Imprint
Publisher and editor
[Translate to Englisch:] Wirtschaftsförderung metropoleruhr GmbH (wmr)
Ruhrstraße 1
45468 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Tel.: +49 208 305529-0
Fax: +49 208 305529-99
E-Mail
Project manager:
Martina Behrens
Company headquarters: Essen
Essen local court: HR B 14140
Chairman of the Board of Directors: Mayor Klaus Wehling
Deputy chairman of the Board of Directors: Roland Mitschke
Managing director: Hanns-Ludwig Brauser
Concept & Realisation:
raphael gmbh
www.raphael-gmbh.de
Regional economic development in the Metropole Ruhr
Regional economic development is essential to the Ruhr district, one of Europe’s largest and most important economic areas. The aim of regional economic development programmes is to promote economic development in the Ruhr district and help find a solution to regional structural problems. The specific task is to take into account and bring together the interests of the various municipalities and devise a useful solution for promoting economic development in the Ruhr district and for solving economic problems in the region. Since 1 October 2004, the Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR) has replaced the Kommunalverband Ruhrgebiet association. This has brought with it new responsibilities such as regional economic development and the drawing up of master plans for the development of the region.
In order to meet the obligations of regional economic development, the Wirtschaftsförderung metropoleruhr GmbH (wmr) economic development agency was set up on 1 January 2007 as a 100% subsidiary of the RVR. The Ruhr district therefore has just one regional economic development entity and one address for relevant economic issues. All of the important players in the economic development of the Ruhr district are represented by the various advisory boards.
Picture credits
We would like to thank the following institutes and photographers for their support with image material and graphics and for granting us image usage right for our website (alphabetical order):
Boehringer Ingelheim microParts GmbH (MST division); brosius-design.de; CeNIDE - Center for Nanointegration (cross-sectional technology/ nano-technology division); Comessen, Essen; dortmund-project; Dortmund airport; Fraunhofer IMS, Duisburg; Fraunhofer IML, Dortmund; Geothermie-Zentrum Bochum/ Katja Winkler; Grönemeyer Institut, Bochum; Hochschule Bochum; iStockphoto.com; Kölbl Kruse (Living Bridge); District of Unna; District of Unna/ Laboratory Bio-Security; District of Wesel/ ALTANA Chemie AG; District of Wesel/ Horst Riefers; Udo Kühn; Ralph Lueger; Christian Luhnen; Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie, Dortmund; MedEcon Ruhr GmbH, Bochum; MicroParts, Dortmund (topic: cross-sectional technology / micro-systems technology); NRW.Invest GmbH / Knowledgebase NRW; Polymernetzwerk; Nadine Lena Pohle; Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR), Essen; RVR/ Beermann; RVR/ Behrendt; RVR/ Lichtblick; RVR/ Oberhäuser; Michael Schwarze-Rodrian; Ruhrpilot, Essen; City of Bochum; City of Herten; ThyssenKrupp Stainless AG (topic: new substances); Thyssen Krupp (plans for ThyssenKrupp Quartier); TechnologieZentrum Dortmund; Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen (topic: solar energy).
The photos of the portraits in the ‘small world champions’ section were acquired with the kind consent of the respective companies.
The photos of the turbines in the cross-sectional technologies section were kindly provided to us by MAN Turbo AG, Oberhausen.
The images in the city and district profiles were used with the kind approval of the municipal economic development establishments.
The photos in the architecture picture gallery were taken by photographer Thomas Robbin.
Extracts from the map of Germany: publisher: Wirtschaftsförderung metropoleruhr GmbH (wmr), Mülheim an der Ruhr; maps and geodata: Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR), department of Geoinformation and Space analysis, Essen; Cartography: Büro für Regionalanalyse (BFR), Dortmund
More pictures credits
www.istockphoto.de
© Sonia Boukaia-Murari | fotolia.com
© Maria.P. | fotolia.com
© Franz Pfluegl | fotolia.com
© bellemedia | fotolia.com
© TOM | fotolia.com
