INTEGRATED COMPANY REPORT 2014 - GIZ. Solutions that work.

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Our personnel
Dedicated and committed
Innovative and sustainable solutions – this is what our com-
missioning parties and partners expect from GIZ, and it is
what they get. We achieve this with the commitment and
dedication of our staff members in Germany and abroad,
our German and international long-term and short-term
experts, our national personnel in partner countries, our
development workers, our integrated experts and the Civil
Peace Service experts. Each and every one of them strives to
justify the trust placed in us by our commissioning parties
and partners. Our formula for success is based on the fact
that we have been operating continuously for over 50 years
with highly qualified personnel in more than 130 countries.
For our experts, dealing with different people and cultures
is part of their daily routine. As dedicated service providers
and professionals we are reliable, expert and trustworthy
partners. On behalf of our commissioning parties, and side
by side with our partners, we develop made-to-measure
solutions to the challenges of the future worldwide.
Working for GIZ
For many years, we have consistently invested in our attrac-
tiveness as an employer. As well as competitive remunera-
tion, we offer extensive benefits and ensure that our employ-
ees have a healthy work-life balance. Our package also
includes day care for pre-school children, more than 190
flexible working time and organisation models plus an
extensive health programme. This has enabled us to compete
successfully for the best experts and managers in the world
for many years. This was confirmed once again by the survey
of young professionals conducted in 2014 by the Berlin
research institute Trendence. Respondents ranked GIZ 21st
out of the top 100 employers in Germany. This assessment
reflects the fact that we offer our employees a wealth of
opportunities for development – for instance by switching
between jobs in Germany and jobs in partner countries, or
managerial positions. GIZ offers a range of support options
to help staff take advantage of these opportunities, including
internal and external training courses, temporary place-
ments in other sections of the company, coaching, mentor-
ing and STEP – our systematic process for building the
capacities of staff members with managerial potential, which
we developed in 2014.
Human resources development in figures
As at 31 December 2014 GIZ had a total of 16,410 staff
members (16,510 in 2013).
There were 2,078 seconded experts working outside Ger-
many (2,058 in 2013). In addition, 11,260 national person-
nel were employed in our partner country offices and pro-
grammes (11,244 in 2013). National personnel are recruited
and given employment contracts locally. Of this group 1,449
(13.3%) held managerial or senior professional positions
(1,389/12.4% in 2013). Another 4,672 (41.5%) had specialist
and managerial duties (4,574/40.7% in 2013). The propor-
tion of women employed among staff in Germany and
seconded experts was 55.1% (54.4% in 2013). Once again
the proportion of women employed in managerial positions
rose slightly, reaching 36.7% (35.6% in 2013).
In 2014, 3,072 people were employed by GIZ in Germany,
136 fewer than in the previous year (3,208). This slight
drop involved chiefly employee groups with Head Office
functions. The number of such employees fell by 114 to
1,805 (1,919 in 2013). In projects and programmes in
Germany, the number of employees remained almost
unchanged at 1,267 (1,289 in 2013). Given the slight
increase in business volume, this demonstrates that GIZ
has succeeded in becoming more efficient, particularly in
the organisational units at Head Office.
Development workers
As at 31 December 2014, 785 development workers were
employed by GIZ (869 in 2013). The number of develop-
ment workers thus fell in 2014 relative to the previous year’s
figure. For 2015 GIZ intends to stabilise the number of
assignments at a high level.
Integrated and returning experts
The number of integrated experts mirrored the trend in the
number of development workers. Integrated experts are placed
with employers in partner countries by the Centre for Inter-
national Migration and Development (CIM), a joint opera-
tion of GIZ and the German Federal Employment Agency.
The experts receive a local contract of employment from these
employers. CIM tops up their local salary. As 2014 drew to
a close, 527 top-up agreements with integrated experts were
in place (545 in 2013). CIM also supported 473 returning
experts (439 in 2013). By providing them with a salary
top-up plus advisory and other services, CIM enables these
experts to put the knowledge they have acquired in Germany
to use after returning to their countries of origin. //
Personnel in the regions* (as at 31 December 2014)
Seconded
experts
National
personnel
Development
workers **
Integrated
experts***
Returning
experts***
Sub-Saharan Africa 696 3,633 431 147 134
Asia/Pacific 440 2,380 155 79 153
Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia 454 3,145 28 176 77
Latin America, Caribbean 207 1,212 127 96 59
Mediterranean Region and Middle East 254 860 44 29 50
Industrialised countries (Europe, USA) 27 30 0 0 0
Total 2,078 11,260 785 527 473
*** not including personnel in Germany
*** of which 106 experts of the Civil Peace Service
*** placed or supported by CIM, a joint operation of GIZ and the German Federal Employment Agency
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Percentage of women in the workforce
Workforce as a whole Management Board Managerial positions
Germany Partner countries Total Partner countries Germany Total
2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014
66.6% 66.8% 35.6% 37.7% 54.5% 55.1% 50.0% 50.0% 28.2% 29.4% 44.0% 45.3% 35.6% 36.7%
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