eGovernment

The capital region has already successfully realized a number of eGovernment-projects, which has propelled it ahead of other cities and Länder as a location for eGovernment solutions. The region is home to institutions at all levels of the public sector, associations and political organizations, which guarantees close contact to the people using this service. A first-rate technical infrastructure, a wide selection of available real estate and large numbers of qualified young talent make the region an ideal location for IT business.


Customers

The capital region is home to the major customers for providers of eGovernment solutions.
  • Federal government
    - Executive branch ministries and agencies
    - National political organizations
    - National political parties
  • Federal Länder
    - Representations of the Land governments
    - Berlin Land government and Senate administrations
    - Brandenburg Land government
  • Municipalities
    - Local politics and district authorities
  • Embassies from 135 countries
  • Foundations associated with the German political parties
  • Industry associations
  • Government affairs offices of major corporations
  • Universities and other institutions of higher learning
  • Trade unions
  • Technology parks and business incubators
  • Housing construction companies

Public funding

Total expenditures for public administration in Germany
11.3 billion euros
Total expenditures by the public administration on IT
2.5 billion euros
IT expenditures by the Land of Berlin
250 million euros
Annual subsidies for science and research institutions
1.8 billion euros

Companies in Berlin-Brandenburg (selection)

The companies in the capital region have significant expertise in working with the public sector and consider this market to be of great strategic significance.

Consulting
  • Accenture
  • Arthur D. Little
  • A.T. Kearney
  • BearingPoint
  • Booz-Allen & Hamilton
  • Boston Consulting Group
  • Cap Gemini  
  • Ernst & Young Consulting 
  • CSC Ploenzke  
  • Deloitte Consulting 
  • McKinsey
  • Mummert Consulting    
  • Roland Berger   
IT
  • EDS
  • SAP
  • IBM
  • Microsoft
  • Siemens Business Services
  • T-Systems
  • Berlin IT Service Center ITDZ (the central service provider for the Berlin authorities)
  • ARCHIKART Software AG

Networks, Initiatives and Associations

Various organizations and interest groups work to develop and exploit the capital region's IT potential and support new initiatives and projects.

Project Future - (Projekt Zukunft)
Communication and Promotion Network Berlin
A network of companies in the information and communication technology and media sectors
An IT-industry marketing initiative
Interest group for the information and communication technology industry in Berlin and Brandenburg
Communication platform for the multimedia industry
eCommerce center of excellence for electronic business transactions
An e-government portal
Association of the German IT and telecommunication industry
Network for XML technologies
Interest group and communication platform for telematics
Innovation network for the geoinformation industry
Network promoting the transfer of technology in the IT industry

Training, Education and Career Development

The capital region is considered Germany's foremost location for higher education. Several research universities and universities of applied sciences offer graduate programs related to media and communications and thereby provide the region with qualified specialists. About 60 percent of all students take computer science courses related to their field of study.


eGovernment programs
  • Institute for eGovernment at Steinbeis University Berlin
  • Institute of Electronic Business at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) providing an eGovernment seminar
  • Public Management Program at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht - FHW)
  • School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informatik) at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin), Distributed Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, research focus: eGovernment as a field of application for software agents
  • Research Center for Network Technologies and Multimedia Applications (Forschungszentrum für Netzwerktechnologien und Multimediaanwendungen) and the Office for Information and Communication (Geschäftsstelle für Information und Kommunikation) at the TU Berlin, research focus: secure information and communication infrastructure, "Smart Card" architectures
  • Department of Public Administration at the Institute for Social Sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin

Research institutions outside the universities
  • Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft-Berlin, eGovernment-Center
  • Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers
  • Max Planck Society
  • Leibnitz Association