Welcome to AHA international

The Andreas Hermes Akademie, together with the German Farmers' Association and experts from the German agricultural and food industries, has also been involved in countries in Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa for a number of years. The focus is on personality development within the framework of entrepreneurial and leadership training, which strengthens people to think and act on their own responsibility. We also focus on strengthening member-supported organisations such as farmers' associations, networks of young farmers, cooperatives and similar forms of cooperation between farmers and other actors in the value chains of agriculture.
International Cooperation, Developing Rural Areas

Young personalities for dynamic rural areas

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International Cooperation

Further training in systemic organisational development from Kenya to Zimbabwe to Tunisia – systems, cultures and what lies behind them

by Zara Grauer

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International Cooperation

Climate Smart Farming in Kenia

by Clara Lange

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International Cooperation

Agriculture in the UN Climate Conference: Strengthening and uniting farmers’ voices

by Clara Lange

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International Cooperation

Completion of the first phase of the Women Farmers’ Leadership Program

by Stephanie Mosengo (Parental leave)

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International Cooperation

b|u|s graduates in Tanzania take part in business idea competition

by Zara Grauer

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International Cooperation

How to win an ideas competition with avocado oil

by Marieke Behrens

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International Cooperation

Apple-growing in the Himalayas – an association becomes a business

by Dr. Anoush Ficiciyan

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International Cooperation

GenX Guideline published – Guideline on accompanying farm transfers

by Zara Grauer

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International Cooperation

Espresso, marshes and dances – AHA’s partnerships in Uganda under the microscope

by Thorben Persch

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Image and Public Relations Work, Personal Development

#IYFEP meets TOP Kurs – Synergies in the AHA

by Thorben Persch

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International Cooperation

“We feed the world. Ideas, Approaches and Solutions from the Special Initiative ONE WORLD – No Hunger”

by Nicole Bolomey

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b|u|s International

The Andreas Hermes Academy has been involved in international development cooperation since 2006. Initially it was about the training of business trainers on the basis of the b|u|s training programme, which has been successful in Germany for many years. For this purpose, a compact version with three modules “b|u|s International” was developed. On behalf of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) as well as in cooperation with the GEFAK (Gesellschaft für angewandte Kommunalentwicklung, Marburg) more than one hundred trainers were trained in Burkina Faso, Benin, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Nepal and Mongolia. These are available for entrepreneur trainings.
The successful approach was also applied in the context of the project “Strengthening farmers’ organisations for sustainable agricultural development”, but here with the training of farmers as internal trainers as an integral part of the organisations’ service development.

Strenghening of Farmer Organisations

AHA supports the development of farmers’ organisations in economically less developed countries through organisational development, professionalisation and competence development in the field of interest representation. A core field of cooperation is the joint development of service offers and business models for sustainable association activities. AHA addresses the partners at eye level and leaves the strategic and operative decisions in their hands. Personal responsibility is encouraged, even when it is a matter of mobilising the necessary resources for one’s own development.

Academy Abroad

An important aspect of any cooperation is the development of local capacities and networks. The richness of our work lies in the high quality and diversity of our trainers and experts. Most of them come from the agricultural and food industries themselves and accompany people and organisations in their work with AHA, whose challenges and careers they know from their own experience. This is also important to us in Africa and Asia. Since 2006 we have been training trainers and master trainers from various areas of agriculture and rural development, men and women, young and old. Local experts are indispensable in our work – for example, in the training courses for the representation of interests. And so an excellently qualified, competent and experienced pool of trainers and experts is also growing up in Africa and Asia. What distinguishes them: The basic attitude that we consider to be so important and appreciative, the sensitivity for their counterparts and the knowledge of facts and methods to be able to accompany people in their change processes.

Our Network

Our Team

Nicole Bolomey

Director international

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Philipp Conze-Roos

Deputy Director international

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Jan Pusdrowski

Regional Coordinator East Africa

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Zara Grauer

Programme Manager international

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Fatma Bouchareb

Regional Coordinator West Africa

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Thorben Persch

Programme Manager international

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Dr. Anoush Ficiciyan

Programme Manager international

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Christoph Bracher

Programme Manager international

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Stephanie Mosengo (Parental leave)

Programme Manager international

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Ana Wendt

Programme Assistant international

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Where we work

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Andreas Hermes Akademie
Friedrichstraße 124
10117 Berlin

E-Mail: info@andreas-hermes-akademie.de

Phone: +49 (0)1512 7132735