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How can an effective environmental administration be secured in times of external challenges and a shrinking supply of qualified personnel? The project provides an analysis of the current situation with the aim of evaluating the administration's performance in environmental and nature conservation, as well as the challenges arising from the transformation.

On behalf of the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, the NIPAG is conducting a project to evaluate the administrative regulation on intensifying public participation in planning and approval procedures.

The project “KJSG Implementation Support: Restructuring Administrative Structures in the field of Eingliederungshilfe” is being expanded. On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ), the National Institute for Public Administration Germany (NIPAG) is supporting a pilot test of new administrative structures in the field of EGH for young people with disabilities in three model communities until December 2027.

On December 11, 2025, the results of the project ‘Support for the implementation of the Act to Strengthen Children and Youth (KJSG) ‘ were presented at the Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Seniors, Women, and Youth. In a hybrid event, the project team presented a roadmap and guidelines to support municipalities on the path to inclusive solutions. The aim of the project was to aid municipalities in achieving a more unified approach between youth welfare and integration assistance services for young people with disabilities.

After four years of intensive work, the results of the project ‘Support for the implementation of the Act to Strengthen Children and Youth (KJSG): Conversion of Administrative Structures in the Area of Integration Assistance’ have now been published. The roadmap and the five accompanying guidelines offer local authorities comprehensive support in converting the administrative structures for the integration assistance of young people. All interested parties can now find the documents online.

How can knowledge be managed in public administration in such a way that it remains available in the long term and really supports employees in their day-to-day work? This is the question addressed by our new research project.

On 27 November 2025, the NIPAG welcomed a high-ranking Mongolian delegation consisting of members of parliament, leading scientists and government representatives to Speyer. The meeting, which was organised by the Hanns Seidel Foundation, focused on the exchange of information on regulatory impact assessment.

The NIPAG evaluates the higher monetary thresholds and the new pilot project for awarding direct contracts to start-ups under Baden-Württemberg’s VwV Beschaffung, and analyzes their effects.

The NIPAG evaluated the Freedom of Information Act of Schleswig-Holstein. Recommendations were developed to improve implementation and reduce administrative burdens.

Based on a Senate resolution from April 2024, stipulating the implementation of a youth-check, NIPAG was commissioned by the Senate Department for Education, Youth, and Family Affairs to develop a Berlin youth-check between September 2024 and July 2025.