June 2013
The First International German Forum was held at the Federal Chancellery on 5 June 2013, under the heading of What matters to people – wellbeing and progress.
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Thema des Forums: "Was Menschen wichtig ist - Lebensqualität und Fortschritt"
Photo: Bundesregierung/Bergmann
The first Forum addressed the question of how the wellbeing of today’s and future generations around the world can be maintained and improved. It centred around such questions as what the public, academia and business world understand by wellbeing and how the endeavour to improve it can be made even more of a focus for political action. The Federal Chancellor also discussed some of the Forum’s issues in the context of the G8. The conclusions of the Forum were used to help draw up a report on wellbeing in Germany that was adopted by the Federal Government in October 2016.
"What matters to people - wellbeing and progress" was the theme of the first discussion with the Chancellor.
Angela Merkel welcomed more than 100 international experts from the ranks of civil society, the academic and research community, the business community, politics and administration.
In the new series of talks, the Chancellor would like to discuss issues that matter to people in Germany and in many other countries.
The experts had the opportunity to put questions and voice their comments.
The aim is to get to know one another and listen to one another, and thus to learn from one another and establish a global learning network.