BGZ Berliner Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit mbH

Name

BGZ Berliner Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit mbH

Legal name

BGZ Berliner Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit mbH

Website

https://bgz-berlin.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Development Cooperation Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Cooperation, Capacity Building & Policy Advisory Programs (BPADABAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Program & Project Implementation (TA Delivery) (BPADAEAA), International Development & Donor-Funded Education Programs (EDADALAB)

Keywords

• International development cooperation
• Vocational education and training
• EU project implementation
• Sustainable economic development
• Global South partnership projects

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Institutional Funding: BGZ receives institutional funding from the Landesstelle für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (LEZ) of the Senate Administration for Economics, Energy and Business Operations of Land Berlin.
2. Project-based EU Funding: Projects are funded through EU programs including Interreg Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) and other international cooperation frameworks.
3. Project Implementation Services: Implementation of international development projects for public institutions and government bodies in the areas of vocational training, sustainability, digitalization, and social cohesion.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

BGZ Berliner Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit mbH implements publicly funded international cooperation projects across four work areas — Sustainable Business, Social Participation and Cohesion, Digital/Resilience/Innovation, and Cooperation with the Global South — providing vocational training, project management, and capacity-building services for adults, professionals, Berlin SMEs and trade businesses, educational institutions, and partner-country organizations. The organization does not sell commercial products; instead it develops curricula, toolkits, and frameworks (e.g., BIM competencies, AI empowerment, green-economy skills, community health worker models) as deliverables of grant-funded projects.

