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Viviendas más seguras gracias a la construcción antisísmica

13.10.2017 — Artículo DEZA

Debido al aumento de las catástrofes por fenómenos naturales violentos, la prevención es hoy día una cuestión fundamental. La COSUDE se compromete con la reconstrucción antisísmica, como por ejemplo en Nepal y en Ecuador, donde las viviendas han sido destruidas recientemente de forma masiva a causa de terremotos de magnitud 7.8.


Switzerland supports cooperation projects in Eritrea

12.10.2017 — Press release EDA
Having withdrawn from the country over ten years ago, the SDC has now resumed support for cooperation projects in Eritrea. In October 2017, it began supporting two vocational projects in a pilot phase scheduled to run until the end of 2019.


Instrument of ratification deposited: Paris climate agreement to enter into force for Switzerland on 5 November 2017

06.10.2017 — Press release EDA
Switzerland deposited its instrument of ratification in New York on 6 October 2017, making it an official party to the Paris Agreement. The agreement will come into effect for Switzerland 30 days later, on 5 November 2017. One of the agreement's main objectives is to maintain the increase in global temperatures well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Switzerland was actively involved in the negotiations leading up to the climate agreement.


Strategic partnership, peace process, development cooperation: FDFA State Secretary Baeriswyl visits South Africa and Mozambique

05.10.2017 — Press release EDA
As part of an official visit due to end on 6 October 2017, the State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Pascale Baeriswyl, has held consultations on policy matters with South Africa, which Switzerland regards as a strategic partner. Taking advantage of her presence in the region, she then also travelled on to the Republic of Mozambique, where she was received today by President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi for deliberations on the peace process. Switzerland and Mozambique have a long tradition of development cooperation and their efforts to resolve the conflict within the country are therefore based on a solid foundation of trust.



Water, driver of peace: Global Panel on Water and Peace publishes recommendations

14.09.2017 — Press release EDA
"Since water supply is likely to become a major source of tension in the coming years, there is huge potential today to make water a key medium for cooperation and a driver of peace," the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, told the members of the Global Panel on Water and Peace. The panel chaired by former Slovenian President Danilo Türk was launched in November 2015. In Geneva on Thursday, its 15 member states presented the results of their work in the form of a set of recommendations to prevent and resolve water-related conflicts.


Switzerland to participate in the first impact investment in the humanitarian sector

08.09.2017 — Press release EDA
The ICRC, with the support of Switzerland and other donor countries, is today launching an innovative model for financing humanitarian aid. The Programme for Humanitarian Impact Investments (PHII) is inspired by the concept of social impact bonds. This is a novel approach in the humanitarian field, with private investment helping to bring physical rehabilitation services to more people in need of such care. The PHII offers the ICRC a means to diversify and grow its funding base while limiting the financial risk incurred by public donors.


Switzerland's priorities at the 72nd UN General Assembly

06.09.2017 — Press release EDA
Building peace and security, especially by stepping up mediation capacity and conflict prevention, and strengthening the role of human rights are just two of the foreign policy priorities that Switzerland aims to implement during the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly. President of the Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter and FDFA State Secretary Pascale Baeriswyl will represent Switzerland in New York from 18 September 2017 during the high-level week that coincides with the opening of the UN General Assembly.


Sports diplomacy: 20 young Colombian athletes visit Switzerland

01.09.2017 — Press release EDA
Twenty young Colombians are currently in Switzerland as part of a visit organised jointly by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The aim of the visit is to allow these young people – who come from a region mired in conflict – to learn more about training techniques while discovering popular Swiss sports, and to use sport to give them hope for a better life away from crime and violence.


“Un seul monde”: dossier sobre el agua y los conflictos

30.08.2017 — Novedades locales DEZA

Las crecientes necesidades energéticas de una población mundial en constante aumento, así como el cultivo de alimentos y el cambio climático, han convertido el agua en un bien escaso que provoca conflictos. No obstante, allí donde se coopera por encima de las fronteras, se reducen las tensiones, en beneficio de todos.


La tecnología satelital protege a los pequeños campesinos contra las pérdidas de cosechas

25.08.2017 — Artículo DEZA

Tras una sequía, 203 000 pequeños campesinos y campesinas en Tamil Nadu, estado federal del sur de la India, recibieron en julio de 2017 pagos compensatorios de parte del programa de seguros de cosechas nacional. Gracias a la tecnología satelital se pudieron determinar los daños con rapidez y precisión y, de este modo, los afectados pudieron ser velozmente indemnizados por sus cosechas de arroz fallidas. El proyecto especial RIICE ha hecho posible este logro.

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