Grüne on digital affairs

The Greens want to promote digital and media literacy from daycare to old age and anchor it across all government departments. In the program's view, handling media critically and safely is now a prerequisite for staying informed, participating and taking part in society.

Many things happen online today. The Greens want everyone to be able to use media well. This should apply to children and to older people too. Schools should prepare young people for topics like fake news. There should also be programs outside of school.

Schools are to prepare young people for topics such as algorithms, artificial intelligence, copyright, online hate, manipulation, fake news and social media. The program also names protection of minors in the media, fighting online and media addiction, and consumer rights as important areas. Media education programs are to be supported outside the usual educational institutions as well, as is further training for private individuals. So that providers can plan reliably, federal and EU funds are to be drawn on continuously and existing funding programs made better known.

The Greens want to offer more services of the state and its two cities online and to simplify administrative procedures. Citizen services are to be built around users' needs and offer appointments within two weeks.

The Greens want to put more government services online. People should have to fill out fewer forms. You should get an appointment within two weeks. Offices should write clearly and in several languages.

The platform puts the principle of "users first" at the center. It calls for electronic payment, multilingual services, and plain, gender-inclusive language. Information is to be stored securely and, if people wish, shared between agencies so that nobody has to submit it repeatedly. The platform cites Bremen's ELFE procedure for parents of newborns as a model and wants a similar service for Unterhaltsvorschuss (advance child-support payments). Agencies are to choose forms of address that fit the people they are writing to.

The Greens want to equip public agencies with open-source software wherever possible and make more non-personal data publicly available. One reason given is a critical view of the influence of large corporations. The state is also to inform the public more clearly and openly.

The Greens want government offices to use open-source software. That is software whose code anyone can look at. Government data that is not about individual people should be public. Forms should also come in plain language.

An open-data strategy is meant to ensure that more data collected by public bodies serves the common good. At the federal level, the Greens back shared standards and the move from proprietary to open software. Software contracts awarded by the state, the municipalities, and publicly owned companies are to meet minimum criteria on data minimization, open source, and decentralized data storage. A public list is to show which software is used where. An open-source, low-paper portal is planned for project applications, for instance in culture and social services. Application forms are to be accessible and available in plain language, and agencies are to notify applicants when they miss deadlines under the freedom of information law.

The Greens want an IT security strategy for the state of Bremen that takes threats from cybercrime into account. In addition, a "responsible disclosure" program is to be created through which security flaws in government IT can be reported with legal certainty. In the Greens' view, finding and reporting such flaws should not be a crime.

The Greens want to make government computers safer. There should be a plan for the state of Bremen. People should be able to report security gaps. A safe reporting platform is planned for this. Anyone who reports a gap should not be punished.

The strategy builds on the 2017 information security guideline and is to cover citizens, public administration, business and infrastructure. Until then, all senate departments are to draw up and implement their own security guidelines. For the IT of the state, the municipalities and publicly owned companies, the aim is conformity with IT-Grundschutz (ISO 27001). The reporting program is to apply to state and municipal administration and include a platform along with clear rules.

The Greens want to review how well digitalization support for small and mid-sized companies works and adjust it quickly where needed. According to the platform, these firms often lack the staff, time and money to digitize their processes.

Small firms often have little time and money for going digital. The Greens want to check the help for this. If needed, the help should get better fast. More firms should learn about the help.

Both ongoing support projects and funding programs for digital investment are to be reviewed. Existing offers are to be made better known and broadened to include social and ecological aspects. To address the shortage of IT specialists, the platform relies on new continuing-education offers. These include training networks in which several companies and industries work together.

The Greens want to quickly draw up a digitalization strategy for the ports and carry it out together with businesses. The platform justifies this with the lead that Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg have gained. At the same time, workers are to gain digital skills to secure their career prospects.

The Greens want a plan for more digital technology in the ports. Other ports like Rotterdam or Hamburg are already ahead. The government and companies should carry out the plan together. Workers should learn how to use digital tools. This should keep their job chances good.

The public sector and private maritime and logistics companies are to implement the strategy quickly in an alliance. The port company bremenports is to coordinate the process and build up more digital expertise for that role. With companies and training providers, the Greens want to draw up a skills strategy for workers and continue ongoing projects. In Bremerhaven, real-time data should help use space more efficiently. Port areas are also to be linked with nearby commercial and industrial sites and opened to research and development in order to create new jobs.