Development and Cooperation

UN General Assembly

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

03.09.2019, Bern – Swiss tech to improve people’s lives. Switzerland uses Tech4Good in its innovative approach to development cooperation.
'Eine Welt'/'Un seul monde' – dossier on urbanisation

Bern, 27.08.2019 – More and more people are moving from rural areas into the cities. The effects this is having on development cooperation are examined in this latest issue.
Switzerland steps up the fight against global epidemics

Bern, 21.08.2019 – The Federal Council approves CHF 94 million to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

News All News

Federal Council welcomes Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on state visit

13.09.2019 Press release

Combating hunger: Switzerland makes renewed contribution to CGIAR

13.09.2019 Press release

Swiss Humanitarian Aid: Swiss experts deployed to the Bahamas

13.09.2019 Press release

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

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

"The international community must scale up the impact of its engagement"

09.07.2019 Article

The SDC's new approach to cooperating with Swiss NGOs delivers greater impact

02.07.2019 Press release

Agenda All agenda items

Exhibition "Displaced" – In the footsteps of refugees

From: Saturday, 06.04.2019
Till: Sunday, 05.01.2020

74th UN General Assembly

From: Monday, 23.09.2019
Till: Friday, 27.09.2019

SDC panel discussion: Swiss support for health reforms in cooperation with Eastern Europe

From: Friday, 04.10.2019

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

A medical nurse is walking across the country

What synergies and strengths can be drawn from the Swiss health system?

Discussion on Swiss support for health reforms in Eastern Europe

Friday, 4 October 2019, 6.30–8pm, Manno (TI)

Drei Männer installieren eine automatische Wetterstation im peruanischen Hochland.

Education - an SDC priority

Two explanatory videos use simple stories to illustrate the SDC's commitment to basic education and vocational training

Video clip basic education

Video clip vocational skills development

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»