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Aims: Priority areas of German development cooperation

The aim of development cooperation is to give people the freedom to shape their own lives, by making their own decisions and taking responsibility for them, without suffering material hardship. With this aim in mind, the German government is seeking with its development policy to help make globalisation an opportunity for all. The sectors that German development cooperation will focus on in particular in the future will be education, health, rural development, good governance and sustainable economic development. The guiding principle in all efforts is the protection of human rights.

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German development policy in the Coalition Agreement between the FDP, CDU and CSU

In the Coalition Agreement between the Free Democratic Party (FDP), Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) signed in October 2009, the German government endorses international development goals and makes a commitment to strive for sustainable reductions in poverty and structural deficits as called for in the United Nations Millennium Declaration. Core defining elements of German development policy are to be the strengthening of good governance, ownership and the potential for self-help in the developing countries.

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The three levels of action of German development cooperation

In Germany, development policy is seen as global structural policy. It creates the framework for development to take place and addresses the task of structure-building at three levels of action: international, in Germany’s partner countries and in Germany itself.

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Rules: The principles governing the implementation of German development policy

Germany’s development cooperation takes place within a framework of rules. They are known as ‘the principles governing the implementation of development policy’. The aim of these rules is to ensure that due regard is paid to the goals of German development policy in all cooperation with partner countries.

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