About Us
The founder of the Jemal Nebez Foundation, Dr. Hannelore Küchler, left the entire estate of Jemal Nebez to the Foundation. The assets of Jemal Nebez, which flowed into the Foundation, were increased in comparable value by her own funds.
This is a foundation which set up by and for Kurds.
The Foundation has two properties in Berlin Wilmersdorf: a condominium that is currently rented out and brings in an income for the foundation, and a non-residential property with an office, meeting room and the Jemal Nebez Library.
The notarial certification of the assets, with the preamble/charter of the Foundation, was done at the notary’s office and signed by founder Dr. Hannelore Küchler on March 20, 2020. The preamble and the statutes of the Jemal Nebez Foundation can here be viewed online.
The purpose of the Jemal Nebez Foundation is the promotion of science and research, popular education, and vocational training and the art and culture of the Kurds, be it in Kurdistan or aroud the world, in the current context or concerning their history.
A legally responsible non-profit organization
With its limited resources, the Foundation can pay its current expenses, but cannot employ staff. It can support research projects, but cannot finance them from its own funds. Rather, it relies on voluntary work and on donations or other benefits. Anyone who is subject to tax assessment in Germany can take advantage of tax benefits, based on the donations made to the Foundation. As it has a non-profit status, the foundation is able to issue donation receipts. The Deutsche Bank account number and our IBAN for donations can be found in the Impressum or Legal notice.
Honorary executive and advisory board
The chairperson, who is also the founder, is appointed for life. Her deputy and the advisory board are appointed for five years. In five years, the founding phase of the Jemal Nebez Foundation will be behind it and much will already have been arranged. The more people who are addressed by this foundation and want to get involved, the better.
This is our current organisation chart. It sets all our committees and fields of activity in relation to each other and shows them at a glance.
Organization
Executive Board | Advisory Board |
Lifetime Chair: Dr. Hannelore Küchler, Berlin
Executive Board Member: | Markus Kuchler / Attorney at Law, Stockholm, Chairperson of the Advisory Board Kaveh Ghoreishi / MA soz., Journalist, Berlin.
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Other bodies and responsibilities
As the Foundation’s activities increase, the organizational structure will also increase and responsibilities will be defined.
Jemal Nebez Prize Commission
It currently consists of 7 members: Haci Akman, Sirwan Renas, Veman Lineva, Behkash Takouk, Xunav Haco, Shano Mato and Fexriye (also Fahriye) Adsay, the latter of whom has led the group since September 1, 2024.
Here you can find more information about the Jemal Nebez Prize, including short biographies of the members of the Jemal Nebez Prize Commission.
Jemal Nebez Online Seminars
These seminars are held at irregular intervals on both social science and natural science topics. Sirwan Renas is responsible for selecting the social science topics/speakers. Yado Rahmani is responsible for selecting the natural science topics/speakers.
Yado Rahmani is responsible for the implementation of all seminars, their processing and presentation on the Jemal Nebez YouTube channel.
