Development and Cooperation

COVID-19 is creating difficulties for migrant workers to send money home. Switzerland is committed to ensuring that remittances can continue to be sent to their families.

Switzerland launches appeal to mitigate sharp decline in remittances to low-income countries

World map showing the FDFA's work on tackling the COVID-19 crisis.

The FDFA is mitigating the impact of COVID-19 around the world

How are Switzerland's international cooperation efforts helping to tackle the COVID-19 crisis? Here we provide an overview.

International cooperation: the FDFA is mitigating the impact of COVID-19 around the world

A woman with an infant on her back shows two children how to fill the makeshift handwashing device with water in front of a hut.

Handwashing saves lives

The SDC is running awareness campaigns and promoting the use of handwashing stations in the fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Handwashing saves lives: using clean water to fight COVID-19

Two children with a water jug walk through a dried out riverbed.

Greater focus and impact

Swiss development cooperation will become more focused, making it more effective. This is reflected in Switzerland's new international cooperation strategy for 2021–24.

International cooperation strategy 2021–24: greater focus and impact

Cover page of Nr 2/2020 of the magazine "Un seul monde"

Psyche and Trauma – The SDC magazine "One World" is now available

Mental illness is a time bomb with devastating effects – yet it is still neglected in international cooperation.

"One World" – Dossier 2/2020 on Psyche and Trauma

Using private-sector funds and expertise

Switzerland also relies on working together with the private sector to achieve a sustainable impact in its international development cooperation work.

Working together with the private sector reinforces international cooperation

Dossiers

Three men install an automatic weather station in the Peruvian highlands.

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.

Dossier: Tech4Good

Three Peruvian experts roped together walking on a glacier.

Mountains a vital setting for sustainable development efforts

A large number of SDC projects take place in mountain regions and seek to improve the quality of life of people who live there.

Dossier «Mountains»

Symbolic image of a young african girl in front of packed mules in the desert.

Dispatch 2017–2020

The principles, tasks, objectives and focus of Switzerland’s international cooperation are set out in the Federal Council’s 2017–2020 Dispatch to Parliament.

Dossier «Dispatch 2017–2020»