Data collection template and questionnaire

Change in standing of region relative to national average in last five and ten years¹²²

	1991	1996	2001
GDP/capita (€)	17.851	21.991	22.507
Population	3.438.800	3.466.500	3.385.100
Employment (persons)	1.662.700	1.581.900	1.556.200
Unemployment (persons)	179.953	235.999	272.307
Unemployment rate	10,6	15,2	17,9

	1995	1997	1999
R+D expenditure (mio €)^123	2.417	2.588	2.778

Estimated effect on regional circumstances of different domestic policies:

	Strongly positive	Slightly positive	Neutral	Slightly negative	Strongly negative
Territorial Policy	X
Public sector transfer	X
Employment policy	X
Technology policy	X

Brandenburg

NUTS 1: DE4 BRANDENBURG

GDP per head (2000)

DE4 Brandenburg¹²⁴;16.535 € (average of new Länder incl. Berlin: 17.424 € and excl. Berlin: 16.216 €)¹²⁵

Germany¹²⁶: 24.700 €

EU-15 = 100; DE 4= 69,4¹²⁷

GDP at current prices/in million €

Brandenburg¹²⁸ (mio €): 43 000

Germany¹²⁹ (mio €): 2.030.000

EU-15¹³⁰ (mio €): 8 524 371
Employment rate (2000)

Employed persons: 1.045.000 ¹³¹

Working age population: 1.847.393 ¹³²

Employment rate (2000): 56,3 %¹³³ (German average = 68,8%)

Unemployment rate (2002)¹³⁴

237.831 persons (all civil persons in gainful employment: 17,5%; civil employees: 19,1%)) (German average: 9,8%; West 7,9%, East: 18,0%)

Technological standing (5 point scale): 2,5
Strengths¹³⁵ [short description]

Brandenburg is the region surrounding the German capital city of Berlin. The surface area is 29.477 km², inhabited by a population of 2.583.457 (in 2002).

Traditionally Brandenburg is characterised by a huge agricultural sector. One third of the surface (over 1 mio. hectare) is used for agricultural purposes. Alongside other traditional sectors such as vehicle manufacturing, timber, energy and chemicals, industries as biotechnology, the media, telecommunications and aerospace are gaining in importance. Biotechnologies have become a growth sector in recent years so that about 800 persons are employed in this field. Moreover, 50 medical technology companies have settled in Brandenburg.

The state is becoming attractive to the economy because of it modern transport and communications infrastructure and the closeness to Eastern European markets. Since 1990 circa 280 foreign companies set up business in Brandenburg. Moreover, Brandenburg offers investors investment incentives such as Capital Investment Grants, Federal tax allowances, Location Investment Grants, Technology & Innovation Grants (technology and innovation grant: research and development; introduction of new technology: up to € 204.000 per project; reduction techniques and renewable energy source grants: up to 20 percent of the project's cost), Infrastructure Grants, Interest Payment Grants, Loan guarantee program (for up to 80% of the contracted loan), Venture Capital (for high-tech start-ups or SME with solid growth potential). SME are eligible for grants of up to 50 percent of the total capital investment. Moreover, companies will receive a one-time grant of up to 35 percent for the development, set up, extension, conversion purchase of plants in Brandenburg. Projects related to the economic infrastructure (business-parks, tourism or job retrainment) are eligible for a one-time grant of 25-80 percent (dependent on the development location).

Potsdam-Babelsberg is a central location for movie and film production in Germany. Over 120 companies established offices here and investment in the location grew in the last years. 3 universities, 5 public institutes of higher education, , 15 technology centres, 3 Max-Planck institutes and 3 Fraunhofer installations are located here.

In 1999 the state held rank 8 in investment per employee in the processing industry.¹³⁶

Companies: e.g. Altana, BASF, Bombardier, Daimler-Chrysler, Deutsche Bahn AG, Eberswalder Fleischwarenfabrik, Kronotex, Kunz Holding GmbH, Lufthansa Technik, Märkische Faser, MTU, Pneumant, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, Scannery Holztechnik N.V, Siemens, Spreewaldhof, Trevira, Tuffi, Werder Ketchup, ZF Friedrichshafen.
Weaknesses¹³⁷ [short description]

Low density of population (88 inhabitants per km^2; federal average: 230 inhabitants per km²). From 1989/90 to 1994 strongly affected by migration from the land. Since 1995 the only East German state with increase in population. Concentration in the Berlin-Brandenburg area. High unemployment (esp. in formerly agriculturally characterised areas). Like Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin (East), Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, and Thüringen the state still belongs to the "priority 1" regions (regions with maximum subsidization possibilities) supported by the EU structural funds. High number of insolvencies.

Evolution in last decade [short description]¹³⁸

Employment has been decreasing (1992: 1.053.300, 2002: 1.023.300) while at the same time the GDP/per capita was growing significantly (1992: 9.426€, 2002:17.054€).¹³⁹

Since 1995 the economy is characterised by constant growth and since 1998 the state has the largest GDP growth (+3,2%) of all new Länder. Nevertheless, this growth is not mirrored by the employment situation. Growth in employment can only be witnessed in the service sector. The processing industry is currently further expanding (+3,8%; federal average: -0,5%). On the other hand, tourisms constantly gained in importance. Growth sectors are mainly timber industry, engineering and vehicle production, Rubber and synthetic material, chemical industry, food and paper sectors.

