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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AFM and MFM Microscopy for Nanoscale Properties of Functional Materials
01.11.2010
- 31.12.2013
With this project Switzerland would strengthen the Estonian Research and Development sector by providing equipment, which is needed for qualitative materials research as well as by promoting Swiss know – how (EMPA and NanoScan equipment).
Project completed
Direct Action – DRR School Rehabilitation in South Lebanon
01.11.2010
- 31.12.2014
Project completed
Empowering Women's Leadership
01.11.2010
- 30.11.2015
Project completed
Rural Development in the districts Barda, Tartar and Agdam
01.11.2010
- 31.10.2013
Aider les petits paysans des districts ruraux pauvres du centre de l’Azerbaïdjan – Barda, Tartar et Adam – à tirer un revenu sûr de la culture des fruits et légumes. Mise en œuvre: L’organisation responsable est Oxfam Great Britain. Le projet se concentre sur la culture des fraises et des oignons blancs et jaunes. La culture des fraises peut être profitable même dans les petits jardins. Les oignons jaunes sont une culture azérie traditionnelle; la variété blanche sera cultivée par plus de 300 paysans et paysannes grâce à l’intérêt déclaré d’une société internationale d’alimentation.
Project completed
BUAS Bern Univ Green Building China Project
01.11.2010
- 31.12.2011
Project completed
Advancing Land Use Rights
01.11.2010
- 30.04.2014
Project completed
UN-Habitat and UNDP: Building Structures to Deliver Basic Urban Services to Palestine Refugees Living in “Adjacent Areas”
16.10.2010
- 30.10.2015
Project completed
Research on pain sensation, HU Academy of Science
15.10.2010
- 30.04.2016
The Project investigates in detail the signalling of endocannabinoids in the spinal cord, with the aim of better understanding their roles in chronic pain and with the potential to find more specific phar-macological interventions with less side effects.
Project completed
Energy harvesting and photocatalysis, University of Szeged
15.10.2010
- 30.04.2016
The goal is to increase the yield of photochemical energy conversion by a multidisciplinary approach, assuring conditions for later product-oriented developments.
Project completed
Development of tools to help the visually impaired
15.10.2010
- 30.10.2015
The project developed portable cell-phone-based apps for visual recognition. This tool shall help blind people in every-day life. An additional project component explored the possibility how to restore eyesight through optogenetic technologies in combination with bionic vision enhancement. Cooperating with the Swiss Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, the research project gave opportunities for important scientific exchange.
Project completed
Initiatives to enable 1200 children in Mali to return to school
15.10.2010
- 31.12.2014
Literacy classes, technical training, adapted teaching aids and material: the key mission of the SDC project to support the return to non-formal education is to provide 9- to 15-year-olds in Mali with access to primary education or vocational training.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Mali |
Education Other
Basic life skills
Primary education
|
15.10.2010 - 31.12.2014 |
CHF 4’850’000 |
Project completed
Increasing fire safety in Estonia
15.10.2010
- 31.08.2014
The project aims at increasing the fire safety of 24-hour social welfare and health care institutions, which are over 200 nursing homes and hospitals. To achieve this goal the fire safety requirements for these buildings are prepared, manuals drafted and the staff of these establishments is trained.
