📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2025.2073.2
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible Organisational unit:
2C00 Latin America, Caribbean
Contact person:
Peter Foerster peter.foerster@giz.de
Partner countries:
Colombia
SUMMARY
Objectives:
Climate-friendly and job-creating circular economy business models are widely used by private and state actors in Colombia.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partner:
Presidential Agency for International Cooperation of Colombia
Financing organisation:
not available
VOLUME OF COMMISSION
Financial commitment for the actual implementation phase:
6 000 000 Euro
COFINANCING
not available
PREVIOUS PROJECT
2022.2033.3
Green Jobs – Green Jobs in the Circular Economy in Colombia II
FOLLOW-ON PROJECT
not available
TERM
Entire project:
(including all previous, current and following project implementation phases, if existing)
17.10.2019 - 30.09.2028
Actual project implementation phase:
01.10.2025 - 30.09.2028
OTHER PARTICIPANTS
GOPA Tech GmbH
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project websites
not available
POLICY MARKERS
Gender Equality
Significant (secondary) policy objective
Inclusion and empowerment of people with disabilities
Significant (secondary) policy objective
Climate Change: Mitigation
Principal (primary) policy objective
CRS CODE
14050 Waste management/disposal
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Colombia is transitioning from a linear waste management system to a circular economy. Colombia's national waste strategy aims to recycle 25% of waste. National Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) agreements obligate key industries to implement circular economy measures to achieve national climate targets – a 51% reduction in emissions by 2030. However, the current recycling rate is only 8%.
The goal is to scale business and financing models for a climate-friendly and employment-promoting circular economy in Colombia.
This project pursues three key measures:
1. Through supported dialogue formats, public, private, and civil society actors are closely networked to modernize existing regulations and support mechanisms. This is complemented by the introduction of instruments for recording greenhouse gas emissions, which help to demonstrate the efficiency of circular economy measures and specifically promote investment in innovative circular economy business models.
2. In the areas of upcycling, remanufacturing, and packaging reduction, already successful business models are being systematically scaled. The focus here is on supporting micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, some of which are led by women. Targeted networking with larger anchor companies and the development of suitable financing products strengthen the sustainability and broad impact of these business models.
3. Learning opportunities and partnerships with German specialist institutions such as the Fraunhofer Instit
