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Top contract volume in 2020
Year of crisis made ECO Consult strongest SME partner in German technical cooperation
2021-09/ ECO Consult was Germany's best performing small and medium enterprise in official technical assistance in the business year of 2020. This is evident from GIZ' yearly procurement report. In contract volumes, ECO Consult was third largest GIZ contractor of all German independently-owned development consultings. No suprise to ECO Consult's CEO Dr. Steve Sepp: "We have worked hard in this year of disrupting crisis in all target areas. But with our motivated crew and because we have very timely adapted our working routines to new conditions we were able to continue operations as a reliable and proficient partner." ECO's performance in 2020's year of 'stress test' peaks a climb in market position from rank 10 (2012) to 7 (2013) and 4 (2018). > NEWS
COMPANY NEWS
Change of legal status
ECO Consult Partnerschaft turns ECO Consult GmbH
Since January this year ECO Consult Sepp & Busacker Partnerschaft has operated under the new name of ECO Consult GmbH & Co. KG. The change of legal status does not concern our business portfolio. All projects are pursued in the habitual way. Current assignments are completed under the previous company registration. Please note our new bank account: VR-Bankverein Bad Hersfeld-Rotenburg eG - IBAN: DE 6353 2900 0000 4511 8606 - SWIFT-BIC: GENO DE 51 BHE. ECO Consult was founded as a GbR (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts) in 1992, under the name of ECO Sozialökologische Programmberatung. Made legal partnership in 2006, ECO has remained under the same management until today, for close to 30 years. > COMPANY
Spotlight on governance
Governance for peace and stability
Hundreds dying in attacks in Niger's border area
2021/07 ECO Consult resents the surge of violence in Niger where in the border area to Mali hundreds have been killed in village attacks by jihadist splinter groups and armed forces defense. Tillabéri, one of German TC's intervention areas where ECO Consult has operated, is affected by both casualties and massive refugee influx. The disasters call back the importance of the governance dimension in all of development policy's attempts to secure peace and stability. Transparency and accountability of local governments reduce the danger of terrorist forces winnig ground. Strong and competent local administrations can often compensate for central governments' lack of capacities and resources. This is one of ECO Consult's central approaches. > GOVERNANCE