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EITI Global Conference
Gudrun Kopp signs agreement on trilateral cooperation with Australia in extractives sector
23.05.2013 — "Australia's competence in the raw materials sector is an ideal complement to the areas that we in German development cooperation focus on."
End of journey to Africa
German Development Minister Dirk Niebel meets Zambian Minister of Finance Chikwanda
23.05.2013 — After the meeting, Niebel said: "Zambia can be proud of the successes it has achieved in the last two decades. The country is a stable democracy today and is seeing strong economic growth."
more - German Development Minister Dirk Niebel meets Zambian Minister of Finance Chikwanda
Cooperation agreement
Bill Clinton visits BMZ – German Development Ministry enters into cooperation with Clinton Foundation
26.05.2013 — The focus of the cooperation will be on Africa, which is undergoing rapid political, economic and social change. In sectoral terms, the joint activities will focus on agriculture and health.
Visit to Latin America
Beerfeltz concludes visit to Cuba and offers resumption of development cooperation: "We are offering our hand to Cuba"
07.06.2013 — "On both sides, the German side as well as the Cuban side, there is a willingness and interest, in principle, to resume the cooperation that was ended ten years ago."
International development agenda
G8 provider of development impetus – Minister Niebel welcomes G8 accountability report 2013
07.06.2013 — The G8 is making good headway towards fulfilling its development policy commitments. This is the outcome of this year's comprehensive accountability report published today.
Beerfeltz in Havana
First visit to Cuba by a top BMZ official in ten years
06.06.2013 — The purpose of the visit is to inform the Cuban side about the instruments of German development cooperation and to explore openings for the resumption of cooperation in future.
more - State Secretary Beerfeltz visits Havana:
First visit to Cuba by a top BMZ official
in ten years
Statement
German Development Minister Niebel on the sentencing of foreign non-governmental organisations' staff in Egypt
04.06.2013 — "The court decision from Cairo is a slap in the face of the political foundations, which are doing invaluable work in Egypt just like in other countries."
Development policy forum
Action needed to ensure that migration of skilled workers is conducive to development, says Gudrun Kopp
04.06.2013 — Parliamentary State Secretary Gudrun Kopp gave a speech at the opening of the Development Policy Forum on "Migration of Professionals from Developing Countries" at the BMZ in Berlin.
Dirk Niebel in Rwanda
"Vocational training is vital for increasing youth employment"
03.06.2013 — This afternoon, German Development Minister Dirk Niebel will be visiting the SOS Hermann Gmeiner Vocational Training Centre in Kigali on his trip to Rwanda.
more - "Vocational training is vital for increasing youth employment"
Dirk Niebel in Rwanda
"Germany is supporting Rwanda on its successful path towards decentralisation"
02.06.2013 — "Rwanda is pursuing ambitious development goals and is implementing its Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy consistently," Niebel said.
more - "Germany is supporting Rwanda on its successful path towards decentralisation"
Dirk Niebel in Uganda
"Expand our cooperation with private enterprises in the energy sector"
31.05.2013 — On the second day of his visit to Uganda, German Development Minister Dirk Niebel and Uganda's Energy Minister launched the Global Energy Transfer Feed-In Tariffs Programme (GET FiT).
more - "Expand our cooperation with private enterprises in the energy sector"
Financing development
Parliamentary State Secretary Kopp attends African Development Bank Annual Meeting in Marrakech
30.05.2013 — At the meeting, Kopp highlighted the central importance of extractive sector governance and of the diversification of African economies for economic development and poverty reduction in Africa.
Dirk Niebel in Uganda
"Protecting human rights and preventing corruption are of key importance"
30.05.2013 — German Development Minister Dirk Niebel (FDP) successfully concluded Germany's bilateral government negotiations with Uganda this morning.
more - "Protecting human rights and preventing corruption are of key importance"
Africa
Dirk Niebel leaves for Uganda and Rwanda
29.05.2013 — Both countries have made major progress in development terms in recent years, and have become engines of economic and political integration in the region around Africa's Great Lakes.
European cooperation
Dirk Niebel attends EU Development Council
28.05.2013 — The most important issues on the Council meeting's agenda are the reorientation of EU development cooperation and Council Conclusions on the global post-2015 agenda.
Cooperation agreement
Bill Clinton visits BMZ – German Development Ministry enters into cooperation with Clinton Foundation
26.05.2013 — The focus of the cooperation will be on Africa, which is undergoing rapid political, economic and social change. In sectoral terms, the joint activities will focus on agriculture and health.
End of journey to Africa
German Development Minister Dirk Niebel meets Zambian Minister of Finance Chikwanda
23.05.2013 — After the meeting, Niebel said: "Zambia can be proud of the successes it has achieved in the last two decades. The country is a stable democracy today and is seeing strong economic growth."
more - German Development Minister Dirk Niebel meets Zambian Minister of Finance Chikwanda
EITI Global Conference
Gudrun Kopp signs agreement on trilateral cooperation with Australia in extractives sector
23.05.2013 — "Australia's competence in the raw materials sector is an ideal complement to the areas that we in German development cooperation focus on."
Visit to Latin America
Beerfeltz concludes visit to Cuba and offers resumption of development cooperation: "We are offering our hand to Cuba"
07.06.2013 — "On both sides, the German side as well as the Cuban side, there is a willingness and interest, in principle, to resume the cooperation that was ended ten years ago."
International development agenda
G8 provider of development impetus – Minister Niebel welcomes G8 accountability report 2013
07.06.2013 — The G8 is making good headway towards fulfilling its development policy commitments. This is the outcome of this year's comprehensive accountability report published today.
Beerfeltz in Havana
First visit to Cuba by a top BMZ official in ten years
06.06.2013 — The purpose of the visit is to inform the Cuban side about the instruments of German development cooperation and to explore openings for the resumption of cooperation in future.
more - State Secretary Beerfeltz visits Havana:
First visit to Cuba by a top BMZ official
in ten years
Publication
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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Leadership
The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is led by
- Dirk Niebel
Federal Minister - Gudrun Kopp
Parliamentary State Secretary - Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz
State Secretary
