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Regional F2F Asia - Bangkok 2024
DC dVET Barcamp - Development of sustainable VET concepts along the entire supply chain
SDC - Scale Up Social and Impact Entrepreneurship Call for Concepts
Podcast Empower! - New Episode on Gender Lens Investing with Jessica Espinoza
The Inclusive Economy Open Mic by E+E Section
SCBF - new projects
SCBF - Knowledge and insights
SCBF - some interesting highlights
Inclusive Green Economy
SDC only: Free support by external experts
Enhancing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Investments (3Ei) in Cambodia
SFUVET Course - Skills in Switzerland: Exploring Apprenticeship Excellence
DC dVET Barcamp - Impact of Greening VET: Measuring its Effects and Justice Implications
Vocational Education in Ukraine Sustained Through Business Partnerships
National Seminar on Promoting and Ensuring Permeability in the Education System of Nepal
Inter-Learning Dialogue in the field of Labor Competences Development among Nepal, Bolivia and Colombia
Webinar Interlinking BE and VSD: The role of vocational orientation and career guidance
SDC joins with a renowned Swiss Conglomerate in Sri Lanka to offer skills for youth
Livestock farming to address unemployment and labor emigration issues in Armenia
DC dVET Webinar & Expert Consultation on GESI in Dual VET
DC dVET BarCamp: The role of the business sector in dual VET for a just green transition
Register for the LELAM International TVET Conference, 4-5 April 2024, ETH Zurich
SDC - Call for proposals - Scaling up Social and Impact Entrepreneurships
Podcast Empower! - New Episode on Engaging Men and Boys in Women’s and Girls’ Protection and Empowerment
New SDC Empower! Podcast Episode on Engaging Men
Human Rights and Responsible Business Conduct
Relive the 2023 Building Bridges Summit
Capitalisation of Systemic VSD in Latin America
SDC only: Economy and Education Networks Mentorship Programme
There’s Nothing Micro About a Billion Women
There’s Nothing Micro About A Billion Women- November 28th
Page on Gender Scaling Financing Facility - GSFF is online!
Report Published on Key Takeaways from EnDev’s Social Impact Incentives (SIINC) Off-Grid Energy Pilot
Podcast Empower! - New episode on building trust to expand access to finance for Syrian women refugees in Jordan
Join the DC dVET BarCamp: Laying the ground for a holistic approach for dual VET in the just green transition
Guidance Sheet: Productivity indicators are no proxy for target group’s well-being
Unemployment, more work to be done. A slide deck on how to do that.
SCBF - New projects: Building resilience through climate, life and health insurance; digital finance and financial education
SCBF - Knowledge & insights
SCBF- some interesting highlights
Capitalisation of systemic VSD in Latin America and the Caribbean
Savings and Credit Forum "Empowering People through Digital Financial Services"
COVID-19 fund supports Nepalese economy
PSE Evaluation
Building Bridges: Aligning Finance with Sustainability
Updated Working Aid on Economic and Financial Analyses for VSD projects
SDC E+E Webinar: "Learning journey: Imbriquer l'EB et le DCP - Interlinking BE and VSD" on 3 October
DC dVET Webinar & Expert Consultation on Business Sector Engagement in Dual VET
Factsheet - SDC Investment credit - Leveraging Private Finance for the SDGs
Podcast Empower! - New episode on connecting economic and political empowerment in Mali - The success story of a woman entrepreneur (in French)
SDC - Working Aid on Social Protection is online (incl. toolbox)!
Open for registration - Training ILO Impact Insurance Academy - 20 - 24 November 2023
Two-Pager - Introducing Economy and Education for SDC decision makers
SFUVET Trend Report 2023 - VET challenges and potentials
Registration is still open! Training Understanding the Swiss VET system from the inside SFUVET
NEW - Updated version in french - Information package Economy and Education Version 2023
Upcoming DCED Webinar: Navigating Green Private Sector Development, 5 July 2023 at 2:00 pm (CEST)
Register Now to the Swiss Launch of the GEMR 2023!
Indpendent Evaluation on SDC's Private Sector Engagement 2015 - 2021
Podcast Empower! - New episode on how human trafficking survivors rebuild their lives in Bangladesh
*new* Guidance Sheet on Digital Financial Services
Empower!: Listen to our New Episodes
Gauging Protection Gaps: The case for Microinsurance
DCED Annual Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2023
PSPH: A Somali Health Program with an MSD Approach
Cambodia - Enhancing Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Investments (3Ei)
Learning Journey on interlinking Basic Education and VSD
Training - 9-13 October 2023 Workshop in Results Measurement for PSD in Bangkok
SDC - Working Aid - Interlinking Basic Education and VSD
IC Forum highlights the urgent need for innovative financing for education
Switzerland pledges CHF 15 million for the BUILD Fund
Education for Sustainable Development in Mongolia project
PSE at SDC – How are we doing?
PSD - Impact with SCALE: Improving the ecosystem of business development service providers
IC Forum highlights the urgent need for innovative financing for education
Overview PSE@SDC 2022
Governing TVET in Uzbekistan: Finding Footing on Shifting Ground
Happy 10th Anniversary RisiAlbania!
FSD - *new* Guidance Sheet on Responsible Credit
Conference on African Informal Apprenticeship Systems
First HR summit in Kosovo was a real success!
Youth For Future Project and mobile application supporting refugees, migrants, and Egyptian youth in their job search
more SCBF news
Welcoming new SCBF Board of Directors
Mozaik Foundation Annual Conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
First VET programme in Cuba has achieved relevant impact in the field of professional technical education
Introducing Continuing Professional Development for Folk Development Colleges in Tanzania
SDC Facsheet - Basic Education - Updated Version 2023
SDC Factsheet - Vocational Skills Development VSD - Updated Version 2023
E+E tip of the day: NEW - Updated SDC PCMi e-learning course
REGISTER NOW: International Cooperation Forum Switzerland "Education for Future" - 15./16.02.2023
Season's Greetings and a Happy New Year 2023!
Podcast Empower! – New episode on how weaving empowers women and preserves cultural heritage in Myanmar
Call for applications for Entrepreneurs for Resilience Awards 2023
Brand new addition to our FSD toolbox: Health insurance
Save the date: ECW High-Level Financing Conference
Swiss Guidance on business and human rights
SDC Practical Guidance - Financing infrastructure and equipment in VET
Gender-Inclusive Fintech Solutions for Migrants Report
New operational guidance on Inclusive Economic Development in Fragile Contexts
Webinar - Financing of infrastructure and equipment in VET on 5 December at 11am CET
Save the date: International Cooperation Forum
GenderSmart Global Investment Summit
Evaluation report on SIINC and Social Entrepreneurship projects in LAC
Extended deadline: Registration for the Public Entrepreneurship Academy 2023 open till 10.12.2022
New SDC guidance sheet on "Health Insurance"
SDC Practical Guidance - Inclusive Economic Development in Fragile Contexts
Report - Catalyzing financial inclusion for migrants 2022 by Village Capital
New MSD Tool Library from BEAM Exchange
Now published: SDC Case Studies on four innovative Private Sector Partnerships
More news from SCBF
VET System Development Webinar Series
SCBF - Annual Report 2021 is online
Revised SDC guidance on managing MSD projects
SCBF’s achievements and impact in 2021 - Annual Report
New SDC Guidance Sheet: Inclusive Agriculture Insurance
Podcast Empower! – New episodes on a Gender Transformative Approach in Mozambique & the empowerment of refugee women in Lebanon
SDC - Evaluation of the Cooperation Strategy Nepal 2018 - 2021
SDC - Gender Lens Investing (GLI) - New Shareweb page
The Public Entrepreneurship Academy 2023 is now open for registration!
Lab of Tomorrow - Case Rwanda
PSE @ SDC – How are we doing? Summary of the 2021 Annex 2 Data
Updated version 2022 - SDC Guidance - Education and VSD
Updated SDC Guide - Understanding and analysing VET systems
New SDC Guide - Managing LED Projects
Savings & Credit Forum - Migrants' Financial Inclusion
IED Information Package (Version April 2022)
Socal Protection - Leave No One Behind
Empower! – New episodes: Podcast series on Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) by IED and Gendernet
Revised SDC guidance for managing MSD projects
SDC - Working Aids on Results Indicators for FSD, PSD and VSD
SDC's renewed contribution to platforms for vocational education and training
Establishing Private Sector Capacity for Seed Inspection in Mozambique
Enhancing Youth Employment (EYE) Project Kosovo: Impact and Satisfaction Reports 2021
From Education to Employment (E2E) – Serbia
SCBF projects news and update March 2022
Welcoming AXA as the new SCBF member
Celebrating 10 Years of SCBF
Job opening SCBF - Project Finance and Fundraising Officer
Caritas Job Opening - Wissensmanager/in & Berater/in Einkommen (100 %)
Webinar - Practical Insights on Doing Local Economic Development (LED) on 14 February 2022 at 9:30 to 11:30 (CET)
Invitation 3 February 2022 at 10:00 to 12:30 (CET): Swiss launch of the global monitoring report on education "Non-state actors in education: Who choses? Who loses?"
