Foreigners' advisory councils

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Special information for - City of Rodgau

This is not a service, but the explanation of a municipal body.

The Department of Law and Committees supports the Foreigners' Advisory Council in fulfilling its statutory duties as an office. The provision of the Foreigners' Advisory Council with the necessary material and financial resources is guaranteed by the main statutes of the City of Rodgau.


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    The Foreigners' Advisory Councils in Hesse are anchored in the Hessian Municipal Code (HGO) under §§ 84-88 and as voluntary bodies also in the Hessian County Code (HKO) under §§ 4b.


    The central and valuable task of the Foreigners' Advisory Council is to advise the municipal bodies on issues that particularly affect the foreign population of the municipality. When providing advice, it must be guided by the interests of this population group. The Foreigners' Advisory Council is therefore an advisor to the municipal bodies. This support is necessary as the municipal representatives also represent the interests of the local foreign population within the scope of their decision-making powers under the provisions of electoral law and local self-government. The activities of the Foreigners' Advisory Council are limited to the internal sphere of the municipality. Like committees and commissions, the Foreigners' Advisory Council has no external legal capacity.


    Foreigners' advisory councils are elected in municipalities in which more than 1,000 foreign residents are registered (Section 84 HGO). If this limit is not reached, the municipality can regulate the establishment of an advisory council for foreigners in the main statutes; the election of an advisory council for foreigners is also optional at district level. The term of office of an advisory council for foreigners is five years. The number of representatives to be elected is between 3 and 37. Elections are held according to the same principles as for general local elections, with the special feature that only foreign residents, including EU citizens, but not German-foreign dual nationals, are entitled to vote. Naturalised citizens with a migration background also have the right to stand for election. In the last foreigners' advisory council elections in November 2015, elections were held in 83 municipalities and districts.


    At state level, the foreigners' advisory councils join together in the Hesse Working Group of Foreigners' Advisory Councils (agah). The agah is also a service provider for the foreigners' advisory councils. Its purpose is to advise and support the local advisory councils for foreigners in their work.


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