The Federal Office of Administration

In its capacity as the Federal Government’s largest service agency, the Federal Office of Administration (BVA) carries out more than 150 tasks for all Federal Government institutions, authorities, associations and citizens. The BVA headquarters are located in Cologne. There are BVA offices in 23 towns and cities with a total staff of currently about 6,000.

The Federal Ministry of the Interior established the BVA as an independ- ent superior federal authority in 1960. The founding principle was to The BVA headquarters in Cologne (Riehl) centralize administrative tasks of the federal ministries and to perform them more effectively. This approach has developed in a very dynamic way over the years. The BVA plays a key role in the modernization and Number of employees: digital transformation of public administration. currently, approx. 6,000

Postal address: The BVA has been carrying out tasks in the field of public security Bundesverwaltungsamt and citizenship law ever since its foundation. Today, it operates, 50728 Köln, Germany among others, the Central Register of Foreigners, is involved in visa Office address: procedures on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office with several mil- Bundesverwaltungsamt lions of requests a year, and is the national authority responsible for Barbarastraße 1 issuing authorization certificates in the framework of the new iden- 50735 Köln-Riehl

tity card. Offices located in 23 towns and cities: In addition, it organizes the management of grants in areas like sport Bad Homburg, Berlin, Bonn, funding, the promotion of culture, youth and social matters, grants Chemnitz, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt education loans, collects loans under the Federal Law concerning (Oder), Friedland, Görlitz, Hamm, Hanover, Kiel, Leipzig, Magdeburg, the Promotion of Education (BAföG) and provides training for the Munich, Neubrandenburg, intermediate administration service at federal level. Osnabrück, Pomellen, Rostock, Strausberg, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden, Furthermore, current key areas of activity include personnel and Zeuthen administrative services for more than 300 authorities, especially re- Contact: muneration of public service staff, travel management, and partial Bundesverwaltungsamt reimbursement of civil servants’ medical bills (Beihilfe). One exam- Telephone: +49 22899358-0 ple is the successful BVA ‘Beihilfe-App’, used by more than 162,000 Fax: +49 22899358-2823 federal civil servants. Email: [email protected]

The area of organizational and digitalization consultancy for minis- Internet: tries and other authorities, which is in increasing demand, arose out www.bundesverwaltungsamt.de of the BVA’s wide variety of experience in the area of administrative modernization.

The central service agency www.beratung.bund.de Bundesverwaltungsamt Shared Service Centre (DLZ) Centre Service Shared www.bundesverwaltungsamt.de www.dienstleistungszentrum.de - - For further information on the Federal Office of Administration and its and Administration of Office Federal the on information further For International for the Unit please contact and products, various services and Change Management: Communication Affairs; Email: [email protected] www.bundesverwaltungsamt.de Internet: The BVA manages a budget of over 494 million euros (2020). euros 494 million a budget of over manages The BVA paid through their remuneration staff have of all federal 90 percent the BVA. for on applications notices decision 1.75 million issues The BVA year. bills a medical servants’ of civil partial reimbursement annually. processed are visa applications of 2.5 million An average is granted on behalf year a euros amounting to 1.3 billion Funding ministries. of all federal 2,500 trainees at training for vocational for is responsible The BVA institutions. 273 federal use of the make bodies and public than 16,500 authorities More records. 29 million contains which of Foreigners, Central Register in the 43,000 job applications approx. received the BVA In 2020, and foundations. authorities for of recruitment context The BVA also assumes the coinage of the Federal Republic of Germany. of Germany. Republic of the Federal coinage the also assumes BVA The on and placing production the commissioning designing, This includes and coins euro commemorative coins, circulation of euro the market coins. collector’s problems. short-term of case the in help provides BVA the addition, In in Institute Koch has supported the Robert the BVA 2020, March Since ‘containment 1,450 recruiting and selecting crisis by the coronavirus On behalf of the them. for personnel services and providing scouts’ and COVID-19 with infected people question they offices, health public has another The BVA with. contact been in close might have those they it will disburse bridging 2020, September since new task in this context: pandemic. the coronavirus by sport affected professional aid for the that shows changing range of activities This part of the constantly As of administration. areas in many Government Federal assists the BVA authori and specialist ministries within the BVA, consolidated tasks are ties can focus on their core tasks, which results in increased quality and quality in increased results which tasks, on their core can focus ties account cost-results In particular in administration. cost-effectiveness areas. in many cut costs have at the BVA ing and controlling in figures The BVA • • • • • • • •

InfoBlatt-BVA –08/2021