GIZ Profile
As a service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work, we are dedicated to shaping a future worth living around the world. We have over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment promotion, energy and the environment, and peace and security. The diverse expertise of our federal enterprise is in demand around the globe – from the German Government, European Union institutions, the United Nations, the private sector, and governments of other countries. We work with businesses, civil society actors and research institutions, fostering successful interaction between development policy and other policy fields and areas of activity. Our main commissioning party is the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
The commissioning parties and cooperation partners all place their trust in GIZ, and we work with them to generate ideas for political, social and economic change, to develop these into concrete plans and to implement them. Since we are a public-benefit federal enterprise, German and European values are central to our work. Together with our partners in national governments worldwide and cooperation partners from the worlds of business, research and civil society, we work flexibly to deliver effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions.
Promoting Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development
UNIDO is a specialized agency of the United Nations with a unique mandate to promote, stimulate and accelerate industrial development. UNIDO’s mandate is reflected in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9: “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”, but the Organization’s activities contribute to all SDGs.
UNIDO’s vision is a world without poverty and hunger, where industry drives low-emission economies, improves living standards, and preserves the liveable environment for present and future generations, leaving no one behind.
UNIDO provides support to its 172 Member States through four mandated functions: i) technical cooperation; ii) action-oriented research and policy-advisory services; iii) normative, standards-related activities; and iv) fostering partnerships for knowledge and technology transfer.
UNIDO’s work is concentrated in three focal areas: i) ending hunger by supporting businesses across the entire food supply chain, from farm to fork; ii) fighting climate breakdown by promoting the use of renewable energy and enhancing energy efficiency to reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions, and iii) supporting sustainable supply chains to ensure that producers in developing countries get a fair deal while conserving scarce resources.
