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German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), Member (2016–2017, appointed ad personam by Chancellor Angela Merkel) [17] International Olympic Committee (IOC), Member of the Sustainability and Legacy Commission [18] Agora Verkehrswende, Chairman of the Council [19] [20] Platform on Disaster Displacement, Chair of the Advisory Committee [21]
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (English: German International Cooperation Society (GIZ)), often simply shortened to GIZ, is the main German development agency. It is headquartered in Bonn and Eschborn and provides services in the field of international development cooperation and international education ...
The WBGU also comments on current events, such as the United Nations Climate Change conferences (e.g., in Paris 2015), the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (2015), [2] the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development Habitat III [3] (2016 ...
This is a list of development aid agencies which provide regional and international development aid or assistance, divided between national (mainly OECD countries) and international organizations. Agencies of numerous development cooperation partners from emerging countries such as India, Middle Eastern countries, Mexico, South Africa ...
Wolfgang Franz (born 7 January 1944) is a German economist. ... German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), Member (2001-2004, ...
Wieczorek-Zeul initiated the EU's target of increasing its official development assistance (ODA) from 0.51 percent by 2010 to 0.7 percent of the GDP by 2015. [3] [20] During her time in office, German ODA increased regularly and reached 13.9 billion US$ in disbursements in 2008, taking it to 0.38 percent of GNI. [21]
Directorate-General 7: Provision for the Future - Basic Research and Research for Sustainable Development; Each directorate-general consists of one or two subdivisions and 10 to 15 units. The greater part of the subdivisions is located in Bonn, the smaller part in Berlin. The BMBF has around 1000 employees.
Being part of the German development cooperation, DEG promotes and contributes to the 2030 Agenda including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the UN. Among these goals is the reduction of poverty by promoting job creation and income generation in less developed and rural regions.