SDG 1: No Poverty

No one should have to live in extreme poverty, meaning on less than $3 per day. The number of poor people overall should be halved by 2030, and the provision of social security benefits should increase.

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Integrated Company Report 2024

Coveted raw materials, fairly sourced

The work of GIZ contributes to ensuring that rare resources in Latin America are extracted responsibly, socially, and transparently.

Ein Mensch tippt auf einem Laptop mit Excel-Tabelle, im Hintergrund sitzt ein lächelnder Mann an einem Schreibtisch.

Integrated Company Report 2024

Digital Transformation: harnessing opportunities, mitigating risks

Open, fair and equitable: how digitalisation can help to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. GIZ passes on the skills needed to use digital systems effectively and stengthens societies to mitigate the risks of digitalisation.

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Hello from Niamey

I’m Natalie Naeser. I work for GIZ in Niger, where I manage the Sahel Resilience Strengthening project.

Schwarz-weiße Zeichnung eines Mannes mit lockigem Haar und kariertem Hemd vor hellblauem Hintergrund.

Three questions

‘Creating sustainable jobs with purpose: balancing profit and impact’

Kaleab Getaneh Zewelde is the co-founder and CEO of Mela for Her. The Ethiopian company for reusable menstrual products not only stands for sustainable goods with a social impact, it also offers attractive employment opportunities for women.

Zwei Männer tragen eine solarbetriebene Messboje durch flaches Wasser, im Hintergrund sind Berge und eine Sandbank zu sehen.

Report

AI for climate resilience meets local know-how

A visit to remote islands in the Indonesian archipelago, where artificial intelligence experts are working with coastal communities to strengthen climate resilience and build digital expertise. GIZ is supporting this special initiative.

Interview

‘Every woman has the right to a self-determined life’

Sara Nuru rose to fame as a winner of Germany’s Next Top Model. She is now a successful entrepreneur, supporting women in Ethiopia. In 2018, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) appointed Sara Nuru as an ambassador for fair trade. In this interview for akzente, she reports on how her own association, nuruWomen, is supporting economic independence for women.

Agenda 2030

Nothing less than the ‘transformation of our world’ is at the centre of the 2030 Agenda. Economic progress worldwide should be in harmony with social justice and the protection of natural resources.

Since its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, the 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Climate Agreement, has been the guiding principle of German development cooperation and the overarching framework to which GIZ aligns its work.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations

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