/Recent content on IDC UnternehmensberatungHugo -- gohugo.ioenFri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000/blog/new-projects/Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000/blog/new-projects/In February 2026, IDC is working on exciting projects: 1) Spirulina is being hyped as a superfood. The global market for spirulina is expected to grow to $1 billion by 2030. However, global production of 15,000 to 20,000 tonnes of dried spirulina is highly concentrated and dominated by a few large plants in China. Less well known is that 2,000 to 4,000 tonnes of spirulina are harvested annually in Chad from wild collections around Lake Chad, which have been an important dietary supplement for local ethnic groups for centuries due to their high protein content./training/2025-valuelinks-seminar-in-oestrich/Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000/training/2025-valuelinks-seminar-in-oestrich/IDC conducts ValueLinks seminars with registration available for participants in Germany and other countries such as Cambodia, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and Colombia. Seminars are currently being prepared. If you are interested, please send us a message using the form below. Benefits for users are: A versatile methodology that you can customize for value chain promotion and transformation of agrifood systems Holistic, yet simple, tried and tested tools Structured analysis including planning of fields of intervention and support activities./blog/trade-fair-participation-ambiente-2023/Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000/blog/trade-fair-participation-ambiente-2023/In cooperation with the Swiss designer Gabriela Byrde, IDC presented Villageworks, the leading Cambodian fairtrade exporter of handicrafts, for the sixth time at the trade fair AMBIENTE 2024 in Frankfurt. Villageworks showed new collections of recycled products, such as high quality messenger bags and backpacks, successfully and was able to create a good number of orders and new business contacts. Villageworks is a socially oriented enterprise and guaranteed member of the World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO)./contact/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/contact/IDC Unternehmensberatung GmbH HRB 8858 Amtsgericht Aachen Geschäftsführer: Alfons Eiligmann Umsatzsteuer-Ident-Nr.: DE222736404 Address: Rasostr. 9 D-52078 Aachen Deutschland mail@idc-aachen.de Disclaimer and Data protection information: Links on this site may lead to third-party services or websites. This does not imply any endorsement of or any warranty with respect to such other services or websites. IDC Unternehmensberatung GmbH accepts no liability for such other services or websites. Our data protection information/economic-development/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/economic-development/Value Chain Promotion We belong to the founding members of the International ValueLinks Association e.V., an independent network of practitioners working on value chain promotion. We have trained a large number of project staff, NGO’s, ministries, consulting firms and organisations applying the ValueLinks approach developed by the German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). We assist value chain promotion projects in planning and implementing project activities and capacity building of their staff and project partners./email-feedback-redirect/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/email-feedback-redirect/Thank you Thanks for your interest in our seminar. The form has been sent successfully. We will get back to you soon./recruitment-services/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/recruitment-services/IDC focuses on direct search of executives, specialists and engineers in the sectors of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and software development. Our proximity to the internationally renowned Aachen University of Technology, our international networks and contacts are our main assets to provide effective recruitment support. We have vast experience in hiring and relocating foreign IT Green Card professionals benefitting from our international network and direct search activities abroad. 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var options = { datalessRegionColor: "/reference-projects/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/reference-projects/2006-2026 Training workshops for value chain promotion (own organisation or in cooperation with GIZ, ITC, AFE and others) Facilitation of a series of more than 150 value chain promotion training workshops with more than 3,000 participants from international donor agencies, NGO’s and project staff in Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroun, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, United States, Vietnam, Yemen Training on latest principles and tools of state-of-the-art private sector development based on the GIZ approach ValueLinks More than 25 additional