Since 1975, GTZ has been working in Kenya on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The German and Kenyan governments have agreed to cooperate in the following priority areas:

• reform of the water sector with concurrent advisory services for government, institutions, and water and wastewater utilities in medium-sized cities. Sustainable access of the urban poor to safe drinking  water and increasing basic sanitation and improvement of the water resource management.
• development of the health sector, by improving access to and demand for affordable and good quality health services, introduction of a system of financing, the development and implementation of quality standards and the mainstreaming of gender and human rights principles in the health reform process as well as reduction of Gender based Violence (GBV), including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
• private sector promotion in agriculture supports small and medium-scale enterprises in selected  agricultural value chains to make better use of their market potential. Additionally PSDA promotes environment-friendly technologies, and reforms in the legal and policy framework.

In addition, GTZ supports the efforts of the government, civil society and private sector in the following projects:

• Support to Good Governance
• Promotion of social Justice, Reconciliation and National Cohesion
• Support to Good Public Finance Management
• Capacity Development in Public Procurement (PPOA)
• Support to Planning and for Peace and  Security  at East African Standby Brigade (EASBRICOM)
• BMZ-UNHCR Partnership Programmes (East and Central Africa)
• African Eco-Labelling Mechanism

Regional Projects

• Regional Energy Advisory Platform (East Africa) - REAP (EA)
• East African Community (EAC)
• Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
• Combating HIV and AIDS is mainstreamed and is part of the support in all programmes and projects.

GTZ cooperation in Kenya takes the following forms:

• advisory services for governments and organisations
• support for partner initiatives at all levels
• financing for the partners
• joint financing with other international donors (sector wide approaches – SWAps – or programme-based approaches – PBAs)

Staff members of the Ministry of Agriculture inspect farm products at a local market