Giz2011 en Annual Report 2010

Annual Report 2010
Responsible economic action sustainable development
GIZ Worldwide
Ukraine G Serbia G Croatia G Belgium G
Bosnia and Herzegovina G Kosovo G Montenegro G Macedonia G Albania G Turkey G
Egypt G Tunisia G Algeria G Morocco G G USA G Honduras Mexico G Guatemala G G Dominican Republic G Costa Rica G Haiti
Mauritania G Mali G Niger G Burkina Faso G Ghana G Senegal G Guinea G Sierra Leone G Cte d'Ivoire G
El Salvador G Nicaragua G
Colombia G Ecuador G Brazil G Peru G
Benin G Nigeria G Chad G Cameroon G Congo, Dem. Rep. G Zambia G Zimbabwe G Namibia G Botswana G
This map uses colour-coded dots to show GIZ locations around the globe. The red dots indicate offices that GIZ shares with KfW Entwicklungsbank and in some cases other German development organisations. The grey dots mark the remaining locations where GIZ has an office of its own. GIZ also operates in many other countries, though without any office presence. These countries are not highlighted on the map.
G G GIZ sharing office with other German development organisations GIZ office
Bolivia G Chile G Paraguay G
South Africa G
9 12 10 8 16 13
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15 1 2 4 14
G Russian Federation G Georgia G Azerbaijan
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G Armenia
G Uzbekistan G Afghanistan G Kyrgyzstan G Pakistan
G Kazakhstan
G Tajikistan G Japan G Mongolia G China G India
G Palestinian territories G Jordan
G Syria G Lebanon
G Nepal G Bangladesh G Laos G Thailand G Cambodia G Viet Nam G Indonesia G Philippines G Sri Lanka
GIZ's registered offices are in Bonn and Eschborn. The company also maintains a presence at 16 other locations in Germany.
Bonn Eschborn Dsseldorf Bad Honnef Saarbrcken Wiesbaden Frankfurt Mannheim Feldafing 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Bremen Kiel Hamburg Hannover Schwerin Magdeburg Erfurt Leipzig-Zschortau Berlin
G Saudi Arabia G Yemen
G United Arab Emirates
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
G South Sudan
G Ethiopia
G Kenya G Uganda G Rwanda G Burundi G Tanzania G Malawi
G Madagascar G Mozambique
GIZ at a Glance
GIZs predecessor organisations DED, GTZ and InWEnt can look back on 2010 as a successful business year. The total consolidated volume of business last year was around EUR 1,851.5 million:
BUSINESS VOLUME 2010 Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development German public sector clients International Services Cofinancing TOTAL* EUR
1,264.5 million 179.9 million 272.4 million 149.2 million 1,851.5 million
The people who work for GIZ are assigned around the world. They all identify with the high quality standards and professionalism of our work. The figures shown below represent the combined totals for the three predecessor organisations, as at 31 December 2010.
GIZ STAFF MEMBERS In Germany Abroad National personnel Trainees WORKING WORLDWIDE Development workers PLACED/FINANCED BY GIZ Integrated experts (CIM) Returning experts (CIM) Local experts in partner programmes Volunteers in the weltwrts programme
* EUR 1,866 million minus EUR 14.5 million to adjust for consolidation, figures as at 31 December 2010
3,081 1,821 12,254 140
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693 455 698 821
GIZ THE STORY SO FAR
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Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH the story so far
October 2009 In their coalition agreement, the German governing parties agree to reform technical cooperation, and in doing so launch the merger of the three organisations DED, GTZ and InWEnt. 7 July 2010 The Federal Cabinet adopts the New efficiency in development policy reform strategy.
3 September 2010 At the Engagement fairbindet event, hosted by BMZ in Bonn, the new logo of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is unveiled. Shown here (left to right): Federal Minister Dirk Niebel, the top management of the three organisations Jrgen Wilhelm (DED), Dr Bernd Eisenbltter (Chairman of the GTZ Managing Directors), Dr Sebastian Paust (InWEnt), Dr Christoph Beier (GTZ), Hans-Joachim Preu (GTZ), Parliamentary State Secretary Gudrun Kopp and State Secretary Hans-Jrgen Beerfeltz.
13 December 2010 The GTZ Supervisory Board appoints the Management Board of the future GIZ. The Board comprises the Chairman of the GTZ Managing Directors, Dr Bernd Eisenbltter (now Chairman of the Management Board), the two GTZ Managing Directors, Dr Christoph Beier and Hans-Joachim Preu, the Chief Executive Director of InWEnt, Dr Sebastian Paust, the Director General of DED, Dr Jrgen Wilhelm, the Head of the Task Force for Implementation Structure Reform at BMZ, Tom Ptz, and Adolf Kloke-Lesch, Director of the GTZ Strategy Centre New Partnerships for Global Development.
16 December 2010 At BMZ, the Chairman of the GTZ Managing Directors, Dr Bernd Eisenbltter, the Director General of DED, Dr Jrgen Wilhelm, and the Chief Executive Director of InWEnt, Dr Sebastian Paust, sign the merger agreement that paves the way for DED, GTZ and InWEnt to merge as the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. On behalf of the shareholder, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Articles of Association are signed by Federal Minister Dirk Niebel and Jrg Asmussen, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance. The merger is now in force. In the words of Federal Minister Niebel, it is A milestone in the history of German development cooperation.
1 January 2011 GIZ starts work.
24 February 2011 At the Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn, and the GIZ auditoriums in Eschborn, State Secretary Hans-Jrgen Beerfeltz introduces the seven members of the Management Board to the workforce.
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Contents
RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC ACTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PAGE 16
FROM THE REGIONS PAGE 20
TOTAL EUR 1,851.5 million

2010 IN FIGURES PAGE 60 CONTEMPORARY IMAGES FROM ASIA ART IN THE ANNUAL REPORT PAGE 64
CONTENTS
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Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH the story so far Message from the Chairman of the Supervisory Board Joining forces to make a difference Foreword by the Management Board Scaling up solutions Responsible economic action sustainable development
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From the regions

ACROSS REGIONS AND AROUND THE WORLD
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Global networks
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
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We can only build on a stable foundation

ASIA
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Making the most of opportunities

LATIN AMERICA
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Caught between progress and the need for development

MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST
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A new dawn
EUROPE, CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA
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Many challenges, many solutions Results Worldwide
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2010 in Figures Contemporary Images from Asia Art in the Annual Report The GIZ company organs GIZ Profile
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TODAY, CUTTING-EDGE DEVELOPMENT POLICY MEANS SHAPING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT. IT IS NOT ABOUT CHARITY, BUT ABOUT INVESTING IN COMMON INTERESTS. IT IS ABOUT DELIVERING JOINT SOLUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD THAT ENABLE OUR PARTNERS TO TAKE CONTROL AND AVOID DEPENDENCY.
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD
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Message from the Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Development policy is about shaping the future our economic, ecological, social and political future. This is why we must develop solutions for our partners that are forward-looking, efficient, effective and sustainable. International cooperation combines core values with German interests and responsibility for global public goods. It creates opportunities and helps people lead self-reliant lives in liberty and peace. The protection of human rights forms the basis of our work. We are currently undergoing a process that will enable us to further increase the effectiveness of German development cooperation. On 1 January, GIZ began work. Its diverse portfolio is presented in this Annual Report. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the companys staff for the excellent work they perform around the world to address major global challenges and achieve tangible improvements in many peoples lives in our partner countries. And I would also like to express my gratitude to them for their constructive input throughout the merger process. The contribution made by both the management and the workforce were crucial in enabling us to implement the reform launched in late 2009 in such a short space of time. Today, cutting-edge development policy means shaping international cooperation for sustainable global development. It is not about charity, but about investing in common interests. It is about delivering joint solutions around the world that enable our partners to take control and avoid dependency. Anyone wishing to promote sustainable development and reduce poverty must concentrate on tackling povertys underlying causes and creating more just structures. The effectiveness of our work is crucially important here.
Hans-Jrgen Beerfeltz
Development cooperation must break out of its comfort zone and find its place at the heart of society. This means bringing all the stakeholders together: governmental and non-governmental organisations, the private sector, and civil society. We want to pursue joint objectives that will make development policy more coherent and bring about sustainable change. To achieve this, political and social reform, broad-based economic growth and capacity development in our partner countries are all essential. This is why we attach special importance to promoting good governance, education and private enterprise. GIZ is an important actor here too. Now with a broader corporate purpose, GIZ can make its expertise an export hit across new segments of the market for international cooperation, while boosting Germanys status as a hub for learning and innovation. GIZ is a flagship for professional international cooperation. With a company that is young yet experienced, we can deliver on the challenges facing us worldwide.
Hans-Jrgen Beerfeltz, Chairman of the Supervisory Board State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
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Joining forces to make a difference Foreword by the Management Board

Together we can achieve a great deal and respond more effectively to pressing global challenges. To make our international engagement more coherent, sustainable and successful, since 1 January 2011 GIZ has brought together under one roof the expertise and long-standing experience of the Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED) gGmbH (German Development Service), the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (German technical cooperation) and InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany.
GIZ unites three experienced organisations in the field of international cooperation that have been driving sustainable development worldwide for decades. With the new company, we can increase our effectiveness by combining our tried and tested instruments and by developing new, innovative services. In developing, emerging and industrialised countries, we operate on all levels with local partners, with the governments of our partner countries, with international organisations, with regional associations and in global networks. International development cooperation can only be called a success when conditions in partner countries improve visibly and measurably. Many countries have already seen a great deal of positive change. The economic power of states such as Brazil, Chile, India and China has now increased so much that in some cases they are financing development activities themselves. These countries are generating a demand for entirely new forms of international cooperation in the fields of education, science, trade and climate change policy, among others.
Managing change
We are therefore continuing to develop our instruments in line with market demand and are also cooperating with the private sector and civil society to further increase the effectiveness of our work. Since the German Government attaches high priority to strengthening economic cooperation and establishing closer ties between development policy and the German private sector, we stepped up our work with the German private sector in 2010. Together with private businesses, we are tapping new markets and further developing existing approaches by scaling up and extending their reach. Our rationale is that without economic development, it is very hard to achieve development of any kind as demonstrated by those states that are now displaying such impressive changes.
Diverse solutions for sustainable development

Some two thirds of our funds come from the budget of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Modern technical cooperation of the kind performed by GIZ in its capacity as a service provider to the German Government enables
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GIZ UNITES THREE EXPERIENCED ORGANISATIONS IN THE FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION THAT HAVE BEEN DRIVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WORLDWIDE FOR DECADES.
Dr Bernd Eisenbltter
societies to manage their own transformation processes through their own efforts. The merger has now made it even easier for us to offer one-stop tailor-made solutions chiefly to our main commissioning party BMZ, but also to other partners and clients. We use opportunities to link up with foreign trade promotion, and cooperate with countries that no longer receive official development assistance. The companys programmes for industrialised countries (involving executive training, for instance) have huge market potential. This is especially true for our business area GIZ International Services, whose activities are financed by third parties such as the European Commission and foreign governments.
biological diversity. Remaining relevant and ensuring our longevity is, however, not just about addressing the issues of the day. It is also founded on business success. And in this respect, 2010 was once again an extremely successful year. Our business volume of around EUR 1.85 billion also gives us reason to remain very optimistic about the future. We will continue to fulfil our contracts to high standards of quality and professionalism in precisely the manner to which our commissioning parties and partners worldwide are accustomed: efficiently, effectively and in a spirit of partnership. The most important actors here are our staff members around the world, to whom I express my sincere gratitude on behalf of the entire Management Board. The merger, the new challenges that it entails and the increased workload all place particularly high demands on personnel. Our workforce is ensuring that we complete the current phase of transition while continuing to carry out our daily work with consummate professionalism. Their commitment, their capacity to perform and their outstanding work are making GIZ strong now and for the future. Dr Bernd Eisenbltter, Chairman of the Management Board
Responsible economic action

We always strive to integrate topical issues into our work, and this year, we have teamed up with KfW Entwicklungsbank for our Spotlight 2011 Responsible economic action sustainable development. Global forecasts indicate that future growth will be concentrated in emerging and developing countries. Therefore, one major challenge for us all will be identifying new ways to support efficient natural resources management and protect nature and
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Gusti Alit Cakra (Indonesia), Golden moon above the city Mixed media on canvas, 2007, 130 x 130 cm, from the GIZ art collection
SCALING UP SOLUTIONS
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Scaling up solutions
Since January 2011 we have been continuing as GIZ what we had long been doing successfully as DED, GTZ und InWEnt: supporting sustainable development worldwide. The purpose of the company as defined in its Articles of Association is to support international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work around the globe. This is not only embodied in the companys name; it is also a corporate strategy. Beyond this, we are also able to implement other international cooperation measures on behalf of the German Government. We are now placing our experience gained in development cooperation on an even broader footing, and making it available to other clients.
In its coalition agreement of October 2009, the German Government resolved to reform the implementing structures of technical cooperation and thus increase the effectiveness of German development policy. The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) subsequently initiated a wide-ranging structural reform of its implementing organisations. The most important part of this reform was the merger of DED, GTZ and InWEnt to form GIZ, which was completed in December 2010 with the signature of the merger agreement. At the same time, changes are also afoot in the wider global context. These include the political developments in North Africa and the Middle East, development cooperation at the EU level and the ongoing shift in economic and political influence caused by the rise of large emerging countries as economic powers and as new actors and donors in international cooperation.
Upholding values and managing change

