The GIZ is implementing a number of projects within the framework of the EU trust funds set up in recent years. One of them is the EU regional trust fund in response to the Syrian crisis, “Madad”, managed by NEAR. THE GIZ is helping Syria`s neighbours cope with the refugee crisis by improving infrastructure, administration, dialogue and practical vocational training, in collaboration with French, Spanish, Hungarian and Belgian implementation organisations. In addition to the funds of the EU Trust Fund, the programme is also funded by the German government. The European Union (EU) and its Member States together form the world`s largest donor of development cooperation. As a German federal company, GIZ contributes through its work to the achievement of the international political objectives and commitments of the EU and the federal government. To this end, the GIZ works with and for the EU around the world on a wide range of topics and supports the EU on behalf of the federal government, from the specialist council to the implementation of the project on the ground. Under delegated cooperation agreements, GIZ is accredited to manage European Commission funds to help partner countries. THE GIZ implements these funds in the form of joint activities on behalf of the federal government (co-financing). It also organises EU commissions through GIZ International Services.
The term `delegated cooperation` indicates, under the EU`s Code of Conduct for the Department of Work in the field of development policy, a management method that allows the European Commission to delegate funds to a Member State, funds for the implementation of cooperation programmes after the signing of a specific `delegation agreement` and , in return, to the Commission itself, to pass on financial endowments by signing `transfer agreements`. , to enable greater concentration and effectiveness of aid in partner countries and sectors, where the added value of a particular donor is more evident, maximizing aid effectiveness. From 2012 to today, delegated cooperation has been consolidated to be an essential element of Italian cooperation. Italy is one of the first four Member States to implement EU cooperation programmes, with clearly positive results for italy`s development cooperation system, both in terms of the volume of funds available for cooperation interventions and in terms of political visibility: within the EU itself, in partner countries and in other donors.