Germany

Germany joined the Cities Alliance in 2000. The German government is represented at the Alliance by the following organisations:

The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ)  Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 40, 53113 Bonn Tel: 01888 / 535-0 Fax: 01888 / 535-3500 E-mail: info@bmz.bund.de www.bmz.de

The German Organisation for International Cooperation (GIZ)
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, or GIZ, is a government-owned, international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GIZ hosts URBANET, a network for GIZ staff, associated professionals and researchers working in the fields of municipal and urban development, decentralisation and regionalisation.
 

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH  Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5, 65760 Eschborn  Tel: +49 6196 79-0 Fax: +49 6196 79-1115 E-mail: info@giz.de www.giz.de

GIZ Network for Regionalisation, Decentralisation and Municipal Development Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5 Postfach 51 80 65726 Eschborn, Germany Phone: 0049 - 6196 - 79 -1657 / 1529 Fax: 0049 - 6196 - 79 -6104 E-mail: carmen.vogt@giz.de / annette.baehring@giz.de URBANET website