Evangelische Akademie der Pfalz

What Evangelische Akademie der Pfalz does

The Evangelische Akademie der Pfalz is a legally non-independent, non-profit institution of the Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz (Protestant Church of the Palatinate), headquartered in Speyer, Germany, with an additional event venue in Landau in der Pfalz. It functions as the church's civic 'Denkfabrik' (think tank), organizing conferences, seminars, Academy Talks (Akademiegespräche), and the annual Südwestdeutsche Medientage media conference to facilitate public discourse on political, ethical, economic, and religious questions, bringing together experts from science, politics, business, media, and church. Its core technology is dialogue facilitation and event programming rather than software; the platform is the convening function and its network of expert contributors, supervisory board, and partner institutions.

The academy operates several product lines. Die Junge Akademie is its youth civic-education program for participants aged 15-21, anchored by the 'Wirtschaft & Ethik' certificate program co-certified with the Ministry of Education Rhineland-Palatinate and RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau (approximately 30 participants annually) and the newer corporate 'Zukunftstraining' for apprentices on AI literacy and constructive communication. The academy also publishes documentation through the 'akademie_skizzen' series and the 'ProTexte' journal. The core team consists of approximately 5 FTE (10-15 with broader contributors), led by Akademiedirektor Dr. Christoph Picker (since 2008).

The business model is a hybrid church-grant and public-subsidy model. Core operations are funded by the Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz via church tax allocation, supplemented by public grants for civic-education programs and federal/state-level youth-education funding. Direct revenue streams are limited: approximately 100 members of the supporting Gesellschaft der Freunde pay annual dues starting at €30, and the corporate Zukunftstraining program is quoted on a custom basis for cohorts of 15-25 participants. In 2024, the academy signed a letter of intent with Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt to form a joint organization, signaling an upcoming consolidation across two German Protestant regional church academies.

Name

Evangelische Akademie der Pfalz

Legal name

Evangelische Akademie der Pfalz

Website

https://eapfalz.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Evangelische Akademie der Pfalz is a non-profit Protestant Church think tank in Speyer, Germany, hosting conferences, youth civic-education programs, and the annual Südwestdeutsche Medientage to facilitate cross-sector dialogue on political, ethical, and economic issues, funded primarily by the Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic and Religious Education Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

Keywords

• Political education forums
• Youth civic education
• Religious dialogue programs
• Media ethics conferences
• Economic ethics training

Headquarters

HQ city

Speyer

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Church and Public Funding: As a legally non-independent institution of the Protestant Church of the Palatinate (Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz), the academy receives core funding from the church. Additional public funding supports specific educational programs.
2. Membership Fees: The Society of Friends (Gesellschaft der Freunde) charges annual membership fees starting at 30 euros, with approximately 100 members supporting the academy.

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Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Evangelische Akademie der Pfalz is a non-profit Protestant Church think tank that organizes public conferences, seminars, and academy talks on political, ethical, religious, and economic topics. It runs the Junge Akademie youth education program, including the "Wirtschaft & Ethik" certificate for ages 15-21, the Zukunftstraining corporate workshop for young employees, and the annual Südwestdeutsche Medientage media conference. It also publishes documentation of its events and dialogue forums.

Product overview

The Evangelische Akademie der Pfalz operates as a Protestant think tank offering a portfolio of educational programs centered on dialogue, discourse, and political education. The core offerings include public conferences and events (Veranstaltungen und Programm), the youth education program Die Junge Akademie, and the signature certificate program Das Zertifikat. Wirtschaft & Ethik. The academy also runs specialized training programs like the Zukunftstraining for young employees, annual events like the Südwestdeutsche Medientage, and publishes documentation through akademie_skizzen and Einzelveröffentlichungen. Publications include the ProTexte journal. The programs are designed to foster democratic discourse, economic literacy, and ethical reflection across generations.

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Brands

• Die Junge Akademie: Youth education program focusing on economic ethics and political education for young people aged 15-21, offering the 'Wirtschaft & Ethik' certificate program.

Products and services

• Veranstaltungen und Programm (Events Program) Conferences, seminars, and public events covering political orientation, religion and theology, Islam, economics and sustainability, media and digital change, and remembrance culture. Open to the general public and civil society.
• Die Junge Akademie (Youth Academy) Youth education program focused on economic ethics, democracy education, and political engagement for young people aged 15-21. Includes free workshops, accommodation in multi-bed rooms, and meals.
• Das Zertifikat. Wirtschaft & Ethik (Economics & Ethics Certificate) One-year certificate program in economic ethics for youth, consisting of five seminars covering economic fundamentals, ethics, political economy, market processes, applied business ethics, and 21st century economic challenges. Co-operated and co-certified with Ministry of Education Rhineland-Palatinate and RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau. About 30 young people complete it annually.
• Digital, demokratisch, kommunikationsstark – Zukunftstraining für junge Beschäftigte (Future Training for Young Employees) A two-day workshop training program for young employees (apprentices and vocational students) focusing on AI literacy, constructive communication, and democratic culture in the workplace. Designed for 15-25 participants. Developed in collaboration with Evangelische Akademie zu Berlin (Werkstatt TROTZDEMI). Custom pricing upon request.
• Südwestdeutsche Medientage (Southwest German Media Days) Annual two-day media conference addressing current issues in journalism and media ethics. Organized in cooperation with multiple partners including universities, media outlets, broadcasting organizations, and the Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Rheinland-Pfalz.
• Akademiegespräche (Academy Talks) Forum discussions on current social, political, and ethical topics featuring experts from various fields including science, politics, economics, and culture.
• Ferienakademie (Holiday Academy) Week-long intensive summer program for youth focusing on economic systems and sustainability topics.
• Wirtschaft & Ethik. Weitergedacht (Extended Certificate) Extended certificate program allowing former participants of the "Wirtschaft & Ethik" program to lead workshop elements themselves as peer educators.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 30 young people annually complete the 'Wirtschaft & Ethik' certificate program, with recognition from the Ministry of Education Rhineland-Palatinate and RPTU university
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Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

