Project data now easily accessible

Transparent information on the projects and programmes of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is now freely available online at www.giz.de/projektdaten. Internet users can access detailed information on specific projects as well as information round-ups on individual countries and regions. This section of our website – with easily accessible facts and figures – supplements the information already available. Graphics and tables summarising data provide a detailed overview of the financial scope and content of projects. And more data is available every day.

‘GIZ aims to present its own work transparently for the general public, and to foster an exchange of knowledge and experience inside and outside Germany. This new presentation of project data is another important step in that direction. It is also our way of helping the German Government meet its international transparency commitments,’ says Michael Krempin, GIZ’s transparency officer.

The German Government has undertaken to implement the international transparency standard by the end of 2015. This standard is the brainchild of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), a multi-stakeholder initiative that brings together state and non-governmental organisations. Germany is a member. The aim of the international transparency standard is to enhance the effectiveness of development cooperation by publishing easily accessible information swiftly.