Development and Cooperation

Tajik President Rahmon pays working visit

Bern, 5.11.2019 – Manuel Sager signs agreements between Switzerland and Tajikistan on cooperation in water management and climate change.
2019 World Food Day: food security for mountain communities

Bern, 16.10.2019 – An innovative SDC project is effectively tackling malnutrition in mountain regions through sustainable cultivation and diversified food production.
Pledging conference for Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Lyon – Ignazio Cassis announces a CHF 7 million increase in Switzerland's contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
UN General Assembly

Bern – Promotion of human rights, UN reforms and science diplomacy are Switzerland's priorities at the 74^th UN General Assembly.

Dossier 74th UN GA

News All News

Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis receives UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen to discuss a political solution to the Syrian conflict

21.10.2019 Press release

Federal Council calls for immediate end to hostilities and facilitates provision of humanitarian aid in Syria

16.10.2019 Press release

EU-hosted high-level meeting on the Syrian crisis

24.09.2019 Speech

'Eine Welt'/'Un seul monde' – dossier on urbanisation

27.08.2019 Article

Federal Council joins political declaration to prevent sexual assault in UN field operations

21.08.2019 Press release

Switzerland steps up the fight against HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria

21.08.2019 Press release

World Humanitarian Day «More than a choice, it is a vocation»

16.08.2019 Article

Ignazio Cassis visits Swiss projects in cyclone-stricken Mozambique

07.08.2019 Press release

Ignazio Cassis attends the ceremony marking the signing of Swiss-brokered peace treaty in Mozambique

06.08.2019 Press release

State Secretary Pascale Baeriswyl represents Switzerland at ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and attends opening of a new heart clinic affiliated with Kantha Bopha Children's Hospitals in Cambodia

02.08.2019 Press release

Agenda All agenda items

Exhibition "Displaced" – In the footsteps of refugees

From: Saturday, 06.04.2019
Till: Sunday, 05.01.2020

International Career Day 2019

From: Wednesday, 11.12.2019

In focus

A man instructs a woman to use a welding device.

Effective cooperation

Swiss development cooperation should become more focused and effective. The FDFA and the EAER have conducted a consultation on this issue.

Public consultation on international cooperation 2021–2024

The Bela stream flows through the barren highlands of the Chail Valley. A protective stone wall built with Swiss Humanitarian Aid support is visible on the left.

Over 50 years of Swiss support to improve living conditions in Pakistan

Switzerland supports communities in Pakistan's Hindu Kush through rural development, water management, human rights and humanitarian aid projects.

Blog: Over 50 years of Swiss support for Pakistan

Vocational training to counter skills shortage

The Swiss model has inspired Bulgaria's reform of its vocational education and training (VET) into a dual system, to which Switzerland contributed financial support and expertise.

Article: Vocational training in Bulgaria

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»