The document discusses the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, a German government-owned international enterprise for sustainable development cooperation. It provides an overview of GIZ's global presence and portfolio, with a focus on its work in Central Asia. In Central Asia, GIZ supports green economy projects in countries like Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture and land use, private sector development, and policies to transition to a green economy.

1. 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

2. German Federal Enterprise
(100% owned by the German Government;
German Federal Governement is represented in the GIZ-Supervisory Board)
GIZ’s corporate
purpose
Promote international
cooperation for
sustainable
development and
international education
work
Mandate
Implementation of
international
cooperation projects
in over 130 countries
worldwide
Services
- Advisory Services
- Planning and
Implementation of
advisory projects in the
frame 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
GIZ worldwide
Profile
Portfolio
GIZ in Central
Asia
Profile
Portfolio

3. 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

4.  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
Aschgabat
Baku
Yerevan
Tbilisi
Ankara
Skopje
Prishtina
Sarajevo
Belgrade
Podgorica
Zagreb
Tirana
GIZ worldwide
Profile
Portfolio
GIZ in Central
Asia
Profile
Portfolio
GIZ in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

5.  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
GIZ worldwide
Profile
Portfolio
GIZ in Central
Asia
Profile
Portfolio

6. Astana
Bishkek
Dushanbe
Tashkent
Ashgabat
GIZ in Central Asia
GIZ worldwide
Profile
Portfolio
GIZ Central Asia
Profile
Portfolio

7. Promoting Green Economy for
Sustainable Development in Central Asia
Some Snapshots on our
Approach and Project Examples
GIZ worldwide
Profile
Portfolio
GIZ Central Asia
Profile
Portfolio

8. GIZ worldwide
Profile
Portfolio
GIZ Central Asia
Profile
Portfolio
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

9. GIZ worldwide
Profile
Portfolio
GIZ Central Asia
Profile
Portfolio
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

10. GIZ worldwide
Profile
Portfolio
GIZ Central Asia
Profile
Portfolio
GIZ in Kazakhstan
“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.

11. GIZ worldwide
Profile
Portfolio
GIZ Central Asia
Profile
Portfolio
GIZ in Kazakhstan
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

12. GIZ worldwide
Profile
Portfolio
GIZ Central Asia
Profile
Portfolio
GIZ in Tajikistan
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

13. Thank you!