Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Organisation O0170
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| Qualification | NRE Division |
| Contact details | SDC Freiburgstrasse 130 3003 Berne Switzerland Phone: +41 31 322 34 75 Fax: +41 31 324 13 48 E-mail: info@deza.admin.ch |
| Type of organisation | Development organisation |
| Organisation's interest | Development |
| Location | Switzerland |
| Learning Group member? | Yes |
Description
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is Switzerland’s international cooperation agency within the Swiss Foreign Ministry. Together with other federal offices, SDC is responsible for overall coordination of development activities and cooperation with Eastern Europe, as well as humanitarian aid.
The primary philosophy of SDC is to fight poverty through participatory programs, creating sustainable improvements in peoples’ lives by involving them in the process. Its main intentions are to improve access to education and basic health care, to promote environmental health, to encourage economic and governmental autonomy, and to improve equity in labour.
Projects
1. Programa para la Agricultura Sostenible en Laderas de America Central (PASOLAC): The PASOLAC programme promotes sustainable management of soil and water in order to contribute to the socio-economic development of smallholder farmers in the hillsides of Central America.
2. Indo Swiss Participative Watershed Development Project Karnataka (ISPWDK): The overall goal of ISPWDK is to reduce poverty and to enhance the choices and opportunities of the population in the project watershed areas of northern Karnataka through the restoration, improved management and sustainable use of natural resources.
3. Programma Manejo Integral de Cuencas (PROMIC): PROMIC contributes to the national development of its regions through the sustainable management and the socioeconomic valorisations of renewable natural resources.
4. Livelihoods, Empowerment & Agroforestry Project (LEAF): The purpose of the LEAF project is to contribute to poverty reduction of small and marginal farmers of the north-western part of Bangladesh through the development of human and institutional capacities and a better management of their resources – particularly land – along with an exploration of approaches to address extreme poverty.
Geographic coverage
Africa
Americas
Asia
Eastern Europe
People
Francois Droz
E-mail: francois.droz@deza.admin.ch
Web URL
http://www.sdc.admin.ch/
Related records below this one:
- Poverty-wellbeing.net (Link L0043)