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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.
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
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.
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.
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.