Democracy and Cohesion

Engaging people, protecting democracy, strengthening municipalities – that is the aim of our work in the area of democracy and cohesion. We bring citizens together with government decision-makers to improve local living conditions. We support elected representatives in their commitment to democracy and promote respectful dialogue with one another. And we give a voice to people who are working for freedom and democracy in exile. Our programmes focus on dialogue, understanding and joint action in order to strengthen cohesion and democracy.

Our Projects

Further Activities

Our Publications

Sven Tetzlaff

Head of Department Democracy and Cohesion

Ulrike Fritzsching

Programme Manager
Municipality and Resilience

Rita Gwardys

Programme Manager
Exile

Hannes Hasenpatt

Programme Director
Democracy

Sydney Krug

Programme Manager
Exile

Sarah Lang

Programme Manager
Democracy

Yannik Roscher

Programme Director
Municipality and Resilience

Hilary Schmalbach

Programme Manager
Exile

Katharina Wall

Programme Manager
Municipality and Resilience

Dr. Sonja Wimschulte

Programme Director
Exile

Vanessa Zohm

Programme Manager
Municipality and Resilience

Paula Gerhardstein

Student assistance

Isabell Icheln

Student assistance

Ulla Mußler

Student assistance