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In the German Government and Federal States Programme (BLP), the federal and state governments cooperate in development cooperation. Since 2015, the programme implements 101 projects in 31 partner countries worldwide.

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NW-Nordmazedonien BLP MoU Unterzeichnung

© GIZ/Mila Jovanovska

07. July 2026

Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between five universities from North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and North Macedonia

On 27 May 2026, five universities from North Rhine-Westphalia and North Macedonia signed an MoU in Skopje for cooperation in the field of circular economy with the aim of a continuous exchange of experience.

Netzwerktreffen 1

© Philipp Dümcke

06. May 2026

Impulse, Begegnungen, Perspektiven – 10 Jahre Bund-Länder-Programm

Während des Netzwerktreffens blickt das Bund-Länder-Programm gemeinsam mit seinen Partnern auf die Kooperation und die erzielten Ergebnisse. Zudem werden die zukünftige Gestaltung des Programms und seiner innovativen Ansätze thematisiert.

BY-TZ Wasserstoff

© GIZ

05. May 2026

ENIT führt Bayerisch-Tunesischen Wasserstoff-Hub weiter

Im Rahmen einer zweitägigen Abschlussveranstaltung wurde das Projekt „Stärkung des Bayerisch-Tunesischen Innovations- und Technology Hub für grünen Wasserstoff“ erfolgreich abgeschlossen.
 

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Project Map

The interactive project map provides an overview of the regions in which German federal states are cooperating with partner countries worldwide - and on which topics. It shows both current and completed projects and thus visualises the diversity and development of international cooperation within the framework of the BLP. The display can be customised using practical filter functions.

  • SkillUp Namibia – Strengthening Technical Skills, Economic Participation and Civic Education for Disadvantaged Youth

    Berlin - Namibia

    January - December 2026

  • Support for Zaporizhzhya’s municipal hospitals in terms of medical equipment, strategic planning and staff training

    Saxony-Anhalt - Ukraine

    October 2025 - December 2026

  • Supporting and improving infection diagnosis and control at the Mechnikov Hospital in Dnipro

    North Rhine-Westphalia - Ukraine

    October 2025 - December 2026

  • Biogas as part of a sustainable energy supply for broad sections of the population in Dar es Salaam

    Hamburg - Tanzania

    September 2025 - December 2026

  • Further developing community-based tourism in Rutsiro District, Rwanda

    Rhineland-Palatinate - Rwanda

    September 2025 - December 2026

  • Practical implementation of the Digital Information System for Agriculture (DISA) for sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture in Rwanda

    Rhineland-Palatinate - Rwanda

    September 2025 - December 2026

  • Promoting innovation networks between start-up ecosystems in Berlin and Ukraine II

    Berlin - Ukraine

    August 2025 - December 2026

  • Advancing TVET in Namibia Through the Introduction of an Industrial Mechatronics Qualification

    Bremen - Namibia

    August 2025 - December 2026

  • ECOWAVE – An integrated initiative for e-waste management and the empowerment of women in the informal waste sector in Bacolod City, Philippines

    Hesse - Philippines

    August 2025 - December 2026

  • Promotion of innovation networks between startup ecosystems in Berlin, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina II - Ecosystem Connectors Berlin, Sarajevo, Tirana II

    Berlin - Western Balkans

    August 2025 - December 2026

  • Practical training for young managers in preparation for transformation processes in North Macedonia and Kosovo

    North Rhine-Westphalia - North MacedoniaKosovo

    July 2025 - December 2026

  • Practical training for young managers in transformation processes in North Macedonia and Kosovo

    North Rhine-Westphalia - North MacedoniaKosovo

    July 2025 - December 2026

  • Leadership development for the Tanzanian Ministry of Water

    Lower Saxony - Tanzania

    July 2025 - June 2026

  • Unterstützung des Mykolaiv Regional Hospital beim Aufbau einer Prothetikwerkstatt

    Lower Saxony - Ukraine

    April 2025 - December 2026

  • Use of climate-friendly charging stations and development of a sustainable business model for e-cargo bikes in Stellenbosch, South Africa

