Projekt Zukunft , a project initiated by the federal state of Berlin and overseen by the Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Women’s advancement, interconnects media, ICT and cultural industries (“creative industries”) and provides links with science, politics and administrative bodies. With its initiatives, projects, Public-Private-Partnerships, events, information campaigns and publications Projekt Zukunft fosters economic and cultural innovation. Linking with political and administrative bodies, this federal initiative optimizes a framework as well as key requirements for economic growth in IT, telecommunications, e-government, cultural industries and more.

Contact:
Doris Knispel
P: +49 (0) 30 9013 7477
F: +49 (0) 30 9013 7478
doris.knispel@senwtf.berlin.de
www.berlin.de/projektzukunft/

The Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Women’s advancement mostly deals with businesses already located in Berlin and provides assistance in matters such as:
• Information and advice concerning funding opportunities
• Support and advice service for administrative permits and licences
• Information on Berlin Media and IT industries as well as on the development of the city as a business location.

Contact:
Doris Knispel
P: +49 (0) 30 9013 7477
F: +49 (0) 30 9013 7478
doris.knispel@senwtf.berlin.de
www.berlin.de/projektzukunft/

Berlin’s cultural affairs department (Senate Chancellery – Cultural Affairs) is responsible for museums, libraries, archives, memorials, theaters, orchestras, and choirs, as well as for funding for artists living in Berlin. Since the reshuffling of the Senate in 2006, the Senate Chancellery has also been the seat of the Commissioner for Churches and Religious and Philosophical Communities. Contacts for several support programms of the Senate Chancellery – Cultural Affairs can be found here.

Contact:
The Governing Mayor of Berlin
Senate Chancellery – Cultural Affairs
Brunnenstrasse 188
10119Berlin

Office of the Directorate for Cultural Affairs
Tel.: (030) 90228-701 /-702

poststelle@berlin.kultur.de
www.berlin.de/sen/kultur

Berlin Partner is the perfect point of call for:
• Companies not yet domiciled in Berlin who would like to relocate
• Assistance to help select a prime location
• Staff training and development etc.
• Activities marketing Berlin as a business location,
• Business based in Berlin seeking to expand abroad

Contact:
Justina Siegmund-Born
P: +49 30 399 80 - 223
F: +49 30 399 80 - 239
justina.siegmund-born@berlin-partner.de
www.berlinpartner.de

The Investitionsbank Berlin offers advice regarding financial support in Berlin. An initial meeting can be arranged via its general advice hotline at +49 (0) 30 - 2125 4747. Preliminary information in English on financial services can be obtained at: www.ibb.de

The Bürgschaftsbank zu Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH secures bank loans for businesses with the creative industry and takes shares in small and medium-sized businesses. An overview of relevant contacts in German can be found at: www.buergschaftsbank-berlin.de

The Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce (Industrie- und Handelskammer Berlin) encourages the improvement of institutional and financial conditions for creative industries. In order to counterbalance the shortcomings of small and medium-sized businesses in relation to big corporate companies the Chamber of Industry and Commerce fosters links between industry sectors. Moreover, it provides assistance with newly founded as well as expanding businesses.

Coordinator Creative Industries: Jürgen Scheppers
P: +49 (0)30-31510-676
F: +49 (0)30-31510-106
juergen.schepers@berlin.ihk.de

Coordinator IT-economy, Corporate Security: Katrin Safarik
P: +49 (0)30-31510-621
F: +49 (0)30-31510-106
Katrin.Safarik@berlin.ihk.de
www.berlin.ihk24.de

The Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH promotes the film industry and everything that it entails: i.e. development of content and project realisation as well as production, distribution and sales. It offers guidance to artists within film industry concerning financial issues and provides opportunities for further training – both in creative as well as business fields.

Film funding: Christian Berg
P: +49 (0) 331 / 743 87-23
F: +49 (0) 331 / 743 87-99
c.berg@medienboard.de

Location Marketing: Anastasia Ziegler
P: +49 (0) 331/ 743 87-80
F: +49 (0) 331/ 743 87-99
a.ziegler@medienboard.de
www.medienboard.de

The Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg (MABB) focuses on promoting diverse services - such as freedom of speech, opinion and information - within private TV and radio broadcasting. As well as restricting access to frequencies in order to prevent a monopoly on the media MABB’s work also stretches to financial support for people working in the media as well as projects furthering media skills and education.

