Innenministerkonferenz
The Ständige Konferenz der Innenminister und -senatoren der Länder (Standing Conference of Interior Ministers and Senators of the States) or Innenministerkonferenz (Conference of Interior Ministers, abbr. IMK) is a regular conference on security and law enforcement issues of the Interior ministers (in some states called Interior Senators) of the German states. The Federal Minister of the Interior takes part as a guest. The chairmanship is rotating on an annual base. For 2016, it is held by Klaus Bouillon of the state of Saarland.
History and procedures
The conference was founded in 1954 to establish a collaboration of the Interior Ministers of the German states on a political level, beyond the state and federal authorities.[1]
Meetings are held usually twice a year. Special meetings can be held due to political developments or in emergency situations. Resolutions are adopted unanimously and can also be made in silence procedures. Since 2000, the decisions are public.[2] There are six working groups (Arbeitskreis, AK):
- AK I - State Law and Administration (including Constitutional Law, Alien Law, Data Privacy, Administrative Law)
- AK II - Inner Security (including Active Defense, Defense against Terrorism, Police Issues)
- AK III - Municipial Issues
- AK IV - Protection of the Constitution
- AK V - Fire Fighting Issues, Rescue Services, Disaster Prevention and Civil Defense
- AK VI - Organisation, Public Service Law and Personnel[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Innenministerkonferenz". www.innenministerkonferenz.de (in German).
- ^ a b "Innenministerkonferenz, Aufgaben und Arbeitsweise" (in German).
External links
- Official homepage of the Innenministerkonferenz
- News regarding Innenministerkonferenz at Frankfurter Allgemeine, in German