    Bavaria - South Africa

    April 2025 - October 2026

  • Development of a Bavarian-Kenyan cooperation platform to promote a green hydrogen ecosystem in Kenya

    Bavaria - Kenya

    January 2025 - December 2026

  • Supporting the Solonyy Lyman Clinic in setting up a rehabilitation centre in the department of prosthetics

    North Rhine-Westphalia - Ukraine

    November 2024 - February 2026

  • Support for the development of a digital infrastructure at Zomba Central Hospital

    Thuringia - Malawi

    November 2024 - June 2026

  • Strengthening the Bavarian-Tunisian technology and innovation hub for green hydrogen

    Bavaria - Tunisia

    November 2024 - July 2026

  • Expanding green expertise in Kenya's TVET sector

    Hesse - Kenya

    August 2024 - December 2025

  • Promotion of innovation networks between startup ecosystems in Berlin and Ukraine - Ecosystem Connectors Berlin, Kyiv

    Berlin - Ukraine

    July 2024 - December 2025

  • Laying the foundations for vocational optician training in Benin

    Saarland - Benin

    June 2024 - March 2026

  • Promotion of innovation networks between startup ecosystems in Berlin, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ecosystem Connectors Berlin, Sarajevo, Tirana

    Berlin - Western Balkans

    June 2024 - December 2025

  • Vocational training on green energy in Namibia

    Bremen - Namibia

    January 2024 - December 2025

  • Water Sensitive Urban Development in Dar es Salaam, Tansania

    Hamburg - Tanzania

    August 2023 - March 2026

  • Digital information system for sustainable and climate-smart agriculture in Rwanda

    Rhineland-Palatinate - Rwanda

    July 2023 - June 2025

  • Assessment and management of plastic waste flows and leakages in Bacolod City, Philippines

    Hesse - Philippines

    July 2023 - March 2025

  • Supporting reform processes in North Macedonia and Kosovo by training young leaders

    North Rhine-Westphalia - KosovoNorth Macedonia

    July 2023 - December 2024

  • Improving the use of traditional medicinal plants in Uganda II

    Saxony - Uganda

    July 2023 - December 2026

  • Urban Mobility Berlin and India II (UMBI II)

    Berlin - India

    June 2023 - December 2024

  • Establishment of a Bavarian-Tunisian Technology and Innovation Hub for Green Hydrogen

    Bavaria - Tunisia

    May 2022 - May 2023

  • Setting up an E-cargo-bike infrastructure for more climate-friendly and sustainable transport of goods in Stellenbosch, South Africa

    Bavaria - South Africa

    April 2022 - March 2023

  • Traditional medicinal plants in Uganda

    Saxony - Uganda

    April 2022 - May 2023

  • Improving health provision for newborns with hearing screenings in order to boost the resilience of the Tanzanian health sector

    Lower Saxony - Tanzania

    April 2022 - May 2025

  • Strengthening minorities through practical implementation of municipal structures in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia)

    Schleswig-Holstein - Western Balkans

    April 2022 - March 2023

  • Early diagnosis of hearing impairment & strengthening of the Tanzanian health care system

    Lower Saxony - Tanzania

    April 2022 - March 2023

  • Implementing an early warning system for surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 by analysing wastewater in Viet Nam

    Hesse - Vietnam

    November 2021 - December 2022

  • Urban Mobility Berlin and India (UMBI)

    Berlin - India

    October 2021 - May 2023

  • Qualification of Ethiopian vocational training specialists in the field of IT

    Hesse - Ethiopia

    October 2021 - March 2023

  • Qualification of vocational training specialists in the field of energy-efficient building automation

    Hesse - India

    October 2021 - March 2023

  • Strengthening resilience in the health sector in Namibia! Building medical-scientific competencies and further developing capacities for teaching and research at the University of Namibia UNAM

    Bremen - Namibia

    September 2021 - May 2023

  • Strengthening research and production capacity in the Namibian health sector and expanding the new bush biomass sector

    Bavaria - Namibia

    August 2021 - March 2023

  • Renewable energies to increase productivity, efficiency and innovation in agriculture in Togo

    Bavaria - Togo

    August 2021 - October 2022

  • Professional qualification for future specialists and managers for North Macedonia

