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Regional Cooperation
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What are the new strategic orientations of Switzerland’s international cooperation, and how is the budget broken down among them? Information on the funding earmarked and concrete examples can be
found in this dossier:
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Development cooperation with the South
The SDC's bilateral development cooperation activities aim to lay the material and human foundations to enable its priority countries to carry out sustainable development processes on their own. These activities are thus considered to be of a long-term, subsidiary nature. In addition to its traditional project work, the SDC is increasingly devoting its efforts to country programs fostering favorable general conditions (e.g. in the judicial system, in government leadership and democracy, human rights, peace, security).
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Asia Maxi Project for Micro-Insurance for Small Farmers On the margins of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, SDC Director-General Martin Dahinden held a meeting on 26 January 2012 with representatives of the AllianzRe insurance company for an exchange on a joint project to provide millions of rice farmers in Asia with enhanced security against crop losses. Thanks to vanguard technology, a substantial improvement is to be made in forecasting crop yields, there by enabling smallholders to conclude micro-insurance policies. |
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What Switzerland has accomplished The SDC‘s International Cooperation 2006–2010 For the first time, the SDC is publishing the results of its activities over a five-year period. This new general activity report illustrates eight thematic areas of SDC activity by presenting sample projects, the funds earmarked, and the contribution thus made to worldwide poverty reduction. |
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Low-cost, eco-friendly building materials Premio internacional para instituto cubano apoyado por la COSUDE The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) has awarded a prize to the CIDEM Research Institute of Las Villas University, Cuba, for its contribution to the manufacture of eco-friendly building materials. The Institute has for many years benefited from SDC support. The Scroll of Honour was presented on World Habitat Day (3 October), in Mexico. |
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19 August 2011, SDC annual conference |
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Asia / Latin / Africa Brief |