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Page Content All News Glossary Content Management Portfolio WORKSPACES 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 (Blank) 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