Webinar - Presentation of findings: External Review of SDC's Strategy on Education & VSD on 26 January from 10:00 to 11:00 (CET)
Season's Greetings and a Happy New Year 2022!
SCBF - job opening Accounting and Administration Officer (50-80%)
InovAgro (Mozambique) shared results of 11.5 years at close-down workshops
Save the Date 3 February 2022 at 10:00 to 12:30 (CET): Swiss launch of the global monitoring report on education "Non-state actors in education: Who choses? Who loses?"
Podcast on Women Economic Empowerment has been launched
Launch of FSD Guidance
Technical Guide and 16 case studies on how to implement digital solutions for inclusive learning.
Technical Guide and 16 case studies on how to implement digital solutions for inclusive learning.
Webinar and Launch of new SDC Guidance - Technical Guide on Digitalisation and inclusive Learnining on 2 December 2021 at 10:30 - 12:00 (CET)
Launch of new SDC guidance for Financial Sector Development
SCBF - celebrating 10th anniversary
SCBF - job opening "Finance Manager"
Bolivia: Apps to find suitable technical training and professional services
Building the Output Markets for Agricultural Commodities for Smallholder Farmers in Northern Mozambique
Empower! Podcast series on Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) by IED and Gendernet
ESA Division: maximizing impact and scale of VSD
Securing Food Supply through a Digital Monitoring System - Rural Markets Project
Successful S&C Forum on Sustainable health financing through inclusive health insurance
New projects: leveraging technology and innovations to boost financial inclusion
Strengthening resilience during COVID-19: how housing finance helped low-income Filipinos through crisis
SCBF Annual Report 2020
Breaking barriers during the pandemic with technological training solutions
PSD - e-Discussion Decent Work
“Mobilising savings– Key Issues and Good Practices in Promoting Savings”
Inclusive Economic Development - IED
Insurance for Development Insurance Services in Emerging Economies
Necessity is the mother of invention - Technological solutions for respiratory assistance made in Bolivia
Campaign «Take Back your Training» for young students in Bolivia
Interview: Empowering Vulnerable Youth With SIINC as a Strong Ally
Inclusive Economic Development in Fragile Contexts - two webinars
Growing despite of COVID-19: Swiss support to fresh-cut industry pioneer of North Macedonia
Swiss support for Macedonian tech companies to reach new markets through certification
The SDC financial sector development portfolio map in 2019
Overcoming the Covid-19 crisis in Latin America – How projects have adapted to meet challenges during the pandemic
Better vocational education for more employment opportunities for young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Despite Covid-19: Sucessful Irrigation Field Day in Mozambique
Safe and Resilient Migrant Workers project in Sri Lanka
... more SCBF news
A pioneering survey on financial literacy of smallholder farmers in Sudan
Two New VisionFund Projects to Provide Insurance to Savings Groups
Assessment of the Impact of Covid-19 in Asia and Africa – Reports and Webinar Recordings
VSD-PSE slide deck
Vocational training for persons with disabilities
Inclusive Economic Development (IED) Core Group
Youth Employment Project Business Ideas Incubator recognized as one of European good practices of women entrepreneurship
Rebounding from the pandemic: How a make-shift van is preparing the next welders of Kosovo
Tourism in times of COVID-19 – How SDC funded projects are supporting the tourism sector
more news from SCBF
Report and webinar recording: Coping with Covid-19 – Recent evidence from fintech startups and their users
New SCBF project highlight - First-of-its-kind digital tele-medecine and Covid-19 insurance product in Nepal
Inclusive Economic Development (IED) in fragile contexts slide deck
A pragmatic approach to assessing system change
Tell us how to improve our IED communication
More news from SCBF
SCBF and the Covid-19 crisis
‘Surokkha’ – a milestone for promoting financial services, through the weather insurance market, to farmers in Bangladesh
News from SDC’s IED projects and programmes
The popular internal Guidance «Managing MSD projects» has been slightly revised and shines in a new look!
