Federal Institute for Building, Urban and Spatial Research (BBSR)

that Federal Institute for Building, Urban and Spatial Research (BBSR) in the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) is the departmental research institution within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Construction (BMWSB) and advises the Federal Government at national and European level on urban and spatial development as well as housing, real estate and construction tasks.

To support structural change in regions that need action, particularly in the coal regions, the BBSR is setting up a new “Competence Center for Regional Development” (KRE) at the Cottbus site. The Competence Center provides scientific support for structural change in the coal regions, advises politics and administration, and prepares findings from comparable processes in Germany and abroad and makes them available to the coal regions.