Traditional IAK BKP project meeting in Leipzig – a successful start to the new year

Our meeting:
This year, all project managers and many project team members again accepted the invitation to the traditional two-day January meeting of the projects of the Bilateral Cooperation Program (BKP) of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) implemented by IAK Agrar Consulting GmbH. On Jan 13/14, 2025, they met with colleagues from the IAK in Leipzig for a joint exchange. We could also welcome Tilman Reinhardt, Project Manager at GFA Consulting Group GmbH, on the first day of the meeting.
The main points on the agenda were:
- Strategic and technical exchange: intensive dialog between the projects and with IAK's domestic department, which advises German agricultural companies and conducts research on agriculture
- Further training: inspiring workshop with Lia Weitz on modern and intercultural team management
- Strategic development: joint reflections on increasing IAK's transformation potential
Two cultural highlights enriched the demanding technical program: On Sunday evening, our colleague Marnix Doorn, team leader in Argentina, wowed us with an impressive organ concert in St. Michael's Church in Leipzig, which was particularly moving thanks to creative interludes. The IAK New Year celebration, this time in the Panorama Tower Leipzig, got us all in the mood for the New Year. We were particularly pleased to welcome Johanna Scholz, BMEL, as well as Anna Culca and Tilman Reinhardt from the GFA's project management team as guests at our celebration.
Our BKP project teams that were present in Leipzig:
German-Brazilian Agricultural Policy Dialogue (APD)
German-Ukrainian Agricultural Policy Dialogue (APD)
Sino-German Agricultural Center (DCZ)
German-Argentine Dialogue on Sustainable Agricultural Innovations
German-Uruguayan Technical Agricultural Dialogue
Agricultural Policy Dialogue Germany – South East Europe
Promotion of multi-functional sustainable forest management planning and implementation in Ukraine