Appointment of Reem Alabali-Radovan as Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on 6 May 2025

Cycle path in Lima, which was built with the support of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Currently, increased levels of misinformation and misunderstandings regarding Germany's development policy are circulating on the internet and in social networks. The Ministry is therefore providing answers to the current most frequently asked questions.

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Taking office
Reem Alabali-Radovan becomes new Development Minister Internal link

7 May 2025 |
Reem Alabali-Radovan has taken office as Development Minister. After being formally appointed by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, she officially took over from her predecessor Svenja Schulze in a ceremony at the Berlin offices of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) today. Johann Saathoff was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary, and Bärbel Kofler will remain Parliamentary State Secretary at the Development Ministry (BMZ). Niels Annen will be State Secretary at the BMZ.
World Bank Spring Meeting
Safeguarding global cooperation in turbulent times Internal link

25 April 2025 |
Today in Washington D.C. the first World Bank meeting since US President Donald Trump began his second term in office will draw to a close. Germany was represented at the spring meeting by Development Minister Svenja Schulze as Germany’s World Bank Governor and by the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Minister Niels Annen. At the meeting it became clear that the Bank is well-equipped for the future (...)

Solidarity with Ukraine

German Platform for the Reconstruction of UkraineExternal link
Support portal for refugees from Ukraine

www.germany4ukraine.deExternal link
Development cooperation with Ukraine

Solidarity with the people in UkraineInternal link

Regular migration plays an important role in sustainable development. It presents opportunities for the individuals themselves, but also for their countries of origin and for host countries. The German Development Ministry (BMZ) is therefore committed to making migration work for development through a partnership-based approach and to highlighting the potential offered by migration.

A woman shows the result after pounding millet on a smallholder farm in Ishiara, Kenya.

Many millions of people around the world are still suffering from hunger. With the help of a global transformation policy, the permanent crisis mode in the area of food supply must be overcome in order to achieve socially just and economically and ecologically sustainable agricultural and food systems worldwide.

A schoolchild in Ghana reads a textbook.

Education is a human right. Every child has the right to education and every person has the right to meet their basic learning needs – for life. Inclusive, equitable and quality education for all is therefore one of the development goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.