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ECMWF is the City's partner for 2025

The city of Bonn is entering into an annual partnership with the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) for the year 2025, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in April with a conference lasting several days in Bonn.

Founded in 1975, the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is a world leader in global numerical weather prediction and climatology and a central component of the European weather forecasting and climate research infrastructure. Following Brexit, a new location was needed for the headquarters, which had previously been based in Reading, UK. Bonn prevailed against eight high-quality competing offers from European neighbors and the first employees started work here in August 2021. 

The company's own campus on a federally owned site in Bad Godesberg-Nord on Ludwig-Erhard-Allee is due to be completed in 2026. In addition to the office building, a conference building and a company restaurant will also be built. The 70-metre-high office tower will be a defining feature of the urban development. 

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Background information

Since the year 2000, the City of Bonn has invited Bonn-based international organizations to an annual partnership every year. Each year, a resident organization has the opportunity to present itself and its topics in a series of public events, which are supported by the city with extensive services.

The City of Bonn refers to the respective partnership in the footer of its e-mails. And large info screens at the main railway station and the free stampers also advertise the city’s partnership organization and enhance visibility in the cityscape.

Former annual partnerships