GTZ - the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, (German Technical Cooperation) is a federal enterprise based in Eschborn near Frankfurt am Main. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is its major client. The company also operates on behalf of other German ministries, the governments of other countries and international clients, such as the European Commission, the United Nations and the World Bank, as well as on behalf of private enterprises.

GTZ works on a public-benefit basis. As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, GTZ provides viable, forward-looking solutions for economic, ecological and social development in a globalised world. GTZ is implementing a number of projects related to environmental, energy, natural resource management and health related projects in more than 131 countries in the regions of Latin America and Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Near and Middle East and the Maghreb Asia, Mediterranean region, Europe and Central Asian countries.
GTZ – Feilds of Competence

GTZ has 50 years of experince in India,  extending techincal and financial cooperation in the sectors of Energy, Environment, Health and natural resource mangement. Under the Indo-German Environment Programme on “Advisory Services in Environmental Management” (ASEM), GTZ is working on the following Thrust Areas:

• Sustainable Urban Environment to improve planning, financing and operation of urban environmental infrastructure in selected cities in a    sustainable manner.
• Sustainable Industrial Development to improve the planning, development and management (including hazardous waste) of industrial estates and industrial clusters in a sustainable manner.
• Sustainable Environment Governance to mainstream environmental accounting into policy making in Andhra Pradesh.
• Sustainable Consumption and Consumer Protection to strengthen the consumer protection centers at national level and in selected states and enhance the efficiency  in terms of preventive consumer protection.
• ASEM has “Human Resource Development” and “Climate Change” aspects as cross cutting areas contributing to various thrust areas.
• Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects with Indian and German companies contribute towards identified project activities.

ASEM is a joint programme of the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). For further information, refer to www.asemindia.com, www.gtz.de.