Business Plan for the East African Health Platform
APPLICATIO was commissioned by SPECTARIS - Deutscher Industrieverband für optische, medizinische und mechatronische Technologien e.V., to support the East African Health Platform based in Tanzania in the preparation of its business plan.
The focus of the project, which SPECTARIS is carrying out as a partner of SEQUA in East-Africa as an association partnership project, is to support and advise the East African Health Platform (EAHP) with the aim of strengthening its commitment and competence as a service provider for small and medium-sized enterprises and as a stakeholder vis-à-vis state institutions. There are also explicit plans for synergies for members of SPECTARIS, such as those arising from delegation trips or the use of contacts established locally.
APPLICATIO was commissioned by GIZ with the planning and implementation of an GIZ-internal workshop within the framework of the project "Economic Development and Employment Promotion". The aim of the workshop, which is part of a series, is to support the process of portfolio development in order to improve remote steering of the project(s).
APPLICATIO was commissioned by the GIZ with the planning, implementation and follow-up of a workshop within the framework of the "Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI)" in Mongolia. The aim of the workshop is to bring together all Mongolian stakeholders of the four-country initiative (Mongolia, China, Russia, Korea) and to develop possibilities for improving coordination, communication and joint project implementation. 
APPLICATIO was included in GIZ's pool of evaluators under two framework contracts. Thorsten Trede will thus become a member of the pools for evaluations in the areas of "Private Sector Development" as well as "Biodiversity".
APPLICATIO has been contracted by GIZ to support the "Indo-German programme for Vocational Education and Training (IGVET)" in advising and guiding local cooperation between public entities and private sector organizations, such as chambers and associations, in order to jointly implement cooperative, workplace-based trainings in three industrial clusters.
APPLICATIO has been contracte dby GIZ to implement a mid-term evaluation of the developPPP-Programme "Integrated Asset Management for Water Utilities in South-Eastern Europe". The programme aims at strengthening the capacities of supported water utility associations and water utilities in Sout-East Europe with regard to integrated asset management.