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. 

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

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.

Social Development

Getting through the pandemic with a plan

All around the world, COVID-19 demands flexible and local solutions. In Iraq and Lebanon GIZ is finding these by drawing on structures that are already in place.

Rural Development

Smart potatoes and cashews with artificial intelligence

Digital aids used in agriculture offer the prospect of higher yields and better products.

Climate, environment, management of natural resources

The 2030 Agenda, Mexican style

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets high targets, and Mexico wants to achieve them. To do so, it is implementing a comprehensive strategy.

LATEST NEWS

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.

10.07.2020

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.

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

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.

23.06.2020

SEEG: Addressing COVID-19 with Berlin’s Charité hospital

Experts from Berlin’s Charité hospital and SEEG are supporting Latin American countries in tackling the coronavirus. Their assistance is in higher demand than ever.

19.06.2020

COVID-19 in refugee camps: overcoming the crisis through self-help

Refugees are suffering particularly badly under the pandemic. In Kenya, their skills are helping to alleviate its effects.

09.06.2020

Training amid the coronavirus pandemic – from a film studio to e-learning

Across the globe, COVID-19 has forced schools to close and created challenges for education systems. But new forms of learning are allowing trainees in Armenia and Serbia to stay on course.

04.06.2020

Containers against coronavirus: mobile healthcare in Tunisia

A Tunisian team is converting shipping containers into mobile health centres to take healthcare out to remote regions.

03.06.2020

Masks for Darfur: co-production in Sudan to tackle the pandemic

In structurally weak regions, like Darfur in western Sudan, COVID-19 is a threat to the already struggling economy. Local craftspeople are now receiving support from the capital.

31.05.2020

Bulletin on May 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.

27.05.2020

Decentralisation in Ukraine: navigating the pandemic digitally

In Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic has coincided with the process of municipal reform. Despite challenges, the move towards local self-government is continuing.

11.05.2020

Clean water for Jordan: a stable water supply even in the coronavirus pandemic

Water is an essential resource for life. Food, health, hygiene and industrial production all depend on water - even more so amid the pandemic.

05.05.2020

Climate protection despite corona: city administrations work virtually

An initiative for climate protection in cities ensures that authorities can operate from home and that urgent climate projects do not fall by the wayside.

30.04.2020

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.

30.04.2020

Rapid assistance during the pandemic: ‘We’re working flat out’

Ebola, the Zika virus and now Covid-19: the Epidemic Preparedness Team assists countries during epidemics – and is more in demand than ever.

29.04.2020

More data, better hygiene: Nepal’s hospitals are gearing up to face the pandemic

Hospitals worldwide are straining to cope with COVID-19. Nepal’s hospitals have taken steps that will improve care in the short and in the long term.

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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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