr. Ursula Engelen-Kefer Karin Schubert Ursula Kraus Ingeborg Friebe Dr. Manja Schüle

Members of the Admissions Committee for the Scholarship Programme

STATUS AS OF: MARCH 2021

Chairwoman Stefanie Elies Prof. Dr. Felix Hörisch Prof. Dr. Hermann Rösch Prof. Dr. Helene Harth Prof. Dr. Frank Engehausen Dr. Hans-Gerhard Husung Prof. Dr. Florian Schacht Dr. Florian Freund ° Prof. Dr. Rainer Jonas Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidt 65 First Vice-Chair Prof. Dr. Hermann Frister Prof. Dr. Heidrun D. Kämper Dr. Petra Schmitt-Frister Prof. Dr. Jürgen Keßler Prof. Dr. Brigitte Georgi- Dr. Thomas Keidel Prof. Dr. Werner Schönig ° Findlay Second Vice-Chair Dr. Ernst-J. Kerbusch Dr. Ilja-Kristin Seewald Dr. Yvette Gerner Prof. Dr. Christopher Kopper Dr. Jasmin Siri

Dr. Simone Raatz APPENDIX Dr. Uwe Gottschalk Evelin Manteuffel Dr. Damir Softic Pia Bungarten, Prof. Eberhard Grötsch Dr. Regine Mehl Dr. Ralf Stegner Head of the Scholarship Pro- Prof. Dr. Corinna Grühn Prof. Dr. Nils Metzler-Nolte Prof. Dr. Franz Streng gramme Office Prof. Dr. Dr. Norbert Grulke Prof. Dr. Prof. Dr. Jochen Struwe Prof. Dr. Sigrid Baringhorst ° Prof. Dr. Uwe Haneke * Prof. Dr. Andreas Müglich Prof. Dr. Rainer Walz Prof. Dr. Hans-H. Bass * Prof. Dr. Peter Hantel Prof. Dr. Thomas J. J. Müller Prof. Dr. Katina Warendorf Prof. Dr. Michael Bäuerle Prof. Dr. Helene Harth Prof. Dr. Daniela Münkel Prof. Dr. Mathias Witzens- Prof. Dr. Christian Bernzen Prof. Dr. Dr. Ernest W.B. Prof. Dr. Rachid Ouaissa Harig ° Christine Biehler Hess-Lüttich Prof. Dr. Florian Schacht ° Dr. Melanie Woitas ° Prof. Dr. Dr. Franz-Josef Silke Hillesheim Prof. Dr. Walter Reese-Schäfer Dr. Maren Ziese Brüggemeier Prof. Dr. Gunther Hirschfelder Prof. Dr. Emanuel Richter Dr. Michael Dauderstädt Prof. Dr. Anke Holler Prof. Dr. Birgitt Riegraf ° Prof. Dr. Dorothée de Nève Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Honnen Dr. Yassir El Jamouhi * Prof. Dr. Marc Ringel

° Appointed to the Selection Committee by the Executive Board of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung * Retired in 2020 Liaison tutors for the Scholarship Programme

