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We need more international cooperation,

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not less.

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Strengthening partnerships. Shaping change.

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Alliances that we once thought were secure are unravelling,

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and at the same time

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the rules-based world order is under pressure.

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As a German federal enterprise, GIZ

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is working to achieve even more impact

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and, in doing so, contribute to

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reducing crises.

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This explicitly includes

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building sustainable partnerships.

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When Europe acts with greater unity,

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we also become more effective and efficient

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in what we have to offer our partners.

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Europe’s Global Gateway strategy

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provides a framework within which we,

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a German federal enterprise, are developing solutions.

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And we are doing this explicitly

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in order to implement international agendas.

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And doing it in partnership.

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By working together,

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European institutions and EU Member States

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can help tackle the complex challenges in fragile contexts.

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Team Europe brings a joint approach

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combining skills, funding, political support,

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and real on-the-ground experience.

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Team Europe is an example of successful collaboration.

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And it’s exactly this approach

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we need to keep working on now,

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to make it even more successful.

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We need to reinvent the narrative around international aid.

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So it’s particularly important

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that we work together in a Team Europe format

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to highlight the added value of technical cooperation

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everywhere in the world to answer

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the global needs in terms of development.

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As part of Team Europe, we work with other

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European development agencies

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in areas such as digitalisation.

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For instance, with the Digital4Development hub

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we’re supporting people-centred

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digital transformation in the Global South.

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Last year, we contributed to more

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Team Europe initiatives than ever before.

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In all, we have successfully implemented

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over a hundred initiatives.

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And it is precisely this approach

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that we want to strengthen in the future.

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GIZ has long-standing networks,

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not only in the countries of the Global South

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but also in the European Union.

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In Europe, we combine our strengths

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with great success in the Practitioners’ Network,

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and this is in evidence on a daily basis,

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particularly in Ukraine.

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There are numerous ways how the European partners

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and the Practitioners’ Network can really support Ukraine.

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One of the very critical issues is

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to help Ukraine to become a full member of the European Union.

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There are a lot of issues that need to be addressed

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in the reform of the regulatory framework.

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That is a clear role that the Practitioners’ Network can play.

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Cooperation with the private sector

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is becoming increasingly important.

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When we work together, everyone wins –

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Germany and Europe, private companies

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and the Global South.

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Our starting point is

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wherever we can pool forces in Europe

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and mobilise private capital for the benefit

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of renewable energy –

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such as with the GET.invest platform.

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International cooperation benefits considerably from the results

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that accrue from private sector involvement.

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But at the same time the companies themselves also benefit,

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for example from access to emerging markets and skilled workers,

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but also specifically from the expertise

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and knowledge from other countries.

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GIZ has been working worldwide

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on behalf of the German Government

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for more than 50 years.

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We bring an open mind to our encounters with people and partners.

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We work with them to create solutions

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and, ultimately, to transform the underlying conditions.

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That’s the reason for our choice of motto

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for the annual report in this, our anniversary year:

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encounter, create, transform.

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In the future too, this will continue to be

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what we expect of ourselves.