Civic engagement and participation

Under certain conditions, you can apply for exemptions for special experimental and technical/scientific studies with an amateur radio station.

As a youth leader, you can apply for a so-called youth leader card. This is a standardized national ID card for volunteers in youth work and also grants various benefits.

You can apply to the Federal Network Agency for authorization to participate in the amateur radio service.

You can apply to the Federal Network Agency to take the amateur radio examination.

If you pass the amateur radio examination, you can apply for an amateur radio examination certificate or an amateur radio certificate.

If you have a foreign amateur radio license and are only staying in Germany for a short time, you can apply to the Federal Network Agency for a short-term license to participate in the amateur radio service.

Would you like to obtain an amateur radio license in Germany and already have a foreign amateur radio license or amateur radio examination certificate? Then you can have these recognized by the Federal Network Agency under certain conditions.

If you are authorized to participate in the amateur radio service, you can, under certain conditions, be assigned an additional callsign for a remote-controlled or automatically operating amateur radio station.

You can declare your renunciation of your license to participate in the amateur radio service or one of your call sign allocations to the Federal Network Agency.

You have the right to inspect a spatial development plan for the federal territory and the adjacent areas of the North Sea and Baltic Sea.

As a recognized non-profit association, you can benefit from tax concessionsbenefits. You can find out more about this below.

As a radio amateur with an assigned German amateur radio call sign, you must always inform the Federal Network Agency immediately of any changes to your personal data.

If you want to find out about public announcements from authorities, you will usually find them in an official gazette.
You can subscribe to the Saarland Official Gazette.

If you want to find out about public announcements from authorities, you will usually find them in an official gazette.

They can participate in the preparation and amendment of a state-wide spatial development plan.

They can participate in the preparation or amendment of spatial development plans for the EEZ and for Germany as a whole.

Federal railroad operating facilities may only be built, modified or dismantled with the approval of the Federal Railway Authority. If your rights or interests are affected by the planned project, you can notify us.

If you are an amateur radio operator with an assigned amateur radio call sign and you set up or permanently relocate your fixed amateur radio stations, you must report this to the Federal Network Agency.

If you are authorized to participate in the amateur radio service, you can, under certain conditions, be assigned an additional callsign for the operation of an amateur radio station as a club station.

If you have any questions for the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) or comments on its tasks, you are welcome to contact the LBA directly.

The Voluntary Ecological Year (FÖJ) is an offer to all those who not only talk and read about nature and environmental protection, but also want to put it into practice out of conviction, interest and fun.

Funding is provided for projects in Saarland cities and municipalities that are geared towards the common good - regardless of whether they are still in the planning stage and will soon be implemented or whether they are already underway and are to be extended.

If you have objections and comments on a planned change or new construction of a highway or federal road, you can submit these to the authority responsible for the project as part of the planning approval procedure.

If you would like to do your youth voluntary service in another country, you can find more information about your rights and obligations during a voluntary year abroad here.