P: + 49 (0) 30 / 264967-0
F: + 49 (0) 30 / 264967-90
mail@mabb.de
www.mabb.de

Kompetenzzentrum Kultur- & Kreativwirtschaft des Bundes
Ansprechpartner Berlin, Brandenburg: Dirk Kiefer 

Reinhardtstr. 46
10117 Berlin
Telefon: 0151 2646 - 72 85
kiefer@rkw-kreativ.de
www.kultur-kreativ-wirtschaft.de

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Other contatcs:

Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH | Gemeinnützige Landesgesellschaft zur Förderung und Realisierung von Kulturprojekten

Kulturstiftung des Bundes | Bundesweite Förderung internationaler Kulturprojekte im Rahmen der Zuständigkeit des Bundes

Hauptstadtkulturfonds | Förderung von für Berlin als Bundeshauptstadt bedeutsamen Projekten und Veranstaltungen

Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie | Unterstützung von Projekten in Berlin oder im Interesse Berlins sowie Berliner Einrichtungen 

BERLIN SENATE CHANCELLERY – CULTURAL AFFAIRS Referat VD | scholarships and project funding

Christiane Zieseke | Tel. 90 228 750 christiane.zieseke@kultur.berlin.de
Dr. Ingrid Wagner | Fine arts, literature, international cultural exchanges, dance Tel. 90 228 440 ingrid.wagner@kultur.berlin.de

Fine arts
Monika Fritsch | Tel. 90 228 718 monika.fritsch@kultur.berlin.de | project funding
Simone Hahn | Tel. 90 228 534 simone.hahn@kultur.berlin.de | stipends, catalogue and website financing, aid for artists
Josephine Kellner | Tel. 90 228 676 josephine.kellner@kultur.berlin.de | studios and galleries
Karin Steinweh-Göbler | Tel. 90 228 317 karin.steinweh-goebler@kultur.berlin.de | Society for urban development, programs for studios, studio matters, Kulturwerk BBK, DAAD, art archive Beeskow, Bernhard-Heiliger-Stiftung /  Käuzchensteig, Tacheles, Pfefferwerk

performing arts
Mareike Ligges | Tel. 90 228 711 mareike.ligges@kultur.berlin.de | venue funding, basic funding, project funding with focus on puppet theater, children’s theater, youth theater and music theater

Mirjana Jacob | Tel. 90 228 712 mirjana.jacob@kultur.berlin.de | office of the jury, project funding with focus on performance theater and spoken theater
Inge Hildebrandt | Tel. 90 228 759 inge.hildebrandt@kultur.berlin.de | dance

literature
Wolfgang Meyer | Tel. 90 228 536 wolfgang.meyer@kultur.berlin.de

International cultural exchanges
Marlis Micha | Tel. 90 228 756 marlis.micha@kultur.berlin.de | stipends for stays abroad, non-European cultural exchanges
Inge Hildebrandt | Tel. 90 228 759 inge.hildebrandt@kultur.berlin.de | European cultural exchanges

intercultural projects
Margarete Haaf-Sonntag | Tel. 90 228 748 margarete.haaf-sonntag@kultur.berlin.de

fundimg for women artists
Karin Hofmann | Tel. 90 228 441 karin.hofmann@kultur.berlin.de

music
Uwe Sandhop | Tel. 90 228 755 uwe.sandhop@kultur.berlin.de  | light music, jazz, world music
Brigitta Razlag | Tel. 90 228 713 brigitta.razlag@kultur.berlin.de | serious music and choir

Hauptstadtkulturfonds
Siegfried Langbehn | Tel. 90 228 744 siegfried.langbehn@kultur.berlin.de

Further contacts
Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH | non-profit organisation that works for the promotion, networking and mediation of art and culture
Kulturstiftung des Bundes | the purpose of the foundation is to promote and fund art and culture within the framework of federal responsibility
Hauptstadtkulturfonds | the Capital Cultural Fund finances individual projects and events of special significance for Berlin in its role as the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany
Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie | Support for projects based in Berlin
gruenden-in-berlin.de | Information for start-up entrepreneurs from all branches

Architektenkammer Berlin  | Information about the achievements and potential of its members

Bund Deutscher Architekten  | Securing and improving the promotion of the quality in planning and building in the interest of society and the environment

Bund deutscher Baumeister, Architekten und Ingenieure  | Promotion of members’ professional development as well as collaborations in a European level

Bund deutscher Landschaftsarchitekten  | PR and lobby further education and training

Deutsches Architekturzentrum (DAZ) | Promotion and communication of architecture and building culture

