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>> GTZ at a Glance
2008 in EUR million
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Turnover
Changes on previous year in %
1,224.0
1,447.0
+ 18.2
– of which public-benefit sector
985.0
1,141.3
+ 15.9
– of which GTZ International Services
239.0
305.7
+ 27.9
1,554.0
1,695.3
+ 9.1
1,161.0
1,448.6
+ 24.8
393.0
246.7
- 37.2
2,887.1
3,040.1
+ 5.3
2,180.7
2,407.9
+ 10.4
– of which GTZ International Services
706.4
632.2
- 10.5
Personnel
Number of persons 2008*
Number of persons 2009*
Changes on previous year in %
New contracts – of which public-benefit sector – of which GTZ International Services
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2009 in EUR million
Contracts in hand – of which public-benefit sector
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Public-benefit sector in Germany
1,571
1,709
+ 8.8
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Public-benefit sector abroad
1,058
1,313
+ 24.1
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GTZ International Services in Germany
124
121
- 2.4
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GTZ International Services abroad
333
318
- 4.5
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National personnel in partner countries
9,913
11,224
+ 13.2
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Integrated Experts (CIM)**
767
751
- 2.1
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Returning Experts (CIM)**
* all figures as at 31 December ** under contract to local employers in partner countries
324
>> GTZ worldwide La Paz, Bolivia
GTZ Head Office, Eschborn, Germany
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GTZ Berlin, Germany
14 Asunción, Paraguay
GTZ Bonn, Germany
15
GTZ Brussels, Belgium
16 Dakar, Senegal
Brasília, Brazil
31 Yaoundé, Cameroon
48 Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
66 Baku, Azerbaijan
83 Vientiane, Laos
32 Zagreb, Croatia
49 Juba, Southern Sudan
67 Sana'a, Yemen
84 Phnom Penh, Cambodia
33 Luanda, Angola
50 Cairo, Egypt
68 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
85 Hanoi, Viet Nam
34 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
51 Harare, Zimbabwe
69 Antananarivo, Madagascar
86 Jakarta, Indonesia
70 Abu Dhabi,
87 Beijing, PR China
17
Nouakchott, Mauritania
35 N'Djaména, Chad
52 Ankara, Turkey
GTZ local presence
18
Conakry, Guinea
36 Windhoek, Namibia
53 Kiev, Ukraine
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Mexico City, Mexico
19
Freetown, Sierra Leone
37 Belgrade, Serbia
54 Al-Bireh, Palestinian territories
71 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2
Guatemala City, Guatemala
20 Rabat, Morocco
38 Podgorica, Montenegro
55 Kampala, Uganda
72 Kabul, Afghanistan
United Arab Emirates
3
San Salvador, El Salvador
21 Bamako, Mali
39 Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. Congo
56 Lilongwe, Malawi
73 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
4
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
22 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
40 Pristina, Kosovo
57 Maputo, Mozambique
74 Islamabad, Pakistan
88 Manila, Philippines
GTZ Representation Berlin GTZ local presence
5
Managua, Nicaragua
23 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
41 Tirana, Albania
58 Moscow, Russian Federation
75 Astana, Kazakhstan
GTZ local presence in German
6
San José, Costa Rica
24 Accra, Ghana
42 Skopje, Former Yugoslav
59 Damascus, Syria
76 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Development Cooperation Houses
7
Quito, Ecuador
25 Algiers, Algeria
60 Amman, Jordan
77 New Delhi, India
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Lima, Peru
26 Lomé, Togo
43 Bucharest, Romania
61 Nairobi, Kenya
78 Colombo, Sri Lanka
GTZ local presence shared with other
9
Bogotá, Colombia
implementing organisations
Republic of Macedonia
27 Cotonou, Benin
44 Sofia, Bulgaria
62 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
79 Kathmandu, Nepal
10 Pétionville, Haiti
28 Niamey, Niger
45 Lusaka, Zambia
63 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
80 Dhaka, Bangladesh
11 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
29 Abuja, Nigeria
46 Kigali, Rwanda
64 Tbilisi, Georgia
81 Ulan Bator, Mongolia
12 Santiago, Chile
30 Tunis, Tunisia
47 Bujumbura, Burundi
65 Yerevan, Armenia
82 Bangkok, Thailand
GTZ Head Office, Eschborn near Frankfurt am Main
GTZ Representation Bonn
GTZ Representation Brussels, Belgium
GTZ Office, Amman, Jordan
GTZ Office, German House, Niamey, Niger
GTZ Office, San Salvador, El Salvador
GTZ Office, German House, Vientiane, Laos
GTZ Office, German House, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Turnover Fiscal 2009 was yet another eminently successful year for
18 % in relation to the previous year’s figure, reaching EUR 1.447 billion. GTZ. Total turnover rose by more than
New Contracts A glance at the order books underscores the positive development of business. In 2009 GTZ received new contracts worth just under
EUR 1.7 billion, while the value of contracts in hand climbed above the EUR 3 billion mark.
GTZ Personnel The positive development in business is also reflected in the personnel figures. On 31 December 2009, GTZ was employing
14,685 staff – 1,686
more than on the same date one year
earlier. The company was also employing 88 trainees (as compared with 70 in 2008), who were each learning one of six professions.
Integrated and Returning Experts (CIM) The Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM), a joint operation of GTZ and the Federal Employment Agency, places experts with local employers in partner countries, and provides them with various support services as well as topping-up payments to supplement their local salaries. As 2009 drew to a close CIM was supporting a total of
751 Integrated Experts and 324 Returning Ex-
perts. Since last year GTZ has also been responsible for managing the Returning Experts Programme. Returning Experts are individuals from developing, emerging or transition countries who live and work in Germany, or have completed professional training here. If they wish to return to their home countries in order to put their expertise to good use in a development setting, CIM supports them.
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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
The demand for raw materials and the reform efforts undertaken by many countries have led to continued economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. Political and social change are bearing fruit. Nonetheless, complex challenges remain.
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ASIA
Asia’s awe-inspiring diversity is a rich source of potential for reducing poverty and overcoming challenges such as climate change. Our Asian partners are working to harmonise economic growth with environmentally sound natural resource management.
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L AT I N A M E R I C A
The overarching objective in Latin America is to make development in the region sustainable. In order to preserve biological and cultural diversity, international cooperation is also increasingly pursuing crossborder approaches.
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MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST
Countries here are focusing increasingly on sustainable economic development – not least in order to maintain and augment their international competitiveness. A wide range of activities, in the energy and education sectors for instance, are helping them achieve this goal.
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EUROPE, CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA
Establishing democratic structures and dismantling trade barriers as EU accession comes within reach are two of the many and varied challenges facing the region. To address these challenges international cooperation is employing highly diverse forms of bilateral and regional cooperation.
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01 GTZ at a Glance 05 Message from the Chair of the Supervisory Board 06 Well placed for change Report by the Managing Directors
08 Managing for Development Results – a Factor for Success
16 Diversity – Driver for Development 20 > S U B - S A H A R A N A F R I C A
Promoting Self-determined Development
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Fortified for the Future
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AMERICA
Diversity for the Whole Region
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AND MIDDLE EAST
Making Economic Development Sustainable
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CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA
Cooperation in Many Forms
60 2009 in Figures 66 GTZ Highlights 2009 68 Art in the Annual Report Organisation Chart
>> ‘In a
globalised world,
anyone wishing to help shape the
future
for the benefit of present and future generations must adopt an
internationally active, visible and effective role.’
>> Message from the Chair of the Supervisory Board Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz
> Today, the global community faces numerous challenges that can no longer be successfully tackled by individual nations going it alone. More than ever before, Germany too is challenged to embark on new paths. It is therefore our intention to give German development policy a profile that combines interests, values, liberty and responsibility even more convincingly. This will also involve development policy making better use of the vigour of the private sector – while at the same time creating fresh opportunities for German companies. GTZ’s flexible range of services, its all-round expertise in development partnerships with the private sector and its good business contacts provide a wealth of opportunity for linking development cooperation even more closely with foreign trade promotion. The ultimate beneficiaries will be people both in partner countries and in Germany. We also intend to increase the effectiveness and raise the profile of Germany’s engagement. Afghanistan is one good example of this. Our reconstruction and development work in the north of the country have brought an unprecedented level of progress. This shows that civilian and military activities must be dovetailed even more effectively as a matter of general principle – and that the path to achieving this will entail a stronger emphasis on civilian solutions. Where German soldiers are helping maintain security in Afghanistan, what is needed are intensive development measures to improve people’s life situation perceptibly, and demonstrate clearly to them the meaningfulness of the international engagement. This is where GTZ performs excellent work. Wherever German organisations operate, the joint work should win people’s hearts. In short, in a globalised world, anyone wishing to help shape the future for the benefit of present and future generations must adopt an internationally active, visible and effective role. To achieve this we are in the process of increasing the overall impact of German development cooperation, and reconfiguring and raising the effectiveness of bilateral technical cooperation by merging GTZ, Inwent and the German Development Service (DED). I would like to thank GTZ expressly for its highly constructive support of this complex process. My heartfelt thanks also go to GTZ staff for their outstanding personal commitment last year. I look forward to continued cooperation.
Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz, Chair of the Supervisory Board State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
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>> Well placed for change Report by the Managing Directors For GTZ, 2009 was both a resounding success and rather eventful. The change of government towards the end of the year brought with it a shift in the political context of our work, which of course entails new challenges. The fact that the resulting opportunities significantly outweigh all other aspects, thanks to GTZ’s foresight and scrupulous preparation in the years prior to the election, is confirmed by a brief glance at the coalition agreement.
> The German Government’s international engagement in areas such as rural development, education and health laid out in the agreement opens many avenues for GTZ and its expertise. The coalition’s aim of strengthening bilateral development cooperation so that it clearly reflects German values and interests and projects them abroad also provides an excellent foundation for our work. In project countries we cooperate directly with our partners. On the ground, this automatically lends a high profile to the engagement of our clients – and especially the commitment of the German Government.
Cooperation with the private sector The coalition agreement also emphasises the reciprocal relationship between development cooperation and foreign trade promotion. For decades, GTZ has maintained a presence in many countries that offer interesting opportunities for the German private sector, and has excellent networks there. Under the Renewable Energies Export Initiative, the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology for instance has commissioned us to support German companies as they move into East African markets. At the same time, chiefly on behalf of the Federal Development Ministry (BMZ), we are supporting governments in over 70 countries in creating reliable frameworks, such as transparent administrative structures and procedures. In the
first instance these benefit the local population and local companies. Secondly, they are often a basic prerequisite for any involvement of the German business community. The fact that GTZ has a flair for linking opportunities for German companies with inputs for sustainable partner country development is also demonstrated by our longstanding experience with public-private partnerships. On behalf of the Federal Development Ministry, we have worked with private companies on more than 1,200 PPPs in over 70 countries since 1999. Further prospects were also created by GTZ’s decision last year to acquire a stake in sequa gGmbH. As a partner to German industry, sequa implements development projects worldwide that promote the social market economy and vocational education.
Positive business development Whether with respect to the private sector or to other priority areas, our aim is always to help sustainably improve the lives of people in partner countries. We help them take charge of their own development. Our service portfolio has a great deal to offer our clients, as can be clearly seen from the development of our business. In 2009 GTZ achieved a turnover of around EUR 1.45 billion – 18.2 % or EUR 223 million higher than the previous year’s total. The volume of new contracts received – just under EUR 1.7 bil-
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GTZ’s Managing Directors (left to right): Dr Hans-Joachim Preuß, Dr Bernd Eisenblätter, Dr Christoph Beier
lion (9.1 % up on the previous year’s figure) – also confirms that our services are more highly in demand than ever before. This is the case both nationally with BMZ and other federal ministries, and internationally with new clients such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. So GTZ is very well placed to seize new opportunities. At the same time it is conscientiously embracing the challenges that go along with them – such as the merging of the technical cooperation institutions stipulated in the coalition agreement. For us it was clear from the outset that we would help carry this process forward constructively, in a spirit of partnership, and with a focus on results, while keeping the process socially sound. As a matter of general principle we consider it very important to maintain close cooperation with international partners and other German organisations. This is reflected in the choice of our Spotlight of the Year ‘Diversity – Driver for Development’, which in 2010 we are pursuing jointly with KfW Entwicklungsbank.
