Federal Agency for Civic Education































Federal Agency for Civic Education
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
Logo bpb.svg
Agency overview
Formed 25 November 1952 (65 years ago) (1952-11-25)
Jurisdiction Government of Germany
Headquarters
Bonn, Germany
Agency executive

  • Thomas Krüger, President
Website www.bpb.de

The Federal Agency for Civic Education, FACE (German: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, bpb) is a German federal government agency responsible for promoting civic education. It is subordinated to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. Thomas Krüger has served as President of the agency since 2000.




Contents






  • 1 Objective


  • 2 Name and History


  • 3 Voting advice


  • 4 State agencies


  • 5 Further reading


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Objective


In 1997 the objectives for bpb were specified and officially defined in 2001. Its task is now to promote understanding of political issues, strengthen awareness for democracy and willingness to participate in political processes amongst the citizen.[1]


Furthermore, a committee of 22 members of the Bundestag is responsible for monitoring the effectiveness and political neutrality of the bpb.


Bpb publishes "Informationen zur politischen Bildung" (a magazine published quarterly) and "Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte" (APuZ), a weekly topical journal of essays and academic articles. Issues of Grundgesetz can be ordered for free by German citizens (currently only in German). Furthermore, it offers extensive material, e.g. books, journals and information material for schools on contemporary topics in politics, history, sociology and economy.


A number of congresses, symposia and excursions are organised by bpb either directly for citizens or for experts on selected topics. Furthermore, bpb co-operates with a number of political foundations, associations and organisations committed to civic education.



Name and History




The seal of the Reichszentrale für Heimatdienst, ca. 1925


The Agency has its background in the propaganda war of World War I. In October 1914 the Zentrale für Auslandsdienst (Agency for Foreign-service) was established for the purpose of propaganda conducted outside Germany. In 1918 it was complemented by the Zentralstelle für Heimatdienst (Agency for Homeland-service) which was formed for the purpose of domestic propaganda; in order to strengthen the public resilience during the war.
In the Weimar Republic it was renamed as the Reichszentrale für Heimatsdienst (Reich-Agency for Homeland-service).


Reichszentrale für Heimatdienst has two equivalent semantic translations, "Reich Agency for domestic propaganda", or "Reich Agency for political explanation/education in the homeland".


Following the Nazi ascent to power in Germany the agency was dissolved on 16 March 1933. The facilities and staff of the agency were incorporated into the new Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda headed by Dr. Joseph Goebbels and responsible for enforcing Nazi doctrine on the people and controlling public opinion.


The Agency was re-established on November 25, 1952 as the Bundeszentrale für Heimatdienst (Federal Agency for Homeland-service), and in 1963 it was renamed as the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education). It can also be translated as Federal Agency for Political Education, as in the German language "civic education" normally translates as "Bürgerschaftliche Erziehung", of which "Politische Bildung" represents just a sub-category.


The initial primary focus of the activities of the re-established agency during the 1950s was to counteract Communism in West Germany.



Voting advice


The agency runs the vote-o-mat (German: Wahl-O-Mat) web-site, that compares the user's political position with the platforms of the parties and shows all parties ranked for closeness to the user's position.[2]



State agencies


In addition to the federal agency, 15 of Germany's 16 states each have their own state agency for civic education. These agencies are independent from the federal agency, and subordinated to the state governments, usually to the state ministry of the interior. The agencies are:



  • State Agency for Civic Education of Baden-Württemberg

  • Bavarian State Agency for Civic Education

  • State Agency for Civic Education of Berlin

  • State Agency for Civic Education of Brandenburg

  • State Agency for Civic Education of Bremen

  • State Agency for Civic Education of Hamburg

  • Hessian State Agency for Civic Education

  • State Agency for Civic Education of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

  • State Agency for Civic Education of North Rhine-Westphalia

  • State Agency for Civic Education of Rhineland-Palatinate

  • State Agency for Civic Education of Saarland

  • Saxon State Agency for Civic Education

  • State Agency for Civic Education of Saxony-Anhalt

  • State Agency for Civic Education of Schleswig-Holstein

  • State Agency for Civic Education of Thuringia



Further reading


  • Benedikt Widmaier: Die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte staatlicher politischer Bildung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. University of Heidelberg. In: Beiträge zur Politikwissenschaft. 35. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1987, .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    ISBN 3-8204-1122-4.


References




  1. ^ http://www.bpb.de/die_bpb/2DUQ26,0,0,Erlass_%FCber_die_Bundeszentrale_f%FCr_politische_Bildung.html


  2. ^ "Was ist der Wahl-O-Mat?" (in German). Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Retrieved 23 September 2010.



External links






  • Federal Agency for Civic Education

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