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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Asset Recovery Strategic Partnerships
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2029
Switzerland supports strategic partners in asset recovery who provide technical assistance to countries, advocate for international standards, and facilitate knowledge and exchange on international efforts and ongoing cases. The partnerships leverage Switzerland’s potential to influence the agenda more effectively, facilitate the integration of international best practices in ongoing restitution negotiations, and help ensure that returned assets benefit the populations of states of origin.
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.
Response to Gender-Based Violence 25-29
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2029
In order to fight increasing gender-based violence (GBV) in humanitarian and conflict contexts, address the root causes in a sustainable way and to contribute to lasting change, Switzerland provides targeted, multi-year funding for GBV prevention and response, and invests in rights-based and survivor-centred projects of three key partners.
Core Contribution to the Interna-tional Fund for Public Interest Me-dia (IFPIM)
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2028
Public interest media in low- and middle-income countries face existential threats, impact-ing sustainable development and peace. IFPIM is an organization backing the resilience and independence of public interest media. Through SDC’s contribution to IFPIM, Swit-zerland promotes democracy by combating dis- and misinformation and ensuring media freedom and access to reliable information.
Voluntary Contribution to the Adaptation Fund (AF)
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2028
The Adaptation Fund (AF) has a proven track record for implementing innovative adaptation projects, including in SDC priority countries. It supports most vulnerable communities to increase their resilience and adaptation capacities in the face of the rapidly rising impacts of climate change including extreme weather events and slow onset processes. It is one of the four climate funds that reports to the Conference of the Parties to the Paris Agreement.
Programme d’appui à la petite irrigation-PAPI
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2028
Au Niger, dans un contexte de transition politique, la sécurité alimentaire demeure un enjeu majeur. Elle dépend notamment des performances des exploitations familiales qui parviennent difficilement à assurer leur propre alimentation. La Suisse accompagne la petite irrigation pour offrir en particulier aux femmes et aux jeunes des opportunités d’emploi et de revenus agricoles, mais aussi pour moderniser les exploitations familiales et contribuer ainsi à la sécurité alimentaire du pays.
Development Effectiveness Activities and Focal Point Development Effectiveness (DE) 2025-2028
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2026
In a time when getting more impact with less resources available becomes urgent, development effectiveness is the only way forward. Switzerland has been committed to this Agenda since the process started in 2005. It has acted as co-chair of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) from 2019 to 2022, hosted the 2022 Summit and remains a member of the steering committee. Switzerland will support the Joint Support Team (JST) based at UNDP for preparing and mobilizing countries to participate in the development effectiveness (DE) monitoring to further advance this agenda.
UNFPA Core Contribution 2025
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2025
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) works to address questions related to population and development, with an emphasis on sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, and youth. UNFPA is the only multilateral organization, which is engaged on a normative and operational level in promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights as well as gender equality and women’s
empowerment. It is therefore a key partner for Switzerland to ensure progress on these joint priorities.
UN WOMEN Core Contribution 2025
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2025
UN Women is the UN entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. It was established to accelerate progress on meeting needs of women and girls worldwide. It coordinates and promotes the UN system’s work in advancing gender equality linked to the 2030 Agenda. UN Women is a key partner of Switzerland in ensuring progress on gender equality and SDG 5, a key objective of Switzerland’s strategies 2024-2027 on Foreign Policy and 2025-2028 on International Cooperation.
UNICEF Core Contribution 2025
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2025
UNICEF is one of Switzerland's key partners to achieve the Swiss strategic priorities in education, health and child protection in both development and humanitarian contexts. Switzerland has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which guides UNICEF’s universal mandate. As one of the UN’s largest agencies, UNICEF plays a leading role in the United Nations Development System (UNDS) Reform to more effectively deliver results for children as part of the 2030 Agenda.
Financial support to the Programme of Work and Budget (PWB) of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) 2025–2026
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2026
Switzerland’s support to the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) aims at maximizing the impact and effectiveness of international development co-operation towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in low- and middle-income countries, ensuring that no one is left behind. Through knowledge sharing, joint learning and standard setting, the DAC contributes to enhance the coordination and coherence of international co-operation.
Gender Equality Strategic Partnerships
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2028
The goal of the Gender Equality Strategic Partnerships is to support influential global and regional organisations promoting gender equality and women’s rights in the SDC’s three thematic priorities: women’s political participation, women’s economic empowerment, and the elimination of gender-based violence (GBV). These partnerships contribute to accelerate the implementation of the SDG 5 and to reduce its current funding gap.