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Prof. Dr. Christian Pinkert Katholische Hochschule AACHEN Claus Radziwill für Sozialwesen University of Applied Sciences Bettina Schattat Prof. Dr. Axel Bohmeyer Prof. Dr. Markus Fredebeul-Krein Dr. Hans-Jörg Schmedes Prof. Dr. Jens Wurtzbacher Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schöler RWTH Aachen University Prof. Dr. C. Katharina Spieß Technical University Prof. Dr. Hermann Wagner Prof. Dr. Manuela Spindler Prof. Dr. Thorsten Beckers Dr. Jan-Christoph Heilinger Prof. Dr. Peter Steinbach Dr. Sascha Buchholz Prof. Dr. Paul Strazmann Prof. Dr. Etienne Emmrich Dr. Nicolai von Ondarza Prof. Dr. Oliver Schwedes AUGSBURG Prof. Dr. Gert G. Wagner University of Augsburg Dr. Almut Wieland-Karimi BIBERACH Prof. Dr. Susanne Metzner* Dr. Sören Wiesenfeldt Prof. Dr. Natascha Sojc Maren Wintersberg University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Dietmar Süß Prof. Dr. Ismail Kasikci Freie Universität Prof. Dr. Thorsten Faas BADEN BIELEFELD Prof. Dr. Nina Kolleck Dr. Karim El-Haschimi Prof. Dr. Simon Koschut University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Sabine Kropp Prof. Dr. Riza Öztürk Prof. Dr. Eun-Jeung Lee BAMBERG Prof. Dr. Martin Lücke University of Bamberg Prof. Dr. Stefan Rinke Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Jütte Prof. Dr. Frank Westerhoff Prof. Dr. Eberhard Sandschneider Prof. Dr. Johannes Voit Prof. Dr. Thomas Laux Prof. Dr. Sahar Sodoui Prof. Dr. Thomas Welskopp Prof. Dr. Véronique Zanetti Charité Universitätsmedizin BAYREUTH Prof. Dr. Roland Francis BOCHUM University of Bayreuth Prof. Dr. Volker Köllner 66 Prof. Dr. Manfred Miosga Dr. Ulrike Bick Prof. Dr. Herbert Popp* University of Applied Sciences Jörg Fleck Prof. Dr. Sebastian Dullien Dr. Tuan Anh Tran Prof. Dr. Susan Kamel BERLIN Prof. Dr. Sabine Spelthahn Ruhr-Universität Bochum Ralf Beste Prof. Dr. Stefan Berger Dr. Hans-Peter Böhm* Humboldt-Universität Prof. Dr. Bernd Faulenbach Dr. Rolf Bösinger Prof. Dr. Ulrike Auga Prof. Dr. Stefan Goch Markus Bräuer Priv.-Doz. Dr. Stephan Bröchler Prof. Dr. Traugott Jähnichen Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans Joachim Giessmann Dr. Holger Brohm PD Dr. Alexander Kochinka Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hilpert Prof. Dr. Philipp Dann Prof. Dr. Klaus Kost Dr. Marius Hofmeister Prof. Dr. Andreas Eckert Prof. Dr. Adina C. Rusu-Klappheck Axel Hutschenreuther Prof. Dr. Christoph-Martin Geilfus Prof. Dr. Manfred Wannöffel Gerhard Lechleitner Dr. Kurt Graulich Prof. Dr. Gereon Wolters Dr. Raphael L‘Hoest Prof. Dr. Martin Heger Dr. Andreas Linde Prof. Dr. Bernd Henningsen Norbert Lippok Prof. Dr. Thomas Mergel Prof. Dr. Günther Maihold Prof. Dr. Herfried Münkler* Dr. Dietmar Molthagen Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal Dr. Timo Noetzel Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle Dr. Manfred Öhm University of Bremen BONN DUISBURG Prof. Dr. Jutta Günther* Dr. Alexander Behrens PD Dr. Sebastian Haunss University of Duisburg-Essen Dr. Ursula Bitzegeio Dr. Sigrid Kannengießer Prof. Dr. Tobias Debiel Prof. Dr. Dieter Dowe Prof. Dr. Ursula Rust Prof. Dr. Peter Ulrich Hein Prof. Dr. Solvay Gerke PD Dr. Cordula Weißköppel Prof. Dr. Heike Roll Dr. Christian von Haldenwang Dr. Arndt Wonka Dr. Alexandra von dem Knesebeck DÜSSELDORF Dr. Anja Kruke Dr. Andreas Stamm Prof. Dr. Anke Hassel Chemnitz University of Technology Prof. Dr. Karsten Rudolph University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Rudolf Boch Bonn-Rhein-Sieg Prof. Dr. Stefan Garsztecki University Prof. Dr. Hartmut Ihne Prof. Dr. Teresa Pinheiro Prof. Dr. Helmut Frister Prof. Dr. Guido Thiemeyer COTTBUS Prof. Dr. Frank Decker EBERSWALDE Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Hullin Dr. Tilo Biesecke Prof. Dr. Doris Lucke Markus Möller Eberswalde University for Prof. Dr. Heiko Sauer Sustainable Development Prof. Dr. Michael Schneider* Brandenburgische Prof. Dr. Peter Spathelf PD Dr. Arne Schneidewind Technische Universität Prof. Dr. Ludwig Bilz EICHSTÄTT Prof. Dr. Jacob Spallek BRANDENBURG Catholic University of University of Applied Sciences Eichstatt-Ingolstadt Prof. Dr. Burghilde Wieneke-Toutaoui Prof. Dr. Stefan Schieren Peter Brändle BRAUNSCHWEIG ERFURT Technical University Darmstadt 67 Technical University Prof. Dr. Petra Gehring University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Katja Koch Prof. Dr. Gerd Lautner Prof. Dr. Eckhard Giese Prof. Dr. Hermann Wätzig Prof. Dr. Klaus Merforth Prof. Dr. Rahel Puffert DELMENHORST APPENDIX Prof. Dr. Gerd Turowski Prof. Dr. Manfred Baldus BREMEN Prof. Heike Grimm Prof. Dr. Fritz-Wilhelm Neumann* Dr. Janna Wolff DRESDEN Dr. Jochen Voit City University of Applied Sciences Dresden University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Ernst Mönnich ERLANGEN- Prof. Dr. Ralph Sonntag Jacobs University University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Prof. Dr. Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler* Technical University Dr. Susanna Brogi-Däufel Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Melzer Prof. Dr. Peter Dabrock Prof. Dr. Christian Prunitsch Prof. Dr. Ludwig Fesenmeier Prof. Dr. Karl-Siegbert Rehberg Prof. Dr. Andreas Funke Dr. Marina Scharlaj Prof. Dr. Christian Merkl Dr. Klavdia Smola ESSLINGEN FREIBURG GÖTTINGEN

