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D-EITI Special Representative: Dr. Franziska Brantner

Dr. Franziska Brantner is Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). The Federal Government appointed her D-EITI Special Representative in January 2022. She supervises the implementation of the D-EITI. The standard specifies her tasks and competencies thus:
“The appointee must have the confidence of all stakeholders, the authority and the freedom to coordinate EITI actions across relevant ministries and agencies and must be able to mobilise resources for the EITI implementation.”
Multi-Stakeholder-Group
The Multi-Stakeholder-Group consists of representatives from government, business and civil society. They are appointed by the Federal Government for a period of at least two years. The main task of the MSG is to control and monitor the implementation of the D-EITI; it also bears the responsibility for work plans and progress reports.
Representatives of the government
- Bernhard KluttigFederal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (Deputy: Dr. Peer Hoth, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action)
- Dr. Robert Plachta Federal Ministry of Finance (Deputy: Bodo Bajorat, Federal Ministry of Finance)
- Chief Inspector of Mines Friedrich Wilhelm WagnerBund-Länder-Ausschuss Bergbau (LAB, Federal and State Committee for Mining) (Deputy: Helmuth von Nicolai, Ministry of Energy, Infrastructure and Digitalization, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
- Norbert ConradMinistry for Economic Affairs, Labour, Transport and Digitalisation, Lower Saxony (Deputy: Jörg Bodenstein, Ministry for Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation, Thuringia)
- Torsten FalkMinistry of Finance, Hesse (Deputy: Alexander Mayer, Ministry of Finance, Hamburg)
Government Coordinator
- Alena BaaschFederal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Companies Representatives
- Matthias WachterFederation of German Industries (Deputy: Hauke Dierks, Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce)
- Dr. Martin WedigGerman Commodities and Mining Federation (Deputy: Birgit Schroeckh, Federal German Association of Lignite Producing Companies)
- Dr. Matthias FrederichsGerman Building Materials Association (Deputy: Tanja Lenz, German Building Materials Association)
- Markus ZeiseWintershall Dea AG (Deputy: Ludger Radermacher, Wintershall Dea AG)
- Lena Kristin Michel
K+S Aktiengesellschaft (Deputy: Sven Siems, K+S Aktiengesellschaft)
Companies Coordinator
- Dr. Stefan Steinicke Federation of German Industries
Representatives of civil society
- Prof. Dr. Edda MüllerTransparency International Deutschland e.V. (Deputy: Mickaël Roumegoux Rouvelle, Transparency International Deutschland e.V.)
- Carola DittmannStiftung Arbeit und Umwelt der Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (Deputy: Malte Lückert, Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie)
- Jürgen MaierForum on Environment & Development (Deputy: Anika Bender, Forum on Environment & Development)
- Daniel DietrichOpen Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e.V. (Deputy: Walter Palmetshofer, Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e.V.)
- Florian ZerzawyGreen Budget Germany (Deputy: Marie Wettingfeld, Green Budget Germany)
Civil Society Coordinator
- Walter Palmetshofer Open Knowledge Foundation




Representatives of the government
- Bernhard KluttigFederal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (Deputy: Dr. Peer Hoth, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action)
- Dr. Robert Plachta Federal Ministry of Finance (Deputy: Bodo Bajorat, Federal Ministry of Finance)
- Chief Inspector of Mines Friedrich Wilhelm WagnerBund-Länder-Ausschuss Bergbau (LAB, Federal and State Committee for Mining) (Deputy: Helmuth von Nicolai, Ministry of Energy, Infrastructure and Digitalization, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
- Norbert ConradMinistry for Economic Affairs, Labour, Transport and Digitalisation, Lower Saxony (Deputy: Jörg Bodenstein, Ministry for Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation, Thuringia)
- Torsten FalkMinistry of Finance, Hesse (Deputy: Alexander Mayer, Ministry of Finance, Hamburg)
Government Coordinator
- Alena BaaschFederal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Companies Representatives
- Matthias WachterFederation of German Industries (Deputy: Hauke Dierks, Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce)
- Dr. Martin WedigGerman Commodities and Mining Federation (Deputy: Birgit Schroeckh, Federal German Association of Lignite Producing Companies)
- Dr. Matthias FrederichsGerman Building Materials Association (Deputy: Tanja Lenz, German Building Materials Association)
- Markus ZeiseWintershall Dea AG (Deputy: Ludger Radermacher, Wintershall Dea AG)
- Lena Kristin Michel
K+S Aktiengesellschaft (Deputy: Sven Siems, K+S Aktiengesellschaft)
Companies Coordinator
- Dr. Stefan Steinicke Federation of German Industries

Representatives of civil society
- Prof. Dr. Edda MüllerTransparency International Deutschland e.V. (Deputy: Mickaël Roumegoux Rouvelle, Transparency International Deutschland e.V.)
- Carola DittmannStiftung Arbeit und Umwelt der Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (Deputy: Malte Lückert, Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie)
- Jürgen MaierForum on Environment & Development (Deputy: Anika Bender, Forum on Environment & Development)
- Daniel DietrichOpen Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e.V. (Deputy: Walter Palmetshofer, Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e.V.)
- Florian ZerzawyGreen Budget Germany (Deputy: Marie Wettingfeld, Green Budget Germany)
Civil Society Coordinator
- Walter Palmetshofer Open Knowledge Foundation
Financial Support for Civil Society
The D-EITI multi-stakeholder process is based on a representative involvement of all stakeholders of the German resource sector and on an active, equal and informed participation of all organisations involved. With a view to enable this participation and to guarantee for a successful implementation of the EITI in Germany, civil society is receiving financial support from the government in order to build up necessary resources and implement activities. In 2022 the following organisations received a grant of 115.000 € in total (2015: 146.000 €; 2016: 120.000 €; 2017: 90.000 €; 2018: 100.000 €; 2019: 100.000 €; 2020: 100.000 €, 2021: 100.000 € in total):
Forum Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft e.V., Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung, Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e.V. and Transparency International Deutschland e.V.
This grant enables the organisations to inform their respective stakeholders on the status of EITI implementation in Germany and to build up a differentiated opinion on future implementation. Furthermore the grant provides the opportunity to have an intensive preparation and follow-up of the issues discussed in the MSG by building up expertise on these issues.
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