Projects

Back-stopping Mandate (BSM) for the Focal Point e+i

01.10.2013 - 31.12.2019

The focal point employment and income (FP e+i) is in charge of knowledge management and generation, inhouse consulting, linking knowledge-holders, and other tasks for e+i projects and programmes of SDC (and to a certain extent partners). The mandate supports the FP by adding specialised expertise in the three topics vocational skills (VSD), private (PSD) and financial sector development (FSD) and provides general administrative and knowledge management support.

N 70 - formation professionnelle phase 2

30.09.2013 - 30.06.2017

The SDC is committed to improving the education and vocational training system in Niger. Over 1.5 million young people living in rural areas currently have no access to education or vocational training. Their future ability to enter the labour market depends on good-quality basic education and vocational training tailored to their needs.

Participatory Forest Management Project, Phase III

16.09.2013 - 30.06.2017

Community forestry contributes to improved livelihoods, sustainably managed forests and democratic governance in Bhutan. Being the largest community-based organisation in Bhutan it has the potential of providing role models for grassroots organisations and developing leadership capacities of women contributing to the increased representation of women in local governments. Community forestry stands for the ongoing shift in paradigm in Bhutan’s forestry sector from strict protection towards a sustainable use of resources.

AFR67, Product° plaid. Educ. Afriq Ouest

15.09.2013 - 31.12.2016

Support to Tanzania’s Election Cycle 2013 – 2016 (STEC 13-16)

15.09.2013 - 31.10.2016

The proposed intervention supports the Tanzanian Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) and the media in Tanzania for the Constitutional referendum 2014 and local and general elections in 2014/2015. EMBs will be supported for institutional reforms and capacity strengthening to guarantee free and credible elections. The media will be strengthened in its role as watchdog and citizen informer to provide for impartial political reporting.

Solidaridad Internacional: Mejora de las condiciones de vida

15.09.2013 - 31.03.2015

Cultural Programme Tanzania (CPT)

01.09.2013 - 31.08.2016

This Programme proposes a comprehensive approach in promoting local culture (mainly music) through institutional support and specific projects support based on opportunities, local knowledge and trends. CPT is moreover fully in line with SDC's Strategic Orientation for the promotion of intercultural and artistic exchanges with the South and the East (2010-2015).

Health research for policy making: The Ifakara Health Institute (IHI)

01.09.2013 - 28.02.2019

This project aims to improve evidence based policy making in Tanzania. It will allow the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and partners to better measure the impact of public spending in the health sector, and improve the use of evidence in policy making, for more effective health results. SDC will further strengthen IHI, the only private and independent health research institute, in developing and sustaining district-based data collection.

Integration of Environmental Education in Education System of North Macedonia

01.09.2013 - 31.12.2015

The Environmental Education programme relates strongly to all other SDC and SECO water projects in North Macedonia, since it contributes to awareness raising and increased interest for better and healthier environment. It is expected that the school children and their parents will be more sensitive on the environmental issues and will demand from the institutions in charge to address these issues in more effective way.

JPO Programme, Volées 2013-2018, Humanitarian Aid HA

01.09.2013 - 31.12.2019

The aim of the programme is to increase Switzerland's presence within the UN system. This measure also meets the more general aim of strengthening the influence and quality of Switzerland's political dialogue with the target agencies. The JPO programme will eventually serve to intensify this political dialogue and increase Switzerland's capacity to monitor the work of agencies through direct contact with the JPOs recruited through this programme.

Regeneration of neglected villages in south-east Myanmar

01.09.2013 - 14.08.2017

In Myanmar, the villages close to the Thai border have seen more than six decades of conflict. Geographically isolated, and in some cases under the control of armed indigenous ethnic groups, these villages are beyond the reach of central government authority. Their inhabitants must do with infrastructures that are in a perilous state. Working alongside the affected communities and other partners, the SDC is committed to restoring basic services, with the particular involvement of the young people in the region.

UNHCR – Cash Assistance for most vulnerable IDPs in Syria and Syrian refugees in Jordan [BSL], including QIPs in Jordan [PRO]

01.09.2013 - 31.12.2013

Many Syrians have had to leave their homes on very short notice, rendering them in high need of basic domestic items, shelter assistance and protection. This project supports the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cash assistance projects that ensure the effectiveness of humanitarian aid as people prioritize their own needs. Further, this project fosters protection activities that promote peaceful consistence between the Syrian refugees’ community and the Jordanian community.