Förderverein Bundesstiftung Baukultur | Consolidation of quality standards and evaluation fort he built environment

Initiative Architektur und Baukultur | Platform for architects and construction engineers

Verband deutscher Architekten e.V.| Lobby for small and medium-size architectural offices and their employees

Vereinigung freischaffender Architekten (VFA) | Occupational politics securing the livelihood of freelance architects

Internationales Design Zentrum Berlin (IDZ)  |  International design center Berlin

Designszene Berlin (by IDZ) | Web portal for designers in Berlin

Contact for the designsector at the Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research | Tanja Mühlhans, Tel: 030 / 9013 8335, E-Mail: Tanja.Muehlhans@senwtf.berlin.de

CREATE BERLIN e. V.  | Network of creative professionals which present works both in Germany and abroad

Berlin Design  | Network with a focus on product design

BDG Berufsverband der Deutschen Kommunikationsdesigner e.V| First german professional association about communication design

Design Center Berlin |informal,independent, non-profit platformon thedesignscene in Berlin

Allianz deutscher Designer  | Design-related topics for professionals

designpool.berlin  | Design pool targeted at young fashion designers

Initiative Deutscher Designerverbände  | Lobby addressing politics, the economy and the general public

Creative Metropoles  | EU network of 11 creative centres across Europe

International Design Festival Berlin   | International festival for design in Berlin

Design Reaktor  | Colloboration between enterprises and designers

Berlindesignblog  | Web blog for Berlin designers

The Offer Berlin | Platform for young designers

Berlin is better  | Web blog for Berlin designers

Designtransfer  | UdK Faculty of Design gallery

Dynamo Design Berlin e. V.  | Platform for creative potential in Berlin

Bundesverband der Veranstaltungswirtschaft (idkv) e.V.| Federal German association for all sectors of the event and artist management

Branchenbrief Eventagenturen (FAMAB)  | Lobby of the German marketing branch

Tagungs- und Veranstaltungsmarkt: Deutschland  | Advice and support in event planning and management, connects relevant contacts in the sector

Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg | Responsible for film funding and media business development in the capital region

Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg (Mabb) | Supporting diversity of opinion in private broadcasting in Berlin and Brandenburg

Allianz deutscher Produzenten Film & Fernsehen | Independent lobby of German film and TV producers

Berlin-Brandenburg Film Commission | Lobby  related to the formation and development of the film and TVculture in Berlin & Brandenburg

Bundesverband der Film- und Fernsehschauspieler (BFFS) | Lobby of German film and TV actors

Bundesverband audiovisuelle Medien e.V.  | Lobby group for relevant German video programmers

Hauptverband Deutscher Filmtheater e.V. (HDF Kino)  | Lobby group for cinema

Spitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft e.V.SPIO  | Lobby group of the German film, TV, & video

AG Kino | Lobby group for the arthouse cinemas

 
AG Verleih | Preservation, expansion and modernization of German film in cinemas

Filmförderungsanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg (FFA)  | Funding Institution for the German film industry

Verband Deutscher Werbefilmproduzenten e.V.  | Lobby group for advertisement producers in Germany

Kinobetreiber in Berlin und Brandenburg  | cinema portal

Filmverleiher in Berlin uns Brandenburg (Medienboard)

Deutsche Filmakademie e. V.

European Film Academy  | Academy uniting over 2.300 film professionals in Europe with the advancement of European film culture

Fernseh- und Kinotechnische Gesellschaft e. V. (FKTG)  | Support for the technicians in the film and TV business

Deutscher IPTV Verband | Association of medium-sized IPTV enterprises

Institut für Medienpolitik (IfM) | Research on media and communication politics including a database on most important media institutions worldwide

Visual Berlin e.V. | Non-profit organisation for the promotion and communication of projection and video art

Production.net berlin-brandenburg | Mouthpiece of the film and TV companies in Berlin-Brandenburg

VPRT Verband Privater Rundfunk und Telekommunikation e. V.| Lobby group for private radio, TV and media providers

Verwertungsgesellschaft BILD-KUNST | Association founded of copyright-holders (artists, photographers and film authors) for the exercise of their rights

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie | Interest Group for the culture-related requirements of photography and related visual media

Verwertungsgesellschaft BILD-KUNST | Association founded of copyright-holders (artists, photographers and film authors) for the exercise of their rights

 Kulturverwaltung Abteilung VD | Support of fine arts and studios

Contact for games and digital media at the Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research  | Michael Pemp, Tel: 030 / 9013 8276, E-Mail: Michael.Pemp@senwtf.berlin.de