Virtual course on Entrepreneurship: The story of Froylan Picado (Nicaragua)
SDC & SPTF's RIF Facilities' Covid-19 Response
Watch the recording: Pandemics, protection and emerging markets: Mutuals and cooperatives as a vehicle for building long-term development
Climate Risk Management for Agriculture in Mozambique - insurance against weather-related shocks and climate services
Call for proposals by SDC GPFS
Market Systems Resilience Mitigates Covid-19 Impact On Smallholder Farmers- Lessons Learned from InovAgro in Northern Mozambique
Savings Led Approaches to Resolving the Smallholder Input Finance Dilemma
News Education Fund
How Value Addition Can Drive Equitable Community-driven Growth
New working tool on VSD and migration
Building capacity to strengthen access to housing microfinance in Ecuador – Banco Solidario
Insurance Automation by Lead Foundation in Egypt
Announcing the launch of a new website
Access to finance and insurance in the context of COVID-19
Cook apprentices of the VSDP continue their learning through online training
DCdVET Webinar Series
News from RisiAlbania
EBRD targets coronavirus financing of €21 billion through 2021
IFC Invests in Private Equity Fund to Boost Growth in MENA Amid Economic Disruption
2X Challenge and Gender Finance Collaborative response to the COVID-19 pandemic
DFID poised to announce COVID-19 funding through rapid response network
Documentation of the Webinar: Home-based VET in Albania
Online courses for TVET educators (COL)
COVID-19 Implications Employment + Income
COVID-19 & Education Funding Window
News from CMS - Christoph Merian Stiftung
News from Global Distributors Collective
News from Open Road Alliance
Global SDC F2F-Education-Spotlight on the interplay between Basic Education and VSD
New backstopping mandates for SDC’s Inclusive Economic Development cluster
Insights from the Advanced Workshop on Results Measurement November 2019
Financial Inclusion of Migrants - Exploration paper
News Education Fund
Training on Local Economic Development for the Western Balkan Region
NADEL study program and CAS program 2020 are out
IDB, Germany and Switzerland partner to transform vocational training in LAC
Here is what the Donor Committee for dual Vocational Education and Training can do for you
Women's economic empowerment (WEE): A learning journey
Webinar series ICT4VET successfully completed
Launch of Knowledge for Development platform
News Education Fund
ЯEWIND 2019
Regional Dialogue on Youth Employment in the Western Balkan
Meet Sitara Merchant - the new CEO of the Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF)
Call for Papers & Participation: Conference on Education and Decent Work for Youth
e+i Webinar Leave No One Behind (LNOB) in e+i
e+i Webinar: Business Case for Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE)
Potential Swiss Partners in the Vocational Education and Training Sector
lauch of new Swiss "Knowledge for Development" platform
Enterprising Africa - live streaming
ICT 4 VET: Video and slides of part 1 are online
SFIVET's curricula development approach
SDC Education Fund supports its first projects
Is everyone cut out for university?
