North and Central America

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.

Dreams you can touch

As they look for alternatives to migration, young people in El Salvador now receive support with vocational training, finding employment and personal development.

Sustainable Energy

A look back at a project and its results.

Dancing salsa with a new leg

To enable Cuban orthopaedic technicians to provide modern prostheses for their patients, the German medical technology company Ottobock is supplying the island state with expertise and materials.

Through other eyes

A German-American exchange programme provides professionals with insights into the mentality of their host country.

Diplomacy revisited

Creative minds gathered in Montreal with a common goal: to shape the future of global communication.

Electricity from the pig farm

Renewable energy, particularly hydropower, plays a major role in Central America. Now, biogas plants are also generating clean energy.