Glossary of terms and abbreviations relating to extracurricular political education in Saxony
This glossary is under construction and is not exhaustive. Please contact us if you have any additions to the glossary. We suggest taking a look at the german glossary first to understand the abbreviations better.
| Term | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Action for civil courage | |
| ASA FF |
Friends and Sponsors of Working and Study Stays (ASA) in Africa, Asia and Latin America (FF) e.V. (ASA FF e.V.) |
| AGJF | Arbeitsgemeinschaft Jugendfreizeitstätten Freistaat Sachsen e.V. |
| AWO | Workers' Welfare Association |
| ADB | Working Group of German Educational Centers e.V. |
| AK | Working Group |
| AKSB | Working Group of Catholic Social Educational Institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany e.V. |
| anDemos | Institute for Applied Democracy and Social Research e.V. |
| BAP | Federal Committee for Political Education |
| BMFSFJ | Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth |
| BMI | Federal Office of the Interior and for Homeland Affairs |
| BAFzA | Federal Office of Family Affairs and Civil Society Functions |
| BAMF | Federal Office for Migration and Refugees |
| BAZ | Federal Office for Civilian Service |
| Bezavta | "Betzavta is the Hebrew word for togetherness and is an approach from democracy education. Through group exercises, democratic negotiation processes and mutual recognition are experienced and practiced. The aim is to promote democratic attitudes and behavior."(Source) |
| BBS | Vocational schools |
| BFD / BFDler / BuFDi | Budnesfreiwilligendienst/ler:innen |
| bpb | Federal Agency for Civic Education |
| BIPOC | stands for: black, indigenous and people of color; refers to groups of people who were and are discriminated against on the basis of external characteristics |
| BfV | Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution |
| GERMAN CIVIL CODE | German Civil Code |
| Christian Association of Young People | |
| DGFE | German Society for Educational Science |
| DEGÖB | German Society for Economic Education |
| DemoZ | Democracy Center |
|
DKJB |
German Children and Youth Report |
| DKJS | German Children and Youth Foundation |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| German Youth Institute | |
| German Adult Education Association e.V. | |
| DBJR | German Federal Youth Council |
| ET | Protestant support group for socio-political youth education |
| EFBI | Else Fänkel Brunswik Institute Leipzig |
| ESK | European Solidarity Corps Voluntary Service |
| FHD | Dresden University of Applied Sciences |
| EHS | Protestant College for Social Work Dresden |
| Joint initiative of the providers of political youth education | |
| GPJE | Society for political didactics and political youth and adult education |
| HATiKVA | Educational and Meeting Center for Jewish History and Culture Saxony e.V. |
| Indesign | Adobe program for professional layout and typesetting of publications |
| Juleica | Abbreviation for youth leader card |
| JVA | Correctional facility |
| Coordination and advice center for radicalization prevention | |
| KJRS | Saxony Children and Youth Council |
| KMK | Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs |
| KJB | Children and Youth Report |
| KJR | District Youth Council |
| LAK | State working group |
| LaSuB | State Office for Schools and Education Saxony |
|
MP |
Prime Minister:in |
| Network for Democracy and Courage ÖA - Public Relations |
|
| OKJA | Open child and youth work |
| OER | Open Educational Resource |
| PJ | Abbreviation for Political Youth Ring, or also: Political Year |
|
PoC |
People of Color |
| Regional Offices for Education, Integration and Democracy Saxony e.V. | |
| SBA |
Former Saxon Education Agency, now integrated into LaSuB |
| SBI |
Former Saxon Education Institute, now integrated into LaSuB |
|
SJR |
City Youth Council |
| SMS | Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion |
| SMK | Saxon State Ministry of Culture |
| SMWK |
Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism |
| SMJusDeg |
Saxon State Ministry of Justice and for Democracy, Europe and Equality |
|
SuS |
Pupils |
| SLpB | Saxon State Center for Political Education |
| SGB | Social Code |
| Network tolerant Saxony | |
| TVL | Tariff association of the federal states |
| TVöD | Collective agreement for the public sector and local authorities |
| TU | Technical University |
| Transfer Office | Transfer office for political education |
| VHS | Adult Education Center |
| VBLR | Association of educational centers in rural areas |
| Cosmopolitanism Saxony | |
| WebCMS | Web Content Management System |