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Art meets GFA - Cornelia Gentsch
Posted on 12 Nov, 2018
Cornelia Gentsch was born in Leipzig in 1982. She studied Theology and has been working as a pastor at the Volksdorf parish in Hamburg since 2014
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App development for Digitalizing Agricultural Credit Monitoring and Risk Management
Posted on 12 Nov, 2018
GFA is exploring the potential of innovative ICT-based tools & applications to support agricultural loan monitoring and risk management to enhance sustainable agricultural smallholder finance in developing countries
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Inclusive business models to strengthen the rural population in Malawi
Posted on 1 Nov, 2018
Malawi's economy is heavily dependent on agriculture, although only a small amount of added value is generated in the country
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Video clip about our C³ Unit for Better Learning
Posted on 30 Oct, 2018
GFA’s C³ Unit for Better Learning launches a video clip about its services. The C³ Unit has expanded its services including new learning formats in order to better serve participants, projects and clients
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Kick-off event of KfW sustainable forest management project in Manipur, India
Posted on 30 Oct, 2018
The project Community-based Sustainable Forest Management for Water Resources Conservation in Manipur, India
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GFA newsletter 3/2018: Fiscal Agent Services for The Global Fund
Posted on 29 Oct, 2018
Fiscal accountability and transparent procurement are vital pillars of development funds channeled through public or private institutions to final beneficiaries
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Study tour from Kosovo to Endingen - how does municipal climate protection work?
Posted on 24 Oct, 2018
A delegation of 54 people from Kosovo, consisting of mayors and municipal energy managers, visited the cities of Freiburg, Endingen and Denzlingen, Germany
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Photovoltaic installation for own consumption for the association Al Amal for people with disabilities in Tata
Posted on 23 Oct, 2018
The Al Amal association in Tata in southern Morocco aims to provide education for people with disabilities and to sensitise the public to the problems of people with disabilities
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Relaunch of Liberian website ALCC
Posted on 17 Oct, 2018
In the GIZ project "Expansion and development of capacities in the transport sector", GFA has been supporting the establishment of the Association of Liberian Construction Contractors (ALCC)
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Supporting Public Health Institutes Program (SPHIP) published newsletter
Posted on 10 Oct, 2018
The GFA Health department has published the third newsletter for the EU Supporting Public Health Institutes Program
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Sustainable energy sector supported in Lebanon
Posted on 8 Oct, 2018
A 80 million Euro credit line and EU-financed technical assistance implemented by GFA Consulting Group helps Lebanese companies reduce energy intensity and carbon footprint
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Video published about the events on support to the the Ohrid-Prespa region in Albania
Posted on 8 Oct, 2018
The video highlights events held on Sept 25 “Coming together for Prespa” in Tirana and “Sustainable Tourism Development in the Ohid-Prespa region” on September 28, 2018 in Korc
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Albanian Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Environment visit Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Prespa project area
Posted on 8 Oct, 2018
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Sustainable tourism in the Ohrid-Prespa region in Albania
Posted on 8 Oct, 2018
The prefecture and the city council of Korça, the National Agency of Protected Areas, the National Territorial Planning Agency of the Republic of Albania, and the KfW used World Tourism Day to highlight innovative ideas for eco-tourism development in the Ohrid-Prespa region
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Justice reform in Jordan a success story
Posted on 5 Oct, 2018
The EC-funded Support to the Justice Sector Reform in Jordan program supported by GIZ and implemented by GFA as lead company since 2015 was completed during a closing ceremony on 26 Sept, 2018
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Podcast about the educational farm for demonstrating innovations and good practices in adapting agriculture to climate change in Benin
Posted on 4 Oct, 2018
The Swiss radio station radiofr made a small podcast about an educational farm of GIZ financed project “Adaptation of Agriculture to Climate Change in Benin