GIZ is well prepared for these changes. Thanks to its broadly defined purpose, the company is able to respond flexibly to German Government policy, and increasingly to offer its strategies, approaches and experience to emerging and industrialised countries. Our executive training packages are just one example. The new company brings together a broad array of established tools that will now form the basis for new and innovative solutions. As a federal enterprise, our activities are guided by the principles upheld in German society and by German interests. We cooperate at all levels with individuals and institutions, and focus on supporting our partners capacity development so that the results of our work are sustainable. We are now drawing on the experience gained with our main commissioning party, BMZ, in our work for other clients such as the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) and the Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ). This work includes the annual symposiums held as part of the German-Chinese Rule of Law Dialogue that GIZ supports and organises on behalf of BMZ and BMJ. The diverse nature of the commissions we receive from BMZ, such as delivering advisory services on environmental legislation in China, has opened the doors for this form of cooperation.
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Scaling up development cooperation

Our work is about supporting processes of discussion and reform so that our partners are empowered to manage the social, economic, political and ecological challenges their countries face. By transferring and deploying experience and expertise through development programmes, we generate dynamic effects that keep on snowballing. It is therefore becoming increasingly important not only to design solutions for specific problems and tasks, but also to plan activities from the outset such that they can be scaled up and transferred to other situations and challenges. Scaling up involves transferring lessons learned in one context to another context that is larger, or different. We need to systematically press ahead with this process in the coming years. After all, projects can generate much broader results once they have been scaled up.
Cooperating with the private sector

New actors and donors include civil society institutions, and increasingly the private sector. To further expand and develop cooperation with private businesses, GIZ has instituted a new Unit for Private Sector Cooperation. There are already numerous examples of successful partnerships between GIZ and the private sector. These include the cooperation with the Postal Savings Bank of China, which is cofinanced by the Deutsche Postbank. They also include a strategic alliance with Dornier Consulting in the Middle East, plus the many development partnerships with the private sector launched under the develoPPP.de programme the spectrum is already broad. Along with Germanys top business associations GIZ is also a shareholder of the non-profit development organisation sequa. This enables the company to combine the goals of international development cooperation even more effectively with the concerns of the German private sector. On BMZs behalf, and through sequa, GIZ is for instance promoting womens participation in economic activity in North Africa through international forums and by strengthening womens associations. Since 2004, GIZ has been a member of the Global Compact (GC), and upholds the GCs ten principles for responsible corporate governance in business processes and reporting regularly on activities and results. The Global Compact is a UN initiative that offers businesses a platform for dialogue. It also supports them in establishing corporate social and environmental responsibility, and in integrating human rights, labour standards, environmental protection and anti-corruption principles into their actions. Since 2001, GIZ and before it GTZ has been home to the Focal Point of the German Global Compact Network. This involves coordinating the activities of the German section, which has more than 200 members, including leading German industrial companies.
Deploying expertise worldwide

International institutions, national governments, foundations and global businesses make use of GIZs services. Clients such as these are often managed within the business area International Services (GIZ IS). Contracts are placed for instance by the European Commission, the United Nations, countries such as Ethiopia, and development banks. GIZ IS boasts a turnover of around EUR 300 million, orders in hand worth EUR 570 million, and some 400 staff members in Germany and abroad, plus 1,500 national staff members in project countries. GIZ IS is also responsible for the EU-financed Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) instrument. On behalf of the European Commission, GIZ is supporting EU accession candidates and countries neighbouring Europe such as Russia, Albania, and Montenegro, as well as Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia, in harmonising national legislation with EU law. The programmes
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Bold Nomin (Mongolia), Unhand Mixed media on canvas, 2009, 200 x 150 cm, from the GIZ art collection
strength lies in its ability to deliver short-term technical assistance flexibly, for instance in the form of seminars or study trips. GIZ IS also implements numerous contracts as part of the Brussels-based European Network of Implementing Development Agencies (EUNIDA). These projects range from organising election observation missions such as in Chad in 2011, to sustainable natural resource management in Honduras, to supporting parliamentary reform in Georgia. The EU also cofinances German Government projects and programmes which GIZ then implements.
New areas and procedures

One new area is triangular cooperation. Under these arrangements, recipient countries are supported by emerging countries while GIZ, acting as the third partner, contributes expertise in tried and tested solutions and processes that the new donor countries require. One current example involves Ethiopia. There
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Murshida Arzu Alpana (Bangladesh), Water lilies Oil on canvas, 2007, 120 x 100 cm, from the GIZ art collection
GIZ on BMUs behalf is working with Israel in an irrigation and water management programme to support the Ethiopian Government in adapting to the impacts of climate change. We support these complex measures by providing our proven regional expertise, the cutting-edge technical knowledge of our staff and the managerial know-how that we have demonstrated in numerous projects. Other current examples include circular migration (pendulum migration between home and host country), and all kinds of activities linked to the BMU International Climate Initiative and the BMWi Renewable Energies Export Initiative. The BMU International Climate Initiative finances projects for climate change mitigation and adaptation using funds raised from the sale of CO2 emission permits. GIZ not only runs the Secretariat, but also implements many of these projects on behalf of the ministry. The projects involve mitigating emissions and adapting to the impacts of climate change. On behalf of BMWi, GIZ is also implementing the project development programme of the Renewable Energies Export Initiative. This is designed to enable German SMEs in the renewable energies sector to get an early foothold in growth markets in emerging and developing countries. The programme also promotes the development of local private-sector structures in these countries by transferring knowledge and technology.
Developing joint solutions using diverse and innovative tools

GIZ can draw on the broad array of tried and tested instruments and networks of its three predecessor organisations DED, GTZ and InWEnt. It uses these flexibly and innovatively for the benefit of its partners
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Value-based development policy

[] Our world is changing dramatically we notice this every day. So development cooperation cannot stand still. The guiding principle of our development policy remains the same: we aim to contribute to economic, social and political development, and support the progress being made by the various countries of the world. In some cases, there are now big differences in the kind of progress being made by emerging and developing countries. [] When I see how diverse the interests have become today, it is obvious that development policy must also respond. What do I mean by that? First of all I mean that as far as we are concerned the Millennium Development Goals Minister Niebel has already mentioned the Millennium Summit really are goals: reducing poverty, lowering maternal and child mortality, establishing health services and improving educational opportunities. When we consider that more than a billion people still have to make ends meet on less than USD 1.25 a day, we see that in many, many cases it is a question of sheer survival. But tackling extreme poverty head on is not our only imperative. We must also enable development in the truest sense of the word. This also requires us to rethink and ask ourselves how we should go about developing the right options to match the different circumstances in the various countries. We see that some nations have already made very good use of the opportunities for development, or are in the process of doing so. [] The rising economic nations, which we still call emerging economies, are on the one hand beneficiaries of development cooperation, yet on the other hand they are also competitors. Managing this complexity in development cooperation is a rather difficult task, and one that we were not previously accustomed to. [] This is why cooperation with the emerging countries must be very clearly focused, and why in some cases we must set different priorities than those we know from traditional development cooperation. [] Working in development cooperation can involve a high level of risk many people put everything on the line, even their own lives. Afghanistan is one example, but there are many other regions of the world where this also holds true. I would therefore like to offer my sincere thanks to everyone working either here in Germany or abroad to help ensure that all human beings will one day be able to live in dignity, be the people that they are, develop, and follow their path in life. [] Its also important, and I have already touched on this, that value-based foreign policy and value-based development policy go hand in hand [], because we all have a common goal, and we have to achieve this goal together. This is especially important as we pursue our comprehensive security strategy in Afghanistan. I know that within the development community there was and probably still is a fundamentally sceptical attitude to carrying out development work in areas in which military operations are taking place. However, I believe we have seen that without security, development is very difficult. Peace services too can ultimately only operate when regions are accessible and when there is a certain degree of security. [] Ladies and gentlemen, when we speak of dynamic developing countries, then we also need to talk about building very close links between development cooperation and the promotion of this economic dynamism. [] The private sector must feel that this applies to them. Thats why I also consider it a very good thing that GIZ cooperates very closely with the private sector.
On 3 March 2011, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Minister Dirk Niebel came to GIZ in Eschborn. It was the first time in its history that a Federal Chancellor had visited the company. Angela Merkel was interested to find out more about the companys work around the world. Here are some excerpts from her speech.
I was interested to hear today that GIZ is also the implementing organisation for many clients from outside Germany. I believe that in this way we are contributing to more coherent development cooperation, which is very important. []
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and commissioning parties. They include long- and short-term experts, the development workers operating in 48 countries, integrated and returning experts, the Civil Peace Service, alumni networks with more than 300,000 registered members, dialogue and communication platforms such as Global Campus 21, which has just under 71,000 users, and the Development Policy Forum, which has on BMZs behalf been organising top-level informal political dialogue on global issues and international cooperation for 30 years. This forum is designed as a platform for voicing and developing international and German positions on development-policy issues. Another area of innovative activity is political communication. GIZ is supporting the German Government in communicating its development policy in order to consolidate and broaden support for international cooperation within civil society. The German Government is looking to increase civic engagement in development policy concerns. It aims to place international cooperation on a broad footing across society, for instance through the Education meets Development initiative. This initiative is designed to raise public awareness in Germany of the interests and problems shared by people around the world. One contribution to this process was made by Engagement fairbindet gemeinsam fr Entwicklung, a major event organised on BMZs behalf by AgenZ, GIZs agency for market-oriented concepts. On 3 September 2010 civil society actors, members of the business community, politicians, media figures, NGO representatives, celebrities and artists gathered together in the former chancellery garden in Bonn for this huge information event, in order to launch or continue developing joint initiatives. The event will be held every two years to generate fresh ideas on the future orientation of development cooperation.
Guaranteeing results
All our activities focus on achieving demonstrable results this is the key to truly sustainable development. At GIZ we attach major importance to delivering our services transparently, efficiently and meticulously, to suit our partners requirements. Evaluations help us review our work, learn from mistakes and, where necessary, make adjustments. Moreover, by reporting on results we also demonstrate to our clients, partners and the public that we manage the funds entrusted to us responsibly. More than 63 % of the 176 projects and programmes of the then GTZ evaluated over the 2008/2009 period were rated as either good or very good, and around 25 % were satisfactory. The average score was 2.4 (on a scale of 1 to 6, where 1 is the highest score). Though we are pleased with this result, it is not enough. GIZ is a learning organisation, which means we intend to raise the bar and continue increasing the effectiveness and sustainability of our work.
Well prepared for the future

The company is certainly well prepared for the future. In 2010 the volume of business reached a record level of EUR 1,851.5 million, and with our workforce of around 17,300, who combine the expertise of the three predecessor organisations DED, GTZ and InWEnt, we will succeed in forging our experience into innovative new services that meet the needs of our partners around the world. The goal we all share, which is to create opportunities for people and societies to achieve sustainable development, unites our staff at all our locations around the world, and will make it easy for us to merge as GIZ.
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Gusti Alit Cakra (Indonesia), View of the old town Mixed media on canvas, 2007, 100 x 100 cm, from the GIZ art collection
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Responsible economic action sustainable development

How can we work towards a better future? This is the burning question facing delegates at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), to be held next year in Rio de Janeiro twenty years after the first Earth Summit. The green economy is on the agenda an economic model that is intended to give sustainable development new impetus. With their joint spotlight of the year, Responsible economic action sustainable development, GIZ and KfW Entwicklungsbank are already demonstrating how international cooperation is helping to green the economy.
The worlds existing reserves of raw materials, fuels, land and ecosystems together form the basis for economic development. And they are limited. At a global level we are not managing these reserves sustainably enough, and this is having a drastic impact. Climate change, biodiversity loss and dwindling resources are robbing the people in our partner countries of their development prospects. This is why the green economy is becoming an increasingly popular buzzword. It offers an alternative to resourceintensive economic models that damage the environment. It has the potential to get politicians, the business community and civil society to collaborate on developing sustainable markets, thus meeting todays needs without compromising the ability of coming generations to meet theirs using the natural resource base. In a green economy, production, trade and consumption respect environmental and climate-related imperatives. If economic systems are to be geared to the vision of sustainability it is not enough to treat nature merely as an economic factor. Only if the green economy benefits the entire population and helps reduce poverty will it be sustainable. In line with the principles of an ecological and social market economy, GIZ promotes responsible economic action in partner countries, so as to
Images of responsible economic action

It is the job of the photographer to capture an image that opens the eyes of the observer and presents the subject matter in a new light, (Hoang Hai Thinh, workshop participant from Viet Nam). At the start of 2011, GIZ invited photographers from around the globe to capture their interpretation of the spotlight of the year Responsible economic action sustainable development. Bonn Witzenhausen Berlin. A photographic road trip Nine participants from Algeria, China, Germany, Kosovo, India and Viet Nam went on a road trip right across Germany. From Bonn their trip took them to the small Hessian town of Witzenhausen and then on to Berlin. Their true destination though was not a fixed point on a map, but their angle on the spotlight of the year. All the photographers introduced their own perspectives, and the dialogue they engaged in allowed each of them to broaden their horizons. The images that emerged reflect very different aspects of the spotlight of the year, and mirror both the cultural background of the photographers and their individual approach to the subject. For more information see www.giz.de/spotlight
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combine the conservation of natural resources with improved living conditions and social justice, and pave the way for pro-poor growth.
Customised solutions for each individual challenge

