MFG started in 1995 and has a team of about 35 professionals. Financed primarily by the federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, and operating as a private corporation, MFG is able to work efficiently and flexibly. Its main objective is to support and develop the IT and media sector in Germany's Southwest. Moreover, MFG is the managing office of "doIT Baden-Wurttemberg". With this new strategic program, the state government provides altogether 440 million Euro for projects fostering the information society during the current legislative period (starting in 2001).

MFG concentrates on:

1. Training of Professionals
MFG organizes some 70 courses per year for professionals from IT and media ventures. A schedule of seminars and events is published on a regularly basis. Furthermore MFG organizes the leading event for internet and e-business, called "German Multimedia Congress" (DMMK) with dozens of workshops and round tables. For more than five years, MFG together with Germany/s second largest broadcaster SWR Sudwestrundfunk organizes the "Baden-Baden Summer School". This course attracts young high-potentials working in the media sector form all over Germany and allows them to meet branch leaders and discuss forecoming trends.

2. Communication, Networking and Promotion
MFG employs a bundle of tools to accelerate the dynamics of the IT and new media industries in Baden-Wuerttemberg: with a website updated on a daily basis, several newsletters, a database with more than 40,000 addresses, market studies, guides to educational branches as well as awards for excellence and the support of regional initiatives.
For start-ups and foreign companies, MFG opens doors to the local and regional markets: a dedicated team offers consulting on business plans and facilitates contacts with investors, business partners and official authorities. On the other hand, MFG works as a consultant and project developer for the state administration.

3. Project Management and Services
MFG operates as a project manager for initiatives funded or co-funded by the public sector or by the industry. Additionally, MFG manages the office of the business initiative Baden-Wurttemberg:Connected (bw:con) and handles the 10 billion Euro project "start and click!", Europe's most advanced program promoting PC and internet starter courses for more than 130.000 citizens a year.

Furthermore MFG is project leader of the EU project "AcTEN" (Contract No. IST-2001-38240). With 11 partners in 10 countries ACTeN builds an enlarged business and industry community in the area of multimedia technologies and e-content applications and tools.