Welcome to the German Embassy Dar es Salaam!
Karibu Sana!
Welcome to the homepage of the German Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania!
In the following pages, the Embassy team is providing you with information, facts and figures, advice, application forms - and links to additional information if you are interested.
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Christian Wulff was elected as the new President of the Federal Republic of Germany on 30 June 2010. The President of the Federal Republic of Germany holds office for a term of five years and may be re-elected once.
The German presidential elections
The German Foreign Minister, Mr. Guido Westerwelle, and the German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Mr. Dirk Niebel made an official visit to the United Republic of Tanzania. One result: 8.5 m/- Euro extra commitment.
The United Republic of Tanzania has been chosen in recognition of the long-lasting excellent bilateral relations between our countries, the record of Tanzania as a pole of stability in Eastern Africa and the importance of Tanzania as host country to important regional and international institutions as there are the Secretariat of the East African Community, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the African Court for People's and Human Rights. Also, Tanzania is among the biggest recipients of German development cooperation on the continent (currently 50 Mio. EUR per year, cumulated more than 1,8 Billion EUR since independence).
Energy Efficiency Award 2010
Companies from trade and industry which have implemented innovative, exemplary measures to increase energy efficiency are invited to take part in the international Energy Efficiency Award 2010 competition.The competition is being held by the Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) - the German Energy Agency - in cooperation with Deutsche Messe. The prize money amounts to a total of 30.000 Euro.
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will become operational in 2009
Energy security, environmental protection and poverty alleviation are global challenges that can only be overcome by joint international efforts. Renewable energies play a key role in this context. Making greater use of them is crucial in view of climate change and limited conventional resources. With its initiative to establish an International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the German government has set itself the goal of accelerating the worldwide expansion of renewables.
OECD – Germany is one of the world's major aid donors
Germany is one of the world's major donors of development assistance, ranking second only to the USA.
Information from Germany
German Institutions in the Development Cooperation
German Political Foundations in Tanzania
For decades four political foundations affiliated with political parties in Germany have branch offices in Tanzania. They offer a variety of programmes to deepen democracy in Tanzania.
German Information Centre Pretoria brings Germany to Africa
Meet modern Germany, be informed and enjoy stories about Germany and Africa. The German Information Centre Pretoria (GIC) is online under www.germanyandafrica.diplo.de. To stay updated you can subscribe to the GIC RSS-feeds or the newsletter or join the GIC fans on Facebook.
