21 December 2007
Sustainable Relief
Iran Earthquake Relief: New Bam Girls’ Vocational School completed. GTZ has been involved in the international rebuilding and relief work carried out since the disaster in July 2004.
20 December 2007
India: Throttling Demand for Energy
Biomass is still the number one source of energy for most people in India. However, the economic boom is requiring increasing quantities of energy generated from coal. So it is high time to implement the Law on Energy Saving in the interests of climate protection.
18 December 2007
Africa Investment Day
Africa in G8 focus – at year’s end the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) set their sights again on the African continent. Leaders of the German economy accepted the invitation to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Frankfurt.
17 December 2007
Tanzania Training Centre for Orthopaedic Technologists celebrates its 25th anniversary
TATCOT is regarded as an excellent model of long-term and successful cooperation between Germany and Tanzania in the health sector.
13 December 2007
Mediator for cooperation in the Danube region
Staff members from GTZ projects in Serbia, Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria helped set up the conference “The Danube – Europe’s Lifeline”.
13 December 2007
Tunisia: International Climate Conference
Africa and the Mediterranean region right on track in climate protection. Nobel laureate Rajenda Pachauri presents results of the Fourth Assessment Report on climate change.
7 December 2007
Urban Life in Nepal
In the Nepalese city of Bhaktapur, a series of events called “Urban Life Cycles” is launched
6 December 2007
Development Policy Media Prize 2007
GTZ project among the winning entries
4 December 2007
Improving Quality Standards
A public-private partnership (PPP) between Metro Marokko and GTZ is aiming to modernise the Moroccan food sector.
3 December 2007
GTZ Art Exhibition until 21 December
Only three weeks remain for those interested in viewing 60 paintings and other works on paper from GTZ partner countries.
30 November 2007
G8 Conference on the Rule of Law
Federal Foreign Minister Steinmeier opens conference
27 November 2007
Honduras adopts forest protection and nature conservation legislation
The Honduran parliament has reached a decision: in future, it wants to do more to protect its tropical forest and has therefore adopted a new law.
23 November 2007
Green Ifriqiya - Market of Possibilities for Environment and Employment
First environment and business forum “Green Ifriqiya” from 9 to 11 November 2007 in Tunis
21 November 2007
United against AIDS
Public-private partnership (PPP) between GTZ and the Tanzanian tea industry to combat HIV/AIDS.
20 November 2007
Spreading the word – making biological diversity and development cooperation a topic in schools
Some 40 pupils and teachers from all over the city of Bonn attended a training session on Sustainability and Biodiversity.
20 November 2007
First Conference for Police Women in Afghanistan
Women police officers from nine Islamic countries met at the end of October in Kabul for the first International Islamic Police Women Conference.
16 November 2007
German Chancellor Visits Indian Microfinance Programme
"Small sums work great wonders!" Financial experts are consistently loud in their praises of what micro-credits can do for the poor.
14 November 2007
Interview on the urban development project in Shibam, Yemen
At the beginning of September 2007 the urban development project in Shibam received the coveted Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
8 November 2007
Africa is well aware of its own cultural strength
GTZ AgenZ provided support for the preparation and organisation of the Third Africa Forum of Federal President Horst Köhler.
6 November 2007
Fighting illegal arms trade
GTZ’s Programmes for Public-Sector Clients: Border management in Lebanon
2 November 2007
Forest Partnership for the Climate
Germany takes over coordination of the forest protection partnership in the Congo Basin. GTZ actively supports the coordination activities.
2 November 2007
Partnership for Sustainable Irrigation
The PPP (public-private partnership) between GTZ, the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, and Mobinil, the largest mobile phone operator in Egypt, was launched in Cairo on 21 October.
2 November 2007
GTZ sponsors Great Ethiopian Run
On November 25th more than 30.000 runners are expected. Ethiopia is celebrating new millennium according to the Julian calendar.