L'outil de typologie du DCP est maintenant entièrement disponible en français
New DC dVET Discussion Note
New DC dVET Discussion Note
Webinar: ICT for Basic Education
Thematical Working Aid on Leave no one behind
Forming partnerships with the Private Sector: Lessons learned by Market Systems Development Practitioners
Guidance sheet on Women’s Financial Inclusion
LeFil study unlocks value for social enterprise
Webinar: The State of Blended Finance 2019
Thematical Working Aid on Leave no one behind
General Assembly of the SCBF
Access all project posters from the F2F
CBA and DCED - Improving your program design and performance
ILO: Increase in heat stress predicted to bring productivity loss equivalent to 80 million jobs
Nadel course: VET between Poverty Alleviation and Economic Development
EYE: Link Basic Education and Skills Development in Practice
EPS100 Workshop – your key to successfully engage with the private sector
Engagement with the private sector – first strategy development for Benin
Get to know the SFIVET expert pool
New VSD and BE videos
PROFET: New VSD project in Cuba
Applying a market systems approach to stimulating land titling in Mozambique
YEP - From Business Ideas Intervention to Impact Investment Foundation
SCBF - Project Highlights: Projects that have been approved
SCBF - Implementation of the Reform Plan
e+i | EPS F2F 2019: Looking forward
Impact Hub Bern: Wonderful Women BBQ, Circular economy event & Frauenstreik Breakfast
Updated VSD Project Portfolio Overview
e+i | EPS F2F 2019: Looking back
Updated and translated VSD introduction
Continuum: Excecutive Summary and 5 Case Studies
Updated and translated VSD introduction paper
NADEL: Courses in development and cooperation autumn semester 2019
Excellent publication on Private Sector Engagement in Market System Development
Excellent new resource on Private Sector Engagement in Market System Development Projects
Forming partnerships with the Private Sector
DC dVET: Relaunched website
SFIVET VET Academy - new courses 2019
e+i and EPS are moving closer
IFC Study: PE/VC Funds with Gender-Balanced Leadership generate up to 20% higher returns
Access Agriculture
New SDC program in Tanzania: Youth Inclusive Rural Finance
Additional guidance for VSD projects
Monitoring and Measuring Results in Private Sector Development - Good practices for SDC program managers
Developing the cybersecurity market in Albania to create new jobs and attract IT investors
Introducing Albania’s new destinations and tourism offers to Swiss market
Call for applications: SIINC for Vocational Skills Development
Reorganisation of the Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF)
SCBF CEO Job Announcement
Summary: Monitoring and Measuring Results in Private Sector Development - Good practices for SDC program managers
How should donors manage adaptively? Market Systems Development as a Case Study
NADEL/ETHZ cours dans la semaine précédant le F2F: Formation Professionnelle
VSD project in Myanmar featured in Swiss TV show
OECD - Social Impact Investment 2019
Analysis and overview of NQF level descriptors in European countries
Handbook of ICT practices for guidance and career development
UNESCO-UNEVOC virtual conference report on ‘Improving the image of TVET’
The ILO Toolkit for Quality Apprenticeships -Volume II: Guide for practitioners to develop and implement apprenticeship programmes (Forthcoming 2019).
Reminder: e+i Lexicon (EN, DE, ES, FR)
Friday, January 11th / e+i Learning session, Better Than Cash Alliance
Enhancing employment through the Opportunity Group Approach in rural Kosovo
Macedonia is scaling up the Youth Guarantee scheme
"Mercados Inclusivos" project fosters South-South cooperation
SCBF welcomed a new strategic member: the Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND)
How Projoven in Honduras uses virtual reality for VSD
Most wanted topics in PSD/FSD and VSD
The impact areas of VSD: Current status of discussion
Albanian government strengthens its committment to the TEP project
Start of the e-discussion on the SDC VSD Typology Tool
M4P - Training in Zuerich, March 2019
New OECD Report: Seven Questions about Apprenticeships
Rural 21: The economic potential of gender equality
FoBBIZ Annual Event: VET and Gender
How labour market participation is raised in Albania and Kosovo
Syngenta Foundation Report: Agricultural Insurance in the Developing World
Impact Bonds in Developing Countries: Early Learning from the Field
Market Systems Symposium, April 8 - 12, 2019
Monitoring and Evaluation for Jobs Projects - World Bank Toolkit
CEMETS Summer Institute: Experiences of the participants
Here is what JOBS has achieved in Romania
Webinar and E-Discussion on impact areas of VSD / Global Face to Face
Event Summary: Workshop on Technical Vocational Education and Training
Vocational Skills Development Program in Myanmar – 2nd Phase launched
Women's Financial Inclusion: CAPEX, webinar, e-discussion and Savings & Credit Forum
Skills for Employment in Tanzania: a new program supported by SDC
BBL Presentation available! - Closing the GAP in financing small agricultural businesses
Webinar and E-discussion on impact areas of VSD
Translations of SDC's internal guidance document on managing MSD projects.
