About us

CIM is a joint operation of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH – German International Cooperation – and the International Placement Services of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA). Founded in 1980, CIM is largely financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); but other ministries, state and parastatal institutions, non-governmental organisations and the private sector also participate in CIM programmes.

About 800 European managers and technical experts are currently working through the CIM Integrated Experts Programme in roughly 75 countries throughout the world. Both they and the numerous experts from developing countries who are returning home through the Returning Experts Programme enjoy the support of some 75 employees at the CIM head office in Frankfurt. GIZ is primarily responsible for the development policy aspects of, for instance, selecting employers, and for providing backstopping for the experts. Federal Employment Agency staff take on the task of recruiting appropriate candidates on the German and European job markets.