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History of FRFG
2011
Autumn
Announcement of the 6th
Generational Justice Award dedicated to the theme: “The Debt Brake in Germany
– Evaluation in a national and international context”.
July
Change in Board Members: Tobias
Kemnitzer leaves his post. Danyal Bayaz joins the Board.
March
Award of the 5th
Generational Justice with accompanying Symposium at the Brandenburg State House of Representatives, Berlin. Theme: “Possibilities and limits of cooperative problem solutions in
party democracies”.
Feburary
Announcement of the 3rd
Demography Prize dedicated to the theme ““Old majority – young minority: Where is a power shift between
generations already visible and how can
you balance it?”
January
Start of new project “An
Artwork for Future Generations”.
2010
March
Award
ceremony for the 2nd Demography Prize accompanied by a symposium entitled: “How
can the potential of young people from declining regions be realised?” at the
Brandenburg State House of Representatives.
May
Conference:
“The legal implementation of Intergenerational Justice”. The conference took
place in premises provided by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon.
June
Conference
held to announce the EU 2020 strategy in Germany
at the ‘European House’ in Berlin.
In cooperation with the European Commission.
October
FRFG
office moves to Degerloch, Stuttgart.
2009
January
Announcement of the 5th Intergenerational Justice
Award 2009/2010: „Possibilities and limits of party cooperation in
democracies“
March
The articles written for the journal undergo a peer-review process. 50 reviewers have been appointed to fulfill this task.
6 June
The call for the program "Partridge-Professorship" is published.
Autumn
Awarding of the “Demography Prize for Young
Scientists”, supported by the Apfelbaum Stiftung together with the
Institute for a better Demographic Future (IDF)
Winter
Publication of the book: “A Young Generation Under
Pressure? The Financial Situation and the “Rush Hour” of the Cohorts
1970-1985 in a Generational Comparison”
2008
January
Moving into a bigger office in Oberursel
March
Publication of the book "Wahlrecht ohne Altersgrenze?" (in English: Voting Rights without Age Limit?)
April
Publication of the book "Demographic Change and
Intergenerational Justice. The Implementation of Long-term Thinking in
Political Decision-Making”
July
Symposium “Inequality of treatment of the young and the old on the labor market”
Announcement of the Demography-Award 2008/2009: “Chancen der Schrumpfung” (in English: opportunities of shrinking)
December
Change in the Executive Board of FRFG. Dr. Tremmel start a new job at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Adrian Schell becomes new chair of the board.
2007
March
Publication of the German–Spanish Edition of the
magazine "Intergenerational Justice Review": The Debate on Sustainable
Development in Spain
November
Symposium: “Ways to More Children in Germany in the
Framework of a Liberal Society” in the permanent presentation of the
Free State of Saxony in Berlin.
Announcement of the Intergenerational Justice Award
2007/2008: “Generation ‘P’ – The unequal treatment of the old and the
young on the labor market”
2006
31.03.-04.04.
German-Polish Youth Congress in Torun und Warsaw: "My future, your future - intergenerational justice in Germany and Poland"
9. - 11. June
Symposium "Voting rights by birth - a chance for more intergenerational justice?" in Berlin
Summer
Formation of the institute for a better demographic future (idz) www.demografie.net
6./7. November
Academic Symposium "Demographic change, intergenerational justice and
the implementation of long-term thinking" in Berlin, in cooperation with the Bertelsmann Foundation
Publication of the book "Handbook of Intergenerational Justice " Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing
10. November
100 MP's introduced a draft of a bill to implement intergenerational justice in the German constitution - with FRFG's support
5./6.December
Federal President's annual conference "Forum on Demographic Change"
2005
Publication of the book "Unternehmensleitbild Generationengerechtigkeit – Theorie und Praxis. ", Frankfurt am Main, IKO Verlag (in English: Intergenerational Equity as a Business Principle – Theory and Practice).