Serious Games Berlin| Association of innovative game developers, research and public institutions

G.A.M.E Unternehmensverband der Computer- und Videospielentwickler Berlin-Brandenburg | Expansion of the game branch  in the region

www.bitkom.org  | German Federal Association for Information Technology, telecommunications & new media 

www.digarec.net  | Digital Game Research Network

www.biu-online.de | German Trade Association for Interactive Entertainment Software (BIU)

www.e-sb.de | Deutscher eSport-Bund german esports federation

www.usk.de | Classification authority for computer games in Germany

Berlin 2.0 | Network of the Berlin internet & media industry

Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft e. V.  | Representation of mainly small and medium-sized  enterprises

Games Academy | Network of Berlin game developers

Interface!Berlin| Panel conceived to communicate interests, experiences, innovations and visions

Berlin’s cultural affairs department | Fine arts and studio grants

Contact for galeries and the artsector at the Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research | Eva Emenlauer-Blömers, Tel: 030 / 9013 7404, E-Mail: Eva.Emenlauer-Bloemers@senwtf.berlin.de

Organizations, associations, networks

Berufsverband Bildende Künstlerinnen und Künstler e.V. (BBK) | the largest professional association for fine arts in Germany

Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Berlin e.V. | Professional association for Berlin artists

Deutscher Kulturrat e.V.

www.projektraeume-berlin.net | Network of independentartisticproject spaces

Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst | Association of 850 artist members

Neuer Berliner Kunstverein | Portal for contemporary art

Kunst-Werke Berlin |

Deutscher Künstlerbund |

Internationale Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst |

Gedok Berlin | Community  of  artists and cultur funding 

Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen

Verein Berliner Künstler (VBK) | Germany’s oldest association of artists in Germany

EUNIC Berlin | TheEuropean Cultural Institutes inBerlin

Kulturstiftung des Bundes

Contemporary Arts Alliance Berlin (CAA) | Support for contemporary art and culture in Berlin

Stiftung Kunstfonds | Support for art projects

Schering Stiftung

St.ART – studios for artists e.V. | Non-profit association for the promotion of cultural infrastructure

ResArtis | worldwide network

Career Center UDK Berlin | workshops, advive and coaching

Verwertungsgesellschaft BILD-KUNST| Association founded of copyright-holders (artists, photographers and film authors) for the exercise of their rights

Kulturgilde e.V. | Association for the cultureal and creative industries in Germany

Art fairs, events

abc art berlin contemporary | exhibition and gallery event

www.previewberlin.de | The emerging art fair in berlin

Berliner Liste | contemporary art fair

www.berlinartweek.de | new Berlin format to unite and strengthen art location in Berlin

www.berlinbiennale.de | Berlin Biennale for contemporary art

Art trade associations

Landesverband Berliner Galerien | professional interest group for art galleries in Berlin

Bundesverband Deutscher Galerien und Editionen | Lobby group of galleries and art dealers

Deutscher Kunsthandelsverband e. V.  | Representative and sponsor of the art trade in Germany

Federation of European Art Galleries Associations (FEAGA)  | The Federation represents the political interests of over 2000 modern and contemporary art galleries in the EU and Switzerland.

Berlin’s cultural affairs department | Promotion of literature

Contact for the book- and pressmarket at the Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research | Sylvia Fiedler, Tel: 030 / 9013 8327, E-Mail: Sylvia.Fiedler@senwtf.berlin.de

Literarisches Colloquium Berlin| Events, work place, talent factory

Literaturport Berlin Brandenburg. | Information platform for German literature.

Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Landesverband Berlin-Brandenburg | Association of bookshops and publishers in Berlin and Brandenburg

DeutscherLiteraturfonds e.V. | Support for German-speaking authors

 Verband Deutscher Zeitschriftenverleger | Lobby group for German magazine publishers 

Verein der Zeitungsverleger in Berlin Brandenburg e. V. Lobby group for magazine publishers in Berlin and Brandenburg

Contact for the fashionsector at the Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research
| Tanja Mühlhans, Tel: 030 / 9013 8335, E-Mail: Tanja.Muehlhans@senwtf.berlin.de

Verband deutscher Mode- und Textildesigner (VDMD)| Professional Representation for German fashion and textile designers in Germany

