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International cooperation with impact

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH works worldwide for a future worth living. Together with our partners, we create opportunities and sustainably improve people’s lives. Through our networks, we turn international agendas into action – with a global vision and local impact.

What do cocoa and doctor's visits have to do with international cooperation?

International cooperation sounds abstract to many people. These films show precisely how it touches our lives – with respect to health care, prices, products and the climate.
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Achieving impact

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How we work

Strong networks, extensive technical expertise and the cost-effective use of funds – these are the tools we draw on as we work with our partners around the world to create lasting value for people.

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Research without borders

Researching together, protecting together: GIZ supports improved access to vaccines by strengthening the global South and while also benefiting Germany. A visit to scientists in Germany and Ghana who work side by side.

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Interview

‘For us, GIZ is like an enzyme that speeds up solutions’

Professor Malek Bajbouj from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin talks about Charité's international focus and how the partnership with GIZ puts scientific innovation into practice.

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‘Our work is not a one-way street’

Artificial intelligence can promote development and create new jobs – provided it is used responsibly, explains Bärbel Kofler, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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Joint action in the Sahel

‘Challenges do not stop at national borders’

In the Sahel, GIZ, the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF are working together in the same communities. In this interview, Abdrahamane Karimou Issa explains how this cooperation is changing the everyday lives of families in Chad - and why it is important not only for the region, but beyond its borders.
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Don’t give the virus a chance

For ten years, the German Epidemic Preparedness Team (SEEG) has been actively combating epidemics worldwide to prevent them from spreading across the globe.
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Faster customs clearance with GIZ

Digital processes speed up customs clearance worldwide. This benefits German companies, consumers and producers in the partner countries.

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The FAIR Forward – Artificial Intelligence for All initiative provides access to training data and AI technology to support local innovation, develop local digital skills and create a policy environment for values-based AI and improved data protection in Indonesia and other partner countries.
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