Tag: Sprind
New law gives innovation agency Sprind more freedom
Rafael Lagoon The Sprind boss is satisfied with the draft law. (Photo: Sprind) Berlin In the future, the federal agency for disruptive innovations (Sprind) should be able to decide independently…
“We want to start into a decade of innovation”
Berlin The new Federal Education and Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) wants to push the new “German Agency for Transfer and Innovation” (Dati) in 2022. Its purpose is to ensure…
Ten ways to innovation Germany
Germany’s innovation policy is eroding. Not because the state is pumping too little money into the system. Rather, there is a problem with bureaucracy, mental silos, misguided incentives, large egos…
Exploratory paper: Tech associations praise digital plans – but miss a new ministry
Digitization is at the top of the exploratory paper of the SPD, Greens and FDP. Digital associations praise the new prioritization, but also see weak points. .source site
Ministry of Digital: Lots of budget, flat hierarchies
Berlin A good two thirds of those eligible to vote would like a strong, dedicated digital ministry. Above all, this is intended to reduce the enormous deficits in the digital…
How bureaucracy slows down research – especially in medicine
Berlin The Expert Commission on Research and Innovation EFI complains about enormous bureaucratic hurdles – especially in medical research. This hits a booming research field of all things: the development…
7 things the government absolutely needs to tackle
Where is Germany headed? Some reforms are necessary after the general election. In the Merkel years, Germany became sluggish in terms of reform. The next federal government will therefore have…
7 things the government absolutely needs to tackle
Where is Germany headed? Some reforms are necessary after the general election. Germany became sluggish in reform during the Merkel years. The next federal government will therefore have to initiate…
“Airbnb, Uber and Lieferando are not making people’s lives better”
Berlin The head of the Federal Agency for Jump Innovations Sprind, Rafael Laguna, is a key figure in the German innovation scene. In an interview with Handelsblatt, the former entrepreneur…