Our partners face very different challenges in the process of developing and expanding their economies. Many developing countries, for instance, are still trying to provide their population with universal access to electricity, while the emerging economies already use vast quantities of power for their industry. The vision of a green economy can only become reality if countries succeed in reconciling widely diverging interests. A green economy must bring together the local, regional and global perspectives. This is why we combine overarching advisory strategies with customised approaches; we then translate these into practice in cooperation with the political and business communities, and with civil society. Through dialogue with our partners we develop appropriate solutions that take into account both the short-term interests of people in our partner countries and the need to ensure sustainability. Financial and technical cooperation are dovetailed for maximum effectiveness. In projects that we are implementing in Viet Nam on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), for instance, 100,000 families are working on reafforestation schemes. For every square metre they receive a fixed sum from KfW Entwicklungsbank, which is paid into their green savings account. Parallel to this, GIZ experts are teaching local communities living in the forested areas how to manage the ecosystem sustainably, and how biodiversity can be harnessed for economic purposes and yet preserved.
Sustainability needs innovation and investment

Climate change mitigation is a global concern and a vital pillar on which the green economy is built. Germany is ideally placed to play a pioneering role thanks to its expertise in the use of renewable
Participants of the photographic workshop at the recycling centre in Witzenhausen (at left)
Generation Green photographed by Atdhe Mulla (at right)
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energies. Under the International Climate Initiative of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), we are implementing projects in a total of 27 countries. The German Climate Technology Initiative, which was jointly launched by GIZ and KfW Entwicklungsbank in 2011, is a new and innovative instrument designed to give our partner countries access to sustainable technologies. In other fields too, including transport, agriculture, water and solid waste management, there is a growing demand for innovative solutions. If we are to gear economies to ecological imperatives, however, we are also going to have to invest on a massive scale. At GIZ we use a wide variety of cooperation arrangements with the private sector to foster innovation and investment in our partner countries. We support German businesses in their endeavours to tap new markets and ensure that both sides benefit from cooperation. One such development partnership with the private sector involves our working on behalf of BMZ with the German companies Claas, Lemken, KWS Saat and BASF to promote the use of innovative technologies in Central Asian agriculture. This activity is promoted through the develoPPP.de programme. On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) we are also advising manufacturers of solar and wind power plants on ways of introducing renewable energy use in East Africa and Asia, as well as training local maintenance personnel. For BMZ, we support local businesses in our partner countries. Development partnerships with these companies help make their production operations more sustainable. Today, to give but one example, the Ugandan company Biofresh Ltd. exports its ecologically produced fruit on fair terms, enabling it to pay small farmers five times what they would earn for growing conventional produce.
The political will and a broad social consensus are both essential
The political framework largely determines whether it is possible to harmonise economic and ecological imperatives for the greater good of the entire population. To ensure social development, we advise our partners at all political levels and work with individual population groups, government representatives
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and global institutions to lay the foundations for an ecological and social market economy. Good governance, for instance, is a basic prerequisite for fair negotiations that aim to reconcile divergent economic interests, and take into account both human and environmental requirements, say in the extractive sector. An appropriate legal framework must be in place if we are to ensure that economies are environmentally and socially sound. This is why, on behalf of the European Union, we helped Montenegro, an EU accession candidate, establish a competitive and sustainable market economy. At the same time, we create prospects for society as a whole; working with our partners we hone the environmental awareness of the population and improve the opportunities open to employees. On behalf of BMZ we are helping integrate sustainability strategies into the vocational training systems of various countries, including Egypt and Jordan. Many countries and regions are currently looking at ways to harness the potentials offered by the green economy for their development. They are drawing up their own strategies and positions, and laying the foundations for their economic future. As a service provider in the field of international cooperation, we at GIZ are supporting them in their efforts. Along with our partners, clients and commissioning bodies, we operate within local, national and international alliances to pave the way for environmentally and socially sound development that protects our global climate. We promote economic models that safeguard the quality of life and generate prosperity in our partner countries. For more information see www.giz.de/spotlight
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RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC ACTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THIS YEARS GIZ SPOTLIGHT OF THE YEAR IS REFLECTED IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY WORK IN MANY REGIONS OF THE WORLD. OUR AIM IS ALWAYS TO DEVISE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO A WIDE SPECTRUM OF CHALLENGES, OFTEN OPERATING UNDER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS. AROUND THE GLOBE WE ENDEAVOUR TO SUPPORT VIABLE ENERGY SUPPLIES, CONSERVE NATURAL RESOURCES, CREATE EDUCATIONAL AND INCOME OPPORTUNITIES, REDUCE POVERTY AND FOSTER GOOD GOVERNANCE. WE ALWAYS WORK WITH THE PEOPLE TO DEVELOP VIABLE STRATEGIES IN MORE THAN 130 PARTNER COUNTRIES, WHERE THE SITUATIONS WE ENCOUNTER VARY ENORMOUSLY.
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Since 1964 the International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) has been offering further training programmes for young journalists from developing and emerging states. In March 2010 media experts from Africa, Asia and Europe met in Berlin at the international conference At a tipping point: Community voices create the difference. How mutual journalism innovates the news.
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Global networks
The most urgent problems of our world today do not stop at national borders. Our solutions must therefore be global, which is why GIZ promotes initiatives and cooperation arrangements that transcend national and regional borders. It is also why our predecessor organisation InWEnt attached major importance to alumni and to alumni networks. GIZ itself also establishes networks for sustainable development, including development partnerships with the private sector, schemes to foster civic engagement and collaborative ventures with other international cooperation organisations.
No matter how clean a companys own operations may be, if its suppliers ride roughshod over environmental and social standards, production cannot be termed sustainable. Likewise, one country can set itself incredibly ambitious climate targets, but if other states fail to pull their weight, climate change will continue apace. Many of the problems facing our world are global in nature. Our solutions must be equally global. This is why GIZ is establishing and encouraging supranational and supraregional networks at many levels and in several regions, in order to forge ahead with sustainable development. One example is the Climate Leadership Programme, financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), for executives from emerging economies. It aims to get an international network of managers to develop and support a sustainable climate change mitigation strategy. The training helps managers to see the bigger picture, to work as part of an interdisciplinary body, and to make use of their contacts to slow down climate change. Another network forms the core of the Education for Sustainable Development Programme. In this programme, GIZ is working on behalf of BMZ to help schools and teachers mainstream the concept of sustainable development in teaching. A network of experts operates as a think tank, and is working on an in-service
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Programmes like the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Programme and the Practical Semester Abroad Programme for college students, which GIZ implements on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, give students and young people already in working life the opportunity to gain practical experience abroad. The pictures show participants of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Programme in the USA, and a scholarship holder of the programme for college students during her practical semester in Japan.
training course for teachers. The programme covers Germany, Mexico, India and South Africa and is founded on both international exchange and the development of regional solutions. An executives training programme for managers from 13 European and Asian states including Russia, India, China and Viet Nam encourages participants to learn from one another and establish new contacts. In the 13 years this programme has been running, some 6,300 managers have taken part, 800 of them last year alone. The main focus of the training programme, which is financed by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), is to establish a network of executives that links the home countries of participants and maintains contact with Germany.
Pointing the way forward for business and municipalities

GIZ cooperates closely with the private sector and helps ensure that development and foreign trade activities combine productively, both at the level of business organisations and at the level of individual companies and alliances. Development partnerships with the private sector have proved to have long-term impacts and offer advantages for all parties partner countries, German businesses and international cooperation. For some months now GIZ has also been seconding development cooperation scouts to chambers of commerce and business associations, where they provide one on one advisory services to private companies attempting to establish a foothold on markets in Africa, Asia or Latin America. Many municipalities too have become independent development players and are
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actively involved in international networks. They translate national resolutions and recommendations into practice at local level. Their information and education work fosters awareness that we are part of one world. The Service Agency Communities in One World operates on behalf of BMZ to support cities and municipalities with their international cooperation projects by linking them up across national borders. The Service Agency supports the work of non-governmental organisations by helping them apply for funding. The GIZ regional centres are not only actively involved in developmentpolicy education work, but also maintain contacts with local businesses, implement programmes for the governments of individual German federal states, and arrange internships in private businesses for foreign citizens taking part in further training courses.
Regional alliances are important partners

In partner countries, GIZ sets great store by promoting regional alliances. In Africa, properly operating regional organisations are seen as the key factor in development and in improving living conditions. One of the bodies with which GIZ cooperates is the African Union (AU), which is working to achieve good governance and stability in African states. In South-East Asia GIZ supports the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). One ongoing project involving partners from ASEANs Secretariat aims to improve air quality. Seven ASEAN member states are involved in devising and implementing plans to cut air pollution. A regional training programme is being held parallel to these activities. The Capacity Building for the ASEAN Secretariat Project, which is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, focuses on developing the professional capacities of the staff of ASEANs Jakarta office.
German municipal experts advised South African towns and cities in the run-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup on how to plan infrastructure and logistics, as well as on security issues. They were deployed by the Service Agency Communities in One World on behalf of BMZ.
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weltwrts with GIZ. The BMZs development volunteer service gives young people a chance to gain their first practical experience in the partner countries of German international cooperation. Here a volunteer is shown in a vocational school in Laos.
Keeping alumni in touch

Exchange among graduates of GIZ training programmes is also tremendously valuable, and the company encourages this in many different ways. These include the 75 specialist and regional forums that make up the online platform Global Campus 21, which has already celebrated its tenth anniversary and now has more than 70,700 members. Other options include the GC21 E-Academy, the alumni newsletter that goes out to almost 13,000 subscribers and regional alumni conferences which are held every year. In 2010, for instance, alumni from 10 countries met in Hanoi for the first alumni conference ever held in South-East Asia. The BMZ-funded Managing Global Governance Programme (MGG) welcomed some 180 junior managers from emerging economies to its first alumni conference, which was held in Bonn in 2010. Today they work for ministries, public authorities and political think tanks. The Alumniportal Deutschland (alumni portal Germany) is operated jointly by GIZ and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Goethe-Institut and the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM). At its heart is the online community that allows alumni of courses in Germany to keep in touch and establish new contacts. BMZ finances the portal, which has about 29,000 registered members.
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Specialist and regional alumni networks too are assisted, including the Latin American network RE@L, which brings together specialists and managers from 14 countries. The alumni act as multipliers and thus help ensure the sustainability of further training programmes.
Young people in international cooperation

Through weltwrts, the development volunteer service run by BMZ, GIZ gives young people the opportunity to gain some practical experience in the partner countries of German international cooperation. At the end of 2010 around 820 volunteers were deployed under the weltwrts with GIZ programme. Another focus is the outgoing programmes designed to foster the professional and international competitiveness of German students and young people already in working life. GIZ fosters contacts between Germany and Asia, for instance, with the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation. Since the programme was first launched in 1994, 650 German junior managers have taken part in the programme and undertaken internships in private Asian companies. Freedom of opinion and freedom of the press are essential for democracy and for social and economic development. Qualified journalists have an important part to play in this. Since 1964 the International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) has therefore been offering further training programmes for young journalists from developing countries, emerging economies and transition states, and today focuses strongly on online journalism.
Networks and cooperation arrangements

