Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Promoting Green Economy for Sustainable Development

Bastian Veigel

Regional Manager Jurmala, 16 April 2015

Strategic Cooperations and Partnerships Green Bridge Forum 2015

German Federal Enterprise

(100% owned by the German Government; German Federal Governement is represented in the GIZ-Supervisory Board)

GIZ’s corporatepurpose

Promote international cooperation for

sustainable development and

international education work

Mandate

Implementation ofinternational

cooperation projectsin over 130 countries

worldwide

Services

- Advisory Services- Planning and

Implementation ofadvisory projects in theframe of public reform

efforts and public/ private investment

measures

Business Volume 2013: 2 billion €

17.000 Employees in 130 countries worldwide

Commissioned by over 300 public and private bodies in Germany and abroad

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GIZ worldwide 130 countries

17,000 employees (70% as national personnel)

EUR 2 billion business volume (2011)

GIZ Head Office, Eschborn,

Germany

GIZ Berlin, Germany

GIZ offices in German Development

Cooperation Houses

GIZ offices

GIZ Brussels, Belgium

GIZ Head Office Bonn, Germany

334 Projects in 22 Countries, Contracts: 734,8 Mio. €; 18 GIZ-Country Offices

354 international Experts, 922 national Experts

Kiev

Moscow

Astana

Bischkek

Taschkent

Duschanbe

AschgabatBaku

Yerevan

Tbilisi

Ankara

Skopje

PrishtinaSarajevo

Belgrade

Podgorica

Zagreb

Tirana

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Sustainable Economic Development

Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energies

Governance (Regional-/Municipal Development;

Budget- and Public Financial Management)

Central-Eastern-Europa

Sustainable Economic Development

Environment, Biodiversity, Water

Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energies

Governance (Legal Reform, Regional-

/Municipal Development; Budget- and Public

Financial Management)

Western Balkans

Sustainable Economic Development

Environment, Biodiversity, Water

Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energies

Governance (Legal Reform, Regional-/Municipal Development;

Budget- and Public Financial Management)

South Caucasus and Turkey

Sustainable Economic Development

Environment, Biodiversity, Water

Health, Social Protection

Governance (Legal Reform)

Central Asia

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Astana

Bishkek

Dushanbe

Tashkent

Ashgabat

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Promoting Green Economy for

Sustainable Development in Central Asia

Some Snapshots on our

Approach and Project Examples

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GIZ in Kyrgyzstan

Programme “Promotion of sustainable economic

development including green economy aspects”

• Awareness raising for ecologically sustainable

economic activity and consumption

• Policies and concepts on national and local level

• Financial services consider ecological criteria

• Enterprises introduce ecologically relevant or resource

efficient innovations

• Promoting organic agriculture

Programme “Vocational training and employment”

• Energy efficient construction

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GIZ in Uzbekistan

“Support to sustainable economic development in selected

regions”

• Solar water heating systems for medical institutions

• Small-scale fruit dryers run with solar energy

• Green houses with low energy consumption

• Briquette production from cotton stalk

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“Regional programme on Capacity Development for Climate

Policy in the Western Balkan Countries, Central and Eastern

Europe and Central Asia”

“Regional programme on sustainable use of natural resources”

• Support to establish a legal frame for the implementation

of the Green Economy Concept

• Amendments to the Laws related to transition to Green

Economy and related to environmental issues.

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To support the adoption process of the draft laws GIZ:

• Funds consultancy services of legal experts

• Provides practical "hands on" assistance to the Ministry

of Energy in the fields of climate change, waste

management, air pollution, conservation and

ecosystems

• Supports multi-level policy dialogue and stakeholder

engagement

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Programme “Private Sector Development”

• Climate change adaptation benefits

Promotion of crop rotation and diversification, introduction

of no-till machinery for rain fed wheat cultivation,

introduction of sustainable land planning approach at

community level

• Climate change mitigation benefit

Support to energy-saving businesses; and “Warm Comfort”

credit line

• Environmental benefits

Promotion of Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), fee based

agricultural advisory service with focus on organic

agriculture, promotion of targeted use of water, fertilizers

and pesticides

Thank you!