Two-day IKI interface workshop in Germany with 14 priority countries

Every two years, the IKI organises its interface workshop to strengthen exchange and cooperation with the IKI priority countries in climate action and biodiversity conservation.

On 17 and 18 June 2025, the IKI interface project managers met representatives of the relevant IKI ministries for a joint workshop.

In its 2030 strategy, the IKI has defined clear geographical priorities: it focuses its funding predominantly on its priority countries. In these countries, there are so-called IKI interface projects that operate offices in the capital cities. In addition to their own country-specific project mandats, the interface projects are also responsible for a close cooperation with the competent ministries for climate, energy, and biodiversity and the local German embassies. They also take on tasks such as interconnecting all IKI projects in the country to develop synergies for project work. These projects are implemented by the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) using its existing external structure in the partner countries.

The focus was on exchange and shared learning on topics such as the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), industrial decarbonisation, the protection of biodiversity, international climate negotiations, and the mobilisation of public and private financing.

Furthermore, the workshop strengthened the interconnection of the interface projects and provided new impulses for more intensive cooperation with local partner institutions. Equipped with fresh approaches and a keener understanding of the German federal government's priorities in terms of climate policies, the project managers are now returning to their partner countries.