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Bi- and multilateral cooperation in education and research

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research cooperates with individual states on many interdisciplinary projects. Direct cooperation makes it possible to devise projects which are tailored to the special situation in each country and to its relations with Germany.

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  Cooperation with European Countries

  Cooperation with European countries is very important to Germany. A major part of this cooperation is multilateral and aims to actively shape the European Research Area. Bilateral cooperation focuses on establishing and developing partnership relations between stakeholders in the research community, facilitating coordination processes at all levels and promoting the generation of synergy between projects and partners. Joint initiatives and the identification of topics that are of mutual interest contribute to European strategy development and to shaping the European Research Area.
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  The Russian Federation

  Cooperation in education, research and technology is one of the main pillars of German-Russian relations. In April 2005, both countries issued a "Joint Declaration on a Strategic Partnership in Education, Research and Innovation", which reiterated the political willingness of both countries to continue and intensify their successful cooperation in a wide range of research areas. The 1987 treaty on scientific and technological cooperation was amended on 16 July 2009. Germany's Federal Minister of Education and Research Annette Schavan and her Russian counterpart Andrej Fursenko launched the 'German-Russian Year of Education, Science and Innovation 2011-2012' to further strengthen this partnership.
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  Cooperation with the Asian-Pacific region

  According to expert prognoses, China and India will be the world's second- and third-largest economies in less than 10 years. The entire Asia-Pacific region is developing into a dominating force in science, as well. Of course this development poses some risks, but it also offers numerous opportunities, which we can only profit from if we engage in intensive dialogue with these countries. The BMBF actively supports Germany's contacts with this region through different measures in education and research policy. For example, we are currently intensifying the exchange of ideas with Japan and South Korea in the area of research and technology.
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  Cooperation with the USA and Canada

  The USA is Germany's most important scientific and technological cooperation partner among all industrialized countries. Over 50 bilateral cooperation agreements have been concluded. They form the basis of the extensive network of German-American research projects. The key areas of cooperation are space flight (through the ISS) and environmental technologies. There are also successful partnerships in the area of medicine. Germany's cooperation with Canada focuses on biotechnology and nanotechnology. In future, the subject of sustainability will be integrated more closely into the collaboration.
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