Dr Bernd Eisenblätter (Chairman)
Award recognises our social responsibility What the business figures already impressively demonstrate is also confirmed by our standing in various external ranking systems. GTZ enjoys an excellent reputation. The survey of graduates conducted by the German economic journal manager magazin and the trendence Institute, for instance, now lists GTZ as one of the top 50 companies for the first time. Based on the views of 19,000 students, we were also conferred the ‘image award for a high degree of social responsibility’ by the Universum consultancy. And we can also be happy with the response from within our own workforce. In 2009 over 80 % of our staff confirmed that they enjoyed working for GTZ, and were highly satisfied with the company as an employer. This pleases us all the more, because GTZ’s enormous success is only possible thanks to the commitment and outstanding performance of our staff. We would like to express our most sincere thanks to them.
Dr Christoph Beier
Dr Hans-Joachim Preuß
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>> Managing for Development Results – a Factor for Success Listening, asking the right questions, agreeing on verifiable objectives: services enterprises that know how to strike the right note at the right time and place have a key competitive advantage. Accompanied by a keen understanding of client needs, these skills are prerequisite to the successful progress of complex projects – and are the bottom line for long-term customer relations based on satisfaction. Moreover, the constructive and objectives-oriented dialogue that GTZ pursues with its clients benefits in important ways from the company’s operative experience. Since 1975, we have been deploying and customising our diverse expertise to achieve results that sustainably improve people’s lives in partner countries.
> Trivial though it may sound, it is essential for a consultancy enterprise working in international cooperation (IC) to serve different interests and objectives. Together with the clients and partners involved it must prioritise these interests and goals, and harmonise them optimally and effectively for all stakeholders. GTZ’s routine agility in switching between the roles of consultant and facilitator as required while maintaining the requisite empathy is attested not least by the growing number of its clients. Alongside our main commissioning party the Federal Development Ministry (BMZ), for years now an ever increasing number of German and foreign clients, private enterprises and institutions such as the United Nations have been placing their trust in GTZ’s many years of expertise.
Supplying expertise that is the perfect fit In the future, BMZ for instance intends to focus even more strongly on the priority areas of education, health, rural development and good governance. Climate protection, civilian-military cooperation and a more systematic linking of development policy with economic cooperation will also play an increasingly important role. Regardless of the issue, commissioning party or client involved, we always conduct close dialogue in a spirit of trust in order to identify the optimal mix of instruments from our comprehensive service portfolio. We then deliver a made-to-measure package designed to help achieve the particular objectives of the client. The client benefits from the combination of GTZ’s proven sectoral and methodological expertise gained through its local presence in numerous partner countries, in many cases over decades. Anyone wishing to achieve sustainable results based on reliable planning in partner countries will very much appreciate our knowledge of what is feasible in the given circumstances, and our network of essential contacts. This is confirmed not least by the volume of new contracts we received from BMZ, which in 2009 topped EUR 1 billion.
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German Public Sector Clients – on course for growth The development of our business with other German federal ministries documents the fact that GTZ’s tailored services do indeed deliver the perfect fit. In 2009, for instance, we received new contracts in this business sector worth over EUR 260 million, which was more than fifteen per cent of the total volume of new contracts received. As a federally-owned enterprise we can be contracted by any federal ministry or its downstream agencies, any state ministry or any municipality – which is a direct and uncomplicated way for these clients to team up with a reliable partner for their international activities. Our main clients in this business sector are the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Environment Ministry (BMU). On behalf of the Federal Foreign Office we are, for instance, involved in helping comprehensively develop efficient and effective police force structures in sub-Saharan African countries. On behalf of BMU we are implementing numerous programmes and projects under the International Climate Initiative, to give but one example. These involve emission reduction, adaptation to the impacts of climate change, and the protection of biological diversity. We also make an overall contribution toward raising the profile and transparency of German activities abroad.
GTZ International Services: focus on client needs Through our business sector GTZ International Services (GTZ IS) we also operate on behalf of international clients. Apart from the European Commission, development banks and the United Nations,
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MARIA MUTAGAMBA
‘Technical cooperation between Uganda and Germany has a long and successful history, and I remember well GTZ’s celebrations five
30th anniversary in Uganda. Since then we have achieved a great many new objectives together. I am pleased that we in Uganda have the privilege to implement the development cooperation arrangements of our two governments with GTZ as our partner.’ years ago to mark its
Minister of Water and Environment, Uganda
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MARIO GERMÁN IGUARÁN ARANA Former Colombian Attorney General, now Colombia’s Ambassador to Egypt
‘It was not only as the attorney general of Colombia that I experienced the valuable
support provided by Germany, and especially by
GTZ – as a former GTZ staff member I was also able to be part of it myself.
The project to support the peace process in Colombia made a major contribution toward peace-building, truth-finding and reconciliation in the country. A nice gesture of acknowledgement for us was the visit made by Chancellor Angela Merkel, who not only met the president, but also the attorney general’s office. That really boosted our motivation for our further work.’
>>> foreign governments and enterprises with international operations often draw on GTZ’s long-standing expertise. GTZ IS delivers made-to-measure solutions to its various clients, particularly in the fields of vocational training, renewable energies, water, health, good governance, and comprehensive capacity development support for construction programme management. Geared to individual client needs, the cooperation agenda encompasses professional consultancy, training, procurement services and fund management. The fact that this often necessitates combining different fields and service components is clearly illustrated by the example of Côte d’Ivoire. To help stabilise the peace process on the ground, the EU and World Bank have decided to support the socioeconomic reintegration of young people and excombatants who fought in the civil war – and to rely on GTZ’s expertise. The project links partner capacity development support, the construction of training centres and logistical services with practical training for the young people. Since 2009 around 4,800 participants have undergone project training measures, where they have learned about the principles of civilian coexistence, or acquired basic literacy and numeracy skills. Anyone wishing to implement a small project has been able to participate in bookkeeping and management courses. The project also offers artisanal training programmes, and supports participants in generating income through agriculture or animal husbandry. A further focus is post-training support of the participants during their reintegration into working life. Through this project, GTZ has helped a total of more than 11,000 young people and ex-combatants to establish a new livelihood.
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Capacity development for sustainable progress There are situations – for instance following natural disasters or armed conflicts – where the first pressing priority is to get direct help to the people affected as rapidly as possible. Nevertheless, even when delivering such emergency aid, we take care to lay the foundations for more sustainable activities. We are convinced that our services can only deliver the results our clients expect and our partners need in the long run if we help design the measures together with all the relevant stakeholders with a view to sustainability from the outset. The core of our corporate identity is therefore the GTZ ‘concept of sustainable development'. This concept states clearly and logically that of all the options available, the path supported by our core competence of capacity development is the most likely to deliver the best and most sustainable results to improve people’s lives in developing countries. This means enabling individuals, organisations and societies to manage their own development processes – so that they achieve their own objectives on a lasting basis. GTZ supports the processes of searching, negotiating and learning that this entails. It does so in a manner that is country-aligned, and is carefully designed to effectively satisfy client expectations and partner needs.
CIM – placements with local employers to meet their needs Over the years, as we have delivered our capacity development support and tailored our service packages to the needs of our clients, the CIM expert programmes have proved their worth a thousand times over, thanks to their flexibility. The Centre for International Migration and Development is the human resources provider for German development cooperation, and is financed mainly by the Federal Development Ministry. Established in 1980, this joint operation of GTZ and the Federal Employment Agency supports local employers in over 70 countries, helping them fill vacancies with
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DR PETER ENGELEN
protect biological diversity, all sections of society need to be pulling in the same direction. GTZ has been cooperating closely with various national and international partners for years. It also manages to build a bridge between politics and business, which enables it to launch sustainable initiatives.’ ‘To
Member of the Executive Board of TUI AG
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PROFESSOR NORBERT LAMMERT President of the German Bundestag
social and economic development there is no hope for democracy and peace in the world. Conversely, though, without a minimum degree of resilient ‘Without the prospect of
political structures there is no prospect of economic and social development. Consequently, in addition to economic, social and ecological approaches, sustainable development needs projects
parliamentary structures as a key aspect of any strategy for democratisation. In GTZ , the German Bundestag has
that promote
good governance
and the development of
a reliable partner in this field that operates worldwide. When visiting partner countries, members
meaningful and difficult task is being performed by GTZ staff members with great professionalism.’
of the Bundestag have many opportunities to see for themselves that this
>>> professionals and managers from Germany and other European countries who meet their precise needs. The experts placed by CIM are integrated into the local structures on the basis of a local contract of employment and jointly agreed objectives. CIM supports the experts by providing various services along with topping-up payments to supplement their local salary. More than 700 Integrated Experts are currently active worldwide, transferring their expertise to their local employers in assignments lasting two to six years. Every year, CIM also assists more than 300 individuals from developing, emerging and transition countries who live and work in Germany or who have undergone education or training here. If they wish to return to their countries of origin and put their expertise to good use there in a development context, CIM supports them under the Returning Experts Programme. A large proportion of these Integrated and Returning Experts work in economic promotion. They impart to companies in partner countries the specialist knowledge needed there on all kinds of economic issues, help develop a marketable range of services, and facilitate contacts to German business partners. CIM experts are employed, for instance, by the association for the promotion of German-Bosnian economic relations, and by the German business association in Albania. In Afghanistan an expert placed by CIM is employed as an advisor to the Afghan President on mining and energy issues – while another CIM expert is conducting macroeconomic analyses and advising the Economics Minister.
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CIM and PPPs: a strong team for the economy Since 1997 CIM has also been cooperating with the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) and the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce Abroad. CIM is currently assisting almost 30 Integrated Experts in chambers abroad and bilateral business associations, focusing on SME promotion, environmental management, vocational training and export promotion. These experts thus make a significant contribution toward local economic development, and to economic cooperation between their respective countries of assignment and Germany. Moreover, CIM regularly cooperates directly with German companies. One expert placed by CIM is coordinating vocational training at the Daimler-Benz Automotive Technology Training Centre in China; another is employed by SLV Duisburg as an instructor in Egypt. In these initiatives, the interests of the private sector in Germany and the objectives of the German Government complement each other to particularly good effect.
develoPPP.de: competitions of ideas Public-private partnerships (PPPs) for development bring numerous benefits for both sides – which is why they also have a long tradition at GTZ. On behalf of BMZ we have been initiating PPPs since 1999, with consistently good results. Together with private partners, by 2009 we had implemented more than 1,200 projects in over 70 countries worth a total of EUR 409.3 million. For each euro contributed by German development cooperation, around EUR 1.7 was contributed by the private
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cooperating sucMinister of Education and Science, cessfully for 20 years. GTZ is one of our most Albania important partners when it comes to putting Albanian-German development cooperation projects into practice. In the last five years we have succeeded together in improving vocational training in Albania, and thus also in furthering our country’s sustainable economic development. I have every confidence in GTZ, and I am already looking forward to cooperating with GTZ in the future.’ ‘Albania and Germany have been
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Chinese Government, the Postal Savings Bank of China is building a broad microPostal Savings Bank of China finance network across the country, and in so doing is supporting the reform of the rural finance sector. The rural population and rural enterprises are profiting greatly from the microcredits. In this project GTZ has proved a reliable partner delivering valuable advice. We are pleased by this constructive cooperation conducted in a spirit of trust.’ Governor of the
‘In response to the wishes of the
>>> sector. The measures covered the entire spectrum of our areas of activity. The most common ones on the agenda were sustainable economic development (36 %), environment (21 %) and agriculture (10 %). The anniversary year of this form of cooperation saw the launch of the second generation of the PPP programme. Under the title develoPPP.de, the programme organises ideas competitions designed to carefully steer the attention of the private sector toward those sectors where there is both a particular need for development cooperation to act, and where there are special opportunities for business. The topics selected change every year – last year, for instance, GTZ held competitions in the fields of energy efficiency and health. Together with the companies that emerge from the competitions successfully, we then plan, finance and realise appropriate PPP measures. The private sector partners involved benefit from GTZ’s contacts, experience and global network of experts. At the same time they help achieve developmentpolicy objectives. The involvement of Europe’s private sector is of major importance for economic, ecological and social progress in partner countries. Companies create jobs, generate income, transfer technical and managerial expertise, introduce new environmentally- and climate-friendly technologies, and pay taxes. They play a key role in building global value chains extending from producers in developing countries to consumers in Germany.
