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How you can cooperate with us as an international partner

Are you an international partner working in sustainable development? Together we can achieve even more! We support you – with a regional presence, project expertise and suitable partnership models.

As a federal company with more than 50 years’ experience in international cooperation, we implement complex projects worldwide – in an efficient, effective and partner-oriented manner. International partners work with us because we:

  • have a regional presence and excellent networks
  • have a high level of expertise and implementation strength
  • can respond to different requirements with flexibility
  • and, together with you, share responsibility for sustainable development.

Our partners

GIZ has worked with international partners worldwide for many years. These include various partners with very diverse requirements and ideas:

  • foreign ministries of donor countries
  • line ministries and their downstream organisations
  • national and regional development banks
  • multilateral organisations such as UN agencies and funds

Many of these partners contribute to existing projects through cofinancing or work with us to develop new project approaches.

Greater impact, greater visibility, greater efficiency – these are the benefits for international partners

Together with international partners, we achieve more – for our partner countries and the global agenda. Thanks to this cooperation, we can:

  • increase the effectiveness and visibility of our projects and, as a result, of Germany’s international cooperation
  • bring together different approaches from different partners
  • offer innovative cooperation solutions for our clients and partners.

A particularly important example of this is the Team Europe approach. This promotes partnerships and joint projects with international partners in multi-donor constellations. The projects are cofinanced in part by the European Union (EU).

Examples of our work

Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda
Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda

Insights

Interview

‘Cuts to the development budget are a mistake’

Marcel Fratzscher believes that investing in the Global South is just as important as investing in Germany. The President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) says that without open markets and international partnerships, our prosperity will decline.

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Marcel Fratzscher, in a suit and tie against a blue background, speaking and gesturing with both hands in front of him.
Interview

‘International cooperation is a matter of good sense’

UNICEF and GIZ have been working together for around 15 years. This is particularly beneficial in crisis regions, explains Verena Knaus. As the head of UNICEF in Berlin, she is responsible for the partnership with Germany.

More ‘International cooperation is a matter of good sense’
Three schoolgirls sit side by side in a classroom, smiling at the camera, wearing colorful headscarves and school backpacks.
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Firefighting robots, drones, know-how: help for Ukraine from a company in Fellbach

In this interview, Alexander Ernst talks about how his company has teamed up with GIZ to support Ukraine’s civil protection service – and what Germany can learn from Ukraine.

More Firefighting robots, drones, know-how: help for Ukraine from a company in Fellbach
Entrepreneur and firefighter Alexander Ernst during training with the Ukrainian civil protection service
The project contributes to these Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations:
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