As a federally-owned enterprise, GTZ has been helping the German Federal Government achieve its development-policy objectives for many years now and is active in partner countries worldwide, primarily on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). In order to deal with the growing political challenges in the field of international relations, other federal ministries and public-sector institutions must also step up their efforts to devise new approaches to cooperation and to expand their global networks. Since the 2007 G8 summit in Heiligendamm, they can also use Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds to achieve these goals.

GTZ's Office for German Public Sector Clients in Berlin serves as a contact point for these ministries, subordinate authorities and state governments that wish to avail themselves of GTZ's services in the field of international cooperation.

The Office's main clients are currently

• the German Federal Foreign Office,
• the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU),
• the Federal Ministry of Defence (BdV) and
• the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi).

On behalf of our clients, we design individual measures, (pilot) projects and comprehensive programmes that are tailored to their needs and are geared towards sustainable development, implementing these all over the world. We can also advise our clients directly on a wide range of issues, and provide personnel to build the capacities of ministerial administrations (mandataries). The Office can tap into the pool of sectoral and regional expertise at GTZ, which has decades of experience in designing and managing complex programmes, and a comprehensive national and international network.

Using additional international funds, our clients can also expand the sphere of influence of their activities. We can provide comprehensive advice and support to German public sector clients in this context, particularly as regards acquiring funds at the European level (EU grants, twinning).  

To contract GTZ: All German federal ministries can contract GTZ directly, without having to issue an invitation to tender. Successful and finely-tuned cooperation procedures with BMZ have been in place for many years. Liaison offices have been set up within the Office for German Public Sector Clients to facilitate access to GTZ's services for other federal ministries, and to foster close cooperation. These ministries can contact GTZ at any time through the relevant liaison office.