WorlBank: Consultants needed for Review of Cost Effectiveness of Jobs Projects in the Forced Displacement Context
Global Face to Face: impact@scale
BEAM Webinar (September 4th) - Extreme poverty alleviation using a market systems approach
Financial Education for Low-Income People
Facilitating the transition from school to work for Albanian VET Students
Here is how Job Clubs work as catalysts for labour market integration
Social Impact and Commercial Success
The next Event will take place on 15 October 2018
ILO: Survey Report on the National Initiatives to Promote Quality Apprenticeships in G20 Countries
OECD: Job Creation and Local Economic Development
WEF: The future of jobs
OECD Employment Outlook 2018
World Development Report 2019: The changing nature of work (Draft Report)
PROMOST project featured in Swisscontact's Stories from the Field
President of the Swiss Confederation visits Skills4Life project in Kenya
New Cooperation Strategy Haiti: employment + income
Video about LED's VET engagement in Moldova
State of the Smallholder Finance
Training Programme "Making Markets Work"
Publication:Social Entrepreneurship in Youth Work developing employability and innovations amongst the youth people
Consultancy Position World Bank
LIVE WEBCAST -- What can we learn from the results of the world's first development impact bond in education?
ITC-ILO: Training Cluster Skills Development and TVET
Update from the Africa & Middle East Education Outcomes Fund (EOF)
New VSD Project in Mozambique: Training for Skills and Employment
DCED 40th Annual Meeting in Toronto: Participation of SDC
ADEA's compendium of African country experiences demonstrates the shift from education and training to education-training-work continuum
Three videos from our implementing partner Helvetas from Benin
Updated VSD Project Portfolio Overview
The Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF) supports Zingsure in building up financial education capacity in Zimbabwe
Capex on WFI: stay tuned for e-discussion and Savings & Credit Forum
Successful VSD SDC Day on June 6th: Summary, Photos and Presentations
Introduction of remote apprenticeships in ICT and much more news from the S4J project in Albania
The synthesis of the LED e-discussion is online
Women Financial Inclusion
Fintech for the Financially Excluded?
Cost and benefits of apprenticeships - ILO report on CBA of training in England
C4EE Project Information - Summary on Coaching for employment and entrepreneurship approach
VPET congress: Call for participant contributions
CEMETS Blog Post: Implementing VET Reforms
SanMarkS: System-based approach in Sanitation
Phase 2 for the Grain Post-harvest Loss Prevention Project (GPLP)
youth employment series: kick-off event & e-talks!
Videos of the webinars on Local Economic Development in the SDC
Kick-off event: E-Talk series on youth employment promotion
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Job Offer: SHA-Secondment Asian Development Bank - Disaster Risk Financing Consultant Pakistan
SCBF end-November 2017 to end-February 2018
SCBF end-November 2017 to end-February 2018
VET programme in Bolivia successfully completed
Audit Reports - Result Measurement Systems
The SDC supports Serbia to reform the VET system
The next Event will take place on 13 March 2018
13 march webinars on Local Economic Development (LED)
The next SC-Forum will take place on 28 March 2018
The next SC-Forum will take place on 21 March 2018
How to build safe houses - a guide for masons
Practitioners Notes on Monitoring and Results Measurement
Employment Fund Nepal featured in Swiss Newspaper
Out now: UNEVOC Bulletin 32 on ICTs in TVET
CEMETS Blog Post: The tricky thing about NQFs
Article on Weather Index Insurance
Updated online introduction: Understanding and analysing VET systems
Videos about the effectivness of the SDC employment projects in 2017
Video from the Skills for Jobs (S4J) project in Albania
Listen to the SDC Director's End of Year Message
ANDE Report: State of Measurement in the SGB Sector
DCdVET's successful 2nd regional Workshop - West Africa
DCdVET's successful second regional workshop in West Africa
Interagency Group TVET Newsletter
Newsletter: Interagency Group on TVET
VPET Congress 2018: Registration is open
ILO Toolkit for Quality Apprenticeships
DFID research project update: Enabling innovation and productivity growth in low income countries
Tapping the potential for rural youth
2017 Symbiotics MIV Survey
20th anniversary of our Savings and Credit Forum
Meet VSD experts at the SDC's international VSD event
New feature to easily share the results of your work!
