Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur, Bundes- und Europaangelegenheiten Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

What Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur, Bundes- und Europaangelegenheiten Mecklenburg-Vorpommern does

The Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur, Bundes- und Europaangelegenheiten Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is a constituent ministry of the State Government (Landesregierung) of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, headquartered at Schloßstraße 6-8, 19053 Schwerin. The ministry, led by Ministerin Bettina Martin with Staatssekretärin Susanne Bowen as State Secretary, holds statutory responsibility for science and higher education policy, cultural affairs, federal-state coordination, and European cooperation within the state. It is wholly owned and controlled by the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern under Ministerpräsidentin Manuela Schwesig, with no private shareholders or independent corporate structure.

The ministry operates a portfolio of interconnected web portals anchored on the Regierungsportal M-V, the unified state government gateway. The flagship product is the MV-Serviceportal, which provides over 800 digitized administrative services to citizens and businesses. Specialized portals cover culture (Kulturportal MV), European affairs (Europaportal MV), geospatial data (Geodatenportal MV), energy (Energieportal MV), careers (Karriereportal MV), taxation (Steuerportal MV), construction planning (Bau- und Planungsportal M-V), investor engagement (Investorenportal MV), and general state information (Landesportal MV). Accessibility features include content in Easy Language (Leichte Sprache) and German Sign Language (Gebärdensprache).

The technology stack relies on Siteimprove Analytics for web analytics and accessibility quality assurance, DVZ Datenverarbeitungszentrum Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GmbH as the technical hosting operator with servers located at Lübecker Straße 283, Schwerin, and PLANET IC GmbH as the design agency. Video content is delivered through Vimeo and YouTube, both deployed with enhanced privacy modes (two-click solution) to comply with GDPR/DSGVO. Communication channels span the central portal, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), YouTube, a press subscription service, and downloadable publications. The business model is non-commercial: the ministry is funded through the state budget approved by the Landtag and does not generate revenue through fees or sales.

Name

Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur, Bundes- und Europaangelegenheiten Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Legal name

Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur, Bundes- und Europaangelegenheiten Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Website

https://regierung-mv.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur, Bundes- und Europaangelegenheiten Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is a state government ministry in Schwerin, Germany, responsible for science policy, cultural funding, federal-state coordination, and European cooperation, operating the unified Regierungsportal M-V and the MV-Serviceportal with over 800 digitized administrative services for citizens, businesses, academic institutions, and cultural organizations across the state.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (9211), Other General Government Support (92119)

SIC

International Affairs (9721), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Central Government Policy, Strategy & Performance (incl. OMB-style functions) (BPAIAAAB)

Keywords

• Public administration services
• State government ministry
• Cultural funding programs
• Higher education policy
• European affairs coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Schwerin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The ministry is the state-level government authority of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern responsible for policy and funding in science and higher education, cultural affairs, federal-state relations, and European cooperation (including Baltic Sea regional initiatives). It delivers its mandate through a network of public digital portals — most notably the Regierungsportal M-V and the MV-Serviceportal offering 800+ digitized administrative services — and through direct grants and program administration for universities, research institutions, cultural organizations, artists, and citizens.

Product overview

The Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur, Bundes- und Europaangelegenheiten Mecklenburg-Vorpommern operates through a network of interconnected web portals and digital services centered around the Regierungsportal M-V. The core platform serves as the unified digital gateway for state government information, while the MV-Serviceportal provides over 800 digitized administrative services. Specialized portals including Kulturportal MV, Europaportal MV, Investorenportal MV, and Geodatenportal MV serve distinct thematic areas. Additional service portals such as Energieportal MV, Karriereportal MV, and Steuerportal MV offer targeted information and services. The ministry also provides accessibility features including content in Easy Language (Leichte Sprache) and German Sign Language (Gebärdensprache).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Regierungsportal M-V Unified government portal of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern serving as the primary digital gateway for state government information, press releases, publications, and links to administrative services across all ministries.
• MV-Serviceportal Digital administrative services portal offering more than 800 digitized administrative services for citizens and businesses in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, accessible online.
• Kulturportal MV Official cultural portal of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern connecting cultural organizations, artists, and culture enthusiasts with regional cultural offerings and funding programs.
• Europaportal MV Portal providing information on European policy, EU funding instruments, and Baltic Sea regional cooperation initiatives for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
• Karriereportal MV State-administration career portal listing job opportunities, apprenticeships, and civil service positions within the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state administration.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• DVZ Datenverarbeitungszentrum Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnical operator of the government portal infrastructure, responsible for server operations and data management. Servers are located at Lübecker Straße 283, 19059 Schwerin. Provides technical support for the digital service delivery platform.
• SiteimprovecoreTechnology or IntegrationWeb analytics and quality assurance platform used across government websites to monitor accessibility compliance, identify content issues, and improve user experience. Provided free to ministries and subordinate authorities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Wissenschaftsrat: German council providing science policy advice to federal and state governments; comparable as an institutional actor in the same science-policy ecosystem this ministry operates in.
• Kulturstiftung der Länder: Inter-state cultural foundation jointly funded by Germany's 16 states; comparable as the intergovernmental cultural funding mechanism that complements this ministry's state-level cultural portfolio.

Direct peers

• Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur Brandenburg: Brandenburg's state ministry for science, research, and culture; directly comparable as a structurally similar eastern German state ministry covering science and culture portfolios.
• Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur und Tourismus: Saxony's state ministry combining science, culture, and tourism; another eastern German state ministry with an overlapping and structurally similar combined portfolio.
• Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur: Lower Saxony's state ministry with an identical portfolio (science and culture); the most direct peer in terms of mandate, structure, and German Landesministerium tier.

Regional players

• Staatskanzlei Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: The State Chancellery of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, which holds oversight coordination among ministries and reports to Ministerpräsidentin Manuela Schwesig; directly comparable as the parent oversight entity within the same state government.

Broad incumbents

• Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen: North Rhine-Westphalia's combined ministry for culture and science; directly comparable as another German state ministry covering the same science and cultural affairs mandate.
• Hamburgische Behörde für Wissenschaft, Forschung, Gleichstellung und Bezirke: Hamburg's city-state authority for science and research; comparable as another German state-level public administration entity handling a science and higher education portfolio.
• Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung: German federal ministry for education and research; comparable as the federal-level counterpart that sets higher-level science policy and federal-state coordination that this ministry engages with.
• Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst: Bavaria's state ministry combining science and cultural affairs portfolios, the closest structural analogue at a larger scale; directly comparable scope (science + culture + arts) and equivalent German Landesministerium status.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/innen_mv
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/SozialministeriumMV
• Facebookfacebook.com/wkmmv
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ministerium-f%C3%BCr-wissenschaft-kultur-bundes-und-europaangelegenheiten-mecklenburg-vorpommern
• Instagraminstagram.com/wkm_mv

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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