German networks of Civil Society
From LINKS Community Center
The following table presents German networks of citizens which have to be considered in the context of diversity and vulnerability
Citizens and Science
Crowdsourcing
| Network | Description | URL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UFZ Drought Monitor | The UFZ Drought Monitor provides daily information on drought and soil moisture throughout Germany.
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. |
https://www.ufz.de/index.php?de=46668&nopagecache |
Digital Volunteers
| Network | Description | URL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VOST DE | Virtual Operations Support Team from Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) | |||
| VOST BW | Virtual Operations Support Team from 'Land Baden-Württemberg' | |||
| VOST HH | Virtual Operations Support Team from 'Land Hamburg' | |||
| VOST MH | Virtual Operations Support Team from 'City Mannheim' |
Vulnerable People
Hearing impairment
| Network | Description | URL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | http://www.gehoerlosen-bund.de |
Visual impairment
| Network | Description | URL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | www.dbsv.org |
Reading impairment
| Network | Description | URL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intentionally left open |
Religious Communities
| Network | Description | URL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EJC | 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 |
Elderly People
| Network | Description | URL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ældre Sagen | 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. | https://www.aeldresagen.dk |