Europe and GIZ in the year of Germany’s EU Council Presidency

Germany is assuming the Presidency of the EU Council during the COVID-19 pandemic. GIZ is supporting the implementation.

Social development

Ethiopia: Proven partners for a new challenge

The pandemic has caused complex challenges for Ethiopia. To preserve health and jobs, the country can count on existing networks.

Rural development

Southeast Asia: Satellite data for rice cultivation

Use of digital technology for rice production facilitates comprehensive observation and crop yield forecasting, and that includes possible harvest losses.

Digitalisation

Digital skills for entrepreneurial women

The tech industry is still largely a male domain, but more and more women are now taking jobs in the sector. Ghana and Rwanda are just two countries where this is happening.

Environment and climate change

Green buildings – the sleeping giant in climate protection

Modern buildings help protect the environment. A look at Ukraine and El Salvador shows us how.

Social Development

A flexible approach to fighting the virus

After training in Germany, specialists are taking their expertise back to their home countries. The global coronavirus outbreak is placing different demands on them than originally planned. 

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17.09.2020

Bulletin: rapid and local solutions for the coronavirus pandemic

To help stop the spread of the coronavirus, GIZ is developing new ideas and refocusing existing projects. It is taking a wide variety of approaches.

16.09.2020

Textile workers in South-East Asia: awareness protects against infection

Textile workers in Myanmar and Cambodia are at particular risk from the coronavirus. Comprehensive awareness campaigns help to increase protection against the pandemic.

07.09.2020

Clean Air for blue skies

The UN has declared 7 September the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies. GIZ is helping to organise the campaign and is involved in work to tackle air pollution all over the world – in Viet Nam and South Africa, for example.

04.09.2020

Get well soon: students from Senegal develop talking robot nurses

Young entrepreneurs from Senegal are helping to combat COVID-19 with a robot that distributes food and medicine in hospitals.

24.08.2020

Every drop counts: Water in times of climate change

Record temperatures and extreme droughts are causing water shortages the world over. GIZ is working to ensure that available water resources are used in a more targeted manner. Like at Lake Chad, for example.

19.08.2020

Working together for refugees: immediate assistance, lasting effects

World Humanitarian Day: The United Nations and GIZ work together to support displaced people and ensure that short-term assistance leads to long-term effects.

12.08.2020

Mask production and fashion collections – Zanzibar’s path through the crisis

The global travel restrictions are hitting Zanzibar’s tourism industry hard, but local businesses can still survive thanks to creative solutions.

06.08.2020

Jordan: Matchmaking in the job market

Private-public cooperation in Jordan increases the skills and competences of graduates from vocational schools and makes them fit for local needs.

03.08.2020

Cities: laboratory of the future

Dreams and designs: cities are a unique juxtaposition of chaos and opportunity, as the new issue of the GIZ magazine akzente shows.

28.07.2020

International cooperation for sustainable chemistry

The chemical sector produces many innovative solutions. An international centre is working to ensure that these solutions also benefit people and the environment.

22.07.2020

‘Looking for what makes the difference’

The GIZ Data Lab analyses statistical outliers in data sets to find innovative solutions – a model that promises to provide insight into the COVID-19 pandemic too.

17.07.2020

Shaping the future innovatively

How is GIZ configuring its Sustainability Programme from 2021? The third Stakeholder Day focused on the priority themes for the coming years.

14.07.2020

When taxi rides are a source of inspiration: working as a TVET expert in Mongolia

Beate Dippmar is already on her third foreign assignment for GIZ. Her mission: to improve young people’s career opportunities.

07.07.2020

Solar energy in Africa: green electricity powers pandemic response and recovery efforts

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, solar power contributes to providing a stable supply of energy for hospitals and paves the way for the ‘green recovery’.

02.07.2020

Reliable and forward-looking: GIZ provides effective support in the Corona crisis

Annual press conference: Business volume rises to EUR 3.1 billion in 2019

30.06.2020

Bulletin in Jnue 2020: rapid and local solutions for the coronavirus pandemic

To help stop the spread of the coronavirus, GIZ is developing new ideas and refocusing existing projects. It is taking a wide variety of approaches.

30.06.2020

Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven is GIZ’s new managing director

The development expert will start work on 1 October 2020.

24.06.2020

Cambodia: Getting help quickly to the very poorest

The coronavirus pandemic is threatening to exacerbate poverty in Cambodia. However, thanks to a database, people are now receiving support quickly.

EU-Special

Together for Europe´s recovery

akzente follows Germany´s Presidency of the Council of the European Union with facts and opinion, context an analysis.

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