{"id":2,"date":"2025-01-22T11:55:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T11:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weltvertrag.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-01-23T13:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:11:19","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/weltvertrag.org\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div class=\"x-grid x-container max width e2-e1 m2-0\"><div class=\"x-cell e2-e2 m2-1 m2-2\"><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e2-e3 m2-4 m2-5\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h1 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">About Us<\/h1><span class=\"x-text-content-text-subheadline\">Who is behind the World Contract Foundation?<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e2-e4 m2-9 m2-a m2-b m2-c\"><span>The World Contract Foundation was founded in January 2002 by 22 donors based in Hamburg out of the conviction that in the 21st century the idea of \u200b\u200bsustainability in its ecological, economic, social and cultural dimensions could be offered an efficient field of action. Our work and projects are carried out by people who bring their different backgrounds and skills to the foundation's activities. The team consists of a network of young and experienced scientists, students and entrepreneurs who work efficiently, pragmatically and goal-oriented. The board and the board of trustees work on a voluntary basis.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-cell e2-e5 m2-1 m2-3\"><div class=\"x-bg\"><div class=\"x-bg-layer-upper-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weltvertrag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Das-Stiftergremium-Design.webp\" alt=\"\u00dcber uns\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"object-fit: cover; object-position: center;\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row e2-e6 m2-h m2-i m2-j m2-n m2-o\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e2-e7 m2-w m2-x\"><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e2-e8 m2-4 m2-6 m2-7\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h2 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">The Board of Directors<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e2-e9 m2-a m2-b m2-c m2-d\">The board manages and administers the foundation. It currently includes the following people:<\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e2-e10 m2-h m2-k m2-l m2-p m2-q\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e2-e11 m2-w m2-y m2-z\"><span class=\"x-image e2-e12 m2-11 m2-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weltvertrag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/maike_plant_Private_Sponsorship_Team.webp\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" alt=\"Maike Grundmann\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><div class=\"x-text x-content e2-e13 m2-a m2-d m2-e m2-f\">Maike Grundmann<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-col e2-e11 m2-w m2-y m2-z\"><span class=\"x-image e2-e12 m2-11 m2-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weltvertrag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Louis-Motaal.webp\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" alt=\"Louis Motaal\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><div class=\"x-text x-content e2-e13 m2-a m2-d m2-e m2-f\">Louis Motaal<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-col e2-e11 m2-w m2-y m2-z\"><span class=\"x-image e2-e12 m2-11 m2-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weltvertrag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/maria_hosfeld_app_20210907.webp\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" alt=\"Maria\u00a0Hosfeld\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><div class=\"x-text x-content e2-e13 m2-a m2-d m2-e m2-f\">Maria\u00a0Hosfeld<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row e2-e14 m2-h m2-i m2-j m2-n m2-r\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e2-e15 m2-w m2-x\"><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e2-e16 m2-4 m2-6 m2-7\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h2 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">The office team<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e2-e17 m2-a m2-b m2-c m2-d\">The following people are responsible for communication, donor support and project coordination on a part-time and voluntary basis:<\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e2-e18 m2-h m2-k m2-l m2-p m2-s\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e2-e19 m2-w m2-y m2-z\"><span class=\"x-image e2-e20 m2-11 m2-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weltvertrag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Blue-placeholder.webp\" width=\"284\" height=\"284\" alt=\"Helge Bork\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><div class=\"x-text x-content e2-e21 m2-a m2-d m2-e m2-f\">Helge Bork<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-col e2-e19 m2-w m2-y m2-z\"><span class=\"x-image e2-e20 m2-11 m2-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weltvertrag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Blue-placeholder.webp\" width=\"284\" height=\"284\" alt=\"Ingrid Banciu\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><div class=\"x-text x-content e2-e21 m2-a m2-d m2-e m2-f\">Ingrid Banciu<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row e2-e22 m2-h m2-i m2-j m2-n m2-t\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e2-e23 m2-w m2-x\"><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e2-e24 m2-4 m2-6 m2-7\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h2 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">The Board of Trustees<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e2-e25 m2-h m2-k m2-l m2-p m2-u\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e2-e26 m2-w m2-y m2-z\"><span class=\"x-image e2-e27 m2-11 m2-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weltvertrag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/frithjof_finkbeiner_plant_management.webp\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" alt=\"Frithjof Finkbeiner\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><div class=\"x-text x-content e2-e28 m2-a m2-d m2-e m2-f\">Frithjof Finkbeiner<\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e2-e29 m2-a m2-b m2-d m2-f m2-g\">In addition to his role as chairman, Frithjof Finkbeiner is also responsible for financial aspects. In addition to the World Contract Foundation, he also volunteers for Plant-for-the-Planet and the Global Marshall Plan Foundation. He is also vice president of the German society CLUB OF ROME.\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-col e2-e26 m2-w m2-y m2-z\"><span class=\"x-image e2-e27 m2-11 m2-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weltvertrag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Prof.-Dr.-Franz-Josef-Radermacher.webp.webp\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" alt=\"Prof. Dr. Franz-Josef Radermacher\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><div class=\"x-text x-content e2-e28 m2-a m2-d m2-e m2-f\">Prof. Dr. Franz-Josef Radermacher<\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e2-e29 m2-a m2-b m2-d m2-f m2-g\">Franz Josef Radermacher is a professor of computer science at the University of Ulm and director of the Research Institute for Application-Oriented Knowledge Processing. He is active in many other initiatives, including as vice president of the Ecosocial Forum Europe, as co-founder of the Global Marshall Plan Initiative and a member of the CLUB OF ROME.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row e2-e30 m2-h m2-j m2-l m2-m m2-n m2-v\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e2-e31 m2-w m2-x\"><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e2-e32 m2-4 m2-6 m2-8\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h2 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">The Foundation Board<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e2-e33 m2-9 m2-a m2-b m2-c\"><p><span>All founding donors and donors are members of the board of trustees. The board of trustees appoints the board of trustees, which is made up of the following people (in alphabetical order):<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<span>Ulrich Martin Drescher, Udo Eitzenberger, Frithjof Finkbeiner, Karolin Finkbeiner, Armin Frey, Christopher Gohl, Maja G\u00f6pel, Torge Hamkens, Klaus-Peter Hosfeld, Michael Ihden, Eike Messow, Susanne Moecks-Carone, Karolin-Suzanne Perrot, Franz Josef Radermacher, Joachim Schoeneich, Tobias Schulz-Hess, Maike Sippel, Surjo Raphael Soekadar, Gottfried Strobl, Roland Wenzel, Michael Willadt, Stephan Wrage und ein Stifter, der namentlich nicht erw\u00e4hnt werden m\u00f6chte.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-col e2-e34 m2-w m2-x m2-y m2-10\"><span class=\"x-image e2-e35 m2-11 m2-13\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weltvertrag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/personen.webp\" width=\"240\" height=\"331\" alt=\"Image\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00dcber unsWer steht hinter der Stiftung Weltvertrag?Die Stiftung Weltvertrag wurde im Januar 2002 von 22 Stiftern mit Sitz in Hamburg aus der \u00dcberzeugung heraus gegr\u00fcndet, im 21. 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