My sector and trade experience from working with mostly mid-sized companies, but also large corporations as well as small enterprises ranges from:

● ● ● producing industry & trade
● ● ● textile & consumer goods
● ● ● machine building industry & plant engineering
● ● ● building industry & civil engineering
● ● ● innovative technology enterprises

● ● ● renewable energy companies

● ● ● traders & producers in the food sector

● ● ● publishers, market researchers, testing institutes, certification bodies & other service providers

A selection of lately realized projects:

Capacity building for practical training in shoe manufacturing and development of the local market:
Setting up a training workshop and establishing a vocational training programme create qualified, formal employment opportunities in one of the structurally weakest regions of Kenya.

The qualification of certified local trainers contributes to overcoming the bottleneck of Kenya's training structures in the leather industry. Measures to strengthen entrepreneurs in upstream and downstream areas of shoe production promote the development of the entire region – with Josef Seibel Group  ● ● ● (Kenya)

Increased milk quality and productivity for dairy farmers: Set up, local adaptation and implementation of a quality assurance system in milk production and the dairy processing industry – with Calvatis GmbH  ● ● ● (Brazil)

Establishment of the Mekaela Online Academy, which provides high quality teaching via the internet nationwide for thousands of Kenyan students who cannot attend face-to-face classes due to the COVID-19 impact. A media centre will be equipped, teaching staff trained, online formats created, a teaching platform adapted for scalability and the online teaching will be offered nationwide - also as a cooperation opportunity and complementary offer for private schools in other regions  – with Josef Seibel Group & Mekaela Academies Ltd.  ● ● ● (Kenya)

Know-how transfer in the biogas sector: Innovative knowledge for a sustainable and safe operation of large scale biogas plants, on the basis of locally available inputs and raw materials, are being transferred to the region of Lake Victoria – with Petschow+Thiel GmbH / Thika Way Investments Ltd.  ● ● ● (Kenya)

Development of biogas-tolerant cleaning and disinfection agents for improved and increased manure utilization – with Calvatis GmbH / DBFZ gGmbH  ● ● ● (Germany)

Integrated, sustainable urban development and construction: Broad know-how transfer enhances the local management competence in planning, project development and implementation. Qualification of local architects, training of regional and national staff of construction authorities and institutional experts enable the realization of sustainable urban construction, on a highly innovative technical level, while enhancing local participation  – with Drees & Sommer Advanced Building Technologies GmbH  ● ● ● (Mongolia)

Increased milk quality and productivity for dairy farmers: Set up, local adaptation and implementation of a quality assurance system in milk production and the dairy processing industry – with Calvatis GmbH  ● ● ● (Belarus)

Awareness creation for energy efficiency in the air-conditioning and cooling industry: Know-how transfer for innovative technology and motor systems in the HVAC sector – with ebmpapst GmbH & Co. KG  ● ● ● (India)

Productivity increase for smallholder pig farmers: Farmers- & veterinaries trainings, accompanying measures while establishing a pig breeding station in the rural area of Shaanxi – with IWF GmbH/Farm Concepts  ● ● ● (China)

Quality assurance and education in the African health sector: Support and initiation of local publications for continuous education of health specialists and personnel – with Elsevier SE ● ● ● (South Africa, Tanzania, Ghana)

Capacity building for sustainable construction: Establishing local structures, training of consultants & auditors and adaptation of a German standard system to local conditions – with DGNB e.V.  ● ● ● (China, Brazil, Ukraine)

Social- and ecologically sustainable textile production: Introduction and implementation of the “Fair Wear Standard”, initiation of holistic sustainable production chains – with Blutsgeschwister GmbH  ● ● ● (China, India, Turkey)

Increase of food safety and resource protection: Quality enhancement for local raw milk and increasing productivity due to efficient hygiene management – with Calvatis GmbH  ● ● ● (Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador)

Rural electrification and functioning service: Set-up of sustainable distribution structures for solar systems in rural areas including capacities for continuous service and maintenance – with Phocos AG  ● ● ● (Bolivia)

Professional market research in Africa: Cooperation with universities to introduce new courses of studies and programmes, local capacity building for long term data collection as well as training and continuing education of institutions and public authorities – with GfK e.V.  ● ● ● (South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya)

Adaptation of technology for cost reduction in the health sector: Innovative technology with local know-how, whilst adhering to international hygiene standards in vaccination, to serve local medicare for patients in emerging and developing countries – with Bosch Packaging Technology  ● ● ● (India)

Expansion of local cashew production to reach a critical mass allowing local further processing: Initiation of organic production; knowledge transfer and farmers’ trainings addressing approved methods, income increase possibilities and relevant principals for sustainable and transparent supply chains – with Ültje/Intersnack SE  ● ● ● (Tanzania)

Sustainable supply chains for natural stone: Implementation and roll out of an internationally accepted eco- and social standard system for sustainable procurement and successful certification of supliers  ● ● ● (China)

Vocational training and qualification to enhance infrastructure and road construction: Training of personnel and teachers; cooperation with local educational institutions; awareness raising for innovative technology, methods and quality standards among institutional staff and authoities – with Wirtgen Group  ● ● ● (India)

These projects and development partnerships with the private sector, were co-financed with grants from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), or similarly working donor organizations. The projects were successfully assisted by Annemirl Bodemer, covering project design, consulting and grant acquisition, and in parts also project implementation and monitoring.