The main tasks are:
economic and regional research
state and municipal development.
We prepare … analyses and concepts as a basis for decisions for politics, the economy and administration and we support regions and municipalities concerning the implementation of measures and policy concepts.
We offer … a broad range of services such as expert reports and advisory opinions, consultation and creating of ideas, project management, moderation and coordination.
Our clients … are the state of Hesse, regional and local authorities, associations and enterprises.
Our know-how encompasses
- many years of experience in state policy issues;
- detailed knowledge of institutional and regional structures;
- interdisciplinary teams with qualified employees in the areas of economics, sociology, urban and regional planning, architecture, civil engineering and accounting.
Our Subject Fields
Population and Demographic Change
- Analysis and projections of population development
- Effects of demographic change
Economic and Structural Change
- Short and long-term forecasts on economic development
- Sector analysis
- The state of Hesse as a location for business in Europe
- Hesse as a location for innovations
Labor Market and Qualification
- Labor market monitoring and analysis
- Evaluation of labor market policy instruments
- Support and evaluation of the European Structural Funds in Hesse
- Reports on qualification training and advanced vocational training
Health and Social Areas
- Requirements and structural analysis
- Hospital requirements planning
- Health care business as a growing market
- Social infrastructure
Regional Development
- Regional analysis
- Development concepts and concepts for the promotion of economic development
- Rural development
- Spatial analysis, analysis of economic impacts and interrelations
- Conversion of former industrial or military areas
Municipal Development
- Development concepts
- Intermunicipal cooperation
- Town center development
- Urban regeneration
- Socially integrative urban development, monitoring of social indicators
- Spatial analysis
European Partnership Projects
- Administrative capacity building
- Technical support: regional and municipal development concepts, zoning plans
- Project management
- Management of structural and cohesion funds