Three start-up-friendly communities awarded

in the final of the state competition "Start-up BW Local" Künzelsau, Reutlingen and the East-Württemberg region prevailed.

The final of the state competition "Start-up BW Local- Start-up-friendly community “ practically took place on December 3. The first-placed Künzelsau in the Community, Reutlingen category in the City category and the East-Württemberg region in the inter-municipal projects category convinced the jury and the specialist audience most of its start-up friendly concepts. "All communities that we honored impressively show how effective and creative start-up support can look at the local level," emphasized the Minister of Economy Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut Who congratulated by video message.

"Even during the crisis, they continued to work on concepts and ideas that make their company location fit for the future and significantly increase the chances of success of start-ups. I would like to thank you for this-on behalf of the founder. Your commitment is important to make Baden-Württemberg one of the most dynamic start-up regions in Europe," said the minister. "I am sure that we will take a lot of ideas with us today to make start-up support even more successful," continues Hoffmeister-Kraut. "The nine finalists presented promising projects that we would be happy to support in the further implementation. We need municipalities who actively support people who want to found a company and play an active role in the regional start-up ecosystems." "

The winners

Category Community

• The municipality of Künzelsau won the first prize and 10,000 euros.
• second place and 7,500 euros went to the municipality of Bad Saulgau.
• Third place and 5,000 euros went to the Magstadt community.

City Category

• The city of Reutlingen won the first prize and 10,000 euros.
• second place and 7,500 euros went to the city of Albstadt.
• third place and 5,000 euros went to the city of Mannheim.

inter -municipal projects

• The East-Württemberg region won the first prize and 10,000 euros.
• second place and 7,500 euros went to the association of the cities of Esslingen, Filderstadt, Kirchheim (Teck) and Nürtingen.
• The third place and 5,000 euros went to the district of Böblingen.

The municipalities presented their competitive contributions virtually in front of a jury of entrepreneurs with founding experience and in front of a specialist audience. The concepts presented were assessed by the following jury members, including the specialist audience, via online voting:

• Matthias Burgbacher | Plan: Cooperation
• Timm Czarnecki | BRC Solar GmbH
• Tim Dibjick | Membratech Engineering GmbH
• Stefanie Knebel | AudioTextour GbR
• pia Nowotny | Marthas Gastronomiebehen GmbH

The state competition "Start-up BW Local"

"Start-up BW Local" is a state competition from the Baden-Württemberg Economic Ministry. It supports municipalities, cities and districts in the conceptual creation of start -friendly structures on site. The founders then evaluate the concepts and give the most convincing participants the “Start-up-friendly community” label. Since the beginning of the format, in addition to a community of start-up supporters, unbureaucratic structures have emerged from which founders benefit.

The competition is sponsored together by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the municipal umbrella organizations in Baden-Württemberg parish day , Stadtag , Grafschaftsag as well as from industrial Baden-Württemberg (Bwihk) and from Baden-Württembergische Handwerkstag (BWHT) .

With the concept of state competition, the Ministry of Economic Affairs has created an infrastructure that is unique in Europe that promotes the commitment of business development agencies, visible and recognizes, according to the European Commission, which has commissioned the state, competition on the shortlist of this year's European Business Promotion Award. The competitive approach is therefore already considered a European "Best Practice".

YouTube-Canal of the Start-up-bw: Livestream of the award ceremony