Asian-Pacific Region

The Asia-Pacific region is becoming one of the world's dominating regions in political, economic and scientific terms. It is extremely important for Germany as a knowledge-based society to observe the emergence of this new, globally relevant and highly dynamic research area and to participate in its development by acquiring as many contacts as possible. Bilateral and multilateral cooperation in education and research, which is very successful owing to long-standing productive relations, plays a major role in this respect.

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  Australia

  Australia is one of the industrialized nations with the highest scientific standards. The most important objective in the Australian government’s research policy is to strategically position Australia as a key location of high technology in the Asian region. The areas of education in which the Australian government actively develops policies are mainly centred on vocational training and higher education. Australia’s cooperation with Germany in the areas of education and research is developing in an extraordinarily positive way. For example, Australian applicants are some of the strongest contenders for Humboldt scholarships.
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  China

  Germany is China’s most important trading partner within the EU. China is continually boosting its research potential, in particular by increasing its R&D expenditure whilst training new R&D personnel. Chinese scientists and research institutions have already reached the standards of western industrial countries in many fields, or are expected do so in the near future. The bilateral cooperation has been further strengthened by carrying out the “German-Chinese Year of Science and Education 2009/2010” and the First German-Chinese Intergovernmental Consultations at the end of June 2011.
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  India

  The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) supports German-Indian cooperation with the initiative “India and Germany – Strategic Partners for Innovation”. Under the motto “Research in Germany – Land of Ideas”, the German research landscape – consisting of research institutions, networks, and companies with strong research departments – has been presenting its activities in India since September 2008. The targeted marketing activities, which are being carried out in cooperation with science and research institutions as well as companies, are designed to raise international awareness of Germany’s strengths as an R&D location.
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  Indonesia

  Indonesia is a priority country in Germany’s Scientific and Technological Cooperation (STC) with Asia. Scientific and technological cooperation between Germany and Indonesia has existed for over thirty years (2010). It was significantly intensified after the tsunami disaster of 26 December 2004, when the two countries started working together on the development of a tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean. The fully functional early warning centre was handed over to Indonesia in spring 2011.
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  Japan

  It is the Federal Government’ declared objective to develop a lasting partnership strategy with Japan. From a strategic point of view, Scientific and Technological Cooperation (STC) with Japan is one of the mainstays of German-Japanese relations. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research cooperates with Japan on the basis of the STC Agreement of 1974. The key areas of cooperation set out in the agreement are marine research and technology, the life sciences, and the environment.
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  Republic of Korea (South Korea)

  South Korea is a remarkable success story. In the 1960s, it was still one of the world’s poorest countries. Today, the Republic of Korea is Asia’s fourth-largest economy. In terms of GDP, South Korea’s economy ranks 15th in the world. It is the world’s 9th-largest export nation. South Korea is one of the most important markets for German exports. At the same time, Germany is one of South Korea’s most important trade partner and the leading trade partner among the EU Member States, with a trade volume of US$20 billion in 2009.
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  Mongolia

  ‘Genghis Khan and his Heirs’ – our fascination with the former ruler of the Mongol Empire remains undiminished. An interdepartmental agreement between the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany, and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Mongolia, provides the basis for a groundbreaking collaboration in the fields of science, technology and education policy.
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  New Zealand

  Through the International Bureau of the BMBF, the BMBF supports the initiation of new cooperation projects by means of joint workshops, fact-finding missions and researcher exchanges. Activities are generally coordinated with New Zealand through an annual joint call for proposals in the autumn of each year.
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  Singapore

  Due to its geostrategic and infrastructural location at the centre of the Southeast Asian nations, Singapore is the economic and technological hub of this region. An STC agreement with the FRG has existed since 1994. Education, research and innovation have always played an extremely important role in the culture of this city state, making Singapore an ideal partner in the field of research. Singapore has enormous expertise in IKT, materials research, chemical, bio-, environmental and production engineering. It is not least for this reason that Singapore is the centre of German business presence in the Southeast Asian region.
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  Vietnam

  In recent years, Vietnam has confirmed its role as one of the most dynamic partners of the BMBF in the region, with key areas of cooperation in the fields of hydro- and environmental technology, biotechnology and research management.
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