The project database provides concrete insights into the international cooperation work of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). You can filter for projects by topic, country and project owner (either the SDC or SECO).
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Smallholder SustaiNability Up-scaling Pro-gramme (SSNUP)
01.05.2025
- 30.04.2029
Recognising the gap in financing sustainable and resilient food systems globally, this multi-donor, public pri-vate partnership initiative is designed to catalyse private-sector investment in food systems, including from Swiss investors. By leveraging private investments and providing technical assistance to small and medium agribusiness enterprises, rural financial intermediaries and farmer organisations, the project promotes new income opportunities and better services for smallholder farmers and their application of more sustainable and nutrition-sensitive farm practices.
Backstopping support for SDC’s Cluster Green thematic Knowledge Networks A+FS, CDE and RésEAU
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2028
As a globally active knowledge-based organisation, SDC is critically dependent on effective and efficient knowledge management. SDC’s thematic networks sit at the heart of this endeavour, rendering an essential service across the organisation and its partners by connecting network members, collecting and processing information, and retaining and distributing knowledge. State-of-the art backstopping services are essential to this activity, as is close cooperation between SDC’s thematic networks.
International Land Coalition (ILC), Core contribution
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2027
Equitable land rights are key to sustainable and resilient food systems. The International Land Coa-lition (ILC) is a global network of organisations working on people centred land governance in over 85 countries. ILC's vision is a world where everyone has secure access to land and natural resources. ILC, including through its 35 national land coalitions, promotes many Swiss interests, such as peace-ful and democratic societies, and addresses growing inequalities – including gender inequalities.
Core Contribution to HEKS/EPER 2025-28
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2026
HEKS/EPER, through an extensive network of partners, engages in inclusion, equal rights, peacebuilding, and resilience by empowering people to overcome disparities and reduce poverty. The main focus is on the right and access to land and resources and their sustainable management, the right to food, agro-ecological production, inclusive markets, and climate justice and adaptation for improved resilience. Increasingly well anchored in humanitarian aid, HEKS/EPER provides emergency assistance.
Core Contribution to Swiss Personnel Development Cooperation of UNITE 2025-2028
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2026
UNITE is a Swiss umbrellao rganisationw ith 13 member organisationse ngaged in Personnel Development Cooperation (PDC). The UNITE programme 2025-28 brings together the contribution of nine members to the implementation of the Swiss IC Strategy 2025-28 and the SDGs by strengthening and empowering local organisations in the Global South, in particular through the assignment of qualified, voluntary professionals. UNITE has developed Swiss PDC standards and contributes to the development of international PDC guidelines.
Core contribution to Caritas Switzerland, 2025 - 2028
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2026
Caritas Switzerland is dedicated to combating poverty and providing relief assistance in 15 countries affected by disaster and crisis, while combining humanitarian aid, development and peace building. It has strong roots in the Swiss population and partners with various Swiss actors from academia and the private sector. The organisation’s international programme focuses on Income, Climate Change and International Migration – three domains that are highly relevant in the implementation of the Swiss IC Strategy 2025-28
Core Contribution to Alliance for Sustainable Food Systems and Empowered Communities (SUFOSEC) 2025-2028
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2026
Through an agroecological approach the SUFOSEC Alliance supports small rural communities and the ones most in need to improve their self-reliance and to develop their capacity to produce healthy and sustainable food for their own consumption and for local markets.
Core Contribution to Alliance Biovision/CEAS 2025-2028
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2026
Biovision and CEAS jointly serve as a catalyst for an inclusive (agro-)ecological transformation that contributes to healthy, prosperous and resilient communities and a sound environment. The alliance cooperates with the public and private sector as well as with civil society in order to incubate and test new technologies in agriculture and food systems, renewable energy, sanitation and health in Sub-Sahara Africa. It intensifies impact and leverage by showcasing successful approaches and through policy dialogue at local and international levels.
International Fund for Agricultural Development Core Contribution 2025 – 2027 (IFAD 13)
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2027
IFAD aims at transforming rural economies and food systems by making them more inclusive, productive, resilient and sustainable. During 2025-2027, IFAD plans lifting 100 million poor rural women and men out of hunger and poverty. IFAD is one of the 24 priority multilateral organisations of the Swiss International Cooperation and shares its priorities on issues of food security, climate change, nutrition, gender and youth, through innovation and increased engagement with the private sector.
Contribution de base aux 7 fédérations cantonales latines pour « lutter contre la pauvreté et les inégalités » 2025
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2025
En Suisse latine, chaque canton dispose d’une fédération cantonale de coopération internationale (CI). Ces fédérations ont pour objectif commun de renforcer qualité des activités mises en oeuvre par ses membres. Elles jouent le rôle d’interfaces entre leurs organisations membres et les pouvoirs publics – communes, cantons et Confédération, mais également avec le secteur privé, les universités, ce qui donne un effet de levier multiplicateur dans la mise en oeuvre des activités de leurs membres pour la mise en oeuvre de la stratégie de la CI 2025-28.
Gender Equality in Food Systems
01.08.2024
- 31.12.2027
Gender-based discrimination, or the denial of women’s rights, is one of the major causes of poverty and food insecurity. The support from SDC contributes to women’s economic empowerment and the sustainable and transformative change in their livelihoods. FAO, IFAD, WFP and UN Women together tackle the barriers to gender equality at global, regional and national levels, including through the uptake of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls Empowerment.
Global Governance on Food Security and Nutrition
01.01.2024
- 31.12.2027
The fight against hunger and malnutrition requires coordinated policy guidance based on scientific evidence and informed by voices from the ground. The Committee on World Food Security is the platform for all stakeholders to work together to provide such guidance. This contribution gives Switzerland additional leverage in shaping the policy environment at global level and allows Swiss development cooperation approaches to be incorporated into global policy discussions.
