Eng - UNDP in Tajikistan

DEVELOPMENT PARTNER PROFILE
Bilateral
German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
Contact: Dr. Gisela Hayfa
Country Director
Tel: 600-01-07 Fax: 600-67-87
E-mail: gisela.hayfa@gtz.de
Website: www.gtz.de
Organization Profile
The GTZ (German Agency for Technical Cooperation) is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with wordwide
operations. It was established in 1975 and is organized as a private company owned by the German Federal Government. GTZ's prime
objective is to enhance the capacity of people and organizations as well as to support transformation processes and structural reforms. GTZ
inputs are provided as grants and in kind. They span a wide range of activity areas, operate at all levels and include advisory services by
international and national consultants (both long-term and short-term), provision of materials and equipment, counterpart training and - to a
limited extent - financial contributions. GTZ works mainly for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ). However, the company also operates on behalf of other German ministries and other national and international, public and privatesector
clients. Currently GTZ is implementing about 2700 development projects in over 130 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the
Eastern European countries in transition and the New Independent States (NIS). GTZ operates its own country offices in more than 70
countries and has a total of 9400 employees, of whom about 1000 are seconded experts working abroad and another 1000 work in the Head
Office in Eschborn/Germany. 7400 GTZ employees are local staff.
Past and Current Programmes
German - Tajik development cooperation started 15 years ago and so far about 35 Mio. EUR have been commissioned for bilateral technical
cooperation projects in Tajikistan. The present project portfolio (Dec. 2007) focusses on the priority sector of sustainable economic
development, including the following projects:
1.) "Support of Microfinance Services in rural areas" (started in Oct. 2004, ongoing)
2.) "Promotion of SME Development" (starts Dec. 2006, ongoing)
3.) "Support to the Reform Process in Vocational Education and Training" (pipeline, to start in January 2008)
In addition GTZ implements a project in the area of basic education:
4.) Basic Education Programme (started in January 2003, ongoing)
Yet another project is implemented under development oriented emergency aid:
5.) Disaster and Risk Management in the Zeravshan Valley
There is also a study and expert fund, out of which studies and appraisals in preparation of new projects can be financed.
In addition, Tajikistan also benefits from a number of regional programmes and cross-border projects, which are assisted by GTZ in Central
Asia. These include activities in the areas of vocational training, rural development, economic development and rule of law.
Future Programming Direction
From the side of the Tajik government no new requests for bilateral projects have been received.
In terms of strategic orientation of the portfolio, the focus will remain on sustainable economic development.
Source: Aid Coordination and Project Monitoring System Database
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