GTZ is active in 35 countries in the Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia region, where it currently employs 215 seconded and 1,589 national staff members to support its local partners.

Apart from the Federal Development Ministry (BMZ), GTZ is increasingly operating in the region on behalf of other federal ministries. For instance, it is working on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office within the scope of its Central Asia water initiative, and in the spheres of reconstruction and the rule of law. On behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, it is principally involved in activities pertaining to climate and environmental protection, and energy efficiency.

(As of 31 December 2008).

Further information on GTZ's work in individual countries: