Projects

South Sudan Protection Cluster Support

01.03.2014 - 31.05.2015

World Bank Multi-Partner Fund (MPF)

01.03.2014 - 31.12.2024

In 2013, the international community and the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) agreed on a new framework of engagement (New Deal Compact for Somalia) to support peace and state building efforts in the war-torn country. With its contribution to the World Bank Multi-Partner Fund (MPF), which is one of the funding windows of the Compact, Switzerland will support the rebuilding of core state functions and the socio-economic recovery in Somalia.

“Skate, Educate, Integrate”: Program for Afghan Youth

01.03.2014 - 30.06.2017

Through skateboarding and an arts-based curriculum, the project enables access to quality educational and recreational opportunities for Afghan youth of all backgrounds and particularly girls and impoverished children, increases their confidence, abilities and involvement in their communities as well as contributes to strengthen their social networks. It runs across two purpose-built project sites in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif. The proposition is complementary to SDC’s education portfolio.

République Centrafricaine (RCA) – DRCRenforcement capacités de protection communautaires

01.03.2014 - 31.05.2016

La DDC, avec ce financement, souhaite renforcer les capacités de protection communautaires dans les préfectures de l’Ouham et de l’Ouham Pendé, situées au Nord-Ouest du pays, à la frontière avec le Tchad. Renforcer la cohésion sociale permettra de diminuer les risques de reprise des hostilités et d’affrontements interconfessionnels et de renforcer les capacités d’autoprotection des communautés en diminuant leur vulnérabilité.

Multi Sector Assistance to refugees in Maban County

01.03.2014 - 31.05.2015

The project is designed to provide multi sector assistance to refugees in Yusuf Batil refugee camp (target 40 867), Maban County, Upper Nile State, through the provision of health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene services. In addition, vulnerable host communities (target  21 688) will be able to access the health service and safe water supply.

Strengthening the Institutional Framework in the Water and Sanitation Sector in Moldova

01.03.2014 - 31.05.2021

Poor governance is the key bottleneck in the Moldovan water sector, which jeopardizes long-term sustainability of past investments, and hinders new Investments to extend access to drinking water for all. With this project, SDC will improve the steering and management of the sector as well as the performance of key sector institutions, through working directly with the national institutions on sector capacity development, integrated water resource management, and a comprehensive water information system.

Contribution for the Population and Housing Census in Moldova

01.03.2014 - 31.12.2017

The only population census in Moldova after independence was carried out in 2004. The second census is to be held in 2014. Considering the weak capacities of the National Bureau of Statistics in this area, the Government of Moldova requested external support. The population and household census will provide the Government of Moldova with much needed data for informed policy-making. It will also provide SDC with sound bases for shaping the new programme on Migration & Development and ensuring a more efficient planning, implementation and steering of the Water and Health programmes. 

Project Support for United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

01.03.2014 - 31.12.2016

The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is an autonomous research institute within the UN system which undertakes multidisciplinary research and policy analysis on the social dimensions of contemporary development issues which has been located in Geneva since its creation in 1963. Through this single phase contribution SDC is supporting two of UNRISD’s research programs of particular interest and relevance to SDC: "When Security Meets Social Security: Social Policy in Post Conflict Settings" and "The Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development".
 

Panama: Sencondment WFP Cash+Voucher

01.03.2014 - 31.03.2015

Ruedi Leuppi Stiftung - Food Aid Swiss Dairy Products (Ivory Coast)

01.03.2014 - 31.07.2015

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.

A community-based mental healthcare system

01.03.2014 - 28.02.2018

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, much of the population is still suffering the consequences of the war which ravaged the Balkans in the 1990s. Since 2010, Switzerland has been helping the country to modernise its mental healthcare system to give patients access to high quality services in their communities.

FICASE - Food Aid Swiss Dairy Products (Cape Verde)

01.03.2014 - 31.12.2015

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.