Contributions to WFP protracted crises Country Strategic Plans in 2024
01.01.2024
- 31.12.2024
The World Food Programme (WFP) is one of Switzerland’s key multilateral partners due to its unique double mandate of "saving lives" and "changing lives" around food security. The WFP Strategic Plan 2022-2025 lays out the overall objectives in order to eradicate hunger. Contributing to WFP programmes in selected countries with protracted humanitarian needs allows Switzerland to achieve the humanitarian and development goals defined in its Strategy on International Cooperation for 2021-2024.
Contributions 2024 to ICRC Country Programs in protracted crises
01.01.2024
- 31.12.2024
The ICRC is the most important partner of SDC in the humanitarian field. About one third of the SDC Humanitarian Aid budget is allocated to the ICRC. The contribution of CHF 56 million to ICRC country programs reflects Switzerland’s interest to have a strong ICRC throughout the world and to contribute to alleviate the suffering of people affected by conflicts.
Colombia: MIRE+, Assistance to Victims of Violence
01.10.2023
- 31.07.2025
The humanitarian crisis in Colombia continues despite growing efforts towards peace. Armed groups fighting for territory and valuable natural resources inflict extreme harm on rural and ethnic communities. In line with the Swiss interest to respond to humanitarian crises, SDC remains dedicated to supporting these communities, enhancing their individual and collective resilience. The project integrates humanitarian action with a developmental and peace orientation (nexus).
JPOs4UN Programme 2023-2028
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2028
The JPOs4UN programme aims at increasing the presence of Switzerland in the UN by augmenting the number of Swiss nationals working in SDC priority UN organizations. Switzerland directly funds partner humanitarian UN organizations to hire 11 Swiss young professionals on a three-year Junior Programme Officer contract; the Swiss foundation CINFO provides administrative support and career counselling. Swiss nationals add to a qualified and diverse UN workforce to implement the Agenda 2030.
Regional Protection and Migration Programme
01.05.2022
- 15.11.2025
Latin America faces the second largest forced displacement crisis in the world with 7.1 million people forcibly displaced from Venezuela, Central America, the Caribbean and other continents. 6.2 million more are displaced in their own country. Persons in human mobility need protection against gender-based violence, exploitation and exclusion. In Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, Switzerland addresses causes and consequences of displacement, providing aid, striving for integration and supporting actors to protect the most vulnerable.
Programa de Acción Integral Contra Minas Fase 1: 2021-2025
01.07.2021
- 30.06.2025
Suiza seguirá apoyando los esfuerzos que adelanta Colombia para cumplir con la Convención de Ottawa y lograr un país libre de minas en 2025, contribuyendo así a la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz y al cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030. El Programa de Acción Integral Contra Minas de Suiza en Colombia –cuya primera fase se encuentra en ejecución- contribuirá a la protección y recuperación socioeconómica de sobrevivientes y comunidades afectadas por minas antipersonal; en coordinación con la Oficina del Alto Comisionado para la Paz (OACP), otras autoridades y donantes. Además, apuntará a cambios sostenibles mediante el fortalecimiento de la capacidad del Sector (con énfasis en la apropiación nacional y la agenda de localización) para implementar el Plan Estratégico de Acción Contra Minas de Colombia 2020-2025.
El Agua Nos Une – Decisiones basadas en evidencia
01.01.2021
- 31.03.2026
Con el programa El Agua Nos Une, la cooperación suiza, se centra en fortalecer las decisiones basadas en evidencia para una mejor gobernanza del agua, en 4 países de América Latina. Contemple un cambio sistémico hacia la eficiencia en la Gestión Corporativa del Agua y la mitigación de la contaminación, movilizando a partes interesadas y las inversiones en la preservación de ecosistemas; contribuyendo a una sociedad más equitativa y a un uso responsable del agua. Este programa cuenta con una experiencia, de más de una década, potenciando el compromiso del sector privado y el empoderamiento de las instituciones públicas.
Nature Finance 2.0
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2026
The Nature Finance 2.0 project aims to enhance commercial banks and regulators' capacity to manage natural capital risks and opportunities. These institutions in turn set the market conditions for the ‘real economy’ sectors that they finance or regulate, shifting incentives toward sustainability.
City Resilience Program, Phase II
01.12.2022
- 31.12.2027
The City Resilience Program scales up the resilience of cities against adverse impacts of disasters and climate change. It does so by supporting risk-informed und multisector planning efforts, identify suitable interventions and investments that enhance the resilience of cities, and supports their bankability and access multiple financing sources.
Global Quality and Standards Programme (GQSP), Phase II
01.11.2022
- 31.10.2027
The Global Quality and Standard Programme (GQSP) Phase II facilitates market access by improving capacities of SMEs to comply with quality and compliance requirements in destination markets.
IDB Amazon MDTF
01.10.2022
- 30.09.2026
The IDBs Amazon Bioeconomy and Forest Management Multidonor Trust Fund is dedicated to protect the amazon forest and to sustainably empowering its communities.
Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa, Phase II
01.07.2022
- 30.06.2026
Phase II of SECO’s support to SWISSCO focuses on leveraging the resources of all supply chain partners with the aim of effectively implementing SWISSCO’s Roadmap 2030, addressing key SDG themes such as farmers’ income, child labour, deforestation-free and climate-friendly production, transparency and traceability, innovation, and gender equality.