Integration of BEAM Exhange into DECD
Start of the first VSD project in Cuba
Advanced Training Workshop in Results Measurement for PSD
SCBF mid-August to end of November 2017
SCBF mid-August to end of November 2017
LED? TED? Stocktaking
NADEL: Registration for courses in 2018 is open
New Videos: PSD and VSD projects in the Great Lakes region
Network-Meeting 2016-11
Network-Meeting 2016-08
Network-Meeting 2017-03
Network-Meeting 2017-01
Job Offer: Secretariate Donor Comittee for dual VET (DCdVET)
SwissRe Grant Competition: Energy Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award
Satellite technology expedites insurance payouts in India’s crop insurance programme
Youth and VSD: Summary of peer discussion is published
VSD – Where we stand and where we go: Project tools, thematic discussions and portfolio information
The SDC joins forces with UN agencies to promote youth employment in Cambodia
Project highlights in May to mid-August 2017
2 new microinsurance specialists join SCBF
SCBF General Assembly Meeting at Swiss Re
Five brand new glossaries from the e+i Focal Point
The SDC supports employment of Roma and persons with disabilities in Macedonia
A new programme on vocational skills development in Macedonia
S & C Forum: Why and how formal savings services matter to low-income and vulnerable households
“Systemic Approach” for the training of water sector specialists in Uzbekistan
NEW: Project Typology Tool - Impact Areas of Vocational Skills Development (VSD)
Social Impact Inventives (SIINC) in the news!
Call for Submission of Propoals: African Forum on Youth Skills & Enterprise in Digital Age
DCED Report "Impact Investing: Measurement valued by investee businesses
Job offer: International Project Director at RisiAlbania - Youth Employment Initiative
Story from the field: Empowering Women in Myanmar's Hospitality Sector
Microinsurance solutions to adress climate change
Main take-aways: Course on Blended Finance
Second national stakeholder conference regarding international cooperation in VPET: Register now
Learning Session: When Governments get insured to build their resilience
Skills for Employment Tanzania (SET): Start of Implementation in 2018
Annual Development Cooperation Conference SDC-SECO: «VET creates prospects»
First SIINC transaction closed
Don’t miss the e-discussion on youth and VSD
Accelerate 2030: Call for Applications until June 18th
Samsung Technical School Video: We care for the girl
Dynamic e-consultation on the revised guidance for managing Market Systems Development (MSD) projects in SDC
VSD and PSD for mine victims and persons with disabilities in Colombia
SDC strategy for Basic Education and Vocational Skills Development
Don’t miss the e-discussion on youth and VSD
SDC has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA)
Order newest VSD books
3rd International VPET Congress: Call for Proposals
SCBF
External Reviews of MSD Projects in the Western Balkan (WBA) Region
Skills for Jobs introduces innovation in teaching and learning in Albania
DC dVET: Information letter 2017
Winners FoBBIZ prize 2017
DC dVET: Information letter 2017
Thursday Course on Social Finance
Next Networking Meeting on VSD Strategy
BEAM Exchange Policy Brief: Building capacity for market system development
BSDC Report: Better business, better world
News from SCBF
News from SCBF
New MOOC: Technology Innovation for Sustainable Development
Web Portal for Vocational Training Stakeholders in Africa
End of the successful VSD programme in Romania
Philanthropy in Education: Series Announcement and Call for Papers for Inaugural Symposium
News from VSD project: The SDC Youth Employment Project (YEP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina
News form Mongolian VSD Project
Online course: Do you speak social finance?
Video: Skills for life as humanitarian aid project in Kenyan refugee camp
Swiss Microfinance Funds and savings accounts for our beneficiaries
SDC new Education strategy: Save the date
Skills4Jobs in Albania featured in "Stories from the field"
Savings and Credit Forum on Social Performance
Get your personal support. Free of charge, no administrative work
Swisscontact on "Inclusive markets - sustainable growth for everyone"
GIZ launched its new TVET Telegraph
Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF)
r4d network launched two new VSD research projects
Latin American Network for MSD
Skills Panorama: Inspiring your choices on skills and jobs in Europe
Article on DCdVET meeting
ILO ITC Academy
Registration now open: Mesopartner Summer Academy 3-7 July 2017
VSD: ToR project design consultant
Call for Sessions – International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD) 2017
Merry Christmas!
Overview of Impact Investment in Latin America
BEAM Exchange is inviting you to share your stories
EY Report: The Millennial Economy
Adaptive Management within market system dvelopment
Film about VET programme participants in Georgia
Face-to-Face meeting of the Western Balkan e+i practisioners
SCBF
Luca Etter: new member of the Advisory Committee for the Capital Aggregation Learning Lab at ANDE
Advent, Advent...
