Funding guidelines

We make a constructive contribution to solving pressing questions of our time. What resources are available to us today and to future generations, and how can we protect and preserve them? How do we deal with scarce goods and the hardships of life? Who is willing to take responsibility for themselves and others? What holds our society together, and how do people handle the great individual freedoms responsibly?

We focus particularly on the topic of "water".
Without clean water in sufficient quantity, there is no good future. Water is the most important and valuable resource worldwide. This is illustrated by the following comparison: although more than seventy percent of the earth is covered with water, only about three percent of the total amount is freshwater. The usable amount of freshwater is even lower. Access to clean drinking water has been a UN human right since 2010.

Man needs water not only for his organism. Water is good for body and soul. Swimming as a cultural technique is an educational asset that positively influences personality development. The availability and access to water also promote economic growth.

We address the complex issues of our time and shed light on the topic of water with all its facets. 

Following the conviction that responsible handling of the available freedoms requires good education - and not just knowledge - that technological and social change will occur even faster than before and can only be shaped positively with creative solutions, that resilience is a core competence, and that more self-responsibility is needed, we have developed the following three funding guidelines: