The Initiative for a State Capable of Acting pursues the goal of strengthening the efficiency and proximity to citizens of the German administration through comprehensive reforms. Founded by media manager and supervisory board member Julia Jäkel, former federal ministers Peer Steinbrück and Thomas de Maizière and the former President of the Federal Constitutional Court Andreas Voßkuhle, the experts will work together to develop concrete approaches on how state structures in Germany can be made fit for the future. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has assumed the patronage of the project. The four initiators Hertie Foundation, Fritz Thyssen Foundation, Mercator Foundation and ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS will be supported by a group of over 50 experienced personalities from politics, science and civil society. In addition, dialogue formats with students and alumni of the Hertie School and Bucerius Law School, in particular younger practitioners from the public sector, will flank the process.
Detailed information about this project and our overall activities can be found on the German website.