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19 August 2011, Development cooperation annual conference

What kinds of innovation have shaped the Confederation's development cooperation? What are the main innovations today in our cooperation with partner countries and organisations? How can development cooperation based on partnership help find solutions to new challenges?
Films of projects and videos of speeches, interviews and discussions

Média
Interview avec Martin Dahindern dans la "Tribune de Genève" sur le thème de l’innovation et sur l’aide au développement en général.
Gastkommentar von Martin Dahinden in der "NZZ" zum Thema "Klimaschutz: Handeln statt nur verhandeln".

Dossier: Innovation

Resources are increasingly scarce while the world's population continues to grow, particularly in the developing countries. Africa’s population will double by 2050. The resources that remain need to be used with ever greater efficiency so that more people can have access to health, education, employment and income. Development cooperation is essential in this context. In order to combat poverty cooperation between science and research, an innovative private sector and dynamic civil society organizations is increasingly important. The Swiss Development Cooperation Agency also needs to take an innovative approach to the major challenges.

Dossier

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14 innovative projects
Some concrete examples show how the SDC is breaking new ground in development cooperation with new partners, new areas of focus and new methods.

 Concrete examples


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Why is innovation needed?
Why is innovation needed in international cooperation? What kind of innovation is needed? How and where is the SDC innovative? SDC Director-General Martin Dahinden states the case.

  video interview


Additional Information and Documents

  • Un seul monde
    Disponible seulement en Suisse
    No. 3/2011 : Innovation - La créativité contre la pauvreté
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