What we campaign for:

• poverty reduction
• civil conflict management and promotion of peace
• self-determined sustainable development
• conserving the natural resources
• enhancing the status of women to achieve gender equity
• putting democratic principles into effect by boosting civil society and supporting decentralised structures in developing countries
• developing a cosmopolitan and tolerant society in Germany through development education and public relations activities.

Who we are:

• We are a non-profit organisation with a diversified range of personnel and services which focus on seconding development workers as professionals for a fixed term.
• We combine professional and intercultural skills with social commitment.
• Thanks to the profile, know-how and abilities acquired abroad, our returnees are well-appreciated on the German and the international labour market alike.

What we do:

• As one of the leading European personnel secondment services in development co-operation,we are active world-wide in selected priority regions.
• We advise and promote government and local partners as well as non-governmental organisations and self-help initiatives.
• We work on a partnership-oriented, participatory basis in close proximity to our target groups and support processes of structural change from a micro or meso level.
• We promote local competence by supporting local professionals.
• We introduce young Europeans to international co-operation.
• We have an effect on public debate on development issues and participate in the intercultural dialogue.

How we work:

• We have a participatory culture that assures the transparency of decisions and active involvement of staff in the development of programmes.
• We regard the ded Head Office as a guidance and service unit.
• Through our offices in the developing countries we keep in touch with our partners and ensure that the quality of our work is maintained.
• We collaborate with other institutions of development co-operation and, at the local level, offer services to organisations without an office abroad.
• We finance our activities with funds from the Federal budget and, in addition,we tap further public and private funding sources.
• We see to it that our professionals are prepared individually for their assignment and can continue to acquire know-how and abilities.
• With our returnees,we campaign for tolerance and a cosmopolitan attitude in Germany.