International cooperation

"The challenges facing Switzerland are also our daily reality"

"The challenges facing Switzerland are also our daily reality"

Water is life. And it also brings challenges. Members of a Mekong River Commission delegation speak with us about their study trip to Switzerland to get a first-hand look at Swiss water management practices.

"Switzerland doesn't just abandon people"

"Switzerland doesn't just abandon people"

One year after the Taliban's return to power, the SDC remains active in Afghanistan "to save lives and fight poverty" – says Walburga Roos.

Presenting the SDC’s new structure

FIT FOR PURPOSE

Presenting the SDC’s new structure

The SDC is aligning itself with the fields of action of modern international cooperation and is adopting a new structure as of 1 September 2022.

Second Swiss contribution: topics and actors

European policy

Second Swiss contribution: topics and actors

Two voices explain the Second Swiss contribution: what it is, what its aims are and the concrete programs.

Stories from the South and East on the Zurich stage

Cultural partnership

Stories from the South and East on the Zurich stage

Insight into the collaboration between the SDC and the Theater Spektakel with Kenyan artist Wanjikũ Mwawuganga. Culture fosters reflection on local and global challenges.

Economic development

Economic development

Human development

Human development

The environment

The environment

Peace and governance

Peace and governance

Agenda 2030

Digitalisation

Migration

Swiss know-how

THEMES & DOSSIERS

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

International Cooperation Forum Switzerland 2022

Climate change – a challenge for sustainable development. Together, we strive to find solutions that facilitate systemic change: 31 March – 1 April 2022.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

International cooperation: 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.

"Sustainable development would not be possible without business"

SDC Director General Patricia Danzi about the role of the private sector in international cooperation.

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International cooperation strategy

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