Example of Andreas Hermes Akademie in the AgriCord Network Dr. Andreas Quiring, CEO of AHA EU Info Point Brussels, 5 October 2017

1. Example of Andreas Hermes Akademie
in the AgriCord Network
Dr. Andreas Quiring, CEO of AHA
EU Info Point
Brussels, 5 October 2017

2. CAPACITATING FARMERS TO ENGAGE IN FARMERS’ ORGANIZATIONS
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• Consulting and training
experience for over
60 years
• Owned by key institutions of
the German agriculture
sector, as their internal
capacity building provider
• Working with a pool of 50
independent trainers and
consultants, most have
agricultural background
• Non-profit, cost coverage
through services
• International activities since
2006
• ISO 9001:2008 certified
• Member of AgriCord since
2015
Shareholders of AHA:
Key Institutions of Agricultural Private Sector in Germany
Andreas Hermes Akademie in Bonn

3. THE AHA APPROACH: PEOPLE DRIVE DEVELOPMENT
We capacitate people
Personality: Focus on the individual as agent of change
Coaching approach: There is not one path that suits
everyone, but for everyone there is a path
Interactive A-R-T training: Action – Reflection – Transfer
Organizational development: the solution lies in the
system
Farmer organizations know best, what their members
need.
Strengthen farmer organizations to lobby for their own
interests, to develop and implement own solutions
Exchange and mutual learning with experts from
Germany, Europe and world
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4. AHA – FIELDS OF INTERVENTION
• Professionalization through
Organizational Development
• Strengthening of rural lobbies
• Developing and implementing
services
• Promoting vocational training
and further education
• Strengthening networks
between organizations
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