Change

Change [tʃeɪnd͡ʒ] Nothing is as constant as change. That is also true of akzente. To bring a new dimension to our reporting in future, we are switching to a new medium. What will not change is our enthusiasm for offering you stories from around the world, or the standards we set ourselves to ensure that everything is thoroughly researched and fact-checked.

Source: GIZ

  • ‘Digitalisation as an opportunity to overcome differences instead of deepening divisions’
    Food security is under pressure worldwide. GIZ expert Diana Diekjürgen explains the role that digitalisation could play for food security in the future.
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  • A magazine in transition
    akzente is transitioning to become a purely online publication. GIZ Press Spokesperson Ute Schaeffer and Jörg Schindler, who was responsible for the magazine in the late 1990s, talk here about akzente as it was and is.
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  • GIZ in transition
    GIZ has undergone massive changes and evolved beyond recognition since the merger of GTZ, InWEnt and DED in 2011. It has grown in size and become more diverse.
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  • Twists, turns and transformation
    Things appear necessary by virtue of their very existence – why change is so difficult. Author and publicist Ilija Trojanow examines inertia and lack of imagination.
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  • ‘Climate is at the heart of development policy’
    Svenja Schulze is new to the German Development Ministry but not to Government. Her priorities are climate, poverty, gender, health and crisis prevention. In an interview, she discusses German development policy in flux.
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  • Much achieved, but still a lot to do
    Where GIZ stands after ten years, and why the company must continue to evolve. A contribution by Tanja Gönner, Chair of the Management Board
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