Our Development Programme: Development through innovative solutions     

Within the Development Programme, similar approaches are implemented in various countries. Project teams develop successful solutions, methods, and innovations through regular exchange and adapt these to the local context. Thus, we are implementing global best practices on the local level, comparing solutions in different country contexts and developing them further.

We have made significant progress over the period 2021-2024 in the face of growing global tensions and challenges. Despite worldwide political unrest and its impact on the economy and the humanitarian situation, our competent partners and project teams have demonstrated persistence and commitment. In the last four years, we have reached 5 million people. The phase 2021-2024 stood as a testament to the ability to respond to difficulties and achieve positive results. Our Development Programme was able to achieve overwhelming success thanks to the continuous support and remarkable commitment of our partners, which testify to their amazing ability to work constructively and effectively even under difficult conditions. The results underline the immense potential of the Development Programme, allowing us to look forward with confidence to the future. 

Strategic Focus

Vocational Education and Employability

Access to quality education is crucial for marginalised individuals to position themselves in the job market. Our activities are aimed at supporting these groups by providing them with skills that enable them to secure profitable jobs or start their own businesses.

Enterprise & Productivity

Swisscontact enhances the productivity of established and emerging micro, small, and medium-scale farms and businesses. We aim at increasing their competitiveness and generating greater additional net income as well as creating job opportunities.

Teaching, training, empowering

Rooted in a private-sector mindset and approach, we act as a facilitator and trainer for our local partners, be they state, private, or civil society actors.

For their part, our partners create an enabling environment for disadvantaged women and men for them to be able to escape poverty through their own efforts. That means Swisscontact is empowering local actors, thereby strengthening their sense of ownership and personal responsibility. 

Financing 

The projects constitute a part of Swisscontact’s Development Programme.  The Swiss Agency of Development and Cooperation (SDC) under the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) will only contribute financially if the project costs are not completely covered by other partner financing. The SDC commits to covering up to 27% of the costs of the entire Development Programme.

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