Cofinancing: more broad-based results for development cooperation expertise Foreign governments, multilateral organisations and foundations regularly act as cofinanciers of projects implemented by GTZ on BMZ’s behalf, and thus help the projects in question generate even more broad-based results. The Directorate-General for International Cooperation of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for instance, is cofinancing the Energising Development partnership, which since 2005 has given more than five million people access to modern, sustainable and affordable energy services. The partnership is currently supporting 20 projects in 17 countries. The key focus is in Africa, where 13 projects are located. Further projects are in Asia and Latin America.
Alliances and cooperation arrangements: pure knowledge exchange In the course of our activities around the world over many years, we have acquired a comprehensive understanding of sustainable development processes. To share this expertise with as many partners as possible and thus further develop it, we are relying increasingly on cooperation arrangements and alliances. We work successfully with the other implementing organisations of German development cooperation (KfW Entwicklungsbank, the German Development Service, and Inwent – Capacity Building International, Germany), as well as with universities, church-based aid organisations and the private sector. We also cooperate particularly closely with Germany’s political foundations, and are involved in an international network of research institutions and universities. Furthermore, we actively exchange information with other bilateral donors, UN organisations and the EU, with which we jointly implement numerous cooperation measures.
Multiple perspectives, stronger innovative capacity Constructive cooperation with our many and varied clients, and our special cooperative relationships with universities and research institutions, political foundations and private-sector partners, keep us constantly on the move and challenge us in positive ways. We are always required to keep our knowledge, and the services we base on it, up-to-date and ‘compatible’ with the specific demands of our clients. This is because viable solutions for political, economic and social development must be made to measure. As we tailor our solutions to meet these requirements, we always aim to find the right blend of proven methods and situation-specific fine tuning, management for sustainable results, innovation and economic efficiency. Finally, our internationally renowned knowledge management system, the regular evaluation of projects and programmes on the ground, and GTZ’s understanding of corporate management and leadership combine to give this mix the robust impact required to support our clients’ international engagement, today and in the future. < For further information please visit: www.gtz.de
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>> Diversity – Driver for Development More than anything else, diversity means choice: between various political ideas, different economic strategies and alternative lifestyles. Managing diversity is important in our work, because in our partner countries it is not only the process of encounter between people with different experiences and backgrounds that we have to deal with, but also the meeting of different interests, values and visions. If development is to be made sustainable, everyone involved needs to make their contribution. The Spotlight of the Year ‘Diversity – Driver for Development’, which this year GTZ is for the first time sharing with KfW Entwicklungsbank, reflects the value of diversity for international cooperation. > Harnessing diversity as a productive source of development is one of our key tasks, because development means change. For innovation to occur there must be an open exchange of different ideas and concepts. We understand diversity management to mean dealing responsibly with complexity and differences. We help our project partners identify the options, before selecting the solution that best fits the situation in hand. Flexibility and a willingness to learn from mistakes are a part of our daily work. In all this we always aim to enable people to take control of their own lives and drive their development processes independently. The key is to acknowledge and utilise differences in order to trigger development within individuals and societies, and devise joint responses to pressing global issues such as climate change.
Diversity drives development The larger the stock of options, ideas and forms available, the greater the potential for innovation becomes. Different cultural values and traditions can lead to a process of productive competition, just like species abundance in nature, pluralism in the political and social spheres, or the wealth of theories, methods and technologies available in science. Competition between social systems is like music: as dissonances and counterpoints are resolved in harmonies, interesting results emerge.
PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR DIVERSE JOB OPPORTUNITIES
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This diversity is a characteristic feature of international cooperation in which at least two, and often more, countries work together. We see the momentum resulting from differences as vital for sustainable development, and encourage our partners to preserve diversity, nurture it, and utilise it according to their needs.
>> The larger the stock of options, ideas and forms available, the greater the potential for innovation becomes. << Diversity calls for management and coordination, because each further alternative adds to the degree of complexity, making it increasingly difficult to retain an overview of the options and weigh up the consequences of decisions. More and more, partner countries are faced with the problem of how to incorporate divergent interests and needs into social, economic and political change processes constructively so as to build a viable consensus for all. Where this fails, friction or conflict may easily result, or the wealth of options may be lost in randomness. In an increasingly complex world, professional planning and implementation is essential to identify and institutionalise the best solutions.
We create enabling frameworks for diversity In its capacity as an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development, GTZ has been making its expertise available for more than three decades in projects and programmes commissioned by the German Government, as well as by international and national clients. We support our partners in institutionalising pluralist approaches within political, economic and social structures. We are, for instance, advising regional economic communities such as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) on how to help their member countries find new markets for their products and gain a foothold there. We are supporting governments, regions and municipalities in involving all sections of the population in political decision-making
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At the Technical Trainers College (TTC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabian students acquire the teaching skills and extensive practical experience that will enable them to teach vocational school students subjects such as information technology and electrical engineering. On behalf of and in collaboration with the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC), GTZ International Services (GTZ IS) has designed a modern programme of study. In the running of the TTC, GTZ IS is responsible among other things for the methodology and content of the curricula, personnel issues and administration. Picture at right: GTZ IS Project Manager Traugott Schoefthaler with his Saudi Arabian colleague Mohammed Alsharekh at the TTC management team meeting.
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>> Our interest in diversity is always driven by a concern for people and their living conditions, and the struggle to identify perspectives they can share. << The inclusion of as many groups as possible is a prerequisite for the broad social ownership of development measures. This principle of participation and cooperation corresponds to the model of a social, ecological and sustainable market economy, which we firmly believe to be the most conducive framework for joint work leading to sustainable results. Diversity in action means engaging with our partnersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ideas and with the local circumstances on the basis of our own values â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for instance where we intend to help protect natural resources and preserve local knowledge. In rural regions, for example, we promote traditional cropping methods for native plant species, and together with all the relevant stakeholders develop fair revenue models for regional products such as special cocoa varieties in South America or wild herbs in Georgia.
Safeguarding sustainability through appropriate diversity management GTZ operates worldwide in a variety of cultures that have their own traditions and values, which we always incorporate in our work. Rather than deliver ready-made packages to our partners, together with them we develop appropriate solutions that meet their needs. This is how measures and innovations evolve that are effective, socially accepted and therefore sustainable. To harness the productive potential of cultural differences we implement numerous education projects to strengthen trans-
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cultural knowledge exchange. One example of this is a bicultural degree course in integrated environmental management in Egypt. Diversity can also lead to conflict, however. When highly disparate population groups live at very close quarters – as a result of refugee movements, migration or urban growth – poor access to public services and social exclusion tend to cause friction. Together with our partners we put measures in place to offset these pressures. In Nepal, for instance, we are working together with the Ministry of Local Development and KfW Entwicklungsbank to improve people’s living conditions in urban areas. Here, people from very different social and cultural backgrounds rub shoulders. The activities to optimise infrastructure, and thus improve people’s chances of securing a livelihood, are helping create equality of opportunity.
Only in diversity does international cooperation unfold its full potential Diversity – just like development – is not an end in itself. Our interest in diversity is always driven by a concern for people and their living conditions, and the struggle to identify perspectives they can share. GTZ possesses a diverse array of methods and instruments that enable it to respond flexibly to different requirements, as the situation demands. Yet only when our expertise and our partners’ experience are mutually complementary can the results of our joint work be lasting. We cooperate with individuals and organisations at the local, national and international levels. This collaboration can only function sustainably if all those involved are able to make their strengths and interests part of the process. Our guiding vision is sustainable development. To help realise that vision we require strong partnerships, cooperation arrangements and alliances in which all concerned understand diversity as a driver for development, and utilise it accordingly. < For further information please visit: www.gtz.de/spotlight
In September 2009 the TTC opened its doors to the first 150 students. By 2012 the capacity is expected to rise to a maximum of 2,000 students. The close linking of theory and practice, and the TTC’s cooperation with numerous international partners, guarantee that the training of technical instructors will respond to future demand. In addition to imparting manual skills such as welding and soldering, the international team of instructors also raises students’ awareness of sustainable business practices, and sensitises them to the need to treat people who hold different views and values with respect. Picture at centre: Raimund Sobetzko, head of the training department at the TTC, chairs a staff meeting.
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Sustainable growth needs an efficient and effective
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The strong demand for raw materials plus the reform efforts undertaken by the countries themselves have led to continuous economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. Political and social change is bearing fruit, as demonstrated in 2009 for instance by the peaceful and trouble-free elections held in Namibia, Mozambique and Malawi. This is not the only reason why the world is looking toward Africa with interest. In 2010 the FIFA World Cup will be held for the first time there, in South Africa, and 17 countries will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of their independence. Yet the world’s gaze will also turn to the challenges that remain, some of the most important of which are ensuring food security, protecting the climate and biological diversity, and preventing crises.
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> Decades have passed since the states of sub-Saharan Africa became independent. Even so, much remains to be done. Following a brief abatement in the wake of the global economic and financial crisis, food prices are now rising again, thus jeopardising the food security of the poor population. This situation is compounded by climate change, which is impacting on the continent’s huge species diversity. Challenges of this complexity are best tackled jointly by the countries in the region. Consequently, alongside bilateral cooperation between the respective partner countries and Germany, efforts are now being stepped up to support networking among these states. One example is the support being provided to the African Union (AU) and its New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), a framework for socioeconomic progress. Adopted in 2001 by more than 50 countries, NEPAD pursues a multifaceted agenda.
Taking charge of development The AU and its NEPAD programme are seen as the powerhouse of Africa’s reform process. This initiative enables African states to design and implement development programmes in partnership and jointly with the international community. The member states take charge of their own economic and social development. Areas of activity include poverty reduction, infrastructure development, agriculture and intra-African trade promotion, food security, agricultural sector reform and improved health care. On behalf of the Federal Development Ministry (BMZ), GTZ has been helping underpin the African countries’ reform efforts since 2002. It has also been supporting the AU and NEPAD, as well as regional economic communities. Among other things it delivers advisory services for reform in the fields of governance, the African Peace and Security Architecture, and transboundary water management. The AU takes care to ensure that its development programmes reflect the concerns and demands of civil society. Agricultural promotion, for instance, is a cornerstone of food security. In the Maputo Declaration of 2003 the African countries pledged to commit ten per cent of their budgets to the agricultural sector by 2015, and to increase the productivity of that sector by an annual six per cent. A corresponding programme was launched that is being implemented with support from the pan-African
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Creating sustainable income: Rebecca Boni’s cooperative is helping more than 100 women to increase value creation in the cashew production process. On behalf of the Federal Development Ministry GTZ is advising the group, enabling its members to improve quality and increase their income. Rebecca Boni, shown here talking to Eva Näher from the GTZ Office, acts as a go-between representing the women’s concerns. Jean Aholou, GTZ expert for rural land registration systems, explains the success stories achieved in the project so far.
institutions and the regional economic communities. Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea, Malawi, Ethiopia, Senegal, Mali and Ghana have already raised their agricultural output by six per cent. Malawi has even increased its output tenfold since 2003.