Networks and alliances are also important for GIZ itself. We are part of networks with other international cooperation organisations, with the academic community, and with political foundations. Since early 2010 GIZ (then GTZ) has been acting president of EUNIDA, the European Network of Implementing Development Agencies. Along with civil society and faith-based development agencies GIZ is also part of the Civil Peace Service (CPS). This programme, financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), endeavours to resolve conflicts and help people deal with their impacts, for instance in post-crisis regions. As a joint operation with the Federal Employment Agency, GIZ manages the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) and its Integrated Experts and Returning Experts Programmes. CIM places German and European experts with employers in partner countries where they work as integrated experts when no suitably qualified candidates are available locally. CIM also helps returning experts, who have studied or worked in Germany and now wish to return to their country of origin, to reintegrate into professional life, provided the position they take up is relevant to development. In its globe-spanning commitment to sustainable development GIZ can rely on the tried and tested cooperation arrangements of its three predecessor organisations. DED, GTZ and InWEnt are now pursuing their joint goals under the same roof.
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On behalf of the Federal Foreign Office GIZ is supporting measures to train judiciary staff in Cte dIvoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa did much to boost both the prestige and the self-esteem of the entire African continent. Africa is poised to take a giant leap forward was the general tenor of reports in the international media. There are grounds to hope that international investor interest in the region will continue to grow. For businesses interested in Africa, GIZ can help open doors and promote sustainable development. GIZ, on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), is involved in more than 100 development partnerships with private sector businesses in sub-Saharan Africa. At the core of these ventures are measures to develop the capacities of local workforces.
For one whole month in mid-2010 Africa was host to the entire world. The FIFA World Cup demonstrated impressively to visitors and television audiences around the globe that an African country can host such a major event. The exuberance and enthusiasm of South Africa struck a chord with millions around the world, and not only with football fans. Africa made the most of the World Cup to improve its image, and the event offered an ideal opportunity to promote development awareness. On behalf of BMZ, GIZs AgenZ set up the Ke Nako Africa (it is time for Africa) initiative for the South African Department of Sport and Recreation. This was designed to help establish contacts between African and European representatives from politics, business, culture and sport. The same goal was pursued by the German municipal experts deployed by the Service Agency Communities in One World in nine South African towns and cities. They advised their South African counterparts on how to plan the infrastructure and logistics for the World Cup, and on security issues. WASH United, the campaign for water, sanitation and hygiene, also tapped into the football fever that swept the continent. In the imaginary sports club, WASH United, a number of football stars including Bastian Schweinsteiger, Arjen Robben and Didier Drogba made a public call to uphold the human right to water and
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Ke Nako Africa it is time for Africa. The exhibition during the World Cup aimed to establish contacts between African and European actors. The then Minister of Sport and Recreation of South Africa Makhenkesi Stofile also dropped in.
sanitation. In eight African countries, this sports-based approach has the support not only of GIZ, acting also on behalf of BMZ, but of more than 100 organisations, from government institutions to local initiatives. This made it possible to link the whole issue of sanitation and hygiene, which is still taboo in many countries, with the positive image of football and its stars, and to campaign for such life-saving practices as hand washing. WASH United has already reached more than 25 million people in Africa. Although the financial crisis has dented economic growth in Africa, the rate of growth was still put at 3.8 % in 2010; in 2009 the figure had dropped to 1.5 %. The United Nations expect this positive trend to continue. Rising school enrolment rates across the region are evidence that a sound foundation is being laid for further progress. There are still a great many challenges, however. The impacts of climate change, for instance, are hitting the region particularly hard, with extreme weather events becoming more frequent. Despite increasing urbanisation, most people in the region still earn their living in agriculture. Regional conflicts too are not only causing human suffering, but also constraining social and economic development.
Alliances for peace and security

This makes the promotion of democracy, good governance, stability and peace a major thrust of German development cooperation in Africa. Because there can be no sustainable development without peace, and because development must build on a sound foundation, GIZ adopts a variety of approaches to foster stability in the region. One of the most important of these involves cooperating with regional and pan-African alliances such as ECOWAS, SADC and the African Union (AU) in projects and programmes funded by BMZ and the Federal Foreign Office. When the AU was founded in 2002 the states of Africa acknowledged their
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full responsibility for democracy, human rights and good governance. Cooperation among the states of Africa offers an opportunity to prevent or defuse conflicts. Working on behalf of BMZ, GIZ advises the AU in projects and programmes to strengthen the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights and the Pan-African Parliament. The NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), which is integrated into the AUs Commission, will in future play a major part in coordinating infrastructure projects. Since 2008 the Police Programme Africa has been helping build police forces in several African countries, on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office, often in cooperation with UN or EU international peacekeeping missions. In a total of nine countries, national police structures are benefiting from training, infrastructure and equipment inputs. Also on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office, GIZ is supporting the African Union Border Programme, under which the border between Mali and Burkina Faso has been marked. Measures like these enable GIZ to help build peace in the region. They are supplemented by activities to train the individuals working in the judiciary in several West African states, and to support reform approaches within the legal system. The support accorded to the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region on behalf of BMZ is another example of a transnational measure. In December 2006 eleven states signed a Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region in East Africa, where civil wars and fragile states are a huge obstacle to economic and social development. Regular meetings at top political level foster cooperation.
Water kiosks in Zambia and other East African states offer safe drinking water at affordable prices. About 300 sales points of this sort have been established with the help of GIZ in Zambia alone. The BMZ-funded water project WAVE offers experts and practitioners from water utilities in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania opportunities for training and dialogue. The aim is to provide local people with easier access to drinking water.
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As part of a triangular cooperation arrangement, Germany and Israel are working with Ethiopia to improve the quality of life of thousands of people living in the Ethiopian highlands. It is envisaged that improved water distribution will increase farmers harvests. This triangular cooperation was the idea of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), and is part of the BMZ-funded German-Ethiopian Sustainable Land Management Programme.
Another area in which GIZ advises partner governments is the reintegration of ex-combatants into civil society. GIZ International Services (GIZ IS) is supporting the South Sudanese Government in reintegrating former soldiers who fought in the civil war. This is intended as another step on the road to lasting peace. Training courses have been devised to provide vocational training and enable ex-combatants to start up their own small businesses. Currently some 3,700 former combatants are involved in courses of this type.
Using raw materials responsibly

Many sub-Saharan countries are rich in valuable minerals and other resources, but this has had little impact on reducing poverty. Experts use the term paradox of plenty to describe the dichotomy between the plentiful natural resources in these countries and the poverty of their populations. This has several causes. Poor governance is one, and this in turn paves the way for conflicts over rights of use which can destabilise entire regions. On behalf of BMZ, GIZ is helping ensure better raw materials governance, for instance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The main aims are to ensure greater transparency, control and responsibility in the use of the raw materials themselves and the revenue they generate. Responsible water management is another major issue in sub-Saharan Africa. GIZ's predecessor organisations (DED, GTZ and InWEnt) worked in East Africa to improve access to drinking water at affordable prices. One measure was the water project WAVE. This BMZ-financed intervention addresses water utilities in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. In 2010 it offered about 550 experts and practitioners further training and dialogue. Since 2007 a total of 2,346 people have benefited from such opportunities provided by GIZs predecessor organisation, InWEnt.
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Prestigious partnership
Work is progressing on establishing a sustainable energy supply system for the sub-Saharan African states. Although Africa offers ideal conditions for solar power, photovoltaic systems are still not considered to be competitive sources of energy in many places. But things are changing. The largest solar plant in subSaharan Africa was recently completed in Nairobi. The headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have now been fitted out with photovoltaic technology. The UNEP building is to be made a shining example of energy efficiency and climate-tolerant technology. The contract went to a German company, Energiebau Solarsysteme GmbH, which carried out the prestigious project in conjunction with other businesses a smoothly functioning symbiosis of foreign trade promotion and development cooperation. On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) and under the Renewable Energies Export Initiative, GIZ helps initiate business partnerships between German and East African companies. In this way, the technology transfer can work successfully for private businesses and for development. To supplement this, under the develoPPP.de programme BMZ is promoting a development partnership with the companies involved. Among other things the partnership involves working with local training institutions to train partners in maintaining and installing photovoltaic systems. German industrys AFRIKA KOMMT initiative addresses young managers from sub-Saharan Africa. It was founded in 2008 by leading German businesses and cooperates with GIZ in order to give young African managers work experience in German companies. It uses a tried and tested tool of international cooperation the International Leadership Training devised by GIZs predecessor organisation InWEnt in 2004.
The region at a glance

In 2010, GIZ supported its partners in sub-Saharan Africa with 593 seconded experts and some 5,600 national personnel. A further 573 development workers and specialists from the Civil Peace Service (CPS) also performed work for sustainable development in many states the length and breadth of the region. The Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) places experts with local employers in partner countries. In 2010 a total of 146 integrated experts were employed in the region, and 88 returning experts were receiving financial, advisory or other services from CIM. At present GIZ is supporting partners in sub-Saharan Africa primarily on behalf of BMZ, but other federal ministries including the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) have also availed themselves of our services. In 2010 almost 11,000 individuals from the region made use of training courses, workshops and other continuing education options offered by our predecessor organisation InWEnt. GIZ IS is implementing projects in Southern Sudan, the Congo, Namibia and South Africa in the fields of rural development, health and infrastructure, to name but a few examples. The most important clients are the World Bank, the European Union and UNDP. GIZ IS currently employs about 15 international, 85 regional and 250 local staff members. Private businesses are involved in more than 100 development partnerships with the private sector. New forms of development cooperation too are attracting great interest in Africa. One example is the triangular cooperation arrangement between Ethiopia, Israel and Germany commissioned by BMU to improve water use in Ethiopia. (Figures as at 31 December 2010)
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Even before the merger, GIZs predecessor organisations operated successfully as a team in an extensive vocational training programme in Viet Nam, which GIZ is implementing on behalf of BMZ. The photo shows a car mechanic in Hung Yen.
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Asia is a continent of contrasts. Remarkable economic growth is juxtaposed with the absolute poverty of 700 million people. International cooperation is thus called on to adopt approaches that are equally diverse. The focuses of cooperation with Asia are environmental protection and conservation of natural resources, poverty reduction, social development and sustainable economic activity. Regional alliances too, such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), are being strengthened because they foster economic development and political stability.
Asia has survived the global financial and economic crisis comparatively unscathed. In fact 2010 was a particularly good year for the region. Gross domestic product rose on average by 9.3 %, and the World Bank expects Asias economy to remain buoyant over the next few years. Economic powerhouses like China and India are driving forces, but Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam also chalked up strong growth rates last year. A rising GDP however is no guarantee of sustainable and socially balanced development. More and more Asian states are coming to realise this. Improvements in social and economic conditions must keep pace with economic development. This is a particular challenge in Asia, which is home to 4.12 billion people, making it the worlds most populous region. It is nevertheless a challenge that the countries of Asia intend to tackle, as indeed they will have to. Today the consequences of climate change, including droughts and flooding, and the ruthless exploitation of natural resources, are already an obstacle to development. Regional alliances such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) are working jointly on solutions to transnational problems. GIZ supports the regional organisations and individual partner countries, helping them gear their economies more to social, economic and environmental sustainability and overcome obstacles to regional integration processes.
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Consumer protection and product safety. On behalf of BMZ, GIZ is advising the Chinese Government on compliance with international standards. Here we see Zhang Huan from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce at a Sino-German training seminar held in Shenzhen.
Conserving the environment, mitigating climate change and managing natural resources sustainably
Climate change mitigation and environmental protection are major priority areas of international cooperation in Asia, especially in the field of low-carbon, climate-friendly business. Adaptation to the impacts of climate change is a further focus. Mongolia, for instance, is facing the huge challenge of ensuring that its resources are put to socially and environmentally sustainable use. The country needs a strategy that will enable it to use its vast reserves to generate sustainable pro-poor growth. This is where the advisory services of the Integrated Raw Materials Initiative come in; GIZ is implementing the initiative in close cooperation with the BGR (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources) and the PTB. The project is jointly financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) and the Federal Foreign Office. BMZ is supporting it to the tune of EUR 3 million. Emerging countries such as China, India and Thailand are facing the problem of ensuring that their meteoric economic growth has as little impact as possible on the global climate. GIZ is helping them under the International Climate Initiative of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). The spectrum of individual projects implemented under the initiative goes from reducing the use of climate-damaging refrigerants and foaming agents to expanding the use of renewables, boosting energy efficiency in industry and buildings and electromobility concepts. Climate policy advisory services delivered at national level are also becoming increasingly important.
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For instance, we are advising the Thai authorities on putting in place a framework for the development of climate-friendly tourism in Thailand. As of 2011 GIZ will be working on behalf of BMWi to implement a programme under the Renewable Energies Export Initiative in six South-East Asian states. This measure involves close cooperation with the private sector and with German chambers of commerce abroad. German companies operating in the renewables sector will be supported in establishing themselves on international markets, and increasingly in South-East Asia. This will foster the use of alternative forms of energy and disseminate the expertise required in emerging economies and developing countries.
Progress for a better quality of life

In Asias emerging markets, the globalisation of the economy also allows consumers to choose from a seemingly unlimited range of goods. In many Asian states, however, consumer protection cannot keep pace. Poor quality products have frequently proved detrimental to consumers health, and in some cases lives have been lost. Recall actions also place a huge burden on the economy. In an effort to get a grip on the problem, GIZ is advising governments and leading national institutions on reforming consumer protection legislation. Within the framework of the Consumer Protection and Product Safety Programme, for instance, we are advising the Chinese Government on ways of aligning its system with international standards. Specialist dialogues are held at ministerial level and further training measures organised for managers. GIZ has also initiated a development partnership with the German toy manufacturer Schleich. Schleich and GIZ aim to introduce a system that will make it possible to trace
Training as a welder. Another facet of the vocational training programme in Viet Nam. To improve the supply of trained workers needed in sectors with growth potential, car mechanics are also being trained in the vocational training programme.
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Establishing vocational training centres in the southern Indian state of Karnataka with the support of GIZ International Services: knowledge and education are the foundation on which sustainable development is built.
the production of childrens toys. With the help of this system and consumer advice and protection, product safety and market transparency are to be improved in the Chinese toy sector. The project was commissioned by BMZ under the develoPPP.de programme. Social standards in the manufacture of consumer goods are also important. In many Asian countries little progress has yet been made in terms of guaranteeing fair wages and working conditions, and stamping out child labour. In a move to improve working conditions on a lasting basis, GIZ is advising governments on behalf of BMZ on the drafting of national legislation, while also helping trading companies and manufacturers with international operations to introduce environmental and social standards. In these measures the focus is on training workforces and introducing management and dialogue tools. In a development partnership with the German company Tchibo, which as well as operating one of the largest coffee shop chains, also sells various other categories of merchandise in Germany and other European countries, GIZ is engaged in improving working conditions in Asian manufacturing companies that supply European businesses. The project targets both the management and the workforce in manufacturing enterprises. It encourages workers to push for good working conditions and to articulate their wishes and their proposed improvements vis vis the management. With the help of local training providers, an awareness of the need for social standards will ultimately be mainstreamed and multiplied. The core aim of the project is to bring about a long-term change in the behaviour patterns of employers and workforces. Together the two sides will draw up strategies to improve working conditions, translate these into practice and monitor compliance with the new standards.
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It all boils down to education

Building and disseminating expertise are central concerns in this project, as in all other GIZ activities. Whether we are looking at training courses to improve energy efficiency in Nepal or establishing vocational training centres in the southern Indian state of Karnataka with the support of GIZ International Services, knowledge and education are the foundation on which sustainable development is built. This is particularly true in Asia, which has a large and very young population. Schooling and vocational training are the key to obtaining a skilled job, which will enable young people to make their own way, but equally will foster the progress of their home countries. In Viet Nam for instance GIZ, on behalf of BMZ, is implementing an extensive vocational training programme, involving not only advisory services for partners in Viet Nam, but also curriculum development, pre- and in-service teacher training, and instruction for young trainees. Even before the merger, the GIZ predecessor organisations were operating successfully as a team in this programme. KfW Entwicklungsbank and the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM), whose integrated experts are employed by partner organisations, are also on board.