University of Applied Sciences University of Education Prof. Dr. Lydia Haustein Prof. Dr. Claudia Daigler Prof. Dr. Albert Scherr Prof. Dr. Reiner Marchthaler Göttingen University Prof. Dr. Karin Reiber Dr. Astrid Biele Mefebue Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bröckling Prof. Dr. Andrea D. Bührmann Prof. Dr. Sabine Dabringhaus Dr. Alexander Engel FLENSBURG Prof. Dr. Tim Epkenhans Dr. Stephan Klecha European University Flensburg Prof. Dr. Lena Henningsen Prof. Dr. Rainer Marggraf Prof. Dr. Herbert Bruhn* Prof. Dr. Johanna Pink Prof. Dr. Sebastian Vollmer* Prof. Dr. Uwe Danker Prof. Dr. Ralf Poscher GREIFSWALD / MAIN FULDA University of Greifswald Dr. Stefan Marx University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans-Robert Metelmann Dr. Yvonne Ott Prof. Dr. Peter Haller Prof. Dr. Marko Pantermöller Prof. Dr. Helen Knauf University of Applied Sciences HAGEN Prof. Dr. Michaela Köttig GELSENKIRCHEN Fernuniversität FRA School of University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Frank Hillebrandt Finance & ­Management Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinecke Prof. Dr. Adalbert Winkler Prof. Dr. Karl-Martin Obermeier HALLE Prof. Dr. Diethard Reisch* University University Prof. Dr. Lothar Brock* Prof. Dr. Gunnar Brands Prof. Dr. Volker Dötsch* Prof. Dr. Thomas Thurn-Albrecht Prof. Dr. Alexander Ebner Duale Hochschule Prof. Dr. Till Kösser 68 Dr. Nicole Kramer Prof. Dr. Thilo Fehmel Prof. Dr. Daniel Ulber Dr. Nina Morgner Dr. Andreas Weber Prof. Dr. Astrid Wallrabenstein GIESSEN HAMBURG Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Hahn FRANKFURT / ODER Tobias Gros European University Viadrina Giessen University Nils Haupt Prof. Dr. Eva Kocher Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bast Dr. Arnim Karthaus Prof. Dr. Albrecht Söllner Prof. Dr. Ulrich Ellinghaus Staatssekretär Dr. Ralf Kleindiek Prof. Dr. Andrea Gawrich Dr. Marcel du Moulin Dr. Alexandra Kurth Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt FREIBERG Prof. Dr. Friedrich Lenger Dr. Torsten Sevecke Tecnical University Prof. Joybrato Mukherjee Prof. Dr. Benno Stinner Bergakademie PD Dr. Sven Tode Dr. Thomas Mütze Dr. Martin Rudolph Bucerius Law School Prof. Dr. Thomas Rönnau Protestant University for Social Work University and Deaconry Prof. Dr. Med. Gerhard Gründer Prof. Dr. Tilman Lutz Prof. Dr. Sebastian Harnisch Dr. Jan Stöß Prof. Dr. Herbert Kronke* FOM University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Andreas Kruse University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Marco Zimmer Prof. Dr. Hartmut Soell* Karlsruhe Prof. Dr. Edgar Wolfrum Prof. Dr. Uwe Haneke University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Simon Andreas Güntner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology HILDESHEIM Prof. Dr. Julia Neumann-Szyszka Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk Dr. Marc Schütte* Hochschule für angewandte Dr. Ulrich Walter Prof. Dr. John-Philipp Siegel ­Wissenschaft und Kunst Prof. Dr. Manfred Wilhelm Prof. Dr. Gerhard Suess Prof. Dr. Gazi Caglar Prof. Dr. Lutz Finkeldey Hochschule für Technikund Wirtschaft University of Fine Arts Prof. Dr. Hagen Krämer Prof. Robert Bramkamp University of Hildesheim Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schneider University of Education University Hamburg Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schröer Jun.-Prof. Dr. Johannes Voit Dr. Doerte Bischoff Prof. Dr. Wolf Jürgen Schünemann Dr. Hans-Georg Ehrhart Prof. Dr. Kathrin Fahlenbrach Prof. Dr. Peter Heisig Kassel University Prof. Dr. Kai-Oliver Knops Ilmenau University of Technology Dr. Minou Isabel Banafsche Prof. Dr. Gertraud Koch Prof. Dr. Joachim Weyand Prof. Dr. Sonja Buckel Prof. Dr. Franklin Kopitzsch* Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schroeder Prof. Dr. Reiner Lehberger Prof. Dr. Felix Welti ISERLOHN

Prof. Dr. Stefan Lennardt HANNOVER KEHL

University of Applied Sciences University of Applied Sciences 69 JENA and Arts Prof. Dr. Ewald Eisenberg Dr. Monika Pinski Friedrich Schiller University Jena Prof. Dr. Klaus Dörre KIEL Hannover Medical School Prof. Dr. Hermann Funk APPENDIX Prof. Dr. Frank Austermann Prof. Dr. Thomas Kroll Dr. Linda Kleemann* Dr. Thela Wernstedt Prof. Dr. Roland Merten Dr. Christine Schmehl Prof. Dr. Georg Schmidt* Leibniz University Hannover Prof. Dr. Kim Siebenhühner University of Applied Sciences Dr. Marion Tacke Prof. Dr. Doris Weßels KAISERSLAUTERN University of Kiel HEIDE / HOLSTEIN Technical University Prof. Dr. Federico Foders University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Marcus Höreth Prof. Dr. Gerhard Igl* Prof. Dr. Thomas Haack Prof. Dr. Michael Schroda Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Seimetz KLEVE Prof. Dr. Bernd Streich HEIDELBERG Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wilzewski* Rhine-Waal University of Applied Prof. Dr. Walter Mühlhausen Sciences Dr. Sascha Weber Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Hinterhuber KOBLENZ / LANDAU LEIPZIG LÜNEBURG

