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22.07.2021
Clean water for all – with modern facilities and sound knowledge
GIZ is working around the globe to ensure that people have widespread and sustainable access to clean water. To achieve this, it provides them with technical support and helps them develop specialist knowledge.
08.07.2021
Adequate at best: Germany scores poorly for environmental protection
A new study by DAAD, GIZ and the Goethe-Institut reveals what people in other countries want and expect from Germany.
05.07.2021
Goodbye, single-use plastics!
The ban on single-use plastics across Europe now applies in Germany, too. Some countries are developing their own strategies to reduce plastic waste and protect the environment.
01.07.2021
Strengthening societies in the long term with a green recovery
Annual results for 2020: business volume increases to EUR 3.3 billion in 2019. The pandemic remains the dominant topic.
30.06.2021
Presenting the GIZ Bonn Campus
The grand opening was planned for March 2020, but then came the coronavirus. With a small event, GIZ’s new campus in Bonn has now been officially inaugurated.
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
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.
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.
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.
13.04.2021
‘Tunisia has the IT professionals that Germany is lacking.’
The Tech216 initiative connects German companies with Tunisia’s tech industry. BMW Group has been a pilot partner for a year now.
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.
05.03.2021
International Women's Day: Raising awareness of women's rights in Afghanistan
Gradually reworking society’s image of women. How Afghan women are asserting their rights.
04.03.2021
Lebanon: cooperation for urgent medical assistance
The United Nations and GIZ are working together to improve medical care for COVID-19 patients in Lebanon. Palestinian refugees, in particular, are thus receiving support in the pandemic.
25.02.2021
Digital skills and support for young people in the tech sector
Training in future technologies: Orange Digital Centres in Africa and the Middle East teach young people practical digital skills.
25.02.2021
Using knowledge: GIZ presents its Evaluation Report 2020
Following reform of its evaluation system, GIZ has improved the quality and comparability of its evaluation data, which provide an important basis for project work.
17.02.2021
The pandemic has realigned the SDG compass
Now is the time to pave the way for sustainability everywhere, using the global goals as a guide. A commentary by Tanja Gönner, Chair of the GIZ Management Board.
08.02.2021
Malawi: medicine delivered by drone
Drones can deliver medicines very quickly – even to remote locations. In Africa in particular, they could be extremely helpful in fighting the pandemic.
05.02.2021
Lebanon: Swift and steady support in persistently difficult times
Six months have passed since the massive explosion in Beirut, but the need for assistance remains. The German Government continues to rely on GIZ, among others, to implement measures.
26.01.2021
Ethiopia: ‘You can only fight a pandemic together’
In an interview with the Agency for Business & Economic Development (AWE), Joost Hemmelder from Tradin Organic explains what the food company has learned while dealing with the pandemic.
21.01.2021
The coronavirus pandemic: how Europe is learning from Africa
To track and trace contacts, German health authorities are using SORMAS, a disease surveillance system invented and trialled in Nigeria.
15.01.2021
Kenya: comprehensive package for young people entering the labour market
Giving young people practical experience and working closely with companies helps overcome prejudices and creates job prospects, particularly for women.
07.01.2021
‘Learning from one another’ – sustainable forest protection in Central America
Forestry scientist Jan Bock has been working for GIZ in El Salvador for the past three years. With his team, he supports the sustainable protection of forests.