Glossary
A
AGE
Client Liaison and Business Development
AHK
German Chambers of Commerce Abroad
AIZ
Academy for International Cooperation
AMA
Field staff member
APLAK
Asia, Latin America, Caribbean
ArbSchG
German Occupational Safety and Health Act
ASA
Occupational Health and Safety Committee
ASiG
German Act on Occupational Physicians, Safety Engineers and Other Occupational Safety Specialists
B
B.A.U.M.
German Environmental Management Association
BfDI
Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
BIPoC
Black, Indigenous and People of Colour
BMU
German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
BMWK
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
BMZ
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
BSfD
Business Scouts for Development programme
BSI
German Federal Office for Information Security
C
CDP
Carbon Disclosure Project
CEGGA
GIZ project on Citizen Engagement for Good Governance, Accountability and the Rule of Law in Laos
CHM
Corporate Health Management
CIM
Centre for International Migration and Development
CO2
Carbon dioxide
COP26
26th UN Climate Change Conference in November 2021
COPE
GIZ’s psychosocial counselling and support unit
Covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019
CPS
Civil Peace Service
CSH
Corporate Sustainability Handprint®
CSM
Centre for Sustainability Management
D
DAAD
German Academic Exchange Service
DAC
OECD Development Assistance Committee
DAN
German Sustainability Action Days
DED
German Development Service
DHIMS
District Health Information Management (Ghana)
DIGITS
Digital Transformation and IT Solutions
DLR
German Aerospace Center
E
E4D
Employment and Skills for Development in Africa
EC INTPA
International Partnerships of the European Commission
EhfG
German Development Workers Act
ELVIS
Procurement, Property, Contracting, International Language Services
EMAS
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
EMZ
Europe, Mediterranean, Central Asia
ESG
Environmental, Social, Governance
EU
European Union
F
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
FMB
Sectoral Department
G
GBV
Employer/staff council agreement
GCF
Green Climate Fund
GDPR
European General Data Protection Regulation
GFZ
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – German Research Centre for Geosciences
GHG
Greenhouse gas
GHI
Ghana Heart Initiative
GloBe
Sector and Global Programmes
GRI
Global Reporting Initiative
GTZ
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH
H
H2
Hydrogen
HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
I
ICR
International cooperation with regions for sustainable development (BMZ)
IHK
Chamber of Trade and Industry
IHSS
Instituto Hondureño del Seguro Social (Honduran Social Security Institute)
IKI
International Climate Initiative
IMA
Germany-based staff member
InS
GIZ International Services
InWEnt
Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH – Capacity Building International, Germany
IRM
Integrated risk management
ISM
In-House Sustainability Manager (additional qualification offered by AHK Mexico)
ISMS
Information security management system
IT
Information technology
K
KATH
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (hospital in Kumasi in the south of Ghana)
KCDA
Khong District Community Development Association (Laos)
KfW
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
KOICA
Korea International Cooperation Agency
KuF
Cooperation and leadership
L
LGBTI
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex
M
M&E
Monitoring and evaluation
MED
Medical Services
MHPSS
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
N
NABU
German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union
NAP
National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights
NMA
National staff member
Norad
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
O
O2
Oxygen
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
P
PCR
Polymerase chain reaction
PtX
Power-to-X
R
RMA
Risk Management Committee
RMG
Risk Management Board
RMO
Risk Management Office
S
S4GIZ
SAP S/4HANA (software solution for GIZ)
SBTi
Science Based Targets initiative (alliance of major environmental and climate protection organisations)
SDGs
Sustainable Development Goals
SEAH
Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance
Sifa
Occupational Health and Safety Officer
SLF
Sustainability Leadership Forum
SPF
Stabilisation Platform
T
TC
Technical cooperation
TEI
Team Europe Initiatives
U
UN
United Nations
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
W
WEPs
Women’s Empowerment Principles
WHO
World Health Organization
WRI
World Resources Institute
WWF
World Wide Fund For Nature
Z
ZUG
Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft gGmbH