FIAP

What FIAP does

FIAP (Fundación para la Internacionalización de las Administraciones Públicas), formerly FIIAPP, is a Spanish public foundation headquartered in Madrid that acts as the specialized implementing entity of Spanish Cooperation for the internationalization of public administrations. Its mandate is to mobilize Spanish and European public sector expertise — primarily through secondments of serving and former public officials — to provide technical assistance and institutional strengthening to homologous institutions in partner countries, supporting both development cooperation (aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda) and Spanish foreign policy objectives. Operationally, FIAP delivers this mandate through 121 active projects across more than 120 countries, organized into eight thematic sectors: Social Policies/Freedoms/Rights, Social Cohesion/Public Administrations, Migrations/Human Mobility, Economic Development, Digitization/Connectivity, Climate/Just Transition, Security/Peace/Development, and Justice/Rule of the Rule of Law. The foundation mobilizes over 650–700 public professionals annually and maintains a network connecting more than 700 institutions worldwide, supported by a Brussels office that engages directly with EU cooperation programs.

The foundation's core "products" are project-based cooperation services rather than software or technology platforms; supplementary offerings include the Connect.FIAP collaboration platform, a podcast/radio series on Radio Nacional de España, and a transparency portal. There is no proprietary AI/ML or commercial software stack — FIAP's underlying capability is institutional rather than technical, resting on its statutory role within Spanish and EU cooperation law and on its access to public-sector talent.

FIAP's revenue model is wholly non-commercial. It is funded by grants and project appropriations from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation and from European Union cooperation instruments, executing an average of €59 million annually (2023). Governance is exercised through a Board of Trustees chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, with senior representation from the Ministries of the Presidency/Justice, Interior, and Inclusion/Social Security/Migration. FIAP does not sell services to end beneficiaries (partner-country institutions), does not have funding rounds or external shareholders, and operates within the legal frameworks of Ley 1/2023 de Cooperación para el Desarrollo Sostenible and Ley 2/2014 de Acción y Servicio Exterior del Estado.

Name

FIAP

Legal name

Fundación para la Internacionalización de las Administraciones Públicas

Website

https://fiiapp.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

FIAP is a Spanish public foundation that mobilizes more than 700 public sector professionals annually to provide technical assistance and institutional strengthening to public administrations in over 120 countries, funded by Spanish and European Union cooperation budgets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Development Cooperation Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (9211), Public Administration (92), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921)

SIC

International Affairs (9721), Foreign Governments (8888)

akta.pro primary industry

Central Government Policy, Strategy & Performance (incl. OMB-style functions) (BPAIAAAB)

Keywords

• International development cooperation
• Public administration consulting
• Institutional capacity building
• Public sector technical assistance
• Government cooperation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Development Cooperation Funding: FIAP operates as a publicly funded foundation receiving its operational budget from Spanish cooperation (Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación) and European Union funding mechanisms. The organization executes an average of 59 million euros annually in development cooperation projects. Revenue is not generated through commercial activities but through grants, project funding, and government appropriations for international cooperation work.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FIAP is a Spanish public foundation that designs and implements international cooperation projects aimed at strengthening public administrations in partner countries. It mobilizes more than 700 public professionals annually across 120+ countries and executes roughly €59 million per year across 121 active projects covering social policies, migrations, economic development, digitalization, climate, security, and justice.

Product overview

FIAP (Fundación para la Internacionalización de las Administraciones Públicas) is a public foundation specializing in international cooperation for public administrations. Rather than a unified software product, FIAP offers a portfolio of cooperation services organized by thematic sectors (Social Policies, Cohesion/Public Administrations, Migrations, Economic Development, Digitization, Climate, Security, and Justice), delivered through project-based work involving the mobility of public sector professionals. The organization connects over 700 public professionals annually across more than 120 countries, implementing European cooperation projects aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. Additional offerings include the Connect.FIAP collaboration platform, radio/podcast content production, and a transparency portal for public accountability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• International Cooperation Projects for Public Administrations Design, financing, and execution of cooperation projects that strengthen public administrations in partner countries; delivered to foreign ministries, agencies, and sub-national governments using Spanish and European cooperation funds.
• Public Talent Mobility Program Program that mobilizes more than 700 Spanish public-sector professionals per year to support institutional capacity-building missions in partner countries across 120+ geographies.
• Connect.FIAP Institutional Network Institutional platform connecting 700+ partner institutions to coordinate cooperation initiatives, share expertise, and sustain long-term relationships between public administrations.
• Sector-Specific Cooperation Programs Thematic cooperation projects delivered across eight specialization areas: social policies, social cohesion/public administrations, migrations, economic development, digitalization, climate, security, and justice.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 700 public professionals mobilized annually across 120+ countries
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Cooperación Española (Spanish Cooperation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFIAP is the specialized entity of the Spanish Cooperation system for promoting public administration participation in Spanish and European cooperation programs. It operates under the framework of the Plan Director de la Cooperación Española and implements projects funded by Spanish cooperation budgets. FIAP is an integral part of Spain's official development cooperation architecture.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation): Dutch development organization with comparable mandates in governance, climate, and inclusive growth, executing EU- and Dutch-funded projects involving public-sector advisory work in partner countries.
• Enabel: Belgian development agency executing public-sector cooperation projects on behalf of the Belgian government and the EU, with a comparable model of mobilizing national civil service expertise for partner-country institutional strengthening.
• GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit): Germany's federal development agency implements bilateral and EU-funded cooperation projects by mobilizing German public-sector expertise to strengthen institutions in partner countries — the closest functional analog to FIAP at much larger scale.
• AECID (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo): Spain's primary development cooperation agency, which co-funds and oversees much of the Spanish cooperation ecosystem in which FIAP operates as a specialized implementing entity — a direct institutional counterpart.
• Expertise France: France's public agency for international technical expertise, mobilizing French civil servants and public-sector know-how into EU and bilateral cooperation projects — directly comparable mandate and delivery model to FIAP.

Broad incumbents

• UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services): UN entity that manages large-scale project implementation for partners including the EU; competes with FIAP for institutional strengthening and public administration project contracts, particularly in fragile states.
• JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency): Japan's bilateral cooperation agency executing technical cooperation and capacity-building projects with government institutions globally, with an overlapping institutional-strengthening value proposition.
• AFD (Agence Française de Développement): France's bilateral development finance institution, financing and implementing governance, climate, and public-sector projects in partner countries with a much larger capital base; overlaps with FIAP in institutional strengthening and EU-funded programming.

Emerging players

• EIPA (European Institute of Public Administration): European public-sector learning and advisory body that delivers training, benchmarking, and technical assistance to public administrations — narrower scope than FIAP but a meaningful peer in EU governance cooperation.
• OECD-Sigma (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management): Joint OECD/EU initiative providing public administration reform support to enlargement and partner countries, directly competing with FIAP for EU-funded governance cooperation mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FIIAPP
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCUEUkD_jOkjDespUtejGdxQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/FIIAPP
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fiapesp
• Instagraminstagram.com/lafiiapp

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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