5.5 Meeting with Bundesminsterium fur wirtschftliche Zusammenarbet und Entwicklung / Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development & Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) 5.5.1 The Committee commended the involvement of the German government in the development programmes in South Africa. 5.5.2 The strategy of the Ministry was to build capacity of the developing nation's skills development plans. 5.5.3 There was a need for the Committee to obtain more information on the developmental partnership with the GIZ.