Brief description of the organisation
Aufbauwerk Region Leipzig is a joint project agency of the City of Leipzig and the districts of Leipzig and Mittelsachsen (all NUTS III public authorities) that has been created specifically for the acquisition of European funding and for the support of the region's local public authorities' participation in European programmes. The organisation is a public-equivalent body with a mission to promote regional development for an area of more than 1 million inhabitants and to make European best practises available to public actors and stakeholders from the region and to allow good practises brought forward by the region's institutions be shared with other regions. Through its participation as lead applicant, partner or subcontractor in numerous EU projects, Aufbauwerk has a huge expertise in transnational projects. The participation in EU projects takes place on behalf of its public shareholders. Through its board, the agency is well connected to different levels of government.
With regard to cluster promotion, the organisation has gained significant experiences while working hand in hand with the region’s economic development offices. The tools, approaches and experiences used for the strengthening of different clusters will be adapted to promote creative industries. Through other previous initiatives, Aufbauwerk already has links to key creative industry actors at Leipzig.
Brief description of the city
“I come to Leipzig, the place one can see the whole world in one.” – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Leipzig is a city of Northwest Saxony with approximately 516,000 inhabitants. The commercial centre is home to the University of Leipzig, the Leipzig Fair and seat of leading businesses such as BMW, Porsche, DHL, Amazon and the Verbundnetz Gas AG.
Furthermore, Leipzig is a remarkably green city. In addition to a vast landscape of lakes, which resulted from restoration of old open-cast mines and numerous parks, the city still has another rarity: Right through Leipzig runs one of the largest floodplain forest areas of Central Europe (2500 ha). The close proximity to the park and forest areas not only creates the conditions for a variety of sports and leisure opportunities, but also the generous chance to switch in a very short time between the turbulent city life and green recreation areas.
The 1989 peaceful democratic movement, decisive to overcome the communist dictatorship in East Germany, originated in Leipzig and earned the city and its inhabitants a heroic status that defines Leipzig’s worldwide reputation ever since.
Leipzig
Brief description of the city’s peculiarities as far as creativity and culture are concerned
In addition to Leipzig’s great musical tradition that includes the workings of Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, the Gewandhaus orchestra and the Thomanerchor (choir), the city is well-known for the creative endeavours of its inhabitants, artists and cultural promoters. Examples are initiatives as the "Pop up)" independent music fair, the galleries at the location of the former cotton mill, the "Designers’ Open", the "F/stop" photography festival and many more, that have already started to attract broader attention and have led to a vibrant local creative scene.
English: http://www.leipzig.de/int/en/kultur_gastonomie/musik/
Please view for more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTtYeyKTNyc&feature=youtu.be
Otto-Schill-Str. 1, D-04109 Leipzig
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Phone: +49 341 1407790
Fax: +49 341 14077911
Name of the contact person and contact details
Silvana Rückert
Director
Phone: +49 341 1407790
Fax: +49 341 14077911