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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its Local Economic and Employment Development Programme has been working with the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS) since 2005 on an analytical and practical project on strengthening entrepreneurship in East Germany as a critical lever for economic growth and employment creation. In their support to entrepreneurship activity federal, Länder and local governments and their partners are often looking for new ideas and information on what works and what does not work in order to adapt their strategies, programmes and delivery methods and make their approaches more effective. The project responds to this need by providing an opportunity for participants in East Germany to stand back and reflect on their overall options, needs and priorities and by facilitating an international exchange of information on innovations and best practices from a range of OECD Member countries.

The review includes, in addition to a global assessment of needs and opportunities for entrepre-neurship policy in East Germany as a whole, the examination of six local case study areas. The following areas have been proposed by the participating East German Länder ministries: the districts of Mittweida (Saxony); Altenburger Land (Thuringia) (case study areas 1 and 2); the districts of Uckermark (Brandenburg); Parchim (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) (case study areas 3 and 4); the university context in the City of Halle (Saxony-Anhalt); and the borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf in Berlin (case study areas 5 and 6).