Euro-Mediterranean-Arab Association (EMA e.V.)

Name

Euro-Mediterranean-Arab Association (EMA e.V.)

Legal name

Euro-Mediterran-Arabischer Länderverein e.V.

Website

https://ema-germany.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: EMA operates as a membership-based organization with corporate, sponsoring, institutional, and private membership categories. Members pay fees to access networking opportunities, events, country profiles, and business matching services.
2. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a non-profit organization (eingetragen unter VR38189B), EMA depends on support from members, partners, and donors. Donations are tax-deductible (Steuerlich absetzbar). Bank details provided: GLS Bank, IBAN: DE18 4306 0967 1013 6147 01, BIC: GENODEM1GLS
3. Service Fees: EMA generates revenue through various services including recruitment and placement of skilled labor, trade fair programs, market studies and industry analyses, consulting pool for internationalization, tender database access, international cooperation projects, training seminars, and translation services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EMA e.V. is a non-profit membership association that facilitates economic cooperation between Germany/Europe and the Mediterranean/Middle East region. It offers services including recruitment of skilled labor, trade fair programs, market studies, an internationalization consulting pool, a tender database, international cooperation projects, training seminars, and translation services. The association also runs dedicated programs such as the Ouissal women entrepreneurs mentoring program, Food Academy in Morocco, Partner Afrika digitalization project in Tunisia, and Connect Achat supply chain project.

Product overview

EMA e.V. is a non-profit regional association facilitating economic cooperation between Germany/Europe and the Mediterranean/Middle East region. The organization operates as a service platform rather than a single product, offering multiple distinct service lines: professional services (recruitment, consulting pool, translations), market intelligence (studies, tender database, publications), event services (trade fairs, delegations, expert meetings), and international cooperation projects. Its portfolio includes named initiatives like Ouissal mentoring program, Food Academy, Partner Afrika (Tunisia digitalization), Healthcare Morocco German Program, and Connect Achat supply chain project. The association also publishes the Mediterranes business magazine and country profiles covering 22+ nations in the EMA region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ouissal: German-Arab mentoring program for women entrepreneurs connecting women from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Germany for a shared learning process and intercultural exchange.
• Food Academy
• Partner Afrika
• Connect Achat

Products and services

• Recruitment & Retention of Skilled Labor

Quantifiable outcome

• Since 2008, EMA has been fostering sustainable cooperation between Europe and the MENA region, promoting entrepreneurship, employment, education, and economic cooperation

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Club DSIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Tunisian IT association partnering with Voice e.V. and EMA in the 'Partner Afrika' project for sustainable digitalization of Tunisian companies and public administration. Focuses on capacity building and digital transformation.
• Voice e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021German IT association partnering with Club DSI and EMA in the 'Partner Afrika' project. Supports digitalization efforts in Tunisia through training and cooperation with businesses.
• Ecole Supérieure des Sciences de la Santé (ESSS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019ESSS is a higher education institute in Casablanca (since 2014) partnering with EMA on the 'German Program' for health sciences. The program trains healthcare workers according to European higher education standards and enables graduates to work in Germany, addressing Germany's shortage of 120,000-200,000 skilled healthcare workers.
• German Society for Education and Work (GBB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partner in the German Program for health sciences alongside ESSS, Goethe-Institut, Charité Berlin, and German Business Center (GBC) in Casablanca. GBB contributes to training healthcare professionals for the German labor market.
• Goethe-InstitutcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Cultural institute partner in the German Program for health sciences, providing German language and cultural training to support healthcare professionals in integrating into the German healthcare system.
• Charité – Universitätsmedizin BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partner in the German Program for health sciences, providing academic medical expertise and potentially clinical placement opportunities for trainees.
• German Business Center (GBC) CasablancacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019GBC helps companies establish business activities in the Moroccan market. Located in Casablanca, it provides spatial and administrative support, local and regional commercial representation for German companies.
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry of SchwerincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018German chamber partner in the Food Academy project supporting entrepreneurs and SMEs in the agro-food processing sector around Ouezzane, northern Morocco. Provides international expertise and German-Moroccan cooperation framework.
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tangiers-Tetouan-Al HoceimacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Moroccan chamber partner in the Food Academy project, collaborating with EMA and Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Schwerin to support agro-food entrepreneurs in northern Morocco.
• Association Marocaine de la Communauté Achats (AMCA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Moroccan purchasing association founded in 2012 with approximately 100 members from mining industry. AMCA promotes purchasing as a strategic function in Morocco and provides competence platform for purchasing know-how transfer.
• Association Marocaine Pour L'Industrie Et Le Commerce Automobile (AMICA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Moroccan automotive industry association founded in 1974, comprising 160 Moroccan and international companies as suppliers for cable and auto seats. About two-thirds are SMEs. AMICA develops business opportunities, improves export conditions, and provides training.
• Association Marocaine des Exportateurs (ASMEX)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Moroccan export association founded in 1982 with 349 direct and 9,100 indirect members. Multisectoral association with focus on agriculture/food, textiles, crafts, trade, and services. Promotes export and integration into international supply chains.
• Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik (BME)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017German association for purchasers, supply chain managers, and logisticians since 1954. BME supports knowledge transfer, professional development, and scientific work on new methods and techniques. Previously supported similar projects in China and Western Balkans.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Italian-Arab Chamber of Commerce: Bilateral chamber promoting commercial relations between Italy and Arab countries via memberships, trade fairs and delegations, addressing the same Mediterranean-Arab economic cooperation space as EMA from a neighboring EU base.
• British-Arab Chamber of Commerce: London-based bilateral chamber fostering UK-Arab trade and investment through memberships, trade missions, networking events and B2B matchmaking, structurally analogous to EMA's Germany-MENA model.
• CCI France International / French Chambers in MENA: France's bilateral chambers (e.g., CCI France Egypte, CCI Française au Maroc) deliver membership, B2B, market entry and delegation services across the same Mediterranean and North African countries that EMA serves.
• German-Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GACCO): Cairo-headquartered bilateral chamber explicitly promoting German-Arab economic relations, with corporate memberships, delegations, trade fairs and consulting services overlapping almost line-for-line with EMA's portfolio.
• AHK (German Chambers of Commerce Abroad): Germany's network of bilateral Chambers of Commerce operating in MENA countries (e.g., Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, UAE), offering the same mix of corporate memberships, delegations, market entry support, and B2B matchmaking that EMA delivers across the Euro-Mediterranean-Arab corridor.

Broad incumbents

• Federation of German Industries (BDI): Germany's peak industry association representing the whole industrial base; runs MENA-focused committees, delegations and position papers that overlap with EMA's bilateral business diplomacy, but as part of a much broader German industry remit.
• Union for the Mediterranean (UfM): Intergovernmental Euro-Mediterranean platform covering economic, social and policy cooperation across the same 22-country footprint EMA targets, but operating at a policy/governmental level rather than corporate membership services.
• Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK): Umbrella of the German IHK chamber system and AHK network, coordinating bilateral chamber services internationally, including across MENA, and therefore the institutional incumbent most directly comparable in scope to EMA's bridging role.

Others

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH: German federal development agency supporting the Ouissal program and broader German-MENA cooperation; operates as an institutional enabling partner and ecosystem participant rather than a competing membership association.
• sequa gGmbH: German development organization that co-finances EMA's BMZ-backed projects (Connect Achat, Partner Afrika) and channels private-sector partnerships into developing countries; an enabling partner/funder rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

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