Agiamondo

What Agiamondo does

AGIAMONDO e.V. is a Cologne-registered non-profit association (eingetragener Verein) founded in 1960 that operates as a personnel service organisation for international development cooperation. It recruits, qualifies, prepares, and supports development workers and peace specialists deployed to church and civil-society partner organisations worldwide under the German Development Aid Workers Act (EhfG). Its core offerings comprise the Ziviler Friedensdienst (Civil Peace Service / ZFD) — an official BMZ-backed program run across 15 country programmes — Personalvermittlung (staff placement), the FID Fachstelle consulting line for international volunteer services, the Exposure- und Dialogprogramme (EDP) for executive immersion, and the newer Dialog und lebendige Partnerschaft (DLP) and Internationaler Klimafachdienst (IKD) lines.

The organisation's commercial logic is non-profit grant-funded: AGIAMONDO does not sell a product but acts as a contracted executing agency (Träger) for German federal development cooperation, channelling BMZ funding, Catholic development agency contributions (notably Misereor / KZE), and partner-organisation co-financing. Deployment scale reached more than 280 development-worker contracts annually, with 266 specialists on AGIAMONDO contracts and 105 in ZFD in 2022. Customer segments split between German funding bodies / Catholic agencies on the input side and approximately 15-country host organisations (Caritas, CJPD, WAVES, SIEMBRA, AVICRES, CEPROME, Corporación Podión and similar) on the placement side.

Technology footprint is minimal and non-differentiated: the technology stack comprises a TYPO3-based website, Sendinblue for newsletters, Google Analytics for web measurement, and standard social plugins (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, XING). There is no proprietary platform, no AI/ML capability, and no app. Leadership sits with Dr. Markus Demele (Vorstandsvorsitzender) and Dr. Claudia Lücking-Michel (Geschäftsführerin / Managing Director and spokesperson). Recent strategic activity has focused on extending the program portfolio — Fair Labour Migration South-North, EDP, and the IKD climate service — rather than technology investment.

Name

Agiamondo

Legal name

AGIAMONDO e.V.

Website

https://agiamondo.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AGIAMONDO e.V. is a Cologne-based non-profit that recruits, prepares, and supports development workers and peace specialists deployed to church and civil-society organisations worldwide under the German Development Aid Workers Act, operating the Civil Peace Service across 15 country programs with BMZ, Misereor, and church funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Development Personnel Services

NAICS

Professional Employer Organizations (561330), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Donor Coordination, Monitoring & Evaluation (MEL) Programs (BPADABAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

Keywords

• International development cooperation
• Civil peace service
• Development worker recruitment
• Fair labor migration
• Volunteer services consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Cologne

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

Revenue model

1. Personnel Cooperation Services: AGIAMONDO operates as a non-profit personnel service that recruits, prepares, and supports development workers for international cooperation. The organization receives funding from the German government (BMZ), Catholic development agencies (Misereor), and church organizations. Development workers are contracted under the German Development Aid Workers Act (Entwicklungshelfergesetz).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

AGIAMONDO is a non-profit personnel service organization that recruits, qualifies, deploys, and supports development workers and peacebuilding specialists for church and civil society organizations worldwide under the German Development Aid Workers Act (EhfG). The organization manages the Civil Peace Service (ZFD) program across 15 country programs, supports fair and sustainable labor migration for nursing professionals from the Global South, and provides consulting services to organizations offering international volunteer programs (FID Fachstelle). More than 280 development workers are deployed annually with AGIAMONDO contracts globally.

Product overview

AGIAMONDO is a personnel service organization (Personaldienst) that operates as a multi-product platform for international cooperation and development. The core offerings include the Civil Peace Service (Ziviler Friedensdienst) for conflict region deployments, Recruitment (Personalvermittlung) for placing development workers under the Development Aid Workers Act, Fair Labor Migration for nursing professionals from the Global South, the FID Service Center for international volunteer services, and Exposure & Dialogue Programs (EDP) for executive development. Supplementary programs include Dialog und lebendige Partnerschaft (DLP) enabling smaller organizations to engage development workers, and the announced International Climate Expert Service (IKD) for climate adaptation support. More than 280 development workers work annually with AGIAMONDO contracts globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ziviler Friedensdienst (Civil Peace Service, ZFD)

Quantifiable outcome

• 266 specialists deployed with AGIAMONDO contracts in 2022
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 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

