Office of the State of Berlin at the European Union

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Office of the State of Berlin at the European Union

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State level Berlin
position State representation
Headquarters Brussels
Authority management Volker Löwe
Servants 11
Web presence Homepage of the representation

The office of the State of Berlin at the European Union is the state representation of Berlin at the European Union with its seat in Brussels . It supports the Berlin Senate Administration in implementing Berlin's European policy.

organization

The office of the State of Berlin at the EU in Brussels is also Division III B in the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe.

tasks and goals

  • The office is used to inform the Berlin administration about current developments in the legislative and non-legislative area of ​​EU policy, especially in the area of ​​EU structural funds and EU funding programs ("early detection system").
  • It aims at Berlin's interests and positions in the European opinion-forming and decision-making process, in particular by maintaining contact with the European institutions such as the European Commission, Council and European Parliament, regional and municipal offices, networks (e.g. Eurocities, capitals and capital city regions) and associations bring in.
  • It is used to prepare meetings of the Committee of the Regions for the Berlin members and to present the state's interests and state competencies through the conception and organization of specialist events, etc. a. in cooperation with the Berlin Business Representation (Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH) and the Brandenburg State Representation to the EU.
  • It is intended to further strengthen the European competences of the Berlin administration by initiating and organizing advanced training seminars and visits to Brussels for executives of the Senate administrations, districts and subordinate authorities.
  • Further goals are the development and support of European cooperation projects, the initial consultation on European funding, the support of the city-partnership cooperation between the capital region Brussels and Berlin and the presentation of the cultural diversity of Berlin and general information about Berlin for national and international visitor groups as well as for inquiries Belgium.

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