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The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH works worldwide for a future worth living. Together with our partners, we create opportunities and sustainably improve people’s lives. Through our networks, we turn international agendas into action – with a global vision and local impact.

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Where Jordanian skilled workers are boosting the economy

How Hadi-Plast is breaking new ground in tackling the skills shortage with apprentices from Jordan and support from GIZ. A report from the German region of Westphalia.
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‘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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Integrated Company Report 2025

Only through joint efforts can we meet the complex challenges of today´s world and together build a sustainable future.

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Our work is making a difference. Together with our partners, we have implemented more than 1,600 projects in 2025. 

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‘Climate pledges must now be turned into action’

In this interview, Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven talks about what she anticipates from the COP31 climate change conference in Antalya. The Managing Director at GIZ underlines why GIZ’s work in this area serves German interests, too.

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An opportunity for climate action

Carbon markets mobilise funds for climate action projects. As the head of several such projects at GIZ, Sven Egbers explains how this works.

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UN Climate Change Conference 2026: What you need to know about COP31 in Antalya

This year’s UN Climate Change Conference will be meeting in Türkiye. Here we answer key questions about it.

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Researching together, protecting together: Germany’s Federal President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, saw for himself the work of Ghanaian and German scientists on vaccine development during a visit to Ghana. The GIZ has connected experts from the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine with those from the Institute of Virology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
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