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)
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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 |
The German Organisation for Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, or GTZ, is a government-owned, international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GTZ hosts URBANET, a network for GTZ staff, associated professionals and researchers working in the fields of municipal and urban development, decentralisation and regionalisation.
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5, 65760 Eschborn Tel: +49 6196 79-0 Fax: +49 6196 79-1115 E-mail: info@gtz.de |
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GTZ Network for Regionalisation, Decentralisation and Municipal Development
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) 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@gtz.de / annette.baehring@gtz.de |
KfW
KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) is a German government-owned development bank. It offers support to encourage sustainable improvement in economic, social, ecological living and business conditions, among others, in the areas of small- and medium-sized enterprise, entrepreneurship, environmental protection, housing, infrastructure, education finance, project and export finance, and development cooperation.
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KfW Bankengruppe
Palmengartenstrasse 5-9 60325 Frankfurt am Main Phone: +49 180 1 33557 Fax: +49 69 7431-64355 E-mail: infocenter@kfw.de www.kfw.de |
