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Jan Voth
What we’ve achieved: Wegweiser Kommune: The demographics portal for Germany’s cities and towns
![[Translate to English:] Horst Köhler](/fileadmin/files/_processed_/3/a/csm_Forum_Demographischer_Wandel_2009_0835_IMG_6838_Original_27729_d28ba3d5f9.jpg)
We helped strengthen public awareness of demographic change. […] I firmly believe that anyone who puts on ‘demographic eyeglasses’ will clearly see how everything is interdependent: social policy and education, urban development and family policy, efforts to promote social engagement and integration. They will also understand how important it is to think and act in a networked manner.
[…] There is a common denominator, and it can be expressed thus: If demographic developments are not taken into account, the state will no longer be able to act effectively. Anyone today who plans without consulting the relevant forecasts is being irresponsible. Anyone who maintains structures that block the changes needed to respond sensibly to future challenges is harming coming generations.
Horst Köhler- former President
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