Monographie Bonn-Rhein-Sieg

Viele internationale Player, wie zum Beispiel die Deutsche Telekom,
haben ihre Unternehmenszentrale in Bonn.
Many international players such as Deutsche Telekom have their
corporate headquarters in Bonn.
Scientia Bonnensis – the wisdom of Bonn
Ever since 1996, Bonn has called itself “the UN-city on the
Rhine River”. On the 28th of May 2003, the federal government
of Germany decided to leave “Langen Eugen” and the
Bundestag building for permanent utilisation by the United
Nations and to form a UN campus there. The campus has
the status of an ex-territorial area. The youngest UN organisation
in Bonn is the knowledge centre that was inau -
gurated on the 3rd of March 2016. It focuses on sustainable
development of the further education academy of the
System of the United Nations (UNSSC). The settlement of
the United Nations resulted in an increase in the number of
internationally-active institutions and non-governmental
organisations (NGOs), of which about 170 have meanwhile
settled in Bonn.
This strong interconnectedness of the UN, NGOs and the
regional economy is of immense significance. The region is
very well-positioned, especially in the fields of the environment,
climate and nature conservation, sustainability,
ecology, and development assistance. The cluster, consisting
of the UN, federal ministries, associations, NGOs and
companies is a unique selling proposition throughout
Germany.
The Berlin/Bonn law, in a nutshell
Ever since the relocation of the government’s headquarters
to Berlin – which was regulated by the Berlin/Bonn law of
26 April 1994 – six federal ministries retained their official
place of residence in Bonn. In addition to this, not more than
the 10,000 employees employed in the Bonn ministries may
be employed in the Berlin ministries. Also regulated by
the law, was the relocation of 22 federal authorities from
Berlin and the Rhine-Main area to the federal city. And the
federation also stipulated by law the settlement of the
privatised government companies Deutsche Telekom,
Deutsche Post and Postbank.
The topic of compensation
From the middle of 1991 – the time of the Bonn/Berlin
decision – until the middle of 2002, the number of persons
employed in the City of Bonn increased by about 11,400
“Bonn has done an outstanding job in
mastering the structural transition from
an administrative city to a service-provider
location.”
Chamber of Industry and Commerce managing
director, Hubertus Hille
(8.5 percent) to
145,558 persons.
This was facilitated
by the positive development
brought
on, among others,
by the compensation
payments of the Bund made to the region, which
amount to a total of about 1.4 billion euros.
Were it not for the way people deal with the Berlin/Bonn
law, it would be possible to lean back and feel completely
relaxed. It would also be possible to enjoy the cup of coffee
that couldn’t be drunk yet and enjoy the view across Rhine
in all its beauty. It is important to keep the still remaining
ministerial offices here on site, but equally important is
the expansion of business incentives and perspectives. Then,
in closing, it could be confirmed: “Et es noch immer jot
jejange.”
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