For over 60 years, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has been working jointly with partners in India for sustainable economic, ecological, and social development. The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) as well as the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) are the main commissioning parties of GIZ in India. Other clients include Indian public sector clients, the European Union and foundations. The Government of India has launched numerous important initiatives to address the country’s economic, environmental, and social challenges, and GIZ is contributing to some of the most significant ones. For example, it supports key initiatives such as Smart Cities, Clean India and Skill India. GIZ, in close cooperation with Indian partners, devises tailor-made, jointly developed solutions to meet local needs and achieve sustainable and inclusive development.

The thematic areas of GIZ in India are:

1. Energy
2. Environment, Climate Change and Biodiversity
3. Sustainable Urban and Industrial Development
4. Sustainable Economic Development

Sustainable Infrastructure

1. Making freight traffic in India more climate friendly (giz.de)
2. Supporting Sustainable forms of transport in India (SMART-SUT) (giz.de)
3. Sustainable Urban Development – Smart Cities (SUD-SC) (giz.de)
4. Protecting the environment and climate with innovative technologies (giz.de)
5. Climate Smart Cities (giz.de)
6. Land Use Planning and Management (LUPM) (giz.de)
7. Sustainable and Environment-friendly Industrial Production (SEIP) (giz.de)
8. Inclusive Cities Partnership Programme (ICPP) (giz.de)

Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency

1. Energy Efficiency: making economic growth in India sustainable (giz.de)
2. Indo-German Energy Programme – Green Energy Corridors (IGEN-GEC) (giz.de)

Environment and Climate Change

1. Development and Management of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in India (giz.de)
2. Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector (GIC) (giz.de)

Economic Development and Employment

1. Digitalisation and employment: shaping the future of work (giz.de)
2. Indo-German programme for vocational education and training II (IGVET II) (giz.de)
3. Reducing barriers to trade (giz.de)
4. Empowering women to become entrepreneurs (giz.de)
5. Indo-German Programme for Vocational Education and Training (IGVET) develops cooperative training opportunities (giz.de)
6. Support for Skills Development (giz.de)
7. Establishing vocational training centres in Gujarat (giz.de)

1. Training Need Assessment (TNA) for Electric Buses in India

2. A Tactical Urbanism Guidebook

3. White Paper: “Impact of Covid - 19 on Cities and Mobility”

4. Delivering Sustainability: Urban Freight in Developing Cities Sourcebook

5. Gender Sensitive Reforms in Public Transport

www.giz.de/india

Name : Gordon Telling

E-mail Id : gordon.telling@giz.de