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

• Journalistisches Seminar der Universität MainzmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026Cooperation partner for the Südwestdeutsche Medientage 2026 conference on media and violence reporting.
• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Rheinland-PfalzmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026Partner for the Südwestdeutsche Medientage 2026 conference.
• Medienebene e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026Cooperation partner for media conference.
• RheinpfalzmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026Regional newspaper partner for Südwestdeutsche Medientage.
• Mannheimer MorgenminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026Newspaper partner for media conference.
• Frank-Loeb-Institut an der RPTUmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026University institute partner for the media conference.
• Medienanstalt Rheinland-PfalzmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026State media authority partner for media conference.
• Referat Kommunikation und Presse der Evangelischen Kirche der PfalzcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026Church communication department as parent organization unit.
• Deutscher Journalistenverband Rheinland-PfalzminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026Journalist association partner for media conference.
• Südwestrundfunk (SWR)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026Public broadcaster partner for media conference and SWR Democracy Forum connection.
• Stiftung Hambacher SchlossminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026Foundation partner for media conference venue connection.
• Evangelische Akademie FrankfurtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe two academies signed a letter of intent for a joint future organization to respond to societal orientation needs with speed and depth. Joint projects are already starting. This represents a significant merger process between the two Protestant academies.
• Ministerium für Bildung des Landes Rheinland-PfalzcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-certifying partner for the 'Wirtschaft & Ethik' certificate program for youth. Representatives participate in certificate ceremonies.
• Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner co-certifying the 'Wirtschaft & Ethik' certificate. Professor Volker Lingnau participates in certificate ceremonies. Faculty members serve on the supervisory board.
• Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und JugendminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal ministry network connection for youth education programs.
• Evangelische Trägergruppe für gesellschaftspolitische JugendbildungmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Protestant network for civic youth education, connected through annual yearbook publications.
• Netzwerk 'Digitalisierung, Theologie und Ethik' der EKDminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProtestant church network on digitalization, theology, and ethics topics.
• Raiffeisen-Campus DernbachmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegular cooperation with this school for democracy education programs, including annual panel discussions.
• sneep e.V. (Studentisches Netzwerk für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudent network for economic and business ethics connected to youth programs.
• Evangelische Akademie zu Berlin (Werkstatt 'TROTZDEMI')coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development of the 'Zukunftstraining' corporate program for digital and democratic communication skills. Cooperation between the two Protestant academies.

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Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Evangelische Akademie Loccum: Lower Saxony's state-wide Protestant academy operating conferences, theological discourse, and a youth program. Run by the Evangelisch-lutherische Landeskirche Hannovers, it shares the same Protestant Denkfabrik model, target segments, and church-institution structure as EAPfalz.
• Evangelische Akademie Villigst: Westphalian Protestant academy of the Evangelische Kirche von Westfalen providing theological and political discourse events. Same church-academy architectural model and audience profile, making it a structural peer for benchmarking governance and funding.
• Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt: Protestant academy of the Evangelische Kirche in Hessen und Nassau offering an identical portfolio of conferences, political forums, and civic education. Currently has a signed letter of intent with EAPfalz to form a joint organization, making it the most direct operational and structural peer.
• Evangelische Akademie Tutzing: Bavaria's Protestant academy at Schloss Tutzing offering political forums, theology, and cultural dialogue. Operates the same church-affiliated academy concept with conferences and study leadership, serving as a near-identical model peer in a neighboring federal state.
• Evangelische Akademie Mülheim an der Ruhr: Rhineland/Westphalia's Protestant academy delivering political forums, theological events, and cultural dialogue, operating under the Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland structure. Directly comparable as a regional church-academy peer with overlapping audiences.
• Evangelische Akademie Bad Boll: Württemberg Protestant academy running conferences, Tagungen, and adult civic education programs. Closely comparable in scale, target audience, and programmatic mix (political education, ethics, theological discourse) to EAPfalz.
• Evangelische Akademie zu Berlin: Berlin-based Protestant academy of the Evangelische Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz offering parallel dialogue and political-education programming. Already collaborates with EAPfalz on the 'Zukunftstraining' (Werkstatt TROTZDEMI), making it a directly comparable peer.
• Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Rheinland-Pfalz: State civic-education authority for Rhineland-Palatinate, already an explicit cooperation partner of EAPfalz for the Südwestdeutsche Medientage and other programs. Provides political-education programming to the same regional audience through its own events and funding channels, so directly competes for civic-education mandate and audience.

Broad incumbents

• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb): Federal agency for civic and political education in Germany funding and producing nationwide civic-education programs, conferences, and publications. Operates at a much larger scale across all Länder and overlaps with EAPfalz on civic- and political-education mandate without direct geographic specialization in church-affiliated programming.

Regional players

• Katholische Akademie in Bayern: Catholic counterpart academy in Munich providing parallel political, theological, and societal dialogue programming. Same Denkfabrik format and target segments but denominational and regional difference, so it competes for the same civic-education audience without direct geographic overlap in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Market position

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Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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