Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Abbreviated as KAS, this political foundation offers civic education conferences and events. They state their main goals are, “our civic education programs aim at promoting freedom and liberty, peace, and justice. We focus on consolidating democracy, on the unification of Europe and the strengthening of transatlantic relations, as well as on development cooperation.[i]” They are named after the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Konrad Adenauer. The foundation was created in 1955 as the Society for Christian-Democratic Civic Education, but adopted their new name in 1964. They are not only focused on the people of Germany, they are also involved in other countries, in fact they say, “Our offices abroad are in charge of more than 200 projects in more than 120 countries.[ii]” They are considered a think tank for the basis of political possibilities in Germany. Their Academy in Berlin focuses on the economy, politics, science and society. The KAS offers over 2500 events per year for people to attend. These events attract over 145,000 participants collectively. The group also provides moral and material support to intellectually gifted young people across all of Europe.

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[i] http://www.kas.de/wf/en/71.3628/, sept 15 2012

[ii] “ ”, sept 16 2012

Group Work:

The group work was a little choppy, but turned out well during the presentation. Every ones parts made it up there and was spoken on. The communication was a little difficult due to the group size and available meeting times.