The RENN network links players from a wide variety of societal areas to help ensure that sustainable development at regional level becomes everyday practice. From the RENN the RENN e.V. (RENN Association) was founded, which will continue the efforts for more sustainability in Germany from January 2025.
Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer der Regionalen Netzstellen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien (RENN) am 24. und 25.11.2022 in Berlin. Foto: David Ausserhofer © Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung
People all around the world share a joint responsibility for sustainable development. Fundamental changes to the way in which we do business and the way we live are needed in order to enable future generations to live their lives with respect and prosperity in an intact environment.
The four RENN hubs created links between various players and initiatives to promote sustainable development, foster dialogue on experiences gained and provide impulses for societal change. The RENN thus made the complex concept of sustainability something which can be experienced across regions and national borders.
The RENNs were funded by the Federal Chancellery. In the second funding phase (2022-2024), the RENN network consisted of sixteen RENN partner organizations, one per federal state. The overall coordination of the RENN network was the responsibility of the RENN Coordination Office, which was based at the office of the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) in Berlin. The RNE will continue to work closely with RENN e.V. in the future.
Website “Regional Hubs for Sustainability Strategies (RENN)”
The RENN hubs were a regionally organised platform for information exchange and activity surrounding the topic of sustainable development.
- They served to link players among one another and consolidate societal dialogue.
- They provided impulses for societal transformation.
- They fostered innovation, strategy, projects and the exchange of ideas.
- They bolstered the flow of information between players from civil society at municipal, state and federal level.
RENN.north
Responsible for: Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein
Consortium leader: Association for the Protection of German Forests, Hamburg State Chapter (SDW)
Partners: Academy for Sustainable Development Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (ANE); Centre for Education on Nature, the Environment and Rural Areas in the State of Schleswig-Holstein (BNUR); Office Environmental Companies, Bremen; Association of Education Initiatives in Lower Saxony (VNB) together with Kommunale Umwelt-AktioN UAN e.V. (Community Environment Action Association)
Contact:
Association for the Protection of German Forests, Hamburg State Chapter (SDW)
Am Inselpark 19, 21109 Hamburg
Barbara Makowka: makowka@wald.de; nord@renn-netzwerk.de, +49 (40) 302 156 603
RENN.central
Responsible for: Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia
Consortium leader: Future-Proof Thuringia
Partners: Berlin 21 e. V., Brandenburg 21 e. V., CivixX Workshop for Civil Society, Network for the Future Saxony Anhalt
Contact:
Future-Proof Thuringia e.V.
im Kowo Haus der Vereine
Johannesstraße 2
99084 Erfurt
Josef Ahlke: josef.ahlke@zukunftsfaehiges-thueringen.de; mitte@renn-netzwerk.de, +49 (361) 4302 3596
RENN.south
Responsible for: Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg
Consortium leader: Bavarian State Network for Civil Engagement (LBE)
Partners: Sustainability Office of the Central Environmental Authority of the State of Baden-Württemberg (LUBW)
Contact:
Bavarian State Network for Civil Engagement (LBE)
Sandstraße 1, 90443 Nürnberg
Danielle Rodarius: rodarius@lbe-bayern.de; sued@renn-netzwerk.de, +49 (911) 810129-14
RENN.west
Responsible for: Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland
Consortium leader: State Working Committee Agenda 21 NRW (LAG 21)
Partners: Working Committee for Nature and Environmental Education (ANU) Hesse State Association, Energy Agency Rhineland-Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate State Network for Development Policy (ELAN), European Academy Otzenhausen (EAO), Germanwatch e. V., Birkenfeld Environment Studies Campus at Trier University of Applied Sciences
Contact:
State Working Committee Agenda 21 NRW (LAG 21)
Deutsche Str. 10, 44339 Dortmund
Dr Klaus Reuter: k.reuter@lag21.de; west@renn-netzwerk.de, +49 (231) 93696010
At federal level, a national control center was set up at the office of the RNE. As a “cross-regional node”, it was responsible for the strategic direction and further development of the RENN project. It coordinated the overarching cooperation and promoted the nationwide impact of the network centers.
Bodo Richter
Head of Regional Hubs for Sustainability Strategies (RENN)
German Council for Sustainable Development
Office c/o GIZ GmbH
Potsdamer Platz 10, 10785 Berlin
T +49 (0)30 338424-279
bodo.richter@nachhaltigkeitsrat.de
Anushika Siva
Project Manager
German Council for Sustainable Development
Office c/o GIZ GmbH
Potsdamer Platz 10, 10785 Berlin
T +49 (0) 30 338424-737
anushika.siva@nachhaltigkeitsrat.de
Silja-Kristin Vogt (on parental leave)
Project Manager
German Council for Sustainable Development
Office c/o GIZ GmbH
Potsdamer Platz 10, 10785 Berlin
T +49 (0) 30 338424-404
silja-kristin.vogt@nachhaltigkeitsrat.de
Anushika Siva
German Council for Sustainable Development
Project Manager
anushika.siva@nachhaltigkeitsrat.de
+49 (0)30 338424-737
Office c/o GIZ GmbH
Potsdamer Platz 10
10785 Berlin