Responding to climate change Coordinated engagement is also needed to help protect the climate, as many scientists believe Africa to be the continent that will be hardest hit by climate change, with drastic impacts on water supply, agriculture and health. Countries must adapt rapidly to the changing climatic conditions so that Africa’s economic and social development can continue to make progress. On behalf of the Federal Environment Ministry, GTZ is supporting climate protection in Mali. The project there delivers advisory services to Malian environmental policy-makers on climate change issues. On the one hand this support takes the form of highly practical measures. GTZ is for instance supporting Mali’s national forestry agency in improving rainwater management. A special water collection system has been installed at numerous sites. On the other hand the Malian Environment Ministry is drawing on GTZ’s advisory services for key strategic processes. One result has been the introduction of a climate impact assessment for sustainable development programmes at the national and local levels. And the population too is involved. The Environment Weeks held in 2009 included street theatre presentations on climate change, information events for school and university students, and radio and TV spots on environmental issues. The strategies that have emerged even found their way to Copenhagen. Mali’s Minister of the Environment presented his country’s experiences at the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference.
Managing natural resources sustainably and protecting biodiversity It is just one small step from climate protection to the preservation of biological diversity. The wealth of climate zones and ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa nurtures an abundance of plant and animal
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>>> species that is virtually unparalleled in any other region of the world. GTZ is also playing a role in helping preserve this unique diversity. In Benin we are identifying ways in which people can manage natural resources sustainably. On BMZ’s behalf, GTZ is for instance advising the Beninese Ministries of Agriculture and the Environment, while at the same time promoting sustainable management practices and production methods in cooperation with the population and the private sector. We are also helping the management of the Pendjari National Park Biosphere Reserve improve the administration and infrastructure of the park, as well as involving the local population in the protection and utilisation of biodiversity, and the sustainable management of hunting zones. Here as in the agricultural sector, the aim is to enable the population to participate more intensively in the management of farm and forest land, so that families can earn higher incomes. Rural cadastral plans are placing access to land on a sound legal footing – the legalisation of hitherto unclear ownership structures being a key prerequisite for sustainable land management. The importance of such measures becomes clear when we consider that agriculture in Benin accounts for 38 % of the gross national product, and that around 70 % of jobs and some 90 % of export earnings are dependent on this ‘engine of the Beninese economy’. Right now the population is increasing, while soil fertility and yields are declining. Through a development partnership with the Otto Group, GTZ helped launch a pilot project for the growing of cotton traded under the ‘Cotton made in Africa’ label. This label guarantees ecologically sound cultivation methods and compliance with social standards such as the prevention of child labour. The success stories are now being scaled up with financial support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and private partners. The programme is also promoting the cultivation and processing of cashew nuts and organic cotton in the National Park’s catchment area, in order to keep the use of pesticides and fertilisers on the periphery of the reserve to a minimum in the interests of the environment.
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Focusing on exports: It is not only cashew cultivation that is important to Beninese farmers. Cotton is among the mainstays of the country’s economy and is a major export product for its farmers. At Péhunco cotton market the farmers deliver their crop to be weighed, sold and transported by lorry to the ginning plant. The ‘Cotton made in Africa’ label guarantees the transparency of the production process right down to the cotton farm. GTZ staff member Horst Oebel is checking the finish and quality of the goods.
GTZ is helping preserve biological diversity not only in Benin, but also in other regions of subSaharan Africa – such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is home to the world’s second largest rainforest. This ‘green lung of Africa’ helps stabilise the world’s climate. Yet the natural environment is under threat from illegal logging and mining, armed conflicts and poaching. On BMZ’s behalf, GTZ is supporting capacity development within the Congolese Ministry of Environment and its downstream agencies, helping them to discharge their mandate to protect the forests, and thus biological diversity, more effectively. The Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) and the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) are also involved in the activities, as is the local population. We are helping the people to identify alternative sources of income through sustainable forest and land management. As in the ‘green programme’ in Benin, here too a promising alliance is being forged between the conservation of biological diversity and the sustainable, improved use of natural resources. < For further information please visit: www.gtz.de/africa
> The region at a glance In the year under review GTZ’s operations in sub-Saharan Africa covered 41 countries, where 600 seconded and 5,566 national personnel were supporting our partners. CIM also places experts with local employers. In 2009, 172 Integrated Experts and 56 Returning Experts were employed in this way. On behalf of the Federal Development Ministry we are supporting our partners by implementing measures to promote democracy, civil society and public administration, water supply, food security, the preservation of biological diversity and raw materials governance. Moreover, we attach major importance to promoting regional cooperation – as exemplified by the support we are delivering to the African Union and its programmes. In view of the current economic trends and the challenges posed by climate change, projects for food security, agricultural promotion, the conservation of natural resources and water management also play a key role. Many of our activities make a direct contribution toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals. GTZ is also implementing projects on behalf of the Federal Environment Ministry (BMU), the Federal Foreign Office and other clients. These include climate protection projects for BMU, and programmes to strengthen police force structures for the Federal Foreign Office. GTZ International Services is also operating in Africa. Its experts are currently implementing projects in the fields of water, energy, governance and infrastructure for various national and international organisations.
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Energy drives development. GTZ is cur-
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companies exploit potential energy savings. As a result, firms are cutting their energy costs by an annual
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Asia is home to a formidable diversity of cultures, religions, landscapes and traditions. The continent continues to gain global political and economic significance, and its four billion-strong population represents an enormous potential. Alongside the powerful economies of China and India, other ascendant emerging countries are the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. The region harbours ecosystems of key importance for the global climate, including the rainforests of South-East Asia, and the Mekong, whose 1,300 fish and countless bird and reptile species make it one of the most species-rich rivers in the world.
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Protecting nature’s riches together Last year, disasters such as the cyclone in the Philippines and the earthquake in Indonesia claimed 1,700 human lives. Experts believe that events of this kind will become more frequent as a result of climate change. The densely populated fertile coastal zones, and the Pacific island states of Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu, are particularly vulnerable. On behalf of the Federal Development Ministry (BMZ) and the Federal Environment Ministry (BMU), and in cooperation with numerous partners, GTZ is helping these countries adapt to climatic changes. This includes introducing ecologically sound cultivation methods and preventing practices that impact negatively on the climate, such as uncontrolled deforestation. In the long run, the impacts of climate change can only be contained through international action. The livelihoods of three hundred million people in Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand for instance depend directly on the resources of the Mekong River system. On BMZ’s behalf we are advising the Mekong River Commission, in which the four riparian states have joined forces, on flood control, disaster risk management, and the planning of a coordinated, sustainable management regime for the river. In Viet Nam, one of the countries hardest hit by climate change, GTZ – on behalf of BMZ, BMU and the Australian aid organisation AusAID – is supporting the protection of coastal ecosystems in several provinces. The impacts of climate change are also making themselves felt in the Hindu Kush region of the Himalayas, the largest mountain range in the world. The situation there is exacerbated by the fact that natural resources are coming under strong pressure of utilisation generated by population growth and the booming economies of China and India. The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is the only organisation that brings together all eight regional members of the Hindu Kush Himalayas for purposes of natural resource and environmental management.
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Product marketing: GTZ staff member Hidayatullah Al Banjari is shown here discussing the company website with entrepreneur Sigit Santoso, who is working within the Indonesian furniture association to try and improve productivity and introduce international marketing in his line of business. Pictured above: His staff discussing the inventory. Through the association GTZ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; on behalf of BMZ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is supporting furniture manufacturers in developing entrepreneurial skills, and promoting training in design. This has made a key contribution toward the success of furniture sector exports in the Solo Raya region of Central Java.
GTZ is advising ICIMOD on BMZâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behalf. The joint objective is to develop strategies for environmentally sound natural resource management and adaptation to climate change, and apply these on a transboundary basis. A further aim is to support the creation of the required enabling frameworks by the states concerned. Alongside Germany, Norway and Switzerland are involved in this cooperation arrangement.
In keen demand: a social and ecological market economy Besides the climate, social and economic issues are also on the agenda in the region. Asia was relatively well equipped to face the financial crisis last year. This was due not least to the Chiang Mai Initiative launched by 13 states in the region, which led to the emergence of financial protection mechanisms such as a fund for emergency loans. Nonetheless, countries such as Nepal, Cambodia, Laos and Sri Lanka were hard hit by the decline in tourism and exports. Furthermore, many migrants from Arab countries returned home because they were no longer able to find jobs. Consequently, governments are increasingly acknowledging the importance of pro-poor growth models and social protection systems. The German social and ecological market economy offers a promising model. GTZ is helping partner countries implement the reforms required.
Utilising diversity, managing potentials for results One example of diversity management is Indonesia. Its many islands possess major oil and gas reserves, and produce export goods such as rice, pepper, coffee, sugar cane, tobacco, rubber and palm oil. To enable as many people as possible to reap the economic benefits, the country has been implementing radical reforms since the late 1990s. One cornerstone of this process is decentralisation, which has involved the transfer of responsibility for health, education, economic promotion and infrastructure to the district level. Initially, these new tasks presented the local decision-makers with a major challenge. On behalf of BMZ, GTZ is therefore supporting the national planning agency BAPPENAS in regional economic planning and other tasks. The plan is to promote small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), create more enabling frameworks for the private sector, and establish joint eco-
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Fresh prospects after the tsunami 2009 was also the year in which German reconstruction support for the Indonesian province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, which had been particularly devastated by the tsunami, was completed. Despite the appalling conditions in the wake of the disastrous flooding of December 2004, people have seized the
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Designing success: Designer Eddy Prabowo discusses the design of a chair made of rattan and wood with furniture entrepreneur Sigit Santoso and his staff. The cooperation has enabled Sigit Santoso to produce innovatively designed furniture, whose shape he can easily adjust – a key prerequisite for export. Together with Hayu Parasati, Director for Urban and Rural Development at the national planning agency BAPPENAS, GTZ advisor Birgit Seibel is helping develop regional economic promotion activities.
opportunity to improve their long-term life situation. In the health sector, for instance, GTZ – on behalf of BMZ – supported the rehabilitation of health care provision together with numerous German and international partners from 2005 onward. All the partners involved agreed that these activities were about more than just restoring the status quo prior to the tsunami. The measures focused not only on the refurbishment and appointment of buildings, but also on hospital management, the quality of treatment, and the professionalisation of the public health authorities. Schools were built, but things did not stop there. The entire education system was comprehensively modernised. Young people are now obtaining qualifications that the labour market really needs, and teachers and head staff are receiving systematic training in the management of educational institutions. The reformed vocational training system is also helping build peace by promoting the reintegration of ex-combatants who had fought for the separatist movement in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province.
Equipped for change The countries of the Asia-Pacific region have demonstrated more than once that the impacts of crises can be effectively mitigated. While the most recent financial crisis certainly entailed setbacks, one thing does remain clear: the continent’s enormous diversity is a source of huge potential for coming to grips with future challenges. < For further information please visit: www.gtz.de/asia
> The region at a glance GTZ is active in 16 countries in Asia, where 313 seconded and 2,090 national personnel are delivering support to its local partners. CIM also places experts with local employers. In 2009, 177 Integrated Experts and 179 Returning Experts were employed in this way. We receive most of our contracts for work in Asia from the Federal Development Ministry. However, we also operate on behalf of other federal ministries. Following the earthquake in the Chinese province of Sichuan in 2008, for instance, we assumed responsibility for the German contribution toward the reconstruction of primary schools in Nanjing on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office. These were reopened in August 2009. Last year also saw the launch of several projects for the Federal Environment Ministry, designed to protect natural resources, and to promote adaptation to climate change, as well as mitigate its impacts. In Viet Nam and the Philippines, for instance, we are promoting sustainable coastal zone management. In Indonesia we are supporting the conservation of peat forests – a species-rich ecosystem of key relevance to the climate. Various national and international donor organisations such as the European Commission, and governments in Asia, are also making use of our services. These are delivered by GTZ International Services, mainly in the sectors of vocational training, health and renewable energies.
