About us

The overall business objective of the European Centre for Media Competence (ecmc) GmbH is the promotion of media literacy and the corresponding advisory service at a political level. Different target groups are addressed with a wide variety of digital media projects in order to highlight the opportunities of new media for all sections of the population, thereby contributing to the concept of a general digital access.

ecmc's projects, publications and workshops stimulate the dialogue on life and work in the information society. Concepts and materials for media work and education are designed to anhance the garget groups' media literacy skills and to prevent a digital divide in society. Some topical illustrations of projects developed and executed by ecmc are mekonet, the NRW Media Competence Network, NRW denkt nach(haltig) and media NRW.

ecmc was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Marl, Germany. Shareholders are the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Media Autority of North Rhine Westphalia, the City of Marl and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).

ecmc works with an experienced and interdisciplinary team in the domains of:

• analysis & development
• consultancy & management and
• online communication
  
  

Services offered by ecmc

The point of departure for ecmc's activities in the analysis & development field is social sciences research. In-depth analysis of recent media developments and their assessment leads to the impartation of media literacy concepts. The department also provices detailed monitoring and evaluation of ongoing or finalised projects. Years of experience in the consultancy & management domain are demonstrated in numerous successful projects. ecmc offers services ranging from the development of project ideas to counselling, project management, and finally project monitoring.

In the online communication field, ecmc's permanent and far-sighted web solutions are based on services such as counselling and concepts for web solutions, web development work, training, website maintenance, and cross-media production. ecmc's is particularly well-experienced in content management solutions. These permit the cost-effective multiplication of knowledge and information without losing sight of the administrative requirements and technicalities with regard to content (such as the removal of barriers, the granting of rights, etc.).

Data & facts concerning ecmc GmbH

Management:

• Jennifer Jahnke
• Holger Girbig

Company officer:

• Dr. Harald Gapski

Supervisory Board Chairman:

• Dr. Jürgen Brautmeier, Media Authority North Rhine-Westphalia

Shareholders:

• The Land of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Media Authority North Rhine-Westphalia
• The Municipality of Marl
• West German Broadcasting (WDR)

Company sites:

• Marl

Membership of associations:

• Alliance for Barrier-Free Information Technology 
• Federal Association for the Digital Economy (BVDW)
• AV-Gründerzentrum

Your contacts at ecmc

ecmc GmbH
Bergstr. 8
D-45770 Marl
Phone: +49 (0)2365 9404-0
Fax: +49 (0)2365 9404-29

Management:
Jennifer Jahnke, Holger Girbig
Email: info@ecmc.de
Phone: +49 (0)2365 9404-10
Fax: +49 (0)2365 9404-19

PR & Marketing:
Andrea Beckers
Email: presse@ecmc.de
Phone: 49 (0)2365 9404-32
Fax: 49 (0)2365 9404-29