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Presenting Prespa Ohrid Nature Trust and Transboundary Biosphere Reserve project in Tirana
Posted on 29 Sep, 2018
In September, Member of Parliament Eduard Shalsi, the Director of the National Agency of Protected Areas Zamir Dedej, and the KfW Development Bank’s project manager Frank Mörschel, came together to present their joint initiatives of the Albanian Government and German cooperation for the Prespa region at an event in Tirana
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Energy efficiency: Conference of Mayors in the Republic of Kosovo
Posted on 28 Sep, 2018
In September 2018 the project "Support on Implementing the 3rd Energy Package" organized together with GIZ the first Conference of Mayors in the Republic of Kosovo
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First training for photovoltaic installers at the vocational school in Morocco
Posted on 28 Sep, 2018
The EDMITA project financed by GIZ supported the establishment of a training course for photovoltaic installers at the vocational school in Tata
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Geographical Indication system (GI) in Ukraine
Posted on 26 Sep, 2018
The EU funded project “Support to the development of a Geographical Indications system in Ukraine” supports the implementation of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine
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Solar power plant with citizen participation in Morocco
Posted on 24 Sep, 2018
One of the pilot communities of the EDMITA project in South Morocco is planning a solar power plant operated by the citizens
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Promotion of sustainable energy and energy efficiency in Morocco
Posted on 21 Sep, 2018
The GIZ financed project EDMITA (Sustainable Energy in the Provinces of Midelt and Tata) supports four municipalities in remote regions of Morocco
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GFA article in Carbon Mechanisms Review Issue 2/2018
Posted on 6 Sep, 2018
In the resent "Carbon Mechanisms Review Issue 2/2018" Joachim Schnurr and Martin Burian from GFA Competence Center Climate and Energy published in cooperation with other authors two articles
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Art meets GFA – Oscar Dröge
Posted on 4 Sep, 2018
The colored wood carvings of the Oskar Dröge (1898 – 1983) estate are exhibited at the GFA premises until the end of September
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GFA ISO 9001 certificate renewed
Posted on 22 Aug, 2018
GFA Consulting Group has been ISO certified since 2010. In summer 2018, an independent certification body assessed GFA's quality management system in an external audit. GFA's ISO 9001 certificate was renewed until 2021 according to the new ISO 9001:2015
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Progress in SADC trade in services negotiations
Posted on 20 Aug, 2018
The expansion of trade in services in the SADC region reached an important milestone. During the annual meeting of the SADC Committee of Ministers of Trade (CMT) on 23 July, 2018 in Pretoria, the first round of negotiations on trade in services was adopted
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Biodiversity-based products as an economic source for the improvement of livelihoods and biodiversity protection
Posted on 23 Jul, 2018
The rich natural resources and biodiversity of ASEAN countries offer significant potential for the region’s socio-economic development
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Biodiversity conservation puts a bee in GFA's bonnet
Posted on 3 Jul, 2018
In spring 2018, GFA's workforce increased sharply when 5,000 bees and their queen found a home on the roof of the company's new building
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GFA newsletter June 2018: DUAL TVET – CATALYSING EMPLOYMENT POSSIBILITIES BY LINKING THEORY AND PRACTICE
Posted on 28 Jun, 2018
At this year’s CeBIT, Dr. Altemeier and the parliamentary secretary of state Dr. Flachsbarth signed the letter of intent to officially become member of the Make-IT Alliance
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GFA joins Make-IT Alliance
Posted on 26 Jun, 2018
At this year’s CeBIT, Dr. Altemeier and the parliamentary secretary of state Dr. Flachsbarth signed the letter of intent to officially become member of the Make-IT Alliance
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KfW story about child marriage in Niger
Posted on 21 Jun, 2018
The KfW publishes stories on development issues. One of these stories is about child marriages in Niger.
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Open days for health staff held at three skills laboratories in Cambodia
Posted on 30 May, 2018
In March 2018, open days were held at each skills lab established at the Provincial Referral Hospitals of Kampot, Kampong Thom, and Kampong Speu.
