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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.</ref>  

 

 

 

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>  

==Founding==

==Founding==

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>