goals connect e.V.

What goals connect e.V. does

goals connect e.V. is a German registered non-profit association (eingetragener Verein) headquartered in Erfurt and Berlin that delivers in-person educational workshops on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Its core offering is a catalog of facilitated, on-site workshop products covering topics such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, climate change, sustainable nutrition, climate and aviation, and refugee awareness, plus a 'GreenTeam' implementation program adapted for both schools and corporate clients. The organization serves three customer segments: K-12 schools (primary), companies and organizations (via GreenTeam), and adults seeking continuing education in sustainability.

The operating model is event-driven and labor-intensive: workshops are delivered on client premises (school, corporate, or community sites) by a small core team of approximately 6 employees with 8 named facilitators visible on the website. There is no software platform, app, API, or proprietary technology layer; the 'product' is the workshop content itself, paired with facilitator-led engagement. Distribution relies on a bilingual website (goalsconnect.de / goalsconnect.org) for top-of-funnel demand and an 11+ partner network spanning German federal and state ministries (BMZ, TMBJS), major development organizations (Engagement Global, Parität Thüringen), regional institutions (KSK Saale-Orla, BIMF, Werte Museum, Denkbunt), and issue-specific coalitions (Klimawette, Waste Reduction, Nord-Süd-Brücken).

Revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed but, consistent with the e.V. legal form, likely combine fee-for-service workshop contracts, project grants (plausibly from BMZ/Engagement Global/TMBJS), donations, and membership contributions. The organization holds the TQS-BNE-Siegel certification, recertified in 2025, signaling recognized quality within the German ESD provider market. No funding rounds, investors, subsidiaries, acquisitions, or quantified financial metrics are disclosed in the available data.

Name

goals connect e.V.

Legal name

goals connect e.V.

Website

https://goalsconnect.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

goals connect e.V. is a German non-profit association that delivers in-person educational workshops on sustainable development for schools, companies, and adults, operating from Erfurt and Berlin with a small facilitation team and an 11+ partner network including BMZ and Engagement Global.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD/BNE) Workshop Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Science & Sustainability Programs (Ecology, Climate, Conservation) (EDAMABAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Curriculum Design & Scope/Sequence (School-Led) (EDAJAFAA), Sustainability, Energy & Environmental (ESG/LEED) Certifications (EDAAANAO)

Keywords

• Sustainable development education
• Education for sustainability
• Corporate sustainability workshops
• School sustainability programs
• Esd workshop facilitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Educational Workshop Services: Revenue generated from delivering educational workshops on sustainable development topics to schools, adults, and companies/organizations. As a registered non-profit association (e.V.), funding may also come from donations, grants, and membership contributions in addition to workshop fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

goals connect e.V. designs and delivers in-person educational workshops on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD/BNE) for three distinct audiences: K-12 schools, adult learners, and companies/organizations. Its portfolio covers sustainability themes including climate change, sustainable nutrition, the UN SDGs, sustainability dimensions, climate and aviation, and refugees/flight, plus a structured GreenTeam program that takes participants from awareness to implementing concrete sustainability actions in their school or workplace.

Product overview

goals connect e.V. is a non-profit organization providing educational workshops for sustainable development (ESD) and transformation. The organization offers a portfolio of workshop products organized into three main service categories: workshop offers for schools (targeting students with topics including climate change, sustainable nutrition, SDGs, and the GreenTeam school program), workshop offers for adults (for continuing education and personal development), and workshop offers for companies (including the GreenTeam corporate program for sustainable business transformation). Key individual workshops include 'Future eats smart' on sustainable nutrition, 'What about climate change?' on current climate situations, 'SDG - The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals', 'Understanding sustainability', 'Climate and flight', 'GreenTeam program for schools', and 'flight & asylum' on refugee topics. The organization operates on a project-based model with recurring workshop offerings rather than a unified software platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GreenTeam Program: A program for schools where teams develop and implement concrete solutions for attractive, sustainable everyday business.
• Future eats smart
• SDG Workshop

