Projects

Good financial governance – accountability and mobilisation of state revenue

01.02.2015 - 31.07.2020

The project will address the challenge of efficient allocation of resources and lack of accountability in the financial management of public bodies. It plans to do so by improving external and internal audits, increasing local revenue mobilisation and strengthening local government-citizen dialogue on transparency and accountability issues. The project will be implemented by the GIZ and is funded by the European Union, Germany and Switzerland.

Knowledge management and reporting on the Post-2015 Agenda

01.02.2015 - 31.03.2017

Through support to the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s (IISD) reporting services that are targeted to the Post-2015 processes, SDC will contribute to ensuring a transparent and participative process for an ambitious Post-2015 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

WASH Programme

01.02.2015 - 31.03.2017

The integrated and holistic approach that this programme takes to water is designed to address sanitational and health issues, and establish linkages between wastewater and agriculture. In this, the project keeps a focus on the basic humanitarian need of access  to WASH services through capacity building and construction of infrastructure. Most of the activities will be implemented in the provinces of Kangwon, North and South Hangwhae in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Backstopping Mandate for Water

01.02.2015 - 31.05.2018

The backstopping mandate (BSM) for water contributes to the improved sustainability of SDC’s and its partners’ interventions in the water sector. It complements SDC’s internal capacities and competencies and empowers key stakeholders. The BSM for water mainly supports the Global Programme Water Initiatives (GPWI), and its work is thus aligned on its 2013-2017 strategic framework.

Switzerland’s Financial Support to the Programme of Work and Budget of the OECD Development Centre for the Biennium 2015-2016

01.01.2015 - 31.12.2016

Partenariats pour l’exercice d’une gouvernance appropriée

01.01.2015 - 31.03.2019

Tirant les leçons de la crise de 2012-2013, le Mali veut se reconstruire à partir de ses régions en valorisant les diversités géographiques et sociales dans un pays uni. Dans cette démarche, la Suisse soutient les Conseils régionaux de Tombouctou et Mopti pour promouvoir l’économie des territoires d’une part et, d’autre part,  pour renforcer la société civile et les autorités traditionnelles en matière de redevabilité et de transparence. Ce programme est une mise à l’échelle des acquis du portefeuille gestion publique locale de la DDC à Sikasso. 

WFP - Food Aid Swiss Dairy Products (Algeria)

01.01.2015 - 31.12.2017

Through the usage of food aid in the form of Swiss dairy products, Swiss Humanitarian Aid contributes to the prevention and treatment of malnutrition, undernourishment, and disease. The SDC’s Humanitarian Aid administers the credit granted by parliament for a yearly amount of some CHF 20 million destined for the purchase of Swiss dairy products and their use for the benefit of the needy. Its task is to ensure a sustainable, targeted, and closely monitored food aid.

Allocation (Cereals) of SDC Funding to WFP Operations in 2015

01.01.2015 - 31.12.2015

In line with the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) principles, Switzerland recognizes the necessity of predictable and flexible funding to respond to changing needs in humanitarian crises. SDC funding to WFP operations allows the World Food Programme (WFP) to respond proactively and to provide immediate food assistance in life-threatening situations.

Sustainable Artisanal Mining

01.01.2015 - 31.12.2019

With the boom in the informal mining sector at the start of the 2000s, the Mongolian government, with support from the SDC, launched a project for sustainable artisanal mining in 2005. The project’s aim is to formalise and legalise these activities while developing the capacities of the miners.

Research for Action

01.01.2015 - 31.12.2017

Access to safe water and sanitation is a human right, essential for poverty reduction, health, economic development and a life in dignity. The Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (Sandec) and the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) are long-term strategic partners of SDC, working towards universal access to water and sanitation on the global level, with a focus on the poor and marginalized, through applied research, transformative innovations, documentation of best practices, capacity development and networking.

Contribution to Swiss DRR NGO Platform, Beitrag 2015-2016

01.01.2015 - 31.12.2016

The Swiss NGO DRR Platform is a network of NGO professionals dedicated to increase the resilience of women and  men, communities and governments in all aspects of DRR and ACC. The Platform focuses on  three core tasks (capacity building, technical advice and advocacy).  

AfDB - SDC Partnership on enhancing the Bank’s fragility and conflict sensitivity

01.01.2015 - 31.12.2022

Based on its Ten-year Strategy, the Bank will strengthen its engagement in fragile and conflict affected coun­tries/situations which is also a priority in Switzerland’s development bill 2013-16. This partnership will assist the Bank in building the necessary capacities and instruments to translate fragility concepts and approaches into more effective operations on the ground.  Other outcomes will be a new diagnostic tool “Country Resil­ience and Fragility Assessment (CRFA)” and strengthened capacities in the Bank and in 30 African countries.