Deutsches Mode-Institut| Research, analysis and communication of fashion trends

Labels Berlin| Property developers specializingin the fashion industry

mode-netzwerk.de| Platform for young  fashion designers

Create Berlin | Network of the Berlin design community

The Offer Berlin | Design network Berlin

Modeportal im Business Location Center | fashion trade shows 

Nemona | NetworkFashion&SewingNeukölln, workshops, consultingand events

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week| fashion show with top national and international designers 

Bread & Butter | Trade fair of fashion, sports- & streetwear

Modecenter Berlin | representive offices and fairs for different labels

Contact for the musicindustry at the Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research | Nadja Clarus, Tel: 030 / 9013 8477, E-Mail: Nadja.Clarus@senwtf.berlin.de

Berlin’s cultural affairs department  | promotion of the music scene

Berlin Music Commission | initiative to promote the capital’s music industry

Club Commission berlin e. V . | Network and association of clubs in Berlin

Label Commission Berlin (LabCom)| Network of the VUT e.V. labels in Berlin & Brandenburg

Verband unabhängiger Musikunternehmen  e. V. (VUT e.V.)| Association of 1.200 small- and medium-sized labels

Berlin Music Week| Berlin’s biggest annual music event

Berlin Mitte Institut | Network for Berlin Clubcultur, events and music science

So klingt Berlin | Festival, data base and platform for music in Berlin

Initiative Musik | Funding agency set up by the German federal government to promote the music industry in Germany

Initiative Neue Musik e.V. (INM)| Association of institutions, musicians and bands

Bundesverband Musikindustrie | Lobby group for music labels and companies

www.a-2-n.de | organiser of the music congress all2gethernow

music-in-berlin-online | Online platform with over 1.300 addresses and profiles from the Berlin music scene

Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum | central information source for music and the music scene

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektroakustische Musik e.V. (DEGEM) | Webradio for acoustic electro music

Kulturverwaltung Abteilung VD | promotion of the music scene

Kulturverwaltung Abteilung VD | Support for theater & dance groups

Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V.| Project grants for all sectorts of performing arts

Dance

Dachverband "Zeitgenössischer Tanz Berlin e.V." (ZTB)| Association of choreographers, dancers, dance events and dancing institutions

Tanzbüro Berlin | Capital organisation for professionals in the dance sector and a information center

Theater

Bundesverband Freier Theater e. V. | Nation-wide organisation representing regional associations of independent theaters

Landesverband Freie Theaterschaffende Berlin e.V. (LAFT) | Lobby group for independent theaters and dance professionals in Berlin

Verband Berliner Amateurbühnen | Regional association representing Berlin in the federation of German amateur theater

Verband Deutscher Varieté Theater VDVT | assoctiation of  privately-operated theaters with an artistic stage program

Deutscher Bühnenverein| Preservation of diversity in theatre and orchestras

Deutsches Zentrum des internationalen Theaterinstituts | Worldwide theater network under the umbrella of the UNESCO

Deutsches Forum für Figurentheater und Puppenspielkunst e.V.| Support for German puppet theater and puppet shows in Germany

Der Verband Deutscher Puppentheater e. V.| Professional representation of puppet theater

Akademie Musiktheater heute | Sponsored program for young directors, advisors, conductors, artistic directors, arts administrators and composers of music theater

Bundesverband Theaterpädagogik (BuT e.V.)| Promotion of the theater education

Art Directors Club Deutschland e. V.| Network of creative art professionals in advertising, design, digital media, event and communiations as research and teaching                     

Berliner KommunikationsFORUM e.V.| Student association in support of creative student initiatives and projects

KommunikationsVerband Berlin-Brandenburg| Interest group and network for all communications professionals

Gesamtverband Kommunikationsagenturen GWA e. V.  | Lobby addressing politics, the economy and the general public

Gesellschaft Public Relations Agenturen e. V. (GPRA)  | Organisation board for leading public relations consultans

Marketing Club Berlin | Network of 400 marketing experts from Berlin

Zentralverband der deutschen Werbewirtschaft (ZAW)  | Umbrella association fort he advertising sector

Werbekongress | Independent non-profit organization and platform for young advertising professionals

Deutsche Public Relations Gesellschaft e.V. (DPRG) | Assocation for PR professionals in Germany

Bundesverband deutscher Pressesprecher | Nation-wide network of press representives & communications agents

Institut für Medienpolitik (IfM) | Research in media & communications policy including a large data base of international media companies

Verband direkte Wirtschaftskommunikation (FAMAB)  | Association for the events sector

Typo Berlin  | International design conference

Werbemarkt Berlin Brandenburg| Business Location Center for advertising the capital