Bonn, September 28, 2018
The regional development agency aconium opened a location in Bonn today in the presence of Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, Minister for Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The new regional office provides short routes to advice, information and project support for the implementation of the federal broadband funding programme. The regional office also supports stakeholders from administration, business and science in the development and implementation of future-oriented development strategies for North Rhine-Westphalia.
aconium GmbH has been offering consulting services in the areas of regional development, digital infrastructure expansion, mobility, energy and education for over 10 years. Coordination and processing of EU and federal funding, administrative management of funding awards as well as project and financial management and training seminars are also part of the portfolio.
aconium works with a cross-sector network of experts from business, science, technology and decision-makers from municipal and supra-regional public institutions throughout Europe.
As an entrusted project sponsor of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) for the federal funding programme for broadband expansion, aconium GmbH is actively working to accelerate the expansion of digital infrastructure in municipalities and districts.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, Minister for Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, gave a welcoming address at the opening of the regional office and praised the cooperation with aconium GmbH in implementing the federal funding programme.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, Minister for Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia: “We need pragmatic solutions in order to rapidly drive forward the economically and socially urgently needed expansion of fibre optics in the state by 2025. The funding experts at aconium GmbH in the Bonn regional office ensure fast and direct information, competent advice in the regions and short decision-making paths. It is good that we can now further intensify our cooperation on the ground.”
Dr Annette Schumacher, Member of the Management Board at aconium: “Digitisation must be accelerated and with the new local office we will support the municipalities in NRW in close cooperation with the Gigabit offices at the district governments.”
Dr. Markus Tietmeyer, Head of the regional office for North Rhine-Westphalia: “Our office covers the entire consulting and service portfolio of aconium GmbH. With our broad European network, we support public clients and companies in all aspects of digitalisation. A key cornerstone of our work is the intensive and very good cooperation with those responsible at the state ministries, the five district governments and the individual funding recipients in the area of broadband funding in North Rhine-Westphalia.”
As the operator of the federal broadband office, aconium has also been informing and networking businesses and the public sector in all aspects of digitalization for years, for example with the joint BMVI and DIHK “Breitband@Mittelstand” campaign.
About aconium GmbH
aconium GmbH is a European consulting and project development company with offices in Berlin and Brussels as well as other regional offices throughout Germany. For more than 10 years, aconium GmbH has been offering consulting and operational support in regional development. This includes all topics related to technology, such as digitalisation, mobility, energy, social services and education. Our service portfolio includes strategy consulting, the coordination of sovereign tasks, the project management of European and national projects, the administration and processing of funding, project-related communication and marketing, event management and further training courses.
Cover photo: Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, Minister for Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia at the opening of aconium GmbH’s regional office for North Rhine-Westphalia in Bonn on 28.09.2018. Photos below: Ashok-Alexander Sridharan (Mayor of Bonn, l.), Dr. Annette Schumacher (Member of the aconium Management Board) and Dr. Markus Tietmeyer (Regional Manager aconium, r.) in conversation; view of the guests at the opening ceremony; Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart (Minister for Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, l.) in conversation with Dr. Annette Schumacher (Member of the aconium Management Board).) in conversation with Dr. Annette Schumacher (Member of the Management Board of aconium, l.) and Dr. Markus Tietmeyer (Head of Regional Office for North Rhine-Westphalia, aconium, r.); Sebastian Hartmann (Member of the Bundestag, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis), Dr. Annette Schumacher (Member of the Management Board of aconium), Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart (Minister for Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia) Ashok-Alexander Sridharan (Mayor of Bonn), Dr. Markus Tietmeyer (Head of the Regional Office for North Rhine-Westphalia of aconium GmbH) (l-r); Dr. Annette Schumacher (Member of the Management Board of aconium) during her speech; Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart (Minister for Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia) Dr. Andreas Pinkwart (Minister for Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia) during his speech; Dr. Markus Tietmeyer (Head of the Regional Office for North Rhine-Westphalia) during his speech; aconium sign on the building of the regional office of aconium GmbH. Opening of the regional office for North Rhine-Westphalia of aconium GmbH in Bonn, 28.09.2018.
Photo credits: aconium GmbH/Florian Schuh