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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International Land Coalition (ILC), Core contribution
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2027
Equitable land rights are key to sustainable and resilient food systems. The International Land Coa-lition (ILC) is a global network of organisations working on people centred land governance in over 85 countries. ILC's vision is a world where everyone has secure access to land and natural resources. ILC, including through its 35 national land coalitions, promotes many Swiss interests, such as peace-ful and democratic societies, and addresses growing inequalities – including gender inequalities.
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UNFPA Core Contribution 2025
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2025
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) works to address questions related to population and development, with an emphasis on sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, and youth. UNFPA is the only multilateral organization, which is engaged on a normative and operational level in promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights as well as gender equality and women’s
empowerment. It is therefore a key partner for Switzerland to ensure progress on these joint priorities.
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UN WOMEN Core Contribution 2025
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2025
UN Women is the UN entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. It was established to accelerate progress on meeting needs of women and girls worldwide. It coordinates and promotes the UN system’s work in advancing gender equality linked to the 2030 Agenda. UN Women is a key partner of Switzerland in ensuring progress on gender equality and SDG 5, a key objective of Switzerland’s strategies 2024-2027 on Foreign Policy and 2025-2028 on International Cooperation.
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UNICEF Core Contribution 2025
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2025
UNICEF is one of Switzerland's key partners to achieve the Swiss strategic priorities in education, health and child protection in both development and humanitarian contexts. Switzerland has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which guides UNICEF’s universal mandate. As one of the UN’s largest agencies, UNICEF plays a leading role in the United Nations Development System (UNDS) Reform to more effectively deliver results for children as part of the 2030 Agenda.
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Sudan crisis, Egypt Emergency Response, UNHCR Regional Refugee Response Plan, January 2025 – December 2025
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2025
This contribution aims at supporting the Regional Refugee Response Plan and Government of Egypt’s combined efforts to respond to the arrival of refugees in the aftermath of the outbreak of conflict on the 15.4.2023 in Sudan. UNHCR’s emergency response focuses on the identification and reception of the most vulnerable new arrivals at prioritized points of entry, with the provision of life-saving support and specialized protection services.
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Additional Allocation of SDC Funding (Africa Division) in 2025 to ICRC Operations in South Sudan
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2025
SDC funding to ICRC operations allows the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to respond proactively and to provide immediate protection and assistance for people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence. 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.
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UNDP Core Contribution 2025
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2025
UNDP’s key priorities – poverty eradication, accompanying countries in their pathways towards the Sustainable Development Goals, crisis response, governance and gender equality – are in line with the Swiss strategic priorities outlined in its International Cooperation Strategy. Switzerland also guides UNDP’s organisational effectiveness and transparency, along with other Member States.
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Additional Allocation of SDC Funding (Africa Division) in 2025 to ICRC Operations in DRC
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2025
SDC funding to ICRC operations allows the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to respond proactively and to provide immediate protection and assistance for people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence. 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.
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Extraordinary Additional Allocation of SDC Funding (Africa Division) in 2025 to ICRC Operations in DRC, Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2025
SDC funding to ICRC operations allows the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to respond proactively and to provide immediate protection and assistance for people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence. 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.
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Support RC Trust Fund 2025
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2025
Since 2019 the Resident Coordinator (RC) system has contributed to a better coordinated, more effective and efficient UN development system (UNDS) that delivers on the SDGs. As an indispensable pillar of the UNDS reform, the RC system relies on predictable and sustainable funding. With this intervention, Switzerland contributes to this goal.
Strengthening SDC engagement for the priority theme Protection (2025 – 2028)
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2028
Protection is one of the four priority areas of SDC’s Humanitarian Aid in line with the International Cooperation Strategy 2025-2028. To reduce the Protection risks of vulnerable people, this project will improve both the prevention of violations and the response thereto. It will do so by championing International Humanitarian Law, capacitating Protection-mandated partners to deliver safe, accountable and inclusive services, and by supporting humanitarian actors and the humanitarian system to ensure all humanitarian action enhances the safety and security of affected populations.
Kernbeitrag an éducation21 2025-2028
01.01.2025
- 31.12.2026
In der Schweiz wird Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in einem whole-of-government Ansatz und ganzheitlichen Bildungskonzept das die soziale, ökonomische und ökologische Dimension vereint, gefördert. Als dafür geschaffenes nationales Kompetenzzentrum unterstützt die Stiftung éducation21 im Auftrag des Bundes, der Kantone und der Zivilgesellschaft die Umsetzung von Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der obligatorischen Schule und auf Sekundarstufe II.
