The German Development Service supports local civil organisations and municipal structures by providing specialist advice, if required by financial support. By promotion of local skilled staff it fosters capacity building for a self-determined development. Currently it works in 47 partner countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and is in charge of different projects in the field culture promotion and education promotion.

In West and Central Africa for example:

School Building Competition in Chad discharges potentials of the rural population.

In Eastern and Southern Africa for example:

Vocational Education and Training in Botswana.

In Asia for example:

Art builds bridges between young and old in Cambodia.

In the Middle East and Central Asia for example:

Improved Education for Teachers in Afghanistan,

Basic and Secondary Education in Yemen,

Sustainable Urban Development in Damascus and Aleppo/Syrien.

In Latin America and the Caribbean for example:

Interculturality as a Cross-Sectoral Theme in Bolivia.