Context
The German federal states have traditionally worked independently in international cooperation. When coordinated well, the experience and expertise of private, academic and civil society institutions and federal state agencies complement the German Government’s development cooperation work effectively.
The advantage of this collaboration is that the federal states have a lot of practical experience in shaping and implementing policy in different areas. The German Government and Federal States Programme (German: Bund-Länder-Programm, BLP) aims to make this knowledge of the federal states available to German development cooperation.
Objective
Partner countries benefit from close, well-coordinated collaboration in development cooperation between the German Government and the federal states.