    North Rhine-Westphalia - North Macedonia

    June 2021 - December 2022

  • Support for the development of digital agro-meteorology in Rwanda for climate change adaptation

    Rhineland-Palatinate - Rwanda

    June 2021 - December 2022

  • Strengthening infectious disease capacity in Uganda

    Saxony - Uganda

    May 2021 - December 2022

  • Qualification / Upgrading of the Tamale Technical University in Ghana

    North Rhine-Westphalia - Ghana

    April 2021 - October 2022

  • Strengthening pandemic response infrastructure and capacity development in Malawi

    Thuringia - Malawi

    January 2021 - May 2023

  • Technical skills for operating minigrids in the Eastern Cape

    Lower Saxony - South Africa

    November 2020 - December 2022

  • Transfer of research results for the production of a building panel made of bush biomass to the Namibian economy

    Saarland - Namibia

    June 2020 - July 2022

  • Groundwater Protection in Post-mining Aftercare in Peru

    Saxony - Peru

    June 2020 - October 2022

  • Qualification of Ethiopian decision-makers and vocational training specialists in the fields of automation and electrical engineering

    Hesse - Ethiopia

    April 2020 - April 2022

  • Qualification for solar energy

    Hesse - India

    April 2020 - June 2022

  • Occupational Safety and Health in the Mining Industry in Mozambique - Competence Development for the Implementation of the ILO C176

    Saxony - Mozambique

    March 2020 - June 2022

  • Promotion of young talents in the water sector in Tanzania

    Lower Saxony - Tanzania

    March 2020 - February 2021

  • Solar solutions for agriculture - Technology transfer

    Bavaria - Nigeria

    March 2020 - June 2021

  • Renewable Energies in Uganda - Technology Transfer

    Bavaria - Uganda

    March 2020 - June 2021

  • Mobility for all! Improving the mobility and logistics sector in Namibia

    Bremen - Namibia

    March 2020 - October 2022

  • Promotion of municipal services for minorities in the Western Balkans

    Schleswig-Holstein - Western Balkans

    February - December 2020

  • Female Entrepreneurship Berlin and India (FEBI) II

    Berlin - India

    February 2020 - December 2021

  • Deutsch-Tunesischer Verwaltungsaustausch 2.0

    Baden-Württemberg - Tunisia

    December 2019 - March 2022

  • Innovation and technology partnership for sustainable agriculture and training in northern Iraq

    Baden-Württemberg - Iraq (North)

    January - November 2019

  • Vocational training in the bricklaying trade in Kosovo

    Bavaria - Kosovo

    January - November 2019

  • Manager training for junior staff in the water sector in Tanzania

    Lower Saxony - Tanzania

    January - December 2019

  • German Tunisian administrative exchange

    Baden-Württemberg - Tunisia

    January - November 2019

  • Green citizen energy for Ethiopia and Uganda

    Bavaria - EthiopiaUganda

    January - November 2019

  • Expanding green skills in vocational education and training in Viet Nam

    Hesse - Vietnam

    January - December 2019

  • Vocational guidance and counselling for vulnerable sections in Serbia

    Schleswig-Holstein - Serbia

    January - December 2019

  • Developing a monitoring system for minigrids in the Eastern Cape

    Lower Saxony - South Africa

    December 2018 - December 2020

  • Supporting Jordanian regions in setting up decentralised wastewater management structures

    North Rhine-Westphalia - Jordan

    December 2018 - November 2019

  • Strengthening of the Namibian economy through the creation of a value chain for construction materials

    Saarland - Namibia

    November 2018 - November 2019

  • Female Entrepreneurship Berlin and India (FEBI)

    Berlin - India

    November 2018 - November 2019

  • Environmental Partnership Hamburg - Mexico II

    Hamburg - Mexico

    May 2018 - April 2019

  • Promoting networking between higher education and business at the Tamale University of Technology, Ghana

    North Rhine-Westphalia - Ghana

    April 2018 - December 2019

  • New formats to promote technology and knowledge transfer for sustainable development

