GIZ works

Our work produces results. The data that we collect on a regular basis confirms this. It tells us what we have been able to change together with our commissioning parties and partners on site: in individual projects, but also across projects and countries.

We collect data on standard cross-project indicators from different projects using the same methods and uniform units of measurement and over an identical period of time. This allows us to collate data from a large number of projects. Around 1,300 projects provided data for 2024.

Effective at all levels

Together with our partners, we change the lives of people in our countries of assignment for the better in quite specific ways. This, in turn, has an impact on the bigger picture: the success that we achieve in our work plays a role in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda.

Skilled workers are one of the cornerstones of a country’s viable economic development. GIZ supports partner countries and their economies around the world in developing strategies for vocational education and training and creating prospects for local people. Last year, 230,000 people benefited from this directly and completed a vocational training measure. In Senegal, for example, we are committed to comprehensive training for skilled workers – to the benefit of local people, Senegal as a whole and Germany.

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Our work | Qualification of skilled workers
Fit for the labour market – in our partner countries and in Germany
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230,000
people completed a vocational training measure.
Group photo with Djélia Diagne (in profile on the left) talking to five young women in hard hats and high-visibility vests on a construction site.
Our work | Qualification of skilled workers
Fit for the labour market – in our partner countries and in Germany
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The triple impact of international cooperation

Our work produces results – for people locally, in our countries of assignment and in Germany. The example of training for skilled workers illustrates this perfectly.

Graphic: Illustration of the triple impact of international cooperation. It produces results for local people (access to globally recognised training programmes; increased earning capacity), for countries of assignment (training for citizens; local economic development) and for Germany (stronger international relations; recruitment of international skilled workers).
Graphic: Illustration of the triple impact of international cooperation. It produces results for local people (access to globally recognised training programmes; increased earning capacity), for countries of assignment (training for citizens; local economic development) and for Germany (stronger international relations; recruitment of international skilled workers).

Achieving more with comprehensive approaches

The global challenges of our time are closely interconnected. As this interdependence grows, so too do the expectations placed on our work. To address these challenges, we are working on new solutions and drawing on existing experience.

In doing so, we never lose sight of the bigger picture and seek to identify the leverage point with the greatest potential to positively impact as many challenges as possible. As is the case with the Energising Development (EnDev) programme, for example. In 2024, we worked towards the overarching goal of advancing the global energy transition in order to mitigate climate change, doing so in more than 20 countries on three continents. We are also addressing energy shortages as an obstacle to development. After all, around 685 million people worldwide still live without electricity, and approximately 2.1 billion people have no access to environmentally friendly energy for cooking. EnDev builds on local conditions and potential, developing tailored measures to promote access to sustainable energy. And it is working: around 33.9 million people now have access to modern solutions for energy supply. More than 35,400 establishments, such as schools or health centres, now have access to modern forms of energy, and around 33,770 jobs have been created.

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Governance | Comprehensive approaches
Forward-thinking for greater impact
Global challenges call for integrated solutions. GIZ prioritises international cooperation and comprehensive strategies that take into account interdependencies and correlations.
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Graphic: Sun, solar cells und wind turbines

In 2024, Kenya alone was able to avoid the production of over 847,780 tonnes of CO2 equivalent* under the Energising Development programme. By way of comparison, this corresponds to the total annual volume of CO2 emitted by around 600,000 medium-sized cars in Germany in 2022.

Taking the results of all projects in Kenya as a whole, emissions of greenhouse gases in the country were reduced by around 1,708,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent* in 2024 thanks to our work.

Across the continent of Africa, the projects that we conducted with our partners reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 5,526,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent* in 2024.

At the global level, we reduced worldwide greenhouse gas emissions by 9,426,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent* together with our partners in 2024.

*
The figures shown here are indirect results that are primarily achieved through support provided to national programmes and strategies.

Success stories from our work around the world

15.1 million
people gained first-time or improved access to a modern energy supply.

Our world needs to become climate neutral. The global energy transition is an essential driver of development that should benefit everyone. Facilitating access to a modern energy supply opens up new green economic opportunities for local people. In 2024, 124 megawatts of capacity were created through the installation of additional renewable energy sources for electricity generation as part of our work with partners.

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Governance | Partnerships
Achieving more with the private sector
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Our work | Digitalisierung
Digital transformation: harnessing opportunities, mitigating risks
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Over 22.5 million
people were given potential access to digital administrative services.
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Digital innovations can accelerate development progress. Better access to administrative services via digital tools can remove obstacles and pave the way for sustainable structural change. In 2024, together with our partners, we enabled potentially as many as 22,513,000 people to gain access to digital services.

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Our work | Digitalisierung
Digital transformation: harnessing opportunities, mitigating risks
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2.5 million
people around the world have increased their income as a result of projects implemented jointly with our partners. At least 1.2 million of them are women.
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Decent work is needed to protect the livelihoods of working people. In 2023, 241 million people were living in extreme poverty despite being in work. Together with partners, we strengthen development of the private sector and mobilise private and public investment in the green economy.

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Governance | Comprehensive approaches
Forward thinking for greater impact
Learn more about how we are increasing the income of women with our holistic approaches.
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Other parts of the report

Annual Statement of Accounts 2024
GIZ’s Annual Statement of Accounts gives details about the company’s business areas and its assets, financial position and income.
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Staff in figures
As of 31 December 2024, GIZ employed over 24,500 staff. Learn more about the members of our workforce here.
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How we work
Strong networks, extensive technical expertise and cost-effective use of funds – these are the tools we draw on as we work with our partners around the world to create lasting value for people.
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