GIZ

GIZ Profile: sustainable development for a liveable future
As a service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work, we are dedicated to shaping a future worth living around the world. We have over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment promotion, energy and the environment, and peace and security. The diverse expertise of our federal enterprise is in demand around the globe – from the German Government, European Union institutions, the United Nations, the private sector, and governments of other countries. We work with businesses, civil society actors and research institutions, fostering successful interaction between development policy and other policy fields and areas of activity. The guiding principle is sustainability. Our main commissioning party is the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

The commissioning parties and cooperation partners all place their trust in GIZ, and we work with them to generate ideas for political, social and economic change, to develop these into concrete plans and to implement them. As a public-benefit federal enterprise in international cooperation with a focus on sustainability, we represent German and European values. Together with our partners in national governments worldwide and cooperation partners from the worlds of business, research and civil society, we work flexibly to deliver effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions.

Sustainable development worldwide
The registered offices of GIZ are in Bonn and Eschborn. In 2021, we generated a business volume of around EUR 3.7 billion.  Our 25,422 employees work in 120 countries for sustainable development. Almost 70 per cent of them are national employees and work in the region. As a recognised development service provider, we currently have 353 development workers in action in partner countries. Furthermore, in 2022, the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM), which is run jointly by GIZ and the German Federal Employment Agency, placed 143 integrated experts and 257 returning experts with local employers in our partner countries, or provided them with financial support, advice or other services.*

Identity
Vision
We work to shape a future worth living around the world.

Mission Statement
We manage change.

We work holistically, draw on extensive implementation experience and share responsibility for achieving objectives with our partners.

We provide know-how.

Our services are built on a wealth of regional and technical competence and tried and tested management expertise.

We develop solutions.

We use our wide range of instruments and networks flexibly and innovatively to create value for our commissioning parties and to empower people to shape their own development processes.

We act as an intermediary.

Our core competencies include balancing diverse interests in sensitive contexts and providing entry points for the private sector and civil society.

We are value-driven.

As a federally owned enterprise, we are guided by the principles of our social order, act in the interests of Germany and, first and foremost, support the development policy of the German Government.

We advise policymakers.

At home and abroad, we help decision-makers accomplish their political objectives.

We secure results.

Our work is about producing results in a transparent, efficient and partneroriented way and in line with good commercial practice.

We are a global player.

Decentralised structures, intercultural competence and a highly professional workforce are the factors that fuel our success.

Corporate Values
Our actions are guided by the principles of sustainability. We believe that only by combining social responsibility, ecological balance and economic capability will current and future generations be able to lead secure and dignified lives.

We advocate respect for human rights, equal opportunities and integrity.