GIZ El Salvador

About us

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has been working in El Salvador since 1963. A further seven regional experts are managed from El Salvador.
Working from El Salvador, GIZ implements regional programmes together with SICA and its subsidiary organisations on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the European Union have also commissioned regional projects that are run from El Salvador. The thematic priority areas are as follows:
-  Renewable energies and energy efficiency,
-  Protecting the environment and natural resources,
-  Good governance.
In the past few years, SICA’s member states have set their own energy transition in motion, geared towards reducing their reliance on fossil fuels, which still cover a third of their current energy needs. Ensuring a climate-conscious, independent, cost-effective and reliable energy supply is particularly important for this region. SICA’s members have set themselves the goal of developing renewable energies and increasing energy efficiency. On behalf of BMZ, GIZ is providing support in two areas: promoting geothermal energy as part of the German Climate Technology Initiative (DKTI) and developing a regional energy market in Central America.
In terms of the environment and natural resources, GIZ’s support is focused on reducing emissions from deforestation and conserving natural resources in protected areas that straddle national borders. At the same time, GIZ is also implementing a regional landscape restoration project as part of BMU’s International Climate Initiative (IKI). The EU is also contributing to this project, providing substantial cofinancing for a regional green development fund.