The Development Cooperation of theFederal Republic of Germany

Content

1. Partners and structure of German Development Cooperation and the BMZ

2. German agencies and organisations

3. China as cooperation partner and our areas of cooperation

4. Project examples

5. Trends

Presented by: Dr. Berthold Kuhn, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Division 202, East Asia Section, Berthold.Kuhn@bmz.bund.de

Partner countries Greater concentration and improved international division of

labour boosts effectiveness; new list of partner countries issued in Feburary 2007: 60 countries.

In future, official bilateral cooperation will be concentrated on 57 partner countries, down from currently 78 and 118 at the end of the 1990s.

In 17 countries, ongoing programmes will be completed as planned and bilateral development cooperation then brought to an end.

Africa will remain the main focus of German development cooperation. Almost half of all partner countries (24) are in sub-Saharan Africa. They will particularly benefit from the plans to double funding for Africa by 2010.

Criteria for selecting partner countries In certain more advanced countries, cooperation

programmes focus on the country's role as an "anchor" country (e.g. P.R. China).

In poor countries with good governance, the aim of German development cooperation is to support national poverty reduction strategies and consolidate the democratic state and its pursuit of development.

In fragile states and countries with poor governance, the aim is to support the process of transformation that will lead to better standards of governance and sustainable development.

German Development Cooperation

Financial cooperation (KfW, DEG) Technical cooperation (GTZ) Capacity building and training (InWent) Projects of NGOs and political foundations.

Approximately 600 people (75 percent in Bonn, 25 percent in Berlin)

Headed by Federal Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul Divison 202 East Asia Section: V.R. China, Mongolia, North

Korea (South Korea). Development Department in German Embassies (1-6 staff) Budget of the BMZ: 2007: 4.5 billion Euros

Structure of the BMZ, German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development

KfW Entwicklungsbank (KfW development bank) German Investment and Development Company (DEG) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)

(German Technical Cooperation) Centre for Migration and Development (CIM) Capacity Building International, Germany (InWEnt) German Development Service (DED) Weltwärts

German Agencies and Partners of (bilateral) German development cooperation

Non-State Actors: Political Foundations (affiliated to Parties represented in the

German Parliament): Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Hanns Seidel Foundation, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Heinrich Boell Foundation, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation

Aid services of Catholic and Protestant Church (public law bodies under the German constitution): Miseroer and EED

Non-Governmental Organisations: German Agro Action, BORDA, Tibet Hilfe, Kübel Stiftung, Netz e.V.

P.R. China as partner of German Development Cooperation

25 years of partnership: China and the Federal Republic of Germany have been cooperating officially since 1982

Germany classifies China as „anchor country“. These countries play a key role in safeguarding peace and stability, in combating poverty and in implemening of the Millennium Development Goals

Areas of Cooperation: Sustainable economic development Environmental protection and conservation

of natural resources, including (environmentally sound) transport systems

(Health)

Sustainable economic development• Economic and structural reform, economic

policy advice including the social sector• Legal cooperation• Financial systems

• Vocational education and training

Environmental protection and conservation of natural resources, including (environmentally sound) transport systems• Environmental policy• Natural resource management• Energy and climate change

mitigation• Urban development

Project Examples

Dialogue on the rule of law in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Justice

Climate Protection and Urban Development Program

Renewable Energies – Optimization of Biomass Utilization

Economic and Structural Reform Program

Trends in German Development Cooperation Aid Effectiveness (Paris Agenda; EU Code of

Conduct): ownership, harmonisation, alignment, results, and mutual accountability; division of labour and complementarity

Sharpening the profile and strenthening the visibility of German development cooperation, in coordination with partner countries and other bilateral and multilateral donors.

Trends in German Development Cooperation Improving the strategic use of the various

organisations and instruments of German Development Cooperation, using their specific strenghts and comparative advantages for addressing priority concerns of partner countries

Enhancing coordination capacity in partner countries Priority Area Coordinators in partner countries