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The following table presents German networks of citizens which have to be considered in the context of diversity and vulnerability
The following table presents German networks of citizens which have to be considered in the context of diversity and vulnerability


=== Citizens and Science ===


Crowdsourcing
=== Vulnerable People ===
 
'''Hearing impairment'''


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="smwtable-clean"
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
!Twitter
|-
|-
|UFZ Drought Monitor
|DGB
|The UFZ Drought Monitor provides daily information on drought and soil moisture throughout Germany.
|The Deutscher Gehörlosen-Bund e.V. (German Federation of the Deaf) sees itself as a socio-political, cultural and professional interest group for the deaf in Germany and as a forum for the sign language community.  
Updated daily, the maps show you the drought status of the soil in its entirety and the topsoil, which reacts more quickly to recent precipitation, and the water available to plants in the soil.
|[http://www.gehoerlosen-bund.de Website]
|https://www.ufz.de/index.php?de=46668&nopagecache
[https://www.facebook.com/gehoerlosenbund/ Facebook]
|
[https://twitter.com/gehoerlosenbund X(Twitter)]
|
|}
|}
=== Digital Volunteers ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
'''Visual impairment'''
{| class="smwtable-clean"
|+
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
!Twitter
|-
|-
|not yet established
|DBSV
|
|Deutscher Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverband e. V. (German Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted) is the national organisation of visually impaired persons and patients who suffer from a disease leading to sight loss. As self-help organisation, DBSV strives for an inclusive, forward-looking society free of discrimination. They have launched a guideline how to describe pictures/Photos/drawings in social media posts (https://www.dbsv.org/bildbeschreibung-4-regeln.html)
|[https://www.facebook.com/danskblindesamfund Facebook]
|[https://www.dbsv.org Website]
|[https://twitter.com/DKblind Twitter]
[https://www.facebook.com/DBSV.org/ Facebook]
[https://twitter.com/DBSV X(Twitter)]
|}
|}
=== Vulnerable People ===


Hearing impairment
'''Reading impairment'''
{| class="smwtable-clean"
|+
|+
!Network
!Description
!More information
|-
|Intentionally left empty
|}


{| class="wikitable"
=== Religious Communities ===
{| class="smwtable-clean"
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
|-
!Twitter
|Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland
|As a public corporation, the Central Council of Jews in Germany's main task is to represent the interests of its members to the outside world. In the course of its now 60-year history, it has faced numerous major challenges: the beginnings after the war, the opening of the Wall and the bringing together of the communities in East and West, the integration of immigrants from the countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, he is intensively committed to mutual understanding between Jews and non-Jews
|[https://www.zentralratderjuden.de Website]
[https://www.facebook.com/zentralratderjuden/ Facebook]
[https://twitter.com/zentralratjuden/ X(Twitter)]
|-
|-
|DDL
|KRM
|Danish Deaf Association and the National Police have in collaboration developed an app that makes it possible to call the police, fire brigade or ambulance without having to send an SMS or call 112 via an interpreter. The project is funded by Trygfonden. One can use the app for both iPhone and Android (https://ddl.dk/for-medlemmer/akuthjaelp-til-doeve/).  
|Koordinierungsrat der Muslime in Deutschland
|https://ddl.dk
The founding members are the four major Muslim religious communities: the Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institute for Religion (DITIB), the Islamic Council for the Federal Republic of Germany (IRD), the Central Council of Muslims (ZMD) and the Association of Islamic Cultural Centers (VIKZ). On July 2, 2019, the KRM was expanded to include two new members. The Union of Islamic-Albanian Centers in Germany and the Central Council of Moroccans in Germany joined the coordination council. These religious communities represent the absolute majority of the mosque communities where Islamic community life takes place. In the KRM, topics that affect Muslims and Islam in Germany are evaluated, discussed and, if necessary, joint steps are taken.
|
|[http://koordinationsrat.de Website]
|
|-
|-
|Hoereforeningen
|Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma
|The aim of the Danish Association of the Hard of Hearing is to improve the conditions for children, young people and adults who are hard of hearing and for those who have become deaf, have undergone a cochlear implantation, suffer from Tinnitus, Menière’s syndrome or other sound and hearing disorders. The association has local branches in most of the Danish municipalities. The local branches work on a political and social level.
|Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma (Central Council of German Sinti and Roma) is the independent umbrella organization of 19 regional and member associations. It is the civil and political interest group of the German Sinti and Roma based in Heidelberg. The Central Council advocates the equal participation of the Sinti and Roma in politics and society and the protection and promotion as a national minority.
|https://hoereforeningen.dk
|[https://zentralrat.sintiundroma.de Website]
|[https://www.facebook.com/hoereforeningen/ Facebook]
[https://www.facebook.com/zentralratdeutschersintiundroma/ Facebook]
|
[https://twitter.com/ZR_SintiRoma X(Twitter)]
|-
|AABF
|The Alevi Federation Germany e.V.(Turkish: Almanya Alevi Birlikleri Federasyonu, abbr.: AABF) is the only umbrella organisation of the Alevis living in Germany and is representing the interests of the 160 member organisations throughout Germany. Hence, the AABF is entitled to the sole and exclusive representation of the mostly from Anatolia originating Alevis living in Germany. It is one of the biggest organisations founded by people with a migratory background in the Federal Republic of Germany and with about 700 000 members one of the biggest religious communities in Germany.
|[https://alevi.com Website]
|}
|}


