Stories on economy and employment

my name is María José Rodríguez Escobar and I’m from El Salvador. Together with my colleague Natalia Romero Mora from Costa Rica, I coordinate and advise a transnational team of 15 GIZ communicators.

Nine German football clubs, a textile manufacturer, 450 family-run farms in India, Fairtrade and GIZ have teamed up to produce fan merchandise made of sustainable cotton. Views on the From Field to Fan Shop initiative.

North Rhine-Westphalia promotes exchange between young entrepreneurs from Nigeria and NRW.

Interview with Klaus Schimmer, Chief Innovation Architect Sustainability at SAP. He reports on a successful cooperative project in Armenia. 

GIZ Managing Director Anna Sophie Herken on the status of digitalisation in international cooperation – and what re:publica has to do with it

Interview with Mark Robinson, Executive Director of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), an international organisation and GIZ partner that works against corruption in a highly profitable sector

Three questions for Rashi Gupta, Founder and Managing Director of Vision Mechatronics, a leading company in the fields of robotics, renewable energy and energy storage in India

An interview with Professor Dirk Messner, President of the German Environment Agency, on climate action and digitalisation

Human rights activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim from Chad applies indigenous knowledge to fight the impacts of climate change. She uses cartography to resolve conflicts over vital resources.

Michael Holländer explains why work is a topic for GIZ, how the company promotes training and employment and what link this has to skilled workers for Germany.

Heidy Rombouts, Director General of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, on the priorities of Belgium’s EU Council Presidency, Team Europe approach and why it is important to sometimes change your perspective

Focus on forest conservation: GIZ supports Brazil in protecting the Amazon region in many ways.