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What are the new strategic orientations of Switzerland’s international cooperation? Which principles guide and which instruments are applied in Switzerland’s international cooperation?
Strategy 2013–2016
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Conference on disaster risk reduction
Switzerland is hosting the Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction from 19 to 23 May in Geneva.
It is being chaired by Martin Dahinden, Director-General of the SDC. Some 2500 participants are attending the conference, which is organised by UNISDR, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk
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First Arab rescue team with UN classification „heavy“ Swiss support for Jordan’s search and rescue team Jordan’s Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team is the first in the Arab world to achieve the UN classification “heavy” – thanks in part to Switzerland. SDC has been supporting Jordan’s civil defence for six years with technical expertise and training. Media release Cooperation Office Amman |
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Mali Speech of the state secretary: conference on Mali in Brussels, 15.5.2013 (fr)
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31 May 2013, Annual Conference of Swiss Cooperation with Eastern Europe Switzerland's enlargement contribution to the EU- significance, impact, opportunities At the next Annual Conference of Swiss Cooperation with Eastern Europe in Bern, the SDC and SECO will explain how the projects for the implementation of the enlargement contribution are progressing. We would like to invite you to see what we have achieved so far and the challenges that are facing us. |
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What will happen until 2015 – and beyond? Seeking new development and sustainability goals
On 5 April 2013, the countdown for the Millennium Development Goals has begun, signalling 1000 days until the final deadline expires in 2015. What will happen after that? This question is already in
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A project in the spotlight
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Water and microfinance: pioneering project in West Africa Microcredit: a way to ensure access to water and to generate revenues The rural populations in West Africa rarely have the means to invest in a water system. And yet small producers know that access to water would allow them to develop revenue-generating activities. In order to finance this type of installation in West Africa, the SDC has developed a pioneering project for microcredit. |
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