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DEG, GIZ and sequa implement a wide range of projects worldwide that cover a broad spectrum of development policy issues. (GIZ was formed on 1 January 2011. It brings together the long-standing expertise of DED, GTZ and InWEnt). Measures range from water treatment in Mexico, an energy project in India through to the marketing of chocolate bars made from wild cocoa. The five development partnerships described in greater detail under Projects show how measures operate at the interface between development policy and the private sector. Development partnerships allow both sides to work together on areas of common interest and so achieve objectives more quickly, efficiently and cost effectively.
For more hands-on examples, see develoPPP.reports.
Thanks to a pilot project, Enviro Chemie and DEG have installed a water treatment plant in Brazil. German technology is used to purify contaminated wastewater, protecting the environment and the health of local people.
Together with GIZ, the German companies Claas, Lemken, BASF and KWS are setting up extension centres and service hubs for agricultural companies in Central Asia.
The natural cosmetics producer Börlind GmbH relies on good quality sheabutter for its production lines. To make sure this resource is available in the long term in the kind of quality required, Börlind is working with sequa to introduce organic and FairTrade standards.
The chemical giant BASF, GIZ and other local partners are fortifying affordably priced staple foods with vitamin A to provide nutrients to poorer population groups in a number of developing and emerging nations.
The organic farming association Ecoland is setting up a modern agricultural processing centre in India together with DEG and is training farmers to grow and market organic spices.
The German company Waterman GmbH, which specialises in water conservation and composting, joined forces with sequa to build a composting plant in Kosovo and to train farmers to use it.
The retail company Tchibo and GIZ are working together to promote in-company dialogue in some 40 Asian manufacturing companies, with a view to creating enduring improvements in working conditions and to sharing the lessons they learn with the rest of industry.
The Hamburger food trader Alfred L. Wolff GmbH is organising further training in quality management together with DEG in a bid to make Vietnamese honey more attractive for the international market.
A training centre for independent auto repair garages in Serbia offers courses for mechanics and vocational school students, thus securing these garages' competitiveness. Ferdinand Bilstein GmbH & Co. KG, a manufacturer and supplier of vehicle parts, is setting up the centre together with sequa.
Through the Cities21 initiative, Siemens AG and GIZ are highlighting good practices to support the sustainable future development of megacities such as Jakarta or Bogotá.
The technology company TECNARO is setting up a pilot plant in Brazil together with sequa to harness the organic waste from sugar production to make plastics.
Together with sequa, Hecht Electronic AG is developing a basic and further training course on quality assurance for the metal and wood-processing industry in Belarus.
Two solar plant producers, SolarWorld AG and Tritec International AG, are working with GIZ to give Madagascar's rural regions access to electric power.
To improve the quality of African fruit and vegetable varieties, Biotropic GmbH and sequa has trained farmers in Côte d'Ivoire to farm organically and introduced a certification system.
The European cut-flower producer, Mount Elgon Orchards Ltd., is working with DEG to develop access to education and healthcare facilities in a region of Kenya, establishing a name for itself as a responsible company in the process.
The software developer CIWI GmbH is working together with sequa and local partners in Mozambique and South Africa to develop further training courses in information and communication technology and is thereby strengthening private-sector development on site.
Fresenius Medical Care is known worldwide for its medical technology. To make this available to the Indonesian market, the company engaged in a development partnership with DEG.
Each year the flour producer GDM trains some 250 bakers in Senegal. A newly established training centre in Dakar is helping to raise productivity and quality in the bakery trade and thus boost demand for Senegalese bakery products.
The Leipzig-based BioPlanta GmbH, an engineering company working in the area of water and the environment, uses simple biological processes to clean contaminated water. BioPlanta implements the project in Mexico together with DEG.
Together with GIZ and the Indian company MPPPL, EnviTec Biogas AG is implementing a project that supplies environmentally friendly energy to India's rural population.
The 'Cotton made in Africa' alliance was launched in 2005 by the Otto Group. Together with DEG, GIZ, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and African cotton producers, the alliance promotes the availability of African cotton and secures income for small farmers.
A project run by the Federation of German Wholesale and Foreign Trade, sequa and other partner organisations explains EU import regulations to Egyptian fruit exporters and so significantly expedites trade.
The renowned chocolate manufacturer Hachez has been using wild cocoa from Brazil since 2005. GIZ and the Rainforest Institute Freiburg are providing assistance to Hachez in a project to protect the rainforest and improve the training of local cocoa gatherers.
