The project database provides concrete insights into the international cooperation work of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). You can filter for projects by topic, country and project owner (either the SDC or SECO).
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Support to Gaza Community Mental health Programme
01.03.2019
- 31.12.2023
By supporting the provision of quality mental health services through Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, Switzerland contributes to strengthening the resilience of vulnerable people in the Gaza Strip, where distress, psychological and psychiatric problems continue to increase after more than a decade of Israeli closure and intra-Palestinian divide, repeated traumatic conflicts and the degradation of socioeconomic conditions. Addressing distress and traumas also contributes to the prevention of radicalization.
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Contribution to the Sixth Assessment Cycle of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
01.03.2019
- 31.12.2022
The Intergovemental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides governments with scientific evidence to inform climate policies and international climate change negotiations. The project will strengthen evidence and representation of mountain regions from developing countries in the next IPCC report, strengthen the IPCC science-policy dialogue in Switzerland on these matters, establish science-policy dialogues in 5 dev. countries and launch a mentoring programme for young climate scientists.
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Towards an innovative single-dose oral treatment for Sleeping Sickness
01.03.2019
- 30.09.2020
Sleeping sickness is a neglected tropical disease that affects 65 million people, mainly the poor in rural areas, and is deadly if untreated. Existing therapies are complex to administer, which hinders access especially in rural areas. Drugs for Neglected Disease initiative, a non-profit drug research and development organization based on public-private partnerships, is developing a single-dose oral treatment that can be taken at home and has the potential to advance elimination of the disease.
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Peru, Regional Hub Lima, Participation from Latin America - Carribean in Global DRR Platform - Geneva - May 13-17, 2019
01.03.2019
- 30.11.2019
From May 13 to 17, 2019, will be held in Geneva, the VI session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and will be hosted by the Government of Switzerland. In addition, the session will be cochaired by Switzerland and UNISDR. The GPDRR 2019 represents an opportunity for DRR partners in Latin America and the Caribbean as an important step in the process of capitalizing and consolidating contributions on DRR as relevant inputs for the Sendai Framework.
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One Health Units for Humans, Environment, Animals and Livelihoods (HEAL)
01.03.2019
- 31.10.2024
Transmission of diseases between humans and animals are frequent in pastoralist societies of Somalia, Ethiopia and Northern Kenya and related to environmental conditions. The HEAL project promotes sustainable rangeland management and access to integrated human/livestock health services. Thereby, it contributes to improved health, to reduced vulnerability among pastoralist communities and to prevention of their displacement/migration, which is in the interest of Switzerland.
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OVCI - Improving nutritional condition of most vulnerable groups in Juba
01.03.2019
- 30.04.2021
Malnutrition among children and other vulnerable groups remains worse as a result of the prevailing food insecurity situation in South Sudan. According to the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for South Sudan, some 1.8 million people – the majority of which are children under five years - face malnutrition. Through this project, Volunteers Organization for International Co-operation (OVCI) intends to address malnutrition of vulnerable children, pregnant and lactating mothers and other destitute persons in Juba County by improving their dietary intake.
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„EurAsia Heart – A Swiss Medical Foundation”: On-site medical teaching and training in Eurasian countries focused on cardiovascular diseases, par-ticularly in children.
01.03.2019
- 31.12.2021
EurAsia Heart is a Swiss Medical Foundation established in 2006. It consists of a group of medical doctors, led by Swiss cardiac surgeons and cardiologists. On a voluntary basis, experts of EurAsia Heart Foundation offer international cooperation to Eastern European, Asian and African countries in the fields of cardiology, cardiac and vascular surgery, anaesthesia, intensive care and prevention. The interventions strengthen national health systems and enable local teams to treat the entire spectrum of cardiovascular diseases – particularly among children.
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Yemen Pledging Conference 2019
20.02.2019
- 30.04.2019
In support of the Humanitarian Response Plan and to reduce the suffering of the Yemeni population, Switzerland will organize a high-level pledging conference on 26 February 2019 together with Sweden and the United Nations for the third time. Since the escalation of the conflict in mid-March 2015, Yemen faced enormous levels of humanitarian needs stemming from years of poverty, intermittent conflict and weak rule of law. Entering the 5th year of war have exacerbated these chronic vulnerabilities, leaving more than 24 million people – more than 80% of the population - in need of humanitarian aid.
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Swiss Global Compact Partnership
15.02.2019
- 31.12.2022
The private sector has a central role to play in the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through joint action with other stakeholders. The consolidation of the Global Compact Network Switzerland (GCNS) is an important gateway for the SDC in Switzerland to strengthen the implementation of responsible and sustainable business practices by the highly internationalized Swiss private sector, particularly in developing countries and fragile contexts, and to promote its contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
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Afghanistan: IOM Undocumented Afghan Returnees
15.02.2019
- 31.12.2022
In 2016, over a million Afghans who previously sought refuge in Pakistan and Iran returned to Afghanistan. Since the beginning of 2018, 700,056 undocumented Afghans have returned from both countries, due to diverse push factors including deteriorating protection space. The projecting for the year 2019 of undocumented Afghan returnees will be approx. 49,000 from Pakistan and 570,000 from Iran. The vast majority of them have lived outside of Afghanistan for decades, and are in dire need for humanitarian assistance, which they will receive through this project.
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National Human Rights Program for Afghanistan (Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission)
01.02.2019
- 31.12.2023
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has a constitutional mandate to promote and protect human rights in Afghanistan. The Commission continues the journey of building an Afghan society free of fear and discrimination. It lobbies with the government and other actors and contributes significantly to enhance human rights awareness, education, monitoring and reporting, and to empower Afghan citizens to defend their human rights. Switzerland together with other donors provides financial and when required technical support.
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BLOOOM: Agricultural Technology for the Bottom of the Pyramid
01.02.2019
- 31.12.2023
Blooom, a newly founded social enterprise provides innovative digital solutions to connect smallholder farmers to input suppliers and consumers. Smallholders get access to information, financing, local and international markets via mobile phone technology. In this public private development partnership, Swiss support serves to expand Blooom’s services to smallholder farmers in low income countries in which the risks of entry for private sector companies are generally too high, including countries in Africa.