University of Koblenz / Landau Dr. Ulrike Bick University Lüneburg Dr. Hannes Kopf Prof. Dr. Dorothea Hegele Prof. Dr. Ulrich Günther Prof. Dr. Werner Sesselmeier Dr. Jens A. Katzek Prof. Dr. Axel Halfmeier PD Dr. Melanie Morisse Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ruck Dr. Maximilian Rinck KÖLN LÜNEBURG / SCHNEGA Dr. Matthias von Hellfeld Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig Niklas Knust Thomas Locher Prof. Dr. Hermann H. Kallfass* Dr. Christiane Kling-Mathey Brigitta Mühlenbeck University of Applied Sciences MAGDEBURG Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexander Lechleuthner North Hesse Leipzig branch Magdeburg-Stendal University of German Sport University Cologne Prof. Dr. Lars Garlepp Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mittag Prof. Dr. Thomas Kliche University of Music and Theatre Dr. Irmtraut Mecke University of Applied Sciences KS Prof. Dr. Roland Schubert Prof. Dr. Matthias Morfeld Prof. Dr. Zelal Ates Prof. Dr. Claudia Wendel Prof. Thorsten Burgmer University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Ilona Melanie Wuschig Prof. Dr. Andrea Nikolaizig University of Cologne University of Magdeburg Prof. Dr. Ralph Jessen University Clinic Prof. Dr. Horst Gischer Prof. Dr. Fabian Klose Prof. Dr. Sebastian Stehr Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Renzsch* Dr. Claudia Nikodem Prof. Dr. Ute Planert MAINZ Dr. Meik Woyke Prof. Dr. Oliver Czulo Prof. Dr. Alexander Deeg Thomas Laufersweiler Prof. Dr. Cornelia Exner KONSTANZ 70 Prof. Dr. Christian Fandrych University of Applied Sciences University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Birgit Harreß Prof. Jean Ulysses Voelker Prof. Dr. Karen-Sibyll Schirmer Prof. Dr. Alfons Kenkmann Prof. Dr. Thomas Lenk University Mainz University of Konstanz Prof. Dr. Harald Morgner Dr. Eva Berger* Prof. Dr. Sven Jochem Prof. Dr. Julian Schmitz Jun.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Blank Prof. Dr. Bianka Pietrow-Ennker Prof. Dr. Wolfgang F. Schwarz Prof. Dr. Gerd Mielke Prof. Dr. Julia Laura Rischbieter Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheiding Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Seibel LUDWIGSBURG Prof. Dr. Tanjev Schultz Prof. Dr. Clemens Wischermann University of Applied Sciences – Public Administration and Finance LAHNSTEIN Prof. Dr. Eleonora Kohler-Gehrig Andrea Gronemeyer Dr. Marcel Will Prof. Dr. Rafael Bauschke Prof. Dr. Klaus Schönhoven* Dr. Marco Althaus University of Applied LANDAU LUDWIGSHAFEN Management Studies Dr. Dirk Kratz Prof. Dr. Annette Bornhäuser University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Prof. Dr. Karin A. Kersting Prof. Dr. Wera Hemmerich Prof. Dr. Fritz Unger* Technical University of Munich Prof. Dr. Philipp Gassert Prof. Dr. Stefan Wurster Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gründer Prof. Dr. Björn Garbrecht University of Oldenburg Prof. Dr. Peter Vorderer Prof. Dr. Gunilla-Friederike Budde Universität der Dr. Tonio Oeftering Prof. Dr. Stephan Stetter Prof. Dr. Jan-Hendrick Dietrich OSNABRÜCK Dr. Fabio Longo LMU Munich University of Applied Science University of Marburg Prof. Dr. Christian Albrecht Prof. Dr. Peter Mayer Prof. Dr. Ursula Birsl Dr. Christian Alexander Braun Prof. Dr. Volker Mergenthaler Prof. Dr. Martin H. Geyer University of Osnabrück Dr. Stefan Mitzinger Dr. Jan-Christoph Heilinger Prof. Dr. Roland Brandt Prof. Dr. Thomas Noetzel Dr. Susanne Krones Prof. Dr. Harald Renz Prof. Dr. Carsten Reinemann OSNABRÜCK (BÜNDE) Prof. Dr. Andreas Renner Prof. Dr. Berthold Rittberger MERSEBURG Dr. Andrea Behrenswerth Prof. Dr. Rudolf Tippelt University of Applied Sciences Dr. Till Zimmermann Prof. Dr. Erich Menting Prof. Dr. Malte Thran University of Passau MÜNSTER Prof. Dr. Guido Pollak University of Münster MÖNCHENGLADBACH Prof. Dr. Bernhard Stahl Prof. Dr. Siegfried Echterhoff* University of Applied Sciences Dr. Matthias Freise POTSDAM Prof. Dr. Ulrich Nissen Prof. Dr. Thomas Großbölting Dr. Netaya Lotze University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Norbert Schläbitz MITTWEIDA Prof. Dr. Tobias Schröder Dr. Andrea Walter University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Christoph Weischer University of Potsdam 71 Prof. Dr. Sebastian Noll Prof. Dr. Werner Jann NEURUPPIN Prof. Dr. Andreas Köstler MÜNCHEN Prof. Dr. Thomas von Winter Brandenburg Medical School APPENDIX Dr. Meret Forster Theodor Fontane RAVENSBURG Prof. Dr. Yolanda M. Koller-Tejeiro Prof. Dr. Joachim Behr Michael Marco Schönlein Duale Hochschule Dr. Hans Wegner Baden-Württemberg NEUSTADT Prof. Dr. Ernst Deuer University of Applied Sciences Dr. Matthias Petgen Prof. Dr. Ayse Cicek REGENSBURG Prof. Dr. Peter Hammerschmidt NUREMBERG Prof. Dr. Stefan Rappenglück University Dr. Andrea König* Dr. Sonja Emmerling Catholic University of Prof. Dr. Thorsten Kingreen Applied Sciences Lutheran University of Applied Prof. Dr. Tonio Walter Prof. Dr. Birgit Dorner Sciences Prof. Dr. Constanze Giese Dr. Andreas Scheulen REUTLINGEN ULM

