Legislative Prize for Generationally Just Laws

Coinciding with the next general election in Germany in 2013, the newly created “Legislative Prize for Generationally Just Laws” will be awarded for the first time. Thereafter, the unremunerated prize will be awarded every 4 years. With the award of this new prize, the FRFG wants to recognise a law or legislative initiative which either removes a present injustice that affects future generations or protects future generations from future injustices. The FRFG plans to hold the award ceremony at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin.

Full details on the prize can be found here.

Symposium on the 16th January 2012 in Berlin

On the 16th January 2012, the Symposium for the award of the 3rd Demography Prize, endowed with a financial reward of €10,000, took place in Berlin. The theme of the Prize and the Symposium itself was devoted to a possible “Power shift between generations” in reference to the ageing majority in society and the consequences thereof. The political, societal and economic strategies which can be adopted to cope with the fact of ageing societies were discussed in small groups as well as by experts during a podium discussion. Over 70 participants from positions in economy and politics in addition to interested members of the general public attended.

More information about the Symposium can be found here.

Intergenerational Justice Review (IGJR) 2012

The 2012 edition of FRFG's flagship peer-reviewed journal, produced in cooperation with the Intergenerational Foundation UK (IF), is devoted to the topic "The Interdependencies between Justices". The 2012 edition will be published in spring and be distributed in both Germany and the United Kingdom. In line with FRFG’s aim to disseminate scientific knowledge as widely as possible, a free online version will soon become available on our website. 

You can find out more about the IGJR here.

On 17th of May, 2011, the European Commission awarded FRFG a certificate for an outstanding project with regard to the hosting of a European Voluntary Service project. FRFG was awarded this certificate together with Mrs. Marisa Quaresma dos Reis (right side on the picture). Mrs. dos Reis had been volunteering at the FRFG from August 2009 to July 2010. She was in charge of the issue 1/2010 of the IGJR and organised an international conference on "Ways to Legally Implement Intergenerational Justice" in Lisbon, Portugal. 

Fifth Intergenerational Justice Award Ceremony in Berlin on March 23 2011

For the fifth time, the FRFG awarded the Intergenerational Justice Prize funded by the Apfelbaum Foundation, awarding a cash prize of €10,000. The award ceremony took place in the Federal Representation  of the Land Sachsen-Anhalt in Berlin on March 23rd, 2011. In addition to the award ceremony a panel discussion was held with renowned members of the German Bundestag on the topic “Away from Constant Campaigning? Towards More Issue-Driven Policies”. Joerg Tremmel, assistant professor for Intergenationally Just Policies at Tübingen University, hosted the discussion.

You can find a short documentation of the event here.

FRFG Conference on the EU 2020 Strategy

In June 2010 the EU presented its new strategy EU 2020, the successor of the Lisbon Agenda. For this task, the European Commission invited the FRFG as the German partner organisation. On June 24, the FRFG and the German Representation of the European Commission organised a conference on the EU 2020 Strategy at the Commission Representation in Berlin. 

Further information on the conference is available here.