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AgriculturePartners in TransformationRaw materialsCôte d'Ivoire
Two male workers at a plantation
Date 15.09.2026

Cocoa with an impact: what companies can learn from Bahlsen

How does collaboration with development cooperation work in practice? Bahlsen provides an example.

Partners in TransformationVietnam
8 Personen stehen im Freien um einen Holztisch mit Schüsseln und Zutaten.
Date 14.09.2026

What makes partnerships strong: Five keys to success from Viet Nam

Find out how cooperation on an equal footing works, using the partnership between Naturland and the Viet Nam Organic Agriculture Association as an example.

Partners in Transformation
Jan Berger speaking into a wearable microphone
Date 10.09.2026

Companies need to look beyond established economic areas

Jan Berger, founder and CEO of the Berlin-based think tank Themis Foresight, outlines how Europe might develop over the coming years and what this means for German small and medium-sized enterprises.

FinancingGhana
Several men are sitting in a row and putting their hands up.
Date 30.07.2026

Ghana: Greater opportunities thanks to strong credit unions

Together with the German Sparkassenstiftung, credit unions are strengthening Ghana’s financial sector and laying important foundations for international economic partnerships.

NetworkPartners in TransformationSupply Chains
Five people are picking cardamom in a field and dropping the green seeds into a large sack.
Date 30.07.2026

New service for importers: IPD Sourcing Desk

With the Sourcing Desk, the Import Promotion Desk is expanding its range of support services for companies in developing and emerging economies.

Education and trainingProfessionalsKenya
Several people are placing their hands on top of one another on a button. In the background, a monitor displays the words ‘Kenyan-German Business Day’.
Date 30.07.2026

German companies training skilled workers in Kenya

DEG Impulse is using develoPPP funding to support two projects run by German companies, with the aim of providing young people in Kenya with practical training and future prospects.

Development cooperationAfrica
A group of twelve people are posing for a photo in a hall.
Date 30.07.2026

Partnerships create prospects – for development cooperation and the economy

How can development goals be reconciled with German economic interests? The project run by the VDA and AAAM provides a compelling example.

Education and trainingProfessionalsColombiaMexicoRwanda
A woman is standing in front of a classroom and explains a topic with the help of handwritten posters
Date 11.05.2026

Skills development worldwide: empowering tomorrow’s skilled workers

Practical examples from partner countries demonstrate how the German Sparkassenstiftung strengthens financial and economic skills, thereby creating sustainable employment opportunities.

Education and trainingProfessionalsAfrica
Gruppe von Menschen in formeller Kleidung bei einem Spatenstich im Freien mit blauen Schleifen an den Schaufeln und einer Fahne mit der Aufschrift 'LIEBHERR'
Date 06.05.2026

New training opportunities for technical specialists in Zambia

DEG Impulse is co-financing a project by Liebherr Zambia Limited (Liebherr Group) using develoPPP funds, which aims to create new training opportunities for technical professions.

Education and trainingProfessionalsAfrica
3 athiopische und deutsche Fachkräfte mit Warnwesten arbeiten auf einer Baustelle
Date 04.05.2026

Ethiopia. TVET partnership is boosting jobs in the construction sector

A partnership between BAUVERBÄNDE NRW and Ethiopian educational and industry actors is boosting job prospects – in Ethiopia and in Germany.

Education and trainingPartners in Transformation
Mehrere Personen sitzen an einem Tisch und arbeiten gemeinsam an Unterlagen.
Date 22.04.2026

Ready to enter the EU market with the IPD training programme

The Import Promotion Desk's training program provides targeted support to partner companies to help them successfully enter the European market.

Partners in TransformationSupply ChainsMexico
Two hands hold dark coffee beans.
Date 24.03.2026

Coffee cooperations for SMEs

Together for SMEs: DSIK and Sparkasse Bremen connect coffee value chains.