Elisabeth Kaesemann Stiftung

Name

Elisabeth Kaesemann Stiftung

Legal name

Elisabeth Käsemann Stiftung gGmbH

Website

https://elisabeth-kaesemann-stiftung.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights and Remembrance Non-Profit Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH), Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC)

Keywords

• Human rights education
• Remembrance culture
• Transitional justice
• International symposia
• Intercultural dialogue

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: The foundation operates on donations and institutional grants. It maintains a donation account at Volksbank Stuttgart eG (IBAN: DE32 6009 0100 0373 8120 00, BIC: VOBADESS). It is supported by institutional partners and funding bodies.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Elisabeth Kaesemann Stiftung is a non-profit foundation that organizes international symposia, expert working groups, school exchange projects, scholarship programs, and memory-site preservation projects to foster intercultural dialogue between Germany, Latin America, and Spain on dealing with authoritarian pasts, transitional justice, and human rights. Its five program lines are the Elisabeth Käsemann Symposia, Working Groups "Memoria", International School Exchange Projects, the binational Master's scholarship program, and the El Vesubio Memory Site Project. The foundation is funded through donations and institutional grants.

Product overview

Elisabeth Kaesemann Stiftung is a non-profit foundation (gGmbH) headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, dedicated to inter-cultural dialogue between Germany, Latin America, and Spain in the domains of remembrance culture and democracy. The organization operates five interconnected programs: (1) Annual Elisabeth Käsemann Symposia that bring together German and Latin American scholars, jurists, and civil society actors to discuss transitional justice and historical reckoning; (2) Working Groups 'Memoria' providing structured expert exchange on memory sites and international criminal law; (3) International School Exchange Projects promoting human rights education among youth; (4) A Scholarship Program supporting the binational Master's in Conflict, Memory and Peace; and (5) The El Vesubio Memory Site Project preserving the former clandestine detention center as a memorial. Together these programs serve to strengthen democratic values and human rights through academic research, educational initiatives, and community remembrance.