In 2010, GIZ supported its partners in Asia with 341 seconded experts and some 2,100 national personnel. A further 207 development workers and specialists from the Civil Peace Service (CPS) were deployed within the region. The CPS is for instance supporting the organisations assisting victims of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) places experts with local employers in partner countries. In 2010 a total of 163 integrated experts were employed in the region, and 207 returning experts were receiving financial or advisory support, or other services from CIM. A total of 12,310 people attended training courses organised by GIZs predecessor organisation InWEnt. The three predecessor organisations (DED, GTZ and InWEnt) have cooperated for many years in a number of projects and programmes in Asia, including programmes to improve vocational training in Viet Nam and decentralisation measures in Indonesia. In Asia too, GIZ cooperates closely with the private sector in order to achieve development goals swiftly, efficiently and cost-effectively. Some 30 % of all development partnerships with the private sector can be found in Asia. On BMZ's behalf, GIZ is also advising India and China on drawing up their own Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies. The main commissioning body of GIZ is the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). We also operate on behalf of other federal ministries. For the Federal Foreign Office we are promoting peace in Sri Lanka by providing vocational training for young people, and on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) we are working in numerous countries under the International Climate Initiative. GIZ International Services has been contracted by clients including the European Commission and individual Asian governments to provide services in Indonesia, the Philippines, Viet Nam, China, Bangladesh and India, particularly in the health, vocational training, administrative reform and renewable energies sectors. In addition, new cooperation partnerships are emerging. One example is the cooperation arrangement with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) to promote womens rights in Cambodia and Bangladesh. One central aspect of our work in Asia is social and environmental development. This is to ensure that it is not only the economies of the region that are making progress but that the peoples quality of life is also improving. (Figures as at 31 December 2010)
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International cooperation with Latin America aims to improve environmental protection and the conservation of natural resources across the region. Joaquim Rodriguez de Souza from Brazil has reconverted his former grazing land into a forest with indigenous tree species such as citrus trees and rubber trees. Alongside BMZ, BMU is the major commissioning body for GIZ in the region, with its tropical forest protection projects.
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2010 saw positive development in Latin America. Stable democratic structures in the region have helped many countries chalk up sound growth. Brazil is now emerging as the economic locomotive of the region. Yet there are problems. Earthquakes in Haiti and Chile have left their mark. Income differentials remain wider than in many other regions of the world. And the unique ecosystems of Latin America, especially the Amazon rainforest, are in danger of being destroyed by increasing commercial exploitation.
The long-term economic policy of many countries in the region helped it weather the global financial and economic crisis fairly well. In particular, the efforts launched in 2004 to cut national debt and increase foreign exchange reserves cushioned the impacts of the crisis and allowed many countries to bounce back rapidly. Despite this good news, development needs persist in the region. Improved environmental protection and conservation of natural resources and the increasing integration of the region into global trade are confronting businesses and governments alike with new challenges. Although poverty and social injustice have declined in recent years, the inequitable distribution of prosperity remains a problem. Together with its local partners GIZ is developing solutions to the economic, social and environmental problems facing Latin America.
Learning from neighbours

In recent years Brazil has leaped from developing country status to become the worlds eighth largest economy. Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Chile too are emerging economies. They have both a political and an economic interest in fostering development in their neighbouring states. On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GIZ is providing support to many of these nations under triangular cooperation arrangements.
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One focus of the programme work that GIZ is conducting on behalf of BMZ in Ecuador is active environmental protection. Members of the womens organisation Sol de Oriente create items from wastepaper and natural fibres. This allows them to earn a living.
The idea is that an emerging economy assists a developing country, offering its practical experience with development processes so as to enable the developing country to also achieve sustainable progress. GIZ provides the methodological and specialist expertise from the field of international cooperation that is needed for successful transfer. Currently, for instance, Brazil is assisting Peru in environmental management and in building the capacities of regulatory authorities in the water sector.
Progress through education

At the end of last year, for 69 days 30 miners were trapped underground in the San Jos Mine in Chile before they were finally rescued. The images of the accident and the spectacular rescue were seen around the world. They bore witness to exceptional human determination and high levels of technical ingenuity. The accident also uncovered the inacceptable conditions that persist in many Chilean mines. The further training programme Becas Chile aims to remedy these. The German side of the programme is being handled by the GIZs Regional Centre in North Rhine-Westphalia, on behalf of the Chilean Ministry of Education. In a one-year training course, which includes a four-month technical internship, specialists and managers from the mining, tourism and IT sectors are given an opportunity to gain new knowledge in Germany. They also acquire managerial skills that will subsequently allow them to launch change processes within their companies. In the long term, Becas Chile is designed to foster the international competitiveness of Chiles economy.
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Fit for the world market

Boosting competitiveness is an important issue throughout the region, because Latin Americas integration into the global economy is progressing apace. The Association Agreement with the European Union and the regional customs union in Central America offer new opportunities for the regions economy. Smaller states in particular are coming under pressure, though, because they have yet to put in place adequate institutional frameworks for capacity development in the fields of trade, innovation and technology. In El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, GIZ is advising those responsible for establishing the structures required, on behalf of BMZ. The sustainable economic development project is organising IT clusters and regional networks, stepping up transnational knowledge transfer and identifying and maximising the opportunities offered by the Association Agreement with the European Union. Over and above this, GIZ is cooperating with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to promote technological innovation in Latin America. An international leadership training course gives young specialists and managers the chance to gain new technical and methodological skills and acquire new practical experience in Germany.
Protecting the environment and conserving natural resources

International cooperation with Latin America aims to improve environmental protection and the conservation of natural resources across the region. One example is Amazonia, which contains the worlds largest contiguous rainforest. This unique ecosystem is home to a vast number of species of flora and fauna. Some 28 % of the planets freshwater reserves can be found here, and the region influences the global climate in no small way. The rainforest has suffered at the hands of loggers, soy bean farmers,
How can the alumni of GIZ further training courses do their bit for integration and regional cooperation in Latin America? This was the key question for the more than 250 participants from 15 Latin American states who attended an alumni conference in October 2010 in Costa Rica.
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A GIZ development worker talks to a community leader from Santa Clara in the Peruvian part of the Amazon basin. Measures there aimed to develop sustainable tourism. Cooperation with the indigenous population plays an important part in our work in Latin America.
palm oil plantations, stock farmers clearing forest to gain new grazing land, and the extractive industry. It is difficult to manage natural resources sustainably. The riparian states still lack a shared vision for the development of the Amazon region for its inhabitants, for commercial purposes and as a natural habitat. On behalf of BMZ and the Government of the Netherlands, GIZ is working with the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) to change this situation and is promoting the development of a transnational policy on natural resources. In the long term environmental protection is to become an integral part of regional planning policy for the Amazon region, and is to reconcile economic interests with the imperatives of conservation. Alumni networks too, such as RE@L, can provide support here, especially when members get together to form recognised interest groups and place environmental issues on the political agenda. Another example can be found in the Mata Atlntica forests on the Atlantic coast in eastern Brazil. This is one of the worlds most important biodiversity hotspots and is a major carbon sink. Settlement and economic development have, however, already destroyed large swathes of the Mata Atlntica. Today, almost 70 % of Brazilians live in this region. Only about one quarter of the area retains its original forest formations. The destruction of the forest is jeopardising even the remaining biodiversity, and is causing the release of CO2 into the atmosphere. It is therefore important to protect and restore natural areas like this. The Mata Atlntica Protection Project, financed by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), which GIZ is implementing in Brazil with KfW Entwicklungsbank, is helping Brazil to comply with the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity and is supporting Brazils national climate change mitigation efforts. Five new protected areas, together accounting for a total of 65,000 hectares, have been established and existing protected areas expanded.
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In Ecuador active environmental protection is taught in the classroom. Young people can train as environmental ambassadors at the Escuela de Liderazgo Ambiental in Tena, inside the Sumaco Biosphere Reserve, which covers about one million hectares. A four-month course teaches them how to manage natural resources sustainably and get involved in environmental-policy decision-making processes. In 2010, 42 young people completed the course. The project is part of the wider support service package for partner organisations in the Biosphere Reserve, which the two predecessor organisations GTZ and DED have been delivering on behalf of BMZ since the year 2000. GIZ fosters initiatives and projects that get the local population involved in protection measures for the reserve. The measures include alternative cocoa farming methods and the sustainable management of timber and water reserves. Another aim is to foster effective governance structures, which make it possible to realise sustainable development processes. The environmental training in Tena is just one example of the many instances where the two predecessor organisations have cooperated successfully. Cooperation between public agencies and the private sector also focuses on ensuring the well-being of the people and the environment. In Nicaragua, for instance, GIZ is implementing the BMZ-financed project Paying for Environmental Services Protecting Natural Water Resources through Afforestation in conjunction with the sugar producer CASUR. In the project area, CASUR had cleared large areas of land so that it could be used as farmland. The forest clearance and the use of chemical pesticides on the new farmland had a negative impact on water quality and reduced the volume of water available. With the local communities and the sugar company, GIZ developed a system for reafforestation work in water catchment areas that was designed to improve water availability, protect water sources, and generate new reserves on a sustainable basis. CASUR, the local communities and banana producers have pledged long-term commitment to this measure. The approach has proved so successful in the project area that it has been transferred to other parts of Nicaragua.

In 2010, GIZ supported its partners in Latin America with 173 seconded experts and some 1,100 national personnel. A further 221 development workers were assigned to the region. Specialists from the Civil Peace Service (CPS) worked in Peru, Bolivia, Guatemala and Nicaragua. The Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) places experts with local employers in partner countries and provides advisory services and reintegration support for experts who have trained or worked in Germany and now wish to return to their home countries. In 2010 a total of 127 integrated experts and 39 returning experts were employed directly in the region. Furthermore, 6,075 people made use of the training courses offered by GIZs predecessor organisation InWEnt. In the region GIZ operates on behalf of a number of different clients and commissioning bodies. Alongside BMZ, these include other federal ministries such as the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), for which GIZ is implementing projects mainly in the field of tropical forest protection and in the energy sector. Through GIZ International Services we are working for national governments and international organisations in Latin America. These include the European Union and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). GIZ is also increasingly cooperating with the private sector in partner countries. One focus of this work is to foster cooperation between countries in the region. (Figures as at 31 December 2010)
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Organic farming in Saudi Arabia. Thomas Dring, GIZ International Services Project Manager, is shown here talking to a farmer. On behalf of the Government of Saudi Arabia, GIZ IS is developing a concept for the further development of organic farming in the Kingdom.
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A new dawn
The Mediterranean and Middle East region is in the throes of political and social transformation. For international cooperation this means continuing and redoubling our efforts to achieve culturally appropriate, pro-poor, social, economic and political development in our partner countries. The tasks ahead are many and varied. Education and training, for instance, must be improved to give young people genuine prospects of escaping the widespread poverty in the region. Water management is key to preventing regional conflicts. Support is needed for democratic reforms that will encourage political participation and allow the people to have a say. And economies and energy supplies must be weaned from their dependence on oil.
The images of people in the Arab world demonstrating openly against their governments and calling for social and political change came as a surprise to the international public. Political observers had been aware for some time that the potential for conflict in Europes neighbouring states was high. Authoritarian leaders, a general lack of opportunities for young people, and economic difficulties, caused primarily by undifferentiated economic structures and low levels of performance and competitiveness in local industry, are fuelling rising discontent among the regions rapidly expanding populations. The hope cherished by many, especially the younger generation, is that political and social change will bring about lasting improvements to their lives. International cooperation is working to help achieve this. In Egypt, for instance, the German Government is providing concrete assistance to encourage the swift establishment of democratic structures and rule-of-law. On behalf of BMZ, GIZ is setting up contact points for democratic opposition groups. The Tahrir Lounge at the Goethe-Institut in Cairo was the first to open its doors on 7 April 2011. Also on behalf of BMZ, GIZ is supporting the reopening of the Ombudsmans Office, which burned down during the unrest. This office gathers complaints lodged by citizens about human rights violations and instances of discrimination and exploitation, and passes them on to the relevant state bodies, who are responsible for investigating the cases and mediating conflicts.
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Federal President Christian Wulff and Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, examine the model of a police station. On behalf of the Federal Foreign Office, GIZ is implementing a programme to strengthen police structures in the Palestinian territories.
Co-determination and democracy, gender equality and conflict avoidance strategies are cross-cutting issues. As such, they are an integral part of all projects and programmes implemented by GIZ in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East, even if they are not always the main focus. In the regional priority areas of water, energy, sustainable economic development and education, one aim is always to prevent conflicts by fostering citizen participation and transparency.
Distributing water equitably and saving energy

