Economic development and employment

Opportunities for a fresh start back home and prospects for staying

Advice and qualifications for getting (re)established at home.                                                                  

Economic development and employment

An exchange full of unlimited possibilities

The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Programme (CBYX) enables young people from Germany and the USA to spend a year in each other’s country.

Rural Development

A marketing success: African cashew nuts

The Competitive Cashew Initiative helps cashew farmers in West Africa to increase yields.

Social development

Universities for Ethiopia

A programme to build 13 new universities has benefited the construction industry and the higher education sector.

Environment and climate change

Climate change mitigation: India invests in solar energy

More renewable energies, less CO2 emissions - Metro in New Delhi is powered by solar power.

Economic development and employment

Raw materials wealth – the population must also benefit

With Germany's support, Mongolia is using its abundant natural resources sustainably.

LATEST NEWS

10.09.2018

Breaking new ground in the quest for innovative solutions

GIZ is launching an international competition to identify ways of stepping up economic interaction between migrants/refugees and host communities.

03.09.2018

akzente magazine: The value of work

The new issue of the GIZ magazine akzente is out on 3 September – featuring background information, facts and opinions about employment.

28.08.2018

Tender procedures online: GIZ launches e-tender platform

Bidding, advising or delivering: companies can now, take part in GIZ’s tender procedures completely online. This saves time and money – and protects the environment.

German-Moroccan partnership for vocational training

21.08.2018

Working their way up: young Moroccans are receiving training in the German hotel and hospitality industry

Young Moroccans are completing a dual apprenticeship in Germany, laying the foundation for a future career in the hospitality industry.

16.08.2018

The 2030 Agenda: a universal compass for a sustainable future

In Mexico, the people can decide how the sustainability strategy is implemented. The country benefits from Germany’s implementation experience.

08.08.2018

Farming effectively despite heat and drought

GIZ advises farmers in Ethiopia on how to adapt to drought and climate change. 120,000 are already benefiting.

01.08.2018

Job prospects in Northern Iraq for refugees and in host communities

Welders, plumbers, computer programmers – around 8,000 refugees, internally displaced persons and locals will have better labour market opportunities by the end of 2018.

26.07.2018

How the right advice and information can lead to employment

Migration advisory centres provide information on work and training opportunities at home and in Germany. Training and further education have resulted in over 85,000 new prospects. 3,500 people have found jobs.

18.07.2018

Comparing fees for global money transfers

The independent comparison portal geldtransfair.de allows users to compare the costs of transferring money abroad at a glance.

Preuß to move to the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

29.06.2018

Preuß to move to the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

The search for his successor is under way

19.06.2018

Improving living conditions for people in Kakuma

On World Refugee Day: In the second largest refugee camp in Kenya, farmers are coming together to produce vegetables – and the surrounding communities are benefiting too.

14.06.2018

Paying by smartphone: digital change in Jordan

Depositing cash or paying bills: in Jordan, this is possible via app – and at the hairdresser. In particular, this helps the refugees living in the country and the (often poor) Jordanians without a bank account.

13.06.2018

We have to – and want to – talk: More sustainability through dialogue

What do policy-makers, entrepreneurs and civil society expect of GIZ in terms of its corporate sustainability management? The second Stakeholders’ Day held yesterday in Berlin explored this question in-depth.

08.06.2018

Responsibility: Germany's role in the world

The latest issue of GIZ’s akzente magazine is now available. The lead topic, ‘Responsibility’, explores Germany’s role in the world from various perspectives.

05.06.2018

Topping-out ceremony for Campus building in Bonn

Together with the neighbouring Meander Building, the new office building will form the GIZ Campus, uniting all the staff in one single location.

30.05.2018

European Development Days (EDD) 2018: gender equality and non-violent coexistence

In Brussels on 5 and 6 June, the focus will be on how women and girls can be empowered and strengthened to achieve sustainable development.

28.05.2018

School meals and employment promotion programmes: prospects for people living in extreme poverty

‘Leaving no one behind’ is one of the principles of the 2030 Agenda. Disadvantaged groups benefit the most – more than two million schoolchildren in Malawi, for example.

Standards for evaluations

24.05.2018

Benefiting from better controls: higher standards for evaluations

Evaluations help us to achieve lasting improvements in our work. At the same time, they generate transparency for commissioning parties, clients and the general public.

Facts and figures

Cash for Work: employment for

57,000

refugees

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More than

190 million

hectares of forest area protected

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Corporate emissions cut by

20%

in Germany

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More than

16 million

people have better access to sanitation facilities

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Higher incomes for

76,000

smallholder farmers in Nigeria

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45 million

            

people have access to clean drinking water

        

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