GIZ Sri Lanka

About us

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has been working in Sri Lanka since 1956. The GIZ office is in the capital, Colombo. 

In May 2009, more than 25 years of civil war between the Government of Sri Lanka and the separatist movement Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended in victory for the government forces. Sri Lanka is undergoing a phase of reconstruction with high growth rates. As a result of the country’s high economic growth, the International Monetary Fund now classes Sri Lanka as a medium-income country and sees good progress in its pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).