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Volume of business in 2014
In fiscal 2014, GIZ increased its business volume to over
EUR 2 billion. The precise figure of EUR 2,032 million
was EUR 101 million higher than the previous year’s figure
(EUR 1,931 million) – an increase of 5%. Some 93% of
the total business volume was accounted for by the public-
benefit business area. The remaining 7% was generated in
the International Services business area. Through this
business area, international institutions such as the European
Union, the United Nations, governments worldwide,
foundations and businesses with international operations
commission GIZ directly.
Public-benefit business area
In 2014 the public-benefit business area as a whole generated
income of EUR 1,880 million (EUR 1,753 million in 2013).
Commissions from the German Federal Ministry for Eco-
nomic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) – GIZ’s main
commissioning party – accounted for the major share,
reaching EUR 1,615 million (EUR 1,464 million in 2013).
This income from BMZ business also includes EUR 181
million (EUR 170 million in 2013) provided by donors of
third-party funds to cofinance BMZ commissions – a
welcome increase of around 6%. The term cofinancing refers
to all arrangements under which third parties provide
additional funding or place an order for a complementary
measure relating to a measure that GIZ is already imple-
menting on behalf of BMZ or any other German Public
Sector Client. The largest cofinancing donors are the Euro-
pean Union with around EUR 73 million, and the British
development agency DFID with EUR 29 million.
Income generated by measures GIZ implements on behalf of
other German Public Sector Clients fell in 2014 to EUR 239
million (EUR 265 million in 2013). Of this sum, EUR 6
million was accounted for by cofinancing (EUR 9.5 million
in 2013). The drop of EUR 26 million was due largely to
commissions from the German Federal Foreign Office and
the German Federal Ministry of Defence for work in
Afghanistan coming to an end. Commissions awarded by
the German Federal Foreign Office amounted to around
EUR 91 million (EUR 119 million in 2013). The highest
income came from commissions awarded by the German
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conserva-
tion, Building and Nuclear Safety. This amounted to some
EUR 100 million (EUR 87 million in 2013).
GIZ International Services
The total business volume of the GIZ International Services
(IS) business area was around EUR 152 million in fiscal
2014 (EUR 178 million in 2013). In the coming year, GIZ
IS intends to stabilise its volume of business at this level.
Orders placed with GIZ IS by national governments
accounted for the largest share of the total business volume
at EUR 49 million. The volume of business from cooperation
with the European Union totalled around EUR 36 million.
Business with the private sector grew from EUR 10 to 18
million, while business with international financial institu-
tions and funds increased from EUR 11 to 15 million.
Forecast for the development of
business volume in 2015
In 2015, GIZ forecasts that income will remain at the
previous year’s level. It is expected that cooperation with
BMZ – GIZ’s principal commissioning party – will
continue to account for a high percentage of income.
GIZ sees German Public Sector Clients and cofinancing,
among others, as offering potential for generating income
similar to or higher than that generated in 2014.
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German Public Sector Clients
*
(as at 31 December 2014)
Income in EUR million
2013 2014
Federal Ministry for the Environment,
Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
87 100
Federal Foreign Office
119
91
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
17
21
Federal Ministry of the Interior
14
14
Cofinancing
9
6
Other clients
6
5
EU twinning agreements, EU grants
7
3
Federal Ministry of Defence
6
0
Total
265 239
**
GIZ International Services
Total business volume in EUR million
2013 2014
National governments
60
49
European Union
40
36
Bilateral donors
23
18
Private sector
10
18
UN organisations
34
16
International financial institutions and funds
11
15
Other
1
1
Total
178
**
152
**
*
*
total business volume 2013/2014 by main commissioning parties
**
All values shown without decimal places. Rounding differences therefore occur.
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