Visual impairment
=== The old and the young ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="smwtable-clean"
|+
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
|-
!Twitter
|BAGSO
|BAGSO - Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Seniorenorganisationen represents the interests of the older generations in Germany. It advocates active, self-determined and, as far as possible, healthy aging in social security. It promotes a differentiated image of old age that includes the diverse opportunities of a longer life as well as periods of vulnerability and need for care.
BAGSO brings together around 120 associations and organizations in civil society that are supported by older people or that are committed to the interests of older people. The diversity, competence and commitment of its members are the strength of BAGSO. Through its member associations, it is always close to the wishes and needs of older people.
|[http://www.bagso.de Website]
[https://www.facebook.com/bagso.de Facebook]
[https://twitter.com/bagso_de X(Twitter)]
|-
|Deutscher Kinderschutzbund
|The German Child Protection Association (Deutscher Kinderschutzbund Bundesverband e.V.) is committed to children and young people in Germany. We want a child-friendly society in which the spiritual, psychological, social and physical development of children and young people is promoted.
|[https://www.dksb.de/ Website]
[https://www.facebook.com/bagso.de Facebook]
[https://twitter.com/DKSB_Bund X(Twitter)]
|-
|-
|Dansk Blindesamfund
|Save the Children - Deutschland
|Dansk Blindesamfund (Danish Blind Society) is the interest group for people with visual impairments. Together we challenge blindness. Every day it fights to ensure that blind and partially sighted people can participate and contribute on an equal footing with everyone else: That more people get an education. More people into work. That fewer are lonely. More people living active and independent lives. And that more people are healthy and exercise.
|Save the Children Deutschland is one of 30 country organizations under the umbrella of Save the Children International. The purpose of the association is the promotion of child and youth welfare and the pursuit of any activities for the protection and promotion of the rights of the child in the fields of social and medical assistance and in particular in the promotion of any support and assistance to children in need, living in poverty and suffering anywhere in the world
|https://www.blind.dk
|[https://www.savethechildren.de Website]
|[https://www.facebook.com/danskblindesamfund Facebook]
[https://www.facebook.com/savethechildrenDE/ Facebook]
|[https://twitter.com/DKblind Twitter]
[https://twitter.com/SaveChildrenDE?lang=de X(Twitter)]
|}
|}