training-of-trainers (TOT) courses for building up national trainer capacities for ValueLinks 2018-2026 Value chain analysis and value chain selection studies in Chad, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Armenia and Georgia (on behalf of GIZ and ITC) VC studies spirulina and cereal flowers in Chad (2025-2026, GIZ) VC selection study Non-timber forest products in Cameroon (2023, GIZ) VC selection study for the project Strengthening Rural Value Chains in Ethiopia (2021, GIZ) VC analyis “The rice value chain in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam” (2020, GIZ) VC analysis for fruit and vegetable VCs and hazelnuts in Armenia and Georgia (2018, ITC) 2006-2024 Trade promotion for handicrafts from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Bhutan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan (on behalf of ITC, GIZ and Villageworks) Organisation of annual trade fair participations at the leading international trade fair AMBIENTE in Frankfurt Coaching of small and medium enterprises on marketing, costing and pricing, export marketing plans, distributor networks Preparation of national sector strategies on arts & crafts and silk in Vietnam and Cambodia Introduction of a handicraft label in Luang Prabang, Laos 2013-2019 Value chain promotion in Côte d’Ivoire (Client: GIZ) Preparation of VC studies and organisation of multi-stakeholder VC upgrading planning workshops Implementation of part of the GIZ poject “Promotion des Filières Agricoles et de la Biodiversité (PROFIAB)” in the framework of the consortium GFA-PROMAK-IDC 2011-2019 Training on VC promotion and policy advice of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection in Benin (on behalf of GIZ) Support of component I of the GIZ programme ProAGRI Project implementation in the framework of the consortium AFC Consultants International GmbH and IDC Unternehmensberatung GmbH (ARGE AFC/IDC) with a team of long-term and short-term advisers in Benin 2018 Value chain studies in Armenia and Georgia (Client: ITC) VC studies and project planning for fruit and vegetable value chains Trade fair participation Salon International de l’Alimentation, Paris 2011-2013 Evaluation and project progress review Farmer Business Schools in Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria and Cameroon (on behalf of GIZ) Assessment of the effectiveness of a new toolkit to promote entrepreneurship of smallholder farmers Programme co-financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other private partners 2009-2013 One UN programme “Green production and trade to Increase Income and employment opportunities for the rural poor” in Vietnam (on behalf of ITC) Planning of a Joint Programme Document for five UN organisations (UNIDO, ITC, ILO, FAO and UNCTAD) approved for funding of a three-year programme by the Spanish MDG Fund Preparation of five value chain studies for bamboo/rattan, sericulture/silk, sea grass, lacquer ware, handmade paper Impact assessment 2013 2010-2012 Evaluation of GIZ programmes in Kenya, Ghana, Sierra Leone and South-Sudan (on behalf of GIZ) Assessment of the significance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of GIZ development programmes Planning of new programme phases 2006-2007 Training courses on trade fair participation (on behalf of AFC/GTZ Cairo, HEIA Cario, AFE Sarajevo) Provision of 1-2 day training courses on improving international trade fair participation success of leading food products export companies Training groups of exhibitors from Egypt and Bosnia attending the SIAL 2006 trade fair in Paris, FRUITLOGISTICA 2007 in Berlin and BIOFACH 2007 in Nuremberg Assistance to exporters at leading international food trade fairs in France and Germany 2005-2007 Programme “Agricultural Development Burkina Faso” (in consortium with AFC International Consultants GmbH; on behalf of GTZ) Implementation of the programme components “Enhance market-based production” and “Improve the supply of services in the agro-sector” Provision of guidance to improve value chains of selected agricultural products Fielding of a long-term expert 2004-2007 Development of local value chains in Cameroon (in cooperation with Integration Consultants Frankfurt, on behalf of GTZ) Analysis of selected value chains, design of sector specific support measures, training of project staff and representatives of regional authorities Fielding of short-term experts 2005-2006 Monitoring of EU/ACP investment promotion conferences (on behalf of PRO€INVEST - Centre pour le Développement de l’Entreprise (CDE)) Monitoring of regional investment promotion congresses in the IT sector (Caribbean 2005/West and Central Africa 2006) organized by PriceWaterhouseCoopers France Monitoring of regional investment promotion congresses on Energy and Infrastructure (West and Central-Africa 2005/East Africa and Indian Ocean 2006) organized by Bernard Krief Consultants France Guidance on conference organization and evaluation of results with a team of five experts.