View of the Algerian capital Algiers
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Algeria Cooperation for “green” growth and decent jobs
Nearly half of the people are below the age of 25. According to estimates, Algeria's population will grow from its current level of 44 million to about 55 million by 2050. One of the major challenges facing Algeria is to provide enough jobs and opportunities for the young generation.
Algeria's political and economic stability plays a key role for the security situation in the entire region. Following long protests, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who had been in power for many years, resigned in April 2019. After his resignation, Algeria reformed its constitution and held parliamentary and presidential elections. However, the democracy movement continues to be active, and there are growing tensions because of the low level of socio-economic development.
Economic development and climate change
Algeria's economy and national budget depend heavily on oil and gas exports. Declining income from the sale of these resources, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, have exacerbated the country's economic problems in the past few years. Economic diversification is therefore a declared goal of the government.
Algeria is severely affected by the impact of climate change. Simultaneously, it is an important partner for climate change mitigation, as it has great potential for renewable energy generation. The government is working to expand renewable energy generation.
On the current United Nations Human Development Index (HDI), Algeria is ranked 91st out of the 191 countries assessed, ahead of its neighbours Tunisia (97), Libya (104), Morocco (123), Mauritania (158), Mali (186) and Niger (189).
German development cooperation with Algeria
Germany has supported development in Algeria since the 1970s. The country greatly values Germany's Technical Cooperation programmes. As part of the BMZ 2030 reform process, Algeria became a partner country for German development cooperation. There are plans for the two countries to enter into Financial Cooperation.
In late 2021, government negotiations on development cooperation were held between Germany and Algeria for the first time since 2005. The German government committed a total of 49.3 million euros for cooperation in 2021 and 2022. Cooperation focuses on the following core areas:
- Sustainable economic development, training and employment
- Climate and energy, just transition
The two sides also agreed to work together in one initiative area, namely One Health. Activities in this field focus on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Among other things, the two sides are working together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to improve hospital capacity and quality control for medical and pharmaceutical products in the context of the response to the pandemic.
SDG trends for Algeria
- On track or maintaining SDG achievement
- Moderately improving
- Stagnating
- Decreasing
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