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 of 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 project is bringing to light:

• New local approaches that could better exploit opportunities or overcome barriers to entrepreneurship.

• Methods to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of existing local policies and programmes. 

• Methods to improve the co-ordination and delivery of local entrepreneurship instruments across different programmes and partners and to build more comprehensive and integrated policies.
  

Background information

See the project outputs

Project partners:

Senate for Economy,Technology and Women, Berlin

Ministry of Economy, Brandenburg

Minstry for Economy, Labour and Tourism, Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania

Minstry for Economy and Labour, Saxony-Anhalt

Ministry for Economy and Labour, Saxony

Ministry for Economy, Technology and Labour, Thuringia