Fraunhofer EU Office Brussels

The Fraunhofer EU Office in Brussels connects Fraunhofer management and researchers to the European research and innovation landscape. Our mission is to support the Fraunhofer Executive Board and the institutes on EU research topics, to proactively bring those topics to the awareness of Fraunhofer and to provide orientation through our EU expertise. Furthermore, we represent Fraunhofer positions in the context of European research and innovation policy and initiate strategic research collaborations through our excellent, European and Fraunhofer network.

We thus provide a unique platform for communication and collaboration with European institutions and other partner organizations in Brussels to showcase the significance of applied research and innovation.

Our strategic positioning activities include:

• Advocacy of Fraunhofer interests at EU level
• Participation in expert groups and other EU committees
• Liaison activities with European partners (e.g. EARTO)
• Preparation of meetings of Fraunhofer Executive Board members with EU commissioners and members of the European Parliament
• Monitoring and analysis of European research politics

Services for Fraunhofer Institutes include:

• »Door opener« to the European commission and the European Parliament, contact point, meeting preparation
• Information about European research funding programs and specific advice for individual institutes
• Publication of a monthly newsletter on European research funding and European research politics
• Coordination of events and project meetings on the premises of Fraunhofer Brussels