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The City’s Municipal Service Providers Table of contents Foreword The Mayor of Munich, Dieter Reiter ................................................................ 6 Introduction In Action for Munich .................................................................................... 8 Services Energy .............................................................................................................................. 14 Transport .......................................................................................................................... 16 Water ................................................................................................................................ 18 Nature .............................................................................................................................. 20 Wastewater ......................................................................................................................22 Waste Management ........................................................................................................ 24 Communication ................................................................................................................ 26 Municipal Savings Bank Munich ...................................................................................... 28 Health................................................................................................................................ 30 Municipal Infrastructure.................................................................................................... 32 Hellabrunn – Munich’s Zoo .............................................................................................. 34 Building and Housing ........................................................................................................ 36 Senior Citizen.................................................................................................................... 38 Munich’s Market Halls ...................................................................................................... 40 Cemeteries and Burial ...................................................................................................... 42 Education ........................................................................................................................ 44 Childcare .......................................................................................................................... 46 Schools ............................................................................................................................ 48 Sports................................................................................................................................ 50 The Municipal Service Providers Munich City Utilities (SWM) ............................................................................................ 54 Munich Transportation Corporation mbH (MVG) .............................................................. 55 Department of Public Building Construction .................................................................... 56 5 Munich Wastewater Authority.......................................................................................... 58 Department of Municipal Affairs – Munich Waste Management Corporation (AWM) .... 59 Central Telephone Service 115 ........................................................................................ 60 Portal München Betriebs-GmbH & Co. KG ...................................................................... 61 Department of Labour and Economic Development – Europe Direct Information Centre .................................................................................... 62 Department of Municipal Affairs – Munich Agricultural Operations Department ............ 63 Department of Municipal Affairs – Munich Market Halls ................................................ 64 Department of Municipal Affairs – Municipal Forest Administration ................................65 Department of Public Order ............................................................................................ 66 Department of Urban Planning and Building Regulation .................................................. 68 GEWOFAG Holding GmbH .............................................................................................. 70 HEIMAG München GmbH ................................................................................................ 71 GWG Städtische Wohnungsgesellschaft München mbH ................................................ 72 MGS Munich Society for Urban Renewal mbH................................................................ 73 MÜNCHENSTIFT mbH .................................................................................................... 74 Municipal Savings Bank Munich (Stadtsparkasse München) .......................................... 75 Munich Municipal Hospital Group GmbH ........................................................................ 76 Department of Health and Environment (RGU)................................................................ 78 Building and Construction Agency Munich................................79 Municipal Funeral Service ........................................................ 80 Munich’s Municipal Cemeteries .............................................. 81 Munich City Library .................................................................. 82 Adult Education Institute (MVHS) ............................................ 83 Department of Social Services ................................................ 84 Department of Education and Sport ........................................ 85 Hellabrunn Zoo.......................................................................... 86 Photo credits / Imprint .............................................................. 87 Dear fellow citizens of Munich, Today the privatisation of municipal servi- ces as well as the unshackling of the finan- “In Action for Munich” – stands for the cial markets can be considered a failure. city’s many service providers, municipal Privatisation efforts were - alarmingly often businesses and facilities. They all contribu- - a complete flash in the pan. Privatisation te significantly to the effective functioning was at any rate no panacea, but a highly of everyday city life and its economy. The double-edged sword. The negotiations bet- services they provide include, for example, ween the EU and U.S.A. on the Transatlan- the delivery of electricity, gas and water, tic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) the disposal of waste and wastewater, must be viewed through this same critical public transport, access to retirement lens, because the raison d’être of establis- homes and affordable housing, as well as hed municipal facilities is once again being medical care and extensive educational questioned. opportunities. In contrast to these trends a rethinking is The provision of municipal services has taking place, at least in Germany – a fresh stood the test of time for many decades. wind of optimism and economic change is However, there continues to be a strong sweeping through municipalities! The City lobby at European level wanting to open up of Kiel, for example, has re-acquired the these services to European competition public transportation services it privatised and privatisation. Not only industry repre- as early as 2001. The Free and Hanseatic sentatives and parliamentarians, but also City of Hamburg, which made headlines in foundations that purportedly serve the 2000 when it sold the electric utility HEW, public good have called on municipal lea- established a new public utility in 2009, ders to streamline the city and “Hamburg Energie”, and Berlin is planning sell off its public facilities. to hold a referendum on re-municipalising Apparently, the private sector its drinking water supply. can do it better. We were ad- vised to sell off public housing The State Capital Munich has always been 6 and use the proceeds to redu- fully committed to municipal public servi- ce debt. The savings banks ces – and with good reason: thanks to our (Sparkassen) were ridiculed for municipal businesses and facilities we can their conservative corporate actively plan the future together. This policy and for having missed applies for example to one of the greatest out on remarkable opportuni- challenges we face, climate protection. A ties in international financial number of Munich’s municipal facilities and speculation. This all took place businesses serve as role models to this end. not too long ago. Mention must also be made of social aspects. Our housing associations provide affordable housing. Furthermore they pro- mote the modernisation of heating systems and the energy efficient refurbish- ment of buildings. Accordingly, the city’s GEWOFAG Holding, for example, plans to invest 300 million euros over the next ten years. The Munich Wastewater Authority (Münchner Stadtentwässerung) uses gas derived from sewage sludge to generate electricity and heat, and the Department of Public Building Construction (Baureferat) is successfully reducing CO² emissions from municipal buildings. The Department of Health and Environment (Referat für Gesundheit und Umwelt (RGU)) has deve- loped an extensive