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Who we are The Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (FRFG) is a research institute on the interface of science, politics and the business world. It improves the knowledge concerning intergenerational justice and sustainability through its profound and practice orientated research. Young scientists from several disciplines are working for the FRFG on interdisciplinary projects. As an advocacy think-tank the FRFG also tries to raise the awareness of intergenerational justice and sustainability within the political area. The organization´s aim is not only a mere description of society but a change. The network ‘friends of FRFG’ ensures the financial base of the foundation and, thus, its independence. What are our activities? The FRFG organizes symposia, congresses and conferences. It analyses several political fields with respect to intergenerational justice, for example ecological policy, finance policy, pension policy, education policy, labour market policy, health policy, youth policy, and peace policy. The FRFG publishes policy papers and books such as the Handbook of Intergenerational Justice. Moreover, it publishes in English and German a journal called Intergenerational Justice Review and Journal für Generationengerechtigkeit, repectively, which reaches many thousands of today’s and future decision makers (all members of parliaments of European states, numerous managers, journalists and professors, and approximately 3000 students from various fields of study including many scholarship holders). The so called „Intergenerational Justice Award“ endowed with 10,000 Euros encourages young scientist biyearly to take a close look upon issues concerning the future. The previous topics were: “The incorporation of ecological intergenerational justice into the German Constitution” (2001/2002), “Intergenerational justice as a challenge for business companies” (2003/2004), “Voting right without age limit?” (2005/2006), and “Equal treatment of young and old people within the labour market” (2007/2008). The FRFG formulated a draft law together with young members of the German parliament in order to incorporate the concept of intergenerational justice into the German Constitution. 104 members of parliament, aged 24 until 64, filed the petition in November 2006. The third reading is supposed to take place in the end of 2008. Who supports us?
The executive board of the FRFG is supported by a scientific advisory board that comprises distinguished personalities and renowned scientists from all over the world like, for example, Prof. Dr. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (Club of Rome), Lord Ralf Dahrendorf (UK House of Lords), Dr. Hildegard Hamm-Brücher (Theodor-Heuss-Stiftung) und Prof. Dr. Rolf Kreibich (IZT).
The FRFG received the Theodor-Heuss-Medal in May 2000 and the Medal for Good Citizenship of the town Oberursel in November 2001. Furthermore, the federal state of Hessen honored the FRFG with a foundation price in 2005. In 2008, the FRFG won the integration award of the foundation ‘Apfelbaum’. The "Institute for a Better Demographic Future" (idf) is affiliated to the FRFG (see www.demografie.net). Its purpose is to investigate demographic issues such as the ageing and shrinking of society, the birth rate as well as interior migration and immigration policy. The idz awards the ‘Price of Demography for young scientists’ (worth 10,000 Euros) biyearly. We need you! We are always looking for people and organizations which want to work with us on reasonable solutions. Become a ‘friend of FRFG’ and help us to make the world more generationally just!
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