Development and Background
The Youth Advisory Board of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation was established in October 2013. It acts as an advisory body to the foundation and advises the executive board, management and the main departments. The Advisory Board examines the work of the foundation from a young perspective and is a strong mouthpiece for the concerns, wishes and worries of the younger generation. In its work, it develops ideas and methods to supplement the Konrad Adenauer Foundation's offerings for teenagers and young adults and to make them more attractive. Representing the interests of young people and bringing them into contact with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation are central concerns of the Advisory Board.
Function, Theme and Objective
Which political and social issues inspire young people to act nowadays? It is against this background that members of the Advisory Council hold discussions with one another and with relevant stakeholders. Besides exchanging ideas about current developments within the foundation and in society, the Advisory Council addresses issues such as climate change, mental health, intergenerational justice and digitalisation. In addition to theoretical work, the Youth Advisory Board also plans and implements its own projects.
Members
The Youth Advisory Board is made up of young volunteers aged 18 to 26 from all over Germany. They represent the fundamental values of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and want to help shape the work of the foundation through exchange with other young people. The advisory board members meet twice a year in Berlin and regularly virtually.
Members of the Youth Advisory Council at a Glance
Meeting of members of the Youth Advisory Council with the Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Professor Norbert Lammert
Luisa Angeli
Law Student (Leipzig)
Leander Apel
Office Manager at State Parliament NRW (Düsseldorf)
Philip Bleckmann
Officer for Risk and Crisis Management at the Federal Office for Civil Protection (Bonn)
Luis Brückner
Student of Economics (Berlin)
Fabiola Ermer
Jewish Studies and Semitics Student (Heidelberg)
Lukas Eyermann (Speaker)
Master Student of Politics and Administration (Konstanz)
Paul Gebser
Law Student (Bonn)
Tom Jeske
Student of Business Administration and Electrical Power Engineering (Aachen)
Jannis Kaliske
Diploma Student of Industrial Engineering (Dresden)
Jakob Kandziorra
Student (Denzlingen)
Johannes Löhr
Founder of “Löhr Energiekonzepte” (Aachen)
Lili Pöschl (Speaker)
Law Student (Köln)
Clara Schaumann
Medical Management Student (Gießen)
Luisa Tiesies
Political Science Student (Halle)
Felix Töpfer
Master Student of Economics (Göttingen)
Lena Wiegand
Clerk for Office Management (Berlin)
Marcel Winzen
Law Student (Düsseldorf)
Version: December 2024
