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“My experience of the SDC is as a funder of key interventions”
25.04.2015
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Article
DEZA
Since the year 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen by an estimated 47% globally, and even by 54% in Africa, thus reaching the target set by the Millennium Development Goals. The same trend has been observed in Tanzania, an SDC priority country. Apart from strengthening the national health system, the SDC funds Tanzania’s research-oriented Ifakara Health Institute where Dr Prosper Chaki works as a senior researcher in malaria control strategies.
SDC supports Pakistan’s disaster resilience efforts
20.04.2015
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Article
DEZA
Maria Daud works as a project manager in the fields of food security and disaster risk reduction for the Pakistan programme at Malteser International, an NGO that is supported by the SDC. She shared her experiences at the SDC’s 2015 Annual Conference of Swiss Humanitarian Aid in Bern.
«To strengthen food security, we need to focus on smallholder farmers in developing countries»
19.04.2015
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Article
DEZA
The SDC will be represented at the Swiss pavilion at Expo Milano 2015, the Universal Exhibition centred on the theme of ‘Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life’. This is an opportunity for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation to present its ideas in favour of the right of everyone in the world to food. Read on for an interview with Markus Bürli, Deputy Head of the SDC Global Programme Food Security.
An app to help visitors to Expo Milano 2015 understand food security
19.04.2015
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Article
DEZA
The Plant Doctor Game, a video game specially developed for the Swiss pavilion at Expo Milano 2015, enables visitors to step into the shoes of a smallholder farmer who needs to protect his or her crops. The theme of the 2015 Universal Exhibition is food security worldwide. The SDC will showcase its commitment and capacity for innovation in this domain at the Expo.
Switzerland actively involved in the 7th World Water Forum 2015 in Daegu-Gyeongbuk, South Korea
10.04.2015
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Article
DEZA
The World Water Forum is the largest international conference on the theme of water. This platform facilitates collaboration among civil society, politics and decision-makers from all of the world's regions.
Universal access and quality: the double challenge in education
09.04.2015
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Article
DEZA
Fifteen years after the adoption of the Dakar Framework for Action, the 2015 edition of the Global Monitoring Report on Education for All presents a mixed picture. Some progress has been made, but the most vulnerable are still not fully integrated into educational programmes in many parts of the world. The SDC makes universal access to education a priority, and at the same time ensures the quality of the education programmes provided.
Roma in Serbia project finalist for World Habitat Award
01.04.2015
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Article
DEZA
A project aimed at improving the living conditions of Roma in Serbia is among the 10 finalists for the World Habitat Award 2014-2015. Each year this award goes to two innovative projects aimed at the poorest and most vulnerable populations. The finalists were selected from among 200 applications.
Switzerland and the IDB strengthen their cooperation
27.03.2015
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Article
DEZA
Following the earthquake in 2010 in Haiti, Switzerland has been building earthquake-resistant and anticyclonic schools in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
"Humanitarian aid cannot be limited to emergency aid only"
27.03.2015
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Article
DEZA
Interview with Manuel Bessler, the Federal Council's delegate for humanitarian aid and head of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA)
Improved data on groundwater in Kakuma
26.03.2015
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Article
DEZA
Some 180,000 people today live in the Kakuma refugee camp in north-western Kenya, a camp built for 40,000. The water supply consists of local groundwater, of a quality and quantity not entirely understood. A better understanding is now being achieved thanks to a project financed by the SDC, and with the help of new technologies.
Financing for sustainable development
20.03.2015
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Press release
EDA
Financing of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) is the focus of a Europe and Central Asia conference being held on 23 March in Geneva. A Swiss diplomat is to lead the regional consultations. Specialists from governments, civil society, business, international organisations and academia will meet for discussions in Geneva to enable them to adopt a common position in the summer at Addis Ababa, where the states are to make commitments regarding financing for development.
Switzerland to participate in foundation process of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
20.03.2015
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Press release
EDA
The Federal Council has decided that Switzerland will participate in the foundation process of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which is to promote sustainable economic development in Asia. Switzerland is one of the first countries in western Europe to take this step. It can thus be involved in the preparation of this important new financial institution's articles of agreement. Moreover, it will enable Switzerland to be well positioned in the new institution from the outset. Finally, this move will help to strengthen relations with China and with Asia in general.