Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

{{Short description|Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany}}

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| agency_name = Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

| nativename = Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung

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| seal = DEgov-BMZ-Logo en.svg

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| image = Bonn, ehemaliges Bundeskanzleramt.jpg

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| image_caption = Offices of the BMZ in the former Federal Chancellery in Bonn

| headquarters = Dahlmannstraße 4,
53113 Bonn

| formed = 14 November 1961

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| jurisdiction = Government of Germany

| employees = approx. 1,100

| budget = €12.426 billion (2021){{cite web|url=https://www.bundeshaushalt.de/#/2021/soll/ausgaben/einzelplan/23.html|title=Bundeshaushalt|website=www.bundeshaushalt.de|access-date=10 May 2021}}

| minister1_name = Reem Alabali-Radovan

| minister1_pfo = Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

| chief1_name = Johann Saathoff

| chief1_position = Parliamentary State Secretary

| chief2_name = Bärbel Kofler

| chief2_position = Parliamentary State Secretary

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| website = {{website|http://www.bmz.de}}

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The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development ({{langx|de|Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung}}, {{IPA|de|ˈbʊndəsminɪsˌteːʁiʊm fyːɐ̯ ˈvɪʁt.ʃaftlɪçə tsuˈzamənˌʔaʁbaɪt ʔʊnt ʔɛntˈvɪklʊŋ|pron|De-Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung.ogg}}; abbreviated BMZ) is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its main office is at the former German Chancellery in Bonn with a second major office at the Europahaus in Berlin.

Founded in 1961, the Ministry works to encourage economic development within Germany and in other countries through international cooperation and partnerships. It cooperates with international organizations involved in development including the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and the United Nations.

The BMZ was created in 1961 as a reflection of the growing prioritization of foreign aid beyond financial gain, a relatively unique choice at the time. Germany was a pioneer in establishing the BMZ, as most countries did not have established aid agencies for the explicit purpose of managing ODA.https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/199376 In the following decades, the BMZ increasingly prioritized sustainable development (SD) in policy discourse focusing on providing basic needs and explicitly incorporating Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2023.2265988 The MDGs were replaced with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) upon the UN publication of Agenda 2030 in 2015.https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/development-agenda-retired/ The BMZ strongly supported the reorientation led by the OECD towards tangible and measurable goals for sustainability.

Germany is the second-largest development co-operation provider of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Bilateral co-operation constitutes the bulk of Germany’s official development assistance (ODA), under the overall lead of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), while the Federal Foreign Office oversees humanitarian aid, crisis prevention, stabilisation and peace-building.

According to the OECD, Germany’s total ODA (USD 35 billion, preliminary data) increased in 2022 due to an increase in in-donor refugee costs and increased contributions to international organisations. It represented 0.83% of gross national income (GNI).{{cite web|url=https://oe.cd/il/dev-coop-germany

| title = OECD Development Co-operation Profiles| access-date= 15 September 2023}}