Berlin partner for business and technology

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The Berlin Partner of Economics and Technology GmbH (Berlin Partners) is a public-private partnership for economic and technological assistance in the Land Berlin . The society is supported by the state of Berlin, chambers, associations and companies. As part of location marketing, the company is responsible for the international capital city campaign be Berlin .

Berlin Partner informs companies and investors u. a. on funding opportunities, advises on the search for a suitable location or qualified personnel and networks with cooperation partners from science. The approximately 200 employees (as of 2018) are located in the Ludwig-Erhard-Haus , where the co-partner IHK Berlin is also based.

history

The company was founded in 1994 as a partner for Berlin Gesellschaft für Hauptstadt Marketing mbH to promote location in the state of Berlin. A planned merger with the Brandenburg Economic Development Agency, the Brandenburg Future Agency, failed in 2007 because Berlin is said to have feared that a joint company would ultimately benefit Brandenburg more than Berlin. In June 2013 , the Berlin Partner business development agency finally merged with the innovation agency of the Berlin Technology Foundation to form Berlin Partner for Business and Technology GmbH .

Fields of activity

Business development and technology development are the focus of Berlin Partner's work. To this end, the company conducts public surveys on the image of Berlin as a business location and offers companies and investors service and support in settling in Berlin and in growing the location.

The following offer is available for companies, investors and scientific institutions:

  • Participation in the development and implementation of economic, technology and innovation policy strategies in the country.
  • Support in particular for medium-sized companies and industrial companies from Berlin in their corporate development.
  • Advice and support for companies setting up in Berlin.
  • Promotion and strengthening of knowledge and technology transfer by networking science and business.
  • Responsible for global capital and location marketing for Berlin, including the be -Berlin campaign.
  • Services on the topics of real estate , funding , financing , EU and international services for innovation, settlement, expansion and location security projects.

organization

The company is a public-private partnership and works for growth in the German capital. The employees are on the move to convince companies and investors of Berlin as a location and then to support them in successfully arriving and growing in the city. The successes are measured by various indicators: The focus is on the number of jobs that can be created or secured in Berlin with the support of Berlin Partner. In addition, the investment volume and the third-party funds raised in the projects supported by Berlin Partner are in focus.

The areas of responsibility of the Berlin business development agency are based on the previous cluster distribution:

  1. Energy and mobility,
  2. Health economy ,
  3. Digital economy and service economy ,
  4. Industrial production and optics as well as Berlin districts ,
  5. Operational services.

The companies in the network acquire licenses from Berlin Partners in 5 categories, which differ according to the contribution to be paid by the company (currently - April 2015 - € 10,225 in the lowest and € 150,000 in the highest category) and the services offered. These range from the use of databases, the presentation of company logos, invitations to events to the organization of company events and support for press work.

Shareholder

Supervisory board

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

First deputy to the chairman of the supervisory board

  • Ramona Pop - Senator for Economy, Energy and Public Enterprises Berlin
  • Frank Büchner - President of the Association of Business Associations in Berlin and Brandenburg e. V. (UVB)
  • Hendrik Fischer - State Secretary in the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of the State of Brandenburg
  • Carsten Jung - CEO of Berliner Volksbank eG
  • Beatrice Kramm - President of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Michael Müller - Governing Mayor of Berlin , Senate Chancellery Berlin
  • Stephan Schwarz - President of the Berlin Chamber of Crafts
  • Tobias Weber - Managing Director of City Clean GmbH & Co. KG
  • Nicolas Zimmer - CEO of the Technologiestiftung Berlin

Managing directors

Stefan Franzke is the managing director of Berlin Partner for Business and Technology. He advertises the growing technology and business location of the German capital, supports local companies and convinces international investors of Berlin's potential. After studying mechanical engineering at the University of Hanover, Franzke was Managing Director at the Institute for Integrated Production in Hanover. As head of the Innovation Center Lower Saxony, he deepened his know-how in strategy consulting on innovations and key technologies from 2003 and advised international investors on the settlement. In addition, since 2006, as managing director of Innovatives Niedersachsen, he was responsible for national and international marketing in the state. In July 2014 Franzke moved to the top of Berlin Partner.

partner

Over 270 partners from business and science form the network of Berlin Partners for Business and Technology GmbH. Important associations and foundations also support the company's work.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual financial statements for the 2017 financial year of Berlin Partner for Business and Technology GmbH. In: Bundesanzeiger , October 18, 2018, accessed on April 2, 2019 (average number of employees excluding trainees, interns and managing directors: 208 employees including 7 executives)
  2. ↑ M. Hoffmann, E. Haacke: Competition of the neighbors . In: Handelsblatt , May 9, 2007, accessed on April 27, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Alfons Frese: Business development merged with the technology foundation . In: Der Tagesspiegel , June 16, 2013, accessed on April 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ www.handelsblatt.com: Der Werber Rat: Berlin-a capital without a vision from August 3, 2012, accessed on April 27, 2015
  5. ↑ http://www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/neue-strategie-berlin-partner-foerdert-konsortium-fuer-besseres-parken/11268738.html
  6. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from April 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berlin.de
  8. ↑ www.economist.com: Rebranding Berlin: In search of the 1920s , July 19, 2007, accessed April 27, 2015
  9. ↑ www.spiegel.de: Berlin image campaign: More heart than snout from March 9, 2009, accessed on April 27, 2015
  10. ↑ a b Annual Report 2014: http://www.berlin-partner.de/fileadmin/user_upload/01_chefredaktion/02_pdf/03_meta/31/Berlin_Partner_jahresberichtbericht_2014.pdf (accessed April 17, 2015)
  11. ↑ www.berlin-partner.de/: Service catalog as of: January 1, 2014, accessed on April 27, 2015
  12. ↑ [1]
  13. ↑ Shareholder Berlin Partner (accessed May 19, 2017)
  14. ↑ http://www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/neuer-geschaeftsfuehrer-bei-berlin-partner-stefan-franzke-will-start-ups-und-konzerne-unterstuetzen/10189010.html
  15. ↑ Berlin Partner for Business and Technology: A pioneering model. Retrieved September 21, 2017 .
  16. ↑ http://www.berlin-partner.de/hauptstadt-marketing/berlin-partner-netzwerk/