Guide outlining the tasks of the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in the spheres of humanitarian assistance as well as recovery and rehabilitation

The interministerial agreement of 10 November 2011 between the Federal Foreign Office and
the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) entered into force
on 23 May 2012 after the deliberations in the Bundestag had been concluded and the relevant
decision been made by the Budget Committee. The tasks of the two ministries have been
reorganized. The aim of this guide is to outline the division of tasks and responsibilities
between the Federal Foreign Office and the BMZ and to provide orientation for the planning
and implementation of projects in the spheres of humanitarian assistance as well as recovery
and rehabilitation, both within the two ministries and for the implementing partners which
carry out the individual projects. At the same time, the two ministries must remain flexible in
order to ensure that existing instruments are as effective as possible. This guide is intended to
provide implementing partners with orientation on which areas of responsibility lie with
which ministry. Thus, it is in principle binding.