Bottrop moved: crowdfunding for a sustainable city tip

Von Kl Redaktion

The “Bottrop moves” initiative has set itself the goal of tackling the challenges of the city of Bottrop. To achieve this, the group started a crowdfunding campaign via the Startnext platform, which aims to collect financial means. This campaign attaches great importance to transparency, so that all citizens can take part in this process and see how their contributions are used. Jan Henrichs from the team emphasizes: "Every euro is welcome."

By means of this campaign, “Bottrop moves” not only wants to gain financial support, but also actively involve the citizens in the decision -making process. The aim is to find a new mayor or a new mayor who leads the city through the currently difficult financial situation and arms it for future challenges. In order to determine the appropriate candidates, the initiative would like to design an open and transparent selection process.

transparent selection of candidates

The search for a new head of the city is an essential part of the project. Applicants are to be selected by a jury who will then nominate one or more candidates for the upcoming local elections in 2025. The initiative has announced that the nomination and selection should be done in public in order to promote trust and understanding among the population

An important part of the crowdfunding campaign is the financing of a comprehensive job advertisement in national newspapers such as the "Zeit" or the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" (FAZ). The initiative focuses on achieving high reach and visibility through these measures and thus addressing suitable candidates. In order to achieve the goals of the campaign, "Bottrop moves" has made at least 9,000 euros.

The initiative has also assured that all funds that are not used for the campaign are donated for non -profit purposes. This is another element that should strengthen trust in the initiative. The bookkeeping of the collected money is kept transparent, similar to the citizens' request "Restart Bottrop", so that everyone can see where the funds come from and what they were spent on.

commitment and participation are of central importance in this initiative. "Bottrop moves" wants everyone who is ready to actively participate in the process and thus help shape the future of the city. Crowdfunding is not only a financing method, but also a call to the citizens of bringing their voice and becoming part of a joint effort. All interested parties are available to the Startnext platform to make their contribution and become part of this movement.

For more information and to support crowdfunding, interested people can visit the platform. It is a step in the direction of an active civil society that Bottrops is in for the future.