What cultures interactive e.V. does

cultures interactive e.V. is a non-profit association (eingetragener Verein) founded in 2005 and headquartered in Berlin-Neukölln at Mainzer Str. 11, D 12053 Berlin. The organization delivers civic education and extremism prevention programming in Germany, targeting young people in schools and youth facilities as well as educational professionals (pedagogical staff, social workers, community workers). Its core offerings combine youth-culture engagement (DJing, graffiti, parkour, skateboarding, rap, beat production) with structured dialogue methodologies, most notably its registered Narrative Gesprächsgruppen® (Narrative Conversation Groups) approach, a non-argumentative biographical-narrative method designed to engage young people difficult to reach through traditional political education.

The portfolio spans direct workshops in schools and youth facilities, advanced training programs, counseling and intervision services, conferences and an annual Summer School, publications including the >blickwinkel magazine and a podcast, and digital products such as the Adamara - Harsh Waters mobile game (developed under the Call of Prev project, 2021). Specialized sub-brands include fa:rp (right-wing extremism prevention, operating 2025-2032), fa:ve (conspiracy narratives), DisTanZ (distancing work), veritas (Saxony-Anhalt counseling center), and the BrüG-Initiative© for bridge-building dialogues. The organization holds registered trademarks for its Narrative Gesprächsgruppen® and BrüG-Initiative© methodologies, and is certified as an Anerkannter Bildungsträger bpb by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung.

The business model is grant-funded rather than commercial. Revenue streams include the federal 'Demokratie leben!' program, project-specific state government funding (Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt), EU Horizon Europe grants (notably the OppAttune consortium across 17 countries), and donations. Services are provided free of charge to end beneficiaries. Strategic partnerships anchor distribution: the KompRex consortium with five peer organizations, CEE Prevent Net, the OppAttune EU consortium, and joint programming with Violence Prevention Network on the EXchange Brandenburg prison project. The organization operates a single Berlin HQ with programmatic reach across Germany and selected EU countries.

Name

cultures interactive e.V.

Legal name

cultures interactive e.V.

Website

https://cultures-interactive.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

cultures interactive e.V. is a Berlin-based non-profit association founded in 2005 that delivers youth-culture workshops, narrative dialogue methodology, and training programs to counter right-wing extremism and conspiracy narratives, serving young people and educational professionals across Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Education and Extremism Prevention Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Civic, Citizenship & Community Engagement Education (EDAAAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Social Studies & Civics Instruction (School-Delivered) (EDAJAFAI), Civic Participation & Leadership Development (Voting, Advocacy, Community Leadership) (EDAAADAL), Youth Leadership, Oratory & Civic Speaking Programs (EDAMAOAH)

Keywords

• Extremism prevention education
• Youth civic education
• Narrative dialogue methodology
• Democratic education training
• Intercultural violence prevention

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

Revenue model

1. Federal Government Funding: Primary funding through Germany's federal program 'Demokratie leben!' and other government initiatives. The organization receives grants from federal ministries for prevention work against right-wing extremism and extremism of all kinds.
2. State Government Funding: Project-specific funding from German state governments including Brandenburg Ministry of Education and Saxony-Anhalt for regional programs such as Narrative Group Work in Southern Brandenburg and veritas counseling center.
3. EU Horizon Europe Projects: Funding from European Union research and innovation programs for international collaboration projects like OppAttune involving 17 countries across the EU and periphery.
4. Donations: The organization accepts donations to support its work in prevention and democratic education.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

cultures interactive e.V. delivers civic education and extremism prevention services targeting young people and educational professionals throughout Germany. The core offering combines youth-culture-based workshops in schools and youth facilities with the proprietary Narrative Gesprächsgruppen® dialogue methodology, advanced training courses for multipliers, counseling and intervision services through dedicated specialist offices (fa:rp, fa:ve, DisTanZ, veritas), and conferences/summer schools. Supporting these are projects such as the Adamara civic-education mobile game and EU-funded international collaborations.

Product overview

cultures interactive e.V. is a non-profit association (e.V.) founded in 2005, based in Berlin, focused on inter-cultural education and violence prevention. The organization operates as a platform of educational services rather than a single software product, offering workshops, training programs, counseling services, and dialogue methodologies. The core portfolio includes: Workshops for Schools and Youth Facilities (civic education, gaming workshops, offers for girls), the Narrative Conversation Groups® methodology, Advanced Training programs, Advice and Intervision Services, Conferences and Events (including annual Summer Schools), and specialized centers including fa:rp (Right-Wing Extremism Prevention) and veritas (Conspiracy Narrative Counseling). The organization also developed the mobile game 'Adamara - Harsh Waters' with associated editors for civic education in gaming contexts. Services target young people, educational professionals, and civil society activists throughout Germany, with international work through EU projects and networks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• fa:rp: Fachstelle Rechtsextremismusprävention - Center for the prevention of right-wing extremism offering advice, further training and professional exchange on pedagogical approaches to dealing with group-hatred and anti-democratic attitudes.
• fa:ve
• DisTanZ
• veritas
• Narrative Group Work®
• Adamara - Harsh Waters