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Water is a foodstuff, a protected ecological resource
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81 projects and programmes in 45 countries to promote GTZ is currently implementing
improved water supply and sanitation, and sustainable water resource management. In Oruro in Bolivia, home to
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the water utility has been
strengthened. Today
90 %
of households are
connected to the water mains. Whereas in 1997 water was available for just five hours a day, the average figure for 2009 was eleven hours, despite the fact that Oruro itself has since grown by
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Latin America is seen as a subcontinent with stable democracies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with a few exceptions. Legal sector reforms are helping place the rule of law and pluralism on a solid foundation. During the years of growth enjoyed during the last decade, many governments managed to strengthen their economies. As a result, these economies are now more resilient overall. Nonetheless, many challenges remain for the states of Latin America. Poverty has worsened again, and levels of social protection remain low. To solve transboundary issues, international cooperation is relying increasingly on regional approaches. At the same time this presents an opportunity to preserve biological and cultural diversity. >>>
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> The states of Latin America are linked by their cultural roots, their democratic tradition and in most cases their recent continuous economic growth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a sound basis for holistic regional development. Yet most countries still find it difficult to combine economic progress with social integration, equality of opportunity and environmentally sound natural resource management. A further aspect to be taken into account is cultural pluralism. To address these challenges for the whole region, international cooperation is increasingly pursuing regional approaches. To this end we are interlinking bilateral and regional projects and programmes, and together with our partners helping develop appropriate solutions in the individual countries. Our networks with key governmental and non-governmental actors help in this regard.
Creating greater social justice One major cooperation partner is the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Drawing on advisory services delivered by GTZ, ECLAC is tackling the social problems in the region. On behalf of the Federal Development Ministry (BMZ), GTZ is implementing a programme with ECLAC whose key components are good governance, sustainable natural resource management and improved access to global markets. A modern social policy in conjunction with easier access to small loans and other financial services are also designed to help reduce poverty in the region.
Cultural diversity is a strength Today the indigenous peoples of Latin America are part of a multicultural society. However, these groups still lack sufficient professionals and leaders from within their own communities who could help them to assert their rights and co-determine as many societal processes as possible. On behalf of BMZ, we are therefore supporting the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean in implementing the Indigenous Intercultural University project. The postgraduate courses offered by this regional university network combine indigenous knowledge, indigenous spirituality and traditional teaching methods with non-indigenous subject matter. This fosters interculturality, and enables the course graduates to emerge as better advocates of indigenous positions in economic, political and social processes.
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Back to the roots: In their home community of Pampa Blanca, Donato Suxo explains to his nephew Sergio the effects of medicinal plants. Sergio is a member of the Kallawalla people, and today is the local chief. At the same time the computer scientist lives and works in the Bolivian capital, La Paz. There he is improving his knowledge of traditional medicine at the Indigenous Intercultural University. On behalf of the Federal Development Ministry, GTZ is supporting the universities in developing curricula for teaching a blend of indigenous and non-indigenous subject matter.
The network now encompasses 25 universities in 11 countries of South and Central America, plus Spain. Teaching the courses does not require anyone to reinvent the wheel. The universities draw on their experience with other distance learning courses and use existing teaching staff and already available teaching aids. Courses have thus emerged on issues that affect the indigenous population in specific ways. Eight postgraduate courses are currently being offered including ‘Bilingual intercultural education’, ‘Intercultural medicine’, Indigenous rights’ and ‘Indigenous peoples, human rights and international cooperation’. A course is also being planned that is designed to strengthen the capacities of indigenous women for leadership and political participation. Since many of the students have heavy job commitments or only little money at their disposal, they study using an online system. They are also required to meet up and attend courses together twice a year. Here a coordinated programme awaits them that involves indigenous scholars from all over Latin America imparting traditional knowledge, which is supplemented by non-indigenous or ‘conventional’ scholarship taught by university lecturers. GTZ’s work includes advising the network on curricular development, and on involving the indigenous scholars in the design and implementation of the courses. Since 2007 356 students – roughly half of them women – from 20 countries have enrolled for the courses. The first results are already impressive. According to a survey, in 2009 over 90 % of the 292 course graduates were employed in national or international organisations, governmental agencies or university institutions. The Indigenous Intercultural University has already even produced one minister, one vice-minister and one regional minister. Evidently the project is well on the way to helping create equality for the indigenous population in Latin America.
Legal pluralism also constitutionally enshrined In most states in Latin America, legal pluralism is a fact of life. Yet many of the constitutions and national legal systems reflect this only to a limited degree. Parallel legal systems, such as indigenous law, are usually not officially valid. However, many peoples have not abandoned their established
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Solar energy and climate protection As the second-largest economy in Latin America, Mexico has a key role to play in the sustainable development of the region. Although the country’s dimensions and favourable climatic conditions create huge potential for renewable energy use, Mexico currently uses mostly fossil fuels for energy production. In August 2007 Mexico’s National Commission for Energy Efficiency (CONUEE) presented a national dissemination programme for solar water heating panels. On behalf of BMZ, GTZ helped CONUEE develop the programme. Now we are supporting its implementation, partly through a development partnership with the private sector, specifically with the Latin American branch of the International Copper Association (PROCOBRE). The programme aims to increase the surface area of panels installed in Mexico fourfold by 2012. It focuses on promoting the holistic development of the market, a task that we are pursuing together with PROCOBRE on various levels by combining the activities of governmental institutions, manufacturers, associations and financial institutions. Training measures for fitters are
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For more participation: At the graduation ceremony for the distance learning course on ‘Intercultural medicine’, GTZ Project Coordinator Nicole Nucinkis presents Sergio with his master’s certificate. Through the university network, the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean aims to help strengthen the participation of indigenous population groups in political and social processes. On behalf of the Federal Development Ministry, GTZ is advising the Fund on implementing its programme. Picture at left: Nicole Nucinkis talking to Mateo Martinez Cayetano, Technical Secretary of the Indigenous Peoples Fund.
designed to ensure that the panels are installed and maintained professionally. In the future, a quality label will testify to the high standards of the panels. Finally, GTZ is supporting campaigns to make the population aware of the benefits of this new form of energy production. This approach is producing results. In 2008 the surface area of the installed panels increased by 165,000 square metres, surpassing the programme’s annual target by seven per cent. Average-sized households save around EUR 100 a year in energy costs, which means that a solar panel pays for itself after only five years. The German Federal Environment Ministry too is promoting solar energy in Mexico. In October 2009 it contracted GTZ to equip 25,000 new houses with solar heating systems over the next three years – which will save 160,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Anyone building a house who decides to obtain a ‘green mortgage’ receives a subsidy. This investment will pay off, because the Mexican sun also shines strongly enough in winter to provide an entire family with warm water from a solar panel two square metres in size. Mexico is thus not only reducing its energy costs, but is also making an important contribution toward climate protection and sustainable development in the region. < For further information please visit: www.gtz.de/latin_america
> The region at a glance GTZ is active in 21 countries in Latin America, where 155 seconded and 940 national personnel are currently supporting our national partners. CIM also places experts with local employers. In 2009, 145 Integrated Experts and 29 Returning Experts were employed in this way. As well as working for the Federal Development Ministry, we are also increasingly operating in the region on behalf of other clients. These include the Federal Environment Ministry, on whose behalf we are promoting species protection and sustainable natural resource management in conservation areas in Mexico. Through GTZ International Services we are also working on behalf of national governments and international organisations such as the EU, for instance in the fields of economic and trade promotion, and environmentally sound natural resource management. Overall the topics of environment, public financial management and the rule of law are moving higher up the agenda. GTZ’s networking services are playing an increasingly important role. First of all they are fostering effective cooperation between countries. Secondly, they are helping projects and programmes link up even more systematically with political foundations and the private sector, enabling crucial progress to be made in achieving joint objectives.
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Well-trained people are the key to a productive
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Despite the global economic and financial crisis, economic growth rates in the Mediterranean and Middle East region were slightly positive last year. These are results that countries in the region can build on, as they aspire to achieve sustainable development. What specific factors must they focus on in order to remain internationally competitive? And what challenges will they face on the path to security and social justice? We need to take a look behind the scenes in these sometimes complex social and cultural settings to find answers to these questions.
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> Together with its partners, with BMZ and with its other clients, GTZ takes great care to establish just how each project or programme needs to be designed so that it can help deliver sustainable improvements in local people’s lives. Last year the priority areas of cooperation included energy, education and sustainable economic development. Many economic systems in the Mediterranean and Middle East region are highly dependent on external economic factors, such as the volatile oil markets. The share of gross domestic product generated by sectors other than the oil industry, such as agriculture and the manufacturing industry, has fallen significantly overall. This is compounded by a high unemployment rate. According to the unemployment statistics of the Arab Labour Organization, in the Arab countries an average of more than 14 % of people of working age do not have a job. Youth unemployment is particularly severe, the average figure being 26 %. Furthermore, around two thirds of the total population in the Arab countries are under 25 years of age. These young people need prospects for their economic future.
Creating jobs – especially for young people To help secure long-term economic stability and sustainable growth in the Mediterranean and Middle East region we work on several levels simultaneously. We are doing so in Egypt, for instance, where some eight and a half million people earn their living in small and medium-sized enterprises. On behalf of the Federal Development Ministry (BMZ), GTZ is thus advising Egyptian small entrepreneurs on increasing the competitiveness of their products. Producers of herbs, spices, fruit and vegetables have so far increased the export value of their goods by 60 %. Another important area is training geared to labour market needs. In Algeria some 72 % of unemployed people are under 30 years of age, and two thirds of them are not sufficiently qualified to meet the requirements of local employers. Together with the Algerian Ministry of Vocational Training and on BMZ’s behalf, GTZ has been improving apprentice training, basing its approach on Germany’s dual training system. So far 82,000 young people have profited from this in 14 newly created training courses. GTZ has also been active in vocational training for many years in the United Arab Emirates. Here, GTZ International Services is working directly on behalf of the Government and the administration. For the sixth time in succession, for instance, GTZ has or-
New prospects: One of the wide range of projects that GTZ is implementing under the ‘Future for Palestine’ initiative of the Federal Foreign Office is the construction of the new kindergarten in Azzoun Atmeh. In this project, the mayor and other municipal representatives are important partners for GTZ. While the Israeli barrier runs around the village, 120 children now have a safe place to play here. In Jaba, village council chairman Ahmed Hamdan discusses an ongoing school construction project with GTZ staff member Lili Krause.
ganised summer training programmes for more than 600 young people in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi – where girls in particular had an opportunity to gain some hands-on experience in their chosen future trade in areas such as video production, health education and jewellery manufacture. We complement these projects and others like them with national and international measures. Our aim in doing so is to create more enabling frameworks for entrepreneurial activity and the reconciliation of social interests. After we had delivered advisory services to the Ministry of Economics and Trade in Syria, for instance, the Government there issued new regulations for competition law and consumer protection. Meanwhile Morocco wishes to promote the international competitiveness of Moroccan companies. To this end it is availing itself of advisory services delivered by GTZ on BMZ’s behalf and is working on assuring the quality of Moroccan food products. The results are there to see. A growing number of companies are introducing new quality management systems based on international standards, and export figures for Moroccan products are rising.