Reading impairment
=== Digital Volunteers ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="smwtable-clean"
|+
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
|-
!Twitter
|VOST DE
|Virtual Operations Support Team from Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)
|[https://www.facebook.com/VOSTde Facebook]
[https://twitter.com/VOST_de X(Twitter)]
|-
|VOST BW
|Virtual Operations Support Team from 'Baden-Württemberg' - state
|[https://twitter.com/VOSTbw X(Twitter)]
|-
|-
|Intentionally left open
|VOST HH
|
|Virtual Operations Support Team from 'Hamburg' - state
|
|[https://www.facebook.com/VOSTHamburg Facebook]
|  
[https://twitter.com/VOSTHamburg X(Twitter)]
|-
|VOST MH
|Virtual Operations Support Team from 'Mülheim' - municipality
|[https://twitter.com/VOSTMH X(Twitter)]
|-
|VOST SH
|Virtual Operations Support Team from 'Schleswig-Holstein' - state
|[https://twitter.com/vostsh X(Twitter)]
|-
|VOST ffwbhg
|Virtual Operations Support Team from 'Bad Homburg' - municipality
|[https://twitter.com/ffwbhg X(Twitter)]
|-
|VOST_TeamMedien
|Virtual Operations Support Team from 'Bad Kreuznach ' - region
|[https://twitter.com/VOST_TeamMedien X(Twitter)]
|}
|}
=== Citizens and Science ===


=== Religious Communities ===
'''Crowdsourcing'''
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="smwtable-clean"
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
!Twitter
|-
|-
|EJC
|intentionally left empty
|Jødiske Samfund i Danmark (Jewish Community in Denmark) is an officially recognized religious community with approximately 1,800 members. There is an estimated number of 6-7,000 Jews in Denmark of which most are living in Copenhagen and the immediate surroundings.
|https://mosaiske.dk
|[https://www.facebook.com/detjodiskesamfund Facebook]
|[https://twitter.com/Joedisksamfund Twitter]
|}
|}
=== Victims of Crime Support ===


=== Elderly People ===
{| class="smwtable-clean"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
!Twitter
|-
|-
|Ældre Sagen
|WEISSER RING
|Ældre Sagen has 215 local branches spread across the country. Volunteers 20,000 active volunteers, making unpaid efforts as visitor friends, exercise friends, PC supporters, elderly policy activists, etc.
|WEISSER RING is the only nationwide active victim support organisation in Germany. Weißer Ring provides help in the following ways, amongst others
|https://www.aeldresagen.dk
* Support and personal counselling for victims
|[https://www.facebook.com/aeldresagen Facebook]
* Accompanying the victim to court
|[https://twitter.com/aeldresagen Twitter]
* Assistance in dealing with paperwork and other official matters
* Arranging for assistance from other organisations
|[https://weisser-ring.de Website]
[https://www.facebook.com/WEISSERRING/ Facebook]
|}
|}
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Latest revision as of 11:36, 26 October 2023

The following table presents German networks of citizens which have to be considered in the context of diversity and vulnerability


Vulnerable People

Hearing impairment

Network Description More information
DGB The Deutscher Gehörlosen-Bund e.V. (German Federation of the Deaf) sees itself as a socio-political, cultural and professional interest group for the deaf in Germany and as a forum for the sign language community. Website

Facebook X(Twitter)

Visual impairment

Network Description More information
DBSV Deutscher Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverband e. V. (German Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted) is the national organisation of visually impaired persons and patients who suffer from a disease leading to sight loss. As self-help organisation, DBSV strives for an inclusive, forward-looking society free of discrimination. They have launched a guideline how to describe pictures/Photos/drawings in social media posts (https://www.dbsv.org/bildbeschreibung-4-regeln.html) Website

Facebook X(Twitter)

Reading impairment

Network Description More information
Intentionally left empty

Religious Communities

Network Description More information
Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland As a public corporation, the Central Council of Jews in Germany's main task is to represent the interests of its members to the outside world. In the course of its now 60-year history, it has faced numerous major challenges: the beginnings after the war, the opening of the Wall and the bringing together of the communities in East and West, the integration of immigrants from the countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, he is intensively committed to mutual understanding between Jews and non-Jews Website

