Deutsches Zentrum für Entwicklungstechnologien - GATE
Deutsches Zentrum für Entwicklungstechnologien - GATE - stands for German Appropriate Technology Exchange. It was founded in 1978 as a special division of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. GATE is a centre for the dissemination and promotion of appropriate technologies for developing countries. GATE defines Appropriate technologies as those which are suitable and acceptable in the light of economic, social and cultural criteria. They should contribute to socio-economic development whilst ensuring optimal utilization of resources and minimal detriment to the environment. Depending on the case at hand a traditional, intermediate or highly-developed can be the appropriate one. GATE focusses its work on the key areas:
- Dissemination of Appropriate Technologies: Collecting, processing and disseminating information on technologies appropriate to the needs of the developing countries: ascertaining the technological requirements of Third World countries: support in the form of personnel, material and equipment to promote the development and adaptation of technologies for developing countries.
- Research and Development : Conducting and/or promoting research and development work in appropriate technologies.
- Environmental Protection. The growing importance of ecology and environmental protection require better coordination and harmonization of projects. In order to tackle these tasks more effectively, a coordination center was set up within GATE in 1985.
GATE has entered into cooperation agreements with a number of technology centres in Third World countries.
GATE offers a free information service on appropriate technologies for all public and private development institutions in developing countries, dealing with the development, adaptation, introduction and application of technologies.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
The government-owned GTZ operates in the field of Technical Cooperation. 2200 German experts are working together with partners from about 100 countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America in projects covering practically every sector of agriculture, forestry, economic development, social services and institutional and material infrastructure. - The GTZ is commissioned to do this work both by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and by other government or semi-government authorities.
The GTZ activities encompass:
- appraisal, technical planning, control and supervision of
technical cooperation projects commissioned by the Government of the Federal
Republic or by other authorities
- providing an advisory service to other
agencies also working on development projects
- the recruitment, selection,
briefing, assignment, administration of expert personnel and their welfare and
technical backstopping during their period of assignment
- provision of
materials and equipment for projects, planning work, selection, purchasing and
shipment to the developing countries
- management of all financial
obligations to the partner-country.
Deutsches Zentrum für Entwicklungstechnologien - GATE
in:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
P. O. Box
5180
D-6236 Eschborn
Federal Republic of Germany
Tel.: (06196)
79-0
Telex: 41523-0 gtz d
Fax: (06196) 794820
The authors:
Henrik Norsker has been making pottery since 1970. He left his pottery workshop in Denmark in 1976 to establish a pottery school in a village in Tanzania. Since then he has continued working in developing countries with promotion of small scale ceramics industries. Besides Tansania he has been employed in ceramic projects in Burma, Bangladesh and Nepal.
James Danisch has been making, selling and experimenting with ceramics since 1963. He has taught college level ceramics in Scotland and California, and has conducted workshops in the US, South America and Canada. From 1984 to 1992, he has been working with small scale and rural ceramics development in Nepal. His articles on ceramics have been published in several magazines, and he has studied traditional and modern techniques in Europe, Nepal, India, Thailand, Burma, South America and Mexico.
Books by the same author include:
The Self-Reliant Potter:
Refractories and Kilns
GATE / Vieweg, 1987
Clay Materials - for the Self-Reliant Potter
GATE / Vieweg,
1990
Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme
Norsker, Henrik:
Forming techniques - for the self-reliant
potter: a publication of Deutsches Zentrum für Entwicklungstechnologien - GATE
in: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH / Henrik
Norsker; James Danisch.
Braunschweig: Vieweg, 1991
ISBN 3-528-02061-X
NE: Danisch, James:
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