They are a development organisation operating worldwide. They promote the development of the private sector and its membership organisations as well as education, training and further qualification. Their programmes and projects are being financed by both, public and private funds, and are conform to the principles of a social market economy. sequa is a non-profit company. It is Germany‘s top business membership organisations that are sequa‘s shareholders (DIHK, ZDH, BDA, BDI) and GIZ.
sequa‘s aim is to improve living and working conditions of as many individuals as possible. They understand that they can only achieve this in cooperation with their partners at home and abroad. Their most important project partners are business membership organisations, vocational training centres and private companies.
Efficiency, result-orientation, and quality are important to them. Their team members work assume a high degree of personal responsibility, they are professional and committed to their work. Their internal and external communication is open and clear. Their management style by objectives and by cooperation is characterised by fast decision-making. Their success is due to a team approach.
BUSINESS SEGMENTS
Private Sector Development
In 90 countries they had a share in the development of the private sector. Their activities have been and are being assisted by the know-how of their shareholders’ network as the German chambers and business associations hold an outstanding position within the German private sector development system.
They are assisting various donors in implementing their private sector development programmes such as the German BMZ, GIZ, the World Bank Group, IFC, UNIDO and increasingly the European Commission.
Their service offering in the business segment “private sector development” comprises, but is not limited to:
Capacity Building for Business Membership Organizations (BMO)
Historically, capacity building for BMOs is their core business segment. Their shareholders’ network respresents their direct access to the know-how and network of all German chambers and associations. Over and above, they have been cooperating with chambers and associations in about 90 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe and have thus established a far-reaching and resilient contact network around the globe.
Social Dialogue
They are a subsidiary of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) and as such having direct access to the know-how and operating experience of industrial associations on sector and regional level. They design and execute consulting projects jointly with their partners targeting to professionalize the social dialogue in developing and transition countries as well as within the European Union.
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
In an international scale, they give advice to decision-makers in the VET sector, they search and place VET experts and they design and execute projects and programmes. They execute their VET projects both within the European Union as well as in developing countries, worldwide.