Energy supply – a driving force for economic growth Another must for sustainable economic development is a secure energy supply. Fossil fuel resources are becoming scarcer, even in this oil-rich region, as the demand for energy continues to grow. Experts estimate that economic and population growth will cause the demand for energy in the region to increase fivefold over the coming decades. Not least with this in mind, Arab governments are more and more looking toward renewable energies. The potential for solar power generation in particular is considerable. Conditions for wind power plants in the region are also virtually ideal. In future, power generated from renewable sources could even outstrip the countries’ own needs, making the export of ‘green’ electricity to Europe a possibility. To move closer toward this goal, close cooperation between the countries is required. The better national energy strategies are mutually harmonised, the closer the countries will come to realising the shared vision of a secure and sustainable energy supply for the region and beyond. A decisive contribution to this process is being made by the Cairo-based Regional Center for Renewable Energy and
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>>> Energy Efficiency (RCREEE), which has also been receiving GTZ support provided on BMZ’s behalf since 2008. A total of ten member states from the Middle East and North Africa have joined forces in the RCREEE, which sees itself as a regional think-tank for energy issues. The experts there are working together to develop guidelines and recommendations for policy-makers, research institutions and the private sector to promote the further development of renewables in the region.
Palestinian territories: focus on education Life in the Palestinian territories is dominated by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The adversities people face day in day out, the lengths they must go to in order to meet their daily needs, and the constantly fraught security situation make it difficult for them to bring about urgently needed improvements themselves. As a result the economy also suffers, with both the private and the public sectors having to deal with one crisis after another. Yet in a situation as difficult as this, relatively small changes can produce crucial results. With this in mind the Federal Foreign Office launched the ‘Future for Palestine’ initiative, and commissioned GTZ to implement a number of projects under it. Projects that can be rapidly carried out in the spheres of education, culture and social infrastructure are designed to help tangibly improve the conditions under which people live, and encourage them to look optimistically towards the future. The actual design of the projects is in the hands of our Palestinian partners. To provide young people in particular with a fresh outlook on the future, GTZ is organising the construction and extension of schools and kindergartens, as well as youth centres, women’s centres and cultural centres in the West Bank. Amenities of this kind offer people a place of retreat from the stresses and strains of everyday life. We have already worked on 15 projects, including the extension of a school in the village of Kufr Na’mah near Ramallah. Here, new classrooms are making learning easier. Whereas three pupils used to have to share one desk, they now enjoy more space, and the lessons have become more effective.
A ‘Future for Palestine’ means a future for Naheel: GTZ also organised the extension to her school in Kufr Na’mah. At 17 she is now able to take her final school exams and go to university. When she does her homework every day, her younger brother Aheed and her dog Chi Chi are always around. Picture at left: Civil engineer Ziad Mimi and his staff get stuck into the next school construction project, so that more young Palestinians can benefit from an improved learning environment.
Scope for new ideas > The region at a glance The girls’ school at Kharbatha Al-Misbah in the West Bank is also bursting at the seams. Students and teachers are suffering from the extreme shortage of space. The ongoing extension of classrooms should make effective learning possible again. Once the construction work is complete, the new facilities will cater for a total of 660 students from Kharbatha Al-Misbah plus a further 240 girls from neighbouring villages. In Azzoun Atmeh GTZ organised the construction of a kindergarten and an adjacent women’s centre. In the new kindergarten 120 children now have a safe place to play and learn. Their mothers know that the children are being well looked after, and can go out to work – possibly at the women’s centre next door. This not only provides the mothers with a place to sit down and exchange ideas, but also gives them an opportunity to complete a vocational training course – and perhaps learn an artisanal trade. The Mediterranean and Middle East region clearly demonstrates that stable and pro-development economic growth is possible, provided that activities in various sectors such as energy supply, economic promotion and education are appropriate and mutually complementary. This is why international cooperation is operating in all these areas. Ultimately, sustainable economic development is the fundamental prerequisite for a lasting improvement in the people’s lives. < For further information please visit: www.gtz.de/mediterranean
GTZ is active in 17 countries in the Mediterranean and Middle East region, where it currently employs 231 seconded and 604 national personnel to support its local partners. CIM also places experts with local employers. In 2009, 69 Integrated Experts and 34 Returning Experts were employed in this way. Apart from the Federal Development Ministry, increasingly GTZ is also working in the region for other federal ministries, including the Federal Environment Ministry. On behalf of the Federal Foreign Office we are supporting several projects under the ‘Future for Palestine’ initiative in the education and culture sectors. These are designed to directly improve the generally difficult living conditions in the Palestinian territories. GTZ International Services (GTZ IS) is also operating in the region on behalf of national and international organisations – chiefly in the water, vocational training and health sectors, as well as in renewable energies and energy efficiency. The largest client of GTZ IS in the region is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. All our projects are united by the vision of a secure and stable region where people are free to shape their own futures. Indispensable for this is sustainable economic growth that benefits all sections of the population. GTZ’s work, built on the company’s expertise and experience in a range of sectors, is helping the region move closer to this goal day by day.
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Development needs the right frameworks.
312 projects and programmes in 72 countries GTZ is supporting its partners in Through
establishing transparent and efficient governance and administration structures. In Georgia, for instance, six citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offices that are responsible for
1.7 million people
have reduced
the time taken to process enquiries from
28 to 2 days,
and
98 %
of customers are now fully satisfied with the performance of their municipal service providers.
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From nature conservation to economic development: the Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia region places multifarious demands on international cooperation. South-East European states such as Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, for instance, aspire to join the European Union. Key issues for them are the removal of trade barriers and reform of the legal system. By contrast, countries like Pakistan face more fundamental challenges, such as consolidating democratic structures, stabilising the security situation and ensuring the basic education of the population.
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> Together with our partners in-country we respond to the diverse challenges encountered in the Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia region with a broad range of forms of cooperation. On the one hand we work with other German development organisations, and operate on behalf of various ministries of the Federal German Government. On the other hand we support international donor coordination and harmonisation. We are increasingly also promoting cooperation between countries in the region â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for instance in South-East Europe, in the Caucasus and in Central Asia. This enables us to identify made-tomeasure solutions for regional development needs.
Cooperation for results It is, for instance, obvious that infectious diseases can only be contained effectively by forming alliances and pursuing coordinated approaches. Consequently, in Pakistan we have teamed up with KfW Entwicklungsbank, on behalf of the Federal Development Ministry (BMZ). Together with the national and regional health ministries of Pakistan, we are working to improve health care in the northern parts of the country, in Kashmir and in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Hand in hand we are delivering training to public health management specialists, reconstructing hospitals that have been destroyed and setting up country-wide blood banks. The results are there to see. In the Federally Administered Tribal Areas the detection rate for tuberculosis sufferers rose from just under one third in 2007 to almost three quarters in 2009. And now that 85 % of all cases are being successfully treated, World Health Organization standards are being met here. There are numerous other examples in the region demonstrating how a concerted approach helps the projects of all those involved deliver better results â&#x20AC;&#x201C; such as the projects for sustainable economic development and water supply in Afghanistan.
New challenges, various clients Challenges as immense as climate change or advancing environmental degradation require various activities, which must be coordinated and harmonised as closely as possible. Georgia is a case in point. In many places the ruthless exploitation of forests and overgrazing have led to species loss, and desertification continues unabated. This is why, on behalf of the Federal Environment Ministry (BMU), we are helping the country adapt to climate change, conduct reforestation and implement
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Worthwhile cooperation: Following the end of the Soviet Union, the energy crisis led to the ruthless exploitation of natural resources in Georgia. To redress this, on behalf of the Federal Environment Ministry GTZ is promoting the sustainable management of pastureland and the reafforestation of barren areas. Picture at left: GTZ staff member Dieter Müller (far left) and his team planning the next steps together with CIM expert Juan Carlos Mejia Pinto (second from left) and Gela Tetrauli. Picture above: Presenting the plans in the District Administrator’s Office.
recultivation measures for erosion control. To ensure that these rehabilitated sites remain viable, together with the population we are developing sustainable land-use plans for animal grazing and forest management. The project is being funded through the German Government’s International Climate Initiative. This project interlocks well with other measures. On BMZ’s behalf we are cooperating with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, countries that possess one of the most species-rich natural landscapes in Europe, to preserve the exceptional flora and fauna of their ecosystems. Together with ministries, nongovernmental organisations and the private sector we are discussing environmental protection laws, hunting regulations and rights of use. At the same time, we are working with the population to develop value chains that encompass the harvesting, processing and marketing of natural produce. In so doing we are supporting the prudent management of natural diversity, and helping reduce poverty among the local population. We are carrying out similar activities in other parts of the region and in various sectors. On behalf of the Federal Foreign Office we are advising the Governments of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on the transboundary management of a scarce resource – water. This not only helps protect the natural environment; the transboundary dialogue also promotes peace-building. And in Afghanistan, on behalf of the Federal Defence Ministry we are extending the Bundeswehr’s HQ in Kunduz. Here we are employing local construction firms, as well as providing them with training. The construction measures thus create jobs and reduce poverty.
Donor coordination a key factor Close and reliable cooperation within the international community in order to achieve joint objectives is vital to the development of the entire region. We therefore harmonise our work on the ground with all the relevant actors from Germany and other countries. One example is Kosovo. This young nation state aspires to become a member of the European Union. Yet there is still a need for reform – for instance in the education system. In close consultation with the EU and other donors, and on BMZ’s behalf, we are therefore supporting Kosovo in reforming its vocational training system. Also involved here are among others Swisscontact, the development cooperation organisation of the Swiss private sector. Together with the private sector we have developed new curricula. We are also training in-
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New cooperation instruments Although there are no blueprints for successful development, proven paths can often be adapted and then transferred. GTZ therefore delivers targeted support for mutual learning, and promotes cooperation between recipient countries â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in South-East Europe, for instance. Apart from Kosovo, other countries in the region that aspire to join the EU are the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro and Croatia. One precondition for accession by these countries is more intensive regional cooperation among them. An important contribution to this is being provided by the BMZ-financed Open Regional Funds. These allow partner-country governments, civil society or private-sector organisations to elaborate proposals for development projects together with GTZ, and apply for financial support. Any such proposal must relate to a focal aspect of EU integration, such as foreign trade. It must also involve at least three countries, allow the countries receiving assistance to move closer to Europe and aim to achieve transferable results. The Open Regional Funds thus not only foster dialogue between the states concerned, but also strengthen country ownership. To ensure that our partner countries reap maximum benefit, we do not leave them to fend for themselves. We continue to carefully backstop political decision-makers in the South-East Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia region, and encourage them to compare notes and exchange experiences.
Innovative triangular cooperation arrangements Combining strengths, learning from each other and thus identifying solutions to joint challenges â&#x20AC;&#x201C; these are the pivotal aspects of triangular cooperation arrangements, which are becoming increasingly
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Sustainable growth: At Sartichala tree nursery the seedlings grow for four years until they are able to brave eastern Georgia’s arid climate. New techniques and training measures aim to reduce this period to about six months in the future. This will enable the saplings to store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide earlier, and protect land against erosion. Picture at left: Dieter Müller checks the quality of the seedlings at the tree nursery. Above: The protective covers on the young trees are made of environmentally-friendly material.
important in our partner countries. Under these arrangements, BMZ commissions GTZ to cooperate with one emerging country in a developing country in the region. We transfer tried and tested processes and solutions to the new donor countries, while at the same time promoting development in the recipient countries. In this way we support knowledge transfer in all directions. One example is the emerging German-Russian-Tajik arrangement for cooperation in the field of vocational training and migrant labour. GTZ is supporting the Tajik Government and the development agency of the Russian Federation in making vocational training in Tajikistan more practical and demand-driven. Russia would like to make a greater contribution toward international cooperation, and aims to help raise the skills level of migrant labourers from Central Asia. Tajikistan will be able to profit twice over from this triangular cooperation. Better trained workers will promote economic growth, while at the same time workers’ prospects for obtaining a job abroad will increase. This is important for the country, because in some regions more than one third of families live from remittances sent home by migrant labourers. In the end everyone involved will benefit, reflecting the overall goal of greater regional cooperation. < For further information please visit: www.gtz.de/europe
> The region at a glance GTZ is active in a total of 33 countries in the Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia region, where 314 seconded and 1,972 national personnel are currently supporting our local partners. CIM also places experts with local employers. In 2009, 188 Integrated Experts and 26 Returning Experts were employed in the region in this way. When acting on behalf of BMZ, GTZ is principally concerned with activities pertaining to sustainable economic development, good governance, education, health, renewable energies and the environment. GTZ also works in the region for other federal ministries. On behalf of the Federal Foreign Office it is engaged mainly in the fields of conflict prevention, peace-building, stabilisation and legal certainty; under contracts from the Federal Environment Ministry it is focusing on climate protection and energy efficiency. GTZ has been active in the region for various multilateral and bilateral donor organisations since 1994 – with GTZ International Services delivering the inputs required to help modernise the state, which include advice on legal issues and public financial management, as well as services for economic promotion, health and the environment. One aspect that is crucial to the success of GTZ’s work is managing cooperation among all actors to maximum effect – whether this involves cooperation with other development organisations, activities on behalf of various federal ministries, donor harmonisation, regional cooperation or triangular cooperation.
