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October 16, 2023 | Germany, Family Planning, Gender Equality, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health | Share this update
On October, 16, 2023, the BMZ co-hosted the GFF replenishment round as part of WHS 2023 in Berlin and raised a total of US$445 million based on a goal of $800 million, of which Germany pledged EUR25 million (US$26 million).
German Development Minister Svenja Schulze highlighted that the GFF is a key partner in advancing women's rights, MNCH, and SRHR. She committed to continuing the campaign to advocate for sufficient financing for GFF.
The GFF's flagship Deliver the Future initiative had a stated goal to raise US$800 million to improve the health and rights of 250 million women and children. The campaign for additional financing for the GFF started in June 2023, when a post-pandemic funding gap for women's health, MNCH, and SRHR first became apparent. The pledging event fell US$355 million short of its goal, raising concerns about the initiative's ability to meet its support and development targets. Further investment towards the goal is expected in 2024.
Germany's contribution amounted to EUR25 million (US$26 million), in line with previous annual commitments since 2020. Critics from the DSW, Global Citizen, Save the Children Deutschland and World Vision Deutschland previously advocated strongly for a German commitment of EUR100 million (US$106 million) to the GFF, asserting that a small contribution would hurt Germany's reputation as co-host.
July 12, 2023 | Germany, Gender Equality, Climate | Share this update
On July 12, 2023, the BMZ presented its position paper on strengthening regional cooperation with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The position paper outlined three primary goals:
Specifically, the paper described cooperation with six partner countries:
The paper also described more general BMZ collaboration with all countries in the region on regional, global, and multilateral projects, as well as non-governmental development cooperation initiatives.
July 10, 2023 | Germany, Spain, Education, Agriculture, Gender Equality | Share this update
On July 10, 2023, German development minister Svenja Schulze took over the Presidency of the Sahel Alliance from Spain.
Schulze outlined three priorities for her presidency:
June 29, 2023 | Netherlands, Germany, Gender Equality, Global Health | Share this update
On June 29, 2023, the GFF announced that the Netherlands, Germany, Ivory Coast, and World Bank are co-hosting the ‘Deliver the Future’ campaign to raise US$800 million by the end of 2023 to invest in the health and rights of women, children, and adolescents in LICs.
According to the GFF more than 60 countries, including 35 out of 36 partner countries, are off track to meet the SDG health targets for maternal, newborn, and stillborn mortality by 2030, which could cost almost 8 million lives.
Donors have donated US$2 billion since 2015, which has allowed the GFF to unlock US$32 billion for women, children, and adolescent health. For example the GFF have provided more than 500 million women with access to modern family planning, and ensured 103 million women delivered their babies safely.
The additional investment of US$800 million was projected to help the organization reach another 250 million women, children, and adolescents.
June 12, 2023 | Germany, Gender Equality | Share this update
German development minister Svenja Schulze took part in the G20 development ministers' meeting in Varanasi, India, from June 11-12, 2023, where the G20 development ministers identified three key priorities for achieving the SDGs.
One of the three approaches emphasized gender equality and increasing greater social diversity. Schulze highlighted that sustainable development cannot be achieved without gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
The other two approaches included harnessing the opportunities of digitization for development and organizing the transition to a climate-compatible global economy in a socially just way.
The G20 development ministers also discussed the proposal to include the AU as the 21st member of the G20, which met with broad consensus.
June 9, 2023 | Germany, Climate, Gender Equality | Share this update
On June 9, 2023, during intergovernmental negotiations in Berlin, the BMZ and representatives of the Namibian government agreed to provide EUR52 million (US$56 million) for closer cooperation in the area of urban development.
The funding was announced to support the planned green hydrogen production plant in Lüderitz, which is expected to attract a large number of employees in the industrial and service sector. To ensure that rapid growth does not lead to uncontrolled urban sprawl, the BMZ allocated funding to support Lüderitz in climate-neutral and participatory urban planning.
The announcement also outlined plans to expand vocational training in order to meet the growing demand for skilled workers and promote the participation of women and girls and the consideration of their interest in the project planning.
May 24, 2023 | Japan, Canada, France, UK, US, Germany, Italy, EUI, Education, Agriculture, Gender Equality, Climate, Global Health | Share this update
On May 24, 2023, Civil Society 7 released its review of the May 2023 G7 Hiroshima Summit.
The report looked at six topics, including the nuclear disarmament, climate and environmental justice, the transition to a fair economy, global health, humanitarian aid and conflict, and a resilient and open society, and presented the following findings:
C7 aims to achieve a society envisioned by the SDGs that leaves no one behind, and its criticism of the G7 Hiroshima Summit was presented as a means of holding leaders to account for their role in building a better world.
May 20, 2023 | UK, France, Canada, Japan, US, Germany, Italy, EUI, Agriculture, Gender Equality, Climate, Global Health | Share this update
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) assembled in Hiroshima from May 19-21, 2023 to discuss a wide range of global issues requiring immediate and long-term attention.
On May 20, 2023, the leaders released a communiqué outlining their commitments to the international community. Among other issues, the communiqué focused on infrastructure, humanitarian crises, climate change, global health, and gender.
Key commitments included:
The G7 Hiroshima Summit 2023 was held during a tense period for both Europe and Asia. The leaders took a strong stance against further aggression and reconfirmed their commitment to promoting sustainable ODA and international collaboration.
May 18, 2023 | Germany, Gender Equality | Share this update
On May 18, 2023, German Development Minister Svenja Schulze met with UN General Secretary António Guterres, his deputy Amina Mohammed and the head of UN Women, Sima Bahous, to discuss the UN's contributions to achieving gender equality.
Part of Germany's strategy on feminist development policy, which was released in March 2023, is to work with and strengthen multilateral organizations to promote gender equality at the international level. Schulze showed support for Guterres' 2021Our Common Agenda initiative, which aims to structurally orient the UN system toward gender quality. The BMZ also provided EUR2 million (US$2 million) support for the Our Common Agenda summit in 2024.
Schulze also highligthed abbr:UN Women as a key player in the UN system to strengthen gender equality and committed an additional EUR7 million (US$8 million) to the organization.
May 11, 2023 | Germany, Gender Equality, Climate | Share this update
On May 11, 2023, during government negotiations in Berlin, the the Madegascan and German delegations agreed on a stronger cooperation in the area of climate mitigation and fighting energy poverty.
Specifically, the BMZ shared plans to support Madagascar in electrification in rural areas. For this, the BMZ announced funding for expanding renewable energies, in particular solar and hydropower plants. In total, the BMZ committed EUR30 million (US$33 milloin) for these projects.
Additionally, the agreement highlighted support for women, especially through better education and integration into the labor market.
US$ amounts are cited directly from sources; in the absence of an official conversion, they are calculated using the previous week's average of the US Federal Reserve's daily exchange rates.
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