Documentation

Here you will find publications, documents, photos and videos on the procedures and practice of the Citizens' Assembly "Germany's Role in the World".

Results

• Citizens' Report of the Citizens' Assembly (PDF)
• Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly (PDF)
• Presentation on the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly (PDF)
• Comparison: Citizens' Assembly recommendations and coalition agreement of SPD, Greens and FDP 2021 (DE - PDF)

Dossiers

• Foreign policy recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly „Germany's Role in the World“ (DE - PDF)
• European policy recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly „Germany's Role in the World“ (DE - PDF)
• Economic policy recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly „Germany's Role in the World“ (DE - PDF)
• Security and defence policy recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly „Germany's Role in the World“ (DE - PDF)
• Environmental policy recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly „Germany's Role in the World“ (DE - PDF)
• Development policy recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly „Germany's Role in the World“ (DE - PDF)
• Human rights policy recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly „Germany's Role in the World“ (DE - PDF)

Evaluation

• Evaluation report on the Citizens' Assembly "Germany's Role in the World" (DE - PDF)
• Summary of the evaluation report (DE - PDF)
• Background: Evaluation methodology (DE - PDF)
• Background: Evaluation statistics (DE - PDF)
• Handout: Citizens' Assemblies as a contemporary complement to representative democracy (DE - PDF)
• Legal opinion on framework conditions for citizens' assemblies at the federal level (DE - PDF)
• Dr. Georg Schütte of the Volkswagen Foundation on the funding of the evaluation by his foundation

Basics

• Brochure "Citizens Assembly Germany's Role in the World - an Overview" (PDF)

Citizens' Assembly Agenda

• Schedule (Itinerary) (DE - PDF)
• Travel Guide for the Citizens' Assemblies participants (DE - PDF)
• List of experts (Status 10.02.2021, DE - PDF)
• Daily programmes

Images

• Kick-off press conference on 13.01.2021
• Citizens' Assembly Sessions
• Handing over the results of the Citizens' Assembly to the President of the Bundestag Dr Wolfgang Schäuble on 19.3.2021

Videos

• Kick-off press conference for the Citizens' Assembly: Recording on Phoenix
• Day 1: Getting to know each other, introduction to the Citizens' Assembly, concept of "role"
• Day 2: Germany's role in the world from different perspectives
• Day 10: Results and conclusion
• Handover of the Citizens' Report to the President of the Bundestag Dr Wolfgang Schäuble on 19 March 2021

Lectures

Germany's role

• Prof. Timothy Garton Ash: Germany's Role in the World - An Overview
• Prof. Dr. Andreas Rödder: Germany's Role in the World in History
• Andreas von Schumann: Germany's Role in the Eyes of the World
• Prof. Dr. Nicole Deitelhoff: Germany in the web of international relations

Sustainable Development

• Imme Scholz: The substainable development goals
• Dr. Roland Kube: Germany's role in global climate protection
• Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel: Germany's role in international climate protection
• Prof. Moenieba Isaacs: Germany's role in international climate protection
• Dr. Hermann-Joseph Baaken: Agricultural policy and the fight against hunger in the world
• Prof. Dr. Tobias Kümmerle: Agricultural policy and the fight against hunger in the world
• Prof. Dr. Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel: Agricultural policy and the fight against hunger in the world

Economy and trade

• Matthias Krämer: Germany's role in international trade
• Jürgen Maier: Germany's role in international trade
• Dr. Boniface Mabanze Bambu: Germany's role in international trade
• Bertram Kawlath: Germany's role in international trade
• Anahita Thoms: Introduction to supply chains
• Sabine Jost-Heil: Supply chains in the automotive industry
• Armin Paasch: The Supply Chain Act Initiative
• Lea Deuber: Germany's economic relations with China
• Katja Drinhausen: Economic relations with China from a human rights perspective
• Stefanie Schmitt: Economic relations between Germany and China

Peace and security

• Hans-Lothar Dömröse: Germany's role in international peacekeeping, the example of Afghanistan
• Dr. Almut Wieland-Karimi: Germany's role in international peacekeeping, the example of Afghanistan
• Ralf Becker: Scenario 2040 - Germany as a civil security actor
• Ulrike Esther-Franke: Security and defence policy
• Viktoria Vogt: Introduction to civil peace keeping
• Dr. Annika Hansen: The Police in international peace operations
• Dr. Tobias von Gienanth: Peacekeeping on the African continent
• Sebastian Dworack: International peace mediation and mediation support
• Dr Denis Tull: Civil Peacekeeping - Introduction to the Situation in Mali
• Anne Katrin Niemeier: Civil peacebuilding and the networked approach - concrete examples of work on the ground
• Andreas Bachmann: Civil peacebuilding and a networked approach - concrete examples for work on the ground

Democracy and the rule of law

• Michael Meyer-Resende: What are democracy and the rule of law, and what do they have to do with Germany's role in the world?
• Dr. Peter Wittig: The role of democracy and the rule of law in international cooperation
• Prof. Dr Kristin Shi-Kupfer: Inside Perspective China
• Katja Gloger: World Power House Russia: German-Russian Relations
• Michael Thumann: World Power House Russia: Current Issues and Conflicts

European Union

• Jana Puglierin: The relationship of Germany's foreign policy to the foreign policy of the EU
• Dr Marcus Engler: Legal and political background of EU migration policy
• Annegret Bendiek: The autonomy of European foreign policy
• Annegret Bendiek and Hans Kundnani: Independent EU foreign policy
• Karoline Popp: Germany's role in EU migration policy so far
• Prof. Dr. Nele Matz-Lück: Sea rescue: Rescue and then what?
• Gerald Knaus: Sea rescue: Rescue and then what?
• Lucas Rasche: Sea rescue: Rescue and then what?

Online seminars

• Germany's Role in the World - All about the new citizens' assembly (08.09.2020)
• Citizens' Assembly "Germany's Role in the World" - an Update (02.12.2020)
• Citizens' Assembly "Germany's Role in the World" - an interim report (08.02.2021)
• Citizens' Assembly "Germany's role in the world" - a review (24.03.2021)
• Examined and found to be good? The Citizens' Assembly "Germany's Role in the World" (20.05.2021)

Background information

• Five-minute info: Citizens' Assembly "Germany's role in the world" (PDF)
• The lottery procedure for the Citizens' Assembly "Germany's role in the world" (DE - PDF)
• The concept for the online focus groups in the preparatory phase of the Citizens' Assembly (DE - PDF)
• The invitation to the Citizens' Assembly "Germany's role in the world" (DE - PDF)
• The Citizens' Assembly invitation in easy language (DE -PDF)
• Participants of the Citizens' Assembly by location (DE - PDF)
• Greeting to the Citizens' Assembly "Germany's Role in the World" (DE - PDF) vby Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble | President of the German Bundestag | Patron of the Citizens' Assembly
• Speech by Bundestag President and Patron Dr Wolfgang Schäuble on the presentation of the Citizens' Panel's report "Germany's Role in the World" (DE - PDF)