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>> 2009 in Figures GTZ International Services, turnover by client 2009
TURNOVER Fiscal 2009 was a highly successful year for GTZ. In 2009, corporate turnover reached just under EUR 1.45 billion, which was 18.2 % or EUR 223 million up on the previous year’s figure. For the first time, turnover in the business sector BMZ surpassed the EUR 1 billion mark. This figure includes third-party funds for cofinancing arrangements, under which foreign governments, multilateral organisations and foundations cofinance measures implemented by GTZ on behalf of BMZ. Turnover also increased significantly in business with other
Turnover by business sector 2009 GTZ International Services (EUR 305.7 million) 21.1 %
German Public Sector Clients (EUR 135.6 million) 9.4 %
Private development market (EUR 3.4 million) 1.1 %
EU
UN
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TURNOVER EUR 1,447.0 million
69.5 % * The turnover for CIM is included in the turnover for BMZ and German Public Sector Clients.
49.0 %
EU: EUR 69.1 million (22.6 %) UN organisations: EUR 36.5 million (11.9 %)
Ethiopia: EUR 108.5 million (35.5 %)
Other: EUR 47.2 million (15.4 %)
Gulf States: EUR 38.4 million (12.6 %) * Other countries: EUR 2.6 million (0.9 %)
German Public Sector Clients, turnover by ministry 2009 Federal Foreign Office (EUR 57.1 million) 42.1 %
BMZ incl. cofinancing (EUR 1,005.7 million)
German Public Sector Clients (which rose by 48.2 % to reach EUR 135.6 million), for GTZ International Services (GTZ IS, which recorded an increase of 27.9 % to EUR 305.7 million) and for CIM (which climbed 14.3 % to EUR 61.5 million). For GTZ IS it was national development markets that grew most vigorously. In 2009, this market segment accounted for 49 % of GTZ IS turnover – 9.2 percentage points more than in 2008. The surge in growth in the business sector German Public Sector Clients was due first and foremost to increased business with the Federal Foreign Office, which more
Gulf States
National development markets
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Ethiopia
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Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (EUR 27.7 million) 20.4 %
Twinning (EUR 18.3 million) 13.5 %
TURNOVER EUR 135.6 million
0.6 % Federal Ministry of Finance (EUR 0.8 million)
9.0 % Federal Office of Administration (EUR 12.2 million)
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than doubled in relation to the previous year’s figure (rising from EUR 25.1 to 57.1 million), and with the Federal Environment Ministry (which climbed from EUR 3.5 to 27.7 million).
CONTRACTS
Turnover, contracts received and contracts in hand, 2007 to 2009, GTZ total (in EUR million) I Turnover
I Contracts received 1,057 1,061
2007
The healthy state of the order books meant that GTZ was able to place contracts with the German consulting sector worth EUR 370.5 million, an increase of 17.8 % on the previous year’s figure.
1,554
2,887
1,447 1,695
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A glance at the order books also underlines the positive development of GTZ’s business. In 2009, new contracts worth around EUR 1.7 billion were received, while the value of contracts in hand climbed above the EUR 3 billion mark. As with turnover, the lion’s share of new contracts (59.3 %, worth over EUR 1 billion) came from BMZ. In the year under review, 15.4 % of new contracts received were accounted for by German Public Sector Clients, and 14.6 % by GTZ IS. It is very pleasing to note that thirdparty funds for cofinancing arrangements made up 10.7 % of the volume of new contracts received last year (as compared to 7.2 % in 2008). Ultimately, measures implemented by GTZ on BMZ’s behalf can generate even broaderbased results when cofinanciers participate in their funding. The volume of contracts received in this segment rose by more than 62 % on the previous year’s figure, reaching EUR 181.7 million. A key factor here was the extension of the ‘Energising Development’ partnership between BMZ and the DirectorateGeneral for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This partnership aims to provide a further three million households worldwide with access to modern energy technologies by the year 2015. After the first phase had been successfully implemented and positively evaluated, BMZ and DGIS signed an agreement that led to another contract for GTZ in 2009. This involved a cofinancing share of EUR 68 million provided by the Dutch partner.
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500
1,000
3,040
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
Orders placed with the consulting sector Value of contracts in EUR million 2008 2009
Change in %
Consulting companies
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232.0
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79.8
+ 34.3
Appraisers
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370.5
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Income and contracts received through the Integrated and Returning Experts Programme (CIM) Income I 2008*
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I 2009
BMZ budget item 685 08 Integrated and Returning Experts Programme (CIM)
45,673* 55,828** 48,155* 60,830*** 954
Other BMZ budget items
978 1,000 1,000
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PERSONNEL The positive development of GTZ’s business is also reflected in the personnel figures. On 31 December 2009, GTZ was employing 14,685 staff – 1,686 (13 %) more than on the same date one year earlier. Around 92 % of these new staff members were employed in partner countries; the number of seconded experts rose by 240 to reach a total of 1,631. The company was also employing a further 1,311 individuals locally as national personnel, bringing their total to 11,224. In Germany 598 staff members were employed to work in supraregional projects or deliver professional advisory services – which meant a 9.7 % increase on the previous year’s figure for project personnel in Germany. The number of staff employed at Head Office to perform steering and service delivery tasks was 1,232 – an increase of 7.1 %.
>> Areas of assignment and sectors GTZ’s project personnel are distributed across six sectors. The largest group (28.4 %) was still employed in the ‘governance and democracy‘ sector, followed by 19.4 % in ‘economic development and employment’. The largest increase in project personnel (from 11.8 to 13.8 %) was in the ‘water, energy, transport’ sector, making this the third largest group. The distribution of seconded experts by area of assignment continued to follow the trend of previous years, which is to say there was further growth in the Mediterranean and Middle East region, and in the Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia region. Once again, by far the largest proportion of seconded experts (37.2 %) was employed in sub-Saharan Africa.
>> Training of junior employees GTZ has a tradition of helping young people embark on their careers and improve their professional qualifications. Last year, for example, saw the fifteenth anniversary of the in-company dual training in business manage-
Project personnel by sector (as at 31 December) 2008
2009
Economic development and employment
20.8 %
19.4 %
Governance and democracy
29.7 %
28.4 %
Health, education, social protection
13.0 %
13.2 %
Water, energy, transport
11.8 %
13.8 %
Agriculture, fisheries and food
10.5 %
10.9 %
Environment and climate change
12.2 %
12.1 %
2.0 %
2.2 %
Other
Staff structure (as at 31 December 2009, not including national personnel) Number Administration professionals Senior Administration professionals Junior professionals Professionals Senior professionals/ project management Management/ leading professionals Upper management Executive management Total
I Men in % I Women in %
66
30.3
69.7
505
15.2
84.8
401 1,650
36.4
63.6
56.7
43.3
322
70.5
29.5
426
71.6
28.4
79 12
74.7
25.3
66.7
33.3
3,461
51.4
48.6
Structure of national personnel (as at 31 December 2009) Number
Percentage
Auxiliary personnel
3,792
33.8 %
Administrative personnel
1,948
17.4 %
Administration professionals
1,777
15.8 %
Professionals in projects
2,369
21.1 %
Professionals in advisory positions
1,023
9.1 %
Senior administration professionals
112
1.0 %
Team leaders with managerial responsibility
188
1.7 %
Principal advisors with responsibility for project/ programme management
15
0.1 %
11,224
100.0 %
Total
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ment scheme, in which 48 individuals took part in 2009. The total number of trainees rose to 88 (as compared with 70 in 2008). Last year also saw the first intake of the development cooperation trainee programme complete their training. The graduates of the programme received follow-on contracts either from GTZ, from other German or multilateral development cooperation organisations, or from companies in the consulting sector. Their new employers included the World Bank, KfW Entwicklungsbank and Inwent. Interest in the development cooperation trainee programme remains strong. A total of 1,910 applications were received for the twenty places available for the fourth intake, which commenced training in 2010. The number of junior professionals who were able to gain relevant professional experience and acquire additional qualifications rose to 401, which was about 7 % higher than the previous year’s figure.
>> Capacity development The rapid growth of the company in recent years has presented GTZ with a range of challenges for human resources management, also with respect to capacity development. In 2009, for instance, 800 staff members underwent induction measures lasting several days to prepare themselves for their new duties. Here they were brought up-to-date on GTZ’s knowledge management procedures, IT instruments and human resources work, and were also given a compact induction package tailored to their specific tasks. Anyone preparing for an assignment to Afghanistan, the Sudan or Yemen, for instance, undergoes security training that has been carefully designed to suit these crisis regions. Staff members are also able to take advantage of a whole range of other training activities. Last year alone, more than 10,000 individuals took part in around 800 in-service training courses.
Deployment of seconded experts by region in % (as at 31 December 2009)
19.5 % Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia
14.3 % Mediterranean and Middle East
19.4 % Asia
9.6 % Latin America
37.2 % Sub-Saharan Africa
Training 2009 Training course
Number
Clerical officer Clerical officer for office communications Media and information services specialist Public relations trainee Business administrator Frankfurt academy Business administrator Mannheim academy IT specialist for application development
30 6 1 1 14 34 2
Total
88
CIM: INTEGRATED AND RETURNING EXPERTS The Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) places experts with local employers in project countries, and provides them with various support services and top-up payments to supplement their local salaries. As 2009 drew to a close, this joint operation of GTZ and the Federal Employment Agency was supporting a total of 751 Integrated Experts and 324 Returning Experts. Since last year GTZ has also been responsible for managing the Returning Experts Programme – in other words it is now responsible for both of CIM’s expert programmes.
