Transferagentur Niedersachsen e.V.

What Transferagentur Niedersachsen e.V. does

Transferagentur Niedersachsen e.V. is a registered nonprofit association (eingetragener Verein) founded in November 2021 in Bissendorf, Germany, with a second office in Osnabrück. It provides consulting, moderation, networking, information, and qualification services to municipalities in Lower Saxony across six thematic areas: full-day care (Ganztag), digitalization, skilled workforce retention, democracy education and participation, health and care, and educational governance (Bildungssteuerung). The organization is the federally funded REAB Niedersachsen (Regionale Entwicklungsagentur für kommunales Bildungsmanagement), backed by BMBF with project funding committed through January 31, 2028.

The organization's core methodology is Data-based Municipal Educational Management (Datenbasiertes Kommunales Bildungsmanagement, DKBM), a strategic and data-driven educational governance framework. It is not a software product but a service delivery model: regional municipal process consultants work on-site with municipal actors, always in two-person teams that pair professional depth with methodological strength, supporting the development of local educational landscapes through workshops, moderation, continuous process accompaniment, and cross-regional networking events such as the DKBM-Netzwerk Niedersachsen annual meetings.

Commercially, the organization operates a hybrid model combining individual consulting engagements (multi-year contracts with tailored scopes and pricing) with an association membership model (annual recurring subscriptions for Landkreise, kreisfreie Städte, and kreisangeh örige Kommunen) that unlocks an extended service portfolio including conception and moderation of education conferences. GTM is sales-led and relationship-driven, with no public pricing. The team consists of seven employees plus leadership (Managing Director Dr. Svetlana Schirmbeck, board members Iris Bothe and Dr. Friederike Meyer zu Schwabedissen, and data protection officer Nils Holtmann).

Name

Transferagentur Niedersachsen e.V.

Legal name

Transferagentur Niedersachsen e.V.

Website

https://transferagentur-niedersachsen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Transferagentur Niedersachsen e.V. is a German nonprofit association that delivers on-site consulting, moderation, and networking services to municipalities in Lower Saxony on data-based educational management, full-day care, and related transformation topics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Education Consulting Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Office Administrative Services (561110)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Admissions, Enrollment & Registrar Operations (Application Processing, Records) (EDAEALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Intergovernmental Affairs & Federal Grants Administration (BPAIAAAC)

Keywords

• Municipal education consulting
• Educational management advisory
• Public sector consulting
• Educational governance services
• Full-day care consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Bissendorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Municipalities can become members of the association and benefit from extended portfolio services including conception, preparation and moderation of education conferences
2. Individual Consulting Services: Individualized consulting offers for Lower Saxony municipalities for process support, moderation, networking and qualification services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Transferagentur Niedersachsen e.V. is a nonprofit advisory organization that provides consulting, moderation, networking, information, and qualification services to municipalities in Lower Saxony, Germany. Services are delivered through municipal process consultants who work directly with municipal actors on educational landscape development, full-day care implementation, skilled workforce retention, digitization, and democracy education. The organization applies the Data-based Municipal Educational Management (DKBM) framework and operates as the federally funded REAB Niedersachsen project under BMBF sponsorship.

