"With the start-up initiative, as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, I want to encourage people to take the step into self-employment and strengthen the start-up culture in Germany," says Peter Altmaier.
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1 December 2018
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier is launching a new start-up initiative together with the ZDH, BDA, BDI, and DIHK associations.
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier (CDU) is launching the new start-up initiative of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) together with the Central Association of German Crafts (ZDH) , the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) , the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK).
"With the start-up initiative, I, as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, want to encourage people to take the step into self-employment and strengthen the start-up culture in Germany. With their ideas, products, and services, founders contribute to a dynamic, innovative, and internationally competitive economy and create sustainable jobs. Start-ups, company formations, and company successions in the service sector, skilled trades, commercial enterprises, and the liberal professions strengthen Germany as a business location and are an important pillar of our social market economy," says Altmaier.
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"Starting a business is part of the DNA of the skilled trades," explains ZDH President Hans Peter Wollseifer. "Start-ups in the skilled trades are designed for longevity: We start businesses to stay. This makes adequate qualifications for new business founders and successors all the more important. To achieve this, we must strengthen vocational training and continuing education, as well as the master craftsman's certificate, which is the ideal starting point for self-employment. With approximately 200.000 business transfers looming in the coming years, skilled trades offer excellent opportunities to become one's own boss. On the path to establishing one's own business, we should provide founders with succession guides to support them in their transition to self-employment."
To kick off the start-up initiative, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and the relevant associations have issued a joint statement outlining the key points for strengthening the start-up culture in Germany. In addition, four regional conferences will take place in 2019, providing aspiring entrepreneurs with the opportunity to engage directly with Minister Altmaier and the associations. As part of the start-up initiative, the BMWi intends to continue and further develop successful existing measures (such as the EXIST program and the start-up platform) and introduce new initiatives (such as the nationwide action day for business succession and the expansion of venture capital financing through the new KfW subsidiary "KfW Capital"). The BMWi's activities and measures are summarized in ten areas of action in the publication " 10 Points for More Start-ups ."
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