What BAGIV does

BAGIV (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Immigrantenverbände in Deutschland e.V.) is a registered non-profit association (eingetragener Verein) founded in 1985 and headquartered in Bonn at Trierer Str. 70–72, with a second capital-city office (Hauptstadtbüro) in Berlin opened in June 2022. It functions as the federal umbrella (Dachverband) for 9 mono-ethnic migrant associations from 8 nations, claiming to represent the interests of approximately 3 million migrants and people with a migration background in Germany. Its member organizations include ZAD (Armenians), KOMKAR and Kurdische Gemeinde Deutschland (Kurdish), Kroatische Weltkongress (Croatian), ZVUD (Ukrainian), OEK (Greek, ~60,000 individual members across ~150 organizations), the Bundesverband spanischer sozialer und kultureller Vereine (~130,000 Spanish citizens), and ZAVD (Assyrian, also covering Austria and Switzerland).

BAGIV's core activity is political advocacy, policy coordination, and project delivery rather than commercial products. It does not develop proprietary technology; its technology footprint is limited to a website, email, and social channels (Facebook, X). Functional offerings to its members include: (1) a unified political voice at the federal level, including direct access to the Bundeskanzleramt, relevant federal ministries, the State Minister for Migration, and the Federal President; (2) coordination on integration, anti-racism, citizenship, and participation policy; (3) project coordination such as the EEF-Projekt (European Embedded Finance/Integration Forum) and the Berlin Mentors mentorship program for refugees; and (4) community events such as the Spray Days intercultural workshops in Swisttal.

The revenue model is non-commercial: funding comes from membership dues of its 9 member organizations and project-based government grants and subsidies (federal, state, and EU/program-based), supplemented by donations. The organization runs with a staff of approximately 6 people across two offices. Recent documented engagements include the 2022 dialogue with Chancellor Scholz on citizenship law, the 2023 dialogue with State Minister Alabali-Radovan on participation law, the February 2022 statement on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and ongoing meetings with migrant umbrella organizations at the State Ministry through early 2026.

Name

BAGIV

Legal name

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Immigrantenverbände in Deutschland, BAGIV e.V.

Website

https://bagiv.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BAGIV is a Bonn-based, registered non-profit umbrella association founded in 1985, coordinating 9 mono-ethnic migrant organizations from 8 nations and advocating for roughly 3 million migrants in Germany through federal-level political engagement, integration projects, and community programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Migration & Integration Advocacy Services

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Immigrant & Refugee Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI), Refugee & Humanitarian Newcomer Orientation (Resettlement Support) (EDAAADAI)

Keywords

• Migrant advocacy services
• Immigrant association coordination
• Integration policy advocacy
• Anti-racism community programs
• Diaspora umbrella organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Bonn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues and government grants: BAGIV operates as a registered non-profit association (eV) funded primarily through membership dues from its member organizations and government grants/ subsidies for its integration, anti-racism, and project-based work (including the EEF project and Berlin Mentors program).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

BAGIV is a federal umbrella organization (Dachverband) for mono-ethnic immigrant associations in Germany, coordinating 9 member associations across 8 nations and advocating for approximately 3 million migrants. It delivers political advocacy on migration, integration, refugee, citizenship, and anti-racism policy at the federal level, and runs community programs such as Berlin Mentors (refugee mentorship), the EEF-Projekt (European Integration Forum networking), and Spray Days intercultural workshops. The organization does not sell commercial products; its offerings are advocacy, policy coordination, networking, and project-based services delivered to its member organizations and the broader migrant community.

Product overview

BAGIV (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Immigrantenverbände in Deutschland e.V.) is a nonprofit umbrella organization representing 9 member associations from 8 nations, advocating for approximately 3 million migrants in Germany. Rather than offering commercial products, BAGIV provides advocacy services in political migration, integration, and refugee policy, coordinates member organizations, and operates social projects such as the EEF-Projekt (European Embedded Finance project) and the Berlin Mentors sponsorship program. The organization focuses on anti-discrimination, anti-racism work, integration support, and represents the interests of immigrant communities before German federal institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Berlin Mentors: A mentorship program by BAGIV focusing on access to education and employment for refugees
• EEF-Projekt
• Spray Days / Spraydays for everyone

Products and services

• Federal Advocacy & Policy Coordination Core service of BAGIV providing unified political representation of migrant associations before German federal institutions including the Bundeskanzleramt, relevant ministries, and the Office of the Federal President. Covers migration, integration, citizenship, refugee, and anti-racism policy. Delivered to 9 member associations and their constituent communities.
• Berlin Mentors Mentorship program operated by BAGIV focusing on access to education and employment for refugees in Germany. Coordinated through the BAGIV Hauptstadtbüro in Berlin.
• EEF-Projekt (European Integration Forum) European Integration Forum project focusing on networking and integration support among migrant communities. Includes networking meetings and coordination activities among member organizations.
• Spray Days / Spraydays for Everyone Graffiti workshop project held in Swisttal promoting intercultural exchange among migrant and local communities. Organized by BAGIV as a community cultural engagement activity.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3 million migrants represented through member organizations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Member organizations (as collective partners)coreOthers · 1 January 1985BAGIV's core partnerships are its 9 member organizations: ZAD (Armenians), KOMKAR (Kurdish), Kurdische Gemeinde Deutschland, Kroatische Weltkongress, ZVUD (Ukrainians), OEK (Greeks), Bundesverband spanischer Vereine, ZAVD (Assyrians), and one additional organization not individually detailed. These form the base of BAGIV's representation of 3 million migrants across 8 nations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Diakonie Deutschland: Federal umbrella of Protestant welfare associations providing migration counseling, refugee aid, and integration services — similar advocacy and policy-engagement posture to BAGIV at the federal level, but broader in social-services scope.
• Deutscher Caritasverband: Large German welfare association with substantial migrant integration, refugee support, and social-policy advocacy programs; overlaps BAGIV's integration and anti-racism remit but operates as a much broader social-services incumbent.
• AWO Bundesverband: Major German welfare organization running migration counseling, refugee accommodation, and integration programs; comparable advocacy footprint but as part of a much wider social-services portfolio.
• Paritätischer Gesamtverband: Umbrella of non-profit associations in Germany, including many migrant self-organizations; shares BAGIV's federal advocacy and coordination function but as a broad-based social-services federation rather than a migrant-specific body.

Direct peers

• Pro Asyl: Leading German refugee rights advocacy organization that, like BAGIV, conducts political lobbying, public campaigns, and member-network coordination on migration and asylum policy at the federal level.
• Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma: Federal umbrella of Sinti and Roma associations in Germany; comparable to BAGIV as a minority-rights Dachverband engaging the Bundestag, federal ministries, and the Federal President on integration and anti-discrimination policy.
• Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland (TGD): Federal umbrella organization representing Turkish-origin migrant associations in Germany; the closest functional peer to BAGIV with a similar Dachverband model, federal advocacy focus, and Berlin-based political engagement.

Others

• Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Freien Wohlfahrtspflege (BAGFW): Joint advocacy platform of Germany's six leading welfare associations; comparable as a federal coordination and political-advocacy umbrella, but spanning the full welfare sector rather than migrant organizations specifically.
• Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF): German federal agency executing migration, integration, and refugee policy — not a peer organization but the principal public-sector counterpart that BAGIV engages and depends on for grant funding and policy dialogue.
• Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Migration, Flüchtlinge und Integration: Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration; not a peer organization but the primary public office BAGIV interfaces with on integration policy, framing the same policy agenda from the government side.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bagiv
• Facebookfacebook.com/BAGIV-375626415915013
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bagiv

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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