After the revolutionary changes in North Africa, the Federal Council decided on 11 March 2011 that various Swiss government agencies, notably the Office for Migration (OFM), the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the Political Directorate (PD) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) would reinforce or renew their engagement in North Africa. Meanwhile, the Programme Document North Africa 2011 – 2016 has been drafted as a joint operational framework for all projects and activities of the involved Federal Offices. In 2011, a number of programmes and projects could be identified, but programme development continues in 2012. The aim of the present proposal secures the required funding for respective project identification missions.

The project in brief

Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Development cooperation
Project partners	Contract partner Private sector Swiss Private Sector Schweizerisches Arbeiterhilfswerk
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF    500’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    514’738
Project phases	Phase 5 01.07.2015 - 30.06.2020   (Completed) Phase 3 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2014   (Completed) Phase 2 01.01.2012 - 31.10.2013   (Completed)

Further technical details

• Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	EDUCATION GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY OTHER SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES AGRICULTURE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF DONORS GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY OTHER SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES INDUSTRY GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
  Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	Vocational training Public sector policy and administrative management Employment policy and administrative management Agricultural water resources Biosphere protection Administrative costs Decentralisation and support to subnational government (incl. accountability) Employment policy and administrative management Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development Legal and judicial development Facilitation of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility
  Cross-cutting topics	The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes.
  Type of support	Official development assistance (ODA)
  Type of collaboration	Bilateral cooperation
  Finance type	Aid grant
  Aid Type	Project and programme contribution SDC administrative costs
  Tied/untied aid	Untied aid
  Project number	7F07954