Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development - BMZ -
State level	Federation
position	supreme federal authority
founding	November 14, 1961
Headquarters	Bonn
Authority management	Gerd Müller ( CSU ), Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
Servants	circa 1025
Budget volume	EUR 10.2 billion (2019)
Web presence	bmz.de

Gerd Müller (CSU), Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development ( BMZ for short ) is a supreme federal authority in the Federal Republic of Germany and is responsible for development cooperation . The first office is in Bonn , the second office is in Berlin .

history

In 1961 the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation was founded to pool the responsibilities in the field of development cooperation that had previously been assigned to various ministries . It was based on the Federal Ministry for Matters of the Marshall Plan , which had existed since the Federal Government was in existence and which had the task of rebuilding in war-torn Europe. Similar methods should now be used to advance underdeveloped areas. Since January 23, 1993 it has been called the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, which is still valid today .

Tasks and structure

The task of the BMZ is the basic conceptual design of development cooperation in the Federal Republic of Germany, which should also take into account the implementation of democratic principles and human rights in the partner countries. On the basis of these principles, goals and measures are agreed in bilateral agreements with the partner countries, the results of which are monitored by the ministry. For the practical implementation of the measures, the so-called implementing organizations and non-governmental organizations are consulted and financially supported.

The BMZ also manages German contributions to international development cooperation organizations such as the European Development Fund , the World Bank and regional development banks as well as sub-organizations of the United Nations . The ministry is active in the bodies of the organizations to coordinate the measures at international level.

Because of the global importance of development policy and the political objectives behind it, the BMZ has been represented on the Federal Security Council since 1998 .

Departments

The Department Z (16 papers) is responsible for general administrative tasks as well as, among others, for cooperation with social forces such as NGOs, churches and political foundations for citizenship and for development education. The protocol staff is assigned to the head of department.

The Division 1 (17 papers) is responsible for the topics of fundamental issues, the cooperation of the economy, trade issues and rural development and food security. The public relations department is assigned to the head of department.

The Division 2 (13 papers) is responsible for development cooperation with the countries and regions in Africa and all issues related to flight and migration .

The Department 3 (9 papers) is responsible for development cooperation with Europe, Asia , Latin America and the Middle East.

The Department 4 (11 papers) is responsible for thematic and sectoral issues of development policy, u. a. climate change, human rights , education and health.

The department 5 (9 papers) is responsible for multilateral cooperation so for relations and cooperation with such. B. the EU, the World Bank and the regional development banks.

External representation

New headquarters of the BMZ in the former Federal Chancellery

BMZ, aerial photo

Buddy Bear One World in front of the BMZ in Berlin

The BMZ sends experts on economic cooperation to partner countries and international organizations to coordinate development work there.

Furthermore, employees are sent to the following embassies: Accra, Addis Ababa, Bamako, Belgrade, Bishkek, Brasilia, Colombo, Dakar, Dar es Salaam, Dhaka, Hanoi, Islamabad, Jakarta, Yaounde, Kabul, Cairo, Kampala, Kathmandu, Kigali, Kinshasa, La Paz, Lilongwe, Lima, Lusaka, Managua, Maputo, Nairobi, New Delhi, Ouagadougou, Beijing, Phnom Penh, Pretoria, Rabat, Ramallah, Sanaa, Tegucigalpa, Tbilisi and Windhoek.

The BMZ is also represented in the German permanent missions at the following international institutions: United Nations (Geneva and New York), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris), European Union (Brussels), World Food Organization (Rome), World Food Program (Rome) , International Fund for Agricultural Development (Rome).

In addition, the BMZ has its own staff on the boards of the World Bank and the African, Asian, Inter-American and Caribbean Development Banks.

Implementing organizations by 2010

The BMZ commissions the implementing organizations to implement the federal government's development policy projects. The tasks of these organizations include the implementation of financial and technical cooperation projects, the preparation and secondment of German specialists and development workers, and the professional training of specialists and managers from the partner countries.

The individual implementing organizations developed specialized skills and cooperate with one another in their work in the partner countries. These include, among others, the KfW Development Bank , the German Investment and Development Company (DEG), the German Society for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the German Development Service (DED) and international training and development charitable GmbH (InWEnt). Studies by the OECD repeatedly suggested a reform of the implementing organizations due to a lack of efficiency and controllability. In the 16th electoral term under Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, an attempt at reform failed .

Restructuring from 2011

With effect from January 1, 2011, GTZ, DED and the Further Education Society for International Further Education and Development (InWEnt) merged to form the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). The new organization should have fewer employees and more managers than the individual organizations before. The reform is also viewed positively by the opposition. Overall, the federal budget will be relieved of around 300 jobs through the restructuring - despite the creation of new jobs in the ministry and the establishment of a new service agency.

