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In December 2020, the Council of the European Centre for Medium-Range Forecasts selected Germany with Bonn as location for the new premises of ECMWF in the European Union.
The City of Bonn looks forward to welcoming the ECMWF!
This special web offer is intended for the staff of ECMWF and their spouses, partners and families, and includes a presentation of Bonn as well as detailed information about the City’s special ECMWF Welcome Service.
Welcome by Mayor Katja Dörner
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Dear ECMWF Staff, dear new members of our growing international community,
I welcome you warmly to Bonn!
After a joint effort the City of Bonn takes great pride in having been chosen as location for the new facility of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts! We highly appreciate the generous and competent support rendered by the Federal Government of Germany and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a pleasure and an honor to welcome you to Germany’s United Nations City and global hub for sustainability!
ECMWF as a European institution is a perfect addition to the international sustainability cluster and scientific and business community in Bonn and the wider region. As Mayor of Bonn, I am convinced that you will find excellent opportunities for networking and collaboration here, combined with a high quality of life for yourselves and your families. Moreover, I would like to assure you of the continual support of our city administration and our many partners.
For UN Bonn and our international organizations, our academic institutions, international companies and the rich diversity of civil-society organizations, Bonn has become much more than a mere venue. When we speak of our international community, it is not only our organizations that we have in mind – it is the people at this international location!
We take pride in supporting international staff in achieving both their professional goals and visibility for their valuable work. And we are pleased to offer a range of services to our expatriates. Because we’d like them - and their families - to feel at home here in Bonn, welcome and appreciated!
Explore our website and the many links compiled here – and do not hesitate to reach out to us for further support. Welcome to Bonn!
New offices, to be located in Bonn, Germany, and with a focus on activities that ECMWF conducts in partnership with the EU, will start to welcome staff around summer 2021.
To ensure that the scientific and technical synergies which have been key to ECMWF’s success over the years continue to flourish, it is planned that some staff from the Centre’s core activities will also move to the new facility. Whilst the first wave of staff to move around mid-2021 will be accommodated in temporary offices, it is expected that the new and permanent ECMWF offices will become available in Bonn in 2025.
This move to a multi-site operation aims to foster even more collaboration across Europe.
The new offices to open in Bonn will provide ECMWF with a very favourable central location in Europe as well as a high density of world-class scientific institutions in the immediate surroundings, not only in Germany. Whilst the actual building will not be available until 2026, ECMWF will have access from 2021 to a close-by temporary facility meeting all of the Centre’s requirements.