The Middle East and North Africa are two of the most arid regions in the world. Together they are home to about six per cent of the worlds population, yet possess only one per cent of global water reserves. Over-exploitation of water resources is causing the groundwater table to drop. Droughts, dilapidated pipelines and inefficient water pumps that use an excessive amount of energy further aggravate the problems. Many countries use water sources that neighbouring states also claim as their own. This brings with it a heightened risk of conflicts. If the countries in the region can agree on a system of efficient water management they will have taken a major step towards defusing or avoiding conflict of this sort. Training courses, dialogues, regional conferences and e-learning services offered and run by GIZ can help here. GIZ is actively involved in the water sector throughout the Middle East. One example is a development partnership with the Water Authority of Jordan and a German water pump manufacturer, which aims to improve energy efficiency in the water sector. The company is providing energy-saving water pumps, which is significantly cutting the water authoritys electricity bills. The authority will continue to pay the
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difference, i.e. the amount saved, to the German company until it has paid for the pumps. In this way both sides benefit from the project, which is being financed by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). The environment also benefits. Thanks to the low-energy pumps, around 1,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions can be avoided every year.
Bottom-up democracy promoting democracy at local level

Urbanisation is progressing apace in the Arab world. Today between 40 and 80 % of the population of these states already live in towns and cities. And the trend continues unbroken. The urban centres are unable to cope with this sudden influx, however, which is making living conditions in many towns and cities very difficult. Urban development measures are needed, and are a good way of supporting decentralisation and giving the population as a whole, particularly women, the chance to have a say. In Egypt, for instance, GIZ is working on behalf of BMZ to implement a development programme co-financed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation targeting poor urban areas and based on citizen participation. Through the regional programme Strengthening Municipal Structures in the Maghreb, GIZ is also supporting an exchange of experience among towns and cities on behalf of BMZ. The exchange focuses on viable, citizen-based urban development. We are also promoting project twinning arrangements with German towns and cities.
Cooperating with Islamic actors

The Programme Office Intercultural Relations with Muslim Countries was opened in 2007 with the aim of involving Islamic actors more closely in international cooperation. Many of the values that are vitally
GIZ is actively involved in the water sector throughout the Middle East. In Lebanon, for instance, water and sewage utilities are to be made more effective and service quality improved. Education projects are immensely important across the region in offering the regions young people real prospects for the future.
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Urban development in Egypt. In a development programme for poor urban areas co-financed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which GIZ is implementing on behalf of BMZ, experts in Egypt are focusing on citizen participation and ensuring that the people, men and women alike, have a say in the running of their country.
important for sustainable development (protecting water resources and respecting the environment, for instance) can also be found in the Quran. This is why GIZ is increasingly focusing on collaboration with Islamic religious leaders in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. These leaders call on people to conserve their natural environment for religious reasons, which makes them credible ambassadors for natural resource management, waste management and equitable water distribution. In Algeria, for instance, in the BMZ-financed Algerian-German Programme for Environmental Management, GIZ developed a manual for Quranic schools that links the stewardship of the creation with practical everyday aspects of environmental protection. The publication was requested by the imams themselves, because they did not have the materials they needed to teach science in Quranic schools.
Economic options
Strengthening the private sector is playing an increasingly important part in ensuring pro-poor development in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East, especially in the wake of the global economic crisis. The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for instance, is increasingly investing in sustainable projects in the agricultural sector, not least in response to the demand for healthy food products among the people of the Kingdom. It has contracted GIZ International Services to produce a concept for the further development of ecological farming in Saudi Arabia. We are also advising the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Agriculture on developing a legal framework for organic farming and on establishing a nationwide association of organic farmers.
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Fostering peace and stability

The unresolved Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the main obstacles to peace and development in the Middle East. Reliable structures that enjoy the trust of the Palestinian people are a fundamental requirement for a properly functioning Palestinian state. On behalf of the Federal Foreign Office, GIZ is thus implementing a programme to strengthen police structures in the Palestinian territories. This involves designing, building and appointing four police stations, as well as implementing capacity development measures at various levels. The aim is to bring the standards of policing in the Palestinian territories up to an international level. Through its Civil Peace Service, GIZs development service is also working on behalf of BMZ to provide psychosocial support for non-violent conflict transformation, as well as providing support for peace education activities. The examples taken here from GIZs work clearly demonstrate that German expertise is very much in demand in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern states. Bilateral and regional cooperation are based on long-standing relations and mutual trust. International cooperation aims to make use of this excellent foundation to achieve rapid results, and foster peaceful development and long-term stability in the region.

In 2010, GIZ supported its partners in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East with 268 seconded experts and some 700 national personnel. A further 61 development workers and specialists from the Civil Peace Service (CPS) were deployed in the region. The Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) places experts with local employers, including bodies within the energy sector in the Middle East. Last year a total of 66 integrated experts and 73 returning experts were employed directly in partner countries. A total of 2,253 specialists and managers took part in training and upgrading courses and attended conferences such as the meeting of the Arab Countries Water Utilities Association. Business associations and German businesses are important partners for GIZ when it comes to improving the conditions for sustainable economic, environmental and social development. We cooperate closely with the German chambers of commerce abroad so as to ensure that economic activities benefit both sides and are in the interests of our partner countries. In this region GIZ operates not only on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), for instance, has commissioned GIZ to support the realisation of the Mediterranean Solar Plan, and we are helping strengthen police structures for the Federal Foreign Office. GIZ International Services also operates in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East on behalf of national and international organisations and individual national governments, in fields including vocational training, renewable energies and water. Bilateral cooperation focuses on water, energy, sustainable economic development and education. The main thrusts of regional programmes include municipal and urban development and good governance. The Programme Office for Intercultural Relations with Islamic Countries is responsible for advising on the design and implementation of projects and programmes to ensure that they harness the cultural diversity of the region and use it to drive development. This raises the acceptance of the measures and the sustainability of results. (Figures as at 31 December 2010)
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Leila Popal, a former CIM expert who was employed by the Afghan export promotion agency, talks here to a carpet producer. The conflicts in Afghanistan have taken their toll on the economy. International cooperation is providing start-up assistance to local businesses. Activities always aim to reduce poverty and improve living conditions.
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Many challenges, many solutions

Together, Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia form a highly diverse region that places a wide range of demands on international cooperation. These range from conflict prevention and climate change mitigation to economic promotion, education, health care and legal advice. The disastrous flooding in Pakistan and the unrest in Kyrgyzstan posed additional challenges in 2010. In the meantime civilian reconstruction in Afghanistan is entering a crucial phase.
A short look at one or two individual countries demonstrates how varied the challenges are. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described the disastrous flooding in Pakistan in mid-2010 as a slow-motion tsunami. More than one and a half million people lost their homes, and the floods wiped out many development successes of recent years. The shock waves from the fall of the Government of Kyrgyzstan at the beginning of 2010 were felt throughout Central Asia. The Western Balkan states meanwhile continued to move closer to the European Union. Young EU member states such as Romania are increasingly accepting their responsibility in international cooperation. Working for long-term solutions, GIZ cooperates with many different clients, commissioning bodies and partners.
Afghanistan handing over responsibility

Since 2002 the GIZ predecessor organisations have been working in Afghanistan, primarily in rural areas, to reduce poverty and improve the living conditions of Afghans. In January 2010, meeting in London, the international community redefined the priorities of civilian reconstruction in Afghanistan. By the end of 2013 the Afghans are to be enabled to assume responsibility for development in their country themselves. GIZ is involved in a large number of capacity development projects at different levels. Most of our commissions in Afghanistan come from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), but we also operate on behalf of other clients including the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg), and numerous international and bilateral donors such as the World Bank and AusAID, the Australian Governments overseas aid programme. GIZ is helping communities realise projects independently at local level. This can involve building bridges, schools or roads, for instance. In Uruzgan Province, GIZ is coordinating the construction of a new road that is to link the towns of Tarin Kowt and Chora. For the first time ever, small farmers in the area will be able to sell their produce at the markets in the towns, raising their income. GIZ International Services (GIZ IS) is implementing the project for the Government of the Netherlands.
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By the end of 2013 the Afghans are to be enabled to assume responsibility for their own national development. Sustainable development is only possible with a well trained workforce, which is why, even before the merger, the three predecessor organisations of GIZ pooled their services in a large-scale education programme.
On behalf of the Federal Foreign Office, GIZ is helping build the Afghan police force. Activities aim to create training facilities for Afghan police officers and to train the security forces to perform their duties effectively. The Afghan police force is also to be given appropriate equipment and infrastructure. Sustainable reconstruction requires a properly trained workforce and not only in the police force. Even before the merger, the three predecessor organisations of GIZ (DED, GTZ and InWEnt) combined their services in a vocational training programme. The Afghan ministries involved received advisory services, development workers supported selected vocational schools, and the service package was rounded off with training courses for school managers, teaching staff and decision-makers in ministries. In Kabul GIZ is supporting the endeavours of the Afghan Government to optimise governance. To this end the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) is placing integrated experts from Germany in key positions, some of them inside Afghan ministries. Thirty-two integrated experts are currently working there. This approach is being supplemented by the activities of the Civil Peace Service, which strengthens German bilateral cooperation, particularly in the fields of education and reconciliation work, as well as developing the capacities of traditional and local conflict resolution mechanisms. To enable it to meet the information needs of the German parliament and the general public, GIZ has devised an innovative tool: the tracking system for Afghanistan. The system records every input made by the German Government in the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan since 2009, and serves as a basis for government-level reporting. It was used, for instance, to prepare the government statement made by Federal Development Minister Dirk Niebel in the German Bundestag in January 2011. The tracking system, originally commissioned by BMZ in 2010, allows data to be continuously collected and analysed.
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Several partners, one goal

Innovative approaches are very much in demand, as is illustrated by the example of triangular cooperation arrangements. This approach involves emerging countries delivering support to developing countries, while GIZ, the third partner on board, contributes its knowledge of tried and tested solutions and processes in international cooperation. This is the expertise that new donors need. One such triangular cooperation arrangement is ongoing in Moldova, where Romania and Germany are helping raise the quality of municipal services in rural areas. A huge amount of modernisation work is needed, especially in the water supply sector. Romania, as an EU member state, is obliged to provide development funding and is familiar with the problems involved from its own experience. Since Romania first started out on its path to EU-accession, it has made massive efforts to improve water supply, sanitation, solid waste management and other local services in its own rural municipalities. This experience can now be made available directly in Moldova through a combined financing arrangement with a GIZ project. After receiving German advisory services delivered on behalf of BMZ, the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, managed to attract several major donors including the EU, the Netherlands, the British DFID, and the Australian Governments overseas aid programme AusAID to jointly finance measures in the education sector. GIZ, which is one of the few organisations to deliver advisory services using its own employees in the province and indeed in Pakistan as a whole, has been contracted, in a measure co-financed by the Netherlands, to establish a pool of long-term advisors for the Ministry of Education of the province, and to advise the provincial government on developing a reform strategy for the vocational training sector.
Ukraine. While representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry of Sport visit the site where a football stadium is being built, an environmentally-friendly complex is going up in Kiev. Ukraine hopes to use EURO 2012 to catch up with its European neighbours. On behalf of the German Government, GIZ is helping the country make itself more attractive for business, conserve natural resources, and develop its tourist sector.
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Management training. On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), GIZ is promoting professional upgrading for managers of small and medium-sized enterprises in Russia, other CIS states and Central Asia. In 2010, for instance, a group of Mongolian mining specialists visited Germany. Since 2006 German managers have also been able to use the programme to establish contacts in Russia.
Promoting industry, generating opportunities

The scholarship programme run by German industry in the Western Balkans is designed to foster exchange. Since 2003 a total of 280 students and young graduates from these states, including Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro, have undertaken internships in 65 German companies. The scheme benefits all stakeholders and the region as a whole. Most alumni go on to get a good job and can pass on in their home countries what they have learned in Germany. German companies can rely on a transnational network of well trained young people in the Western Balkans. GIZ is implementing the programme on behalf of BMZ and in conjunction with the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations and various private companies. The idea of promoting the economy and sustainable development through vocational training is also behind the training for managers which the GIZ predecessor organisation InWEnt has been coordinating since 1991, initially on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office and, since 1998, for the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi). Managers, particularly managers of SMEs in Russia, other CIS states and Central Asia, undertake a period of practical training in German companies so as to develop their managerial skills and initiate economic cooperation. Since 2006 German managers have also been able to use the programme to establish economic contacts in Russia.
Joining forces to power development

One programme which GIZ is implementing in Ukraine focuses on energy efficiency. On behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), we are advising the Ukrainian Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and the Ministry of Construction, Housing
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and Utilities and private investors on the development and construction of low-energy housing. In Kiev a huge residential and office complex is being built, which will use about 50 % less energy than comparable new buildings, and emit up to 80 % less CO2. The project is dovetailed with the transnational BMZ Energy Efficiency in Buildings Programme, and is being implemented in close collaboration with the EU, the World Bank and various projects of the Scandinavian states. Ukraine, which will be hosting the UEFA European Cup in 2012 together with Poland, also faces a number of other challenges. The host countries aim to use this major sporting event, and the investment it brings, to accelerate development and enable them to catch up more rapidly with their European neighbours. Another goal is to polish the image of the Ukraine as a good place to invest and do business, and to promote tourism. On behalf of the German Government, GIZs AgenZ is providing Ukraine with the support it needs to accomplish these tasks. Tajikistan and Uzbekistan too are convinced that tourism can foster sustainable development. On behalf of BMZ, GIZ is advising the governments of these states on developing a sustainable tourism strategy. At local level, development workers are advising village communities, for instance in Zarafshan Valley. At the ITB Berlin, the worlds leading travel trade show, a Tajik project won the TO DO! 2010 Award for socially responsible tourism. A total of five successful projects are already ongoing in the tourist sector of the two states and more are planned.

