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UNDP SDG 16 delivery: Peaceful Societies, Justice, and Strong Institutions
01.07.2016
- 30.03.2020
Switzerland supports the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in its effort to contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG 16). With this strategic contribution, Switzerland strengthens the capacity of UNDP to prevent and mitigate armed conflict and violence, to promote inclusive and accountable governance, including the rule of law, and to respond rapidly to crises. This builds on a long-standing successful partnership with UNDP on crisis prevention and response.
Project completed
UNHAS: access to northeast through provision of humanitarian flights
01.07.2016
- 31.12.2016
Access to north-east Nigeria, where bombings, attacks and counter-insurgency activities have endured, stays extremely difficult. UN agencies and humanitarian organizations at large have increased their response in and around the state's capitals area mainly (Maiduguri, Yola), and need to benefit from safe and reliable flights to access their operational areas. Supporting UNHAS will ensure humanitarian access to north-east Nigeria through the provision of safe and reliable air transport services as well as to provide capacity for evacuation of humanitarian staff when required.
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FarhangSara: Promotion of Cultural and Artistic Expressions
01.07.2016
- 31.12.2019
Through promotion of active citizen participation, in particular women and youth, in cultural activities, the project aims to strengthen shared and diverse values as well as peaceful interaction among people. It will collaborate with and enhance the capacity of public and private cultural and arts institutions and civil society organizations as well as female and male artists in five regions of Afghanistan.
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Green Initiative for Afghanistan’s Agriculture (GIAA)
01.07.2016
- 30.06.2020
Land and water resources in Afghanistan are overexploited and deteriorating fast with severe consequences for rural households. The Green Initiative for Afghanistan’s Agriculture will upscale the professional and institutional capacity for sustainable land and water management to prevent further degradation, improve production and reduce disaster risks, especially in mountainous areas. It will contribute to improved food security and better livelihoods for poor rural families.
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IOM Information Management & Policy Development for Durable Solutions for IDPs in Ethiopia
01.07.2016
- 31.12.2017
There are over 777’000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Ethiopia today. More than half of them are in the Somali Region and are extremely marginalized. Their specific needs are badly known and the vast majority of the humanitarian and development interventions fail to include them in programming. This SDC contribution to the IOM will improve the availability of evidence-based data on IDPs to inform longer term programming, advocacy and policy development needed to devise durable solutions for protracted IDPs in Ethiopia.
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Strengthening the Colombian Mine Action Authority
01.07.2016
- 30.06.2017
According to DAICMA, Colombia registered 11,390 landmine victims from 1990 to December 2015 - of which approximately 61 percent are members of the Colombian Public Forces and 39 percent are civilians. Moreover and the country is the 2nd country with greatest production of new victims. There is an urgent need to organize and increase capacity for demining, improve national coordination and deployment of expert civilian organizations capable of designing responses for populations at risk while supporting key government objectives. Colombia acceded to the Ottawa Treaty in 2000, committing to the clearance of all mines by 2021 - after an extension was granted in 2010.
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Integrated response to health, nutrition and protection needs in Kibua, Walikale (North Kivu)
01.07.2016
- 30.06.2017
The population in targeted areas of North Kivu has been hugely affected by conflict and a large proportion of the population is unable to access basic health, nutrition and protection services when needed. Providing integrated primary health care, nutrition, and protection services to targeted sites in Kibua Health Zone will enable Save the Children (SC) to respond effectively to beneficiary needs using a holistic approach.
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Consortium Sécurité alimentaire NO
01.07.2016
- 30.11.2017
Par son appui financier au projet du Consortium formé par Solidarités International, Action Contre la Faim et le Danish Refugee Council, la DDC contribue à l’amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire et des conditions de vie de populations les plus vulnérables du nord-ouest de la RCA et avant tous des femmes, et au renforcement de leurs stratégies de résilience.
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Programme d’appui à une gouvernance agricole inclusive en Haiti (PAGAI) - Phase 1
01.07.2016
- 31.07.2023
Le PAGAI vise l’amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire et du revenu des exploitations agricoles à travers un meilleur accès des producteurs-trices à des services, des innovations susceptibles d’augmenter la performance et la rentabilité économique de l’agriculture familiale en Haïti. L’expérience et l’expertise reconnues de la Suisse dans le renforcement des petites exploitations agricoles permettra l’accompagnement de 10'000 exploitants-tes agricoles et de 30 organisations paysannes dans le Sud d’Haïti afin qu’ils puissent mieux se structurer, jouer des fonctions économiques plus importantes dans les filières agricoles et mieux intégrer les espaces de prise de décision.
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Global Malaria Technical & Training Support Package (GlobMal)
01.07.2016
- 30.06.2019
In line with the SDC global health strategic priorities, this contribution aims at influencing global malaria policies and implementing WHO and Roll Back Malaria Partnership strategies to regional and country levels, with a focus on vector control, malaria case management, promoting multisectoral actions and strengthening technical capacities. The aim is to improve malaria program’s performance at country level ultimately to reduce the malaria burden and to expand malaria-free zones according to global goals set by WHO.
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Kakuma: Developing vocational skills in a refugee camp
01.07.2016
- 31.08.2019
The SDC’s Skills for Life pilot project teaches vocational skills to refugees and residents of Kakuma, to enable them to work and earn a living. More than 580 young people were trained in phase one of this project, which was launched in 2013. Phase two began in summer 2016.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
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Kenya |
Migration and Development Education nothemedefined
Vocational training
Forced displacement (refugees, IDP, human trafficking)
Basic life skills
|
01.07.2016 - 31.08.2019 |
CHF 2’050’000 |
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DRC: Improve conditions of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants (mixed migrants) and capacities of relevant stakeholders in Libya, including local authorities and civil society
01.07.2016
- 30.06.2017
Fleeing persecution, violence and armed conflict, mixed migrant groups from Sub-Sahara and the Middle East continue to arrive in Libya despite a fragile protection environment. Due to the ongoing instability and the lack of a national protection system, they are highly vulnerable and risk abuse and detention. The project aims to foster a protective environment for mixed migrants in detention centers and camps in and around Tripoli through improved protection and humanitarian assistance.
