Philippine Ambassador to Germany Theresa Dizon-De Vega met with officials in charge of development cooperation assistance to the Philippines at the Headquarters of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ) in Bonn, Germany on 16 September 2019.
Ambassador Dizon-De Vega discussed with Ms. Jutta Kranz-Plote, Head of the Ministry’s Policy Division for Southeast Asia and Dr. Stephan Russeck, Senior Policy Officer the state of Philippines-Germany development cooperation and the new cooperation initiatives and programs of Germany in Philippines, particularly in Mindanao.
Germany is one of the Philippines most important development cooperation partners with Official Development Assistance (ODA) of more than USD 40 million in grants as of 2018. END