Evaluation of the 'Citizens dialogue on the electricity grid - Project phase from 2020' service contract ('Initiative Bürgerdialog Stromnetz - Projektphase ab 2020')

The 'Citizens dialogue on the electricity grid' (BDS) is an initiative that has been funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Bundeswirtschaftsministerium - BMWi) since 2015. As a neutral actor in the expansion of the electricity grid, the initiative aims to facilitate an open and transparent exchange between all stakeholders. In order to achieve this goal, the initiative provides basic data at the beginning of the electricity grid expansion process and explains how the general public can become involved. The first funding period ended in December 2019. The National Institute for Public Administration Germany conducted an evaluation of the first funding period, which ran from December 2015 to December 2019. In addition, the BMWi commissioned the National Institute for Public Administration Germany to evaluate the second funding phase, which will start in 2020. This evaluation used a range of social research techniques to assess the initiative as a whole and the specific measures implemented.

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