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INTERVIEW
Tadschikistan gilt als sehr gastfreundliches Land. Der Botschafter ließ es beim Interview an nichts fehlen
Tadschikistan exportiert heute Aluminium
und Baumwolle nach Deutschland
und importiert deutsche Autos, Ausrüstungen
und Technologien. Um die
bilateralen Wirtschafts- und Handelsbeziehungen
aktiver zu gestalten, hat
Tadschikistan einen Handelsrepräsentanten
in Deutschland ernannt.
Prognosen besagen, dass Zentralasien
in der Zukunft eine immer bedeutendere
Rolle für die deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
spielen wird. Das ist
vor allem an der zentralasiatischen Strategie
der EU zu sehen, die 2007 während
der Deutschen EU-Ratspräsidentschaft
unterbreitet und verabschiedet wurde.
Was unternimmt Ihr Land,
um ausländische Investitionen
anzuziehen?
Tadschikistan verfügt über reiche Naturschätze,
unter anderem gehört
Wasser dazu. Wir haben die achtgrößten
Wasserkraftressourcen in der Welt,
Edelmetalle und -steine, Polymetallerze,
Steinkohle und anderes. Tadschikistan
hat gute Potenziale zur Entwicklung
des Tourismus.
Um ausländisches Kapital ins Land zu
holen, wird alljährlich der Katalog „Investitionsprojekte:
Einladung zur Zu-
Botschaft
Tadschikistans
in Berlin
Perleberger Straße 43
10559 Berlin
Tel.: 030 – 34 79 300
Fax: 030 – 34 79 30 29
Öff nungszeiten: 09.00 - 18.00 Uhr
sammenarbeit“ herausgegeben, in
dem die interessantesten Investitionsprojekte
vorgestellt werden.
Wie viele Tadschiken leben
in Deutschland? Und wie sieht
das kulturelle Leben, die Community
in Deutschland aus?
In Deutschland leben nach den uns vorliegenden
Angaben etwa 40.000 Menschen,
die aus Tadschikistan stammen,
etwa 5.000 von ihnen sind Staatsbürger
der Republik Tadschikistan.
Im Jahr 2001 wurde in Berlin die
Deutsch-Tadschikische Gesellschaft gegründet
und eingetragen. Zu ihrem ersten
Vorsitzenden wurde der tadschikische
Komponist Firus Bachor gewählt.
Gegenwärtig leitet die Gesellschaft Dr.
Alexander Heiser.
In der BRD gibt es nicht wenige Menschen,
die sich für die Kultur, die Bräuche
und Traditionen des sonnigen Tadschikistans
interessieren. In der Liste
der Gründer und Mitglieder des Vorstands
der Gesellschaft fi nden sich
auch Deutsche, wie Manfred Lorenz,
Professor an der Humboldt-Universität
und Kenner der tadschikischen Sprache
und Literatur, Dr. Arne Clemens Seifert,
ehemaliger Mitarbeiter der OSZE-Mission
in Tadschikistan und heute aktiver
Teilnehmer des internationalen Programms
zum Studium der politischen
Situation in Mittelasien, der Politikwissenschaftler
Wolfgang Etzrodt, der Journalist
Timo Fehrensen und viele andere.
Und das ist kein Zufall. Die Deutsch-Tadschikische
Gesellschaft will zu einer
Verbesserung der bereits bestehenden
kulturellen, wissenschaftlichen, wirtschaftlichen
und persönlichen Beziehungen
beitragen.
Analogous to this program the German
development co-operation assists very
small, small and medium-sized businesses
which are very important for the
country. The GTZ, DED and also KfW are
actively involved in granting microcredits
to such businesses and giving advice.
Deutsche Hungerhilfe assists small farmers
in Tajikistan by providing seeds and
organizing training in plant cultivation,
storage, processing and sale of agricultural
products.
Education also plays an important role
in the Tajik private sector because it is
an essential prerequisite for competitive products, economic
reforms, the creation of market-based structures and positive
development of society. Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung
gGmbH (InWent) tries to overcome the lack of education
through the “Support of the economic reform process by
vocational education” program. This project helps local managers
to run their educational facilities in more effi cient ways
as well as meeting the needs of a market economy. GTZ, DED,
Centre of International Migration and Development (CIM) as
well as the Goethe Institute support this project as strategic
partners.
In April 2010 German-Tajik consultations on governmental
level took place in Dushanbe in the course of which an agenda
for co-operation between the two states up until 2012 was
hammered out. This document is due to be signed in Bonn in
October this year.
Germany supports Tajikistan in implementing the national development
strategy. Its main emphasis is on sustainable economic
growth and the development of human capital. Priority
in this connection is given to projects for the development of
villages in view of the fact that over 70% of the population
lives in rural areas. With this aim in mind the KfW became
co-founder of the fi rst bank in Tajikistan that granted microcredits.
It is currently participating in another bank, the ABT
(Access Bank Tajikistan) which became operational in April this
year in Dushanbe.
