Berlin Senate starts great administrative reform: end of the authorities ping pongs!

Berlin Senate starts great administrative reform: end of the authorities ping pongs!

The Berlin Senate launched the comprehensive administrative reform on December 17, 2024 in a pioneering meeting. The focus is on the new state organization law, which is intended to replace the existing general law (AZG). This law aims to clearly regulate the distribution of tasks between the Senate and the districts and to end the "authorities ping pong", which is often criticized in Berlin. According to Berliner Zeitung , the reform should be clearly assigned to the administration and the responsibilities are significantly assigned and the control by the Senate administrations improves is.

In addition, the Senate has decided on a new payment card for asylum seekers in the same session, but this does not yet have a fixed introductory date. This card will be available asylum seekers in recording facilities and should simplify access to financial services. The ruling mayor emphasized the importance that Berlin does not go a special route on this question and that the payment card is introduced with a cash cord of 50 euros, as was agreed at a prime minister conference. In the future, the project should accelerate the duration of the asylum procedures that should not take longer than six months, so berlin.de .

The constitutional changes, which are also part of the reform, include an adaptation of the regulations on the right of intervention by the Senate into district tasks and guarantee a greater inclusion of district expertise in the development of Senate templates. These measures are intended to ensure that the administration works transparently and efficiently in the capital and that the districts are better integrated into the decision -making processes. After these measures are now sent to the mayor's advice, the vote in the House of Representatives follows, where broad consent is sought to ensure the reform sustainably.