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16.4. Cities of Tomorrow
Som beskrevet indledningsvis støttede Bertelsmann Fonden efterfølgende et netværk mellem
de ti nominerede kommuner benævnt “International Network for Better Local Goverment,
Cities of Tomorrow”. Bertelsmann Fonden støttede herunder samarbejdet økonomisk. Repræsentanter
for Farum Kommune deltog i netværkets arrangementer i de forskellige byer. Farum
Kommune var vært i henholdsvis 1997 og 2001.
For så vidt angår refusion af udgifter anmodede kommissionen ved brevet af 13. marts 2005
ligeledes Bertelsmann Fonden om at besvare følgende spørgsmål om økonomi og modtog
svar i et brev af 30. marts 2006: 1
Svar:
“Request 2:
The commission requests information regarding which amounts have been transferred/paid
from the Bertelsmann Stiftung to the municipality of Farum during the
period January 1 st 1990-august 6 th 2003, and so far as possible information regarding
the precise amount, specific date and purpose as well as other relevant details
which might be available.“
“Regarding your second request we were informed by our controlling department
that for the period of the cooperation with the city of Farum the Bertelsmann
Stiftung spent the total amount of 60.274,68 €. Most of the amount was spent to a
big international conference on public sector modernization, which took place in
Farum in 2001. Any money transfer of the Bertelsmann Stiftung to project partners
is strictly connected to project expenditures and has to be proofed by invoices.
The Carl Bertelsmann Prize in which the city of Farum participated took place in
1993, the city of Farum was excluded from the network “Cities of Tomorrow” in
2002. In the meantime the colleagues who were in charge of the project “Cities of
Tomorrow” left the Bertelsmann Stiftung. Therefore it is not easy to reconstruct
all details regarding the case of Farum. We kindly ask you for your understanding.
Nevertheless we try our best to contribute to your very important work with the
attached information.
…”
Bertelsmann Fonden har således i alt afholdt 60.274,68 € eller ca. 450.000 d.kr. som refusion
på dokumenterede udgifter betalt af Farum Kommune, heraf størstedelen på den internationale
”Conference on public sector modernization” i Farum i 2001.
1 617-1 og 629-1
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