In the seven years of the governmental commission‘s work
Germany has provided Tajikistan with 120m euros. This funding
is primarily directed at the private sector and the support
of social programs. Unfortunately, however, the Central Asian
countries, among them Tajikistan, are not very attractive to
German investors. Big regional projects with the involvement
of several countries are on the waiting list in Germany, and
there are a number of issues, especially regarding border and
visa questions that stand in the way of German investors.
Germany has expressed its intention to provide 5m euros in
subsidies to supply the Margab Rayon near the Tajik-Chinese
border with electricity. The German side has not decided yet
whether the money should be spent on the construction of
a new hydro-electric power plant or the modernization of the
existing power station. The KfW has made available 25m euros
for the renovation of the Nurek hydro-electric power station.
Time zone: TJT (UTC+5)
Drives on the: right
Internet TLD: .tj
Calling code: 992
In the forthcoming meeting of the governmental commission
in October we want to talk about an increase in fi nancial
grants for health care. Germany was the fi rst country to introduce
computer tomography to Tajikistan in 2004. Subsequently
it spent 17.6m euros on the modernization of ten
maternity clinics and outpatient departments in the Chatlon
region.
We are not yet satisfi ed with the volume of the trade in goods
between our countries. Although trade has doubled over the
past seven years it is still very low at only 30m euros last year.
This is only a fraction of the trade volume between Tajikistan
and Russia and fi ve per cent of that with China.
Tajikistan exports aluminium and cotton to Germany and
imports cars, equipment and technologies. To intensify the
bilateral economic and trade relations, a trade representative
based in Germany has been appointed by Tajikistan.
According to forecasts the role of Central Asia for German development
co-operation will increase. This is primarily refl ected
by the Central Asian strategy of the EU that was proposed
and adopted in 2007 during the German EU presidency.
What does your country do to attract foreign
investors?
Tajikistan has huge natural resources, such as water; we have
the eighth largest hydro-power resources in the world. We
also possess precious metals and gems, polymetal ores, coal
and many other resources. Tajikistan has good potential for
the development of tourism.
To attract foreign capital, we annually issue a catalogue,
“Investment projects: an invitation to co-operate” where we
present interesting investment projects.
How many Tajiks currently live in Germany? And how would
you describe the cultural life of this community in Germany?
According to my information the number of people coming
from Tajikistan is 40,000, of whom about 5,000 are Tajik
citizens.
In 2001 the German-Tajik Society was founded and registered
in Berlin. The Tajik composer, Firus Bachor, was elected its
fi rst chairman. The current chairman is Dr. Alexander Heiser.
The number of people in Germany who are interested in the
culture, customs and traditions of sunny Tajikistan is by no
means small. The list of founders and members of the board
includes Germans, such as Manfred Lorenz, Professor at the
Humboldt University and an expert on Tajik language and
literature, Dr. Arne Clemens Seifert, former staff member of
the OSCE mission in Tajikistan and today an active participant
in the international program for the study of the political
situation in Central Asia, the political scientist, Wolfgang
Etzrodt, the journalist, Timo Fehrensen to name but a few.
This is no coincidence. The German-Tajik Society wants to
contribute to the improvement of the existing cultural, scientifi
c, economic and personal relations.
Botschaft der Bundesrepublik
Deutschland in Tadschikistan
Somoni 59/1
734064 Duschanbe/Tadschikistan
Kanzlei
Telefon: +992-43-377-3000
+992-37-221-21-89
+992-37-221-21-98
Fax: +992-43-377-3080
+992-43-377-3081
Visastelle (ab 14.30 Uhr Ortszeit)
Telefon: +992-43-377-3020
+992-37-221-21-81
Fax: +992-43-377-3082
+49-30-5000-67105
Deutsch-Tadschikische
Gesellschaften
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mitgeteilt.
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bis Freitag in der Zeit von 08.30 Uhr bis
12.30 Uhr geöff net.
KfW Offi ce Central Asia Bischkek
B. Erkindik 58a, r. 308
720040 Bishkek
Kyrgyz Republic
Tel.: +996 312 625910
Fax: +996 312 660685
E-Mail: KfW.Bischkek@kfw.de
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
(DAAD)
Sovetskaya 107
Dushanbe, Tajikistan 734001
Tel.: +992 37 22 46 301
E-Mail: daad-ic-dushanbe@gmx.net
http://www.daad.tj
Nah- und Mittelost-Verein e.V.
Jägerstr. 63 D
10117 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 20 64 100
Fax: +49 30 20 64 10 10
E-Mail: numov@numov.de
http://www.numov.de
Bundesministerium für
wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit
und Entwicklung
Stresemannstr. 94
10963 Berlin
Tel.: + 49 30 18 53 50
Fax: + 49 30 18 53 52 595
E-Mail: info@bmz.bund.de
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Regionalprogramm Zentralasien
Sarbog Str. 38
100031 Tashkent
Usbekistan
Tel.: +998 71 215 52 01
Fax: +998 71 255 30 94
info.zentralasien@kas.de
Tadschikistan Portal
www.tajikistan.tajnet.com
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