Here are some organisations engaged in Software Quality.

• Software Offensive Bavaria
  
  Set up in 1998 in a common effort of industry, science and politics, Bavaria's Software Initiative is one module of the Bavarian State Government's "High-Tech Initiative". By investing profits from the privatisation of public shareholdings (amounting to approximately Euro 1 billion) into research and development, training and other areas, the "High-Tech Initiative" aims to make Bavaria an even more attractive location for the high-tech industry. The Software Initiative will receive a substantial share of these investments.
  
  

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• ASQF (Arbeitskreis Softwarequalität Franken), base Nuremberg of the Software Offensive Bavaria
  
  The ASQF e.V. is a friendly association which serves the exchange of experiences, knowledge and ideas in the areas of Software development and Quality management.
  
  The ASQF's office is in Erlangen. Its members are engaged coworkers of large-scale and medium-scale enterprises as well as coworkers of universities and research establishments.
  
  

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• software-kompetenz.de
  
  software-kompetenz.de offers simple access to 'know-how' and realizations in the software development to enterprises. software-kompetenz.de provides its experiences and contacts to experts.
  
  software-kompetenz.de offers a proposal of selected meetings and dates of software-kompetenz.de to the enterprises which are members.
  
  You can take part in panels with questions and answers to a topic of your choice or subscribe yourselves to the Newsletter to get the latest information.
  
  

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• ESI (European Software Institute)
  
  ESI is a non profit foundation established in 1993 by the European Commission with the support of the Basque Government, with Headquarters in Zamudio (Bizkaia, Spain).
  
  ESI's mission is to contribute to the development of the competitiveness of its Patrons and the European Industry through the diffusion, continuous improvement and knowledge of Information and Communication Technologies.