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
Reduction.
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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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Bern, 15.5.2013 Media release |
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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
the focus of Switzerland and the international community as a whole. |
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A project in the spotlight
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Democracy building in Cambodia Local governance for Child Rights - Seth Koma The decades of war-like conflict and genocide have hit women and children particularly hard. Theprogramme entitled «Seth Koma» run by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) promotes the rights of women and children within the scope of a national reform initiative for democratization and decentralization. The project supports the creation of women's committees on the communal and district levels. The SDC has made a one-time lump sum contribution to the programme. |
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