2004
September
Symposium „Intergenerational Justice as an approach to businesses" in the Evangelischen Academie Arnoldshain; Ceremony of 2nd Intergenerational Justice Prize
2003
January
Move to a bigger office (200m2)
Spring
2nd Award of the Intergenerational Justice Prize by
FRFG (10.000 €) on the subject of "The Responsibility of Businesses for
Intergenerational Justice"
25. June
Publication of the book "Handbuch
Generationengerechtigkeit", München: oekom Verlag (the English
translation of which, "Handbook of Intergenerational Justice", was
published in 2006 with different authors and articles than in the
German 2003 version)
Book Presentation in the Bundestag, Berlin, to 40 Member of the Parliament in Berlin
July
Start of a series of workshops with MPs to implement intergenerational justice in the constitution
2002
5.-7. July
Symposium "Rights for Future Generations" in the
Evangelischen Academie in Tutzing; First Award of the Intergenerational
Justice Prize by FRFG (8.000 €)
November
1st English edition of "Intergenerational Justice Review" Circulation of English version: up to 6000 copies
2001
February
Establishment of the magazine
"GenerationenGerechtigkeit!" (Intergenerational Justice!) with four
editions per year. Target Group: decision makers of today and tomorrow,
with circulation of the German version of up to 8000 copies.
7. November
FRFG awarded the Medal of Good Citizenship of its home town Oberursel
2000
May
FRFG receives the "Theodor-Heuss-Medaille" in Stuttgart, Germany
03.06. - 01.12.
Preparation for Project "Internet University" and first phase of the first European Youth Congress
06.08 - 12.08.
1st European Congress: "Our Common
Future" in Hannover 13. – 20.08. An important convention with 330 young
decision makers from all over Europe that took place at the World
Exhibition (EXPO) in Hanover, Germany
13.-20.08.
Project "Rally of Youth": bike tour from Hannover
through Berlin to Warsaw to hand over the resolution of the "Our Common
Future" congress
September
Reorganization of FRFG, Formation of Youth for Intergenerational Justice and Sustainability - Europe (www.yois.org). Establishment of the "old" FRFG as an advocacy think-tank
17.09.
Foundation of the Assembly of YOIS Europe in Großburgwedel in Hannover
1999
14./15.05.
3rd Youth Congress: "50th Anniversary of the Constitution-What remains, what should come?" in Bonn, Germany
01.06.
First interns in FRFG
26.08.
Move to the first external foundation office in Oberursel
October
Publication of book: "What remains from the past? A
Dialogue within the young generation about the Holocaust. Foreword by
German President Roman Herzog", Berlin: Ch.Links Verlag (in German: Was
bleibt von der Vergangenheit? Die junge Generation im Dialog über den
Holocaust. Mit einem Vorwort von Roman Herzog)
1998
May
Publication of the book: "The 1968 Generation: Why
the Youth Don't Need Them Anymore" Freiburg: Kore Verlag (in German:
Die 68er. Warum wir Jungen sie nicht mehr brauchen)
11. - 13.06.
2nd Youth Congress: "Policy Test–How Sustainable are the Party Platforms?"
in Frankfurt am Main
October
Letter campaign to the coalition convention for
leading politicians of the SPD and Confederation 90/Green party. First
talks with high-level politicians.
November
Start of the campaign to change the German
constitution to implement intergenerational justice in a revised
article 20a or in the addition of a new article
1997
September
Publication of the book: "You Have Only Borrowed
this World from Us" Hamburg: Rasch und Röhring Verlag (in German: Ihr
habt dieses Land nur von uns geborgt)
06.11.
Establishment of the Foundation for the Rights of the Future Generations in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
07./08.11.
1st Youth Congress: "We need a new inter-generational contract" in
Frankfurt, Germany
Start of building a membership base and a scientific council of distinguished
experts
1996
September
Creation of the Association for the Rights of Future Generations in Oberursel (Germany) by a group of European students who worried about the future and wanted to promote intergenerational justice - both in terms of ecology and economy
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