    Bavaria - EthiopiaGhanaIndia

    January - December 2018

  • Digitalisation and Industry 4.0: Future-oriented professionalisation of VET personnel

    Saxony-Anhalt - Vietnam

    January 2018 - November 2019

  • Promoting integrated, sustainable tourism development in lake landscapes using Lake Malawi as a case study

    Brandenburg - Malawi

    January - December 2018

  • Earth observation for improved coastal protection in the Mono biosphere reserve

    Bremen - BeninTogo

    January 2018 - June 2019

  • Qualification for energy and resource efficiency

    Hesse - Vietnam

    January 2018 - March 2019

  • Energy Transition Through Partnership

    Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - Vietnam

    January 2018 - December 2019

  • Supporting sustainable mobility and logistics in Namibia

    Bremen - Namibia

    January 2018 - December 2019

  • Innovation X-Change

    Bavaria - BeninNigeriaTogoUgandaEthiopia

    January - December 2017

  • Customised support services from Berlin for Egyptian startups: "Egypt meets Berlin: B2B and Startup expansion"

    Berlin - Egypt

    January - December 2017

  • International skills transfer through administrative exchange

    North Rhine-WestphaliaBaden-WürttembergLower SaxonyBremenHamburg -

    January - December 2017

  • Earth observation for sustainable development in Africa - follow-up project

    Bremen - South AfricaAfrica (supraregional)

    January - December 2017

  • Capacity building and innovation promotion to improve mining safety in the Mozambican mining administration, follow-up project

    Saxony - Mozambique

    January 2017 - February 2019

  • Thematic environmental partnership Hamburg - Mexico

    Hamburg - Mexico

    January 2017 - April 2018

  • Support of the access of Roma to municipal services in the Western Balkans - Phase 2

    Schleswig-Holstein - Western Balkans

    January - December 2017

  • Promotion of vocational training within the framework of the partnership between Bremen and Namibia - Phase 2

    Bremen - Namibia

    January - December 2017

  • Energy transition exchange between Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Vietnam

    Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - Vietnam

    January - December 2017

  • Pilot project for the construction and sustainable operation of local energy networks of renewable energies at the Eastern Cape

    Lower Saxony - South Africa

    January 2017 - December 2018

  • Support of the access of Roma to municipal services in the Western Balkans

    Schleswig-Holstein - Western Balkans

    June - December 2016

  • Connecting Startup Cities: Establishing a startup platform between Berlin and Asia

    Berlin - IndiaPhilippinesIndonesia

    April 2016 - December 2017

  • Support processes for the implementation of dual vocational training approaches in the South African pilot program „Dual System Pilot Project“ (DSPP)

    Lower Saxony - South Africa

    April 2016 - June 2017

  • Innovation 4E+ – Renewable energies, energy efficieny and environment for Bavarian partner regions

    Bavaria - EthiopiaBeninGhanaIndiaMozambiqueNigeriaPeruSouth AfricaTogoUgandaVietnamColombiaCôte d'Ivoire

    March 2016 - December 2019

  • Green Vocational Training Initiative Hesse-Viet Nam

    Hesse - Vietnam

    March 2016 - March 2018

  • Partnership for capacity building in occupational and environmental medicine in Ghana

    North Rhine-Westphalia - Ghana

    March 2016 - February 2018

  • „Business Design“ for Bavarian partner provinces Gauteng and Eastern Cape in South Africa

    Bavaria - South Africa

    March 2016 - February 2017

  • Promotion of vocational training within the framework of the partnership between Bremen and Namibia

    Bremen - Namibia

    January - December 2016

  • National park cooperation as part of the Brandenburg-Mozambique country partnership

    Brandenburg - Mozambique

    January 2016 - June 2019

  • Using available natural resources for sustainable economic development – Capacity building at the University of Namibia. Know-how transfer and capcaity development for more economic power in materials science

    Saarland - Namibia

    January 2016 - March 2018

  • Capacity building and innovation promotion to improve mining safety in the Mozambican mining administration

    Saxony - Mozambique

    January 2016 - December 2018

  • Earth observation for sustainable development - building partnerships between Europe and Africa

    Bremen - South AfricaAfrica (supraregional)

    January 2016 - December 2017

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