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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