Company
We believe that international cooperation has the power to solve global challenges.
Yet turning that potential into sustainable change requires more than good intentions. By empowering organisations to make decisions based on evidence instead of assumptions, we help turn the potential of global cooperation into real impact.
Mainlevel by the numbers
What guides our work
We are a responsible, for-profit business with a deeply social mission. We are convinced that commercial success and social responsibility go hand in hand. Operating as a business does not compromise our values - it drives us to optimise our processes, sharpen our efficiency and quickly deliver high-quality results to our clients.
Consulting should bring clarity – not make things more complicated. By combining scientific methods with extensive international field experience, we break down complex realities into pragmatic solutions and clear insights that make our clients‘ work easier, not harder.
Our work is anchored in two worlds: we bring a clear understanding of European reporting and compliance demands, paired with extensive field experience and networks across the Global South. Rather than applying one-size-fits-all models, we work side-by-side with trusted local partners to co-create approaches driven by local knowledge rather than outside assumptions.
Reliability requires consistency. Our core team consists of permanent in-house experts with shared standards and deep institutional knowledge. While we are responsible for overall project coordination and contractual quality assurance, we intentionally distribute ownership of the work processes by involving local experts in the design, data analysis, and validation of findings.
Digitalisation has been at the core of how we work since 2016. Throughout every consultancy, we strategically integrate technology where it enhances efficiency and data quality. Closely considering the realities of clients and target groups, we always choose the best-suited that meets the need.
We promote the responsible use of human-centred AI to strengthen impact management. Rather than replacing people, we leverage AI to help teams focus on what matters most. We prioritise human oversight, strict data protection, and host our own in-house AI solution within sovereign European infrastructure.
History
Established in 2016, Mainlevel Consulting AG is a German-based monitoring and evaluation, digitalisation and IT solutions consultancy.
It started with a simple conversation between its three founders about the increasing demand for monitoring and evaluation in the development cooperation sector, and how information and communication technology can make the sector’s work more effective, robust and efficient. The idea was born for Mainlevel as a bridge between monitoring and evaluation, as well as digitalisation.
Today, Mainlevel proudly provides services in monitoring, evaluation and digitalisation to organisations in the public, private and international development sectors.
From developing digital monitoring systems and conducting evaluations to providing strategic guidance on digitalisation and devise IT solutions, we are committed to enabling our clients to manage complex programmes more effectively and efficiently.
Why the name ‘Mainlevel’?
We are headquartered in the Rhein-Main region of Germany and wanted to highlight the fact that our monitoring and evaluation approaches always consider different levels of results. That's when the word Mainlevel was formed, and after a year of operation, in December 2017, we expanded our business to Berlin. We now work on various projects across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas that we're very proud of.