Our success is based on our human resources, our national and international network including strategic investments
and partnerships

Shareholders of AFC Consultants International GmbH:

• GOPA Worldwide Consultants GmbH became majority shareholder of AFC Consultants International GmbH in 2007. The merging strengthens the competitiveness of both companies on the international markets.
• AFC Management Consulting AG is a management consulting company focusing on top management consulting services to companies and institutions in the German agribusiness and food industry sectors. Three shareholders of AFC Consultants International GmbH are also founding partners of AFC Management Consulting AG.

AFC Consultants International GmbH holds shares in:

• CAICO, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. CAICO provides services for national and international clients in Central Asia and operates offices in all Central Asian countries.

Furthermore AFC Consultants International cooperates with strategic partners:

• DLG-Agriservice is an affiliated company of Deutsche Landwirtschaft-Gesellschaft e.V. (German Agricultural Society), the non-profit umbrella organisation of the German Agribusiness. DLG cooperates with AFC in the fields of institution building, organisation of exhibitions and fairs, improvement of food-quality, and development of agro tourism.
• ADG Academy of German Cooperatives is a well-known Training Centre for Cooperative Banking in Germany and Europe. In cooperation with AFC, ADG provides worldwide services in Bank Training and implements Micro Finance Projects on behalf of national and international donors.

The Team of AFC Consultants International is an active member in professional working groups and associations, like:

• "Private Sector Development", headed by GTZ
• "Regional and Community Development", headed by GTZ
• "Consultants' Committee", headed by KfW, Frankfurt
• "Support to the Development of the Agricultural Sector in Middle and Eastern Europe", headed by BMELV, Berlin
• "Development and Public Administration", moderated by GTZ / DED
• "Transboundary Water Resource Management", moderated by GTZ
• Different think-tanks and round table working groups, headed by DLG e.V., Frankfurt
• Association of independent Engineers and Consultants, VUBIC (Verband unabhängig beratender Ingenieure und Consultants), Berlin

AFC Consultants International GmbH has close relations with various national and international universities and scientific institutes.