Shaping the future of Duisburg's economy

The HUB Project Development & Europe is shaping the future of Duisburg's economy together with important partners.

A sustainable economy, especially in a region undergoing structural change such as Duisburg at the interface between the Lower Rhine and Ruhr regions, requires a high degree of resilience in the context of the European single market. The further development of the employment and industry structure is a basic prerequisite for this. To this end, the Project Development and Europe Hub works in numerous networks and projects. This is done with a large number of different partners from numerous EU countries, from business, science and administration.

The districts of Kleve and Wesel and the city of Duisburg as well as the Lower Rhine Chamber of Industry and Commerce in the Lower Rhine Regional Management, start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, corporations, administrations and municipal companies, university and non-university research and development from all over Europe contribute to project progress that no single player could achieve alone.

The HUB Project Development & Europe pays special attention to projects from the Interreg program. While Transformation Accelerator (Accelerate GDT) deals with thematic company networks and policies to accelerate the green and digital transformation, Circular Construction (ASSET) focuses on the implementation of the circular economy in the construction sector of the Eurodelta region. DBI is also leading a project on future skills (JETSKIR) in a holistic economic transformation.

What we do:

• Projects for Duisburg's future: we develop projects to prepare Duisburg's economy for tomorrow and make it resilient. Digitalization, climate change, skilled workers and many other challenges. To this end, we develop projects in a regional, national and European context.

What you get out of it:

• Learning from the best: Duisburg's economy benefits directly from the development of these projects with numerous partners from business, science and administration and from all over Europe, because we learn from the best ideas and show our partners in return where they can learn from Duisburg's strengths in transformation.

Current and upcoming projects:

• Circular City Duisburg - Duisburg is being developed into a beacon of the circular economy. (DU.Zirkulär)
• European Network of Cities - The European network for economic development and science to develop economic development projects. (EURICUR)
• Future skills - As lead partner in the INTERREG Europe project JETSKIR, DBI brings together partners from Europe to jointly develop future skills for a holistic transformation. The industrial cities and regions learn from each other how economic development, green transformation and social conditions can be combined. (JETSKIR)
• Transformation Accelerator - The Interreg Europe project AccelerateGDT brings together seven cities and regions to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs by sharing best practices and redesigning cluster policies to accelerate the green and digital transformation in Europe. (Accelerate GDT)
• Circular Construction - ASSET is an Interreg project with the participation of DBI that develops a spatial planning strategy to promote a circular construction economy in the Eurodelta for the transition to a circular built environment. (ASSET)
• 5G Innovation Hub: The project is a joint initiative of the City of Duisburg, DBI, startport GmbH and the University of Duisburg-Essen to promote technology-oriented start-ups in the 5G and 6G sector through a 5G Masterclass, which offers a state-of-the-art testing environment in the Duisburg Gateway Terminal. (CellPort)