Imprint

The Agency for Business and Economic Development (AWE) is a project of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) jointly supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the DEG Impulse gGmbH. The following responsibilities for the website therefore arise: 

Responsible for the entire website with the exception of the pages on “financing” and "Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights"
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH 

Registered offices 
Bonn and Eschborn 
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 40 
53113 Bonn 
Telephone: +49 228 44 60-0 
Fax: +49 228 44 60-17 66 

Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5 
65760 Eschborn 
Telephone: +49 6196 79-0 
Fax: +49 6196 79-11 15 
Email: info(at)giz.de 
Website: giz.de 

Registered at 
Local court (Amtsgericht) Bonn, Germany: HRB 18384 
Local court (Amtsgericht) Frankfurt am Main, Germany: HRB 12394 

VAT no. 
DE 113891176 

Chairperson of the Supervisory Board 
Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Management Board 
Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel (Chair) 
Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven (Vice-Chair)
Anna Sophie Herken

Responsible for the pages on “financing” and "Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights"
DEG Impulse gGmbH
Registered offices 
Kämmergasse 22 
50676 Cologne 

Postal address 
PO box 10 09 61 
50449 Cologne 
Telephone: + 49 221 4986-0 
Email: info(at)degimpulse.de 

Legal status 
gGmbH

Registration court 
Local court (Amtsgericht) Cologne 

Commercial register no. 
HRB 111195

Management Board 
Marco Christ 
Dr. Hubertus Pleister 

VAT no. 
DE356254466

Responsible 
DEG Impulse gGmbH
Email: info(at)degimpulse.de 

Legal notes 
This website was compiled with the greatest possible degree of care. GIZ and DEG Impulse cannot accept liability for the timeliness, accuracy, completeness or quality of the information provided. Any liability for damage arising directly or indirectly from the use of this website is excluded unless this is a result of intent or gross negligence. GIZ and DEG Impulse expressly reserve the right to change, add to or delete parts of the website or the entire site without a special announcement or to suspend its publication temporarily or permanently. 

This website contains links to external websites. The respective provider is always responsible for the content of the linked external websites. GIZ and DEG Impulse have checked whether civil or criminal liability is triggered when they first linked to the external content. Permanent controls of the content of the linked external websites is, however, not reasonable without a specific indication of a legal violation. If GIZ or DEG Impulse determine or are informed by others that an external site to which they linked triggers civil or criminal liability, they will remove the link to this site immediately. GIZ and DEG Impulse expressly distance themselves from content of this type.  

Cartographical representations do not include a recognition of borders and regions under international law. 
Linking to the AWE website is permissible if the website accessed is the sole content of the browser window. 

Coordination and editorial team 
Agency for Business and Economic Development (Agentur für Wirtschaft und Entwicklung, AWE)