European Exchange

Name

European Exchange

Legal name

EA Europäischer Austausch gGmbH

Website

https://european-exchange.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Democracy and Civil Society Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Public Relations Agencies (54182)

SIC

International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

United Nations System & Specialized Agencies (BPADAAAA)

Keywords

• Election observation
• Democracy support
• Civil society development
• Political education
• European integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

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. Grants and Donations: As a non-profit organization (gGmbH), European Exchange operates primarily through grants, institutional funding, and donations to support its democracy promotion and civil society capacity building activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

European Exchange is a Berlin-based non-profit that promotes democratic development across Europe through political education, election observation, civil society capacity building, and structured advocacy with European institutions. It runs dedicated programmes such as EPDE (election observation), Kyiv Dialogue (German-Ukrainian relations), Plattform Wahlen (German election analysis), and DIVE (democracy innovators), and publishes the Ukraine Air War Monitor.

Product overview

European Exchange (Europäischer Austausch gGmbH) is a Berlin-based non-profit civil society organization committed to democratic development in Europe. It operates a portfolio of interconnected programmes and platforms: the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) serves as its flagship election observation coordination mechanism across the OSCE region; Kyiv Dialogue provides policy analysis and dialogue focused on Ukraine; Plattform Wahlen offers German-language civic election monitoring; and DIVE addresses democracy and voter engagement. Together with publications like the Ukraine Air War Monitor and annual FURIC conferences, these offerings form a unified approach to capacity building, political education, and advocacy within European institutions to strengthen civil society.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EPDE (European Platform for Democratic Elections) A programme of European Exchange that coordinates international election observation missions and supports democratic election standards, particularly in the Eastern Partnership countries.
• Kyiv Dialogue A structured dialogue platform between German and Ukrainian stakeholders, focusing on bilateral relations, European integration, and post-war recovery topics.
• Plattform Wahlen A German-language platform that analyses elections in Germany and abroad, providing political education and accessible election content for German-speaking audiences.
• DIVE (Democracy Innovators in Europe) An initiative that profiles and supports democratic innovators across Europe, providing visibility, peer exchange, and capacity building for civic reformers.
• Ukraine Air War Monitor An ongoing publication that tracks and analyses air-war related developments in Ukraine, produced by European Exchange and distributed publicly.
• Annual Conference A flagship convening that brings together European Exchange partners, policymakers, and civil society actors around democracy and European integration themes.
• FURIC (Frankfurt Ukrainian Research and Innovation Conference) A conference convened in Frankfurt on Ukrainian research and innovation, bringing together researchers, innovators, and policy actors to support Ukraine's research and innovation ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• Launched EPDE in 2012 with ongoing election observation activities across multiple countries

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• EPDE (European Platform for Democratic Elections)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPDE is a flagship platform managed by the European Exchange, bringing together European election experts to monitor elections and support democratic development across Europe.
• Kyiv DialoguecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolicy dialogue platform focused on Ukraine, producing the Ukraine Air War Monitor series and facilitating expert discussions on Ukrainian democratic development.
• Plattform WahlencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerElection observation platform focusing on German elections, providing citizen election monitoring and post-election assessment reports.
• DIVE (Democracy, Inclusion, Voter Engagement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiative focused on democracy inclusion and voter engagement, part of European Exchange's multi-platform approach to democratic development.
• AfEONet (Pan-African Election Observers Network)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with pan-African election observers network extending EPDE's impact across regions and strengthening cooperation with African civil society organizations.
• EPD (European Partnership for Democracy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPD coordinates European democracy support organizations; European Exchange participates as a member, collaborating on joint statements and initiatives.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Venice Commission of the Council of Europe: Council of Europe body providing legal expertise on constitutional matters, electoral law, and democratic institutions. Functions as an adjacent enabling institution whose outputs and standards shape the same democracy-support environment European Exchange operates in.

Direct peers

• National Democratic Institute (NDI): Washington-based non-profit supporting democratic institutions and election integrity globally. Directly comparable peer in international civic election observation, political party support, and democracy capacity-building programmes.
• European Partnership for Democracy: Brussels-based coalition of European democracy-support organisations. European Exchange is an EPD member and collaborates on joint statements and initiatives, making it a directly comparable peer in EU-level democracy advocacy and convening.
• International Republican Institute (IRI): Washington-based democracy-support organisation conducting international election observation and civic programming. Closely comparable peer to EPDE in cross-border election monitoring and political-party engagement work.
• International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA): Stockholm-based intergovernmental organisation supporting democratic processes and election observation worldwide. Overlaps with European Exchange on electoral integrity analysis, democracy capacity building, and engagement with European institutions.
• European Endowment for Democracy (EED): EU-funded Brussels-based body providing grants to civil society actors promoting democratic change in the European neighbourhood. Functionally comparable as a regional democracy-support intermediary with overlapping Eastern Partnership focus.
• The Carter Center: Atlanta-based non-profit with a long-standing international election observation programme. Directly comparable peer in deploying citizen observer missions and publishing election-monitoring reports across multiple jurisdictions.

Broad incumbents

• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS): German political foundation affiliated with the CDU with global democracy and political-education programmes. Operates as a broader incumbent in the same civic education and democracy-support space, with substantially larger resources.
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES): German political foundation affiliated with the SPD, active in democracy promotion, civic education, and Eastern Partnership work. Broader incumbent peer with comparable thematic overlap but a much larger portfolio of country offices.
• OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR): The OSCE's primary election observation body, operating across the entire OSCE region with significantly larger resources. Functions as the broad incumbent in the same election-observation category in which European Exchange's EPDE platform operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/european-exchange

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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