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Launch of the EU-Latin America Mineral Development Network Platform (MDNP)
Posted on 8 May, 2018
The EU-Latin America Mineral Development Network Platform (MDNP) launched its website.
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ART meets GFA – Camilla Kuckartz
Posted on 7 May, 2018
Photographs of the life of former street boys from Rwanda are currently on display at GFA headquarters: “A Thousand Voices from a Thousand Hills”.
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KHATWA Conference - The road to a better working environment
Posted on 25 Apr, 2018
In December 2017, GFA successfully conducted the KHATWA Conference as part of GIZ’s Labour Market Access Project (LMAP) in Egypt.
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GFA B.I.S. becomes SAP Service Provider
Posted on 23 Apr, 2018
In the process of broadening its product and service portfolio, GFA B.I.S. is pleased to announce that it recently became a SAP Service Provider through the SAP Open Ecosystem partnership.
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TVET HAMBURG launched its website
Posted on 23 Apr, 2018
Technical and Vocational Education and Training “Made in Germany“. Three Hamburg institutions with a special profile in vocational training join forces in TVET HAMBURG.
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GFA supports Easter Run of Lions Club in Volksdorf, Hamburg
Posted on 10 Apr, 2018
The Lions Club Hamburg organized its annual Easter Run on Saturday, 31 March, 2018 in Volksdorf, Hamburg.
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Association4U - 4th Steering Committee Meeting
Posted on 5 Apr, 2018
On March 22, the fourth Steering Committee Meeting of the EU-funded project Association4U gathered the key stakeholders to discuss the ongoing state of the project and its future.
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New energy efficient dryer for GFA BRIDGES project in India
Posted on 3 Apr, 2018
Our GFA BRIDGES project "Promoting local livelihoods and gender-sensitive sustainable forest management" in India has a new energy efficient dryer.
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GFA signs the UN Global Compact
Posted on 3 Apr, 2018
In February 2018, GFA has become a signatory of the UN Global Compact (UNGC). With its declaration of commitment, GFA undertakes to pursue integrity in its company management, and to dedicate itself to doing business equitably and sustainably.
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Launch of the Rural Education Project V in Guatemala
Posted on 28 Mar, 2018
On 13th March 2018, the Vice Presidency of Guatemala officially launched the Rural Education Project V “PROEDUC V” (Programa de Educación Rural V), co-financed by the KfW Development Bank.
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GFA approach to quality assurance in the Fiscal Agent Project for The Global Fund in Nigeria
Posted on 26 Mar, 2018
In January, GFA conducted a three-day workshop in Abuja. Representatives of The Global Fund as well as the GFA PFM head of department, the HQ supervisory team in charge of Nigeria, and the Fiscal Agent’s international and national team members were present.
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GFA newsletter January 2018: Helping Asia switch to sustainable development
Posted on 12 Mar, 2018
The SWITCH-Asia Network Facility, a project funded by the EU and implemented by the GFA Consulting Group in partnership with the collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production.
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Evaluating the impact of the SSAB program on cocoa farmers in West and Central Africa
Posted on 7 Mar, 2018
In November 2017, GFA was charged with the assessment of the impact of the Sustainable Smallholder Agri-Business (SSAB) program on cocoa farmers in West and Central Africa.
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Amazing video about the project LOW CARBON BUSINESS ACTION in Brazil
Posted on 20 Feb, 2018
The EU-funded project Low Carbon Business Action aims at contributing to sustainable development and greening of Brazilian industries through the adoption of low emission technology.
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GFA supports the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management
Posted on 13 Feb, 2018
In January 2018, GFA, in consortium with Prospect C&S, started the program “Support to the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM) through NEPAD’s Agriculture and Food Insecurity Risk Management (AFIRM)”.
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Cotton Expert House Africa and Cotton made in Africa at the BMZ’s theme day
Posted on 5 Feb, 2018
Sustainability begins out in the field – Cotton Expert House Africa and Cotton made in Africa at the BMZ’s theme day “From the cotton field to the clothes hanger”. The African cotton and textile industry makes a major contribution to economic, social and environmental development in rural regions of Africa.
