Indo-German Technical Cooperation (TC) Brief Overview, April 2009 Varupi Gupta Country PR Manager Funding from German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through GTZ (German Technical Cooperation) 20.04.2009 Seite 1 Page 1
General Facts & Figures The Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development operating worldwide Established: 1975 Type of Firm: Private company owned by the German Federal Government operates on a public benefit basis surplus funds reinvested in TC projects Outreach: development programmes in 126 countries Main client: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Other clients: other German federal ministries, partner-country governments and international clients such as the ADB, EC, UN, World Bank as well as private enterprises Turnover: approx. 1.224 Billion Euros Employees: Total 12,694, based at HQ 1,485 20.04.2009 Seite 2 Page 2
India and German Development Cooperation Common Values, Common Interests India’s 11 th Five-Year-Plan “accelerating the pace of growth while also making it more inclusive” The objective of inclusiveness is reflected in the adoption of 26 targets at the national level relating to Income and Women and Education Health Infrastructure Environment Poverty Children Priority Areas in India of German Development Cooperation Energy Environmental Policy Sustainable Economic Development Conservation and sustainable use Contributing to improvement of Financial sector reform, of natural resources as well as both quality and quantity of sustainable urban & industrial promotion of SME, social energy supply in a resource security, etc. development efficient manner 20.04.2009 Seite 3 Page 3
The German Development Landscape Official Bilateral Cooperation care Political Konrad NGOs & Adenauer Foundations Churches Stiftung welt MISE SEREO REOR hunger Multilateral hilfe Institutions Friedrich Naumann Stiftung 20.04.2009 Seite 4 Page 4
Instruments of Official Bilateral Cooperation Financial Cooperation Technical Cooperation Human Resources Cooperation Food Aid, Emergency and Refugee Aid 20.04.2009 Seite 5
gtz India Principal Orientation of Indo-German Technical Cooperation Firm alignment with India’s 5 -year Plan and strong orientation towards high impact and poverty alleviation through regular monitoring Joint management of value-added, complex programmes with high Indian contribution Stimulating and maintaining Indo-German alliances, national and international networks Piloting innovative standards, procedures and regulations with a high potential for scaling up: Introducing change Leveraging the advantages of the private sector to find effective solutions to challenges of development cooperation Background Information GTZ Budget and Programmes 20.04.2009 Seite 6 Page 6
gtz India Principal Orientation of Indo-German Technical Cooperation Firm alignment with India’s 5 -year Plan and strong orientation towards high impact and poverty alleviation through regular monitoring Indo-German Institute for Rural Financing: Advanced Technology: Raising income through Training for job-seekers and financing entrepreneurial disadvantaged groups of society activities (credit-financed and thus creating opportunities investments). for (higher) income. Promoting Watershed Self Help Groups: Indo-German Energy Rural Communities get access Programme: to land and water resources; Consumer-sided savings on they learn to regulate and energy costs through increased manage resources in a efficiency. sustainable way: livelihood is being promoted. 20.04.2009 Seite 7 Page 7
gtz India Principal Orientation of Indo-German Technical Cooperation Stimulating and maintaining Indo-German alliances, national and international networks Indo-German Energy Forum Indo-German Environment Forum Promoting technological and political cooperation in the fields of Bringing together the private and renewable energies, decentralised public sector from both countries to energy supply and energy foster the exchange of perspectives efficiency. and promote green growth opportunities. DSDS Development for Sustainability (D4S) Conference Working with strategic alliances to have a broader outreach and Coordinating international aggregate impacts of sustainable interdisciplinary research agendas development dialogs. to find sustainable solutions for global challenges . 20.04.2009 Seite 8 Page 8
gtz India Principal Orientation of Indo-German Technical Cooperation Piloting innovative standards, procedures and regulations with a high potential for scaling up: Introducing change Promoting and financing small and eGov: medium sized enterprises: Developing a Quality Assurance Business, development, services will be Framework (QAF) for eGovernance availed by 10 SME clusters in four which functions as a binding standard regions to demonstrate the value of for the entire National eGov Plan. market-oriented supply and demand for BDS in SMEs. Hazardous Waste Management: Capacity Development of Panchayati Developed and Implemented a Hazardous Raj Waste Management System and cutting-edge garbage dump in Karnataka as a pilot project A protocol for successful for new projects in: Goa, Kerala and decentralisation is being developed Uttaranchal. based on the approach and Eco Industrial Parks in Andhra Pradesh at methodology of Activity Mapping. Nacharam and Mallpur as pilot for growing number Eco Industrial Cells and Parks. 20.04.2009 Seite 9 Page 9
Principal Orientation of Indo-German Technical Cooperation Leveraging the advantages of the private sector to find effective solutions to challenges of development cooperation In Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) , companies profit from GTZ’s contacts, experience and global network of experts. At the same time, private sector involvement helps to achieve development objectives in a sustainable manner by creating jobs and introducing technological innovation while sharing contributions and risks. Introduction of Social Standards in Manufacturing and Supply Companies: GTZ collaborated with Faber-Castell AG and IG Metall , the German metalworkers’ union, to introduce a “social charter” based on standards developed by the ILO for all Faber- Castell’s Indian suppliers. Rural Electrification and Energy Services through Biomass: Working with three firms, EnviTec Biogas GmbH , Malavalli Power Plant Pvt. Ldt. and Grameena Abhivrudhi Mandali , GTZ is developing a unique and sustainable model of rural electrification on the basis of large-scale biomass power generation and modular designed biomass power plants in Karnataka. The Government of India has mandated that this be replicated in 100 additional projects throughout India. 20.04.2009 Seite 10 Page 10
Technical Development Cooperation mobilises German and domestic resources for maximum impact in development processes… 20.04.2009 Seite 11 Page 11
German TC Contribution: Just the Tip of the Iceberg RUFIN German Contribution: 4,700,000 € Indian Contribution: 1,860,000,000 € - NABARD 414,000,000 € - Indian Banking Sector 1,200,000,000 € - Indian Government 246,000,000 € • 25% of SHG members’ income was raised above poverty line Input • 35% increase in spending on education: poor households enabled to invest in education Out- come • 80% of participants are women Im- pact • 34% increase in spending on health: access to financial services allows medical care before illness reaches a critical state and provokes backslide into extreme poverty 20.04.2009 Seite 12 Page 12
Thank You Contact: GTZ in India German Development Cooperation GTZ Office 21, Jor Bagh New Delhi 110 003 GTZ GmbH Eschborn India Regionalgruppe 205 Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5 guenter.dresruesse@gtz.de 65726 Eschborn Country Director, India Deutschland www.gtz.de immanuel.gebhardt@gtz.de Regional Director www.gtz.de 20.04.2009 Seite 13 Page 13
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