GOPA AFC remains active in professional working groups and associations, such as:
"Private Sector Development", headed by GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH / German Agency for International Cooperation), Eschborn
"Regional and Community Development", headed by GIZ
"Support to the Development of the Agricultural Sector in Middle and Eastern Europe", headed by BMEL (Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft / Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture), Bonn / Berlin
Different think-tanks and round table working groups, headed by DLG e.V. (Deutsche Landwirtschaft-Gesellschaft / German Agricultural Society), Frankfurt
GOPA AFC maintains working relations with universities and scientific institutes such as Bonn University, Göttingen University, FIBL (Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau / Research institute of organic agriculture) and others.