Management services

AFRIKA KOMMT! (Africa is coming!) – a training programme for young managers

The AFRIKA KOMMT! initiative run by the German private sector offers young managers from Africa the opportunity to learn management skills.

Environment and climate change

Bright prospects for clean energy

By reducing emissions, Chile is helping protect the climate.

Security, reconstruction, peace

Responsibility for Africa: Making migration safer and improving prospects for the people

European migration policy aims to support migrants and refugees and to combat human trafficking.

Management services

International cooperation works

Millions of people worldwide benefit from improved living conditions.

Security, reconstruction, peace

Northern Iraq: A life after displacement

The Kurdistan-Iraq Region has taken in one million IDPs and 250,000 Syrian refugees. It needs a wide range of support.

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

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.

10.07.2018

ʻShaping futures through employment’: a focus on job prospects in Africa

Annual press conference: GIZ’s business volume increased by around seven per cent in 2017

03.07.2018

UN Climate Change Secretariat and GIZ step up cooperation on global climate change mitigation

UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa and Chair of the GIZ Management Board Tanja Gönner sign Memorandum of Understanding in Bonn.

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

26.06.2018

A paradise for renewable energy

Chile is transforming itself from a coal and gas consumer into a producer of solar power and helping to mitigate climate change.

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.

17.05.2018

Conservation goes hand in hand with rising income in the Philippines

International Day for Biological Diversity: On the island of Panay the local people and the authorities are working together to protect the rainforest and improve living conditions.

08.05.2018

International nurses help to improve health care provision in Germany

Qualified professionals from abroad are offered career prospects and nurse shortages are reduced at the same time.

04.05.2018

Peace in Mali

Even in fragile states, international cooperation can achieve success.

Blockchain technology simplifies land registration in the South Caucasus

26.04.2018

Blockchain technology simplifies land registration in the South Caucasus

What opportunities do new digital technologies offer for global sustainable development? This and other topics will be discussed next week at the re:publica conference on digital culture.

19.04.2018

Better working conditions in Bangladesh

Five years on from the Rana Plaza disaster: more than 1,000 factories have improved their working conditions, and the Textiles Partnership is monitoring the entire supply chain.

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