Thomas Manss & Company

To encourage the exchange with international partners, the German Foreign Office and the German Ministry of Education and Research have established German Houses of Science and Innovation (DWIHs) in five countries. 

The German Federal Foreign Office is responsible for the country's foreign politics and represents Germany’s interests globally.  With 2,200 staff at its headquarters in the capital Berlin and a network of 229 missions abroad, the Foreign Office maintains relations with other countries and international organisations.

The federal agency aims to communicate a positive, up-do-date image of Germany through its embassies and consulates-general and works closely with partners including business associations, unions as well as humanitarian and human rights organisations.

MedGroup specialises in the development and management of tourist and residential resorts. With more than 15 years experience, the firm's services range from strategy development to the operative management of client properties.

The company is one of the leading managers of golf courses in Spain and has extensive experience in the hotel sector having developed and built over 20 hotels in the past 10 years.

Neri is a manufacturer of urban lighting and furniture based in Emilia Romagna. Founded in 1962 by Domenico Neri, the family firm is today led by the third generation of the Neri family and is part of the Targetti Poulsen group.

The company is best known for its urban décor culture and its unrivalled archive of cast iron products, which can be found in cities around the world from Venice to Paris and from St Petersburg to Dublin.

Supstance specialises in IT- and process consulting for large enterprises with a focus on Enterprise Content Management projects, comprising web publishing, collaboration, workflows, portals and usability. In addition to consulting and project management services, Supstance offers software engineering and customisation based on mainstream technologies.

Full House has been set by a group of families with young disabled adults. The organisation develops a new concept for living with disabilities away from the well trodden path of institutionalised care. The project is supported by the charity von Bodelschwinghschen Anstalten Bethel.

Physicist Pablo Diniz Baptista's career escapes the usual categorisation. His multidisciplinary and holistic vision of science has led to numerous collaborations with fellow researchers and institutions, both in Brazil and abroad.

Pat Prudente is a broadcaster and opinion leader with a keen interest in fashion, style and image. Her programmes mainly target the emerging middle class in Brazil. Addressing the newfound aspirations of her audience, Prudente promotes the use of image and fashion as tools of personal expression and communicates with her followers through social networks, blogs, TV, radio and lectures.

Since its establishment in 1986, Companhia das Letras has published nearly 3,000 titles written by 1,300 authors and is considered one of the largest and most important publishing houses in Brazil.

Literature and human sciences have long been Companhia das Letras' two major editorial lines. In addition, the company publishes titles for children and young people, paperbacks, comics, paradidactic books and has a co-publishing agreement with Penguin Books for Portuguese edition of the Penguin Classics.