THE DIVERSE NATURE OF OUR WORK
IN OVER 1,500 ONGOING PROJECTS, GIZ AND ITS PARTNERS ARE WORKING TO MAKE DEVELOPMENT SUCCEED.
More than 200 commissioning parties put their trust in us. The German Government – with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) as the main commissioning party – European Union institutions, the United Nations, the private sector and governments of other countries all benefit from our services. We work with businesses, civil society actors and research institutions in over 120 countries, covering a wide variety of thematic areas, from rural development, economic development, employment promotion, education and good governance to sustainable infrastructure. The following examples of our work illustrate our services in all their thematic diversity.
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‘My education gives me prospects for a better future.’
Aïssatou Cissoko, student in Guinea
‘Mothers and children now receive good medical care with us.’
Jamal Mustafa Abu Salim,
doctor in the Palestinian territories
‘Everyone benefits from more sustainable cocoa production – especially the farmers and their families.’
Florian Schütze, Senior Vice President, International Society and the Environment, Lidl
‘Everyone is a winner with us: the coconut farmers, the workers and the consumers.’
Gordon de Silva, producer of coconut products in Sri Lanka
COMMISSIONS RECEIVED IN 2017*
EXAMPLES OF OUR WORK
SECTOR:
EDUCATION
EUR 331 MILLION
Auftragseingänge 2017*
PROJECT EXAMPLE:
EXTRA LESSONS FOR DISADVANTAGED GIRLS IN GUINEA
Completing school is not something Aïssatou Cissoko takes for granted. In Guinea, just half of all girls attending school make it past year 6. Some 11,000 girls have already benefited from the supplemental teaching programme for socially disadvantaged girls provided by GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and have gone on to obtain a higher level of education.
Guinea: Aïssatou Cissoko, schoolgirl
SECTOR:
HEALTH
EUR 70 MILLION
Auftragseingänge 2017*
PROJECT EXAMPLE:
FUTURE FOR THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Conflicts and crises make life very difficult in the Palestinian territories. And the lack of medical care only aggravates the situation. On behalf of the German Federal Foreign Office, GIZ has built and equipped an outpatient clinic to treat the 6,000 inhabitants of the community of Jiftlik and people from the surrounding villages on the West Bank near Jericho. As a result, health services have resumed, and children and expectant mothers are now being treated by doctors like Jamal Mustafa Abu Salim.
Palestinian territories: Jamal Mustafa Abu Salim, medical doctor
SECTOR:
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
EUR 345 MILLION
Auftragseingänge 2017*
PROJECT EXAMPLE:
SUSTAINABLE COCOA PRODUCTION IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE
In Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s largest producer of cocoa, many people earn a living from the cocoa harvest. To improve living conditions for farmers and sustainably increase cultivation and crop quality, GIZ has been advising food retailer LIDL since 2012. One outcome of this collaboration is the PROCACAO agricultural school, which, as an established training centre, has earned international acclaim for its tailored training services. Some 2,000 trainers have already completed the training and are now passing on their knowledge to cocoa farmers. More than 18,000 cocoa farmers are expected to benefit from the agricultural school in the coming years.
SECTOR:
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EUR 207 MILLION
Auftragseingänge 2017*
PROJECT EXAMPLE:
SUPPORTING SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN
SRI LANKA
Company founder Gordon de Silva from Sri Lanka took a small business and transformed it into a successful company. He now has 300 employees who produce, process and sell fair trade coconut products. On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, GIZ is supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in developing marketing strategies and handling finance and management issues, with a view to integrating them into international business cycles.
Sri Lanka: Gordon de Silva, Manufacturer
SECTOR:
GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
EUR 423 million
Auftragseingänge 2017*
PROJECT EXAMPLE:
BLOGGING FOR MORE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN TUNISIA
Haythem Abidi’s motto is ‘blogging for citizens’. In order to also give a voice to those in Tunisia’s remote regions, he has made it his mission to train up young people to join the blogging community. In Bondy Blog, the amateur journalists can post articles about their city and provide locals with information, thereby engaging in social debate. Commissioned by the German Federal Foreign Office, GIZ is thus helping to strengthen democracy in communities and cities in the south of Tunisia.
Tunisia: Haythem Abidi, blogger* All values shown without decimal places. There may therefore be rounding differences. The figures relate to commissions received in 2017 in EUR million; they are classified according to the following OECD CRS codes:
1 CRS code 11000;
2 CRS codes 12000 and 13000;
3 CRS codes 31100, 31200 and 31300;
4 CRS codes 24000 and 25000;
5 CRS code 15100