International Partnerships for Sustainable Innovations

With the "CLIENT II - International Partnerships for Sustainable Innovations" funding initiative, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is promoting demand-oriented research collaborations with selected emerging and developing countries. The international joint projects are developing climate, energy, environmental and resource solutions that will help to address concrete challenges in the partner countries. With their innovative and sustainable solution approaches, each CLIENT II project impacts several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at once. With a total of up to 150 million euros, the development of technologies, products, services and system solutions is promoted in seven subject areas. These are then inspected on-site in practical tests. The cooperation between German and international partners from the academic and professional worlds enables solutions that are adapted to local conditions, making them marketable. This approach strengthens the competitive position of Germany and the participating partner countries. Globally, CLIENT II is making a direct contribution to the mitigation of environmental degradation, the restoration of already degraded environmental processes and the sustainable management of natural resources.

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CLIENT II at a glance

CoalCO2-X: Stakeholder dialogue "H2 ramp-up in key industries: Potential for green ammonia in the fertiliser industry"

Supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions led to gaps in food and energy supplies across much of Europe. To strengthen the resilience of the domestic fertiliser and agricultural industry, the German Energy Agency (dena) organised a dialogue between stakeholders along the entire value chain. The results of this dialogue were summarised in a position paper and discussed in a face-to-face workshop in autumn 2025. The CLIENT II project CoalCO2-X made several contributions to this.

CoalCO2-X: Networking with African stakeholders

Rolling out Power-to-X technologies to convert renewable energy into internationally tradable energy carriers, chemicals and fertilizers is essential for addressing questions of energy, raw material and food security in many African and European countries. Building long-term development partnerships between Africa and Europe is therefore crucial. The CLIENT II project CoalCO2-X joined several events of the EU-funded LEAP programme to enhance those partnerships.

RENO-TITAN: From “waste” to resource: safely using residual sands from titanium mining in Vietnam

Since April 2023, German and Vietnamese partners have been working together in the CLIENT II project RENO-TITAN to assess titanium ore mining in Vietnam from a radiation protection perspective and to examine options for the safe reuse of the residual sands generated in the process – for example as a substitute for increasingly scarce construction sand. In November 2025, around four months before the project ends, site visits in Vietnam provided an opportunity to discuss the results obtained so far with authorities, industry and research institutions and to plan further steps.

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OrganoRice: International symposium on organic farming and production

The OrganoRice project organized an “International Symposium on Organic Farming and Production” (ISOP) which was held at Can Tho University in Vietnam from 3 to 6 November 2025. The symposium addressed different disciplines dealing with organic farming.

RENO-TITAN: NORM in focus - knowledge transfer from Germany to Vietnam

From 10 to 18 September 2024, ten Vietnamese experts from administration, research and the titanium industry visited the German RENO-TITAN project team as part of a study trip. The aim of the trip was to learn about German solutions in radiation protection in general and specifically in the handling of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) – from safe management to disposal or reuse in construction products.

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CLIENT II Conferences

On this page you will find the documentation for all CLIENT II conferences.

Media library

In the media library you will find all publications and documentations of the collaborative projects and CLIENT II products. All media are available free of charge and are open to the public. In case of doubt, please contact the authors for publication and further use.

Beiträge zur globalen Nachhaltigkeitsagenda

Contributions to the global sustainability agenda

CLIENT II helps manage global challenges and contributes considerably to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Here you can learn about the CLIENT II project contributions to the SDGs and the cross-sectoral and cross-thematic relevance of CLIENT II.