Products and services

• Workshop "Future eats smart" Workshop providing reflections and awareness raising on sustainable nutrition, helping participants understand food systems and develop sustainable eating habits; delivered on-site for schools, adults, and organizations.
• Workshop "What about climate change?" Workshop developing understanding of the current climate situation with opportunity-oriented derivations, enabling participants to identify actionable climate solutions; delivered on-site.
• Workshop "SDG - The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals" Workshop for learning about the UN Sustainable Development Goals and identifying opportunities to shape a sustainable future through the SDG framework; delivered on-site.
• Workshop "Understanding sustainability" Workshop for understanding the dimensions of sustainability and identifying attractive areas for action toward sustainable development; delivered on-site.
• Workshop "Climate and flight" Workshop developing understanding of the current climate situation and establishing global connections related to aviation's environmental impact; delivered on-site.
• Workshop "flight & asylum" Workshop providing information, prejudice reduction, and sensitization on the topic of refugees, addressing connections between flight and climate crisis; delivered on-site.
• GreenTeam program for schools Program for schools in which student teams develop ideas and implementation strategies for a more sustainable school day, turning learning into concrete environmental action; delivered on-site at schools.
• GreenTeam program for companies Corporate sustainability program where teams become GreenTeams, developing concrete, effective solutions for an attractive, sustainable everyday business and implementing them within the organization.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Nord-Süd-Brücken (quer)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork partner organization supporting North-South bridge-building initiatives. Logo displayed in network section of goals connect website indicating formal partnership relationship.
• KSK Saale-Orla (Kreissparkasse)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional savings bank supporting local educational and community initiatives. Partnership provides financial/supporting role for sustainability projects.
• Engagement GlobalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor German development organization supporting global civic engagement. Engagement Global is a key partner for international development education and ESD initiatives.
• BMZ (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Partnership with government ministry indicates high-level recognition and support for sustainability education mission.
• Parität ThüringenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional welfare organization in Thuringia. Partnership supports social sustainability and inclusion initiatives.
• Werte MuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMuseum focused on values-based education and sustainability. Partnership supports educational content development.
• KlimawetteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimate initiative partnership supporting climate action awareness and education programs.
• Waste ReductionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWaste reduction initiative partner supporting circular economy education.
• DenkbuntminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional educational initiative partner.
• BIMF (Bildungsinstitut Mittel- und Ostdeutschland)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational institute for Central and Eastern Germany providing institutional partnership.
• TMBJS (Thüringer Ministerium für Bildung, Jugend und Sport)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThuringia Ministry for Education, Youth and Sports. Government partnership supports educational policy alignment and institutional recognition.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• B.A.U.M. e.V. German non-profit network for sustainable business management running corporate sustainability training, workshops, and certification programs. Emerging player - directly comparable to goals connect's GreenTeam program for companies, same corporate sustainability education niche, but with a broader business-network focus.
• Fairtrade Deutschland: German Fairtrade organization running Fairtrade Schools program with sustainability and global justice workshop content for K-12 students. Emerging player in adjacent segment - same BNE/ESD school workshop space with focus on fair trade/sustainable consumption topics, partial overlap with goals connect's 'Future eats smart' and SDG workshops.

Direct peers

• Germanwatch e.V. German non-profit focused on global justice, climate, and sustainable development, running extensive education-for-sustainable-development programs for schools and adults in Germany. Direct peer - same BNE/ESD content space, same school target segment, same German policy ecosystem, similar workshop-based delivery model.
• Naturschutzjugend (NAJU): German youth nature conservation organization delivering environmental and sustainability education programs to schools and young people across Germany. Direct peer - same BNE/ESD content domain, same K-12 school workshop delivery model, non-profit association structure.
• OroVerde - Tropenwaldstiftung: German non-profit foundation focused on tropical forest conservation, running school and adult education programs on sustainability and global environmental interconnections. Direct peer - comparable BNE workshop offerings to schools, same German institutional partnership ecosystem, overlapping topics like sustainable consumption and climate.
• BUND e.V. (Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland): Germany's largest environmental non-profit, running extensive BNE workshops and youth education programs (BUNDjugend) on sustainability topics for schools and adults. Direct peer - overlapping mission, overlapping K-12 school customers, similar workshop-delivery model in the same German ESD market.

Others

• Engagement Global gGmbH: German service agency for development engagement funded by the BMZ, supporting ESD and global learning programs across Germany. Others - listed as a 'Core' strategic partner of goals connect, so functions partly as a partner rather than competitor, but also runs its own school and adult education programs in the same BNE content space.

Broad incumbents

• Brot für die Welt: German development and relief organization running extensive school and adult education programs on global sustainability, fair trade, and the SDGs. Broad incumbent - same BNE/ESD school workshop space, same BMZ/development cooperation ecosystem, larger institutional scale and broader humanitarian mission.
• Greenpeace e.V. Major global environmental non-profit with German education programs including school workshops and youth engagement on climate and sustainability. Broad incumbent - much larger organization, overlapping BNE/ESD school workshop offerings, but operates a much wider advocacy and campaign portfolio beyond ESD.
• Welthungerhilfe: Large German development and humanitarian aid non-profit running extensive school education programs on global sustainability, hunger, and the SDGs. Broad incumbent - same BMZ/partnership ecosystem, same SDG/ESD school workshop content, but with much larger institutional scale and broader humanitarian mandate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/goalsconnect

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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