To be able to operate flexibly and remain agile in times of constant change, new beginnings and fragmentation, GIZ needs to enhance its existing skill set. Nurturing existing strengths, developing new ones.
This is how we maintain our capacity to implement effective projects – now and in the future.
Values
Our goal is to achieve sustainable development. In pursuit of this goal, we work with many different people to drive progress in a great variety of sectors across the globe. Our commissions are diverse, and we have wide-ranging skills. The environment in which we operate is constantly changing, which makes it all the more important to have stable anchors and to be aware of the foundation on which our own efforts are based: that is what our values describe – values which have been the guiding principle for our activities for more than 10 years. Our core values include human rights, the rule of law, gender equality and the commitment to a socio-ecological economic system. We gear our activities as a company towards the values enshrined in the German Basic Law and towards those of the European Union. They show us the way ahead, provide a sense of security and underpin our approach. They guide us, even during difficult times, to help create a future worth living.
Vision
Our greatest asset is our capacity to implement effective projects. We work with and for the people in our partner countries, gear our activities closely to our partners, and can draw on decades of implementation practice – in places where the need is greatest and the need for change is most urgent. Yet we can only harness this asset if we broaden our horizons. If we anticipate developments and take action at an early stage. In conjunction with other actors whose skills supplement our own. As a consultancy and service provider, we feel a responsibility to look beyond current crises and to develop viable solutions for the future. Only then will we be able to keep sight of our primary goal of improving the lives of as many people as possible while respecting and protecting the planet’s natural limits.
Video message from the Chair of the Management Board
Fiscal
2021
Our work around the world
Downloads
Here you will find various reports produced by GIZ: our Integrated Company Report 2021 as an accessible PDF, the Annual Statement of Accounts 2021 on the company’s financial position, also as a PDF, and a range of other documents about our corporate sustainability.