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Number of seconded experts, Integrated and Returning Experts, national personnel and income by country (as at 31 December 2009) Sub-Saharan Africa
Asia
Total income EUR million1)
Seconded experts I Public-benefit sector I GTZ International Services CIM2)
National personnel
Total income EUR million1)
Seconded experts I Public-benefit sector I GTZ International Services CIM2)
I Integrated Experts I Returning Experts
Angola Benin
2.5
10
Burkina Faso
7.6
10
11.0
Cape Verde
0.03)
Republic
22 2
11.7
Comoros
0.03)
Côte d’Ivoire
16.7
Djibouti
0.03)
Ethiopia Guinea
4.0
Kenya
20.4
Lesotho
1.7
Liberia
4.0
Madagascar
5.1
Malawi
11.3
Mali
12.8
Mauritania
6.3
Mauritius
1.1 9.2
Niger
4.1
Nigeria
7.1
Rwanda
9.1
Senegal
9.1
Sierra Leone
5.1
Somalia
1.0
Sudan Swaziland
415
India
24.0
112
Indonesia
34.0
97
50 24
55 10
Sri Lanka
9.8
Thailand
6.5
Timor-Leste
4.4
17
0 890
16
110
Supraregional
9 2
14 100
15
18
77 144
13 1
94
8
0 30 2 16
3
8
182
12
40
61
29 44
10 16 2
7
125 107
14 3 2 81 1
37 3 33
24.0
9
6 11
93 231
0.7
Zambia
7.8
Zimbabwe
5.0
0 22 1
17 1
385 6
18
12
218
14 2 3
Viet Nam
56 3
16
projects
6 24
17 107
11 3
11
18
3
7
196
102 82
456
13
12 17
120
82
3
82
139 225
13 1
0 22 4
8
143
111
108 17 1
11
12
71
4
126
26
27
26
130
4.3 0
Total
20
40
Argentina
1.3
Barbados Bolivia
0.03) 1 19.7
Brazil
16.5
Chile
5.5
Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic
40
14
xxxx xxxx 18 2
12
23 7 13 1 10 1
3
1.9
5
5
0 196
8 3 xxxx
79
15 1
9.8 2.7 0.03)
0 xxxx
20
9 2
xxxx
64
xxxx
17 0 15
4 62
18 1
Ecuador
6.9
El Salvador
6.3
11
Guatemala
7.9
9 3
Guyana
0.4 1
xxxx
xxxx
0
Haiti
xxxx
xxxx
2
Honduras
1.5 1 6.6
10 4
Mexico
4.0
8
Nicaragua
5.5
Panama
0.2
2
xxxx
xxxx
7
Paraguay
1.8
2
xxxx
xxxx
16
Uruguay 20
220.0
Latin America
Peru
16.7
0
50
17.6
273
17 91
6
21
136
82
12
4 3 3
13.4
14.0
29
38 107
Papua New Guinea 0.1
321
99 30 2
Nepal
19.2
51
40 1
0.7 3 2 10.4
130 104
13
3
Malaysia Mongolia
3
21
7.1
Philippines
0
16 2 2
Laos
683
4
0.2 1 15.2
Total
0.03)
2
15.5
projects
7
22
Togo
Supraregional
38.7
Fiji
0
Tanzania Uganda
China, PR
375
4
18.9
Namibia
Rep. of
18 134
1
119.8 15.8
South Africa,
18
0.1
Ghana
Mozambique
13.5
2
Congo, Dem. Rep. 33.5
Eritrea
15.8
Cambodia
0
2.1
Chad
6 13
16.9
Cameroon Central African
Bangladesh
105
17 21 21
Botswana Burundi
I Integrated Experts I Returning Experts
3.4 11 11.3
National personnel
55 xxxx
6
74 19
11
59
15 1
0.2
31
87
12
7
12.4
69
8
15 xxxx
15
161
xxxx
0
Supraregional projects
11.2 0
481.1 Total
122.1
20
40
Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia Total income EUR million1)
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Mediterranean and Middle East
Seconded experts I Public-benefit sector I GTZ International Services CIM2)
National personnel
Total income EUR million1)
Seconded experts I Public-benefit sector I GTZ International Services CIM2)
I Integrated Experts I Returning Experts
I Integrated Experts I Returning Experts
789
Algeria
8.1
25
Albania
8.4
9
8
xxxx
36
Bahrain
2.1
11 1 4
Armenia
3.2
9
8
xxxx
42
Egypt
Azerbaijan
4.5
36
Iraq
Belarus
1.4
Afghanistan
85
99.1
Bosnia and
6
Croatia
2.6 2 0.9 2
Czech Republic
xxxx
0
11 xxxx
xxxx
6
Israel
1.5
13
Lebanon
8.6
12
Libya
0.1
0
Oman
Estonia
â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 0.14)
0
Palestinian
Georgia
12.2 0.03)
50
territories
Hungary Iran
14
Kazakhstan
2.1 1 2.5
Kyrgyzstan
5.2
Kosovo Latvia
7
6.7 0.03) 61
0.3
Moldova
2.1 1
8
Montenegro
7.1
9
5.9 1 2 13.7
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Emirates Yemen Supraregional projects
0
2
0 7
7 xxx 4
6
28
xxx
3
0.1 2 16
11.6 3
0.4
4
xxxx
0
xxxx
xxxx
14
xxxx 4
xxxx 12
68
xxxx
xxxx
0
3
11 11
7.5
42 51
22.3 14 3
8.0
8 22
11.1 4.5
17
xxxx
18.1
26
7
31 47
13
64 10
xxxx 5
14
130
2.2
10 7
5 xxxx
161
0
20
40
13
10.0
9
10
xxxx
8.6
Turkey
2.1 1 2 2 1 0.4 2
16
12.6
xxxx
4
130.3
76 0 145 15 34
23 1
12 2 12
2,5
Total
107
42 3
Tajikistan
projects
United Arab
11
0.1
Supraregional
Tunisia
89
0
0
Slovenia
Uzbekistan
47
43
41
20 2
Romania
Ukraine
Syria
32
10
13.5 0.3
Turkmenistan
Saudi Arabia
0
0
Poland
Serbia
xxxx
5
0
0 7
Malta
Federation
13
17
3.4
Russian
16
10 16 2
Macedonia
Pakistan
8
8
1.0 6.6
Morocco
18
124
0.03)
Kuwait
0
4
16.6
Jordan
52
2 3
3.7
Cyprus
xxxx
7
Bulgaria
13
8 10
4.9
Herzegovina
20
National personnel
37
10 2
72
Total GTZ income:
38.1 0
20
40
In fiscal 2009 GTZ received income of EUR 221.3 million that cannot be allocated to individual partner countries or their respective regions.
Total
277.9
1) income per country (rounded off) 2) under contract to local employers in the partner countries 3) less than EUR 50,000 4) negative value results from transfers
Total income for 2009 thus amounted to around EUR 1.45 billion.
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>> GTZ Highlights 2009 26 January
06 April
Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin The Forum International Green Week (FIGW) is the foundation stone for a global dialogue on food and agriculture. GTZ and five co-organisers use the forum to pool their activities for the Green Week. Ilse Aigner, Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Governing Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit and Gerd Sonnleitner, President of the German Farmers’ Association, described it as a ‘green Davos’ that would help forge an alliance of policy-makers, civil society and the business community.
GTZ becomes the most ‘cyclist-friendly company’ Around 180 staff members cycle to work at Head Office every day – three times as many as six years ago. This is because the company now provides showers, changing rooms, covered bicycle sheds and parking spaces in the underground car park. Reason enough for the Hessian Minister for Economics, Transport and Urban and Regional Development, Dieter Posch, to present GTZ with the ‘bike + business’ award 2009. This enthusiasm for cycling has also caught on in other countries. In mid-August a TV team from South Korea came to Eschborn to report on GTZ’s ‘bike + business’ approach.
06 April
24 April
High-ranking visit to Afghanistan
Philippines: GTZ receives an award for protecting the environment
In April, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Kunduz province. There she met GTZ staff members delivering development-oriented emergency and transition aid, as well as members of the construction team that among other things is carrying out building and extension work on the Bundeswehr’s operations centre in Kunduz on behalf of the Federal Defence Ministry.
The Philippine President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, presented the BMZ-funded programme for ‘Adaptation to climate change and the conservation of biological diversity’ with the Father Neri Satur Award. The country awards this annual prize, which this year was accepted by GTZ staff member Uwe Scholz, to honour ‘heroes of environmental protection’ in memory of Father Neri Satur, a priest who was shot dead in 1991. He had been protesting against illegal forest clearance.
19 May Award for our social responsibility When looking for the ideal employer university graduates now pay increasing attention to social factors, and this is where GTZ ranks very highly indeed. Based on the views of some 19,000 students the company was conferred the ‘image award for a high degree of social responsibility’ by the Universum consultancy. Klaus Brückner, Director of the GTZ Representation Berlin, accepted the prize.
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23-24 June
Security: a factor for development The twelfth Eschborn Dialogue focused on the relationship between security and development. Around 450 experts discussed various facets of the topic ‘Development policy is the least expensive form of peace policy’. The consensus they reached was that civilian development measures should be incorporated into strategic thinking as soon as crisis situations begin to arise.
28 May
Focus on vocational teacher training ‘The abilities of Saudi Arabians will determine the future of our country.’ These are the words of Ali Bin Nasser Al-Ghafis, President of the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation of Saudi Arabia (TVTC). TVTC and GTZ International Services entered into a contract for the construction and running of a university for vocational teachers. Over 1,000 young Saudi Arabians are to be trained there over the coming years. The contract is worth EUR 38 million.
14 September
‘Development Forum’ – successful discussions with distinguished guests The German daily newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau and GTZ welcomed a number of well-known panellists to this forum. Willi Lemke, former manager of Werder Bremen football club and now the UN SecretaryGeneral’s Special Advisor on Sport for Development and Peace, and Peter Conze, GTZ Country Director in South Africa, talked about the opportunities for development created by the first FIFA World Cup in Africa. The panel on climate change included Christian Ruck, deputy floor leader of the CSU parliamentary group, and ARD TV presenter Ranga Yogeshwar.
22-24 October
04 November
Young Ambassadors for Rural Development
Palestinian territories: strategic municipal planning off to a flying start
Improving rural development worldwide is the cause being pursued by the Young Ambassadors for Rural Development (YARD), a group of 13 young women and men from rural regions in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. On behalf of BMZ, GTZ has been supporting YARD since it was established in 2008. At this year’s European Development Days in Stockholm, YARD invited Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to take part in a round table. He appealed to the group to help actively revitalise rural areas.
Together with GTZ, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, the Ministry of Local Government, the Ministry of Planning and the German Representative Office launched strategic municipal planning in the Palestinian territories. A new policy guideline will provide a clear framework for action by towns and municipalities in the Palestinian territories to involve people in local government planning.
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>> Art in the Annual Report Art from the GTZ collection Art has been a key medium for intercultural exchange since time immemorial. Dialogue through and about art teaches us a lot about the culture from which it emerges, and arouses mutual interest between cultures. Since 1996 GTZ has held an annual exhibition of contemporary paintings, graphic works and sculptures from four continents. The works are created by artists from GTZ partner countries. The exhibitions open a window into the contemporary art scene in other cultures. They also provide a forum for the artists to unveil their works to an audience outside their respective home countries. At the same time GTZ is continuously extending its art collection by purchasing works of art displayed at the exhibitions. As a result, the collection now includes some 100 pictures and sculptures from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The showcasing of art at GTZ also enriches our corporate culture by inspiring dialogue between staff members. Art opens our eyes to life’s rich tapestry and carves out new perspectives.
>> Lune Ndiaye 1964: born in Pikine, Senegal. 1998: emigrated to Granada, Spain. First became seriously interested in painting. Now also works as a singer and drummer. Earns a living as a freelance artist in Germany and Senegal.
>> Zhang Guolong 1957: born in Shenyang, China. 1982: graduated from the Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts. 1988: lecturer in painting at the Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts. Now works as a freelance artist in China.
>> Luis Muñoz 1959: born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 1975–1978: studied art at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santo Domingo. 1980: advanced studies in graphic arts, Escuela Nacional de Artes Gráficas, Santo Domingo. Now active as a freelance artist in the Dominican Republic.
>> Liliane Karnouk 1944: born in Cairo, Egypt. 1966: graduated from the Academy in Rome, Italy with a degree in art. 1971: graduated with a degree in art education from the University of British Columbia at Vancouver, Canada. Worked as a lecturer in art history at the American University in Cairo.
>> Vladimir Tabarovski 1947: born in Moscow, Russia. 1971: graduated with a diploma from the Stroganov Institute, now the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry. 1971–1989: worked as an artist in the collective for monumental art in Moscow. Freelance artist in Germany since 1991.