Core contribution to WWF Switzerland 2025-2028
The World Wide Fund for Nature Switzerland (WWF CH) is a Swiss NGO funded by foundations, private donors and members. As a fully autonomous organisation it is part of WWF’s global network, which is present in roughly 100 countries. Through and jointly with local WWF offices, WWF CH works towards sustaining natural resources such as freshwater, forests and coastlines whilst improving the livelihoods of disadvantaged and marginalised communities depending on functioning ecosystem services.
| Land/Region | Thema | Periode | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
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Weltweit |
Klimawandel & Umwelt Inclusive economic Development
Umweltpolitik
Biodiversität Gewerbeunterstützung & Wirtschaftszugang |
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2026 |
CHF 3’759’000
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- Engagement, Commitment and Action
Duty-bearers have improved dialogue, planning, decision making and governance for sustainable development and responsible management of natural resources. - Participation and Empowerment
Rights-holders and CSOs are strengthened to influence decisionmaking processes regarding natural resources and to be involved in or responsible for natural resource management. - Awareness and Education
Improved skills for children and adolescents to enable them to understand themselves as part of nature; to develop empathy for all living beings; to recognize that their own actions have local and global consequences and to take responsibility for their actions (for this outcome no SDC contribution will be used). - Ecosystems and Livelihoods
Health of ecosystems is improved or preserved, Green House Gases (GHG) are reduced, resilience against climate change is improved; and people and communities in project areas are experiencing improved livelihood and are receiving benefits from natural resources. - WWF Switzerland
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Sektor nach Kategorisierung des Entwicklungshilfeekomitees der OECD ALLGEMEINER UMWELTSCHUTZ
ALLGEMEINER UMWELTSCHUTZ
BUSINESS & OTHER SERVICES
Sub-Sektor nach Kategorisierung des Entwicklungshilfeekomitees der OECD Politik und Verwaltung im Umweltschutzbereich
Biodiversität
Services et institutions de soutien commerciaux
Querschnittsthemen Projekt fördert schwerpunktmässig die Biodiversität.
Konfliktreduktion
Projekt unterstützt auch Verbesserungen in der Partnerorganisation
Unterstützungsform Kernbeitrag
Projektnummer 7F10618
| Hintergrund |
The international environment is characterised by numerous multiple crises. The consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the escalation in the Middle East, food insecurity, debt burden and inflation, climate change and the energy crisis are all having a direct impact on the world's population. They particularly affect the most vulnerable, mostly women and children, and result in increasing humanitarian needs. Accelerated change is accompanied by increased uncertainty: The world is becoming more fragmented, unstable and unpredictable. Whilst the vision to reach the Sustainable Development Goals remains, challenges including the accelerating global food and nutrition crisis, shrinking civic and humanitarian space, the erosion of rule of law, intensifying armed conflicts, more frequent climate-related disasters, international migration and internal displacement, exacerbated demographics and an important gender gap hamper progress in reaching them and pose a main challenge for all actors engaged in Switzerland’s International Cooperation. Climate change and biodiversity loss are not only environmental issues, but economic, development, security, social, moral and ethical issues. Meanwhile, the impacts of the global nature and climate emergency are already being felt: displacement and deaths from increasingly frequent extreme weather events, increasing food insecurity, depleted soils, a lack of access to fresh water, and an increase in the spread of zoonotic diseases to name just a few. These impacts affect disproportionately the poorest and most marginalised people. |
| Ziele | By 2030, significant progress has been made to stabilise the climate and prevent the most devastating effects of climate change, to restore and protect natural resources and to enhance equality, peace, and healthy l iving for all people. |
| Resultate des Engagement der Organisation der vorangehenden Phase |
Outcome 1: In 2023, eight market, finance and governance actors improved dialogue, planning, decision making and governance for sustainable development, as targeted: In the Philippines, all milestones from the Solid Waste Management Plan were completed with the Donsol Local Government Unit and all 51 districts of Donsol Municipality now have established materials recovery facilities and collection points. In Cambodia, WWF worked closely with the Ministry of Tourism and its affiliated Cambodian Tourism Federation to improve the government's draft regulation for rooftop solar installations. In Tanzania, 52 members of local government authorities were trained in the responsible management of natural resources, i.e., participatory land use management, spatial planning and restoration, climate change adaptation and wildlife monitoring, improving the conditions for the agriculturalist population in their villages. Outcome 2: In 2023, WWF CH worked with over 1’000 rightsholders, including CSOs, to strengthen their influence in decisionmaking processes regarding natural resources and natural resource management: In Chile, the “Association of Indigenous Communities Wafo Wapi” registered their own association, allowing them to act as an independent legal entity vis-à-vis governmental actors. In Tanzania, participatory and full-fledged village land-use plans were developed for six villages. In Colombia, 283 members of local communities (92 women) and 126 community leaders (31 women) of five peasant communities were trained to implement sustainable production methods and restoration practices, increasing the income of their households. In Mongolia, 500 herders participated in a detailed training on the appropriate use of pasture and management of herd turnover, which helped them to increase the efficiency of their local businesses. In Myanmar, WWF CH’s innovation programme trained civil society organizations in design thinking methods for bamboo and rattan product development, solar dryers and e-cooking possibilities, and provided training on business plans and financial management for aquaponics. Outcome 3: In 2023, nearly 31’000 children and young people in Switzerland (over 16’000 girls) acquired an understanding and appreciation of animals and habitats all over the world, and learned about complex environmental problems and solutions. Outcome 4: In 2023, WWF CH contributed to projects/programmes that fostered natural conservation and livelihood activities across the Global South: On nearly 6.7 mio. ha, WWF CH helped to improve management and/or increase nature protection. On over 11 mio. ha WWF CH assessed stable or increased biodiversity. 40’109 t CO2 were mitigated, and almost 57’000 rightsholders had improved livelihoods and/or climate resilience, for example through improved skills in entrepreneurship and reforestation, increasing the income of their households. |
| Resultate des Schweizer Engagement der vorangehenden Phase |
In 2023, WWF CH partner offices enhanced national ownership by working with over 140 local, regional and national governance actors to improve dialogue, planning and decision making for sustainable development; and collaborated with over 300 CSOs to strengthen the involvement of rightsholders and civil society organisations in natural resource management and improve livelihoods. Annual project budget transfers from WWF offices to local civil society partners ranged from 2% to 30%. WWF CH and the WWF Network further support the advancement of the localization agenda by building a clear vision for WWF’s strategy for inclusive/locally led conservation, and a road map to achieve it. |
| Mittelfristige Wirkung des gegenwärtigen Engagements der Organisation |
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| Mittelfristige Wirkung des gegenwärtigen Engagements der Schweiz |
The role of Swiss NGOs in the implementation of the Swiss IC Strategy 2025-28 shall be strengthened through: a. sharpening the narrative on the importance of the core contribution, b. an inclusive policy dialogue, c. locally led development, and d. potential adaptations of programmes and approaches (reforms in the larger sense). |
| Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt |
DEZA |
| Projektpartner |
Vertragspartner Schweizerische Non-Profit-Organisation |
| Budget | Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF 3’759’000 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF 1’879’500 Budget der Organisation CHF 132’239’088 Projekttotal seit Anfangsphase Schweizer Beitrag CHF 8’400’000 Budget inklusive Projektpartner CHF 12’159’000 |
| Projektphasen | Phase 3 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 (Laufende Phase) Phase 2 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2024 (Completed) |