Product overview

Transferagentur Niedersachsen e.V. is a non-profit advisory organization (eingetragener Verein) that provides consulting, moderation, networking, and qualification services to municipalities in Lower Saxony, Germany. The organization does not offer a software product or technology platform. Its service portfolio consists of advisory offerings organized around six core service types: moderation of events and processes, process accompaniment, consulting, information dissemination, networking facilitation, and qualification/training. The organization works across six thematic areas: full-day child care (Ganztag), digitalization, skilled workforce retention (Fachkräftesicherung), democracy education and participation, health and care, and educational governance/management. Services are delivered through municipal process consultants who work directly with municipal actors, supporting the development of local educational landscapes through workshops, practical guides, research presentations, and cross-regional events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wir beraten (Municipal Consulting) Consulting services for Lower Saxony municipalities on educational landscape development, full-day care, skilled workforce retention, digitalization, democracy education, and health/care. Delivered as individualized offers by regional process consultants, with advisory and moderation work performed in paired teams to combine professional depth with methodological strength.
• Wir moderieren (Event and Process Moderation) Moderation of individual events and processes for municipalities, ranging from one-off event facilitation to continuous process support, enabling municipal actors to design and steer transformation processes.
• Wir begleiten (Process Accompaniment) Continuous process support for municipalities undergoing transformation, providing sustained engagement across the lifecycle of educational governance and municipal change initiatives.
• Wir informieren (Information Services) Information dissemination for municipalities, including practical guides, research presentations, and knowledge resources on educational landscape topics such as full-day care, skilled workforce retention, and democracy education.
• Wir vernetzen (Networking Facilitation) Facilitation of cross-municipal networking and experience exchange, including the DKBM-Netzwerk Niedersachsen community network and annual network meetings that bring together municipal educational actors from across Lower Saxony.
• Wir qualifizieren (Qualification and Training) Qualification and training services for municipal actors, building capacity in educational governance, data-based educational management, and related transformation topics.
• Association Membership for Municipalities Annual membership model for Landkreise, kreisfreie Städte, and kreisangehörige Kommunen in Lower Saxony, providing an extended service portfolio including conception, preparation, and moderation of education conferences, plus ongoing access to the association's advisory offerings.
• REAB Niedersachsen (Federally Funded Project Program) REAB Niedersachsen is the BMBF-funded program channel through which Transferagentur Niedersachsen e.V. delivers federally subsidized municipal educational management services in Lower Saxony, providing funded positions and project capacity to support municipalities beyond what membership and individual consulting cover.

Quantifiable outcome

• Municipalities receive support for developing data-based educational strategies and enabling lifelong learning

Named customers9 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fachnetzwerk für Kommunales BildungsmanagementcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 January 2025Collaborated on the publication 'Guter Ganztag für alle überall' providing practical examples, experience reports and handouts on how municipalities can implement good full-day care.
• DKBM-Netzwerk NiedersachsencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork for Data-based Municipal Educational Management in Lower Saxony. Annual meetings bring together municipal educational actors for knowledge and experience exchange.
• Niedersächsisches Kultusministerium (MK)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner providing support and background information for municipalities in Lower Saxonia regarding implementation of the legal right to full-day care.
• Transferinitiative Kommunales BildungsmanagementminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal transfer initiative supporting municipal educational management through various programs including 'Ganztag in Bildungskommunen'.
• BMFSFJ (Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on publication 'Zivilgesellschaft und Kommune: Gemeinsam Bildungslandschaften gestalten' showing potentials of civil society engagement in municipal educational landscapes.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Allianz für Beteiligung Baden-Württemberg: Baden-Württemberg state-level nonprofit network supporting municipal civic participation and democracy education. Comparable because it addresses an overlapping thematic cluster (Demokratiebildung/Partizipation) in a different Bundesland, making it a near-mirror regional competitor/peer for those services.

Others

• Servicestelle für Kommunen der Transferinitiative (federal coordination unit): Federal-level service unit within the Transferinitiative that supports regional REAB agencies, organizes national events, and provides shared methodology for DKBM work. Comparable as the federal counterpart that partially defines and certifies the subject company's offerings.
• Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB): German federal institute for vocational education and training research and policy. Comparable because it operates in the same German education-policy/municipal capacity-building space, producing research, programs, and advisory outputs that intersect with municipal educational governance.
• Fachnetzwerk für Kommunales Bildungsmanagement: National peer-learning network of municipal educational-management practitioners and agencies across Germany. Comparable because it is the cross-state coordination layer of the same DKBM community the subject company serves, and a direct publishing/partner counterpart on guides like "Guter Ganztag für alle überall".
• Transferinitiative Kommunales Bildungsmanagement: Federal-level umbrella program that supports municipal educational management across all Bundesländer, including the BMBF-funded REAB agencies. Comparable as the policy/infrastructure ecosystem in which the subject company operates, and the grantor of legitimacy for DKBM activities.
• Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft: Nonprofit association of companies, foundations, and individuals promoting education, science, and innovation in Germany. Comparable as a membership-based nonprofit advancing educational and capacity-building agendas, similar to the subject company's association-of-municipalities model.
• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (BpB): German federal agency for civic and political education. Comparable because democracy-education/partizipation is one of the subject company's six service themes, and BpB funds/shapes the same municipal civic-education programming space.

Broad incumbents

• Bertelsmann Stiftung: Largest private operating foundation in Germany, with major programs in education, municipal modernization, and democratic participation. Comparable to the subject company because it both funds and shapes German municipal educational-management agendas that organizations like Transferagentur Niedersachsen then implement on the ground.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/transferagenturniedersachsen

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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