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Speech by Federal Councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey
Social Partnership is key to a sustainable economy
Social partnership enjoys a long tradition in Switzerland. The current financial and economic crisis shows that a free market economy requires clear and strict framework conditions, and social partnership is vested with a crucial role in their configuration. Cooperation with Eastern Europe helps to enable this dialogue to take place.

Speech

ICIMOD Annual Meeting in Chengdu/China, 19 and 20 November 2009
Switzerland takes over the Chair of the ICIMOD “International Support Group”
On the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in China, Switzerland assumed the Chairmanship of the Centre’s International Support Group and, in so doing, took over as representative of the donors on the Board of Governors of this international Organization active in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas.

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Africa Factbook 2009
Combating hunger and poverty without depleting Earth’s resources
If Africa is to make long-term advances in human development, it will need to find approaches that work with Earth’s ecological limitations. This is a key finding of the Africa Factbook 2009, produced by the Global Footprint Network with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

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Bosnia and Herzegovina
SDC project as a model for health reform
Thanks to a model Swiss project, more patients in Bosnia receive inexpensive access to careful diagnosis and treatment. In conjunction with the Bosnian government, SDC experts are training specialists in family medicine. The partnership between Swiss and local institutions is a boost for the Bosnian health services.

The project in brief