Authority for Economy and Innovation

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Authority for Economy and Innovation
- BWI -

Official logo of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
State level Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
position Supreme state authority
Headquarters Hamburg
Authority management Senator Michael Westhagemann

President of the Authority for Economy and Innovation

Budget volume EUR 317.27 million (2019)
Web presence www.hamburg.de
BWI, Alter Steinweg 4

The Hamburg Authority for Economy and Innovation ( BWI ) is one of eleven specialist authorities of the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and is responsible for economic policy and innovation promotion in the Hanseatic city. Until the creation of an independent transport authority in June 2020, it was also responsible for transport policy . The authority is based at Alten Steinweg 4 / Wexstraße 7 in Hamburg-Neustadt .

Michael Westhagemann (independent) has been the Senator for Economic Affairs and President of the authority since November 1, 2018 . The sole State Councilor since June 2020 has been Andreas Rieckhof , who already acted as State Councilor for Transport in the authority from 2011 to 2020. He replaced Torsten Sevecke as State Councilor for Economic Affairs.

history

The roots of today's authority lie in the Admiralty , founded in 1623 , which consisted of representatives of the council, the merchants and the boatmen. She was not only responsible for the military protection of shipping, but also for the pilotage on the Lower Elbe and the maintenance of beacons and navigation signs. In addition, the college was also the port police and the highest judicial authority in disputes in the port, with regard to shipping and maritime trade.

During the French era , the Admiralty was dissolved and its tasks were transferred in 1814 to the newly formed "Shipping and Port Deputation". In 1863 this was incorporated into the “Deputation for Trade, Shipping and Industry”, which in turn became today's economic authority after 1945.

After 1945, the exact departmental structure of the authority changed several times. In the Senates of Beust II , III and Ahlhaus, for example, the labor department was part of the economic authority, which for a long time was also responsible for the Hanseatic city's transport policy. The authority last existed from 2011 to 2020 with responsibilities for economy, transport and innovation. In 2020, as part of the continuation of the red-green coalition after the state elections in the Tschentscher II Senate, a new, independent authority for transport and mobility transition was created, whereby the economic authority lost its responsibility for this topic. However, she is still responsible for the port , the airport and the planning approval .

organization

The authority is divided into four (until June 2020 with traffic: five) offices (comparable to departments in other ministries) as well as a staff area:

  • Office Z: Central Administration
  • Office W: Economic Development, Foreign Trade
  • Office I: innovation and structural policy, medium-sized companies, port
  • Office R: Legal Office
  • SB: North German cooperation, marketing, tourism

The business area of ​​BWI also includes:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg - Tax Authority : Section 7.0 Authority for Economy, Transport and Innovation. In: Budget 2019/2020. Retrieved October 17, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Urgent application - restructuring of the authorities 2020 (Drs. 22/564). (PDF) June 16, 2020, accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Michael Westhagemann is the new Senator of the Authority for Economics, Transport and Innovation. Retrieved November 1, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg constituted , Senate Chancellery Hamburg , accessed on June 10, 2020
  5. ^ Organization chart of BWVI , as of April 21, 2014.