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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Business / industry · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH appears in 18 declared MEP meetings (14 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

18
declared meetings
with current MEPs
14
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Die GIZ bietet Dienstleistungen in der intern. Zusammenarbeit für nachhaltige Entwicklung und in der intern. Bildungsarbeit an. Unser Ziel ist es, einen entwicklungspolitischen Mehrwert zu schaffen, und zwar sowohl für unsere Auftraggeber als auch unsere Partner. Mit unserer Arbeit leisten wir einen Beitrag zu den SDGs der Agenda 2030. Wir arbeiten partnerschaftlich, wirtschaftlich und kostendeckend, aber ohne Gewinnabsichten. Die GIZ…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 18 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats739%
European People's Party528%
Greens/EFA528%
Renew Europe16%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2023).

2019
1
2020
0
2021
0
2022
5
2023
6
2024
4
2025
1
2026
1

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Lara Wolters
3 meetings · S&D
Delara Burkhardt
2 meetings · S&D
Axel Voss
2 meetings · EPP
Maria Noichl
1 meeting · S&D
Hilde Vautmans
1 meeting · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
24 Mar 2026Hilde VautmansAfrica
11 Mar 2025Lara WoltersOmnibus
4 Oct 2024Udo BullmannExchange of views on Global Inequality
10 Sep 2024Lukas MandlDevelopment cooperation
2 Sep 2024Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
23 Jul 2024Anna CavazziniIntergroup SDG
29 Nov 2023Delara BurkhardtTextiles
14 Nov 2023Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
19 Sep 2023Lara WoltersStaff level: CSDD Directive
25 Apr 2023Maria NoichlEntwicklungspolitik
2 Mar 2023Erik MarquardtExchange of views
25 Jan 2023Lara WoltersStaff level: CSDD Directive
14 Oct 2022Peter LieseETS
7 Sep 2022Pascal ArimontRemaining tropical forests as green lungs
13 May 2022Delara Burkhardtdeforestation

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