SDC The SDC up close – a look at current projects
The following presentations are exemplary samples of SDC work at the project level. It is a current selection from all areas of activity of the SDC and from all parts of the world. You
will find a list of all the SDC’s projects as from May 2012 in the navigation column on the left. You can find lists of previously approved projects on the websites of the cooperation
offices.
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Volunteer neighbourhood disaster relief workers in Morocco
Country / Region: Marocco
Theme: Emergency Assistance and Reconstruction
SDC department: Humanitarian Aid
In a country like Morocco, where the natural elements provoke serious incidents, prompt first-aid intervention is crucial in saving lives. To better manage these situations, some Moroccan towns have
deployed their own residents to back up their emergency services when a disaster occurs. The SDC supports this measure and is participating in the training of volunteer relief workers.
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Support for the first free elections after the fall of the Ben Ali
regime
Country / Region: Tunisia
Theme: Rule of Law and Democracy
SDC department: Humanitarian Aid
After 23 years of dictatorial rule under President Ben Ali, Tunisia held its first free elections on 23 October 2011. Switzerland, at Tunisia’s request, assisted with every stage of the election
process
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Assistance for 3'600 migrants who have fled Libya
Country / Region: Libya
Theme: Conflict prevention and transformation, Migration, Emergency Assistance and Reconstruction
SDC department: Humanitarian Aid
The lack of stability and the continuing violence led to the dramatic flight of some 140'000 citizens of third countries from Libya in the spring of 2011. Many of them ended up stranded in the
bordering regions of Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Chad, and Niger. Switzerland supported the International Organization for Migration with financial contributions and by seconding a humanitarian expert
with the aim of bringing the stranded persons back to their home countries as rapidly as possible.
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Ensuring decent basic care and psychological support for illegal migrants in
Morocco
Country / Region: Marocco
Theme: Health, Education, Migration
SDC department: Humanitarian Aid
Morocco, originally a country of transit for people south of the Sahara heading for Europe has in recent years become an immigration country. Due to the strict controls at Europe’s borders Morocco is
now the end of the road for many migrants. The centre run by Caritas offers psychological support, decent basic care and lobbies for the social and institutional integration of the migrants
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Radio
Gafsa: From state broadcaster to public service
Country / Region: Tunisia
Theme: Education, Rule of Law and Democracy, Conflict prevention and transformation
SDC department: Regional Cooperation
Until recently closely controlled by the state, the media in Tunisia lack the expertise and experience to perform their important role in the transition towards democracy. The SDC is supporting a
project by the Fondation hirondelle to transform the state regional broadcaster Radio Gafsa into a professional public information channel.
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Boosting employment opportunities in Egypt’s aquaculture sector
Country / Region: Egypt
Theme: Agriculture and Rural development, Climate change and Environment, Employment and the economy, Conflict prevention and transformation
SDC department: Regional Cooperation
In a bid to help alleviate poverty, the WorldFish project seeks to create 10'000 aquaculture jobs in five governorates of Egypt. These efforts should generate greater profits by focusing on the
farming of higher-yield fish species, better feed, and the reuse of breeding ponds during the winter months for agricultural purposes.
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Reform of the security forces as part of the transition to democracy in North
Africa
Country / Region: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Marocco
Theme: Rule of Law and Democracy, Conflict prevention and transformation, Governance
SDC department: Regional Cooperation
The uprisings in North Africa at the beginning of 2011 were directed to a considerable extent against the security forces on which the dictatorial regimes of Egypt, Libya and Tunisia have relied for
decades. There is an urgent need for reorientation of the armed forces of the state to ensure a successful democratic transition.
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Job
creation in disadvantaged regions of Tunisia
Country / Region: Tunisia
Theme: Employment and the economy
SDC department: Humanitarian Aid
The I-SEMER project (Swiss initiative for jobs and rural SMEs) aims to create 10,000 jobs for young people in four disadvantaged governorates [wilayat] of Tunisia within a period of three years.
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