Colombia: MIRE+, Assistance to Victims of Violence
01.10.2023
- 31.03.2025
The humanitarian crisis in Colombia continues despite growing efforts towards peace. Armed groups fighting for territory and valuable natural resources inflict extreme harm on rural and ethnic communities. In line with the Swiss interest to respond to humanitarian crises, SDC remains dedicated to supporting these communities, enhancing their individual and collective resilience. The project integrates humanitarian action with a developmental and peace orientation (nexus).
Colombia: UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Peacebuilding MPTF
01.10.2023
- 31.12.2024
Switzerland’s long standing support to peace efforts in Colombia serves its interests for international stability as well as human rights and is in line with Switzerland’s foreign policy interests as defined in the Federal Constitution. The contribution to the Multi-Partner Trust Fund, alongside other donors such as Norway and Germany, will support continuing implementation of the existing Peace Agreement and benefit vulnerable populations in former conflict regions. It will also underpin Switzerland’s current role in support of the government’s efforts for comprehensive peace in Colombia as well as its mandate as elected member of the Security Council.
2023 Annual Allocation to WFP Country Strategic Plans - Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2023
Against historic levels of food security due to conflicts, climate change and COVID-19, Switzerland supports annually in 28 SDC priority countries operations of the World Food Programme to provide humanitarian and development assistance. It funds indistinctively Country Strategic Plans, incorporating all WFP programmes or projects, based on affected population needs and potential synergies with other local partners, especially national governments and civil society.
Contribution to UNHCR Programme Budget 2023-2024 (earmarked)
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2024
UNHCR is one of Switzerland’s key multilateral partners due to its unique mandate by the General Assembly of United Nations to provide protection and assistance to refugees, asylum seekers, refugee returnees, and stateless persons. The strategic direction 2022-26 concretise the overall mandate of UNHCR for the upcoming years. Contributing to these directions allows Switzerland to achieve in particular the human development goal defined in the Dispatch to Parliament on International Cooperation for 2021-24.
JPOs4UN Programme 2023-2028
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2028
The JPOs4UN programme aims at increasing the presence of Switzerland in the UN by augmenting the number of Swiss nationals working in SDC priority UN organizations. Switzerland directly funds partner humanitarian UN organizations to hire 11 Swiss young professionals on a three-year Junior Programme Officer contract; the Swiss foundation CINFO provides administrative support and career counselling. Swiss nationals add to a qualified and diverse UN workforce to implement the Agenda 2030.
Allocation of SDC Funding (Asia, Latin America and Caribbean Division) in 2023 to ICRC Operations in Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Haiti
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2023
SDC funding to ICRC operations allows the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to respond proactively and to provide immediate protection and assistance for people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence. In line with the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) principles, Switzerland recognizes the necessity of predictable and flexible funding to respond to changing needs in humanitarian crises.
Regional Protection and Migration Programme
01.05.2022
- 15.11.2025
Latin America faces the second largest forced displacement crisis in the world with 7.1 million people forcibly displaced from Venezuela, Central America, the Caribbean and other continents. 6.2 million more are displaced in their own country. Persons in human mobility need protection against gender-based violence, exploitation and exclusion. In Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, Switzerland addresses causes and consequences of displacement, providing aid, striving for integration and supporting actors to protect the most vulnerable.
Programa de Acción Integral Contra Minas Fase 1: 2021-2025
01.07.2021
- 30.06.2025
Suiza seguirá apoyando los esfuerzos que adelanta Colombia para cumplir con la Convención de Ottawa y lograr un país libre de minas en 2025, contribuyendo así a la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz y al cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030. El Programa de Acción Integral Contra Minas de Suiza en Colombia –cuya primera fase se encuentra en ejecución- contribuirá a la protección y recuperación socioeconómica de sobrevivientes y comunidades afectadas por minas antipersonal; en coordinación con la Oficina del Alto Comisionado para la Paz (OACP), otras autoridades y donantes. Además, apuntará a cambios sostenibles mediante el fortalecimiento de la capacidad del Sector (con énfasis en la apropiación nacional y la agenda de localización) para implementar el Plan Estratégico de Acción Contra Minas de Colombia 2020-2025.
El Agua Nos Une – Decisiones basadas en evidencia
01.01.2021
- 31.03.2026
Con el programa El Agua Nos Une, la cooperación suiza, se centra en fortalecer las decisiones basadas en evidencia para una mejor gobernanza del agua, en 4 países de América Latina. Contemple un cambio sistémico hacia la eficiencia en la Gestión Corporativa del Agua y la mitigación de la contaminación, movilizando a partes interesadas y las inversiones en la preservación de ecosistemas; contribuyendo a una sociedad más equitativa y a un uso responsable del agua. Este programa cuenta con una experiencia, de más de una década, potenciando el compromiso del sector privado y el empoderamiento de las instituciones públicas.
Fondo Multidonante de las Naciones Unidas para el Sostenimiento de la Paz (UNMPTF)
01.04.2019
- 31.12.2023
La primera fase del Fondo Multidonante de las Naciones Unidas para el Posconflicto de Colombia, que inició en 2016, tenía como objetivo apoyar los esfuerzos nacionales de estabilización, así como la preparación e implementación temprana de la acuerdos de paz. En 2019, nueve donantes (Noruega, Reino Unido, Alemania, Canadá, Suecia, Irlanda, Chile, Corea y Suiza) y el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para el Sostenimiento de la Paz acordaron apoyar la segunda fase del Fondo, centrándose en fortalecer la estabilización de los territorios y contribuir al logro de resultados de paz sostenible.
Nature Finance 2.0
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2026
The Nature Finance 2.0 project aims to enhance commercial banks and regulators' capacity to manage natural capital risks and opportunities. These institutions in turn set the market conditions for the ‘real economy’ sectors that they finance or regulate, shifting incentives toward sustainability.
City Resilience Program, Phase II
01.12.2022
- 31.12.2027
The City Resilience Program scales up the resilience of cities against adverse impacts of disasters and climate change. It does so by supporting risk-informed und multisector planning efforts, identify suitable interventions and investments that enhance the resilience of cities, and supports their bankability and access multiple financing sources.
