{"id":7788,"date":"2026-04-13T12:29:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/?p=7788"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:20:13","slug":"co-operatives-as-a-practical-necessity-bics-at-the-bzfdg-40th-anniversary-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/de\/co-operatives-as-a-practical-necessity-bics-at-the-bzfdg-40th-anniversary-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Genossenschaften als praktische Notwendigkeit: das BICS beim 40-j\u00e4hrigen Jubil\u00e4um des BzFdG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7788\" class=\"elementor elementor-7788\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae0d27d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae0d27d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31586e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31586e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4656-1024x545.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7791\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4656-1024x545.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4656-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4656-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4656-1536x817.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4656-2048x1089.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4656-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fbd40b3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5fbd40b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c5bac2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c5bac2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 19 March 2026, the BzFdG \u2014 Germany\u2019s national association for the promotion of the co-operative idea \u2014 marked its <a href=\"http:\/\/genossenschaftsgedanke.de\/40-jahre-fuer-die-genossenschaftsidee-gestern-heute-morgen\">sein 40-j\u00e4hriges Bestehen mit einer ganzt\u00e4gigen Tagung in Berlin.<\/a>Die Veranstaltung brachte Politikerinnen und Politiker, Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, Praktikerinnen und Praktiker sowie Engagierte zusammen, um vier Jahrzehnte Genossenschaftsf\u00f6rderung zu bilanzieren und den Blick auf die Zukunft zu richten.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The programme opened with reflections from Jan Kuhnert, chair of BzFdG, and former president Dr. Christoph Z\u00f6pel, followed by a historical perspective from Dr. Burghard Flieger on the association\u2019s role as an incubator for innovation. A midday panel on the political significance of the co-operative idea featured representatives from different political parties. The afternoon concluded with a fishbowl discussion on the conditions needed for co-operatives to thrive in the coming decades, and a look ahead to BzFdG\u2019s future direction.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/de\/prof-dr-markus-hanisch\">Prof. Dr. Markus Hanisch<\/a> er\u00f6ffnete seinen Vortrag mit einer n\u00fcchternen Diagnose der strukturellen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Der Generationenvertrag \u2014 der gesellschaftliche Pakt, durch den jede Generation die vorherige im Alter tr\u00e4gt \u2014 steht unter Druck in einer alternden Gesellschaft, in der das Vertrauen in \u00f6ffentliche Institutionen schwindet. Junge Familien k\u00f6nnen sich Wohneigentum kaum noch leisten. Die langfristige Versorgungssicherheit mit Energie und Wasser ist nicht mehr selbstverst\u00e4ndlich. Inflation und wirtschaftliche Volatilit\u00e4t haben die Kaufkraft vieler Haushalte geschw\u00e4cht.<\/span><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6f5c63 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c6f5c63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25af46a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25af46a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1001\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4663-1001x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7792\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4663-1001x1024.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4663-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4663-768x786.jpg 768w, https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4663-1501x1536.jpg 1501w, https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4663-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/berlin-coopstudies.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4663.jpg 1991w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3808a2f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3808a2f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e6902f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e6902f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>In einer Welt der Instabilit\u00e4t ist das Genossenschaftsmodell keine utopische Hoffnung \u2014 es ist eine praktische Notwendigkeit.<\/em><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-152425c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"152425c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8238180 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8238180\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vor diesem Hintergrund skizzierte Hanisch Visionen, die er als gesellschaftlich breit geteilt betrachtet: gute und flexible Arbeit, menschenw\u00fcrdige Pflegesysteme f\u00fcr eine alternde Bev\u00f6lkerung, stabile Preise f\u00fcr G\u00fcter des t\u00e4glichen Bedarfs sowie eine Wirtschaft, die auch f\u00fcr kleine und mittlere Unternehmen tragf\u00e4hig bleibt. Dies seien keine radikalen Forderungen, betonte er \u2014 sondern Grunderwartungen, die bestehende Strukturen zunehmend nicht mehr erf\u00fcllen.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Im zweiten Teil des Vortrags entwickelte Hanisch Gestaltungsprinzipien. Er unterschied zwischen blo\u00dfer Koordination \u2014 dem Aushandeln konkurrierender Interessen von au\u00dfen \u2014 und echter Kooperation, die gemeinsame Ziele, gegenseitiges Vertrauen und kollektive Verpflichtung voraussetzt. Genossenschaftliche Institutionen besitzen eine besondere F\u00e4higkeit, die L\u00fccke zwischen staatlicher Daseinsvorsorge und Marktlogik zu schlie\u00dfen \u2014 insbesondere bei der Versorgung mit Energie, Wohnraum und Pflege.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanisch betonte zudem, dass die Genossenschaftsidee bereits tief in der deutschen Gesellschaft verwurzelt ist \u2014 oft ohne unter diesem Begriff zu firmieren. Wohnprojekte, Energiegemeinschaften, Solidarnetzwerke und Pflegekollektive verk\u00f6rpern genossenschaftliche Werte \u2014 Selbsthilfe, Selbstverwaltung und gemeinsame Verantwortung \u2014, unabh\u00e4ngig davon, ob sie formal als Genossenschaften eingetragen sind. Die Aufgabe der Genossenschaftsbewegung bestehe darin, diese Ausdrucksformen zu erkennen, zu st\u00e4rken und institutionelle Starrheit zu \u00fcberwinden, die einer Anpassung an neue Sektoren und Mitgliedschaftsformen im Wege steht.<\/span><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Dr. Markus Hanisch vertrat das Berlin Institute for Co-operative Studies bei einer wegweisenden Tagung der deutschen Genossenschaftsbewegung und argumentierte, dass genossenschaftliche Institutionen keine utopische Hoffnung sind, sondern eine Antwort auf die Krisen unserer 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