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The Development Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Germany

The Development Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Germany. Content. Partners and structure of German Development Cooperation and the BMZ German agencies and organisations China as cooperation partner and our areas of cooperation Project examples Trends.

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The Development Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Germany

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  1. The Development Cooperation of theFederal Republic of Germany

  2. Content • Partners and structure of German Development Cooperation and the BMZ • German agencies and organisations • China as cooperation partner and our areas of cooperation • Project examples • Trends Presented by: Dr. Berthold Kuhn, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Division 202, East Asia Section, Berthold.Kuhn@bmz.bund.de

  3. Partner countries • Greater concentration and improved international division of labour boosts effectiveness; new list of partner countries issued in Feburary 2007: 60 countries. • In future, official bilateral cooperation will be concentrated on 57 partner countries, down from currently 78 and 118 at the end of the 1990s. • In 17 countries, ongoing programmes will be completed as planned and bilateral development cooperation then brought to an end. • Africa will remain the main focus of German development cooperation. Almost half of all partner countries (24) are in sub-Saharan Africa. They will particularly benefit from the plans to double funding for Africa by 2010.

  4. Criteria for selecting partner countries • In certain more advanced countries, cooperation programmes focus on the country's role as an "anchor" country (e.g. P.R. China). • In poor countries with good governance, the aim of German development cooperation is to support national poverty reduction strategies and consolidate the democratic state and its pursuit of development. • In fragile states and countries with poor governance, the aim is to support the process of transformation that will lead to better standards of governance and sustainable development.

  5. German Development Cooperation • Financial cooperation (KfW, DEG) • Technical cooperation (GTZ) • Capacity building and training (InWent) • Projects of NGOs and political foundations.

  6. Structure of the BMZ, German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development • Approximately 600 people (75 percent in Bonn, 25 percent in Berlin) • Headed by Federal Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul • Divison 202 East Asia Section: V.R. China, Mongolia, North Korea (South Korea). • Development Department in German Embassies (1-6 staff) • Budget of the BMZ: 2007: 4.5 billion Euros

  7. German Agencies and Partners of (bilateral) German development cooperation • KfW Entwicklungsbank (KfW development bank) • German Investment and Development Company (DEG) • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (German Technical Cooperation) • Centre for Migration and Development (CIM) • Capacity Building International, Germany (InWEnt) • German Development Service (DED) • Weltwärts

  8. Non-State Actors: • Political Foundations (affiliated to Parties represented in the German Parliament): Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Hanns Seidel Foundation, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Heinrich Boell Foundation, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation • Aid services of Catholic and Protestant Church (public law bodies under the German constitution): Miseroer and EED • Non-Governmental Organisations: German Agro Action, BORDA, Tibet Hilfe, Kübel Stiftung, Netz e.V.

  9. P.R. China as partner of German Development Cooperation • 25 years of partnership: China and the Federal Republic of Germany have been cooperating officially since 1982 • Germany classifies China as „anchor country“. These countries play a key role in safeguarding peace and stability, in combating poverty and in implemening of the Millennium Development Goals

  10. Areas of Cooperation: • Sustainable economic development • Environmental protection and conservation of natural resources, including (environmentally sound) transport systems • (Health)

  11. Sustainable economic development • Economic and structural reform, economic policy advice including the social sector • Legal cooperation • Financial systems • Vocational education and training

  12. Environmental protection and conservation of natural resources, including (environmentally sound) transport systems • Environmental policy • Natural resource management • Energy and climate change mitigation • Urban development

  13. Project Examples • Dialogue on the rule of law in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Justice • Climate Protection and Urban Development Program • Renewable Energies – Optimization of Biomass Utilization • Economic and Structural Reform Program

  14. Trends in German Development Cooperation • Aid Effectiveness (Paris Agenda; EU Code of Conduct): ownership, harmonisation, alignment, results, and mutual accountability; division of labour and complementarity • Sharpening the profile and strenthening the visibility of German development cooperation, in coordination with partner countries and other bilateral and multilateral donors.

  15. Trends in German Development Cooperation • Improving the strategic use of the various organisations and instruments of German Development Cooperation, using their specific strenghts and comparative advantages for addressing priority concerns of partner countries • Enhancing coordination capacity in partner countries • Priority Area Coordinators in partner countries

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