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Parliamentary State Secretary Gudrun Kopp, State Secretary Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz and German Development Minister Dirk Niebel with members of the Advisory Council on Innovation of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Copyright: Thomas Trutschel / Photothek.net

Stimulus for new ideas
Dirk Niebel concludes: "BMZ Advisory Council on Inno­vation has proven to be a success"

16.04.2013 — Yesterday and today the BMZ Ad­visory Coun­cil on In­no­va­tion, which was set up just one-and-a-half years ago, met for the fourth time.

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German Development Minister Dirk Niebel at the 13th Latin America Conference. Copyright: BMZ

Cooperation with the private sector
"New impulses for a strong partner­ship" – German industry's 13th Latin America Conference

16.04.2013 — The Conference took place today in Berlin. Dirk Niebel was also at the Conference, as was Rafael Correa, the President of the Republic of Ecuador, who is currently on a visit to Germany.

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German Development Minister Dirk Niebel. Copyright: Photothek.net

Poverty reduction
Niebel supports com­pre­hen­sive change at World Bank

19.04.2013 — Dirk Niebel left for Washington this morning, where he will be taking part in the World Bank Spring Meeting today and tomorrow.

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Development partnerships
Send in applications now: Ideas com­pe­ti­tion for com­panies

15.05.2013 — Today the second develoPPP.de ideas com­pe­ti­tion in 2013 opens. It offers com­pa­nies the op­por­tu­ni­ty to bene­fit from fi­nan­cial sup­port and ex­pert ad­vice from the BMZ.

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German Development Minister Dirk Niebel. Copyright: Photothek.net

Mali
Dirk Niebel announces 100 million euros in sup­port at the Mali donor con­fe­rence in Brussels

15.05.2013 — An in­ter­na­tional Mali donor con­fe­rence is tak­ing place in Brussels today under the joint chair­man­ship of the EU, France and Mali.

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Staatssekretär Bernhard Heitzer (Bundeswirtschaftsministerium), Parlamentarische Staatssekretärin Gudrun Kopp (BMZ) und der mongolische Minister für Industrie und Landwirtschaft Kh. Battulga. Urheberrecht: Steinhäuser/BMZ

Mineral Resource Initiative
Raw materials partner­ship with Mongolia is making good progress

08.05.2013 — Dr. Bernhard Heitzer, State Sec­re­tary in the Federal Ministry of Eco­nomics and Tech­no­logy (BMWi), and Gudrun Kopp held talks with high-ranking Mongolian gov­ern­ment officials.

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Parliamentary State Secretary Gudrun Kopp. Copyright: Torsten George

Mongolia
Breathing life into the German-Mongolian Raw Materials Partnership

06.05.2013 — The second meeting of the German-Mongolian inter­govern­mental work­ing group of the raw ma­te­ri­als part­ner­ship with Mongolia is being held in Ulan Bator on 8 May 2013.

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State Secretary Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz signing the second 30-million-euro instalment of the debt swap that had been promised by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel. Copyright: BMZ

Visit to Tunisia
In Tunisia, State Secretary Beerfeltz meets with young people and signs second debt swap instalment

02.05.2013 — On the third day of his visit to Tunisia, Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz opened a BMZ event that was part of the "De­vel­op­ment Policy Forum" series.

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German Development Media Awards – Closing date is 31 May 2013

02.05.2013 — The Awards are meant to honour jour­na­lists world­wide for out­stand­ing work on topics related to human rights and de­vel­op­ment.

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German Development Minister Dirk Niebel. Copyright: Photothek.net

Food security
Dirk Niebel visits UN orga­ni­sa­tions in Rome

30.04.2013 — Today in Rome De­vel­op­ment Minister Niebel will visit the three most im­por­tant UN specialised agencies for rural de­vel­op­ment and food security, FAO, WFP and IFAD.

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Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz at the signing of an agreement for an innovative irrigation project of two German Start-up companies, the GIZ and the Chamber of Commerce in Tunis, commissioned by the BMZ. Copyright: BMZ

Strong cooperation
State Secretary Beerfeltz leaves for visit to Tunisia, pro­mises that Germany will stand by Tunisia

30.04.2013 — Beerfeltz will have political talks and will also use his visit as an op­por­tu­ni­ty to get a first-hand im­pres­sion of the cur­rent status of de­vel­op­ment co­op­er­a­tion bet­ween Germany and Tunisia.

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Student learning metal processing. Copyright: photothek.net

Joint press release
Dovetailing external eco­nom­ic pro­motion and de­vel­op­ment co­op­e­ra­tion – a win win policy

25.04.2013 — The Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry of Eco­nom­ics and the BMZ will open the 4th regional con­ference on closer dove­tailing of ex­ter­nal eco­nom­ic pro­mo­tion and de­vel­op­ment cooperation.

