Since December 2012 Paul H. Kübler Bekleidungswerk GmbH & Co. KG has been engaged in a two-year develoPPP.de pro-ject for the introduction of qualification measures and innovative production methods in the Macedonian textile and clothing in-dustry. In cooperation with the department of clothing technology at the university of Skopje the Association of Textile Clusters of Macedonia (TCM) is conducting professional seminars in selected areas and initialises an internship programme for students at Macedonian textile companies.

In this two-year develoPPP.de project, TÃœV North Indonesia will like to establish a training and qualification programme in industrial energy management of energy at its academy. The company will work in close cooperation with a certification service provider of energy management financed by the institutional Indonesian private sector. Further partners will be VETS run by regional or local chambers.

In close cooperation with the partner BGA, sequa is establishing the Import Promotion Desk (IPD). The project started at the end of 2012 and is initially scheduled to run until the end of 2014. It´s financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Another cooperation partner is Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI). 

In the innovation competition of successful development cooperation projects of the private sector and civil society in the field of vocational education and training (VET) BMZ awarded innovative projects in Berlin on November 26, 12. Eleven project partners of sequa submitted their project profiles to BMZ. The winner is the company Börlind with its project “Shea nut butter production based on Organic and Fair Trade Standards ".

Since 1959 the Calw, Germany, based company has produced high-quality natural cosmetics. The increasing worldwide demand in the cosmetic industry for products in accordance with bio criteria has caused the company to secure its supply chains, including that of shea nut butter.