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German Federal Government Unveils 2023 Legislative Agenda
The German Federal Government has announced its legislative agenda for 2023, focusing on several key areas to drive economic growth, promote education, and uphold human rights. Here's a breakdown of the main points:
1. Start-up Strategy and Economic Innovation
The government aims to boost entrepreneurial activity, with new business ventures on the rise, albeit with a decline in full-time startups offset by growth in part-time founding. Funding for startups remains a priority, with initiatives like the EXIST start-up grant and state funding programs supporting venture capital activity and encouraging innovation, particularly in technology sectors such as AI and 5G. Integrating startups into innovation ecosystems, especially in tech hubs like Munich, is also key.
2. Education in Germany 2022 Report
While details from the 2022 Education report are not yet available, it typically highlights trends in education policy, workforce skills development, and alignment with digital and technological needs, fitting into broader skills strategy efforts.
3. Skills Strategy
The government intends to enhance workforce skills to meet evolving economic needs, particularly in IT, AI, and digital transformation sectors. This includes training vouchers, grants, and targeted education programs to prepare a skilled labor force and to boost entrepreneurial and innovation capacity. The Skills Strategy also aims to increase the employment rate of women and reduce wage inequality between women and men.
4. Human Rights Report
The government's 2023 human rights report addresses various topics, including human rights and digitization, climate change and human rights, and combating sexual abuse.
5. Draft Bill for Implementation of the EU Directive on Cross-Border Conversions of Companies
This draft bill aims to harmonize company law with EU regulations, facilitating cross-border business conversions to increase flexibility and competitiveness for German companies in the EU market.
Additional Measures
- The government is introducing a bill to implement a European Union directive on reducing the environmental impact of certain plastic products. A single-use plastic fund will be established at the Federal Environment Agency, funded by a single-use plastic levy paid by manufacturers. The fund will finance the collection and disposal of waste from these products in public spaces.
- The federal government is presenting a report on its human rights policy, covering the period from October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2022.
- The Skills Strategy launched by the federal government aims to attract qualified skilled workers to Germany.
- The federal and state governments want to support around 4,000 general and vocational schools in socially disadvantaged areas with the Startchancen-Programm.
- Since 2006, around 9,400 additional daycare centers have been created.
- The German federal government is launching a Start-up Strategy with ten action fields.
- The focus of the Education in Germany 2022 report is on educational personnel.
In summary, the German Federal Government’s 2023 legislative agenda features reinforcing entrepreneurial ecosystems, advancing digital and skills development, aligning company law with EU directives for cross-border business, and upholding human rights principles within socio-economic policies. Further details on specific topics may be forthcoming as the Bundestag sessions progress.
- The German Federal Government's legislative agenda for 2023 includes policy and legislation related to education-and-self-development, as demonstrated by the focus on enhancing workforce skills, training vouchers, grants, and targeted education programs.
- In the realm of politics and general news, the German Federal Government's agenda also encompasses policy and legislation concerning policy and legislation, such as the draft bill for implementing the EU Directive on Cross-Border Conversions of Companies, aimed at harmonizing company law with EU regulations.
