Projects

Contribution à l’appel éclair de UNHAS Haiti 2025

28.02.2025 - 31.08.2026

Haiti fait face à une crise prolongée. L’accès des acteurs humanitaires aux territoires se rétrécit. Depuis novembre 2024, les vols commerciaux desservant Port-au-Prince sont arrêtés jusqu’à nouvel ordre. Les populations en besoin d’assistance augmentent. L’appui du bureau humanitaire facilitera des ponts aériens pour un accès vital aux populations affectées, le déploiement du personnel, le transport de biens vitaux et des évacuations médicales.

Kyrgyz Republic: Water Supply and Sanitation Universal Access Program (WASUAP)

20.02.2025 - 31.12.2029

The project will enhance the universal and sustainable access to water and sanitation in the Kyrgyz Republic by establishing a new sector of professional water service providers in the rural area and by building their capacities. This institutional reform will be accompanied by investments in the construction and upgrade of water supply systems and sanitation infrastructure in unserved and underserved settlements.

Addressing Determinants of Health for Advancing Equity – Phase 2

01.02.2025 - 31.01.2029

Significant health gains have been made worldwide in recent decades, but their distribution remains highly unequal. These unfair, avoidable differences in health status are concentrated in already disadvantaged populations. The Special Initiative for Action on the Social Determinants of Health addresses health inequalities by generating evidence and actionable insights. Phase 2 advances normative work, evidence-based strategies, and advocacy to shape inclusive, health-promoting environments.

South Sudan, Swisspeace: Renewable Energy and Peace Education in South Sudan (REPOS)

01.02.2025 - 31.01.2027

swisspeace will review the curriculum of Institute of Peace, Development and Security Studies (IPDSS) of the University of Juba (UoJ). The curriculum will promote good governance, peacebuilding and conflict transformation and quality teaching. Access to electricity will be promoted by training students of the faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) with the skills of installing and maintaining photovoltaic system, which also offers them employment opportunities.

PROCAMM – Projet de la Promotion de la construction antisismique en matériaux naturels au Maroc

01.02.2025 - 31.03.2027

On 08.09.2023, Morocco was hit by a strong earthquake in the remote Atlas Mountains region. 2,900 people were killed and more than 59,000 houses were totally or partially destroyed. Morocco's reconstruction plan is guided by the king's directives involving locally adapted solutions. This project contributes to ongoing efforts by building sustainably capacity and knowledge transfer around expertise in earthquake-proof construction with local materials benefitting remote regions.

JIGITUGU+: Appui au renforcementd es competences des jeunes femmes et hommes ruraux dans le secteur agricole

01.02.2025 - 31.12.2028

A travers ce projet intégré, la Suisse veut contribuer à relever les défis des zones rurales du Mali en mobilisant les ressources locales. Il vise à renforcer la résilience, promouvoir l’éducation et l’emploi des jeunes et des femmes, et améliorer la sécurité alimentaire. En intégrant ces publics dans des systèmes éducatifs, professionnels et agricoles adaptés, le projet aspire à un impact durable, notamment par l’augmentation des revenus, la promotion de pratiques agroécologiques et le renforcement des institutions locales.

Clean Air Asia: Accelerating better air action in Asian cities - CABAC

22.01.2025 - 31.10.2027

Air pollution poses a significant challenge to public health, environmental sustainability and the climate, particularly in Asia. Switzerland has been supporting China through scientific exchanges in better identifying sources of pollution. The progress made by China is of interest to countries in the region facing similar challenges. Clean Air Asia, one of the few INGOs operating in China, will facilitate these knowledge exchanges, with a special focus on Mongolia, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

Paediatric Surgery Access (PSA), Children Relief Bethlehem (CRB)

15.01.2025 - 15.01.2027

This project strengthens the healthcare system for children in the West Bank. It enhances access to paediatric services by supporting infrastructure development and capacity-building efforts at the Caritas Baby Hospital. In close coordination with the Palestinian Ministry of Health, this intervention will complement the local health care system – and raise awareness of paediatric healthcare needs in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Direct Humanitarian Actions, Reconstruction of WASH Infrastructure (emergency, recovery, sustainable construction)

15.01.2025 - 31.12.2027

In Ukraine, the areas close to the frontline remain severely affected by the war. International support is needed to ensure access to safe water, restore essential infrastructure and maintain basic water supply and sanitation services. The third phase of this Swiss-led programme focuses both on humanitarian emergency WASH response in frontline/border regions while laying the ground to inform comprehensive and innovative reconstruction approaches.

Asset Recovery Strategic Partnerships

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2029

Switzerland supports strategic partners in asset recovery who provide technical assistance to countries, advocate for international standards, and facilitate knowledge and exchange on international efforts and ongoing cases. The partnerships leverage Switzerland’s potential to influence the agenda more effectively, facilitate the integration of international best practices in ongoing restitution negotiations, and help ensure that returned assets benefit the populations of states of origin.

Backstopping support for SDC’s Cluster Green thematic Knowledge Networks A+FS, CDE and RésEAU

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2028

As a globally active knowledge-based organisation, SDC is critically dependent on effective and efficient knowledge management. SDC’s thematic networks sit at the heart of this endeavour, rendering an essential service across the organisation and its partners by connecting network members, collecting and processing information, and retaining and distributing knowledge. State-of-the art backstopping services are essential to this activity, as is close cooperation between SDC’s thematic networks.

Response to Gender-Based Violence 25-29

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2029

In order to fight increasing gender-based violence (GBV) in humanitarian and conflict contexts, address the root causes in a sustainable way and to contribute to lasting change, Switzerland provides targeted, multi-year funding for GBV prevention and response, and invests in rights-based and survivor-centred projects of three key partners.

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