Europe

akzente provides insight into local engagement. GIZ’s expertise is in demand around the world. Together with its partners, it works in over 130 countries to offer people prospects and improve their living conditions over the long term.

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    ‘Investment in our common future’
    Heidy Rombouts, Director General of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, in an interview on Belgium’s EU Council Presidency
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    Top trio for human rights
    A signal for equality: since the start of 2024, all three regional human rights courts have been led by women.
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    ‘Inspiring women’
    The three women presidents of the human rights courts in Africa, Europe and the Americas in an akzente interview.
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    ‘A historical chance to build a powerful region’
    Lviv, revisited: In 2020, akzente spoke with its mayor Andriy Sadovyj for the first time. Since the Russian invasion, his world is a different one.
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  • Ukraine’s will to forge its own path is unbroken
    Ukraine’s will to forge its own path is unbroken
    When Russia launched its war of aggression on Ukraine, GIZ was able to provide rapid and effective assistance because of our presence throughout the country. Since then, we have been combining rapid assistance with reconstruction and advice on reforms. By Daniel Busche, GIZ Country Director in Ukraine
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  • ‘The nation as a whole will need support’
    ‘The nation as a whole will need support’
    Valentyna Mazhbits works at the Berlin Charité for the Solomiya Hospital Partnership project to support psychiatric hospitals in Ukraine.
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  • ‘How do we reach people?’
    A pilot project in Kosovo shows how behavioural science can help to improve tax compliance.
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  • From homemade yoghurt to dairy director
    Over the past 20 years Ymer Berisha has overcome many obstacles to build one of Kosovo’s most successful milk-processing companies.
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