This year the Forum will focus on creativity, jobs and local development. We will examine how localities can support culture and creative industries as a source of knowledge and job creation and how the creative industry can act as a powerful driving force areas such as tourism, urban regeneration, and social inclusion.

1. Venice | LEED Forum | 18.-19.04.2016 | Dr. Lutz Franzke
OECD - Boosting job creation
Airport Region BER

2. OECD - boosting job creation in airport region BER2
Market development – PAX / Human Resources
Access to Eastern Germany and Poland
3,4
4,8
10,6
People million)
Distance (minutes)
22,2
6,4
30
60
90
120
180

3.  The labour market figures in the airport area of BER are excellent for the last 10 years.
‒ Actually, Berlin and Brandenburg are well above the national average, the level around the airport region lies
under the Federal and State average. Actual huge demands for jobs in care for the elderly, metal processing
and logistics.
‒ Unemployment rate in County Dahme-Spreewald fell from 12 % in 2005 over 7,5% in 2011 to 6% in 2015.
OECD - boosting job creation in airport region BER3
Labor market figures
Strong economy in airport region
source: federal agency for work
6.6
10.6
9.6
6.9 6.2
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Germany Berlin Brandenburg Teltow-Fläming Dahme-Spreewald
unemploymentrate(%)
Federal State

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Labor market figures
Airport region
source: Gemeinsame Landesplanung Berlin-Brandenburg | Jahn, Mack & Partner
2006
• The surrounding communities of
BER form 2 Counties of
Brandenburg and 3 Boroughs of
Berlin
• In Dahme-Spreewald, the regional
growth core plays the decisive
economic role.
• Resident aviation companies like
Rolls Royce and MTU have a
significant economic impact in
Teltow Fläming.
• Driving regional actor is the
University of Applied Sciences in
Wildau with new EC induced
curricula like service engineer
aviation or biosystems engineering.

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Berlin Brandenburg Airports
Passenger and workplace development
source: Unternehmensverbände Berlin Brandenburg | Berlin Brandenburg Airport Ltd. 2014
10,143
10,802
11,605
12,964 12,935
14,467
15,519
17,785
19,384
21,362
9.83
10.96
12.38 12.60
13.31
17.15
18.51
21.40
25.26
27,98
3.00
8.00
13.00
18.00
23.00
28.00
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
20,000
22,000
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Arbeitsplatzentwicklung Passagierentwicklung 1993-2013
Workplace development Passenger development

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Berlin Brandenburg Airport
Infrastructure
• Wide range of intercity services,
including to Hamburg, Hanover,
Amsterdam, Wroclaw and
Cracow
• Direct services to Berlin and the
region with regional trains
(every 15 minutes), S-Bahn
local trains (every 10 minutes)
and busses
• Challenge: lack of affordable
housing in direct vicinity / tri-
modal noise pollution

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Berlin Brandenburg Airport
Infrastructure
• Dedicated motorway exit (A113)
• Fast road connections to
downtown Berlin and the A10
Berlin ring
• Still to be improved: road,
railway and public transport to
and from new business parks in
development and direct vicinity
residential areas

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Attract and retain talent
Reach local businesses
Direct and feasible local networks within Airport Area (face-to-face)– community support in specific branches
Examples: GeSoNet (Gesundheits- und Sozialwirtschaftsnetz – Health and Social Services Network)
Network Innovative Enterprises (Metal processing and IT) with direct bridge to Employment Agency
in town halls (One-Stop-Agencies)
Clusters within Berlin Brandenburg frames like BBAA (Berlin Brandenburg Aerospace Alliance - http://www.bbaa.de/) or
Network Logistics Berlin Brandenburg (http://www.logistiknetz-bb.de/en/homepage.html)
Sustainable housing, transport and
mobility solutions (local carsharing, e-
bikes, cycle superhighways)
Improve soft location factors (education,
leisure, sports)
Eco-innovation Center Radio Hill to be
certified with DGNB eco-label
(http://www.dgnb.de/en/)

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Berlin Brandenburg Airport
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