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The Kompetenznetze Deutschland Initiative of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) brings together the best-performing innovation clusters in Germany. These are divided into nine thematic groups and are situated in eight specific regions in Germany. The Initiative supports its members in the generation of distinct regional and sectoral profiles, strengthens intercommunication between commerce and science, pools information about Germany’s innovation networks and clusters and supports the participating networks in terms of strategic development, processes of change and horizontal networking.

Facts and Figures

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more than 100 networks with:
more than 450 large enterprises
more than 6.000 SME
more than 1.600 research institutes
more than 1.000 service providers

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The members of the initiative are supported by a portfolio of services by the office of the initiative.

Organisational Details

The Federal Republic of Germany is composed of 16 Federal States (“Länder“). Their structure is the result of political and historical development and reflects today's economic structures to only a limited degree. In contrast the Initiative Kompetenznetze Deutschland is divided into eight regions. The single regions are characterised by several economic similarities, especially by a typical, long-term grown economic structure: Coast, North German Lowlands, Middle Germany, Rhine-Main- Neckar, Berlin-Brandenburg, Rhine-Ruhr- Sieg, South West Germany and South Germany.

Research Activities

The members of the networks in Kompetenznetze Deutschland are active in a wide range of research areas, such as biotechnology, health and medical science, transportation and mobility, materials technologies and chemistry, production and engineering, aviation and space, energy and environment, information and communication and micro-nano-opto technologies. They focus especially on collaborative research with the industry.