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Activities of SDC in Armenia started with Humanitarian Assistance, including rescue operations and subsequent rehabilitation activities, after the devastating earthquake in 1988. SDC extended support to the most vulnerable local and refugee populations following the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, in cooperation with leading multilateral agencies (ICRC, WFP and UNHCR). Technical cooperation has been conducted since 1998.
Bilateral cooperation between Armenia and Switzerland is based on the Agreement between the Government of the Swiss Confederation and the Government of the Republic of Armenia concerning Technical, Financial and Humanitarian Cooperation signed in April 2004.
Swiss project assistance to Armenia is provided in the fields of Economic Development and Employment, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Recovery and Reconstruction.
Activities in the domain of Economic Development and Employment focus on rural market and value chain development and apply the so-called making markets work for the poor approach (M4P). Information on this approach is provided in the M4P Synthesis Paper or on the websites of the Springfield Centre for Business in Development or the M4P Network.
Swiss-funded rural development projects integrate and address main principles of Disaster Risk Reduction, as outlined in SDC’s DRR Guidelines.
The following core projects are currently implemented in Armenia (detail information on these projects will be available in September 2009):
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Livestock development in the Syunik region
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Sisain community development project
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Support to the Decentralised Disaster Response System
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Social Housing in a Supportive Environment in Goris |
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