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State Secretary Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz. Copyright: Thomas Ecke

Child health
Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz rep­re­sents Germany at Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi

25.04.2013 — The Summit focuses on two issues. It will high­light the cru­cial role of vac­cines and im­mu­ni­sa­tion systems for child health, and it will seek to generate even more support for polio eradication.

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Development Minister Dirk Niebel at the 4th Busi­ness Con­fer­ence on Central Asia at the DIHK in Berlin. Copyright: Reichert/BMZ

Regional cooperation
Dirk Niebel at the 4th Busi­ness Con­fer­ence on Central Asia at the DIHK in Berlin

22.04.2013 — "This con­ference under­lines once again Germany's huge interest in the economic and socially suc­cess­ful, peace­ful and open de­vel­op­ment of a region with enor­mous future opportunities.

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German Development Minister Dirk Niebel and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. Copyright: BMZ

Annual Meeting
Following World Bank Meeting, Niebel calls for sup­port for Kim's reform course

21.04.2013 — Today, German De­vel­op­ment Minister Dirk Niebel will return from this year's World Bank Spring Meet­ing, which was held in Washington and focused on the institution's strategic reorientation.

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German Development Minister Dirk Niebel. Copyright: Photothek.net

Poverty reduction
Niebel supports com­pre­hen­sive change at World Bank

19.04.2013 — Dirk Niebel left for Washington this morning, where he will be taking part in the World Bank Spring Meeting today and tomorrow.

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German Development Minister Dirk Niebel at the 13th Latin America Conference. Copyright: BMZ

Cooperation with the private sector
"New impulses for a strong partner­ship" – German industry's 13th Latin America Conference

16.04.2013 — The Conference took place today in Berlin. Dirk Niebel was also at the Conference, as was Rafael Correa, the President of the Republic of Ecuador, who is currently on a visit to Germany.

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Parliamentary State Secretary Gudrun Kopp, State Secretary Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz and German Development Minister Dirk Niebel with members of the Advisory Council on Innovation of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Copyright: Thomas Trutschel / Photothek.net

Stimulus for new ideas
Dirk Niebel concludes: "BMZ Advisory Council on Inno­vation has proven to be a success"

16.04.2013 — Yesterday and today the BMZ Ad­visory Coun­cil on In­no­va­tion, which was set up just one-and-a-half years ago, met for the fourth time.

more

Logo des Programms develoPPP.de

Development partnerships
Send in applications now: Ideas com­pe­ti­tion for com­panies

15.05.2013 — Today the second develoPPP.de ideas com­pe­ti­tion in 2013 opens. It offers com­pa­nies the op­por­tu­ni­ty to bene­fit from fi­nan­cial sup­port and ex­pert ad­vice from the BMZ.

more

German Development Minister Dirk Niebel. Copyright: Photothek.net

Mali
Dirk Niebel announces 100 million euros in sup­port at the Mali donor con­fe­rence in Brussels

15.05.2013 — An in­ter­na­tional Mali donor con­fe­rence is tak­ing place in Brussels today under the joint chair­man­ship of the EU, France and Mali.

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Staatssekretär Bernhard Heitzer (Bundeswirtschaftsministerium), Parlamentarische Staatssekretärin Gudrun Kopp (BMZ) und der mongolische Minister für Industrie und Landwirtschaft Kh. Battulga. Urheberrecht: Steinhäuser/BMZ

Mineral Resource Initiative
Raw materials partner­ship with Mongolia is making good progress

08.05.2013 — Dr. Bernhard Heitzer, State Sec­re­tary in the Federal Ministry of Eco­nomics and Tech­no­logy (BMWi), and Gudrun Kopp held talks with high-ranking Mongolian gov­ern­ment officials.

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German Development Media Awards

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Since 1975, Germany's Development Ministry has been awarding journalists who have heightened the public's awareness of development policy matters through their outstanding reporting. This year, the jury will for the first time also invite journalists from abroad to apply, thus making the German Development Media Awards an international prize. This means that not only German journalists but also journalists from Africa, Asia, the Middle East/North Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe can apply for an award.

Journalists may submit reports that have appeared in the print media or online, or have been aired on radio or television. To be eligible for an award, the entry must deal with topics relating to human rights and development, and it must have been published or broadcast for the first time between 1 January 2012 and 31 May 2013. Entries must be submitted by 31 May 2013.

Detailed information on how to apply can be found on the
Deutsche Welle broadcasting corporation's website.

Publication

Titelgrafik der Publikation "Fighting Poverty More Effectively – Worldwide"

Fighting Poverty More Effectively – Worldwide

Overcoming poverty and its causes is still a key global chal­lenge. The BMZ's Cross-Sec­toral Strat­e­gy on Poverty Reduction (PDF 1.8 MB, accessible) sets out in more concrete terms the political ob­jec­tives and frame of ref­er­ence for this area of de­vel­op­ment co­op­er­a­tion. It sup­ple­ments and op­er­a­tion­alises the over­arch­ing "Minds for Change – En­hancing Opportunities" strategy and complements existing, relevant sector strategy papers adopted by the BMZ.


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