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«We do whatever is possible»
16.05.2014
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Article
DEZA
An engineer by profession, Henri Stalder has been a member of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA) since 2002. He has taken part in SHA missions in several countries in this capacity. Since January 2014 has Henri Stalder been made available to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Syria where he runs the shelter sector. This sector provides emergency accommodation to displaced persons and reconstructs damaged buildings. Henri Stalder embodies the various types of support Switzerland provides to the victims of the conflict. Interview performed in May 2014.
«I decided to work for the welfare of thousands of miners»
16.05.2014
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Article
DEZA
Little by little the miners, once persecuted and viewed as criminals, have organised to defend their rights. Testimony of Oidov Tsetsegmaa, director general of the Umbrella Federation of Artisanal Miners.
SDC development cooperation with Mongolia: a spotlight on agriculture, decentralisation and small-scale mining
14.05.2014
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Article
DEZA
Ten years ago the SDC opened a cooperation office in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar. Diepak Elmer, deputy director of the SDC’s cooperation office in Mongolia, explains the priorities of Switzerland’s activities there and the political and economic challenges faced.
Switzerland promotes the private sector in the South Caucasus and Ukraine
09.05.2014
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Press release
EDA
For more than 20 years, Switzerland has been supporting economic and political reform processes in the South Caucasus and Ukraine with the aim of strengthening democracy and promoting the development of social market economies. At the Annual Conference on Swiss Cooperation with Eastern Europe, which was held on 9 May 2014 in Lucerne, SDC and SECO programme officers and guests from Switzerland and abroad discussed Switzerland's cooperation activities with a focus on private sector development.
150 ans après la 1ère Convention de Genève: des défis immenses à relever
08.05.2014
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Article
DEZA
Publié à l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de la Croix Rouge et du Croissant Rouge du 8 mai 2014
Article signé par Didier Burkhalter, Président de la Confédération et Annemarie Huber-Hotz, Présidente de la Croix-Rouge suisse paru dans «Le Temps» le 8 mai 2014
Water management: a major challenge in Mongolia
07.05.2014
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Article
DEZA
On 4 March 2014, the Water Resources Group, an organisation supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC, published a detailed analytical report on the causes of water scarcity and pollution in Mongolia. A steering committee, drawn from all of the parties concerned, is to be set up and tasked with identifying solutions to the problems that have been raised. A spotlight on the discussions taking place as Switzerland marks ten years of development cooperation in Mongolia.
Switzerland steps up its commitment to the world's poorest countries
30.04.2014
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Article
DEZA
Switzerland is to continue its support for the poorest developing countries as part of its International Cooperation. The Federal Council decided on 30 April 2014 to allocate an additional CHF 1.32 billion between the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) and the African Development Fund (ADF). Part of these funds will be used for debt reduction measures.
The Federal Council takes steps to re-launch discussions with the EU on Switzerland’s participation in EU programmes and market access
30.04.2014
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Press release
EDA
The Federal Council wishes to re-launch negotiations and discussions on Switzerland’s participation in framework programmes and market access. To that end it approved a declaration envisaging a number of measures. These include a solution to the admission under quotas of Croatian citizens to the Swiss labour market. In addition, the Federal Council confirmed the enlargement contribution for Croatia.
Switzerland steps up its commitment to the world
30.04.2014
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Press release
EDA
Switzerland is to continue its support for the poorest developing countries as part of its International Cooperation. The Federal Council decided on 30 April 2014 to allocate an additional CHF 1.32 billion between the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) and the African Development Fund (ADF). Part of these funds will be used for debt reduction measures.
«Our film turns the spotlight on the commodification of domestic workers»
29.04.2014
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Article
DEZA
SDC supports film-makers and films from the countries of the South and the East through the FOCUS programme of Visions du Réel. This international documentary film festival, which is now in its 20th year, will be held in Nyon from 25 April to 3 May. Last year’s winners from Lebanon reflect on their award-winning film and their experiences of Visions du Réel.
Ten years of development cooperation in Mongolia – in pictures
29.04.2014
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Article
DEZA
The month of May marks the tenth anniversary of Swiss cooperation in Mongolia. Below is a collection of images depicting the support provided to a region facing many challenges.
«Nelson Mandela and the 2010 World Cup have brought us all closer together.»
25.04.2014
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Article
DEZA
Interview with Nomfundo Mbuli, programme manager at the SDC's cooperation office in South Africa.
South Africa had its first democratic elections twenty years ago, after the end of apartheid. Since that moment, the SDC has been helping the country to rebuild. Many projects have been very successful, so much so that they have been extended to other parts of southern Africa. Employed at the cooperation office in Pretoria since 2001, Nomfundo Mbuli takes a look back at how her country has evolved since 1994 and the role that the SDC has had to play in that.