In 2010, GIZ supported its partners in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia with 423 seconded experts and some 2,650 national personnel. A further 49 development workers and specialists from the Civil Peace Service (CPS) were deployed in the region. The Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) places experts with local employers. In 2010, a total of 191 integrated experts were employed in the region, and 48 returning experts were receiving financial, advisory or other services from CIM. Around 6,000 people in the region attended training and upgrading courses offered by GIZs predecessor organisation InWEnt. For BMZ, GIZ works primarily in the fields of sustainable economic development, good governance, education, health, renewable energies and the environment. Other focuses of cooperation include integration of the countries of South-Eastern Europe into the European Union, and alignment in neighbouring states of the EU. We also operate in the region on behalf of other federal ministries, including the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg) in the fields of conflict prevention, peace building, stabilisation and legal certainty, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) in the field of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) in efforts to clamp down on drug smuggling and in supporting German minorities in the CIS states. GIZ also works for various multilateral and bilateral donor organisations including the World Bank, the Government of the Netherlands and AusAID, the Australian Governments overseas aid programme. GIZ IS is active in the fields of economic promotion, health, environment and modernisation of the state including legal advisory services and public financial management. Cooperation with the private sector is also an important area. Thanks to the geographic proximity of the region, it offers attractive opportunities for German businesses. Private companies are creating jobs in the region and helping transfer knowledge and technology. (Figures as at 31 December 2010)
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Results Worldwide
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cte dIvoire, Ghana, Mozambique: Promoting the competitiveness of African cashew farmers, reducing poverty sustainably1] Results since the beginning of 2009: 5 million dollars of additional income for small farmers; 1,800 new jobs in the processing industry; an additional 5,000 tonnes of raw nuts processed; 900 trainers trained; training measures for more than 100,000 farmers. India: Reforming the microfinance sector2] Results: 88 million people have accessed financial services (savings and microloans) through self-help groups; therefore higher investment in education (+35 %) and health (+34 %); 25 % of members of self-help groups now living above the poverty line.
1] Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2] Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development 3] Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development 4] Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 5] Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
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Peru: Good governance and democratic participation3] Results: 5,452 administrative procedures simplified, shortened or costs reduced; proportion of adults with ID cards raised from 78.8 to 99.3 %; increase of over 340 % in tax revenues in nine municipal tax authorities; duration of criminal pro ceedings reduced from 600 to less than 200 days.
Jordan: Improving the energy efficiency of the countrys largest energy consumer, the Water Authority of Jordan4] Results: Energy consumption at the Bakoria pumping station reduced by 40 %; annual financial savings of over EUR 100,000; annual greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 1,500 tonnes; scaling up thanks to investment by BMZ, KfW and JICA; over the next five years, CO2 emissions will be reduced by 40,000 tonnes and operating costs will be reduced by EUR 15 million a year.
Tajikistan: Sustainable natural resource management in Gorno-Badakhshan; energy efficiency measures, restoration of alluvial forests5] Results: Over 1,900 hectares of forest are being managed by 420 tenants from villages in the region; further erosion prevented; firewood and timber produced locally; new thermal insulation for 250 buildings between 2009 and 2010; firewood savings of up to 60 %.
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2010 in Figures
Volume of business in 2010
GIZs predecessor organisations DED, GTZ and InWEnt can look back on 2010 as a successful business year. The total consolidated volume of business last year was around EUR 1,851.5 million. Income from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) amounted to more than EUR 1,264.5 million, or some 68 % of the total volume. BMZ thus remains the company's main commissioning party (see diagram). Business with German Public Sector Clients also showed a pleasingly positive trend in 2010. The three predecessor organisations achieved a total volume of EUR 179.9 million. EUR 1.3 million of that was accounted for by DED, EUR 150 million by GTZ and EUR 28.6 million by InWEnt. German Public Sector Clients thus contributed just under 10 % of the total volume. The major clients were the Federal Foreign Office (EUR 70.6 million), the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (EUR 34 million), the Federal Ministry of Defence (EUR 19.4 million) and the Federal Ministry of the Interior (EUR 14.3 million). Cofinancing arrangements were worth a total of EUR 149.2 million. This breaks down as EUR 16.2 million for the former DED, EUR 129.3 million for GTZ and EUR 3.7 million for InWEnt. In this mode of financing, foreign governments, multilateral organisations or foundations participate in the financing of projects and programmes that GIZ or in this case its predecessor organisations implements on BMZs behalf. Examples of cofinancing contributions include those made by the Deutsche Postbank and the EU. In Egypt, on behalf of BMZ, GIZ is implementing a development programme for poor urban areas, which is being cofinanced by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Alongside the public-benefit business area, which achieved a figure of EUR 1,593.6 million, the business secured by International Services also represents a significant proportion of the total. It achieved a share of just under 15 % of the total volume of business of the three organisations, or EUR 272.4 million. In 2010 Inter-
Volume of business 2010

InWEnt (EUR 146.0 million) 7.8 % DED (EUR 158.3 million) 8.5 % GTZ (EUR 1,561.7 million) 83.7 % International Services (EUR 272.4 million) 14.6 %
8.0 % Cofinancing (EUR 149.2 million)
TOTAL EUR 1,851.5 million*
9.6 % German Public Sector Clients (EUR 179.9 million)
TOTAL EUR 1,851.5 million*
67.8 % BMZ (EUR 1,264.5 million)

* EUR 1,866 million minus EUR 14.5 million to adjust for consolidation. The figures reflect the data of the three predecessor organisations DED, GTZ and InWEnt, as at 31 December 2010.
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national Services once again achieved a positive operating result. Last year contracts awarded by national governments made up the largest share of the total result (45.2 %), with major contributions coming from Ethiopia (around EUR 74.5 million) and Saudi Arabia (around EUR 37.8 million). The EU accounted for 27.5 % of the total result, while the figure for bilateral donors reached 13.3 %. In the year under review International Services won major contracts from the Government of Saudi Arabia for a study of water resources, and from the World Health Organization (WHO), among others. The figures break down by predecessor organisation as follows. As at 31 December 2010, DED showed a business volume of EUR 158.3 million. The figure for GTZ on the same date was EUR 1,561.7, while InWEnt recorded EUR 146 million. Subtracting a figure of EUR 14.5 million to adjust for consolidation, we obtain a sum total of EUR 1,851.5 million. The figures were consolidated in order to offset business transactions between the predecessor organisations as at 31 December 2010. Without this
adjustment, some transactions between the various segments of the company would have appeared more than once. The healthy order books in 2010 meant that the predecessor organisation GTZ, for instance, was able to place contracts for consulting services worth around EUR 386.36 million. This included the placement of 8,346 contracts in Germany. These contracts were distributed among consulting companies (to the tune of around EUR 231.4 million), consulting institutions (around EUR 95.77 million) and appraisers (around EUR 59.19 million).
Forecast for the development of business volume in 2011

For fiscal 2011 we currently anticipate a business volume (income from public-benefit business plus the total result for International Services) of around EUR 1,918 million. This represents an increase of around EUR 66 million on the previous years figure for the consolidated volume of business of the three predecessor organisations (+ 3.6 %).
Income from German Public Sector Clients, in EUR million

Federal Foreign Office Federal Ministry of Finance Federal Ministry of Defence Federal Ministry of the Interior Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Federal Ministry of Health Federal Ministry of Education and Research Other Total 70.6 1.9 19.4 14.3 34.0 12.8 0.4 3.9 5.7 16.9 179.9
International Services, total business volume by financier 2010

Bilateral donors (EUR 36.12 million) 13.3 % UN organisations (EUR17.64 million) 6.5 % 6.6 % International financial institutions and funds (EUR 18.1 million) 0.6 % Private sector (EUR 1.56 million) Other (EUR 1.02 million) 0.4 %
TOTAL EUR 272.39 million*
45.2 % National governments (EUR 123.08 million)

Ethiopia: EUR 74.51 mill. (27.4 %) Saudi Arabia: EUR 37.79 mill. (13.9 %) United Arab Emirates: EUR 3.54 mill. (1.3 %) Kuwait: EUR 1.33 mill. (0.5 %) Other: EUR 5.92 mill. (2.1 %)
27.5 % EU (EUR 74.87 million)

* Figures rounded
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In the public-benefit business area the company expects a moderate growth in income compared to the previous year (+ EUR 10 million). For GIZ International Services, we are currently forecasting a growth in the total result of around 15 % on the previous years figure (an increase of about EUR 42 million). In other words we are forecasting a total result of some EUR 314 million for 2011. We will achieve this increase in performance mainly by implementing large contracts.
experts in partner organisations as well as 693 Integrated Experts and 455 Returning Experts from CIM. On 31 December 2010, 821 young people were actively engaged in partner countries under the weltwrts with GIZ development volunteer programme.
Training of junior employees

The workforces of the three predecessor organisations on 31 December 2010 also included numerous trainees. Through its predecessor organisations, GIZ has a tradition of helping young people begin their professional careers and making a contribution to their training. In 2010 there were a total of 140 trainees, 94 of whom were at GTZ, 31 at InWEnt and 15 at DED. Among the most popular offerings were courses for clerical officers, which 46 individuals chose (10 of them at DED, 26 at GTZ and 10 at InWEnt), and those for business administrators held in collaboration with the Mannheim academy, which attracted 33 participants (GTZ only).
Personnel
On 31 December 2010, GIZs three predecessor organisations were employing a total of around 17,300 staff. Some 70 % of these were national personnel from partner countries. The total figure breaks down as follows. DED was employing 283 staff, InWEnt 875 and GTZ 3,884. Some 12,250 national personnel were also being employed locally by the three predecessor organisations. In addition, GIZ placed and/or fully or partially financed 1,111 development workers, 698 local
GIZ personnel1)
GIZ payroll staff In the field In Germany Trainees National personnel Number 1,821 3,081 140 12,254 Placed/financed by GIZ Integrated Experts (CIM) Returning Experts (CIM) Local experts in partner programmes Volunteers in the weltwrts programme Number 693 455 Working worldwide Development workers Number 1,111
698
1)
The figures for field staff, staff in Germany, trainees and national personnel represent the combined totals for GIZs three predecessor organisations, as at 31 December 2010.
821
2010 IN FIGURES
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GIZ staff members1) 2)

In the field 637 Women 35 % 1,184 Men 65 %
Training 20101)
In 2010 GIZs three predecessor organisations employed a total of 140 trainees. Training course Clerical officer Clerical officer Bachelor of Business Admin. (university of applied sciences) Business administrator Mannheim academy Business administrator Frankfurt academy Office communication specialist IT specialist for systems integration IT specialist for application development IT officer Personnel services officer Specialist for media and information services PR trainee Events officer Total Number 41 5 33 17 24 3 2 1 2 6 3 3 140
TOTAL 1,821
In Germany
66.2 % 2,041 Women 33.8 % 1,040 Men
TOTAL 3,081
2)
Not including trainees or national personnel
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Contemporary Images from Asia Art in the Annual Report
Gusti Alit Cakra

1964: born in Tabanan, Bali. 1992: graduated with a degree in art from the Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta. Won an award for best abstract work at the Indofood Art Awards 2003. He lives and works as a freelance artist in Yogyakarta.
Art is an important medium for intercultural exchange. It arouses mutual interest between cultures and allows a dialogue to unfold. A large art exhibition has been held in Eschborn every year since 1996. Until 2010 it was organised by GTZ; in 2011 it is being organised for the first time by GIZ. The exhibitions showcase contemporary paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures. All the works are created by artists from GIZ partner countries. These exhibitions not only enable visitors to experience countries and regions through the eyes of the artists; they also provide an opportunity for the artists to unveil their works to an audience outside their respective home countries. GIZ is continuously extending its art collection by purchasing works from the exhibitions. Today, the collection includes more than 100 pictures plus a number of sculptures from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
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Murshida Arzu Alpana

