Constitutional bodies

 

No. 10 Downing Street >>>

This site provides detailed information on the British government and the Prime Minister.

 

 

 

British Parliament >>>

Information on MPs, Peers and Offices; the House of Lords and the House of Commons

 

 

Buckingham Palace >>>

Official website of the British Monarchy

 

 

 

 

 

UK government departments (selection)

 

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) >>>

Information on facts & figures; aims, issues and priorities of the FCO

 

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) >>>

is responsible for the Government's welfare reform agenda.

 

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) >>>

promotes the economic contribution and educational benefits of the arts, media, sport and our national heritage.

 

Department for Children, Schools and Families >>>

 

Department of Health >>>

 

Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs >>>

 

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) >>>

 

Home Office >>>

 

HM Treasury >>>

is the Government department responsible for formulating and implementing financial and economic policy in the UK.

 

British Embassy, Berlin >>>

   

 

Political foundations and think tanks 

 

Adam Smith Institut >>>

Research Institute, develops iniatives to solve social and economic problems

 

Centre for European Reform >>>

Think tank, aims to improve the quality of the debate on the future of the EU

 

Centre for Policy Studies >>>

Centre-right think tank, develops/ publishes public policy proposals

 

Charter 88 >>>

 

Demos >>>

Think tank and research institute for the developement of radical solutions to long term problems

 

Federal Trust >>>

Think tank that studies the interactions between regional, national, European and global levels of government

 

Foreign Policy Centre >>>

Leading European think tank

 

Fabian Society >>>

UK's only membership based left of centre think tank

 

Institute for Public Policy Research >>>

Centre-left think tank, addresses social, economic and political questions (IPPR)

 

Joseph Rowntree Foundation >>>

UK's largest independent social policy research and development charity

 

Policy Exchange >>>

develops practical policy recommendations in a range of social, political and economic areas.

 

Policy Network >>>

promotes policy ideas among centre-left modernisers.

 

Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), >>>

also known as Chatham House, is one of the world's leading institutes for the analysis of international issues.

 

Wilton Park >>>

Executive Agency of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, runs conferences on key international policy challenges

 

 

Other

 

German-British Forum >>>

Registered charity without party political affiliation that promotes British-German Relations

 

British-German Association >>>

aims "to strengthen understanding and friendship between the peoples of Britain and Germany"

 

 

Information on the Internet

 

Policybrief.org >>>

Database with information on international affairs, education and other subjects

 

Policy Library >>>

is a social, economic and foreign policy resource

Constitutional bodies

 

Bundesregierung >>>

Federal Government

Operated by the Federal Press Office, this site is the main source of information on the German government.

 

Deutscher Bundestag >>>

Federal Parliament

Information on Bundestag deputies and various parliamentary bodies

 

Bundespräsident >>>

Federal President

Biographies of President Professor Horst Köhler, his current schedule, and the texts of speeches he has given

 

 

Federal ministries

(selection)

 

Auswärtiges Amt (AA) >>>

German Foreign Office

Information on German foreign policy, links to German embassies and permanent missions, information on the European Union and more

 

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) >>>

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

 

Bundesministeriums für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ) >>>

Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Woman and Youth

 

Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (BMG) >>>

Federal Ministry of Health

 

Bundemiminsterium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit >>>

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

 

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWI) >>>

Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

 

Deutsche Botschaft, London >>>

German Embassy in London

 

 

 

 

 

Political foundations and think tanks

 

Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung >>>

Friedrich Naumann Foundation

FDP-affiliated foundation

 

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung >>>

Friedrich Ebert Foundation

SPD-affiliated foundation

 

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik >>>

German Council on Foreign Relations

Germany's national foreign policy network

 

Deutsches Institut fuer Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) >>>

German Institute for Economic Research

Leading research institute involved in basic research and policy advice on economic processes in Germany and abroad

 

Hamburgische Welt-Wirtschafts-Archiv >>>

Hamburg Institute of International Economics

Based on its unique collections and on its own research, the HWWA provides information services for the scientific community, the business community and political decision-makers

 

Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung >>>

Hanns Seidel Foundation

CSU-affiliated foundation

 

Hans-Böckler-Stiftung >>>

Hans Böckler Foundation

Foundation of the DGB, the German Federation of Trades Unions, with special responsibility for questions of labour codetermination, research and education

 

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung >>>

Heinrich Böll Foundation

Green Party-affiliated foundation

 

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung >>>

Konrad Adenauer Foundation

CDU-affiliated foundation

 

Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung >>>

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

Institute for advanced research in the social sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft >>>

Berlin based organisation to promote British-German relations, organises Königswinter conference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information on the Internet

 

Deutsche-Aussenpolitik.de >>>

Internet project on German foreign policy, good links