The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is contributing financially and with relief supplies to help overcome the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Berne, 25.02.2020 – Important for Europe, important for Switzerland – this is why many of the projects under Switzerland's first contribution to the enlarged EU were aimed at improving security in Eastern Europe.
Bern, 02.05.2019 – Swiss development cooperation should become more focused and effective. The FDFA and the EAER have opened a consultation on this issue.
Swiss development cooperation will become more focused, making it more effective. This is reflected in Switzerland's new international cooperation strategy for 2021–24.
The Swiss model has inspired Bulgaria's reform of its vocational education and training (VET) into a dual system, to which Switzerland contributed financial support and expertise.
Tech4Good: effective partnerships with the private sector and academia
Through close cooperation with the scientific community and the private sector, the SDC exploits the full potential of new technologies for poverty reduction.
The principles, tasks, objectives and focus of Switzerland’s international cooperation are set out in the Federal Council’s 2017–2020 Dispatch to Parliament.
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