Videos: Launch DCdVET
Register now for the GIZ Thementag 2016 on education, TVET and labour markets (Deadline is December 6)
ANDE 101 Webinar for SDC staff
Presentation Now Online of BEAM Event
Register now for the NADEL courses 2017
A summary of the FoBBIZ discussion on the dispatch on international cooperation of Switzerland is available
Webcast: Social Good Summit 6/10/2016 in Geneva
New Report: ANDE - The State of Impact Investing in Latin America
New Article: Miller Center - Assessing the Impact of Social Enterprises Using the SDG and IRIS
Video: Project 'Governancia e Inclusion Financiera'
BBL: Preconditions for a successful M4P/MSD approach – experiences from Tanzania
Unlocking Blended Finance for Social Entrepreneurs, Savings and Credit Forum in Bern
e+i Shareweb: New, exciting feature – Smartsearch
SDC on Swiss national news: 10vor10
Study : Landscape of Microinsurance in Latin America and Caribbean
Promoting and Supporting Inclusivity Through Skills Development for Tourism in Lao PDR
New Article: Entrepreneurship and U.S. foreign aid
FoBBIZ Prize for skills development projects and concepts
New Degree Programme: Transferring Elements of Swiss VET
Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF)
BEAM: New Women’s Empowerment and Market Systems (WEAMS) Framework
The public sector can do much to promote social impact investment in developing countries
Dual Vocational Education and Training as an Option in Development Cooperation
save the date! "Unlocking Blended Finance for social entrepreneurs and social businesses": 21 September 2016
Vocational Skills Development in the context of Violent Extremism – Technical Workshop
ADB annual conference 2016 in Frankfurt
2nd International Congress on Vocational and Professional Education and Training
SDC Day on Swiss Vocational Education and Training System
Mongolia
Cambodia
Lessons from the Rural Livelihood Development Programme Tanzania: Contract Farming and other topics
Programme regional PROECCO
Donor Committee for dual Vocational Education and Training (DC dVET)
"Business Environment" and our work: how are they linked?
Swiss Capacity Buildung Facility (SCBF)
2016 Beam Conference, Lusaka
Making Markets Work - a two-week training programme
the 10 years report on the Index-Based Livetsock Insurance Project is now available
VSD brochure
Colombia
Agriculture Insurance: Forum, 11th May 2016
Mongolia
Summit on Sustainable Finance
S&C Forum
News from the Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF)
SDC side event, DCED Global Seminar, Bangkok
Employment Fund "Skills for Reconstruction" - Building Back Better
Great Lakes Region
Egypt
Tunisia
New paper on measuring women's economic empowerment in private sector development with useful hints
Webinar: New Ways of Learning – Integrating IT and social media in vocational skills development
Technical Workshop: Vocational Skills Development in the context of Violent Extremism - 16/17 March 2016 - Maison de la Paix, Geneva
R4D: Call for research proposals on : natural resource governance; employment/vocational training; ecosystems/climate change; health
Event Information Webinar Beamexchange 28.01.: Market facilitation in aid-intensive contexts: tactics for coping with aid-induced market behaviour
Webinar on Smallholder Farmers & Agro-businesses, 22.01. and 01.02.2016
Rethinking Good Practices in Land and Water Management
Niger
Education Network
Geogia/Eastern Europe and CIS
Croatia
Cambodia
Bulgaria, Romania
Albania
Access to finance - A micro credit bank supported by SDC is showing promising results
Albania
Western Balkans (WBA)
New UNDP / SDC agreement for inclusive growth in Africa through private sector, inclusive business, and market development.
News from the Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF)
Kosovo companies and products at OLMA in St.Gallen
Building capacities in Market Systems Development (MSD)
Small holder farmer and business
2 Offres d'Emploi en Afrique de l'Ouest
New study on smallholder farmers and businesses
In 2014 the first phase of a new SDC financed MSD/Inclusive Markets project
Western Africa
Serbia
Mongolia
Macedonia - Increasing Market Employability (IME)
Kosovo
Bangladesh
The SCBF is SDC’s major public-private development partnership with the Swiss financial sector
Mali
EI Newsletter Project News
IPM extension campaign for cassava - using Farmer to Farmer video
BEAM needs you! Do you need BEAM?
Reaching millions of farmers with RAS - Lession learned
About the Mongolian TVET sector's success story
Cash transfers to address acute malnutrition in emergency contexts