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• AVICRES Brasilien / Brasilieninitiative AVICRES e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 202030-year partnership between Brazilian and German AVICRES organizations supporting children and youth from impoverished communities. AGIAMONDO facilitates specialist placement through the Dialogue and Living Partnership (DLP) program for family pastoral work projects in Rio de Janeiro region.
• BMZ (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development for establishing the International Climate Specialist Service (IKD) and Civil Peace Service programs. BMZ provides policy framework and funding support for development cooperation initiatives.
• Misereor (Bischöfliches Entwicklungswerk der deutschen Katholiken)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMisereor is a key Catholic development agency that partners with AGIAMONDO on development projects and personnel cooperation. Joint initiatives include peace programs and development worker financing through the Katholische Zentralstelle für Entwicklungshilfe (KZE).
• GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGIZ works with AGIAMONDO on development cooperation projects. Development workers have worked as consultants for GIZ, and AGIAMONDO participates in GIZ Academy training programs for specialist preparation.
• Caritas InternationalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCaritas International collaborates with AGIAMONDO on humanitarian aid, peacebuilding, and development projects. AGIAMONDO recruits consultants for Caritas offices in countries like Colombia, and both organizations share expertise in development cooperation.
• Ziviler Friedensdienst (ZFD) - Civil Peace ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAGIAMONDO is an executing agency for the Civil Peace Service (ZFD) program, deploying specialists to conflict regions. The program focuses on peacebuilding, violence prevention, and conflict transformation across 15 country programs worldwide.
• Catholic Justice & Peace Department (CJPD) - Kenyan Bishops' ConferencemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCJPD is a key partner in Kenya's North Rift Peace Initiative. AGIAMONDO deploys ZFD specialists to support local peace work, climate adaptation, and resource conflict resolution in arid and semi-arid regions of Kenya.
• WAVES (Women Against Violence and Exploitation in Society Sierra Leone)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWAVES is a feminist organization in Sierra Leone fighting female genital mutilation and sexual violence. AGIAMONDO deploys ZFD specialists for gender and advocacy work, supporting women's rights and safe spaces for girls.
• CEPROME (Centro de Investigación y Formación de Protección al Menor)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEPROME is a coalition in Latin America working on violence prevention within the Catholic Church. AGIAMONDO places specialists to help develop institutional protection concepts against sexualized violence.
• Exposure and Dialogue Programmes e.V. (EDP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEDP became a new business area at AGIAMONDO in 2022, offering exposure programs for executives and decision-makers to gain international perspectives through immersive experiences in developing countries like Uganda and Kenya.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• aglz (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Länderdienste für Entwicklung): The umbrella association of German denominational and non-denominational development services in which AGIAMONDO participates. aglz represents the broader peer set of German development personnel services that operate under the same EhfG framework.

Direct peers

• Andere Dienststelle für Entwicklung (Mission EineWelt): A Bavarian Lutheran-affiliated development personnel service that places specialists with partner organizations under similar EhfG-style frameworks. Structurally analogous to AGIAMONDO on the Protestant side of German denominational development services.
• Misereor: The German Catholic bishops' development agency and a core AGIAMONDO partner. Misereor finances development worker positions and co-designs programs through KZE, making it both a strategic partner and a structurally adjacent organization in Catholic development cooperation.
• Brot für die Welt: The Protestant counterpart to Misereor in German development cooperation. Operates similar personnel cooperation programs for church-related organizations and is structurally analogous to AGIAMONDO on the Protestant side of the German faith-based development ecosystem.
• Peace Brigades International (PBI): An international NGO deploying volunteers for civilian peace work and protective accompaniment in conflict zones. Directly comparable to AGIAMONDO's Civil Peace Service (ZFD) mandate in peacebuilding and conflict-region deployments.
• Caritas Germany (Deutscher Caritasverband): The German Catholic welfare and humanitarian organization that hosts AGIAMONDO-placed development workers internationally. Operates overlapping humanitarian and development programs and shares a Catholic institutional network with AGIAMONDO.
• Kindernothilfe: A German child-focused development NGO supporting partner organizations in the Global South. Comparable to AGIAMONDO as a German faith-rooted NGO with co-financing models for partner organizations and development worker placements in Africa, Latin America, and Asia.
• Deutsche Welthungerhilfe: One of Germany's largest private aid organizations focused on fighting hunger and poverty. Comparable as a German development NGO operating global programs with government and private funding, with a similar portfolio scope to AGIAMONDO's country programs.

Emerging players

• International Alert: A London-based peacebuilding NGO working on security and conflict transformation globally. Comparable to AGIAMONDO's peace work programs in thematic focus (peacebuilding, conflict transformation) but operates as a programmatic NGO rather than a personnel placement agency.

Broad incumbents

• GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit): Germany's primary federal development agency and AGIAMONDO's larger counterpart in international cooperation. GIZ operates across all BMZ-funded development mandates and is a direct partner/competitor for German development worker contracts and program execution.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AGIAMONDO
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/exposure-und-dialogprogramme-edp-e-v

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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