Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
(Redirected from GIZ)
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| Location | Germany |
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The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ, lit. 'German Society for International Cooperation') is the main development agency of Germany. It is headquartered in Bonn and Eschborn and provides services in the field of international development cooperation and international education work. The organization's self-declared goal is to deliver effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions.
GIZ facilitated the Tolocar project with the Global Innovation Gathering.
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[edit | edit source]Open source machine tools refer to a category of manufacturing equipment whose designs, specifications, and software are made freely accessible to the public under an open license.
Insulate Izyum is a project by Insulate Ukraine that aims to design emergency home built solutions to replace damaged windows due to the socio-political situation in the country. Double or triple-glazed cellophane windows can be designed within ten minutes to be used as a temporary emergency solution to low temperatures in Ukraine.
This project asks - and provides some ideas - on how makers and communities in the Ukraine can come together to design spaces for intergenerational play. How can designing play spaces contribute to a sense of safety and security and psychosocial wellbeing for children, families and communities?
This project aims to create a working prototype of a small universal pellet extruder that works in horizontal and vertical orientation. You can 3D print in a vertical position. Extrude filaments or inject plastic into a mold in a horizontal position.
This project aims to enable the reuse of construction debris for the reconstruction of populated areas, and to promote the development and growth of the culture of re-birth.
A Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) was designed by CADUS in collaboration with MetaLab as part of the project Tolocar. Mobile Makerspaces in Ukraine. The core element of transforming a bus into a MICU is the Stretcher Attachment Bracket.
The shredder, extruder, and thermopress - equipment for the complete plastic recycling cycle - were manufactured in Ukraine by teams from the NGO Eco Misto and the NGO Ostriv Platform based on open-source Precious Plastic projects as part of the #TOLOCAR Makers Innovation Award.
WeArm is an open source low-cost, low-complexity prosthetic device with human-like range of motion and touch feedback.
Maslow4 is a compact large format CNC router. It is the latest design in Maslow CNC family (as of 2023). It’s the next generation and complete redesign of the original Maslow.
This is an IoT (Internet of Things) project that shows how the technology can be used in a home environment to make new useful systems and also improve on the existing ones.
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