On January 1, 2012, Engagement Global - Service for Development Initiatives, was founded as a central service point to bundle all BMZ-funded institutions and programs to promote civic and communal commitment and development education. The public company is also funded by BMZ bilingual bimonthly D + C Development and Cooperation (D + C Development and Cooperation) out, which serves as an international discussion forum of German development policy.

aims

International goals, millennium goals

1. Halve the proportion of the world's population suffering from extreme poverty and hunger
2. enable all children to go to primary school
3. Gender equality and promote the rights of women strengthen
4. Infant mortality decrease
5. Improve maternal health
6. Fight HIV / AIDS, malaria and other communicable diseases
7. improve the protection of the environment
8. build a global development partnership

Development cooperation should give people the freedom to shape their lives independently and responsibly without material hardship. In this sense, the German federal government wants to contribute with its development policy that globalization becomes an opportunity for all people. In the future, German development cooperation will concentrate primarily on the sectors of education, health, rural development, good governance and sustainable economic development. The guiding principle is the protection of human rights. (Source: www.bmz.de)

In 2014, as part of the discussion about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the guidelines of German development policy were revised and published in early 2015 in the form of a future charter. On this basis, the BMZ wants to publish an annual review of development policy. The first interim report was published at the end of 2015.

Federal Minister since 1961

No.	Surname	image	Life dates	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires	Cabinet (s)
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation
1	Walter Scheel		1919-2016	FDP	November 14, 1961	October 28, 1966	Adenauer IV Adenauer V Erhard I Erhard II
2	Werner Dollinger		1918-2008	CSU	October 28, 1966	November 30, 1966	Erhard II
3	Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski		1922-2005	SPD	1st December 1966	2nd October 1968	Kiesinger
4th	Erhard Eppler		1926-2019	SPD	October 16, 1968	July 8, 1974	Kiesinger Brandt I Brandt II Schmidt I
5	Egon Bahr		1922-2015	SPD	July 8, 1974	December 14, 1976	Schmidt I
6th	Marie Schlei		1919-1983	SPD	December 16, 1976	February 16, 1978	Schmidt II
7th	Rainer Offergeld		* 1937	SPD	February 16, 1978	October 1, 1982	Schmidt II Schmidt III
8th	Jürgen Warnke		1932-2013	CSU	4th October 1982	March 11, 1987	Kohl I Kohl II
9	Hans Klein		1931-1996	CSU	March 12, 1987	April 21, 1989	Kohl III
10	Jürgen Warnke		1932-2013	CSU	April 21, 1989	January 18, 1991	Kohl III
11	Carl-Dieter Spranger		* 1939	CSU	January 18, 1991	January 22, 1993	Kohl IV
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
11	Carl-Dieter Spranger		* 1939	CSU	January 23, 1993	October 26, 1998	Kohl IV Kohl V
12	Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul		* 1942	SPD	October 27, 1998	October 27, 2009	Schröder I Schröder II Merkel I
13	Dirk Niebel		* 1963	FDP	October 28, 2009	17th December 2013	Merkel II
14th	Gerd Müller		* 1955	CSU	17th December 2013	in office	Merkel III Merkel IV

Parliamentary State Secretaries

• 1998-2005: Uschi Eid (Greens)
• 2005–2009: Karin Kortmann (SPD)
• 2009–2013: Gudrun Kopp (FDP)
• 2013–2014: Christian Schmidt (CSU)
• 2013–2018: Hans-Joachim Fuchtel (CDU)
• 2014–2018: Thomas Silberhorn (CSU)
• since 2018: Norbert Barthle (CDU)
• since 2018: Maria Flachsbarth (CDU)

Official State Secretaries

• 1962–1966: Friedrich Karl Vialon
• 1969–1974: Karl-Heinz Sohn
• 1978–1981: Carl-Werner Sanne
• 1992–1998: Wighard Härdtl
• 1998–2009: Erich Stather
• 2009–2013: Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz
• 2013–2018: Friedrich Kitschelt
• from 2018: Martin Jäger

Alliance for sustainable textiles

The Alliance for Sustainable Textiles was founded in October 2014 on the initiative of the BMZ . Around 30 companies and organizations have committed to improving working and living conditions in the textile industry in low-wage countries.

literature

• Michael Bohnet : History of German Development Policy: Strategies, Interior Views, Contemporary Witnesses , Challenges , UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz / Munich 2015 (utb4320), ISBN 978-3-8252-4320-3 .

Web links

Commons : Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Literature from and about the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.bmz.de/de/ministerium/zahlen_akte/haushalt/index.html Overview of the 2019 budget on the BMZ website
2. ↑ List of Abbreviations. (PDF; 49 kB) Abbreviations for the constitutional organs, the highest federal authorities and the highest federal courts. In: bund.de. Federal Office of Administration (BVA), accessed on August 14, 2016 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} [1] (PDF)
4. ↑ http://www.bpb.de/apuz/32912/mehr-kohaerenz-in-der-entwicklungspolitik-durch-geberkoordination?p=all ; Retrieved February 9, 2013
5. ↑ Niebels water head. In: The daily newspaper. November 25, 2010.
6. ↑ Niebel restructures development aid ( memento of the original from September 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on: rp online. December 16, 2010. 
7. ↑ sueddeutsche.de , accessed on February 9, 2013
8. ↑ Niebel plan. How the Development Minister is restructuring his ministry - in order to ultimately dissolve it , zeit.de, January 13, 2012
9. ↑ Press release on the personnel structure of the BMZ  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Source BMZ [Please complete source and date]
11. ↑ Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015
12. ↑ Short summary of the future charter , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), November 24, 2014
13. ^ Interim balance sheet , personal web site of Gerd Müller
14. ^ Balance sheet - One year future charter , personal website of Gerd Müller, December 17, 2015
15. ↑ https://www.bmz.de/de/ministerium/leitung/index.html
16. ↑ Press release of the Federal Government: New Alliance for Sustainable Textiles , October 16, 2014.

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