Projects of MFG Baden-Württemberg
MFG Baden-Württemberg, the Public Innovation Agency for ICT and Media in the Southwest of Germany, is involved in several projects, both as project lead and cooperating partner constantly. Currently MFG's emploees manage more than 30 initiatives and development programmes as well as research and technology projects.
Current Projects
ECCL
The European Creative Cluster Lab (ECCL) is the think tank and beta site for new approaches and processes for creative cluster management in creative and traditional industries in Europe.
Route 2.0
Route 2.0 is going to develop a training programme for SMEs working in the tourism sector to strengthen their knowledge in the use of web 2.0 for marketing and communication issues. Parallel to offering a training programme a collaborative online platform will be developed.
Open Source Integration Initiative (OSII)
The Open Source Integration Initiative (OSII) brings together a range of open source software applications for use by businesses. The aim is to create a low-cost modular solution – a stack – that meets the needs of many different operating processes ...
Heidelberg Innovation Forum
Since 2005, the Heidelberg Innovation Forum has succeeded in bringing together IT researchers and market players in the early phases of innovation. The goal of the event is to support technology licensing and start-up funding and improve cooperation between research institutes and business enterprises ...
bwcon
Baden-Württemberg: Connected, or bwcon for short, is the top business initiative promoting Baden-Württemberg as a high-tech location. As one of the most successful European technology networks, bwcon connects more than 480 companies and research institutes. Currently more than 4,600 experts are benefiting from systematic networking via bwcon ...
Internet goes Ländle
Aim of the project "Internet goes Ländle" was to introduce elderly to computers and the Internet. By senior Internet initiatives existing inhibitions should be overcome. In addition to the 50 senior Internet initiatives already available, new ones were established, especially in Baden-Württemberg’s rural areas.
Cluster-Excellence.eu
How can cluster initiatives be managed professionally? And what skills do Cluster Managers need when striving for cluster excellence? These questions are being explored by the consortium around Cluster-Excellence.eu – the European Cluster Excellence Initiative. 14 Project Partners from 9 countries create a uniform set of cluster quality ...
Digital Content Funding (DCF)
With the 2011 newly created Digital Content Fund (DCF) MFG Film Fund and MFG Innovation Agency support the development and production of interactive media applications, such as digital games, mobile applications and interactive products on various platforms ...
Karl Steinbuch Scholarship
The Karl Steinbuch Scholarship supports selected students in the implementation of innovative projects with IT or media relation that have a scientific or artistic value. Especially in demand are interdisciplinary projects that link the two cross-cutting areas computer science and media studies with other subject areas ...
Karl Steinbuch Research Programme
With the Karl Steinbuch Research Programme the MFG Foundation particularly fosters innovative research on current issues from the ICT and creative industries. With the programme the MFG Foundation enables a set of universities of applied sciences and the Cooperative State University Baden-Wuerttemberg to new directions in research ...
State Portal Baden-Württemberg
Since 1999 MFG manages the Internet-based services of the Ministry of State Baden-Württemberg, over time with different tasks and duties. These include the management of the State Portal as well as the website of the Ministry of State Baden-Württemberg as part of the project 'Internet State Baden-Württemberg' ...
Cluster Creative Industries Baden-Württemberg
Innovations in the ICT and creative sectors frequently occur at the interfaces between different disciplines and user industries. In the context of this initiative, MFG Baden-Württemberg and about 50 partners are networking the sub-sectors of Baden-Württemberg's cultural, creative and ICT industries systematically...
Mediendaten Südwest
Since 1997 'Mediendaten Südwest' provides current baseline data for media in Baden-Württemberg as well as comparative data for the federal territory. Besides data on the media offer and use of media and general also information about traditional media ...
SVEA
The project SVEA aims at increasing the cooperation as well as the social media skills of trainers working in the VET and adult training field in Europe. SVEA will develop a training programme for trainers working in the VET and adult training field to train them in the use of social media tools ...
DMMK
For more than 18 years the German Multimedia Summit (DMMK) has been one of the most important industrial meeting places of the interactive scene in Germany. As trendsetter for interactive media, the DMMK shows which perspectives can be offered through the use of digital technologies now and in the future ...
Kindermedienland Baden-Württemberg
Kindermedienland Baden-Württemberg is an initiative for strengthening IT- and media literacy of children, teenagers, parents and other persons in charge of education all over Baden-Württemberg. State-wide the project aims to concentrate, bundle, connect - and if necessary also to build up - initiatives, ...
MFG WISTA
With the MFG programme WISTA the MFG Innovation Agency Baden-Württemberg enables Bachelor and Master students from all faculties at universities and colleges in Baden-Württemberg, to implement a practical research thesis in ICT, media and creative industries ...
MFG Visual Experience Lab
In the MFG Visual Experience Lab, MFG together with universities, companies and up-and-coming talent from the region is exploring current applications and technologies in the field of visualisation, simulation and animation. This is where you can learn more about recent developments and projects, and try out new applications ...
DMMA OnlineStar
In 2010 DMMA OnlineStar got established as a result of merging the German Multimedia Award DMMA and the OnlineStar. From 1996 until 2009 DMMA was awarded to creative online and offline projects by BVDW (Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft e.V.) and MFG Baden-Württemberg ...
INNOTRAIN IT
Information technology is a key driver for innovation in enterprises. Especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are facing the challenge to optimise their business and achieve process and product innovations utilising information technologies. INNOTRAIN IT will increase the innovation capacity of SMEs in Central Europe ...
B Creative
Supported by the European Commission, B Creative strengthens young companies from the creative sectors in Europe. The main objective is to streamline support mechanisms for creative industries and to pilot new, specially-tailored programmes ...
OSEPA
OSEPA (Open Source Software Usage in European Public Administrations) promotes the use of Open Source Software in European Public Administrations. The project deals with the challenges confronted by European public administrations with regard to the use of Open Source Software ...
CyberOne
With CyberOne innovative business ideas for products and services in all high-tech areas get awarded. bwcon: high-tech award CyberOne won renown as one of the most important business plan competitions for the high-tech sector in Baden-Württemberg. Awarded since 1998, winners are pleased with prize money and non-cash prizes ...
OSB Alliance
OSB Alliance’s slogan “Integrating Open Source And Proprietary Software” shows that everything the organisation does revolves around interoperability between open source and proprietary software. Therefore OSB Alliance connects vendors, users and additional stakeholders from the open source community ...
DLA
The main objective of the project is to improve regional policies in the fields of DLA for developing new actions related to the application of the IS to public services. To do so, the project will foster a permanent exchange of experience among partners and it will establish a cooperation network to update and improve knowledge ...
TCI – German Contact Point
TCI - The Global Practitioners Network for Competitiveness, Clusters and Innovation is the leading global network for practitioners, policy makers, researchers and business leaders working towards improving competitiveness in regions and clusters ...
EICI
The European Interest Group on Creativity and Innovation (EICI) e. V. is a pan-European initiative of about 10 regional and local development agencies, research institutions, companies and support organisations that foster the relationships ...
Visual Computing
The intitative boosts and strengthen the link between universities, research and development institutes and industries from Baden-Württemberg in the fields of visualisation and simulation technologies. As a pivotal technology trend, visual computing creates significant innovation potentials spanning many branches of industry ...