Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (BMI)

The Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (BMI) and its 19 downstream agencies have been working with GIZ for many years, with varying scope and depth depending on the topic.

With GIZ’s support, the Ministry secured joint financing for projects from the European Union and bilateral partners such as Lebanon, Iran and Saudi Arabia.

On behalf of BMI and the German Federal Office of Administration, GIZ has been implementing the Programme for National Minorities since 1993 in the states which now exist on the territory of the former Soviet Union. The programme aims to improve conditions for ethnic Germans living in these countries. In Kosovo, GIZ has been working on behalf of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees on a reintegration project for returnees since 2016.

GIZ’s services and areas of expertise

GIZ can provide BMI with a wide range of international cooperation services to support the attainment of its policy goals:

Security, reconstruction and peace

Advisory services: Security, reconstruction and peace

Regional cooperation

Strengthening regional cooperation and regional organisations, e.g. through cross-border water management

Management services

Placing specialist and management personnel in partner countries Vermittlung von Fach- und Führungskräften in Partnerländer Evaluation, managing networks, public procurement, development partnerships with the private sector, results-based monitoring, stakeholder dialogues, knowledge management Establishing and developing public sector organisations (twinning)

Examples of our work

Afghanistan: combating the cross-border drug trade Measures to support the German minority in Kazakhstan

BMI website

Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community