Electronic commerce network

The Electronic Business Network (NEG) is a funding initiative of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology ( BMWi ). The aim of the initiative is to support small and medium-sized companies in making effective use of the opportunities offered by e-business.

Building the network

The NEG was founded in 1998 and offers on-site advice at 28 competence centers nationwide. It supports medium-sized businesses and the trades in the conception and introduction of e-business solutions - through information events, individual consultations (also in companies) and publications for practice. In the first ten years of its existence, over 300,000 participants took part in the more than 30,000 events and individual consultations of the network.

In addition to introductory advice, the network offers in-depth information in the following areas:

• Customer relationship and marketing
• Network and information security
• ERP - business software solutions on a proprietary and free basis
• RFID for medium-sized companies
• Femme digital - IT competence for women in the trade
• Regional internet marketing
• Electronic invoice processing

The competence centers at a glance

Baden-Württemberg

• ECC SH - Electronic Commerce Center Region Stuttgart-Heilbronn
• KECoS - Competence Center E-Commerce Swabia
• KeRN - Competence Network E-Business Rhein-Neckar

Bavaria

• ECKO - E-Commerce Competence Center East Bavaria
• KEGOM - Competence Center for Electronic Commerce in Upper and Middle Franconia
• MECK - Mainfränkisches Electronic Commerce Competence Center

Berlin

• eCOMM Berlin - Competence Center eCOMM Berlin

Brandenburg

• eCOMM Brandenburg - Competence Center eCOMM Brandenburg
• KEGO - competence center for electronic business transactions in the Oderland

Bremen

• e.biz - Bremen's initiative for e- and m-business

Hesse

• BIEG HESSEN - Advice and information center for electronic business transactions
• EC-M - Advice Center for Electronic Business Transactions Central Hesse

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

• ECCOM - Electronic Commerce Center Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Lower Saxony

• begin - Advice center for electronic business transactions in Lower Saxony - Hanover and Braunschweig region
• RECO - Regional Center for Electronic Commerce Applications Osnabrück

North Rhine-Westphalia

• ACC-EC - Aachen Competence Center - Electronic Commerce
• EC-Ruhr - Electronic Commerce Competence Center Ruhr
• KompEC Bonn / Rhein-Sieg - Competence Center Electronic Commerce Bonn / Rhein-Sieg
• MÜKE - Münsterländer competence center for electronic business transactions

Rhineland-Palatinate

• CLICK Rhineland-Palatinate - competence center for electronic business transactions Kaiserslautern / Ludwigshafen

Saarland

• KEG Saar - Competence Center for Electronic Business Transactions Saar

Saxony

• com.pas - Competence Center Application E-Business Saxony
• mdc-ecomm - Central German competence center for electronic business transactions
• SAGeG - Working group of Saxon chambers to support electronic business transactions in SMEs

Saxony-Anhalt

• mdc-ecomm - Central German competence center for electronic business transactions
• MD-ECZ - Magdeburg Electronic Commerce Center

Schleswig-Holstein

• KEG-Nord - competence center for electronic business traffic north in Kiel

Thuringia

• TheCK - Thuringian Competence Center eCommerce

External network partners

In addition to the regional competence centers, the Electronic Business Network includes an industry competence center for retail and six external network partners:

• ECC Handel - E-Commerce-Center Handel (branch competence center)
• E-Commerce Competence Center Freiburg - DieServiceAkademie (network partner)
• cebis neu-ulm - Centrum Electronic Business District Neu-Ulm (network partner)
• IHK for Munich and Upper Bavaria (network partner)
• E-ComHamburg - Hamburg initiative for electronic business transactions in medium-sized companies (network partner)
• ECCN - eCommerce-Center-Nordhessen (network partner)
• it.emsland - competence center for electronic business EMS (network partner)

Further information

Since 2007, the network has awarded the NEG Website Award to the best Internet presences from medium-sized businesses and crafts in Germany. The award is given to companies that have recognized the importance of the Internet as a medium for their business activities and use its opportunities in an exemplary manner. In 2011 five award winners were honored. The competition is sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. Once a year, the electronic business traffic network publishes a study entitled "Electronic business traffic in small and medium-sized businesses".

Web links

• Electronic commerce network
• Website award

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ECC SH - Electronic Commerce Center Region Stuttgart-Heilbronn
2. ↑ KECoS - Competence Center E-Commerce Swabia
3. ↑ KeRN - Competence Network E-Business Rhein-Neckar
4. ↑ ECKO - E-Commerce Competence Center East Bavaria
5. ↑ KEGOM - Competence Center for Electronic Commerce in Upper and Middle Franconia ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ MECK - Mainfränkisches Electronic Commerce Competence Center
7. ↑ eCOMM Berlin
8. ↑ eCOMM Brandenburg
9. ↑ KEGO - competence center for electronic business transactions in the Oderland
10. ↑ BIEG HESSE --Beratungs- and Information Center E-commerce
11. ↑ EC-M - Advice Center for Electronic Business Transactions in Central Hesse
12. ↑ ECCOM - Electronic Commerce Center Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2011 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. 
13. ↑ begin - Advice center for electronic business transactions in Lower Saxony - Hanover and Braunschweig region
14. ↑ RECO - Regional Center for Electronic Commerce Applications Osnabrück
15. ^ ACC-EC - Aachen Competence Center - Electronic Commerce
16. ↑ EC-Ruhr - Electronic Commerce Competence Center Ruhr
17. ↑ KompEC Bonn / Rhein-Sieg - Competence Center Electronic Commerce Bonn / Rhein-Sieg
18. ↑ CLICK Rhineland-Palatinate - Competence Center for Electronic Business Transactions Kaiserslautern / Ludwigshafen
19. ↑ KEG Saar - Competence Center for Electronic Business Transactions Saar ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
20. ↑ com.pas - Competence Center Application E-Business Saxony ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2011 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. 
21. ↑ mdc-ecomm - Central German competence center for electronic business transactions
22. ↑ SAGeG - Association of Saxon chambers in support of electronic commerce in SMEs
23. ↑ MD-ECZ - Magdeburg Electronic Commerce Center
24. ↑ KEG-Nord - Competence Center for Electronic Business Transactions North in Kiel ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2011 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. 
25. ↑ TheCK - Thuringian Competence Center eCommerce
26. ↑ Electronic business transactions in small and medium-sized enterprises and the skilled trades 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.