Useful links
Contact points for foreign trade
Institutions
Berne Union1st Floor Thanet House, 231 - 232 Strand Telephone: +44 20 / 78 41 - 11 00 Internet: www.berneunion.org.uk | KfWPalmengartenstraße 5-9 Phone: +49 69 / 74 31 - 0 Internet: www.kfw-mittelstandsbank.de |
German Investment and DevelopmentDEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH Internet: www.deginvest.de | MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency1818 H Street, NW Phone: +1 202 / 458 - 25 38 Internet: www.miga.org |
GTAI Germany Trade and Invest - | OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Telephone: +33 1 / 4524 - 8200 Internet: www.oecd.org |
German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK)House of German Business Internet: www.dihk.de | MENA BusinessMENA Business advises on issues relating to Charlottenstr. 24 Phone: +49 30 / 20 64 81 77 Internet: mena-business.com |
German Society for International |
Associations
Association of German Banks
Phone: +49 30 / 16 63 - 0 Internet: www.bdb.de | The German Chambers of Commerce Abroad (AHK)Association of German Chambers of Industry Phone: +49 30 / 20308 - 0 Internet: www.ahk.de |
Federal Association of the | The Voice of German |
Association of German Chambers of Industry and CommerceDIHK | Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer Breite Strasse 29 Phone: +49 30 / 20308 - 0 Internet: www.dihk.de | German Engineering FederationVDMA e. V. Phone: +49 69 / 6603 - 0 Internet www.vdma.org |
The german association for small and medium-sized businessesBVMW e.V. Internet: www.bvmw.de/en | The Railway Industry in GermanyVDB Verband der Bahnindustrie in Deutschland e.V.
Internet: https://bahnindustrie.info |
German Shipbuilding and Ocean |
Country associations
The German-African | Asia-Pacific Committee of |
Latin America Association | German Near and Middle |
German Asia-Pacific Business Association | Committee on Eastern European Economic |
Other associations and initiatives
Energy Export Initiative | Healthcare industry export initiative |
Environmental Technologies Export InitiativeThe Environmental Technologies Export Initiative of the Federal Ministry Internet: www.exportinitiative-umweltschutz.de | Export initiative "Civil security technologies and services"
Internet: www.gtai-exportguide.de/de |
Project Finance International
Internet: www.project-finance.de/de/aktuelles |
Business opportunities
Information and assistance from the German foreign trade promotion agencyInternet: www.gtai-exportguide.de | Information on business opportunities in emerging marketsInternet: www.leverist.de |
Foreign Trade Fair Program (AMP)Internet: Link |
German National Contact Point for OECD Guidelines (NCP)
The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises are the most important comprehensive international instrument for promoting responsible business conduct. They cover the areas of: Information policy, human rights, employment policy, environmental protection, anti-corruption, consumer interests, science and technology, competition and taxation.
The German National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines is based in the Federal Ministry of Economics and has two main tasks: Firstly, it provides information on the Guidelines and promotes their implementation. Secondly, it acts as an intermediary and mediator in complaints procedures.
In principle, any person or organization can submit a complaint to the responsible NCP about an alleged violation of the OECD Guidelines by a company. If there is no NCP in the country where the alleged violation took place, the complainant can turn to the NCP of the country in which the company has its headquarters.
Further information on the National Contact Point can be found under this link:
Economic Network Africa
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has initiated the Africa Business Network as part of the Development Investment Fund.
With the Africa Business Network, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is networking the established players in German foreign trade promotion and development cooperation programs even more closely. This provides German companies with a bundled range of advice and support for their business in Africa.
Companies can contact the office of the Africa Business Network directly with their specific business plans. In addition, German companies are specifically made aware of business opportunities in Africa that have been identified, examined and prepared in advance by the business network. In order to provide them with the best possible support for their export business, the office of the Africa Business Network provides companies with a permanent contact person, the Africa Partner. The Africa Partner offers initial advice and supports interested companies from the project idea through to implementation. For further advice, the Africa Partner refers companies to other German foreign trade promotion and development cooperation agencies. Advice on project financing, business case calculations, customs and legal issues as well as market exploration or business initiation trips to Africa with local contacts are part of the service.
Euler Hermes Aktiengesellschaft will also be happy to advise you on securing your foreign activities in African target markets.