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Opening ceremony of four mobile employment agencies in Morocco
Posted on 1 Feb, 2018
On January 24, 2018, the solemn inauguration of four “mobile employment agencies”, funded by the German government, took place in Mechra Bel Ksiri, Morocco. The Minister of Labor as well as the Minister of Health officially expressed their appreciation for the project approach during the ceremony.
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Make milk, make money - Promoting young entrepreneurs in rural Mongolia
Posted on 29 Jan, 2018
Ya Chagnaadorj is a young entrepreneur in Bayankhongor district in Southern Mongolia who set up a dairy business at the age of 21. He and his wife Bayasgalan have benefitted from the Vocational Education and Training Project and the Youth Employment Promotion Project.
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Support to Reforms - Environmental Governance (StREG) – closing ceremony in Beirut
Posted on 3 Jan, 2018
On Tuesday December 19th, 2017, the Closing Ceremony of the European Union-funded project Support to Reforms- Environmental Governance (StREG) took place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, in Ein el Mraisse, Beirut.
African Cotton Conference in Benin
Posted on 21 Dec, 2017
“A sustainable basis for the global textile value chain” was the topic of this year’s African Cotton Conference jointly hosted by the Cotton Expert House Africa and the Aid by Trade Foundation/Cotton made in Africa on 08 to 11 November 2017 in Cotonou, Benin.
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Hakama governance reform program launched in Morocco
Posted on 21 Dec, 2017
On 6 December 2017, GFA officially launched the EU-funded Advisory Mission for Public Governance Reform in Morocco. The mission is part of the Hakama Program, which provides European support to public administration reform in Morocco.
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Strengthening drought resilience in Uganda
Posted on 19 Dec, 2017
In December 2017, GFA has completed a feasibility study on possibilities of strengthening drought resilience in the predominantly pastoralist Karamoja region in Uganda for the German Development Bank and the Office of the Prime Minister.
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C³ NEWSLETTER 2017 - C³ training courses in 10 countries
Posted on 19 Dec, 2017
In 2017 C³ courses were implemented in 10 countries. Find two reports about training courses in Nigeria and East Timor in this newsletter. Content wise these training schemes focused on “entrepreneurship in agricultural and construction” and on “public fund management” in The Global Fund projects.
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Art meets GFA - Ulrike Taillebois
Posted on 18 Dec, 2017
Ulrike Taillebois originates from Neuwied on the river Rhine. Born in 1966, she completed a therapist vocational training before she studied painting and art education at Alanus University near Bonn in 1989–1993.
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Improving the quality of employment for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Egypt
Posted on 13 Dec, 2017
In the GIZ project Labour Market Access Project (LMAP) in Egypt, GFA implements one field of activity: Improving the quality of employment for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Suez Canal region covering the governorates of Ismailia, Port-Said and Suez.
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GFA BRIDGES - supported projects in 2017
Posted on 11 Dec, 2017
GFA does not give Christmas presents to its business partners, but donates the equivalent amount (€ 20,578) to five different social projects selected by GFA BRIDGES in Burundi/Rwanda, Madagascar, India, Brazil and the DR of the Congo. We are sure that this is also in your interes.
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Enhancing job opportunities for Jordanian women
Posted on 7 Dec, 2017
Since summer 2016, a team of GFA experts has been supporting the Jordan Ministry of Labour in enhancing job opportunities for Jordanian women. As part of GIZ’s Employment Promotion Project (EPP), GFA contributes towards boosting female employment all over the country, where women’s participation in the workforce is among the lowest in the MENA region.
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Success story: Sustainable Economic Development and Employment Promotion program in Afghanistan
Posted on 1 Dec, 2017
In late 2014, GIZ launched the Sustainable Economic Development and Employment Promotion program (SEDEP) that is implemented in six Northern Provinces of Afghanistan: Badakhshan, Baghlan, Balkh, Kunduz, Samangan and Takhar.
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