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Gesellschaft f┨r Technische Zusammenarbeit GTZ
The government of Germany has appointed GTZ as implementing agency of the
Program Policy Advisory Service and Environmental Management for Enterprises.
GTZ is a government-owned corporation for
international development cooperation with worldwide operations. It
was founded in 1975 and operates as a private-sector enterprise with
a development-policy mandate: to make sustainable improvements to
the living conditions of people in partner countries, and to conserve
the natural resource base on which life depends/
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ) is its main financing organization. GTZ also undertakes commissions
for other government departments, for governments of other countries,
for international clients such as the European Commission, the United
Nations or the World Bank, as well as for private-sector corporations.
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The organization has more than 10,000 employees in around 130
countries worldwide. Around 8,500 are locally contracted nationals. GTZ
maintains its own field offices in 63 countries. The Head office is located
in Eschborn near Frankfurt am Main and is the major interface between
political steering of the BMZ and the implementation of projects and programs
in partner countries.
GTZ¨s consultancy services span a wide range of activity
areas, from economic development and employment promotion, through health
and basic education to environmental protection, resource conservation
and regional rural development. GTZ services include:
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Advising organizations
in partner countries on project and program planning, implementation
and evaluation; |
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Recruiting and briefing experts
for their tasks, and attending to their professional and personal
welfare during their period of assignment; |
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Planning and implementing
project-oriented training and upgrading; |
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Planning, steering and implementing
complex tasks, e.g. in the field of logistics or in cooperation and
event management; |
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Specification,
planning and procurement of materials and equipment for the projects; |
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Granting, processing and disbursing
non-repayable financial contributions from Technical Cooperation funds. |
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GTZ is cooperating with China since almost 20 years. Since
1999 GTZ activities in China have concentrated on four fields of operation:
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Vocational and technical education
and employment; |
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Economic and structural reform; |
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Natural resources protection and
poverty alleviation; |
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Environmental protection and energy
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For specific information about GTZ's activities in China, please see the website of GTZ China
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