Contact person

For further information please contact:
Annette Bähring
Tel: +49 619679-1660
Email: annette.baehring@giz.de

Decentralisation and sustainable urban development

Decentralisation
Governments and public authorities have to use scarce public resources effectively, so as to meet the needs of their citizens and underpin the legitimation of the state. Decentralisation can be a means to support this. We advise our partners in the responsive reorganisation of responsibilities, resources and political autonomy, between and within levels of government.
giz2011-de-dezentralisierung.pdf, 0.75 MB (German)
giz2011-en-decentralisation.pdf, 0.74 MB (English)
Urban and municipal development
For the first time ever, more than half of the world's population live in towns and cities. Therefore we will have to give special attention to urban and municipal development. In our work we tackle its various dimensions: from urban development policy and economic promotion to urban ecology, environmental and climate protection, and from social issues to technical and planning solutions.
giz2011-de-kommunal-und-stadtentwicklung.pdf, 0.75 MB (German)
giz2011-en-urban-municipal-development.pdf, 0.74 MB (English)

For further information please contact:
Annette Bähring
Tel: +49 619679-1660
Email: annette.baehring@giz.de