Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Mission/Vision:

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is Switzerland's international cooperation agency within the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). In operating with other federal offices concerned, SDC is responsible for the overall coordination of development activities and cooperation with Eastern Europe, as well as for humanitarian aid.

What they do:

The Agency undertakes direct actions, supports programmes of multilateral organizations, and helps to finance programmes run by Swiss and international aid organizations in the following areas:

Bilateral and multilateral development cooperation
Humanitarian aid
Cooperation with Eastern Europe

Where they work:

Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Central America (Nicaragua, Honduras), Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan), Chad, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Gaza and Westbank, Great Lakes (Rwanda - Burundi - Democratic Republic of Congo), Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Kosovo, Liberia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mekong (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar), Moldova (Republic), Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, North Korea, Pakistan, Peru, Russian Federation/North Caucasus, Serbia, South Africa and southern Africa, Southern Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan), Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Ukraine.