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SDC Culture and Development Policy: An overview

The brochure explains briefly SDC policy on culture and development, showing how the SDC takes the cultural values of its partner countries into account in its development policy, and how it promotes cultural diversity.



Resilient Cities in Viet Nam: A Guide for Planning Urban Environment Programs (2016)

Viet Nam is one of the countries most seriously affected by climate change. During the last decade, in parallel with the rapid economic growth, the Party, government, National Congress and society has given high priority to improving environmental sanitation, flood proofing and drainage for adaptation to climate change, especially in coastal cities and low-lying delta areas. The government has made significant investments in drainage and sewerage systems in coastal provinces in Vietnam, however, much more investment is required to meet needs in the provinces. In this context, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Administration of Technical Infrastructure (ATI) - Ministry of Construction (MoC) of Vietnam carry out two programmes on urban resilience: the Wastewater Management Programme and the Programme “Flood Proofing and Drainage for Medium-sized Coastal Cities in Vietnam for Adaptation to Climate Change”. They are both technical cooperation projects between the Vietnamese and German Governments aiming at the improvement of capacities of national and local authorities as well as the urban population to improve resilience and adapt to urban flooding in the course of climate change. In addition to the national level, the programmes are implemented in 13 provinces of Vietnam, namely: Bac Ninh, Hai Duong, Nghe An, Tra Vinh, Soc Trang, Can Tho, Son La, Hoa Binh, Lang Son, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa. ATI/MoC and GIZ are pleased to present to you the report on Resilient Cities in Viet Nam: A Guide for Planning Urban Environment Programs. The report reflects the experience gained during long years of operating in the urban environment sector together. We trust that the readers and participants of the Programme will find this report valuable to refer to in their daily work.



Food secuity: An SDC global programme

The Global Programme Food Security advocates for a world free of hunger and malnutrition where smallholders produce enough nutritious food, in an economic and environmentally sustainable manner. It represents Switzerland in multilateral organisations. In cooperation with the private sector, research institutions, and civil society, it contributes to long-term food security.



Retombées économiques de l'aide publique au développement en Suisse - Etude 2014

An independent study, conducted on 2014 data, confirms that official development assistance (ODA) which aims to reduce poverty and to support economic and social development in partner countries also has positive effects on the economy and on employment in Switzerland. The calculation of the economic repercussions of ODA is carried out at regular intervals in response to a postulate issued in 1981.





Swiss Peace Supporter 4/2015

The edition features the theme dealing with the past, a field where Switzerland has been actively involved since 2000. Colombia, Kosovo, Chad are only three examples of countries where Switzerland is working to fight impunity and prevent atrocities. The end of this year also marks the deployment of the 10,000th peacekeeper by the Swiss Armed Forces.







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