GIZ Bosnia and Herzegovina

About us

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has been working in Bosnia and Herzegovina on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) since 1995. 
GIZ is supporting Bosnia and Herzegovina’s efforts to increase economic and domestic stability and implement reforms. Priority areas are:
-  sustainable economic development and employment
-  energy sector development (energy efficiency and renewables)
-  reform of the public administration.
GIZ also facilitates regional cooperation among the six Western Balkan countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Since September 2010, the GIZ office in Sarajevo has managed the Open Regional Funds for South-East Europe, which support the accession process by promoting regional collaboration among the South-East European countries in the fields of foreign trade, biodiversity, energy efficiency, modernisation of municipal services, legal reform and EU integration.