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: Development service expert

GIZ's Development Service seconds committed and experienced experts to German development cooperation programmes around the globe. Its development workers are in the thick of the action, working directly with governmental and civil society organisations. With their professionalism, experience and intercultural sensitivity, they support and build the capacities of the local population.

: Als Fachkraft im Zivilen Friedensdienst

Der Zivile Friedensdienst (ZFD) ist ein Programm für Gewaltprävention und Friedensförderung in Krisen- und Konfliktregionen. Der ZFD setzt sich für eine Welt ein, in der Konflikte ohne Gewalt geregelt werden. 

: Information for applicants

What requirements must you meet to become a development worker? What allowances and benefits will you receive? How will you be prepared for your assignment? The answers to these – and more – questions are outlined below.

: Development Service GIZ

In 2011, the German Development Service (DED) merged with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GTZ) and Inwent – Capacity Building International Germany – to form the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ). 

DEVELOPMENT SERVICE – what does it mean?

Development workers (DW) are experienced professionals who work and live for a limited period of time in an African, Asian, Central Asian, Latin American or Middle Eastern country. They advise partner organisations on the basis of the German Development Workers Act (EhfG). GIZ development service sends more than 300 development workers abroad each year. 

ON THE WAY TO YOUR OWN ADVISOR ROLE

More than 80 per cent of job descriptions for development workers (EH) list advising as the primary role. But what is meant by that, what skills must men or women bring? What do GIZ and partner organisations expect?

THE GIZ CIVIL PEACE SERVICE 

The Civil Peace Service (ZFD) is a programme for preventing violence and promoting peace in crisis and conflict regions. The ZFD is committed to a world in which conflicts are resolved without violence.

REPORTS

Service is not just service - the activities that experienced professionals expect in development services are diverse and varied.
 

Women's Rights are Human Rights

Giving women greater self-determination, the same opportunities and an equal share of power

Ethopia: It is possible

The change is now visible. I can still clearly recall the time when you first visited us, to start the Peace Radio project.

Development Service partner countries

Development workers are deployed as needed in all countries in which GIZ is represented. See here in which countries development aid workers are currently active.

The service package of GIZ - Nina reports.

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