Franco-German Society for Science and Technology
The German-French Society for Science and Technology (DFGWT) was a registered association that promoted rapprochement and cooperation between German and French industry and science. The society was founded in 1981, the French sister organization was the AFAST (Association Franco-Allemande pour la Science et la Technologie) . In June 2014, the two clubs stopped their work - the set goals had been achieved.
history
The DFGWT was established by the First Joint Cultural Declaration of the Heads of State and Government on February 6, 1981. It said: "The Franco-German Society for Science and Technology, recently founded by a private initiative, is an important contribution to bringing industry and science closer together".
The society - just like its French counterpart - was financed primarily through membership fees and donations as well as grants from the respective research ministries. In order to facilitate technology transfer and partnerships, colloquiums, seminars and lectures were organized, networks were formed and the promotion of work at universities in the respective areas was supported. In 1989, for example, a binational network was successfully set up to establish and promote cooperation between small and medium-sized companies and German and French research institutions.
The first chairman of the DFGWT was the physicist Heinz Maier-Leibnitz .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ DFGWT - (Former) German-French Society for Science and Technology e. V. In: International Cooperation. Retrieved January 3, 2020 .
- ↑ quoted from Hermann Schmitz-Wenzell: German-French Society for Science and Technology , in: Pfeil et al. (Ed.): Lexicon of German-French cultural relations after 1945. Tübingen, 2013. P. 180.
- ^ Henning Streubel: Technology transfer facilities in Germany and France . Wiesbaden, 2000. p. 79.