LobbyControl e.V.
A portfolio project of BonVenture gGmbH: A non-profit-making association set up to inform the public about the power structures and influencing strategies of privileged interest groups. It delivers ideas on how to achieve greater transparency, and promotes democratic control in Germany and the EU. LobbyControl aims to set clear limits for the influence of lobbies in politics and public life.
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Parlamentwatch GmbH
A portfolio project of BonVenture I GmbH & Co. KG: Democracy needs politically engaged citizens – people who are informed about what their elected representatives are doing. Parlamentwatch GmbH was set up in October 2006 to facilitate just that. Its website (abgeordnetenwatch.de) contains short profiles of all the MPs in the German Bundestag and the German members of the European Parliament, plus information on what committees they stand on and their voting records. Visitors to the site also have the chance to send questions to the MPs. All the questions and responses are published on the site. Contributions are checked by a team of moderators to ensure they adhere to the agreed codex and conform with the rules of fair dialogue. Parlamentwatch also operates another website, kandidatenwatch.de, a platform on which voters in regional and national elections can communicate directly with candidates in the run-up to the election. Parlamentwatch GmbH is run by political scientist Gregor Hackmack and web designer Boris Hekele. They took up an idea that emerged in Hamburg in 2004 from the work of Mehr Demokratie e.V., namely of using the Internet as a forum for lively democratic dialogue.
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Social Publish Verlag 2010 GmbH
A portfolio project of BV II GmbH & Co. KG: Social Publish Verlag 2010 GmbH publishes 'enorm - Wirtschaft für den Menschen' (six issues per year), Germany's first print magazine dedicated to independent discourse on social entrepreneurship and ethical business. First published in spring 2010, this magazine features corresponding editorial content in the form of news items, reports, interviews, background articles, portraits of social entrepreneurs etc. As such it supports transparency and enhances the opportunities for networking and cooperation both within the sector and with companies outside it. 'enorm' also plays an important part in helping to raise awareness of ethical enterprising in traditional business circles.
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