Proyectos

Swiss Contribution to the High-Level Panel on IDPs – Office of the Special Adviser for Solutions to Internal Displacement

01.07.2022 - 30.06.2024

In 2022, internal displacement has reached an all-time high of 59.1 million people. Following the report of the High Level Panel on Internal Displacement (the Panel) in 2019, the UNSG issued an Action Agenda featuring concrete follow-up commitments by UN system entities as well as calls on other key stakeholders, including Member States and International Financial Institutions to step up efforts to advance solutions to internal displacement. In order to oversee this process bringing together humanitarian, development and peace actors, a Special Adviser on Solutions to internal displacement was appointed. The Swiss contribution to the Office of the Special Adviser (OSA) builds on its contribution to the Panel’s work, thus linking Switzerland’s engagement at country, regional and global level.

HoA, Culture for Peace

01.07.2022 - 30.11.2028

The Culture for Peace (C4P) Programme in the Horn of Africa (HoA), seeks to safeguard cultural heritage while fostering economic opportunities in the region. The initiative supports local cultural entities, enhancing livelihoods through market-driven interventions by working with the youth, women and marginalized groups. By preserving both tangible and intangible cultural heritage, Switzerland contributes to improved social cohesion thus contributing to peace and stability across the region.

SME Hub - Connecting Private Service Providers, Public Agencies and SMEs

01.07.2022 - 30.09.2036

In order to grow and create more and better jobs and higher incomes for their workforce, Serbian manufacturing companies urgently need to raise productivity. The most productive ones are those that manage to access the supply chains of large, export-oriented corporations. By partnering with the private sector, Switzerland aims to bundle and connect the so-far fragmented services and subsidies of relevant private and public actors into an accessible offer tailor-made to the needs of SMEs- the SME Hub.

Education for Employment

01.07.2022 - 30.06.2026

The project addresses the high youth unemployment rate in North Macedonia (33%), caused by the mismatch of the skills provided by the education system and those required by the economy. The project will support the Ministry of Education and Science and the private sector to strengthen the newly established dual school- and company-based vocational education and training system.

ASEAN/AHA Centre: Capacity Development

01.07.2022 - 30.06.2024

With this contribution, SDC continues to support the institutional and capacity development of ASEAN/AHA Centre to become a regional disaster management hub, thereby strengthening the ASEAN-Switzerland Sectoral Dialogue Partnership in the Practical Cooperation Area on “Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance”, and implementing the Memorandum of Intent agreed on 1st August 2019 between Switzerland and the AHA Centre.

Inclusive and accountable governance

01.07.2022 - 31.07.2026

Switzerland has been supporting inclusive politics in Somalia since 2018. Much has been achieved but additional efforts are needed to address the contentious political settlement issues through an inclusive and accountable process. Through support to the UN, think tanks and the Somali NGO Consortium, Switzerland contributes to enhancing inclusive state-society relations, gradually leading to power and resource sharing agreements that are more responsive to the needs of citizens and contributing to peace and stability.

Appui à l’opérationnalisation de la stratégie nationale de lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes en Tunisie

30.06.2022 - 30.06.2025

Le projet propose d’appuyer le ministère de la Femme tunisien (MF) dans l’opérationnalisation de la « stratégie nationale de lutte contre les violences à l’encontre des femmes (SLVF) » par la mise en place d’une coordination institutionnalisée entre acteurs publics et la société civile et l’amélioration du mécanisme d’orientation et prise en charge des victimes. Des activités de réflexions, de concertation, de renforcement de capacités, d’étude, de communication, de benchmark, de plaidoyer et de sensibilisation seront mises en oeuvre par Euromed Rights.

OCHA Myanmar Humanitarian Fund (MHF)

24.06.2022 - 31.12.2025

With this contribution, Switzerland helps to ensure that crisis-affected/vulnerable women, men and children receive timely, targeted and life-saving assistance. The number of persons in need of immediate humanitarian relief assistance has been growing rapidly in Myanmar. The Myanmar Humanitarian Fund strives to rapidly respond to those new emergency needs, thanks to a good global overview of the needs and a logic of accessing hard to reach areas and neglected zones.

Afghanistan: IFRC Emergency Appeal 2022

24.06.2022 - 31.12.2023

In the aftermath of the earthquake of 22 June 2022, the IFRC Secretariat revised its Emergency Appeal up to CHF 90 million, which will enable to scale up its humanitarian assistance especially in the earthquake impacted areas as well as to implement interventions that bridge to development in Afghanistan.

Sumy Agricultural University Dormitory Renovation

20.06.2022 - 30.09.2022

Like other northern towns in the early days of the war, Sumy city was affected by heavy shelling by Russian forces. Student dormitories of Sumy National Agricultural University were badly damaged by a cluster bomb. In order to maintain the University’s functionality as a place of learning of national excellence, this project seeks to renovate 241 student home places in time for the return to learning-in-presence in September 2022.

Restoration of essential WASH infrastructure

20.06.2022 - 31.12.2023

Large parts of the Ukrainian territory in the North of the country have been occupied by Russian Forces during several weeks and re-taken in April by the Ukrainian army and made destruction visible and accessible. The direct action will provide specific equipment and repair, as well as coordination capacities for urban and rural Vodakanals in the two oblasts of Chernihiv and Sumy.

WASH and livelihoods contributing to durable solutions for vulnerable, displacement-affected women, men, girls, and boys in Diyala and Kirkuk, Iraq

15.06.2022 - 14.06.2024

To facilitate durable solutions for conflict-affected persons in Kirkuk and Diyala, Oxfam in partnership with national NGOs will meet urgent WASH and livelihood needs and at the same time strengthen community resilience and socio-economic development. This will be achieved through an area-based, cross-sectoral intervention that pairs the delivery of WASH and livelihood activities with capacity building, advocacy, and policy work with local authorities and community committees.