#Konrad adenauer foundation archive#

The department for Civic Education combats the status quo, looking to invoke citizen participation in an era where freedom and peace are taken for granted.

The Politics and Consulting department is the think tank of the KAS.

The department for European and International Cooperation engages itself with international politics through the functions of the foundation's more than 200 projects in around 120 countries.

#Konrad adenauer foundation archive#

The Archive for Christian Democratic Policy (ACDP) documents and researches Christian DemocracyРІР‚в„ўs historical development.

The aforementioned Academy located in Berlin, which hosts symposia, conferences, meetings, and exhibitions in order to analyze relevant societal and political issues in a public setting.InstitutionР”Р„long with the headquarters in Sankt Augustin and Berlin, the KAS operates two educational centers, sixteen training centers, an Academy, and an international conference center. The KAS offers more than 2,500 conferences and events each year worldwide, and actively supports the political involvement and education of intellectually gifted youth through a prestigious scholarship program as well as an ongoing comprehensive seminar program. Their function as a think-tank and consulting agency is intended to provide citizens with a basis for political action through the research and analyses of current political trends. The aim of the foundation's civic education programs is, according to their official website, the РІР‚Сљpromotion of freedom and liberty, peace, and justiceРІР‚Сњ through РІР‚Сљfurthering European unification, improving transatlantic relations, and deepening development cooperationРІР‚Сњ. On 20 December 1955, the Society for Christian Democratic Education, which would be renamed after Chancellor Konrad Adenauer on 13 October 1964, was opened in Bonn. The establishment of a РІР‚Сљsystematic civic-education program inspired by Christian democratic valuesРІР‚Сњ began being considered in 1952 by a group of CDU politicians including Bundestag president Hermann Ehlers, Robert Tillmanns, and Heinrich Krone. Cooperation with other foundations and organizations.It is a member of the Centre for European Studies, the official foundation and think tank of the European People's Party (EPP). Its current chairman is the former President of the German parliament Deutscher Bundestag, Norbert Lammert. Globally, the KAS has 78 offices and runs programs in over 100 countries.

The foundation's headquarters are located in Sankt Augustin near Bonn, as well as in Berlin. The Berlin Academy is the national forum of dialogue between the spheres of politics, economy, science, and society.The Konrad Adenauer Foundation ( German : Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, KAS) is a German political party foundation associated with but independent of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). We focus on consolidating democracy, the unification of Europe and the strengthening of transatlantic relations, as well as on development cooperation.Р”Р„s a think-tank and consulting agency, our soundly researched scientific fundamental concepts and current analyses are meant to offer a basis for possible political action. Established in 1955 as РІР‚СљSociety for Christian-Democratic Civic EducationРІР‚Сњ, the Foundation took on the name of the first Federal Chancellor in 1964.Р”Р„t home as well as abroad, our civic education programs aim at promoting freedom and liberty, peace, and justice. The first chancellor of the Federal Republic of GermanyРІР‚в„ўs name and principles are our guidelines, duty, and obligation. We are proud to bear the name of Konrad Adenauer. There, an additional conference center, named РІР‚СљThe AcademyРІР‚Сњ, was opened in 1998.

The foundationРІР‚в„ўs headquarters are situated in Sankt Augustin near Bonn, and also in Berlin. Our offices abroad are in charge of over 200 projects in more than 120 countries. In Germany, 16 regional offices and two conference centers offer a wide variety of civic education conferences and events. The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) is a political foundation.