Content
Bilateral cooperation
Players in Bilateral Cooperation between Germany and its Partner Countries
German development cooperation with partner countries rests on two pillars: it is either initiated and organised by the German government, or devised and implemented independently by non-governmental organisations.
Official Development Assistance (ODA) embraces all Technical and Financial Cooperation projects and programmes which are agreed on in contracts entered into directly with the governments of partner countries. The BMZ contracts the so-called implementing organisations to realise the projects, which are funded completely from the national German budget.
Non-governmental cooperation is funded by various groups and organisations, and organised by them on their own responsibility. This cooperation is financed partly by the inputs of the organisations and partly by state subsidies.
