Glossary
A
AFD
Agence Française de Développement (French development agency)
AGE
Client Liaison and Business Development
AHKs
German Chambers of Commerce Abroad
AI
Artificial intelligence
AIZ
Academy for International Cooperation
APLAK
Asia, Latin America, Caribbean
AU
African Union
B
BMU
German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
BMWi
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
BMZ
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
C
CHM
Corporate Health Management
CIM
Centre for International Migration and Development
CO2
Carbon dioxide
Covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019
CSH
Corporate Sustainability Handprint®
D
D4D
Digital for Development
DED
German Development Service
DIGITS
Digital Transformation and IT Solutions
DLR
German Aerospace Center
DR Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
E
EAC
East African Community
EhfG
German Development Workers Act
ELVIS
Procurement, Property, Contracting, International Language Services
EMAS
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
EMZ
Europe, Mediterranean, Central Asia
EU
European Union
F
FMB
Sectoral Department
G
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
GHG
Greenhouse gas
GloBe
Sector and Global Programmes
GPS
Guide for Practicing corporate Sustainability
GRI
Global Reporting Initiative
GTZ
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH
H
H2
Hydrogen
HR
Human resources
I
ICT
Information and communications technology
IDPoor
Identification of Poor Households
ILO
International Labour Organization
InS
GIZ International Services
InWEnt
Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH – Capacity Building International, Germany
iPCA
Integrated Peace and Conflict Assessment
IT
Information technology
K
KfW
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
L
LAL
Lebanese Alternative Learning
LGBTIQ+
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and/or questioning
LuxDev
Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency
M
M&E
Monitoring and evaluation
MAP
Accompanying partner
MEA
Middle East and Africa
N
NABU
German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union
NAP
National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights
National staff
National staff work in development cooperation projects and GIZ offices. Their main place of residence is in one of GIZ’s partner countries, where they are recruited and enter into an employment contract.
NGO
Non-governmental organisation
O
O2
Oxygen
P
PASS
Programme d’appui au système de santé (Support for the Health Care System programme)
PCGK
German Government’s Public Corporate Governance Code
PtX
Power-to-X
S
S4GIZ
SAP S/4HANA (software solution for GIZ)
SDC
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
SDG
Sustainable Development Goal
SDGs
Sustainable Development Goals
SORMAS
Surveillance, Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System
SPODS
Sustainable and climate-friendly Phase-out of Ozone Depleting Substances
SUFA
Sustainable Facility Management in Public Schools (in Lebanon)
U
UN
United Nations
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund
UNIDO
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
V
VCP
Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention
W
WHO
World Health Organization