University of Applied Sciences German University of Ulm University Prof. Henning Eichinger Administrative Sciences Prof. Dr. Birgit Liss Prof. Dr. Rudolf Kessler Prof. Dr. Gisela Färber VECHTA ROSTOCK STRALSUND University of Vechta Rostock University of University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Gertrud M. Backes Music and Drama Prof. Dr. Jürgen L. Dräger Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Breier Prof. Marion Küster STUTTGART WEINGARTEN Prof. Dr. Ralf Ludwig Prof. Dr. Thomas Dekorsy* University of education Prof. Dr. Malte Brasholz Prof. Dr. Michael Henninger University of Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Elke Sohn SAARBRÜCKEN WERNIGERODE

Prof. Dr. Roland Rixecker University of Stuttgart Harz University of Applied Sciences Dr. Annika Arnold Minister Prof. Dr. Armin Willingmann University of Music Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulli Arnold Prof. Dr. Matthias Handschick Dr. Christine Heinke WIESBADEN Prof. Dr. Rudolf Large EBS Business School Dr. Luitpold Rampeltshammer Prof. Dr. Markus Ogorek TRIER Prof. Dr. Lucia Scherzberg Dr. Magdalena Telus University of Applied Sciences RheinMain University of Prof. Dr. Thomas Bonart Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Michael Bottlinger Prof. Dr. Regina-Maria Dackweiler SALZGITTER 72 Prof. Dr. Jiri Sobota University of Applied Sciences Trier University Prof. Dr. Heinz-Dieter Quack Prof. Dr. Laszlo Goerke WISMAR Prof. Dr. Uwe Jun Prof. Dr. Helga Schnabel-Schüle University of Applied Sciences SCHWERIN Prof. Dr. Till Zimmermann Technology, Business and Design University of Applied Labour Studies Prof. Dr. Andreas Bücker Prof. Dr. Holger Brecht-Heitzmann Prof. Dr. Bodo Wiegand-Hoffmeister TÜBINGEN Michaela Schulze University of Tübingen WOLFENBÜTTEL Prof. Dr. Thomas Diez SIEGEN Prof. Dr. Ewald Frie Prof. Dr. Peter Burschel University of Siegen Prof. Dr. Klaus Gestwa Prof. Dr. Heiko Ihmels Dr. Lars Schneider

SOLINGEN TUTZING

Dr. Anna Leuchtweis Dr. Michael Mayer Foreign countries

WUPPERTAL BELGIUM

University of Wuppertal Dr. Rudolf Mögele Dr. Felix Butzlaff Prof. Dr. Ronald Schettkat Paul F. Nemitz Dr. Reinhard J. Krumm Prof. Dr. Andreas Schlenkhoff Prof. Dr. Roy Sommer DENMARK Prof. Dr. Paul J. J. Welfens Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Gerstlberger Prof. Dr. Klaus Neumann-Braun* Dr. Karim El-Haschimi WÜRZBURG Dr. Benjamin Müller FRANCE University of Applied Sciences Dr. Sascha Quanz Prof. Dr. Peter Bradl Dr. Falk Bretschneider Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerhard Rogler Prof. Dr. Lutz Frühbrodt Dr. Sonja Zmerli Dr. Oliver Thränert

