Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit
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The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Corporation for Technical Cooperation) or GTZ is a private international enterprise founded by Erhard Eppler & owned by the German Federal Government, specializing in technical cooperation for sustainable development.
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[edit] Clients
GTZ mainly works on behalf of German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Further clients are other departments of the government, internationals donors like the European Union, World Bank or UN, partner countries and finally the private sector. The cooperation with private companies is an emerging field in the business of sustainable develpoment. The GTZ is set up with International Services (IS) and the Public Private Partnership (PPP) [1]in this area.
[edit] Facts and Figures
As of 2006, GMZ'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.
[edit] 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
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