19 October 2007
The CSR Navigator – Public Policies in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe
The Bertelsmann Foundation and GTZ compare the policies of 13 governments worldwide on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
15 October 2007
Morocco: At the cutting edge
GTZ’s competitiveness barometer helps recognise business trends in time
15 October 2007
Welcome to Germany! - Serbian schools, fit for Europe
Young people visit Frankfurt and Offenbach
5 October 2007
CSR as a peace-building instrument
Local entrepreneurship and peace in Norte de Santander, Colombia
4 October 2007
Medical Treatment Even for the Destitute
Evaluation: Health care systems in Africa
2 October 2007
Early phase-out of HCFC production and use
BMZ für Aktivitäten zum Schutz der Ozonschicht ausgezeichnet
2 October 2007
Information Portal on Human Rights and DC
Introduction and key documents
28 September 2007
Using Biological Methods to Control the Mycotoxin Aflatoxin
Researchers at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have developed an efficient biological method of aflatoxin control.
1 October 2007
New: Thematic press kits for journalists
In addition to brief project descriptions, the thematic press kits include background information, short interviews, pictures, related links as well as facts and figures.
26 September 2007
Competition is the future
The results of a national quality competition show that the Systemic Quality Improvement (SQI) model developed by GTZ has proved successful on the ground in Morocco.
26 September 2007
Preserving Shibam as a living city
Urban development project in Yemen as one of nine projects to win the coveted Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
13 September 2007
The sun delivers water
Innovative technologies in Afghanistan: In the village of Kushka Dara, water is delivered by one pump powered by electricity from 39 solar modules. The 3,500 villagers now have fresh drinking water for up to 12 hours a day.
10 September 2007
The city as a quality living environment
GTZ has been implementing the Eco City Programme since 2004 to help citizens and the municipal authority in the Chinese city of Yangzhou save the historic city centre from demolition and decay.
24 August 2007
www.votebien.com
GTZ is supporting the online portal for the regional elections to take place in Colombia on 28 October 2007.
22 August 2007
World-class connections made in Germany!
Germany Alumni project of Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)
21 August 2007
Around the world with the sun
Stopping climate change: To show that it really does work, Louis Palmer is now circling the entire globe in his solar taxi. He is out to do 40,000 kilometres in 16 months, taking in every continent.
21 August 2007
Ethiopia: GTZ IS builds and informs
Development through better infrastructure: that is one of the goals GTZ International Services pursues in Ethiopia. Since 2003 GTZ IS has been an important player in the country's construction sector.
6 July 2007
Malawi: Matevu’s Favourite Subject
GTZ supports curriculum reform by the government in Malawi and organises school meals in poor districts.
4 July 2007
Praise for GTZ from the Ethiopian House of Federation
CIM expert advises Ethiopian House of Federation on issues concerning federalism.
4 July 2007
Mongolia: towards legal security
Between 50% and 60% of all television viewers in Mongolia watch docusoaps about legal problems and court cases
26 June 2007
GTZ IS im Südsudan
Southern Sudan Road and Dike Rehabilitation Programme: a programme with spin-offs
22 June 2007
Rwanda: Rays of sunshine for the economy
The largest grid-linked photovoltaic system in sub-Saharan Africa was inaugurated
22 June 2007
GTZ, a Family-Friendly Company
We now have it in writing: GTZ is a family-friendly company!
22 June 2007
Giving Globalisation a Human Face
Alongside good governance, the labour market is the key to the development potential of our partner countries.
19 June 2007
Renewable Energies in Senegal
A foot in the door of West African markets
13 June 2007
More worldwide demand than ever for GTZ services
Jahrespressekonferenz 2007
6 June 2007
Between Blackboard and Cement Mixer
The University Capacity Building Programme offers Ethiopia even more than universities.
6 June 2007
Federal President’s second Africa Forum - Documentation now available
The concept, spirit, and outcomes of the second Africa Forum
4 June 2007
Zambia: Violet’s Water Kiosk No. 7
"Sure I'm proud that I can sell clean water here – people really need it."
