SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

There should be full employment. Everyone should be able to access decent work; forced labour and human trafficking should be eradicated. At the same time, the economy in developing countries should grow by at least seven per cent per annum.

Fotomontage von zwei Mädchen die Fußball spielen und einer Baumwollpflanze

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The cotton kick

Nine German football clubs, a textile manufacturer, 450 family-run farms in India, Fairtrade and GIZ have teamed up to produce fan merchandise made of sustainable cotton. Views on the From Field to Fan Shop initiative.

Deniss Kacs

Driving innovation together: Start-ups in NRW and Nigeria

North Rhine-Westphalia promotes exchange between young entrepreneurs from Nigeria and NRW.

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GIZ/Tsitohaina Stevenson Rakotoarivonjy

Global poverty: just how unfair is the world?

The various crises in recent years have hit countries in the Global South particularly hard and widened the gap between rich and poor.

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‘SAP and GIZ – a Dream Team’

Interview with Klaus Schimmer, Chief Innovation Architect Sustainability at SAP. He reports on a successful cooperative project in Armenia.

Skilled workers from Kerala for Wolfratshausen

How an Indian nurse and a district hospital in the foothills of the German Alps came together: Triple Win explained – experience with placing skilled workers.

Julian Rentzsch

‘We need more feminine energy’

Drei Fragen an Rashi Gupta, Gründerin und Geschäftsführerin von Vision Mechatronics, einem führenden Unternehmen in den Bereichen Robotik, erneuerbare Energien und Energiespeicherung in Indien

The goal: fair and decent work for all

Michael Holländer explains why work is a topic for GIZ, how the company promotes training and employment and what link this has to skilled workers for Germany.

Gaby Gerster

‘Our work is more important than ever’

Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel on Germany’s global responsibility and how international cooperation also achieves results in Germany

Rajiv Raman

Money for creative growth

For women in Jordan to start their own businesses, they need financial knowledge – and access to money and digital tools. We visited two women entrepreneurs who set out on this path.

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A win-win for all

New markets, new partners, new horizons: Partnering in Business with Germany promotes business contacts between SMEs in developing countries and emerging economies and those in Germany.

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Huda Hassan

The wonder of refrigeration

The amazing story of a successful dairywoman, helpful cooling and an enthusiastic community. Out and about in the Somaliland region.

Sonja Och

‘It is essential that migration is fair!’

Interview with Andrea Nahles, Chair of the Executive Board of the German Federal Employment Agency, on skilled migration and the benefits it can have on all sides.