BMZ
German transcript of the letter from Gudrun Kopp, secretary of state, to the parliamentarian Thilo Hoppe. The original answer can be found in the attached document.
Schriftliche Fragen Nr.: 1/28 und 1/29 vom 06.Januar 2011
Sehr geehrter Herr Hoppe, Ihre schriftliche Fragen beantworte ich wie folgt: Read more »
What are the current priorities of German development cooperation? In a presentation held at a conference on aid effectiveness, coherence and coordination in German development aid Harald Klein, a senior BMZ representative, highlighted the investment in education and the reduction of structural deficits as important goals for the BMZ. The other four key priorities according to Klein are the involvement of civil society and private business partners, the implementation of the Paris and Accra process and finally, visibility and communication. Unfortunately, visibility, in the German Realpolitik of aid, is not about making the details of German aid more visible. It is not about aid transparency. Instead, it is about pointing out to the German taxpayers, how the investment of German tax monies successfully alleviates poverty.
Three weeks after Steering Committee Meeting of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) on July 7th in Paris PublishWhatYouFund (PWYF) and other CSOs released a letter of civil society organisations addressed to the German Minister for Development Cooperation Dirk Niebel.
In this letter PWYF, Transparency International, BetterAid, the International Budget Partnership, CCIC and the Open Forum on CSO Development Effectiveness welcome the support of Germany for the international transparency agenda and highlight its role for aid effectiveness. Read more »