Region: Switzerland

Institution: Swisscontact
Website: http://www.swisscontact.ch/english/pages/HO/HO.php

Summary: Swisscontact is the organisation of the Swiss private sector for development cooperation. Its aim is to promote private economic and social development in selected countries in the South and East through advisory services, training and continuing education.

About Swisscontact

Swisscontact is the organisation of the Swiss private sector for development cooperation. Its aim is to promote private economic and social development in selected countries in the South and East through advisory services, training and continuing education.

By applying the principle of helping others to help themselves, Swisscontact and its local partners are fighting poverty effectively. Swisscontact is a politically and denominationally neutral organization founded in 1959 by personalities from the Swiss private business and university sectors. The foundation is tax-exempt and recognised as a non-profit organisation. Its goal is to promote sustainable development (socially, ecologically and economically) in selected southern and eastern countries. Cooperation with local partners is a priority for Swisscontact, and the leading principle is, ‘Helping Others to Help Themselves’.