Social development

Artificial intelligence for ALL

Using local 'language donations' to provide digital health care advice

Social Development

In the right place at the right time

GIZ is helping sub-Saharan African states cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and supporting efforts to build more resilient health systems.

Social development

India: Health care for half a billion people

India’s National Health Protection Scheme has proven itself in the coronavirus pandemic, particularly providing cover for those in need.

Social development

Ethiopia: Proven partners for a new challenge

The pandemic has caused complex challenges for Ethiopia. To preserve health and jobs, the country can count on existing networks.

Economic development and employment

Namibia: Bush waste boosts the economy

A commodity with potential: The utilization of bush wood waste boosts the Namibian economy.

Governance and democracy

Tunisia: Greater participation, greater trust

The Arab Spring ten years on: more public participation is defining political life in the municipalities.

LATEST NEWS

07.04.2021

We should help because we can help

COVID-19 doesn’t recognise national borders. That’s why we need a global vaccination strategy. An article by Lucia Puttrich, Minister of European Affairs in the State of Hesse, and Tanja Gönner, Chair of the GIZ Management Board.

29.03.2021

Feeding the world – never-ending hunger?

What needs to change to achieve a well-fed world? The new issue of GIZ’s akzente magazine examines the challenges and solutions.

26.03.2021

Education for all? Getting through the pandemic with new learning formats

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, GIZ was devising alternative and digital education formats. The last year has demonstrated just how important these formats are.

24.03.2021

Medical gowns from Albania: ‘Our cooperation was a stroke of luck’

Christian Schneider was really planning to set up operations in Africa, but COVID-19 put paid to that. In this interview, he explains why he began working in Albania instead – together with GIZ.

19.03.2021

‘The pandemic has shown us that digital collaboration makes many things possible.’

Labour Relations Director Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel explains how the impacts of the pandemic are changing work processes at GIZ and accelerating the trend towards new ways of working.

10.03.2021

Bangladesh: using data to further climate adaptation

Data helps with measuring adaptation to climate change. In Bangladesh, GIZ employee Emilia Huss is supporting ministries in using climate data effectively.

05.03.2021

International Women's Day: Raising awareness of women's rights in Afghanistan

Gradually reworking society’s image of women. How Afghan women are asserting their rights.

04.03.2021

Lebanon: cooperation for urgent medical assistance

The United Nations and GIZ are working together to improve medical care for COVID-19 patients in Lebanon. Palestinian refugees, in particular, are thus receiving support in the pandemic.

25.02.2021

Using knowledge: GIZ presents its Evaluation Report 2020

Following reform of its evaluation system, GIZ has improved the quality and comparability of its evaluation data, which provide an important basis for project work.

25.02.2021

Digital skills and support for young people in the tech sector

Training in future technologies: Orange Digital Centres in Africa and the Middle East teach young people practical digital skills.

17.02.2021

The pandemic has realigned the SDG compass

Now is the time to pave the way for sustainability everywhere, using the global goals as a guide. A commentary by Tanja Gönner, Chair of the GIZ Management Board.

08.02.2021

Malawi: Medizin per Drohne

Drones can deliver medicines very quickly – even to remote locations. In Africa in particular, they could be extremely helpful in fighting the pandemic.

05.02.2021

Lebanon: Swift and steady support in persistently difficult times

Six months have passed since the massive explosion in Beirut, but the need for assistance remains. The German Government continues to rely on GIZ, among others, to implement measures.

26.01.2021

Ethiopia: ‘You can only fight a pandemic together’

In an interview with the Agency for Business & Economic Development (AWE), Joost Hemmelder from Tradin Organic explains what the food company has learned while dealing with the pandemic.

21.01.2021

The coronavirus pandemic: how Europe is learning from Africa

To track and trace contacts, German health authorities are using SORMAS, a disease surveillance system invented and trialled in Nigeria.

15.01.2021

Kenya: comprehensive package for young people entering the labour market

Giving young people practical experience and working closely with companies helps overcome prejudices and creates job prospects, particularly for women.

07.01.2021

‘Learning from one another’ – sustainable forest protection in Central America

Forestry scientist Jan Bock has been working for GIZ in El Salvador for the past three years. With his team, he supports the sustainable protection of forests.

16.12.2020

Two continents, one platform: working together to create new jobs in Africa

The African diaspora in Germany are providing specific support to promote business ideas in their countries of origin. Cameroon is a good example of what this means in practice.

Social development

Free education for all

Education is a human right and key to sustainable development. That is why GIZ supports the development of effective education systems. Even before the pandemic, alternative approaches were developed that now enable digital learning.

Facts and figures

Access to modern energy for

1.9 million

people

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A total of

219,000

km2 of forest has been conserved through sustainable management

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At GIZ

58,8%

of employees are women

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Better preservation for

775,000

square kilometres of protected areas

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A total of

608,000

people have taken part in further training

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A total of

10,8 million

people have a better drinking water supply

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Female Entrepreneurs: Changemakers, SV Cooperation with the Private Sector

Female Entrepreneurs: Changemakers, SV Cooperation with the Private Sector

GIZ – Securing Nutrition, Enhancing Resilience

A holistic and participatory approach: climate risk management

GIZ works worldwide - Good governance and better state administration

GIZ Turkey: Charting new paths to the future

GIZ Corporate Strategy 2020-2022

#GIZworks Kenya: Cash for work – soap & hand sanitisers

GIZ works worldwide - Conserving forests through sustainable management

#DigitalGIZ Rwanda: Digital Transformation Center

Sustainable Energy for food: Powering Agriculture

Female Entrepreneurs: Changemakers, SV Cooperation with the Private Sector

GIZ – Securing Nutrition, Enhancing Resilience

A holistic and participatory approach: climate risk management

GIZ works worldwide - Good governance and better state administration

GIZ Turkey: Charting new paths to the future

GIZ Corporate Strategy 2020-2022

#GIZworks Kenya: Cash for work – soap & hand sanitisers

GIZ works worldwide - Conserving forests through sustainable management

#DigitalGIZ Rwanda: Digital Transformation Center

Sustainable Energy for food: Powering Agriculture

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Due to the current situation, we will not hold any presence events for the time being. We will inform you as soon as this changes and thank you for your consideration. Please stay healthy.

21. April 2021

Discussions on International Cooperation

05. Mai 2021

Great Minds, Great Ideas: GIZ welcomes Dr Eckart von Hirschhausen

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