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Civic engagement takes place in various forms. From a regulatory point of view, strengthening civic engagement in development policy is particularly important because state funding can provide meaningful support for community involvement and strengthen it in terms of achieving development policy goals. In order to bundle government offers to support civic engagement in development policy under a common organisational umbrella, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development established Engagement Global in 2012 as a non-profit limited liability company.
The reason for the present institutional evaluation was the increasing political relevance of civic, civil society and municipal development policy engagement, which has also been reflected in a strong increase in funding in recent years. The subject of the evaluation was
Engagement Global as an organisation with its structures, processes and portfolio of different
programmes and their outcomes. The evaluation thus contributes to the institutional development of Engagement Global. The recommendations are intended to strengthen its capacity to act and to improve its support services.

Enth. u.a.: Die Vielfalt des Engagements/ A. Evers u.a. - Grundlagen und Perspektiven guter Engagementpolitik/ A. Klein. - Der Bundesfreiwilligendienst: ein Erfolgsmodell für alle?/ R. Haß; A. Beller. - Freiwilliges Engagement von Zuwanderern/ H.-H. Uslucan. - Engagement im Quartier/ F. Gesemann; R. Roth. - Engagement in der Flüchtlingshilfe/ M. Han-Broich

The chapter confronts evidence about evolution of militant behaviour in contemporary Europe, mainly Belgium and France : how new models of public involvement substitute to old forms of militant participation and in what measure those old forms resist.

"This survey provides scientifically researched figures on the willingness to volunteer in Germany. This first nation-wide survey, published in three volumes1, provides a sound foundation for the necessary debate on the further development of volunteering and its political and societal
framework. The Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
commissioned this survey to fill a gap in German social research. 34 per cent of all people in Germany devote their free time to volunteering in associations, initiatives and projects. A further third are actively involved in a club, society or group without actually volunteering. This means that in total, two thirds of the population aged 14 and above are either integrated or actively involved in social groupings. Thus volunteering is much more prevalent in German society than was thought to be the case. Prior to this report, a figure of 18 per cent had been assumed, which was well below the level of voluntary involvement in comparable countries in Europe and America. The survey shows that willingness to volunteer in Germany is high and similar to that in other countries. The level of volunteering varies across different areas of involvement. Sport and physical recreation, activities in schools, nursery schools and the church represent the most attractive fields of activity, while volunteering in social welfare and political engagement are less popular. But it is particularly in these areas that volunteering and civic engagement are needed in our society. The survey also shows that numerous men and women, girls and boys would be willing to take up volunteering if given the right incentive. This is a group of people on which we shall particularly focus in our debate on strengthening the civil society." (excerpt)