AGEH: Association for Development Cooperation

What AGEH: Association for Development Cooperation does

AGEH: Association for Development Cooperation, operating publicly as AGIAMONDO, is a Cologne-headquartered German non-profit founded in 1964 that recruits, qualifies, and places professionals with church and civil society organizations in approximately 60 countries worldwide. Its core services include Personnel Placement (Personalvermittlung) under the German Development Aid Act (Entwicklungshelfergesetz), program design and staffing for the government-funded Civil Peace Service (Ziviler Friedensdienst/ZFD), the FID Fachstelle consulting center for international volunteer services, Exposure and Dialogue Programs, and a newly launched Fair Labor Migration South-North (Faire Arbeitsmigration Süd-Nord) line targeting skilled nursing and care worker shortages in Germany. The organization places more than 280 professionals annually and operates with a lean internal staff of 32 alongside an alumni network (AGIAMONDO-Vernetzt) for returnees.

The business model is non-commercial: AGIAMONDO functions as a government-backed implementing organization funded through German federal development cooperation allocations and church/civil society partnerships, rather than generating commercial revenue through pricing for services. Its go-to-market is direct relationship-based, with partner organizations such as Caritas international and EcoPeace Middle East serving as anchor placement sites in humanitarian aid, peacebuilding, environmental cooperation, education, and social justice verticals. The organization has no proprietary technology platform, app, or API, and its underlying infrastructure is built around human recruitment processes, legal contracting under the Development Aid Act, and field-based program management rather than software systems.

AGIAMONDO's strategic identity rests on three pillars: a 60-year institutional track record in German development cooperation, statutory designation as an implementing organization for government-funded programs, and a diversified but Germany-centric funder base that includes federal development budgets and church networks. Geographic footprint spans Latin America (notably Colombia), Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Sudan, Cameroon), the Middle East (Jordan), and South Asia (Nepal/Sri Lanka), with the new domestic labor migration program representing an extension of its mandate into the German healthcare labor market.

Name

AGEH: Association for Development Cooperation

Legal name

AGEH: Association for Development Cooperation

Website

https://ageh.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AGIAMONDO (AGEH) is a Cologne-based German non-profit founded in 1964 that places more than 280 professionals annually with church and civil society organizations worldwide under the German Development Aid Act, operating government-funded development, peacebuilding, and volunteer service programs across 60+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Development Cooperation Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) NGOs (HLAJAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Elder Services & Aging Support (BPAGAEAF)

Keywords

• International personnel placement
• Development cooperation services
• Civil peace service programs
• Fair labor migration
• International volunteer services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cologne

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Personnel Placement Services: AGIAMONDO operates as a non-profit development organization that places professionals under the German Development Aid Act (Entwicklungshelfergesetz). Funding appears to come from German government development cooperation programs rather than commercial revenue generation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AGEH/AGIAMONDO is a German non-profit development cooperation organization that recruits, qualifies, and places skilled professionals with church and civil society organizations worldwide under the Development Aid Workers Act. Its portfolio centers on the Civil Peace Service (ZFD), international personnel placement, Fair Labor Migration South-North in the nursing/care sector, the FID Fachstelle for international volunteer services, and exposure/dialogue exchange programs, supported by seminars and a returnee network.

Product overview

AGIAMONDO is a development cooperation organization offering a portfolio of interconnected services centered on international personnel placement and peacebuilding. The core offerings include: the Civil Peace Service (Ziviler Friedensdienst) for conflict regions, Personnel Placement (Personalvermittlung) for church and civil society organizations, Fair Labor Migration (Faire Arbeitsmigration) for nursing sector recruitment, FID Voluntary Services support, and Exposure/Dialogue Programs. Additional services include a Job Market, Seminars, and the AGIAMONDO-Vernetzt returnee network. Over 280 professionals work annually under contracts following the Development Aid Workers Act (Entwicklungshelfergesetz).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ziviler Friedensdienst (ZFD): Civil Peace Service program - AGIAMONDO acts as a program designer and places professionals in conflict regions for peace work.
• FID Fachstelle internationale Freiwilligendienste
• Faire Arbeitsmigration Süd-Nord

Quantifiable outcome

• 280+ professionals placed annually

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Caritas internationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCaritas international is a key partner organization where AGIAMONDO places development cooperation advisors, such as Jonas Brenner who serves as an advisor for humanitarian aid in Colombia.
• EcoPeace Middle EastcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEcoPeace Middle East is a partner organization implementing environmental peacebuilding programs. AGIAMONDO places staff including Nicole Zreineh for CPS work with this organization.
• vidi (formerly AKLHÜ e.V.)coreStrategic or Co-development Partnervidi is the German umbrella association for international services, previously known as AKLHÜ. AGIAMONDO participates in this network for international volunteer services.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Misereor: German Catholic development agency funding self-help initiatives in the Global South. Comparable to AGIAMONDO in mission, donor base (German Catholic constituency), and partnership-driven model with civil-society organizations.
• Centrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze (ZIF): ZIF recruits, trains, and deploys civilian personnel for international peace operations. It is directly comparable to AGIAMONDO's Civil Peace Service (ZFD) personnel placement and operates under similar federal German mandates.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ): Germany's principal federal implementing agency for international development cooperation. GIZ is the most direct functional peer to AGIAMONDO — both place German-supported professionals into partner-country assignments under federal mandates, though GIZ operates at significantly larger scale.
• Deutsche Welthungerhilfe: One of Germany's largest privately funded development NGOs, operating in conflict-affected and food-insecure regions. Directly comparable as a German development NGO with global field operations and federal co-funding.
• Brot für die Welt: German Protestant development and relief agency that funds and staffs partner organizations worldwide. Highly comparable as a faith-rooted German NGO working through church partners on development cooperation and advocacy.
• Caritas international: Both a strategic partner of AGIAMONDO and a peer organization, Caritas international is the German Catholic humanitarian-aid confederation placing advisors and development professionals worldwide through comparable personnel cooperation mechanisms.
• Engagement Global (bilateral development service provider): Federal service agency supporting engagement in development cooperation and the weltwärts volunteer service. Directly comparable as a federally linked German organization facilitating international development personnel deployment.
• vidi – Verband Deutscher Internationaler Dienste (formerly AKLHü): German umbrella association for international voluntary services, of which AGIAMONDO is a member. Closely comparable in mission around international volunteer service quality assurance, social security, and federal program alignment.

Broad incumbents

• Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe: German Protestant humanitarian aid organization with broader humanitarian and disaster-response focus. Comparable in faith-rooted funding base, federal collaboration, and international personnel deployment, though with a wider portfolio.

Emerging players

• Fair Recruitment Initiative Germany (GIZ-led program): Adjacent initiative to AGIAMONDO's Fair Labor Migration program, focused on ethical recruitment of foreign healthcare workers into Germany. Comparable as a federally supported, ethically framed alternative to commercial recruitment, though it is a program rather than an operating agency.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AGIAMONDO
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ageh-association-for-development-cooperation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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