Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)
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G.A.C. Group
Trilateral cooperation between Germany, France and Poland is becoming increasingly important in the face of global upheavals and growing demands on research and innovation. To secure Europe’s scientific strength in the long term, new forms of exchange, shared data spaces and targeted support for cross-border cooperation are needed.
Against this backdrop, the project, as part of the Weimar Triangle, focuses on stakeholders from academia, research funding bodies and politics in the three countries. On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, the project team identifies potential for cooperation and develops concrete approaches for more intensive trilateral cooperation in research.
The focus is on further developing and deepening cooperation in the fields of science and data. Three key areas guide the project: research data infrastructures, networking and mobility of researchers, and matchmaking for joint European funding applications. In doing so, ideas and options for action are developed to improve exchange, communication and cooperation between Germany, France and Poland.
The project is designed to be dialogue-oriented and combines analytical groundwork with a multi-stage participatory process. It began with participation in the trilateral Genshagen Conference in March 2026. The discussions and positions expressed there were evaluated and translated into initial hypotheses regarding cooperation needs.
Building on this, Prognos is organising three online and three on-site workshops with experts from the three countries. These workshops serve to examine and further develop the identified needs and translate them into concrete cooperation approaches. The results will then be compiled into a report setting out various concrete courses of action, which will serve as a basis for a subsequent coordination process between the three countries.
Project team: Michael Astor, Dr Eva Dantas, Jakobus Kai Jaspersen, Dr Justyna Kramarczyk
Last updated: 29.05.2026
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