News
06.10.2011
Samuel Bon, born in Zurich in 1968, will take up his
position as CEO of Swisscontact in the headoffice in Zurich on October 10, 2011. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees made the decision unanimously.
Together with Samuel Bon and our Swisscontact-Germany-team we are looking forward to our continuous cooperation with you.
10.5.2011
Our Annual Report 2010 is now available!
It demonstrates with numerous examples of project activities in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, how Swisscontact empowers people to improve their living conditions and gradually free themselves from poverty.
For example, you can find more information in our new Annual Report about a young designer in Bolivia, a tailor in Mali or a small enterprise in Indonesia.
We wish you an inspiring and intresting reading!
11.03.2011
Swisscontact senior expert Prashant Rana is invited to share results and lessons learned from the M4P – (Make Markets Work 4 the Poor) Project ‘Katalyst’ in an USAID Seminar in Washington on Thursday, March 24th 2011. The approach of this Bangladeshi success story, primarily focused on agriculture, was broadened to include the Informational and Communication Technology (ICT) sector and media as well as healthcare. Mr. Rana will also inform about ‘Katalyst’ at a Credit Suisse seminar two days earlier in New York.
01.02.2011
The European Commission has invited Swisscontact to present its concepts and work at the recent EU Stakeholder Meeting “Technical and Vocational Education Training in Development Aid” that took place in Brussels on January the 25th. Representing several years of hands-on experience in TVET Projects, Swisscontact Country Director for Uganda Ralph Rothe, conducted a presentation on “Needs assessment in the informal sector” , which was met with great interest. Ralph Rothe also acted as chair of the session “Service delivery”.
14.12.2010
Our participation in the European Development Days in Brussels this year was profitable in many ways. Not only did we get the chance to establish new contacts and hold interesting conversations, especially the two events on ‘Enabling Factors for Private Sector Development’ and ‘M4P - Making Markets Work for the Poor’ which were co-organized and supported by Swisscontact Germany were met and followed with great interest. We would like to thank all visitors, partners and friends for their interest and support!
For pictures from the European Development Days 2010 please follow this link.
03.11.2010
This year, the 5th edition of the European Development Days (EDDs) will be held in Brussels from December 6-7. Co-organized by the European Commission this crucial forum brings together development actors from around the world to debate issues around international development cooperation.
You are cordially invited to attend the EDDs in Brussels, visit us at our stand in the Development Village and participate in our events.
For further information about our events please click here.
Information about the EDDS in general can be found here.
26.10.2010
We would like to express our appreciation to all our guests for sharing this evening with us, for all the warm words, congratulations and gifts. A special and nice surprise was the symbolic gift from Ulrike Gminder, representing Swisscontact Headquarters in Zurich. She handed over a “wheel of cheese”, wishing the team from Swisscontact Germany to move forward and prosper. Accompanied by good wine and delicious food we celebrated until late in the evening.
The exquisite dinner-buffet was kindly provided by the Swiss Consulate – thank you very much!
Click here to view impressions of the evening.
28.09.2010
Swisscontact Germany celebrates its 5th anniversary on October 21st 2010.
We will celebrate this event with our friends and partners who accompanied us during this time and were essential for the success of our work.
It is our pleasure to welcome Swiss Consul Rolf Schweizer to attend our celebration along with Swisscontact President Peter Grüschow, General Manager of Swisscontact Foundation Urs Egger and recently elected member of the foundation board Helmut Leitz.
11.08.2010
With 10 regional offices Swisscontact is well represented in Latin America. The fields of action in this region are manifold and cover the core areas of private sector development and vocational education and training as well as sustainable tourism and environmental protection.
If you are interested in additional information about our work or specific projects in South and Central America, our brochure 'Presence in Latin America' is offering a good overview.
08.07.2010
Only a few weeks ago, a new Swisscontact-Project focussing on vocational education and training has been launched in the Karamoja region in northern Uganda.
Judit Seid from Swisscontact Germany attended the launching of the project in Moroto, Karamoja. We were very pleased to welcome Jeannette Higham (responsible for the project at the EC Delegation in Uganda) and officially open the new project office with her.
For further information and impressions from Karamoja please follow this link.
21.06.2010
During 2009, Swisscontact South Africa furthered its mission of promoting private economic and social development through advisory services, training and continuing education. Significant progress could be achieved in all existing projects while a number of new ventures were initiated with the help of local and international partners.
For more information about the work of Swisscontact South Africa please follow this link:
31.05.2010
Mobile phones are a success story of bridging the rural digital divide, bringing tangible economic benefits and acting as agents of social mobilization through improved communication.
At an ‘e-agriculture.org’ forum, Swisscontact's Sabbir Ahmed and Mirza Farzana Halim of Katalyst reported about their experience with a farmer telephone helpline in Bangladesh.
Please follow this link to read the whole article.
03.05.2010
With more than 65.000 visitors this years spring trade fairs were a complete success.
Swisscontact Germany would also to thank all guests for their visit and all the interesting conversations that made our trade fair presence a real success. We are grateful for many new contacts and are looking forward to see everyone again at our next trade fair presence at the European Development Days in Brussels.
15.02.2010
Swisscontact Benin recently published its own website.
In Benin Swisscontact focuses on vocational education of youth in the area of handcraft (mechanics of moped, tailoring, hair-dressing, etc). These programmes intend to offer better chances to generate an own income and consequently a self-determined future. To get an overview and more information about the work of Swisscontact Benin please click here.
28.01.2010
Swisscontact joined the United Nations Global Compact. Founded by Kofi Annan in 2000, the UN Global Compact fosters sustainable and responsible business practices. Participating Companies commit to respect human rights, basic labour rights and environmental issues in their business practices as well as to fight corruption. Multilateral organizations and NGOs like Swisscontact contribute their unique knowledge to these purposes and share their experiences to learn how the private sector can contribute to a more equitable world and to the preservation of natural resources. More Information can be found here.
12.01.2010
Swisscontact in the News
The BBC reports on how people in Aceh (Indonesia) have successfully recovered from economic devastation five years after the tsunami. One of the featured entrepreneurs is a diving shop owner who facilitates the regrowing of destroyed corals just off the island of Sabang. Thanks to the financial support of Swisscontact he already restored an area of more than 500m2 of corals which now attracts tourists and scientists from around the world. Watch the Video here.
