International cooperation with impact

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH works worldwide for a future worth living. Together with our partners, we create opportunities and sustainably improve people’s lives. Through our networks, we turn international agendas into action – with a global vision and local impact.

What do cocoa and doctor's visits have to do with international cooperation?

International cooperation sounds abstract to many people. These films show precisely how it touches our lives – with respect to health care, prices, products and the climate.

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In focus

Cooperation with the private sector

Mann blickt durch ein Werkstück

Skilled labour migration

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Just Transition

Indigenes Kind mit bemaltem Gesicht

Achieving impact

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How we work

Strong networks, extensive technical expertise and the cost-effective use of funds – these are the tools we draw on as we work with our partners around the world to create lasting value for people.

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Where we work

1,440

Commissions

90

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Insights

Portrait

Remaining steadfast

Why former football star Neven Subotic has been interested in water issues in Africa for years, and why he considers fundamental criticism of international cooperation excessive.

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Interview

‘A Decade of Trust and Cooperation between ASEAN, Germany and Europe’

Germany and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been development partners since 2016. In our exclusive interview, H.E. Dr Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN, talks about the deepened cooperation, which is supported by long-standing partners such as GIZ.

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Interview

‘Maximising profit at the expense of everything else is harmful’

With their distinctive cut-out ‘V’, VEJA sneakers stand out not only for their design but also for the values they represent. Founder François-Ghislain Morillion reflects on VEJA’s journey, its guiding philosophy, and the role that collaboration with organisations like GIZ plays in making sustainable production possible.

VEJA founders Sébastien Kopp and François-Ghislain Morillion

News

Straßen werden in Lviv saniert

Topic

09.03.2026

An innovation from Swabia, Germany, for sustainable reconstruction in Ukraine

In an interview, German entrepreneur Julian Bihl explains how his innovative building material is being used to reconstruct roads in Ukraine.

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Topic

23.02.2026

‘We want to firmly establish radiology training in Ukraine’

Ukraine needs medical professionals. Together with Siemens Healthineers, GIZ is training urgently needed radiology specialists.

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Organization

19.02.2026

Federal Minister Alabali Radovan at GIZ: "Your expertise is needed more than ever”

Head of BMZ emphasises GIZ'’s key role in strong development policy

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Perspectives

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