Climate, environment, management of natural resources

Preventing the spread of deserts: good for both crops and the climate

An ever increasing amount of fertile soil is disappearing worldwide. The earth is ‘desertifying’, and GIZ has its sights set on preventing this.

Climate, environment, management of natural resources

Life-saving diversity

Conserving biodiversity is of existential importance to human beings, animals and the environment. GIZ works to protect biodiversity around the world.

Rural development

Farming 4 Future: Sustainable rice cultivation in Africa

An initiative is helping small farmers build a resilient future

Social Development

In the right place at the right time

GIZ is helping sub-Saharan African states cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and supporting efforts to build more resilient health systems.

Environment and climate change

Affordable protection and immediate support: climate risk insurance for farmers in Zambia and Peru

Extreme weather events are occurring more and more frequently. New insurance models protect farmers from losses.

Economic development and employment

Good Life: supporting sustainable start-ups

Successful development programme for sustainable start-ups and small businesses in Sri Lanka provides a blueprint for Ethiopia.

LATEST NEWS

24.06.2021

Tourism during a pandemic: looking to the future

In many developing countries and emerging economies, tourism is a major driver of the economy. So it’s high time to get the recovery going.

18.06.2021

Eastern Ukraine: working through displacement and beginning the healing process

World Refugee Day: psychological advice is supporting people in Eastern Ukraine in coming to terms with the effects of displacement and violence.

18.06.2021

Paying tax in Tanzania: at the touch of a button without a day’s travel

Digital payment of tax and trusted partners cut out tiresome journeys and give Tanzanian municipalities revenue for education, health and infrastructure.

15.06.2021

The European Green Deal: Working together on climate action – in Europe and around the world

The Green Deal is Europe’s response to climate change. The EU is discussing how best to achieve the Deal’s objectives with its partners – including GIZ – at this year’s European Development Days.

08.06.2021

A strong alliance for international climate action: GIZ becomes a member of the NDC Partnership

The partnership supports countries in translating the Paris Agreement into specific national targets. This cooperation is now being expanded.

02.06.2021

Enthuse, educate, employ: New opportunities on the African IT market

A new initiative brings together companies and potential employees in Africa’s IT sector – while promoting inclusion.

26.05.2021

Practitioners’ Network: Joint European solutions for global challenges

As of May 2021, GIZ and its Lithuanian counterpart CPMA have assumed the co-Presidency of the Practitioners’ Network for European Development Cooperation.

25.05.2021

Ice from solar energy for sustainable fishing

Successful cooperation: cooling technology from Germany and solar energy from Indonesia secure an income for small-scale fishing in remote regions.

20.05.2021

Côte d’Ivoire: blockchain stops the activities of drugs counterfeiters

Many of the drugs in circulation in Africa are counterfeits. A start-up has now developed a code that makes it possible to identify counterfeit drugs.

11.05.2021

GIZ works – even during a pandemic

Education, energy, health ... throughout 2020, GIZ continued to improve lives on behalf of its commissioning parties. The latest figures illustrate just how many.

29.04.2021

Digital marketplace offers training for young people in Africa

Innovative solutions to global challenges: The digital platform Yoma provides education and networking opportunities for young people in Africa.

21.04.2021

Setting sail to work

Janina Marie Laurent started out in her new job with GIZ on the Marshall Islands right in the middle of the pandemic. She reached her new workplace by unusual means.

07.04.2021

We should help because we can help

COVID-19 doesn’t recognise national borders. That’s why we need a global vaccination strategy. An article by Lucia Puttrich, Minister of European Affairs in the State of Hesse, and Tanja Gönner, Chair of the GIZ Management Board.

29.03.2021

Feeding the world – never-ending hunger?

What needs to change to achieve a well-fed world? The new issue of GIZ’s akzente magazine examines the challenges and solutions.

26.03.2021

Education for all? Getting through the pandemic with new learning formats

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, GIZ was devising alternative and digital education formats. The last year has demonstrated just how important these formats are.

24.03.2021

Medical gowns from Albania: ‘Our cooperation was a stroke of luck’

Christian Schneider was really planning to set up operations in Africa, but COVID-19 put paid to that. In this interview, he explains why he began working in Albania instead – together with GIZ.

19.03.2021

‘The pandemic has shown us that digital collaboration makes many things possible.’

Labour Relations Director Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel explains how the impacts of the pandemic are changing work processes at GIZ and accelerating the trend towards new ways of working.

10.03.2021

Bangladesh: using data to further climate adaptation

Data helps with measuring adaptation to climate change. In Bangladesh, GIZ employee Emilia Huss is supporting ministries in using climate data effectively.

10 Years of GIZ

GIZ is changing itself and the world

Thanks to the combined forces of its predecessor organizations, GIZ has been bringing together expertise, tools and experience from decades since 2011. Together with the clients, GIZ is committed to a future worth living around the world.

Facts and figures

More than

2.3 million

internally displaced persons have received support

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Better preparation to cope with climate change for

3,185

organisations

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A total of

22,199

staff members worldwide

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Support for nearly

70,000

people after returning to their home country

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Further training for

680,000

people

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Access to better health services for

89 million

people

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#GIZworks Kenya: Cash for work – soap & hand sanitisers

#GIZworks Kenya: Cash for work – soap & hand sanitisers

Generation Digital! Supporting Digital Skills for the Next Generation

Mobility4Cities – Shaping Tomorrow’s urban Transport in the South Caucasus

Female Entrepreneurs: Changemakers, SV Cooperation with the Private Sector

GIZ – Securing Nutrition, Enhancing Resilience

A holistic and participatory approach: climate risk management

GIZ Turkey: Charting new paths to the future

GIZ Corporate Strategy 2020-2022

#DigitalGIZ Rwanda: Digital Transformation Center

Sustainable Energy for food: Powering Agriculture

#GIZworks Kenya: Cash for work – soap & hand sanitisers

Generation Digital! Supporting Digital Skills for the Next Generation

Mobility4Cities – Shaping Tomorrow’s urban Transport in the South Caucasus

Female Entrepreneurs: Changemakers, SV Cooperation with the Private Sector

GIZ – Securing Nutrition, Enhancing Resilience

A holistic and participatory approach: climate risk management

GIZ Turkey: Charting new paths to the future

GIZ Corporate Strategy 2020-2022

#DigitalGIZ Rwanda: Digital Transformation Center

Sustainable Energy for food: Powering Agriculture

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18. Juli 2021

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