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Violence Prevention NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint project partner for EXchange Brandenburg, working together in Brandenburg prisons and pre-trial detention areas on prevention and deradicalization work.
• KompRex Cooperation NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation network 'Competent in the prevention of right-wing extremism' with five other organizations: Amadeu Antonio Stiftung, BAG Kirche und Rechtsextremismus, Bund der Alevitischen Jugendlichen, Gesicht Zeigen!, and LidiceHaus.
• CEE Prevent NetcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentral and Eastern European Network for the Prevention of Intolerance and Group Hatred, established by Cultures Interactive and maintained as an independent network to strengthen civil society organizations and practitioners.
• European Commission Radicalization Awareness Network (RAN)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultures Interactive played a key role in setting up RAN from 2010 onwards, particularly in management of RAN Derad section. Note: Organization later reduced involvement due to top-down approach concerns.
• OppAttune Consortium (17 EU Countries)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHorizon Europe project involving 17 countries across EU and periphery. Partners include: The Open University (UK), Glasgow Caledonian University (UK), Panteion University (Greece), The American University of Paris (France), Malmo Universitet (Sweden), Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Austria), Universita Ta Malta, Ozyegin Universitesi (Turkey), Istanbul Bilgi Universitesi (Turkey), University Of Cyprus (Cyprus), Institut Jozef Stefan (Slovenia), Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal), Fondacija Centar Za Medjunarodne I Bezbednosne Poslove (Serbia), Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (Kosovo), Hammurabi Human Rights Organization (Iraq), Udruzenje Proni Centar Za Omladinski Razvoj (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
• Alliance for DialogueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal reach initiative co-organized with Budapest Centre for Dialogue and Mass Atrocities Prevention and Norwegian Nansen Academy.
• DARE NetworkminorOthersDemocracy and Human Rights Education in Europe network.
• EEENetminorOthersEuropean Expert Network on Terrorism Issues.
• European Network for Nonviolence and Dialogue (ENND)minorOthersEuropean network for non-violent and dialogue-oriented approach to value conflicts.
• EPTOminorOthersEuropean Peer Training Organisation.
• POYWEminorOthersProfessional Open Youth Work in Europe.
• TECEminorOthersTransatlantic Exchange of Civic Educators.
• AdB (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Einrichtungen für Erwachsenenbildung)minorOthersWorking association of adult education institutions in Germany.
• BAG JuleicaminorOthersFederal working group for youth leader qualification.
• Bundesverband SoziokulturminorOthersFederal association for socio-cultural work in Germany.
• phineominorOthersGerman organization analyzing and promoting social impact.
• Bündnis ZeugnisverweigerungsrechtminorOthersCoalition for professional privilege/protection of confidentiality in social work.
• Friedrich Ebert FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on international training courses with young people and youth workers in European Fair Skills project and Ukraine activities.
• Amadeu Antonio StiftungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner within KompRex network for cooperation on right-wing extremism prevention.
• BAG Kirche und RechtsextremismuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner within KompRex network focusing on church and right-wing extremism issues.
• Bund der Alevitischen Jugendlichen in DeutschlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner within KompRex network representing Alevite youth organizations.
• Gesicht Zeigen!coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner within KompRex network for visibility and action against right-wing extremism.
• LidiceHauscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner within KompRex network, youth education center in Hamburg.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Miteinander e.V. Saxony-Anhalt association for democratic culture, counseling and education against right-wing extremism; operates in the same geography as cultures interactive's veritas Saxony-Anhalt sub-brand.
• Hayat Deutschland: Berlin-based counseling center focused on families and individuals affected by Islam-based radicalization; directly comparable federal/state-funded specialization in one of cultures interactive's core topic areas.
• Violence Prevention Network: German non-profit focused on prevention and deradicalization in prisons, probation and youth settings; jointly runs the EXchange Brandenburg project with cultures interactive and is a direct competitor for federal extremism-prevention contracts.
• BAG Kirche und Rechtsextremismus: Federal working group on church engagement with right-wing extremism; KompRex co-member delivering training and advice to professionals — a direct comparator in the prevention-of-group-hatred space.
• LidiceHaus: Hamburg-based youth education center delivering democratic and civic education with a focus on right-wing extremism prevention; KompRex partner and direct peer in school-based prevention work.
• Amadeu Antonio Stiftung: Major German foundation funding and running civic-education and anti-right-wing-extremism programs; KompRex co-member and direct peer competing for the same federal prevention mandates.
• Gesicht Zeigen!: German association promoting active standing-up against right-wing extremism and group-hatred through school and civic programs; KompRex partner with overlapping methodology and target groups.
• Mobile Beratung gegen Rechtsextremismus (state networks): Federation of state-level mobile counseling teams offering on-site advice to schools and communities on right-wing extremism; competes for the same federal prevention funding and serves identical professional audiences.

Broad incumbents

• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb): Germany's federal agency for civic education; certifies cultures interactive as a recognized Bildungs-träger and is both a regulator/funder and a broad-incumbent provider of overlapping civic-education programming.

Emerging players

• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: German political foundation running international civic-education and youth worker training projects (e.g., European Fair Skills) — overlapping training audience and a co-implementation partner in cross-border activities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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