Bavaria is cooperating closely in science, research, and technology with different regions and countries outside Europe. On behalf of the Bavarian government, BayFOR is in charge of the bilateral cooperation with Québec, Alberta, Israel and Africa. In addition, BayFOR is coordinating the Bavarian participation in the scientific network called RLS-Sciences. RLS-Sciences is embedded within the Regional Leaders Summit (RLS) of the seven following partner regions: Bavaria (Germany), Upper Austria (Austria), Shandong (China), Western Cape (South Africa), São Paulo (Brazil), Georgia (USA) and Québec (Canada).

The Scientific Coordination Offices (WKS) in the Bavarian Research Alliance provide support to researchers and companies in Bavaria who are interested in collaborating with these international regions and countries.
Based on regional and national priorities, the Scientific Coordination Offices offer targeted support from project planning to implementation:

• Management of international science and innovation projects
• Scientific, administrative, and financial support for bilateral initiatives from project idea to project implementation
• Liaison between the different research and innovation players, e. g. science and business missions
• Strategic scientific preparation and management of multilateral large-scale initiatives.