Projects

Liberia: crise Ebola – achat et envoi de matériel de protection

14.11.2014 - 31.12.2014

The current Ebola outbreak across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has surpassed all other outbreaks in terms of cases, deaths and geographic spread. The Multilateral organizations and the Governments’ bodies have beefed up their responses in the affected countries in their respective fields. Human and financial resources needs have increased and the Ministry of health and Social Welfare of Liberia has requested supports in in-kind medical materials and consumables.

GWP Global Water Partnership

01.11.2014 - 31.12.2016

Strengthening Social Accountability and Oversight in Health and Agriculture

01.11.2014 - 30.06.2019

This project aims to contribute to the equitable, effective and accountable allocation and use of public resources for health and agriculture in SADC countries by addressing social accountability in a systemic approach in strengthening the roles of relevant parliamentary committees, civil society organizations, smallholder farmer organisations and the media. The first phase of the project will focus on Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia.

Youth Friendly Health Services in Moldova

01.11.2014 - 31.10.2018

In Moldova, young people face various health challenges which are currently not adequately addressed by health services. To improve this situation, Youth Friendly Health Services started as pilots in 2005 and are being scaled-up by the Ministry of Health since 2011, with the support of SDC. The project is focused on improving the quality and enhancing the comprehensiveness of the services, as well as on the community support for young people to adopt a healthier lifestyle and seek assistance from health services.

Support for the third International Conference on Financing for Sustainable Development

01.11.2014 - 28.02.2023

Switzerland will engage in strategic advocacy and policy influencing partnerships to strengthen its position in the financing for sustainable development process leading up to the 2015 Financing for Development conference in Addis Ababa, and to enhance the preparatory process and the outcome in line with Swiss priorities, in particular by ensuring that the voice of the Private Sector is heard throughout the process.

Global Credit Coordination Office South Sudan

01.11.2014 - 31.12.2017

An action under the office's Global Credit is a one-off contribution to a development or humanitarian endeavour, with a duration of maximum 1,5 years, i.e. no following phase. It is a flexible, efficient and transparent tool to support the implementation and further development of its Cooperation Strategy, as well as further enhancing the quality of the resulting interventions. It permits seizing opportunities to improve the visibility of the Swiss presence and the Swiss Profile in South Sudan. It also provides the means for implementing SDC's Policy on promoting culture.

Establishment of a Swiss Competence Centre on emerging Viral Diseases

01.11.2014 - 31.01.2016

Given the magnitude of the EVD outbreak, the HUG are planning to set up in Geneva a Centre of Competences on Ebola, in order to bring together under one structure the various expertise available within the HUG and in other Swiss scientific institutions, so as to more effectively contribute to the international fight against Ebola. It will also help national and local Swiss authorities communicate and adequately prepare for a possible outbreak of EVD in the country.

Emergency winterization response- UNHCR Kurdish Region of Iraq

01.11.2014 - 31.12.2014

The large scale violence against the civil population in Central Iraq has forced 1.8 million people to seek refuge, mainly in the Kurdish Region of Iraq (northern part). Shelter is a major issue both for the IDPs but also for the host communities as IDPs are seeking refuge in schools, mosques, unfinished buildings and in the open air. This Emergency response from SDC with winterized material (including tents) aims at supporting UNHCR in its protection mandate.

South Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) Contribution 2014

01.11.2014 - 31.01.2015

The various humanitarian interventions in South Sudan require an excellent donor coordination and justifiable prioritization procedure. The Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) South Sudan, established in 2012, does not only provide timely and substantial financial provisions for humanitarian projects, it also brings together several important stakeholders involved in the humanitarian response in South Sudan. Contributing to the CHF means to strengthen this mechanism and enable financial support to the most critical interventions, but it also ensures the inclusion of SDC in decision making processes and facilitates a coordinated and strengthened advocacy within the international community.

Syrian refugee children welcomed by Jordanian classmates

01.11.2014 - 29.02.2016

The SDC partners with the Jordanian Ministry of Education in rehabilitating public schools in the north of the country. The renovated schools enable a large proportion of Syrian refugee children to attend school with Jordan classmates. After the first 29 schools were rehabilitated the programme has been expanded to another 28 buildings.

Réseau des entrepreneurs solidaires - Food Aid Swiss Dairy Products (Madagascar)

01.11.2014 - 31.07.2016

Through the usage of food aid in the form of Swiss dairy products, Swiss Humanitarian Aid contributes to the prevention and treatment of malnutrition, undernourishment, and disease. The SDC’s Humanitarian Aid administers the credit granted by parliament for a yearly amount of some CHF 20 million destined for the purchase of Swiss dairy products and their use for the benefit of the needy. Its task is to ensure a sustainable, targeted, and closely monitored food aid.

Programme Culture et développement en Suisse: Soutien de la DDC aux festivals de cinéma 2015-2018

01.11.2014 - 30.06.2019

Lieux de diffusion par excellence du cinéma non commercial et événements professionnels à caractère convivial, les festivals de cinéma jouent un rôle central pour l’accès des réalisateurs et de leurs productions au public, marché et réseaux professionnels suisses et internationaux. La DDC soutient les festivals qui s’engagent en Suisse pour les cinématographies du Sud et de l’Est. Elle contribue ainsi à la qualité des plateformes mises au service des réalisateurs et producteurs du Sud et de l’Est.