National Sustainability Strategy In the autumn of 2010, the
Federal Government began the consultation process for the next
Progress Report. This time all members of the general public
were able to contribute to the discussion and the report online
at www.dialog-nachhaltigkeit.de. The first round of dialogue in
the summer of 2010 comprised a debate on the key issues in the
report, the second round of discussion in the summer of 2011
revolved around the Draft for the 2012 Progress Report. On 15
February 2012, the Federal Cabinet approved the finalised
report. For more information, see Strategy 2012. In April 2002,
the German Government adopted the national Sustainability
Strategy. The results of consultations with social groups and
the proposals of the Council for Sustainable Development were
incorporated into this document. For more detailed information,
see section Strategy 2002. In the following years, the German
Sustainability Strategy was repeatedly refined with the input of
so-called Progress Reports. In