Accra, Jan 22, GNA – GIZ Ghana has announced the appointment of Regina
Bauerochse Barbosa as its new Country Director.
She takes over from Mr. Alan Walsch, who now heads GIZ Malawi
operations.
Having served in various senior leadership positions within GIZ for the
last 20years, Mrs. Bauerochse Barbosa brings to the position a strong
understanding of international cooperation and development and is
focused on continuing GIZ’s role in supporting sustainable development
in Ghana. Prior to her appointment, she was the global head of Corporate
Security at GIZ.
She also headed GIZ’s West Africa and Mediterranean and Middle East
Divisions and served as Country Director of El Savador.
Mrs. Bauerochse Barbosa is quoted in a press release as saying, “Over
the last few decades, Ghana and Germany have fostered a strong
foundation in international development and cooperation in the areas of
strengthening good agricultural practices, technical skills development,
good governance and sustainable economic development.
“I am pleased and honoured to be in Ghana at a time when the country is
seen as being one of the fastest growing economies in Africa; together
with our partner organisations, the commission parties, and the
Government of Ghana, we as GIZ look forward to collectively creating
socio-economic opportunities, whilst developing fit-for-purpose
sustainable solutions to support opportunities for investment and job
creation in the country.”
She expressed delight with the good work GIZ is doing in the country and
said she looked forward to meeting all stakeholders that continued to
contribute to the successful cooperation between GIZ Ghana, its partner
organisations, and the Ghana Government.
She gave the assurance that GIZ Ghana and its partner organisations
would continue to find innovative ways to improve and sustain its other
portfolio areas in public finance, renewable energy and peace and
security.
Mrs. Bauerochse Barbosa attended the prestigious University of
Heidelberg where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Russian and French
and a graduate diploma in Social Science.
She is fluent in German, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, with a
basic knowledge of Russian.
As a provider of international cooperation services for sustainable
development and international education work, GIZ is dedicated to
building a future worth living around the world.
It has over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including
economic development and employment, energy and the environment, and
peace and security.
The diverse expertise of our federal enterprise is in demand around the
globe, with the German Government, European Union institutions, the
United Nations, the private sector and governments of other countries
all benefiting from our services.
GIZ works with businesses, civil society actors and research
institutions, fostering successful interaction between development
policy and other policy fields and areas of activity.
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ) is its main commissioning party.
Currently, GIZ promotes sustainable development in Ghana via about 50
programmes and projects.
Its’ activities cover currently four priority areas: Economic
Development, Agriculture, Governance and Renewable Energy and Energy
Efficiency. Additionally, its’ portfolio extends to other areas such as
environment, peace and security.
Another focus of GIZ’s work is linking business interests with
development-policy goals.
Most of the programmes and projects we support in Ghana have
successfully brought together national and international private
companies, the public sector, and civil society groups to collaborate on
development initiatives.
