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

SUFACHAIN: Webinar on feasibility study

During a SUFACHAIN webinar, project partner Sustainable AG presented a feasibility study for an agroforestry carbon sequestration project in Kyrgyzstan.

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ButoVal: Presentation of an innovative bush wood utilisation plant

Due to the progressive scrub encroachment of grassland, the agricultural output of the Namibian savannahs has been declining for decades. The CLIENT II project ButoVal addresses this problem and recently presented a system that allows an effective utilisation of bush biomass.

Drought-ADAPT: Final event in Ho Chi Minh City

The final event of the Drought-ADAPT project took place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in December 2024. Taking place in a hybrid format, around 30 people attended the event in person and 40 participants took part online.

EnaTex: Completion of the project

The CLIENT II project EnaTex successfully concluded with a final conference in Jakarta in February 2025. Over the two-day event, over 100 representatives from politics, business and science discussed the project's results and the potential for transferring them into practice.

CAMaRSEC: Updated second version of the Handbook for Green Housing and Healthy Living

CAMaRSEC (2019-2023) may have ended nearly two years ago, but project partners have just published an updated version of their Handbook for Green Housing and Healthy Living in collaboration with the Competence Centre for Sustainable Building in Vietnam (CCSB-VN) at Hanoi University of Civil Engineering (HUCE).

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Events

Here you will find the current dates for CLIENT II joint projects, including networking events and workshops as well as information on relevant external events in the seven subject areas. You can find more information on the location, registration process or background under the respective events. Past events and informational material can be found in the event archive.

Media library

In the media library you will find all publications and documentations of the collaborative projects and CLIENT II products. Use the filters in "publications" to quickly get the information you need. You can also sort the individual files by type and author for a better overview. 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). With their innovative and sustainable solution approaches, each CLIENT II project impacts several SDGs at once. Here you can learn about the CLIENT II project contributions to the SDGs and the cross-sectoral and cross-thematic relevance of CLIENT II.