Transcript Folie 1

The Development Cooperation of the
Federal Republic of Germany
Content
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Partners and structure of German Development
Cooperation and the BMZ
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German agencies and organisations
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China as cooperation partner and our areas of
cooperation
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Project examples
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Trends
Presented by: Dr. Berthold Kuhn, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development,
Division 202, East Asia Section, [email protected]
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.
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Criteria for selecting partner countries
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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.
German Development Cooperation
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Financial cooperation (KfW, DEG)
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Technical cooperation (GTZ)
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Capacity building and training (InWent)
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Projects of NGOs and political foundations.
Structure of the BMZ, German Ministry of
Economic Cooperation and Development
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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
German Agencies and Partners of (bilateral)
German development cooperation
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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
Non-State Actors:
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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
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Aid services of Catholic and Protestant Church (public law
bodies under the German constitution): Miseroer and EED
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Non-Governmental Organisations: German Agro Action,
BORDA, Tibet Hilfe, Kübel Stiftung, Netz e.V.
P.R. China as partner of German Development
Cooperation
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25 years of partnership: China and the Federal
Republic of Germany have been cooperating
officially since 1982
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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
Areas of Cooperation:
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Sustainable economic development
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Environmental protection and
conservation of natural resources,
including (environmentally sound)
transport systems
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(Health)
Sustainable economic development
• Economic and structural reform, economic
policy advice including the social sector
• Legal cooperation
• Financial systems
• Vocational education and training
Environmental protection and conservation of
natural resources, including (environmentally
sound) transport systems
• Environmental policy
• Natural resource management
• Energy and climate change
mitigation
• Urban development
Project Examples
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Dialogue on the rule of law in cooperation with the
Federal Ministry of Justice
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Climate Protection and Urban Development
Program
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Renewable Energies – Optimization of Biomass
Utilization
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Economic and Structural Reform Program
Trends in German Development
Cooperation
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Aid Effectiveness (Paris Agenda; EU Code of
Conduct): ownership, harmonisation, alignment,
results, and mutual accountability; division of labour
and complementarity
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Sharpening the profile and strenthening the visibility
of German development cooperation, in coordination
with partner countries and other bilateral and
multilateral donors.
Trends in German Development
Cooperation
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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
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Enhancing coordination capacity in partner countries
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Priority Area Coordinators in partner countries