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A number of short films provide an insight into the SDC’s mission

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Strategy 2013–2016
Four framework credits, one Message.

What are the new strategic orientations of Switzerland’s international cooperation? Which principles guide and which instruments are applied in Switzerland’s international cooperation?
Strategy 2013–2016

Global challenges

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Climate change, food and water crises as well as migration are topics of concern to all mankind in a globalised world. It is for this reason that SDC has developed Global Programs to meet these challenges and promotes globalization that favors development.

Objective
Global program objective, legitimation and mandate
Priorities
The thematic priorities and the modus operandi of the Global Programs

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Bundesrat Didier Burkhalter mit der chilenischen Umweltministerin Maria Ignacia Benitez und dem Präsident der Fundacion Chile bei der Lancierung des Projekts SuizAgua in Chile, 2.4.2012. (© EDA)

Chile, Peru and Colombia
Visit to South America of Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter
Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter is visiting South America from 2 to 8 April. He is scheduled to visit Chile, Peru and Colombia during this trip under the triple theme of “water, the economy and human security”.

Dossier


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Global Brief, March 2013
Forests to the rescue of climate and development
Forest preservation plays a vital role in the battle against climate change. Not only do forests act as vast carbon stocks but they also ward off soil erosion and regulate water cycles. This Global Brief shows that forests can only be managed sustainably if a balance is struck between the social, economic and environmental functions that these natural resources serve.

Global Brief


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27 March 2013
Federal Council publishes background report on commodities
The background report on commodities published by the Federal Council on 27 March 2013 highlights the economic importance of the commodities industry. It further shows that Switzerland already does a great deal to safeguard its competitiveness and its integrity as a business location and makes recommendations. 

Media release, report, dossier


Une mère donne à boire à son fils. (© UN/Unicef/ZAK)

31.10.2012: First Issue of the Global Brief
The Water footprint in the spotlight 
How are SDC’s global programs put into practice? With what results and added-value? The first issue of the Global Brief answers these questions, based on concrete experiences from the global program Water.    

 Global Brief


Highlights of the conference ‘Aid, Emerging Economies and Global Policies’
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Aid, Emerging Economies and Global Policies
Is it the role of cooperation agencies to combat climate change and confront other global challenges? What is the role that emerging economies are called to play in the global fight against poverty? These were but some of the themes that were discussed at the Conference co-organized by the SDC in Bern on 3 October 2012.

Video highlights of the Conference
Order the book L’aide bousculée on the same theme


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Land Governance
Securing land rights – a step toward eradicating hunger and poverty
Improving food security, particularly of vulnerable and marginalized people in developing countries, is the goal of recently adopted Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Land Tenure. The SDC supports the application of these Guidelines with a CHF 3 million grant for the next three years.

Dossier Land Governance
Article, 13.11.2012


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National Science Foundation and the SDC
Research Fund for Global Issues
The SDC and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) have jointly created a fund for research on global issues in and with developing and emerging countries. The Fund has been endowed with some CHF 100 million for its first eight years.

www.r4d.ch


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Sustainable Development
UN Rio+20 Conference and the SDC's commitment
The Rio+20 Summit in June 2012 will be another major milestone in the history of sustainable development. The SDC will contribute in two ways: participation at the Summit itself and involvement in projects which seek sustainable solutions that are sensitive to the needs of the poor. Priority areas include better food security, access to water, climate protection, disaster risk reduction and the protection of mountain regions.

Dossier
Briefing Paper «L'accent multilatérale» on the topic [de] [fr]


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Millennium Development Goals
Breakthrough in the fight against poverty and in gaining access to safe drinking water
The World Bank and the United Nations have good news: The number of people living in extreme poverty has halved since 1990 and, in the same period, an additional two billion people now have access to safe drinking water. With this, two Millennium Development Goals have been met before the 2015 deadline.

Article, 25.04.2012