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It is a chartered non-profit voluntary association with up to 114 members: Its members represent the German Federal government and the governments of the Laender, representatives of important German institutions working within UNESCO's fields of competence as well as individual experts.
New political currents usually begin outside the parliament and usually creep over the Länderparlamente into the German Bundestag (federal parliament) or even into the Bundesregierung Deutschlands (the German federal government).
Since the founding of the efms, Heckmann has been a consultant to the German Federal Government, the European Commission, to local and municipal governments, foundation (non-profit) and civil society organizations.
Memberships: Council of Economic Advisors to the German Federal Government 1974-78; Advisory Council on Consumer Policy to the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs; Board of Stiftung Warentest 1975-84; Editorial Board of Journal of Consumer Policy 1977-95