Are you planning projects in developing and emerging countries? We would be happy to advise you!
Would you like to get involved with sustainable business models in Africa, Latin America, Asia or Europe and co-operate with German development cooperation? The international team at the Agency for Business and Economic Development offers you competent, confidential and free-of-charge advice.
Our experts for SMEs, institutions, chambers and associations
The Agency for Business and Economic Development (AWE) is the central point of contact for the German and European business community. Our team of experts advise you on funding, financing and project development in more than 20 countries. We focus on small and medium-sized enterprises as well as institutions, chambers and associations. As a client, you benefit from experts with a wide range of experience in various countries, sectors and industries. Our experts are familiar with both the perspective of the private sector and the logic, instruments and approaches of official development cooperation (DC).
Our counselling: competent, free of charge, confidential. This is how it works!
You can contact our experts centrally via the AWE or directly via the Business Scouts for Development at selected partner institutions in Germany and abroad. The AWE team will be happy to advise you in German, English, Spanish and French. Reach us by contacting one of our advisors directly or using our contact form.
When you contact us, our first step will be to check your individual requirements and possible funding, financing and co-operation partners. Of course, we will make our network in Germany and our international partners available to you at your planned location. Once your individual funding and investment strategy have been finalised with the help of our experts, we will put you in touch with the network partners who can provide funding. On request, we can also work with you to develop your planned project abroad and provide professional support for your project. Simply contact us by phone or email, and we will gladly provide you with initial information.
AWE: Your advisor for projects abroad
Does your location abroad still lack qualified skilled workers? Is your production facility in a developing country to be converted to renewable energies? For all these cases, the German Federal Government provides funding programmes for companies. Your AWE contact will navigate you unerringly and competently through the multitude of offers of international development cooperation - and check quickly and reliably which ones are suitable for your individual plans and projects.
Financing projects abroad is often a special challenge. Whether you are planning your market entry or expanding your business location, AWE's contacts are familiar with the offers of German and international development banks and can help you identify suitable development finance partners. We are also happy to offer you initial advice on questions of corporate or project financing. Strong partners in Germany are AWE's supporting organisation the DEG and other divisions of KfW Bankengruppe.
Are companies from my sector already active in the target market? Where can I get information about the country? Who are my local contacts? Three of many questions that are sure to come up when planning your project abroad. AWE sees itself as a mediator and networker: it sensibly integrates companies and associations into the network of sponsors and institutions and, where possible, arranges contacts to local development cooperation projects. It also establishes contact with people in embassies and chambers of commerce abroad at your planned foreign location. The advice includes targeted referrals to strong partners in the field of foreign trade promotion who provide a range of information for German companies, for example on markets, legal provisions and customs regulations.
Advisory Services on behalf of the BMZ
AWE is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The executing agencies of AWE are the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, a subsidiary of KfW Bankengruppe. The AWE team is made up of staff from both organisations.
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