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Gesellschaft fur
Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), an international
co-operation enterprise for sustainable development
replaced Ernst Axel Momber, the country director of
GTZ Ethiopia, with Ulrich Mohr, an agricultural
engineer.
Mr. Momber, an economist by training, will finish
his five-year term in office at the end of this year
and leave for GTZ’s Namibia office.
During his tenure, GTZ increased its total project
volume from 130 to 185 million Br and number of
staff in Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian Capacity Building Programme (ECBP) is
a major factor contributing to this increase. ECBP
is one of the three focal points of GTZ, undertaken
in cooperation with the Ethiopian ministries of
Capacity Building (MoCB), Education (MoE) as well as
Trade and Industry (MoTI).
The two other focuses are the Urban Governance and
Decentralisation Programme and Sustainable
Utilisation of Natural Resources for Improved Food
Security Programme carried out in collaboration with
the Ministry of Works and Urban Development (MoWUD)
and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD),
respectively.
“Ethiopia stands at a turning point. With the Plan
for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End
Poverty (PASDEP), the Ethiopian government has set
out on an ambitious programme to reduce poverty in
the country and to boost the economy,” stated Mr.
Momber. “As partner in the Ethio-German development
cooperation, GTZ supports the efforts of the
Ethiopian government and its people to improve the
living conditions in the country.”
The increase in project volume is more striking when
it comes to GTZ International Services (IS), which
works under commission from the Ethiopian government
and international donors. The project volume of GTZ
IS in Ethiopia rose from close to 53 million Br in
2003 to approximately 794 million Br this year.
Mr. Ulrich, whose tenure begins early next year, is
envisaging an even higher growth in the coming five
years.
“We are looking forward to extending the fruitful
cooperation with our Ethiopian partners,” affirmed
Ulrich, the new country director who also has an MSc
in Agricultural Economics and Management.
The new Country Director is the Director of GTZ’s
Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Division and he was
Country Director of GTZ Dominican Republic, Advisor
to Peru’s National Institute for Agricultural
Research and Promotion and Advisor to the Honduran
National Institute for Professional Training.
GTZ has been working in
Ethiopia for more than 30 years. Ethiopia currently
is the largest country team of GTZ worldwide with
more than 200 foreign experts and 430 national
staff.
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