University of Würzburg GREAT BRITAIN SWEDEN Prof. Dr. Gisela Müller-Brandeck-­ Bocquet Prof. Dr. Holger Afflerbach Dr. Christian Krell Prof. Dr. Andreas Gestrich Prof. Dr. Benjamin Ziemann USA

Dr. Michael Bröning ITALY Prof. Dr. Günther K. H. Zupanc Prof. Dr. Phillip Genschel

KOSOVO

Prof. Dr. Wulf Lapins

NETHERLANDS 73 Prof. Dr. Frank Biermann Dr. Sebastian Krapohl Prof. Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel Dr. René Repasi APPENDIX Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wagner

* Retired in 2020 Addresses

STATUS: FEBRUARY 2021

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Publisher Photo credits Friedrich-­Ebert-­Stiftung e. V. Alimi, Mariam: p. 12 Hiroshimastraße 28 Börner, Konstantin: pp. 22, 26 10785 Berlin FES: pp. 24, 54 www.fes.de Glowinski, Gerngross: p. 21 Herm, Ruben, AWO Sachsen-Anhalt: p. 14 Central Unit for Communications Lepper, Katharina: p. 27 Adrienne Woltersdorf (head, text editing) Mardhiyyah, Mida: p. 11 Martina Hetzel (coordination) Odriozola, Federika: p. 28 Karin Kutter, Jutta Lantz (image editing) picture alliance / dpa | Gregor Fischer: p. 19 Peter Donaiski (press office) picture alliance | Karl-Heinz Sprembe: p. 20 picture alliance / ZB | Britta Pedersen: p. 17 Text editing Schmitter, Daniela: p. 15 Ulrike Schnellbach Weiler, Peter-Paul / Bildkraftwerk: p. 25 Dr. James A. Turner (translation and correction) Yondonrenchin, Batbold: p. 18 Zensen, Reiner: pp. 5, 13, 53 Design Leitwerk. Büro für Kommunikation, Cologne Photo credit collage “2020 in pictures” www.leitwerk.com Bollhorst, Mark Glowinski, Gerngross Odriozola, Federika ISSN (ONLINE) 2748-050X Weiler, Peter-Paul / Bildkraftwerk Yondonrenchin, Batbold Publications of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung may not be Zensen, Reiner used in connection with political elections or electoral campaigns. 76 History

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1925 1990 Social Democrat Friedrich Ebert, first democratically Establishment of representative offices in the new elected Reichspräsident of the First German German Länder and the states of central and eastern Republic, dies on 28 February at the age of 54. Europe

1925 1999 On 2 March, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is founded. Opening of a conference centre in Berlin It has the aim of fostering civic and socio-political education of people from all strata in the democratic spirit, supporting talented young people and promo- ting understanding between Germany and other countries in line with the desires of Friedrich Ebert. 2001 The FES OnlineAkademie goes live on the Internet inter alia with the topics of globalisation, right-wing 1933 extremism, history and social democracy Banned by the Nationalist Socialists 2008 1946 First e-learning courses on local politics are offered under the rubric “kommcheckers”. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is re-established.

1956 2019 e-Bert, the FES’ first AI-controlled chatbot goes live Opening of the first residential adult education in the field of civic and socio-political education. It college (Heimvolkshochschule) conveys skills and abilities in the critical analysis of anti-European slogans or climate myths in a playful manner. 1963 Establishment of development cooperation supported by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation Today Germany’s oldest political foundation, the Friedrich- Ebert-Stiftung is a private, non-profit, cultural institution that ascribes to the ideals, philosophy 1969 and basic values of Social Democracy. Opening of the Archive of Social Democracy and the library in Bonn ISSN (ONLINE) 2748-050X WWW.FES.DE

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