Product overview

BGZ Berliner Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit is an international cooperation organization (Gemeinschaftseinrichtung) jointly run by the State of Berlin and the Berlin Chamber of Crafts (Handwerkskammer Berlin). Rather than offering a commercial product, BGZ implements a portfolio of EU-funded and internationally sponsored projects organized around four core work areas (Arbeitsbereiche): (1) Nachhaltig Wirtschaften (Sustainable Business) focused on vocational education for sustainability, (2) Gesellschaftliche Teilhabe und Zusammenhalt (Social Participation and Cohesion) focused on inclusion and empowerment, (3) Digitales, Resilienz und Innovation (Digital, Resilience and Innovation) focused on digital transformation, and (4) Zusammenarbeit mit dem Globalen Süden (Cooperation with the Global South) focused on vocational training partnerships. Key projects include ProCirCon (vocational training), REAVES (creative economy resilience), Learning4Resilience (competence development), Healthy Communities (health equity), DigiCon (digital construction), AGRO YOUTH (agricultural training in Gambia), GrünHand (green economy in Vietnam), Fit4BIM (BIM competencies for construction), and many others spanning vocational education, digital skills, sustainability, and international development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nachhaltig Wirtschaften (Sustainable Business) work area Core work area focused on sustainable economic practices, including developing learning units and models for vocational schools to integrate sustainability into professional education. Targeted at vocational schools, trainers, and Berlin SMEs in the trades sector.
• Gesellschaftliche Teilhabe und Zusammenhalt (Social Participation and Cohesion) work area Core work area developing models for inclusion and participation of disadvantaged or marginalized people through creative approaches and innovative methods. Targeted at educators, social organizations, and inclusion-focused programs.
• Digitales, Resilienz und Innovation (Digital, Resilience and Innovation) work area Core work area developing innovative approaches for sustainable digital transformation through platforms for knowledge exchange and digital projects. Targeted at vocational institutions, SMEs, and partner organizations.
• Zusammenarbeit mit dem Globalen Süden (Cooperation with the Global South) work area Core work area focused on international cooperation with developing countries, concentrating on qualification and vocational training for young people in partner countries. Targeted at partner organizations in Global South countries.
• REAVES project Interreg project focused on skills development, networking, and resilience in the Baltic Sea region, particularly addressing the creative economy sector. Targeted at regional creative-economy actors and Baltic Sea region partners.
• Learning4Resilience project Project focused on competence development, empowerment, and resilience building for societal participation. Targeted at adult-education providers and societal-participation programs.
• ENACT AI project Project focused on empowerment through AI technologies. Targeted at educators and learners using AI for empowerment.
• SISU project Interreg Baltic Sea Region project focused on empowerment. Targeted at adult-education and Baltic Sea region partners.
• ProCirCon project Project focused on education and vocational training, internationalization and networking of Berlin SMEs, and competence development. Targeted at Berlin SMEs, vocational trainers, and adult learners.
• Healthy Communities project Project implementing a holistic approach to health equity, developing community health worker (Gesundheitslotsinnen) models. Targeted at community health workers and underserved populations.
• DigiCon project Project focused on digital construction applications and tools for vocational training, including BIM (Building Information Modeling) competencies. Targeted at vocational trainers and construction trades.
• AGRO YOUTH project Project in Gambia focused on training and qualification for young people and women to strengthen entrepreneurial skills in the agricultural and food sector. Targeted at young people and women in Gambia's agricultural sector.
• CAPTURE project Project developing training modules on Business and Human Rights, including software toolkits for informal sector workers. Targeted at informal-sector workers and human-rights education programs.
• GEMSL project Project focused on waste management and green jobs in Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Nepal. Targeted at municipal stakeholders and green-jobs workforce in Nepal.
• BSG-GO project Project developing a toolbox for resilient game investor engagement in the Baltic Sea region. Targeted at game-industry investors and creative-sector actors in the Baltic Sea region.
• GrünHand project Project focused on green economy skills and vocational training analysis in Vietnam, including feasibility studies for circular economy solutions. Targeted at Vietnamese vocational institutions and green-economy stakeholders.
• YourSpace project Project developing educational tools including the Persona Game playing cards for innovative learning approaches. Targeted at educators and adult learners.
• WeTrain project Project developing guidelines on capacity building for needs-oriented educational offers for women and internationalization in adult education. Targeted at adult-education providers and women's education programs.
• SAFE-LMD project Project developing competence frameworks for workers in urban bike-based last-mile deliveries. Targeted at last-mile delivery workers, training providers, and urban-logistics employers.
• Fit4BIM project Project focused on BIM (Building Information Modeling) competency development for vocational teachers and trainers in sustainable construction. Targeted at vocational teachers, trainers, and construction-sector professionals.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Land BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAs one of two shareholders of BGZ (alongside Handwerkskammer Berlin), Land Berlin provides institutional support and strategic direction. BGZ is a joint institution of the state of Berlin.
• Handwerkskammer Berlin (Berlin Chamber of Trades)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAs one of two shareholders of BGZ (alongside Land Berlin), the Handwerkskammer Berlin ensures connection to Berlin's trades and crafts sector, providing vocational training expertise and business network access.
• Landesstelle für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (LEZ) BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLEZ (Landesstelle für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit) of the Senate Administration for Economics, Energy and Business Operations provides institutional funding to BGZ for development cooperation activities.
• Partner Cities of BerlinflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerBGZ works primarily with partner organizations from Berlin's partner cities and districts, enabling direct exchange and strengthening cultural and economic connections between Berlin and partner countries in areas of vocational training and youth development.
• Interreg Baltic Sea Region PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBGZ participates in Interreg Baltic Sea Region projects including REAVES, collaborating with regional partners on resilient creative economy and other regional development initiatives.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Engagement Global gGmbH: German federal service agency for development cooperation engagement, supporting civic participation, municipal partnerships, and capacity building. Directly comparable as a publicly funded intermediary implementing international cooperation and education-for-sustainable-development projects.
• sequa gGmbH: German non-profit closely linked to the German Chamber of Commerce (DIHK) and German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH), implementing international development cooperation projects for the private sector and crafts. Directly comparable as a chamber-affiliated development cooperation implementer with overlapping mission.
• DVV International: Institute of the German Adult Education Association (DVV) implementing adult education and vocational capacity building in over 30 partner countries. Comparable thematic focus on adult/vocational education, international cooperation, and donor-funded project delivery.
• Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa): German intermediary organization for international cultural and educational relations, funded by the Foreign Office and state governments. Comparable in operating model as a publicly funded intermediary implementing internationally themed projects across education and civil society.
• GFA Consulting Group GmbH: Hamburg-based consulting firm implementing international development cooperation projects on behalf of public donors (GIZ, KfW, EU). Comparable as a project-implementation intermediary competing for the same EU and federal development cooperation calls.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH: Germany's federal international development cooperation agency. Directly comparable as a publicly mandated implementer of EU and bilateral development projects in vocational training, sustainability, and international cooperation — though at substantially larger scale and federal level rather than state/chamber level.

Broad incumbents

• AHK – Delegationen der Deutschen Wirtschaft (German Chambers of Commerce Abroad): Network of German bilateral chambers of commerce operating in 90+ partner countries. Closely comparable as a chamber-anchored international cooperation vehicle serving German SMEs and vocational training — strongly overlapping with BGZ's Handwerkskammer Berlin mandate.
• Goethe-Institut e.V. Germany's official cultural institute, operating globally with public funding. Overlaps with BGZ in international education cooperation and German-partner-country linkages, though it specializes in cultural/language education rather than vocational training.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

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