Integrated Company Report 2016
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OUR STRATEGY AND OUR BUSINESS MODEL:
FOCUS ON THE FUTURE

GIZ – FOR A FUTURE WORTH LIVING AROUND THE WORLD

Sustainable development is our guiding principle and our core business. We operate as a federal enterprise on behalf of the German Government, as well as other public and private clients, to facilitate sustainable development results together with our partners around the world.

GIZ is strategically aligned with objectives of sustainable development. With our partners we come up with solutions that respect the limits of our planet. Together we aim to achieve greater justice, political participation and economic capability. This often involves conflicting goals and interests, which have to be resolved fairly among all stakeholders. In this setting we perform various roles, acting as:

  • mediator,
  • advisor
  • and implementer.

The high aspirations we attach to our services are reflected in the rewording of our new vision in 2016:

We work to shape a future worth living around the world.

Together with our commissioning parties and partners we work to bring about sustainable development for all. Before and during project implementation we advise the German Government and governments in partner countries. Together we identify sustainable and effective responses to the challenges of a globalised world. We see ourselves as a provider of advisory and other services to political decision-makers, whose vision of a future worth living we share. We work with them to make sustainable development possible.

Displacement and migration
Reducing hardship, building communities, creating employment
Creating space for interaction in Syria’s neighbouring countries
Providing better protection for refugees in the Horn of Africa
Shaping migration – increasing people’s opportunities
For a future in rural areas in Burkina Faso
Climate and energy
Achieving climate and development targets together
Ways to cut emissions
Mitigating climate risks around the world – working with companies
Protecting bees in Kenya with aerial photography and WhatsApp
Security and stabilisation
Building trust in security forces
Better social protection thanks to reliable data in Cambodia
Well-trained managers enable modern administration in Afghanistan
Security has many facets
Decentralised structures in Ukraine – close to citizens
Distributing food reliably in India – with fingerprint scanners
Managing sustainability together within the company

Sustainable development goals

Projects with this goal