The shift within the economic structure from the dominance of agriculture (big factories; rye, linseed, flax seed production) towards processing industry (engineering, vehicle manufacturing, timber, energy and chemicals, industries as biotechnology, the media, telecommunications and aerospace) was accompanied and hindered by negative factors such as outdated production capacities, low productivity and a missing infrastructure. Areas, which were predominantly characterised by agriculture (northern part of the state) now show highest unemployment figures. Since 1993 the decrease was stopped and employment figures are stabilised. The mining sector (1991: 25% of the non agricultural production) and the building and construction trade were subject to structural change and constant decrease in economic relevance with a large number of closing down of companies).

Further indicators

Public revenue and spending (mill €)¹⁴⁰

	1999	2000	2001	2002
Revenue	9.177,8	9.244,2	9.353,4	8.508,0
Spending	9.834,0	9.699,5	9.915,9	10.163,1

Employment per sector¹⁴¹

Agriculture: 2002: 37.200

Industry (without building and construction trade): 2002: 135.400

Building and construction trade: 2002: 104.300

Trade, tourism, transportation: 2002: 223.200

Public and private services^142: 2002: 414.800

Industrial Structure

Branches of industry ¹⁴³

Branch	Employment figures
	2002
Processing industry including mining and working of stone and earth	135.400
Building and construction trade	104.300
Trade and craft	223.200
Total industry	462.900

Investments¹⁴⁴

Branch	Investments in mill. €
	2000	2001	2002
Processing industry including mining and working of stone and earth	1.045	1.128	1.138
Production of goods of preliminary work (Vorleistungsgüter)	734	705	709
Production of items of capital expenditure	194	288	259
Production of consumer items (consumer and utility goods)	16	37	25
Production of consumer goods	101	98	149
Total processing industry	2.090	2.256	3.415

Research base

Employment in Education and, research¹⁴⁵

1999	33.845
2000	33.971
2001	33.688

Public expenditure on science and research (€)¹⁴⁶

1999	342.983.000
2000	327.690.000
2001	343.666.000

Students at universities ¹⁴⁷

Wintersemester	Beginners	Total number of
1999/2000	2000: 4 812	19.896
2000/2001	2001: 5 310	21.649
2001/2002	2002: 5 254	22.721
2002/2003	-	25 086

Total number of public schools¹⁴⁸

1999/2000	1.154
2000/2001	1.122
2001/2002	1.085

Computer equipment in private households (%)¹⁴⁹

2000	2001	2002
38,6	44,0	51,1

Internet access or online services (%)¹⁵⁰

2000	2001	2002
12,4	21,8	34,5

Telephone equipment of private households (%)¹⁵¹

	2000	2001	2002
ISDN	4,7	5,7	(8,5)
Mobil	31,6	54,7	70,4
Answering machines	36,1	39,2	44,1
Fax/PC fax cart	10,2	10,0	(12,4)

Support infrastructure

Infrastructure (categories of streets) ¹⁵²

Category	Motorway (Autobahn)	Federal road (Bundesstraße)	Provincial road (Landesstraße)	District road (Kreisstraße)	Total
Kilometres	1999: 766	1999: 2.774	1999: 5.801	1999: 15.768	1999: 25.109

Vehicles¹⁵³

2001	1.615.564
2002	1.639.823
2003	1.653.624

Doctors and dentists (2000)¹⁵⁴

Doctors	7.252
Dentists	1.831

Designation for principal domestic policy support instruments (5 point scale): 4,2

Territorial Policy	4,3
Public sector transfer	4,7
Employment policy	4
Technology policy	3,5

Brandenburg¹⁵⁵

BB	Fiscal resources before SHES (in Mio. DM)	Divergence from national average (balance measurement) (= 100)	Contribution / assignment within SHES (in Mio. DM)	Fiscal resources after SHES (in Mio. DM)	Divergence from national average (balance measurement) (= 100)	Supplementary federal grants (in Mio. DM)						Fiscal resources after SHES and Gap-filling grants (in Mio. DM)	Divergence from national average (balance measurement) (= 100)
						Gap-filling grants	Compensations for special political costs	Compensations for special burdens (east Germany)	Transitional grants (west Germany)	Rehabilitational grants Bremen and Saarland	SFH total
1995	8.923	86.6	864	9.787	95.0	464	164	1.985	0	0	2.613	10.250	99.5
1996	8.907	85.1	1.035	9.942	95.0	471	164	1.985	0	0	2.620	10.413	99.5
1997	8.935	85.5	986	9.921	95.0	470	164	1.985	0	0	2.619	10.391	99.5
1998	9.474	85.6	1.044	10.518	95.0	498	164	1.985	0	0	2.647	11.016	99.5
1999*	9.937	85.2	1.147	11.084	95.0	525	164	1.985	0	0	2.674	11.609	99.5
2000*	10.163	84.5	1.263	11.426	95.0	541	164	1.985	0	0	2.690	11.967	99.5
2001	9.723	86.3	977	10.701	95.0	507	164	1.985	0	0	2.656	11.208	99.5

*) preliminary


Impact on ex-ante divergence from national average of support from EU funds (7 point scale): 6,5

		2000-2006 (mio €)
				ERDF		ESF		EAGGF
		Total	EU contribution	EU contribution	%	EU contribution	%	EU contribution	%
Objetive 1	Brandenburg	6733.047	3090.223	1639.26	53.05%	730.66	23.64%	720.302	23.31%

Impact on ex-ante divergence from national average of domestic policies (7 point scale): 6,3