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

Fact checking Frequently asked questions addressed to the BMZ Internal link

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.

News

Solidarity with Ukraine

Consultation

Core area Development-oriented migration: putting the focus on people Internal 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.

Core area Eradicating hunger – ensuring food security Internal link

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.

Core area Education – a human right Internal link

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.

Leadership of the ministry

Reem Alabali-Radovan, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

Reem Alabali-Radovan Internal link

Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

Bärbel Kofler, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

Dr Bärbel Kofler Internal link

Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

Johann Saathoff, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Developmenta

Johann Saathoff Internal link

Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

Niels Annen 

Niels Annen Internal link

State Secretary-designate at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development