Citizen Initiatives

Reasons for founding, goals and organizational characteristics of citizen initiatives. Topics: Point in time of founding and cause for the founding of the citizen initiative; development of numbers of members and sympathizers; organization form, degree of organization and frequency of meeting of the citizen initiative; financing the citizen initiative; relationship with the media, parties and politicians; cooperation with other citizen initiatives; leadership role of certain occupational groups; actions conducted; experts for special problems; field of reference or action area of the citizen initiative; degree of impact of the founding members; goal definition and social target group; reasons for possible changes in goal; time expended for the work of the citizen initiative; content connection between occupation and activity in the citizen initiative; position in a party or public elective office; membership in other citizen initiatives; assessment of the reputation of the citizen initiative in the nearer vicinity; dissolution after achievement of goal.