Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (German: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung), abbreviated BMBF, is a cabinet-level ministry of Germany. It is headquartered in Bonn, with an office in Berlin. The Ministry provides funding for research projects and institutions (aiming for "research excellence") and sets general educational policy. It also provides student loans in Germany. However, a large part of educational policy in Germany is decided at the state level, strongly limiting the influence of the ministry in educational matters.

Business Finland

Business Finland is the Finnish government organization for innovation funding and trade, travel and investment promotion. Business Finland's 600 experts work in 40 offices globally and in 16 regional offices around Finland. Business Finland is part of the Team Finland network.

Direction generale des entreprises

Under the authority of the Minister of Economy and Finance, the DGE develops and implements public policies relating to industry, the digital economy, tourism, trade, crafts and services.

Its 1,300 agents are mobilized at the national and regional levels through the regional directorates of companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment (Direccte), to promote the creation, development, innovation and competitiveness of companies of all sizes, in France and abroad.

The DGE maintains close relations with the companies themselves and their representatives: professional organizations and federations, consular chambers, support networks, etc. Director: Thomas Courbe

Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Agentschap Innoveren &Ondernemen (VLAIO) is the point of contact of the Flemish government for all entrepreneurs in Flanders. They stimulate and support innovation and entrepreneurship and contribute to a favourable business climate. They support companies financially through subsidies to be able to grow, transform or innovate. Examples of such subsidies are the SME portfolio, the SME growth subsidy and research and development projects.

Impact Innovation

FFG funding schemes play an important role in generating new knowledge, developing new products and services, and enhancing competitiveness in the global marketplace. They make it easier, or possible, to finance research and innovation projects, and help to absorb the risks involved in research. The FFG supports international networking and encourages careers in science.

Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca

The Ministry of Universities and Research (Italian Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca, MUR for short) is one of the ministries of the Italian government. It is based in the Roman district of Trastevere. In the course of time, the ministry was split off from the Ministry of Education several times and reintegrated into it. The current Minister of Universities and Research is Maria Cristina Messa.

Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy České republiky

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS, MŠMT in Czech) is responsible for public administration in education, for developing educational, youth and sport policies and international cooperation in these fields.

Research Council of Norway

The Research Council is a Norwegian government agency that funds research and innovation projects. On behalf of the Government, the Research Council invests NOK 10 billion annually. The Research Council is responsible for promoting basic and applied research and innovation

Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country situated at the confluence of Western, Central and Southern Europe. It is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern.

Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr

The Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport (SMWA) is a supreme state authority of the Free State of Saxony based in the state capital Dresden. It has existed since the founding of the Free State in 1990. Until September 2009, it bore the name Saxon State Ministry of Economics and Labour. The building is located in Dresden's government district in the Innere Neustadt. Martin Dulig (SPD) has been Minister of State since 13 November 2014, and State Secretaries are Ines Fröhlich and Hartmut Mangold.