Improving farm productivity in Georgia through dual vocational education and training
01.09.2018
- 31.08.2022
Agriculture is Georgia's most important sector. However, farming remains uncompetitive as farmers' skills are out of step with the job market and technological developments. Switzerland is continuing to support vocational education and training to improve productivity, farm income and the employment situation for students of agriculture.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Georgia |
Vocational training Agriculture & food security Employment & economic development
Vocational training
Agricultural services & market
Rural development
EDUCATION AGRICULTURE OTHER MULTISECTOR
Vocational training
Agricultural services
Rural development
|
01.09.2018 - 31.08.2022 |
CHF 6'352'000 |
A more inclusive job market for women in the South Caucasus
01.11.2017
- 31.07.2021
In the three countries of the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia), many women face job market discrimination. In the absence of policy to create equal opportunities and jobs for women in the formal economy, women work unprotected in the informal sector. The Women’s Economic Empowerment in the South Caucasus project seeks to promote women's economic empowerment to facilitate their equal access to employment and entrepreneurial opportunities.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
South Caucasus |
Gender Vocational training
Women’s equality organisations and institutions
Vocational training
GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY EDUCATION
Women's equality organisations and institutions
Vocational training
|
01.11.2017 - 31.07.2021 |
CHF 3'400'000 |
Higher Income in the South Caucasus Thanks to Competitive Agricultural Products
01.04.2017
- 31.03.2021
Livestock farming is an important source of income for a large part of the rural population in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. But many farmers live from subsistence farming and produce just enough food for their own needs. The aims of the project are to strengthen smallholder farms and to provide them with access to markets. This way, farmers can sell their honey, meat, cheese and wool products, and sustainably increase their incomes.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
South Caucasus |
Agriculture & food security
Agricultural development
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING
Agricultural development
|
01.04.2017 - 31.03.2021 |
CHF 5'100'000 |
Supporting livestock traceability in the South Caucasus
15.06.2016
- 30.11.2020
Identifying where animals have come from and recording information about their health is essential in modern agriculture to prevent the spread of diseases and stop products from diseased animals reaching the market. A system to ensure traceability will help to improve the incomes of farmers in the South Caucasus by increasing both herd productivity and the producers’ access to markets.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
South Caucasus |
Agriculture & food security
Agriculture value-chain development (til 2016)
OTHER MULTISECTOR
Rural development
|
15.06.2016 - 30.11.2020 |
CHF 5'935'000 |
Project completed
Somalia: the challenges of operating in a protracted crisis
01.01.2016
- 31.12.2016
Besides living in extreme poverty, the people of Somalia suffer time and again from violence and climate shocks. The fighting makes it difficult to provide any assistance. The SDC supports the ICRC, one of the very few organisations that is able to operate throughout the country. In 2016, the SDC is contributing CHF 4 million for ICRC activities which are also aimed at providing people with the resources for medium and long-term development.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Somalia |
Humanitarian Assistance & DRR Human rights
Material relief assistance
Human rights (incl. Women's rights)
EMERGENCY RESPONSE GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
Material relief assistance and services
Human rights
|
01.01.2016 - 31.12.2016 |
CHF 4'000'000 |
Livestock Development in the South of Armenia
01.09.2014
- 31.08.2020
In the provinces of Syunik and Vayots Dzor in southern Armenia, the agricultural sector mostly comprises subsistence farming where farmers are barely able to support their households. This project aims to help farmers increase their milk and meat production, and thus their incomes, by supporting local veterinary services (to improve animal health), facilitating access to milk and meat markets, and promoting the sharing of know-how among farmers.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Armenia |
Agriculture & food security Employment & economic development
Agriculture value-chain development (til 2016)
SME development
Agricultural development
OTHER MULTISECTOR INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING
Rural development
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development
Agricultural development
|
01.09.2014 - 31.08.2020 |
CHF 10'000'000 |
Project completed
Improvement of the local self-governance system Armenia
19.05.2014
- 30.06.2019
