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SUMMARY:Lessons from the Pandemic:  How Cities Can Protect Public Health and Fight Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On September 12\, the ACG and the Heinrich-Boell-Stiftung will hold a discussion and reception with Silke Gebel\, Member of the German Green Party and\nChair of the Green Party in the Berlin House of Representatives \nSilke Gebel is Chairwoman of the state Parliamentary Group of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Alliance 90/The Greens) in the Berlin House of Representatives\, where she was elected in 2013 to represent Berlin-Mitte. As Chairwoman\, she is particularly involved in issues relating to the governance of the Social Democratic-Green-Left coalition in Berlin. The Green Party has been involved in the state government in Berlin since 2016. Trained in public administration\, Ms. Gebel joined the Greens in 2003 and served as Political Director of the Green Youth in the federal government. \nMs. Gebel’s main concerns are to advance strong environmental protection\, with a focus on ensuring access to clean water\, improving air quality\, and expanding public green spaces in the city. Her commitment to Berlin’s health sector is unique. She initiated a Green Hospital Program\, which is the city’s first comprehensive policy to make hospitals more sustainable. Ms. Gebel believes that strengthening environmental protection and minimizing resource use in sectors as important as health care will make Berlin more equitable and livable for all residents\, especially children and the elderly\, who are most affected by pollution. \nAnother focus of her work is digitalization\, which offers innovative ways to modernize Berlin and meet the great challenge of making the city climate-neutral. On an international level\, Ms. Gebel advocates for constructive discussions on the future of European political cooperation for peace\, from which the city of Berlin has greatly benefited. As a committed European\, she is a member of the Young European Federalists of the European Union. She is also a member of ver.di\, one of the most powerful trade unions in Germany\, representing nearly 2 million people.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/lessons-from-the-pandemic-how-cities-can-protect-public-health-and-fight-climate-change/
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SUMMARY:The War in Ukraine and its Impact on Germany –  and Europe
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Septembre 13\, the ACG and the Heinrich-Boell-Stiftung will hold a breakfast briefing with Omid Nouripour\, Member of the Bundestag and Co-Chairman of Alliance ‘90/The Greens. \nOmid Nouripour has been an active member of the German Green Party (Alliance 90/The Greens) since 1996. He first worked on an initiative for strengthening the rights of immigrants in Germany. From 1999 until 2003 he was the chairman of the Green Party’s Youth Organization in Hessen\, his German home state. In December 2002\, he was elected to the board of the federal Green Party and he remained on as a board member until December 2006. From 2002 until 2009 he was also the spokesperson of the Federal Working Committee on Migrants and Refugees of the Green Party. \nMr. Nouripour became a member of parliament in September 2006\, taking over the seat of Joschka Fischer\, the former German foreign minister. Mr. Nouripour first worked on European issues and Home affairs and was a member of the Budget Committee\, the Committee of Defense\, and the Committee for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. He was the ranking member of the Green Party parliamentary group in the Foreign Affairs Committee during the 19th legislative period and the Green Party’s spokesman on foreign affairs. He was re-elected to the Bundestag in the September 2021 federal election and won the seat in his constituency. \nSince February 2022\, Omid Nouripour has been the Co-Chairman of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-war-in-ukraine-and-its-impact-on-germany-and-europe/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220921T113000
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SUMMARY:Investing in Germany while Restructuring Energy Supplies
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On September 21\, the ACG will host a discussion with Dr. Jörg Kukies\, State Secretary for Economic\, Finance\, and European Affairs in the German Federal Chancellery. \nDr. Jörg Kukies is the State Secretary for Economic\, Finance\, and European Affairs\, and G7/G20 Sherpa in the German Federal Chancellery. Previously\, he served as State Secretary for financial market policy and European policy at the Federal Ministry of Finance from April 2018. Before that\, he was co-chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs AG and managing director of the Frankfurt branch of Goldman Sachs International from 2014 to 2018. He has previously held positions in the product development team of Goldman Sachs International in London\, in the equities division for Germany and Austria in Frankfurt\, and as head of equity derivatives for Europe\, the Middle East\, and Africa at Goldman Sachs International from 2011 to 2014.\nDr. Kukies studied economics at Pantheon-Sorbonne University in Paris. He has a master’s in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University\, and a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Chicago\, Graduate School of Business.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/investing-in-germany-while-restructuring-energy-supplies/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220930T120000
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SUMMARY:Putin’s War in Ukraine: A Shock for Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On September 30\, the ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger\, Journalist and former Foreign Editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (1985 ACG Legislative Aide Fellow). \nKlaus-Dieter Frankenberger (1985 ACG Legislative Aide Fellow) is a journalist who previously served as the Foreign Editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. His writing has focused on the United States\, European\, transatlantic\, and international politics. Mr. Frankenberger holds a master’s degree in Political Science\, Economics\, and American Studies from Frankfurt University. In 1980\, he participated in an exchange program with the University of Mississippi. From 1982 to 1985 he was a research associate at the Center for North-American Studies at Frankfurt University. Mr. Frankenberger was a Congressional Fellow in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 1986 and a Marshall Fellow at Harvard University in 1990. He has lectured at several American universities. In 2011\, he was a Bosch Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington\, D.C. Since he joined the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, Germany’s leading national daily\, in 1986\, he served in various capacities\, as European\, International\, and Editorial Page Editor. Mr. Frankenberger was a Member of the Trilateral Commission and of the Scientific Council of the Institute for European Politics in Berlin. He also served on the Advisory Board of the Federal Academy for Security Policy in Berlin and is associated with several organizations that deal with the transatlantic relationship.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/putins-war-in-ukraine-a-shock-for-germany-3/
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