I work there and I want to know about the future. The ministry is mostly responsible for Germany's official development aid.

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesministerium_f%C3%BCr_wirtschaftliche_Zusammenarbeit_und_Entwicklung

The FDP have recently played with the idea of scrapping the ministry, and instead rolling it into the ministry for foreign affairs:

https://www.dw.com/de/warum-deutschland-sich-ein-entwicklungsministerium-leistet/a-70012517

Other countries have already done so, and I've heard it usually meant a decrease in development aid spending, and less political weight.