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08.03.2010 - Press release
JOINT STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY
Gender Donor Coordination Group’s JOINT STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY with the Government and...   More>>
05.01.2010 - Press release
SDC partner launches campaign against domestic violence in Herat province
The Civil Society and Human Rights Network (CSHRN), one of the major implementing partners of the...   More>>
03.01.2010 - Press release
Civic education requires time and coordinated action
On the 17th and 18th of November 2009, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)...   More>>
21.10.2009 - Press release
Switzerland contributes to the establishment of a Human Rights Support Unit at the Ministry of Justice
The Government of Switzerland, through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in...   More>>
21.10.2009 - Press release
SDC to continue supporting the Government School Support Program (GSSP)
So far, the GSSP has supported over 200 schools, directly assisting the teaching and learning of...   More>>
21.10.2009 - Press release
Martin Epp: Afghanistan has always been my dream destination
Martin Epp will be replaced by Sylvaine Rieg as Program Director for the Swiss NGO, Helvetas, in...   More>>
01.08.2009 - Press release
The Afghan Civil Society Forum – watchdog for a better future
What in the Western world is a widely accepted principle, namely, that there can be no democracy...   More>>
15.04.2009 - Article
Helvetas wins an award for a watershed project in Afghanistan
Helvetas has won the 2009 international ReSource Award for sustainable watershed management....   More>>
14.01.2009 - Press release
Willi Graf joins the Swiss Cooperation Office Afghanistan as Country Director
Mr. Willi Graf has joined the Swiss Cooperation Office Kabul as the new Country Director. He...   More>>
10.01.2009 - Press release
Benoît Meyer-Bisch joins the Swiss Cooperation Office Kabul as Human Rights Advisor
Last November 2008, Mr. Benoît Meyer-Bisch, lawyer, joined the Swiss Cooperation Office Kabul as...   More>>
International
03.03.2010 - Press release
Official working visit to Bern of Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sujata Koirala
On 3 March, the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Mrs Micheline Calmy-Rey...   More>>
25.02.2010 - Press release
Population Survey on Development Policy: Development Cooperation deeply embedded
A clear majority of the Swiss population views development assistance as an effective strategy in...   More>>
18.02.2010 - Press release
Combating the Food Crisis is the primary Objective
At the Annual Media Conference held in Bern, the SDC acquainted the audience with the priority...   More>>
05.02.2010 - Press release
Federal Councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey to travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo and to Tanzania
Federal Councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey will travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo and to...   More>>
26.01.2010 - Article
Education for all: Progress has been made but efforts must be redoubled to meet the 2015 goal
A decade has passed since the international community adopted the goals of education for all...   More>>
21.01.2010 - Press release
Swiss aid to Haiti
A team from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA) was already on its way to Haiti within 10 hours...   More>>
23.12.2009 - Article
Copenhagen, a hard-won agreement but a financial commitment to the South
The Copenhagen climate conference of December 2009 ended on a bitter note. The minimal agreement...   More>>
01.12.2009 - Article
HIV/AIDS: Prevention continues to play a central part
The good news on World AIDS Day is that the number of new infections worldwide has fallen by 17...   More>>
30.11.2009 - Article
World Summit on Food Security, Rome, 16-18 November
While criticised by some Swiss media, the World Summit on Food Security, which took place in Rome...   More>>
27.11.2009 - Article
Divergent Impacts and imperiled social Gains
How has Central Asia fared in the aftermath of the financial crisis? The shock has left...   More>>
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