Switzerland has been supporting the Armenian government in its plans for territorial and administrative reform, particularly its plans to merge municipalities since 2014. The Goal of the program is to contribute to strengthening accountability and efficiency of the local self-governance system in Armenia.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Armenia |
Governance
Decentralisation
GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
Decentralisation and support to subnational government (incl. accountability)
|
19.05.2014 - 30.06.2019 |
CHF 8'025'000 |
Project completed
Alliances Lesser Caucasus Programme in Georgia
01.03.2014
- 30.06.2017
In the regions of Samtskhe-Javakheti, Kvemo Kartli and Adjara in southern Georgia, many family farms have only small numbers of livestock and operate at a subsistence level that merely enables them to get by. This project aims to help these farmers increase their income, not only by improving their productivity but also by providing them with better access to the meat and milk markets. This involves integrating the different elements of the production chain from farmers to processing companies, wholesalers and service providers such as veterinary surgeons, through to the consumers.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Georgia |
Agriculture & food security Employment & economic development
Agriculture value-chain development (til 2016)
BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
Rural development
Financial policy and administrative management
Agricultural development
Formal sector financial intermediaries
|
01.03.2014 - 30.06.2017 |
CHF 8'381'000 |
Project completed
State reform in Somalia
01.08.2013
- 31.12.2017
The SDC is supporting a decentralisation project in Somalia. The aim is to promote peace and development by strengthening the capacity of local authorities to meet the needs of the population. The project has already produced some encouraging results.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Somalia |
Governance Conflict & fragility
Decentralisation
Public finance management
Conflict prevention
GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
Decentralisation and support to subnational government (incl. accountability)
Public finance management
Civilian peace-building, conflict prevention and resolution
|
01.08.2013 - 31.12.2017 |
CHF 9'000'000 |
Project completed
No quick fixes: building Somalia’s ability to handle and overcome crises
01.08.2013
- 30.04.2016
With the aim of improving the living conditions of the most vulnerable populations in Somalia, SDC is contributing CHF 6 million to the three-year Resilience Programme of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, which forms part of the FAO’s overall Somalia programme. With innovative monitoring instruments, risk mitigation measures and through close partnerships, the programme paves the way for a transition from humanitarian interventions to sustainable development in large parts of Somalia, including in the south-central region where humanitarian access to the population in need is highly limited.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Somalia |
Agriculture & food security
Agricultural development
Agriculture value-chain development (til 2016)
Emergency food assistance
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING OTHER MULTISECTOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Agricultural development
Rural development
Emergency food aid
|
01.08.2013 - 30.04.2016 |
CHF 7'500'000 |
Project completed
Modernising vocational education and training related to agriculture in Georgia
01.01.2013
- 31.12.2018
Georgia’s vocational education and training (VET) system does not correspond to the needs of the transition to a market economy which the government has sought to bring about since the country gained its independence. The SDC is helping the Georgian government to develop a more modern VET system that integrates theory and practice and allows a long-term increase in farm productivity and rural incomes.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Georgia |
Agriculture & food security Vocational training Employment & economic development
Agricultural development
Vocational training
Agriculture value-chain development (til 2016)
SME development
EDUCATION AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY OTHER MULTISECTOR
Vocational training
Agricultural development
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development
Rural development
|
01.01.2013 - 31.12.2018 |
CHF 6'547'000 |
Project completed
Rural Development in the Region of Meghri, Armenia
17.12.2012
- 30.06.2018
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the break-up of the country's vast collective farms, subsistence farming has become the norm in armenia's fruit-growing industry. Through this project, the SDC is helping fruit-growers in the region of Meghri in the south of the country to improve and develop their crops and sell their produce on the market.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Armenia |
Agriculture & food security
Agriculture value-chain development (til 2016)
Agricultural development
OTHER MULTISECTOR AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING
Rural development
Agricultural development
|
17.12.2012 - 30.06.2018 |
CHF 3'580'000 |
