Data collection template and questionnaire

Change in standing of region relative to national average in last five and ten years¹⁵⁶

	1991	1996	2001
GDP/capita (€)	7.451	15.081	16.787
Population	256200	2547500	2596200
Employment (persons)	1186900	1066700	1044900
Unemployment (persons)	141.172	187.051	233.588
Unemployment rate	10,3	16,2	18,8

	1995	1997	1999
R+D expenditure (mio €)^157	507	584	672

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

Bremen

DE5 Bremen

GDP per head (2000)

DE5 Bremen: 33.112 € ¹⁵⁸ (average of old Länder incl. Berlin: 26.426 € and excl. Berlin: 26.637 €)¹⁵⁹

Germany¹⁶⁰: 24.700 €

EU-15 = 100; DE5 = 142,9¹⁶¹

GDP at current prices/in Million €

DE5 Bremen¹⁶²: 21 887

Germany¹⁶³ (mio €): 2.030.000

EU-15¹⁶⁴(mio €): 8 524 371

Employment rate (2000)

388.000 persons in gainful employment¹⁶⁵ = 85,1%¹⁶⁶ (German average = 68,8%)

Unemployment rate (2002)

40.532 persons: 12,6 % ¹⁶⁷ (German average: 9,8%; West 7,9%, East: 18,0%)

Technological standing (5 point scale): 3,7

Strengths¹⁶⁸ [short description]

With a surface area of 404 km² and a population of 660.000 (in 2002) Bremen is (after Hamburg) the second-busiest port of Germany and trade centre for all kind of goods (rank 8 worldwide). Every third workplace is actually linked to the port, which is planned to be extended by a port of transshipment for cars. In addition to the Bremen ports, the state supports a mix of trade, shipbuilding, fishing and other industries such as vehicle construction, aerospace, mobile technologies, life science, logistics and tourism. Especially the food and semi-luxury foods and tobacco producing industry are major sectors of the economy. Beer, coffee, and Mercedes cars have made Bremen famous. The second-largest DaimlerChysler plant in Europe (workforce: 16,385 employees) is located here as well as EADS and Astrium (more than 5,000 employees), which make the city one of the German aerospace industry centres for the production of Airbus wings, the Space Lab and the Columbus Space Laboratory. Furthermore, Bremen and Bremerhaven hold a leading position in the food industry.

Companies: Astrium, Atlanta AG, Atlas Elektronik, BakeMark, Beck & Co., BLG Logistics Group, Brewing STN, DaimlerChysler, EADS, Eduscho, Frosta, Hachez, Kelloggs, Klöckner, Könecke, Kraft Foods, Nordsee, Philips, Siemens, Stahlwerke Bremen GmbH, Vitakraft.

1 university, 4 public institutes of higher education, 1 Max-Planck institute and 1 Fraunhofer installation are located here.
Weaknesses [short description]

Strong dependency on the harbour (33% of the GDP), long-term establishing of companies was often not very successful

Evolution in last decade [short description]¹⁶⁹

Employment has been decreasing (1992: 409.300, 2002: 389.500) while at the same time the GDP/per capita (1992: 27.237€, 2002:34.753€) was growing.¹⁷⁰

Unemployment is constantly decreasing (1997 16,8%, 2001: 13,6%) as well as the tax revenue (1997: 5.021.562 (thousand €); 2001: 4.640.343 (thousand €)). The turnover in proceeding industry has increased over the years (1997: 16.472 (mio. €), 2001: 20.799 (mio €)).

In the early 1950ies the harbours released after the end of the post-war dismantling. The 1978 settlement of Mercedes Benz at Bremen stimulated the economy and created new jobs. The same holds true for the Airbus production sites. The 1983 break down of Großwerft AG Weser instead supported the need for restructuring the economy. Thus, Bremen underwent structural changes from a typical shipbuilding centre and port to a forward-looking business location boasting high levels of technological expertise, with the support of economic sectors such as aerospace, modern car production, mirco electronic and high-tech environmental technologies and life sciences. The strengthening of the education and research sector moreover promoted the establishment of research institutes such as the Alfred Wegener Institute Foundation for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, the BIAS - Bremer Institut für Angewandte Strahltechnik GmbH or the Centre of European Law and Politics at the University of Bremen.

Further indicators:

Public revenue and spending (mill €)¹⁷¹

	1999	2000	2001
Revenue	3.323	3.023	3.033
Spending	3.927	3.931	4.002

Employment per sector¹⁷²

Agriculture: 1999: 966 2000: 929

Industry (without building and construction trade): 1999: 66.732 2000: 66.679

Building and construction trade: 1999: 17.307 2000: 17.121

Trade, tourism, transportation: 1999: 81.399 2000: 82.266

Public and private services:^173 1999: 110.109 2000: 114.373

Industrial Structure

Branches of industry¹⁷⁴

Branch	Employment figures
	2000	2001
Production of goods of preliminary work (Vorleistungsgüter)	14.870	14.891
Production of items of capital expenditure	33.136	33.655
Production of consumer items (consumer and utility goods)	1.033	1.056
Production of consumer goods	15.762	15.528
Food and tobacco	1.392	1.380
Paper, printing, publishing	2.198	2.175
Fish processing	3.009	3.100
Metal (production, working, ..)	1.967	1.835
Mechanical engineering	5.352	5.557
Production of equipment for the production of electricity	3.293	3.558
Vehicle production	24.382	24.747

Research base

Employment in education, higher education and research¹⁷⁵

2001/02

11.162

Public expenditure on science and research (€)¹⁷⁶

2002	732.513.840
2003	740.756.780

Students at universities ¹⁷⁷

Wintersemester	Beginners	Total number of
1995/1996	3 390	26 369
2000/2001	4 228	26 538
2001/2002	5 026	28 220

Support infrastructure

Infrastructure (categories of streets)¹⁷⁸

Category	Motorway (Autobahn)	Road network	Total
Kilometres	59	98	157

Vehicles¹⁷⁹

2000	331 392
2001	337 252

Doctors and dentists (2000)¹⁸⁰

Doctors	3.155
Dentists	528

Designation for principal domestic policy support instruments (5 point scale): 3,4

Territorial Policy	2,6
Public sector transfer	4,8
Employment policy	3,3
Technology policy	2,9

Bremen¹⁸¹

HB	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	2.948	80.9	562	3.510	96.3	121	126	0	80	1.800	2.127	3.631	99.6
1996	2.917	79.2	635	3.552	96.4	120	126	0	72	1.800	2.118	3.672	99.6
1997	3.144	86.4	350	3.494	96.0	130	126	0	64	1.800	2.120	3.624	99.6
1998	2.724	71.8	912	3.636	95.8	142	126	0	56	1.800	2.124	3.778	99.6
1999*	3.136	79.3	665	3.801	96.1	139	126	0	48	1.800	2.113	3.940	99.6
2000*	2.990	73.9	872	3.862	95.5	164	126	0	40	1.600	1.930	4.026	99.5
2001	2.830	74.9	787	3.618	95.8	144	126	0	32	1.400	1.702	3.761	99.6

*) preliminary


Impact on ex-ante divergence from national average of support from EU funds (7 point scale): 3,8

		2000-2006 (mio €)
				ERDF		ESF		EAGGF
		Total	EU contribution	EU contribution	%	EU contribution	%	EU contribution	%
Objective 2	Bremen	354.659	113.034	113.034	100%	-	-	-	-

Impact on ex-ante divergence from national average of domestic policies (7 point scale): 5