1961: born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1988: Master of Fine Arts, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India. 2006: awarded the title of best female artist in Bangladesh. She lives and works as a freelance artist in Berlin and Dhaka.
Bold Nomin
1982: born in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. 2005: graduated with a degree in art from Ulan Bator University. Since 2003 Bold Nomin has had her works shown at major special exhibitions in Mongolia. She lives and works as a freelance artist in Ulan Bator.
In 2010 the exhibition focused on contemporary art from Asia. On show were works by 14 artists from China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal and Mongolia. The pictures featured an enormous range of techniques and themes: nature, culture, politics and economics, and past and present were all reflected in the works. The show provided visitors with insights into the art scenes in the countries concerned, and prompted a few interesting comparisons. The present Annual Report shows four of the images from Asia. The two pictures by Gusti Alit Cakra provide an unusual view of the old buildings in his home city of Yogyakarta. Water lilies: Murshida Arzu Alpana presents impressions of nature in her home country of Bangladesh. Through her painting the young artist Bold Nomin illustrates the theme of The human being as a puppet of the state.
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The GIZ company organs

SUPERVISORY BOARD
Shareholder Representatives Hans-Jrgen Beerfeltz (Chairman) State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Jrg Asmussen State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Finance Lothar Binding Member of the German Federal Parliament Viktor Elbling German Federal Foreign Office Dr Hans-Joachim Henckel German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology Priska Hinz Member of the German Federal Parliament Volkmar Klein Member of the German Federal Parliament Dr h. c. Jrgen Koppelin Member of the German Federal Parliament Representatives of the Workforce Thomas Kalkert (Deputy Chairman) Chairman of the local staff council, Eschborn Christiane Kalle GIZ, Eschborn Dr Stephan Krall GIZ, Eschborn Peter Pfaumann GIZ, Peru Cornelia Richter GIZ, Eschborn Jan Peter Schemmel GIZ, Mexico Thomas Schenk Unified Service Sector Union (ver.di), Frankfurt am Main Daniela Suttner Unified Service Sector Union (ver.di), Frankfurt am Main
MANAGEMENT BOARD
Members of the Management Board (from left to right): Dr Hans-Joachim Preu, Dr Sebastian Paust, Dr Jrgen Wilhelm, Dr Bernd Eisenbltter (Chairman of the Management Board), Dr Christoph Beier, Adolf Kloke-Lesch, Tom Ptz
THE GIZ COMPANY ORGANS
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ORGANS OF THE PREDECESSOR ORGANISATIONS
(as at 31 December 2010)
Here is an overview of the members of the Administrative Council of the Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED), and the Supervisory Boards of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH and InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany.
DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FR TECHNISCHE ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GTZ) GmbH Shareholder Representatives Jrg Asmussen State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Finance Hans-Jrgen Beerfeltz (Chairman) State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Lothar Binding Member of the German Federal Parliament (as from 25 February 2010) Alexander Bonde Member of the German Federal Parliament (up to 25 February 2010) Jochen Borchert Member of the German Federal Parliament (up to 25 February 2010) Viktor Elbling German Federal Foreign Office (as from 8 September 2010) Rdiger Freiherr von Fritsch German Federal Foreign Office (up to 27 July 2010) Dr Hans-Joachim Henckel German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology Priska Hinz Member of the German Federal Parliament (as from 25 February 2010) Iris Hoffmann Member of the German Federal Parliament (up to 25 February 2010) Volkmar Klein Member of the German Federal Parliament (as from 25 February 2010) Dr h. c. Jrgen Koppelin Member of the German Federal Parliament Representatives of the Workforce Thomas Kalkert (Deputy Chairman) Chairperson of the GTZ staff council, Eschborn Christiane Kalle GTZ, Eschborn Dr Stephan Krall GTZ, Eschborn Peter Pfaumann GTZ, Peru Cornelia Richter GTZ, Eschborn Jan Peter Schemmel GTZ, Mexico (as from 15 August 2010) Thomas Schenk Unified Service Sector Union (ver.di), Frankfurt am Main Daniela Spies GTZ, Ethiopia (up to 15 August 2010) Daniela Suttner Unified Service Sector Union (ver.di), Frankfurt am Main DEUTSCHER ENTWICKLUNGSDIENST (DED) gGmbH Dr Karl Addicks Member of the German Federal Parliament (up to 15 March 2010) Dr Wolf Bauer Member of the German Federal Parliament (up to 15 March 2010) Hans-Jrgen Beerfeltz (Deputy Chairman) State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Dr Konrad von Bonin Church Development Service (EED) (up to 15 March 2010) Dr Werner Bruns German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (up to 22 June 2010) Helga Daub Member of the German Federal Parliament (as from 15 March 2010) Dr Rudolf Ficker Church Development Service (EED) (as from 15 March 2010) Dr Kambiz Ghawami World University Service Rdiger Heidebrecht Development workers representative Renate Hornung-Draus Confederation of German Employers Associations (BDA) (as from 22 June 2010) Anette Hbinger Member of the German Federal Parliament (as from 15 March 2010) Harald Klein German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (as from 22 June 2010) Dr Susanne Nonnen (Deputy Chairwoman) Senior Expert Service (SES) Christiane Oermann Representative of the DED full-time workforce Dr Sascha Raabe Member of the German Federal Parliament Jrn Rosenberg German Federal Foreign Office (as from 30 August 2010) Dr Uwe Runge (Chairman) Former president of the consistory of the Protestant church in Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz (up to 28 March 2010) Professor Siegmar Schmidt University of Koblenz-Landau Bruno Schuckert Development workers' representative Erich Stather Former State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (up to 15 March 2010) Michael Steeb Association for Development Cooperation (AGEH) Hans-Christian Strbele Member of the German Federal Parliament Gerhard Thiedemann German Federal Foreign Office (up to 30 August 2010) Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth INWENT CAPACITY BUILDING INTERNATIONAL, GERMANY gGmbH Representatives of the shareholder the Federal Republic of Germany (the Federal Government) Hans-Jrgen Beerfeltz (Chairman) State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Viktor Elbling German Federal Foreign Office (as from 1 September 2010) Rdiger Freiherr von Fritsch German Federal Foreign Office (up to 1 July 2010) Kornelia Haugg German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Dr Hans-Joachim Henckel German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology Representatives of the shareholder the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) Dr Reinhild Otte Ministry for Culture, Youth and Sport, Baden-Wrttemberg (up to 31 May 2010) Wolfram Schhl (First Deputy Chairman) Bavarian Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests (as from 1 June 2010) Representative of the shareholder the Carl Duisberg Society (CDG) Jochen Vo (Second Deputy Chairman) Chairman of the Management Board of the Carl Duisberg Society and Chairman of the Management Board of the Christian Democratic Workers' Union of North RhineWestphalia (CDA NRW) Representatives of the workforce of InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany Hans-Jrgen Kawalun InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany Martina Mller-Norouzi InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany Michael Schwartzkopff InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany
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GIZ Profile
Broad-based expertise for sustainable development under one roof
Working efficiently, effectively and in a spirit of partnership, we support people and societies worldwide in creating sustainable living conditions and building better futures. The services delivered by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH draw on a wealth of regional and technical competence and tried and tested management expertise. Since 1 January 2011, GIZ has brought together under one roof the capacities and long-standing experience of three organisations: the Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED) gGmbH (German Development Service), the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (German technical cooperation) and InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany. As a federal enterprise, we support the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. We are also engaged in international education work around the globe.
Developing solutions
GIZ operates in many fields: economic development and employment promotion; governance and democracy; security, reconstruction, peacebuilding and civil conflict transformation; food security, health and basic education; and environmental protection, resource conservation and climate change mitigation. We also support our partners with management and logistical services, and act as an intermediary, balancing diverse interests in sensitive contexts. In crises, we carry out refugee and emergency aid programmes. As part of our services, we also second development workers to partner countries. Through programmes for integrated and returning experts, we place managers and specialist personnel in key positions in partner countries. We also promote networking and dialogue among actors in international cooperation. Capacity development for partner-country experts is a major component of our services, and we offer our programme participants diverse opportunities to benefit from the contacts they have made. We also give young people a chance to gain professional experience around the world exchange programmes for young professionals lay the foundations for successful careers in national and international markets.
Making development effective

We offer demand-driven, tailor-made and effective services for sustainable development. To ensure the participation of all stakeholders, we apply a holistic approach based on the values and principles upheld in German society. This is how we facilitate change and empower people to take ownership of their own sustainable development processes. In doing this, we are always guided by the concept of sustainable development, and take account of political, economic, social and ecological factors. We support our partners at local, regional, national and international level in designing strategies and meeting their policy goals.
Who we work for

Most of our work is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. GIZ also operates on behalf of other German ministries including the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, the Federal Ministry of Defence, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as well as German federal states and municipalities, and public and private sector clients in Germany and abroad. These include the governments of other countries, the European Commission, the
United Nations and the World Bank. We work closely with the private sector and promote synergies between the development and foreign trade sectors. Our considerable experience with networks in partner countries and in Germany is a key factor for successful international cooperation, not only in the business, research and cultural spheres, but also in civil society.
Published by: Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 40, 53113 Bonn, Germany Telephone: +49 228 44 60-0, Fax: +49 228 44 60-17 66 Dag-Hammarskjld-Weg 15, 65760 Eschborn, Germany Telephone: +49 61 96 79-0, Fax: +49 61 96 79-11 15 Email: info@giz.de, Internet: www.giz.de Responsible: Dorothee Hutter, Director GIZ Corporate Communications Concept and project management: Marion Frank, Daniele Lovens, Dr Felix Sommer Text and editing: Stefanie Klein, Dr Felix Sommer (GIZ), muehlhausmoers kommunikation Editorial contributions: Wolf Berdel, Adelheid Schultze Design and production: Claudia Becker, Kerstin Nauth Artistic consultant: Dr Petra Skiba, Frankfurt Translation: John Cochrane, Lynne Jagau and GIZ Language Services Layout: Iris Christmann, Christian Mentzel, Wiesbaden Litho: Andreas Gro, Frankfurt Printed by: Metzgerdruck, Obrigheim Printed on: cover cardboard: Arctic Volume 300 g/m2, certified to FSC standards Inside: Arctic Volume 115 g/m2, certified to FSC standards Maps: The maps are for information purposes only and do not constitute recognition under international law of boundaries and territories. GIZ does not guarantee in any way the current status, accuracy or completeness of the maps. All liability for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly out of their use is excluded. Copy deadline: June 2011 ISSN 1430-9645
The company at a glance

GIZ operates in more than 130 countries worldwide. In Germany, we maintain a presence in nearly all the federal states. Our registered offices are in Bonn and Eschborn. GIZ has more than 17,000 staff members across the globe some 70 % of whom are employed locally as national personnel. In addition, GIZ places or finances around 1,110 development workers, 700 integrated experts, 455 returning experts and 820 weltwrts volunteers. With a business volume of around EUR 1.85 billion, GIZ is well placed to meet the challenges of tomorrow. (Figures as at 31 December 2010)
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Ukraine G Serbia G Croatia G Belgium G

Bosnia and Herzegovina G Kosovo G Montenegro G Macedonia G Albania G Turkey G

Colombia G Ecuador G Brazil G Peru G

Bolivia G Chile G Paraguay G

G Russian Federation G Georgia G Azerbaijan

G Uzbekistan G Afghanistan G Kyrgyzstan G Pakistan

G Tajikistan G Japan G Mongolia G China G India

G Palestinian territories G Jordan

G Saudi Arabia G Yemen

G United Arab Emirates

G Kenya G Uganda G Rwanda G Burundi G Tanzania G Malawi

3,081 1,821 12,254 140

693 455 698 821

GIZ THE STORY SO FAR

Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH the story so far

1 January 2011 GIZ starts work.

RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC ACTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PAGE 16

FROM THE REGIONS PAGE 20

TOTAL EUR 1,851.5 million

From the regions

We can only build on a stable foundation

Making the most of opportunities

Caught between progress and the need for development

Many challenges, many solutions Results Worldwide

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD

Message from the Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Joining forces to make a difference Foreword by the Management Board

Diverse solutions for sustainable development

FOREWORD BY THE MANAGEMENT BOARD

Responsible economic action

Upholding values and managing change

Scaling up development cooperation

Cooperating with the private sector

Deploying expertise worldwide

New areas and procedures

Developing joint solutions using diverse and innovative tools

Value-based development policy

Well prepared for the future

Responsible economic action sustainable development

Images of responsible economic action

RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC ACTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Customised solutions for each individual challenge

Sustainability needs innovation and investment

Generation Green photographed by Atdhe Mulla (at right)

RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC ACTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Untitled, photographed by Andy Spyra (left hand page)

Energy photographed by Christophe Gateau (right hand page)

From the regions

FROM THE REGIONS

ACROSS REGIONS AND AROUND THE WORLD

We can only build on a stable foundation

Making the most of opportunities

Caught between progress and the need for development

Many challenges, many solutions

ACROSS REGIONS AND AROUND THE WORLD

Pointing the way forward for business and municipalities

ACROSS REGIONS AND AROUND THE WORLD

Regional alliances are important partners

Keeping alumni in touch

ACROSS REGIONS AND AROUND THE WORLD

Young people in international cooperation