12.A Supporting developing countries
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develoPPP.de was set up by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) over 20 years ago to foster the involvement of the private sector in areas where business opportunities and development policy initiatives overlap. To this end, BMZ offers financial and technical support for companies that want to do business or have already begun operating in developing and emerging-market countries.

With the adoption of the German Resource Efficiency Programme (Deutsches Ressourceneffizienzprogramms = ProgRess) in February 2012, Germany committed itself to objectives, guiding ideas and approaches for the protection of natural resources. The Federal Government is obliged to report to the German Parliament every four years on the development of resource efficiency in Germany and to update the Resource Efficiency Programme.

The innovation factory is a global partnership for promoting digital innovations for sustainable development. It was commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in the year 2018. The innovation factory focuses on three different areas of action: Developing and evolving cross-regional cooperation networks for digital innovations, creating the conditions for global networking of cooperation networks and creating the conditions for developing digital innovations. The cooperation networks develop digital innovations for sustainable development and share ideas across regions.

The target of the funding programme is to support international partnerships in the areas of climate, environment and energy.
CLIENT II puts a spotlight on demand-oriented research and development collaborations with select newly industrializing and developing countries with interesting markets for German suppliers of technology. The envisaged projects are to give an effective impetus to reduce environmental pollution in the partner countries, to use natural resources both wisely and economically, to supply safe, clean and affordable energy to all segments of the population, and to make advances in global climate protection and in the adaptation to climate change and natural hazards. 

The German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO) is a joint initiative of the Federal Government, represented by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), the German sweets and confectionery industry, the German retail grocery trade, and civil society. Jointly, the multi-stakeholder initiative aims to improve the livelihood of cocoa farmers and their families as well as to increase the proportion of certified cocoa according to sustainability standards.

By 2025,  the share of cocoa in cocoa-containing end products sold by the producing members in Germany certified by sustainability standards (or to be equivalently independently verified) is to be least 85 % by the year 2025 - the long-term target is 100%. To achieve these objectives, the members of GISCO closely liaise with the governments of cocoa producing countries.