Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit

The "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit" (German Technical Cooperation) or GTZ is a private international enterprise founded by Erhard Eppler and owned by the German Federal Government, specializing in technical cooperation for sustainable development with worldwide operation.

Clients

GTZ mainly works on behalf of German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Further clients are other departments of the government, international donors like the European Union, World Bank or UN, partner countries and finally the private sector. Cooperation with private companies is an emerging field in the business of sustainable development. The GTZ is set up with International Services (IS) and the Public Private Partnership (PPP) [http://www.gtz.de/en/unternehmen/2362.htm] in this area.

Facts and Figures

As of 2006, GTZ's turnover was almost 900 million euro, and they had about 10,000 employees working in 126 countries, including about 1,000 at their head office in Eschborn near Frankfurt am Main.

Fields of Activity

The GTZ provides services in the following areas of sustainable development:

* Economic Development and Employment
* Governance and Democracy
* Health, Education, Social Protection
* Environment and Infrastructure
* Agricultures Fisheries and Food

See also

*Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21)
*Capacity building
*List of development aid agencies

External links

* [http://www.gtz.de/en/ GTZ's official site] (in English)