Facebook X(Twitter)

KRM Koordinierungsrat der Muslime in Deutschland

The founding members are the four major Muslim religious communities: the Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institute for Religion (DITIB), the Islamic Council for the Federal Republic of Germany (IRD), the Central Council of Muslims (ZMD) and the Association of Islamic Cultural Centers (VIKZ). On July 2, 2019, the KRM was expanded to include two new members. The Union of Islamic-Albanian Centers in Germany and the Central Council of Moroccans in Germany joined the coordination council. These religious communities represent the absolute majority of the mosque communities where Islamic community life takes place. In the KRM, topics that affect Muslims and Islam in Germany are evaluated, discussed and, if necessary, joint steps are taken.

Website
Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma (Central Council of German Sinti and Roma) is the independent umbrella organization of 19 regional and member associations. It is the civil and political interest group of the German Sinti and Roma based in Heidelberg. The Central Council advocates the equal participation of the Sinti and Roma in politics and society and the protection and promotion as a national minority. Website

Facebook X(Twitter)

AABF The Alevi Federation Germany e.V.(Turkish: Almanya Alevi Birlikleri Federasyonu, abbr.: AABF) is the only umbrella organisation of the Alevis living in Germany and is representing the interests of the 160 member organisations throughout Germany. Hence, the AABF is entitled to the sole and exclusive representation of the mostly from Anatolia originating Alevis living in Germany. It is one of the biggest organisations founded by people with a migratory background in the Federal Republic of Germany and with about 700 000 members one of the biggest religious communities in Germany. Website

The old and the young

Network Description More information
BAGSO BAGSO - Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Seniorenorganisationen represents the interests of the older generations in Germany. It advocates active, self-determined and, as far as possible, healthy aging in social security. It promotes a differentiated image of old age that includes the diverse opportunities of a longer life as well as periods of vulnerability and need for care.

BAGSO brings together around 120 associations and organizations in civil society that are supported by older people or that are committed to the interests of older people. The diversity, competence and commitment of its members are the strength of BAGSO. Through its member associations, it is always close to the wishes and needs of older people.

Website

Facebook X(Twitter)

Deutscher Kinderschutzbund The German Child Protection Association (Deutscher Kinderschutzbund Bundesverband e.V.) is committed to children and young people in Germany. We want a child-friendly society in which the spiritual, psychological, social and physical development of children and young people is promoted. Website

Facebook X(Twitter)

Save the Children - Deutschland Save the Children Deutschland is one of 30 country organizations under the umbrella of Save the Children International. The purpose of the association is the promotion of child and youth welfare and the pursuit of any activities for the protection and promotion of the rights of the child in the fields of social and medical assistance and in particular in the promotion of any support and assistance to children in need, living in poverty and suffering anywhere in the world Website

Facebook X(Twitter)

Digital Volunteers

Network Description More information
VOST DE Virtual Operations Support Team from Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) Facebook

X(Twitter)

VOST BW Virtual Operations Support Team from 'Baden-Württemberg' - state X(Twitter)
VOST HH Virtual Operations Support Team from 'Hamburg' - state Facebook

X(Twitter)

VOST MH Virtual Operations Support Team from 'Mülheim' - municipality X(Twitter)
VOST SH Virtual Operations Support Team from 'Schleswig-Holstein' - state X(Twitter)
VOST ffwbhg Virtual Operations Support Team from 'Bad Homburg' - municipality X(Twitter)
VOST_TeamMedien Virtual Operations Support Team from 'Bad Kreuznach ' - region X(Twitter)

Citizens and Science

Crowdsourcing

Network Description More information
intentionally left empty

Victims of Crime Support

Network Description More information
WEISSER RING WEISSER RING is the only nationwide active victim support organisation in Germany. Weißer Ring provides help in the following ways, amongst others
  • Support and personal counselling for victims
  • Accompanying the victim to court
  • Assistance in dealing with paperwork and other official matters
  • Arranging for assistance from other organisations
 Website

Facebook

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