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Products and services

• Elisabeth Käsemann Symposia Annual international symposium organized in cooperation with German and Latin American universities, focused on coming to terms with the past and commemorative culture. Distinguished Latin American personalities with expertise in historical, legal, and social transitional justice are invited to foster intercultural exchange between Latin America and Germany.
• Working Groups "Memoria" Expert networks offering regular scientific exchange between Latin American and German specialists in the jurisdiction of crimes against humanity and educational mediation. Includes the Memory Sites Working Group and the Legal Working Group.
• International School Exchange Project Bilateral school exchange program between German Gymnasiums and Iberoamerican secondary schools with International Bilingual Baccalaureate curriculum. Students work on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) in relation to their national histories and current circumstances, culminating in exhibitions presented in partner countries.
• Scholarship Program Scholarships for students of the binational Master's program 'Conflict, Memory and Peace' at Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá.
• El Vesubio Memory Site Project Project to construct a memorial at the site of the former El Vesubio clandestine detention center in Buenos Aires, where Elisabeth Käsemann and other victims were held. The foundation supports preservation efforts and archaeological work at the site, collaborating with Memoria Abierta and the Vesubio y Puente 12 Commission.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8 international symposia held (1st in Nuremberg, 2nd in Tübingen, 3rd in Bad Boll, 4th in Buenos Aires, 5th in Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, 6th, 7th, 8th)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos (ZILAS), Katholische Universität Eichstätt-IngolstadtcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2022ZILAS co-organised the 5th Symposium (June 2022) on Colonia Dignidad with the foundation. Professor Dr. Thomas Fischer serves as Director of ZILAS and President of the foundation's Advisory Board.
• Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2019The 4th Symposium (September–October 2019) was hosted at the Law Faculty of Universidad de Buenos Aires, with the participation of distinguished jurists from Argentina, Germany, and Colombia.
• Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (bpb)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019President Thomas Krüger of the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung attended and spoke at the 4th and 6th Symposia, supporting civic education and dealing with the past.
• Auswärtiges Amt (German Federal Foreign Office)coreOthers · 1 January 2018The German Federal Foreign Office supports the foundation's work and has participated in events including the 5th Symposium on Colonia Dignidad. Foreign Minister Steinmeier acknowledged the foundation's role in 2016.
• Wildermuth Gymnasium TübingencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017German partner school in the international school exchange project (2017/2018) with Colegio Pestalozzi Buenos Aires, focusing on human rights declarations and remembrance culture.
• Colegio Pestalozzi Buenos AirescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Argentine partner school in the international school exchange project (2017/2018) with Wildermuth Gymnasium Tübingen, focusing on human rights and dictatorship history.
• Memoria Abierta (Argentina)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation collaborates closely with Memoria Abierta on the El Vesubio memorial site project. Memoria Abierta provided virtual reconstructions of the El Vesubio clandestine detention camp and co-develops documentation and commemoration projects for memory sites in Argentina.
• Universidad del Rosario, BogotácoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner university for the binational Master programme 'Conflicto, Memoria y Paz'. The Elisabeth Käsemann Foundation awards scholarships to students enrolled in this joint programme with Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.
• ECCHR (European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerECCHR participates in foundation symposia, contributing expertise on international criminal law and human rights justice, particularly on Colonia Dignidad case.
• Goethe-Institut Buenos AiressupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Goethe-Institut supports cultural and educational exchange activities between Germany and Latin America, cooperating with the foundation on memory and human rights projects.
• Friedrich-Ebert-StiftungsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipated in the 6th Symposium (March 2024), contributing to discussions on transitional justice and human rights.
• ADLAF (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Lateinamerika-Forschung e.V.)supportingOthersThe foundation is a member of ADLAF, the German Working Group for Latin American Research, connecting it with the academic research community.
• Nürnberger Akademie / International Nuremberg Principles AcademysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners in symposia and exchange on transitional justice and international criminal law.
• Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen (Memorial Site Bergen-Belsen)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Elke Gryglewski, Director of Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen, serves on the MEMORIA working group and the bilateral expert commission on Colonia Dignidad.
• Comisión Vesubio y Puente 12coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSurvivors' commission working on the El Vesubio memorial preservation project. Collaborates with Memoria Abierta and the foundation on preserving the clandestine detention site.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR): Berlin-based legal NGO that files strategic cases and convenes expert events on international criminal law, transitional justice, and Colonia Dignidad. Direct partner of Elisabeth Kaesemann Stiftung on symposia, with highly overlapping thematic focus and target expert community.
• Memoria Abierta: Argentine NGO of former clandestine detention sites that operates memorial preservation programs and educational mediation on dictatorship-era human rights. Direct partner of Elisabeth Kaesemann Stiftung on El Vesubio, with directly comparable mission, geography, and programmatic focus.
• International Nuremberg Principles Academy: German institution convening expert exchange on international criminal law and human rights, including via symposia. Direct Elisabeth Kaesemann Stiftung partner with closely aligned substantive agenda and event format.
• Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen: German memorial foundation operating memorial-site preservation, educational programming, and working groups on coming-to-terms with the past. Comparable as a German remembrance-culture institution; Director Elke Gryglewski serves on the Elisabeth Kaesemann Stiftung's MEMORIA working group.

Regional players

• Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS): Argentine human-rights and social justice organization focused on litigation, policy advocacy, and remembrance work, headquartered in Buenos Aires. Highly comparable in Argentine memory-culture and transitional-justice themes, though broader in legal-advocacy scope than the Kaesemann Foundation.

Broad incumbents

• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: Large German political foundation with international rule-of-law and democracy programs in Latin America. Comparable in being a German grantmaking foundation supporting transitional justice themes abroad, but operates with a much broader political mandate and budget.
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: German political foundation with extensive international programs, including a significant presence in Latin America focused on democracy and human rights. Directly comparable as a politically oriented German grantmaking foundation operating internationally, though much larger in scale.
• Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit: German liberal political foundation with a global human rights portfolio including Latin America. Comparable as a German grantmaking entity working on rule-of-law and human rights abroad, with overlapping partner institutions.
• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung: German political foundation affiliated with the Green party, with country offices in Latin America working on democracy, gender, and human rights. Directly comparable structurally as a German grantmaking foundation with international human-rights programming.

Emerging players

• Fundación de Antropología Forense de Guatemala (FAFG): Guatemalan forensic anthropology foundation that combines memory-site work, exhumation, and education on past human-rights violations. Comparable as a Latin American memory-and-human-rights foundation working on post-conflict remembrance and transitional justice.

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Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

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