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Enlargement contribution: Bilateral framework agreements with Bulgaria and Romania signed

The president of the Swiss Confederation, Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey, the Bulgarian Minister for EU Funds Management Tomislav Donchev, and the Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi, signed the bilateral framework agreements with Bulgaria and Romania on September 7, 2010.

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International Literacy Day
A Human Right – An Objective difficult to reach
In today’s world, one adult out of five is illiterate. On the occasion of International Literacy Day to be held on 8 September, UNESCO reminds us that literacy is a human right. In Burkina Faso, the SDC supports a rather original approach to basic education known as the Pedagogy of the Text.

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Switzerland increases aid
In several regions the SDC is launching projects for the disinfection and distribution of drinking water. About 250,000 people are expected to benefit from this.

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Conférence annuelle de la coopération suisse au développement - Bâle 20.08.2010
Voies d’accès à un système alimentaire mondial durable
Dans le cadre de la Conférence annuelle la Conseillère fédérale Micheline Calmy-Rey, le Secrétaire d’État Jean-Daniel Gerber, le Directeur de la DDC Martin Dahinden et différents intervenants suisses et étrangers ont examiné les problèmes liés à l’approvisionnement alimentaire et évoqué des pistes de solution.

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Agro-Enterprise Development in Lao PDR
Improving competitiveness for products in rural Lao
Government and non-government agencies in Laos are increasingly aware of the strategic role that agricultural marketing enterprises (agro-enterprises) and markets play in local economic development and poverty reduction. The Small-scale Agro-enterprise Development in the Uplands (SADU) project provides the necessary understanding and skills.

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Earthquake in Haiti: The activities of Humanitarian Aid in the disaster area
Answers to important questions on development cooperation

Dossier: Climate change
Dossier: Roma