BorgNetzWerk – Gesellschaft zur Vernetzung Freien Wissens e.V.
Learn more about our association, perspectives from inside and outside and the Transparent Civil Society Initiative Report.
We are a Germany based, non-profit charitable “Association for the Networking of Free Knowledge”.
As a charitable non-profit organisation (NPO), we are an association with the goal to connect the Free Knowledge avaialble in the world.
According to the german layout of charitable causes, our goals can be summarized as the fostering of
- Science and Research,
- Education and
- civic engagement in favor of charitable and benevolent and charitable purposes
We were founded in 2023 and run entirely by volunteers. The funds and donations are used solely for supporting our charitable endeavours, like funding maintainance or legal advice.
These voluntarely efforts, alongside mandatory reports to the german tax office and self-commitments like the transparency report, ensure that we maintain our values on this journey towards
A common reality.
Satzung (german statute)
Beitragsordnung (german membership contribution rules)
External perspectives
„Tim, the founder of the Netzwerk, was able to use automatic voice recognition to produce transcripts for audio interviews I have been doing over the last decade and more, leading to an invaluable resource for users of my podcast website.
As someone who is very invested in freely accessible public outreach, I think this is just a hint at what is potentially possible. The more we can make information and analysis of information widely available, the fewer barriers there will be in education, communication, and so on, which can only be a good thing!“
Prof. Dr. Peter Adamson
Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy, host of the History of Philosophy podcast
„I think it’s really great that you’re taking on this project and are so enthusiastic and motivated!“
Caroline Schröder
Doctor
„I find the approach fascinating and I’m curious!“
Dr. Wilhelm von Eßen
Dentist
„I think your commitment is great! And I can also identify very well with the goals.“
Prof. Dr. Holger Karl
Head of the “Internet Technologies and Softwarization” department at the Hasso Plattner Institute
Internal perspectives
„I don’t think my knowledge is required for the big picture. Think of all the great knowlede already out there, waiting to be puzzled together.“
Tim Wittenborg
Founder of the BorgNetzWerk
Others
Transparency
Transparency International Deutschland e.V. (Transparency Germany) is the national chapter of Transparency International.
They started the “Commitment of the Transparent Civil Society Initiative”, which urges every civil society organization to make ten basic points accessible to the public. These include the articles of association, the names of key decision-makers and information on the source of funds, use of funds and personnel structure.
