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GTZ Office Brasília
Country Director Mr Ulrich Krammenschneider Postal address Cooperação Alemã para o Desenvolvimento Agência da GTZ em Brasília Caixa Postal 01991 70259-970 - Brasília/DF Brasilien Tel: +55 61 21012170 Fax: +55 61 21012166 Email: gtz-brasilien@gtz.de 
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GTZ in Brazil
As an emerging economy with the world’s eighth highest GDP, Brazil has a key role to play in addressing the global economic crisis, in international climate negotiations, in implementing the UN conventions on biodiversity and desertification, and in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Brazil and Germany are strategic partners, working together for their mutual interest in tackling global challenges. Over 45 years of technical cooperation, a dense network of contacts has grown up in business, politics and research. Today, many of GTZ's cooperation partners in Brazil are major national organisations of international repute. Over the years we have built up a sense of understanding and trust and have developed common positions on key issues. This all provides an excellent basis for developing new forms of cooperation. We work in Brazil on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and, through cofinancing arrangements, for the Netherlands (DGIS) and the United Kingdom (DFID). We coordinate our operations with those of technical and research institutions and the private sector by sharing information and cooperating on specific activities. The priority areas of technical cooperation are the protection and sustainable use of tropical rainforests, renewable energies and energy efficiency, and integrated regional development. Triangular cooperation, whereby GTZ carries out projects in other countries of Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa jointly with Brazilian partners is one of the new forms of cooperation. For example, Brazil’s experience in the fight against HIV/AIDS is made available to other countries in the region and Africa. Furthermore, a major BMZ regional programme – advising the Permanent Secretariat of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization – is based in Brazil. Downloads
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