31 May 2007
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Yunus visits GTZ
Discussions focused on the challenges facing international cooperation in the fight against global poverty and on the issue of market-oriented development concepts.
30 May 2007
A New Life
Artificial limbs for developing countries – through distance learning.
30 May 2007
Joined-up PPP in Peru
GTZ Peru, the German DED and the German-Peruvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry have signed an agreement committing them to work together to promote and develop Public-Private Partnership projects (PPPs).
21 May 2007
Back to the future
A ceasefire is now in place in the Kailahun district of eastern Sierra Leone, but there are hundreds of thousands of largely young, unemployed internally displaced persons, most of them in the cities.
11 May 2007
Paul Collier: The right combination to help the poorest of the poor
Aid and trade, governance and security
The British economist Paul Collier presented his new book "The Bottom Billion" for public discussion at gtz-Haus, Berlin.
9 May 2007
Capacity Development in Mali
GTZ is helping the communities in Mali increase their administrative competence.
8 May 2007
Interview with Germany’s Minister for Development Cooperation, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul
Africa is heading in the right direction.
26 April 2007
Ghana: Transparent accounts
Where raw materials are sourced, money flows to official national and local authorities.
24 April 2007
Tunisian dates in German supermarkets
PPP project
16 April 2007
Brochure on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Mercosur
Practical examples of CSR by GTZ, the German Chambers of Commerce Abroad (AHK) and Capacity Building International, Germany (InWEnt)
16 April 2007
Apples on the advance
Landwirtschaftsförderung in Äthiopien
29 March 2007
Brazil: Nature conservation is the best climate protection
One-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions are the result of logging.
26 March 2007
Germany's First Lady Learns about Brazil's National AIDS Control Program
Tour of Latin America by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany
22 March 2007
German President Köhler in Amazonia
Germany's President Köhler favours more intensive cooperation on forest conservation and climate in Amazonia
15 March 2007
The German President’s tour of Latin America
German President Horst Köhler learns more about German Development Cooperation in Paraguay
14 March 2007
Sustainable Tourism
Gentle safari in one of Morocco’s National Parks
5 March 2007
German and Spanish Technical Cooperation Join Forces in Tunisia
The cooperation arrangement in the field of environmental communication between the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation AECI and GTZ in Tunis shows how the Paris Declaration can be made a reality on site.
12 February 2007
Green Landscape Replacing Smoking Heaps of Waste
With GTZ support, new waste legislation has been on the books in Morocco since the beginning of this year. Unauthorised waste dumps and mountains of waste exhaling noxious fumes – presently blots on the landscape and a threat to human health – will be things of the past in a few years. In two years at the latest, it will be possible to permanently dispose of some 40 percent of municipal waste in soundly structured landfills.
8 February 2007
Triumphal march of the brown tuber in Vietnamese cuisine
The potato is tempting palates and conquering kitchens throughout Viet Nam. Annual consumption is at a million tonnes. The brown tuber is ideally suited to the climate of northern Viet Nam, where it serves to tide over the fallow period during the winter months. Potato cultivation gives farmers much-appreciated additional income.
7 February 2007
Environment, economic and employment promotion on the agenda
GTZ is assisting the reconstruction of the war-ravaged country on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Existing vocational education initiatives are being expanded to cover the whole country. GTZ is providing flanking support for the reform process in the field of sustainable water use.
1 February 2007
GTZ cited as a Fair Company enterprise
GTZ was cited in the magazine "Junge Karriere" (Young Career) as a Fair Company enterprise.
17 January 2007
Pakistan: Bringing light into the darkness
The demand for energy is rising unabated worldwide. The call for energy on the part of emergent economies and developing countries in particular is becoming louder and louder. Thus, renewable energies are becoming increasingly important in GTZ's partner countries, such as Pakistan.
