Franz-Reinhard Habbel, Publicist, Author & Entrepreneur was until the end of 2017 at the German Association of Towns and Municipalities as Spokesperson and Associate for Policy Issues/Digitization and is founder of the DStGB-Innovators Club. He was a member of the IT Planning Council. He is co-editor of KOMMUNAL, Europe's largest magazine for cities and municipalities, and editor of the ZMI Ten-Minute Internet Newsletter for local politicians. Habbel has been an honorary ambassador for municipal development policy of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development since 2020.