Lindenallee 11
DE-50968
Köln
GERMANY
Tel: +49 2 21 37 71 1 47
Fax: +49 2 21 37 71 1 46
Website: www.difu.de
Main Contact
Cornelia RÖSLER
Email: roesler[at]difu.de
Year of Creation: 1973
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In 1973 the German Institute of Urban Affairs (DIFU) was founded by the Deutscher Städtetag (German Association of Towns and Cities) with the aim of identifying long-term prospects for urban development and providing expert advice to municipal authorities to help them solve their problems.
An institution currently serving just about 130 towns, five municipal organizations and one planning community (status: February 2003), DIFU consciously orientates its research activities towards the needs of towns and cities, offering them a broad spectrum of services. Studies, expert reports, further training seminars, information and documentation services, and regular publications promote the user-orientated dissemination of scientific findings. DIFU provides a forum where local authorities can exchange ideas and experience and municipalities can gain advice on how to implement their planning objectives in administrative practice. DIFU sees "urban affairs" principally as practice-related urban research.
Since German unification in 1990, the Institute has extended its services to the new Länder. The nature and scale of the counselling and services it provides to east German towns and cities are tailored to their special needs.
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