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A number of short films provide an insight into the SDC’s mission
Cooperation with Eastern Europe
Portrait of an SDC employee in
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www.contribution-enlargement.admin.ch
Project applications for the contribution to EU enlargement
Applications for projects are carried out exclusively in the partner countries. Summary of the process of selecting project proposals and the awarding of a contract for supplies and services.
Project proposal selection and contract awarding procedures
What are the new strategic orientations of Switzerland’s international cooperation, and how is the budget broken down among them? Information on the funding earmarked and concrete examples can be
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Swiss cooperation with Eastern Europe
Through its cooperation with Eastern Europe, Switzerland is not only contributes to the reform process in the once Communist states of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, but is also investing in the stability and prosperity of those states which have acceded to the EU.
The traditional cooperation with Eastern Europe and the CIS (transition assistance) is used to support reforms in the former Communist states of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Approximately 70% of the financial and technical assistance is earmarked for southeast Europe, recipients of the remaining 30% are states of the former USSR. In all of these partner countries Switzerland has set up cooperation offices to manage its programmes.
With its enlargement contribution, Switzerland invests in the stability and prosperity of the enlarged European Union. Recipients of this support are the ten states that joined the EU on 1 May 2004: the former communist countries of Central Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) and the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), as well as Malta and Cyprus. Bulgaria and Romania, which acceded to the EU in 2007, also benefit from Switzerland’s enlargement contribution. The integration of new member states is an accomplishment of historic significance for the EU and Switzerland plays it part in this momentous process through its enlargement contribution. This commitment also strengthens relations with the EU, Switzerland’s most important foreign affairs’ partner.
| Mission of Swiss cooperation with Eastern Europe Objectives, principles and legal mandate |
Activities Thematic priorities and activities of Swiss cooperation with Eastern Europe |
| Implementation Operational implementation and focal areas of the implementing agencies |
Geographical focus Map and brief history of Swiss cooperation with Eastern Europe |
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Annual Report 2011 SECO/SDC on Switzerland's contribution to EU
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What Switzerland has accomplished The SDC‘s International Cooperation 2006–2010 For the first time, the SDC is publishing the results of its activities over a five-year period. This new general activity report illustrates eight thematic areas of SDC activity by presenting sample projects, the funds earmarked, and the contribution thus made to worldwide poverty reduction. |
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