Supporting Civil Society Organizations in Nicaragua
01.01.2024
- 31.12.2024
SDC and other like-minded donors are engaged in enhancing the democratic and public policy processes in Nicaragua. A strong civil society is essential to the quality and sustainability of this effort. The proposed program will promote citizen participation, strengthen capacities of Civil Society Organizations and foster informed policy dialogue.
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.
Strengthening Systems to Combat Corruption and Impunity in Central America
01.12.2020
- 30.06.2024
The program contributes to the reduction of corruption and impunity in the Northern Triangle of Central America, strengthens the anticorruption investigative and criminal prosecution capacities of the specialized units of the Public Prosecutors and reinforces the political lobbying of civil society organizations to promote institutional reforms.
OHCHR - Strategic Partnership with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
16.11.2020
- 31.12.2023
Promoting respect for human rights is a foreign policy goal and pillar of Swiss international cooperation, as the denial of human rights is one of the main factors of poverty. With a multi-year contribution to the Geneva-based Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, focussing on selected geographic and thematic priorities, SDC will support this organisation to better play its key role in integrating human rights in sustainable development.
Supporting Civil Society Organizations in Nicaragua
01.08.2020
- 30.06.2024
A vibrant and resilient civil society is key to conflict transformation and restoring democracy in Nicaragua. Switzerland thus contributes to protecting the spaces and voices of civil society, and strengthens its capacity to generate reform proposals, promote an informed citizenship and stimulate a culture of peace. It does so by supporting four leading thinks tanks and academic institutes, and by contributing to a multi-donor basket fund designed to foster a civil society response to the socio-political crisis and to provide a platform for aid coordination.
Vocational training for the labour market insertion of vulnerable youth in Nicaragua. - «Skills for Success»
01.08.2020
- 31.12.2023
7’000 young people improve their employability and income through quality vocational skills training designed in partnership with the private sector. The project fosters a culture of entrepreneurship and promotes collaboration between training centres and the private sector in a challenging economic environment. In the context of this exit phase SDC furthermore consolidates its long-term effort to strengthen the national VST system through a final investment in gender sensitive teacher training and modern learning facilities.
Community driven Watershed Management for Climate Change Adaptation in Nicaragua
01.06.2020
- 31.12.2023
The project will help 23’000 people in the Dipilto Basin to strengthen their resilience in the face of climate change and ensure that the community management model developed is institutionalized and replicated by national and regional bodies.
Strengthening Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Nicaragua
01.12.2018
- 31.03.2024
The present proposal reaffirms Switzerland’s commitment to foster democracy, protect human rights and restore the Rule of Law in a fragile environment in Nicaragua. As a pillar of its exit strategy towards 2024, SDC supports and strengthens links between national and international human rights mechanisms in a WOGA approach together with the FDFA’s Political Directorate and the Embassies in the US and Costa Rica. SDC continues the dialogue with the government by offering training and advice on conflict transformation and dealing with the past.
Mejoramiento de ingresos y empleo a familias productoras de cacao - PROCACAHO
01.01.2018
- 30.06.2024
Los actores de la cadena de valor del cacao centroamericano mejoran su productividad, establecen alianzas público-privadas, respetan los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales y reducen su impacto ambiental. Gracias al programa, 4.500 familias productoras aumentarán sus ingresos anuales netos en al menos un 10%, mientras que 4.000 adultos jóvenes y 2.000 mujeres obtendrán acceso a empleos sostenibles. Esto impulsará la economía local en las áreas pobres y periféricas en las que se cultiva el cacao.
Sociedad, cultura y memoria
01.11.2017
- 30.06.2024
El programa “Sociedad, cultura y memoria” promueve la cultura y la memoria en América Central para impulsar procesos que conllevan a sociedades más inclusivas y menos violentas. Tanto la cultura como la memoria histórica tienen un enorme potencial como creadoras de identidad y transformadoras de sociedad en la región centroamericana, caracterizada por procesos de paz y democratización inconclusos y las más altas tasas de violencia en el mundo. Con su larga trayectoria en la región y su reputación imparcial Suiza está bien posicionado para potenciar estos procesos.
Public Private Development Partnership: Social Entrepreneurship Catalytic Impact Financing for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC-IMPACT)
01.11.2015
- 31.12.2027
Social entrepreneurs (SE) find innovative, effective and efficient solutions to social problems with a private sector, entrepreneurial approach. ODA funds are scarce and need to be used with leverage. This intervention will leverage social enterprises efforts, impact investors’ capital and local government funds for poverty reduction and improved livelihood of low income households.
