| + | The '''Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH''' is a company that specializes in international development to develop sustainable and effective solutions that has been commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). <ref>[https://www.giz.de/en/html/about_giz.html], About GIZ, Retrieved 27 Jun 2016 </ref> |
− | GIZ was founded in January 1 2011 through the merger of the three implementing organisations for Technical Cooperation, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), the German Development Service (DED) and InWEnt (Capacity Building International, Germany).<ref>[http://www.bmz.de/en/what_we_do/approaches/bilateral_development_cooperation/players/selection/giz/index.html], Founding of GIZ.</ref> | + | GIZ was founded in January 1 2011 through the merger of the three implementing organisations for Technical Cooperation, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), the German Development Service (DED) and InWEnt (Capacity Building International, Germany).<ref>[http://www.bmz.de/en/what_we_do/approaches/bilateral_development_cooperation/players/selection/giz/index.html], Founding of GIZ, Retrieved 27 Jun 2016</ref> |