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|jurisdiction = [[Federal administration of Switzerland]]
|headquarters = [[Bern]]
|employees = [[Patricia Danzi]] (Director General)
|minister1_name = [[Ignazio Cassis]]
|minister1_pfo = [[Swiss Federal Council|Federal Councillor]]
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The '''Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation''' ('''SDC''') is an office-level agency in the [[federal administration of Switzerland]], and a part of the [[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs]]. Together with other federal offices, SDC is responsible for overall coordination of [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[international development]] activities and cooperation with [[Eastern Europe]], as well as [[humanitarian aid]].
According to the [[OECD]], Switzerland’s total official development assistance (ODA) increased in 2022 to USD 4.5 billion (preliminary data) due to an increase in in-donor refugee costs. This represented 0.56% of gross national income (GNI). <ref>{{cite web|url=https://oe.cd/il/dev-coop-switzerland| title = OECD Development Co-operation Profiles| access-date= 4 October 2023}} </ref>
==History==
The SDC has been active in [[Burkina Faso]] since 1974.<ref>[https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/development_swiss-government-promises-extra-aid-for-burkina-faso/43625334 Swiss government promises extra aid for Burkina Faso], ''Swissinfo.ch'', 25 October 2017</ref> In 1993, the SDC ran an office in [[Eritrea]], which closed in 2006 when the SDC stopped supporting its projects in Eritrea for political reasons. The SDC relaunched its support actions in Eritrea in 2017.<ref>[https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-aid_swiss-re-start-cooperation-projects-in-eritrea/43592578 Swiss re-start cooperation projects in Eritrea], ''Swissinfo.ch'', 13 October 2017</ref> In 2014, through a partnership with the [[Edmond de Rothschild Foundation]] and the [[École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne]], the SDC launched the [[Massive open online course|Mooc]]s for Africa program to improve science and technology education in French-speaking African countries.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} Serge Guertchakoo, [https://www.bilan.ch/economie/l_aventure_africaine_de_deux_humanistes L’aventure africaine de deux humanistes], ''Bilan.ch'', 9 June 2015</ref>
On 13 December, 2019, [[Patricia Danzi]] was appointed new director general of the SDC.<ref>{{cite web| title=First woman appointed head of Swiss development agency| url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/development-cooperation_first-woman-appointed-head-of-swiss-development-agency/45433616|last=Geiser|first=Urs|work=[[Swissinfo]]|date=December 13, 2019|accessdate=October 27, 2020|language=en}}</ref> She assumed office on 1 May, 2020, succeeding [[Manuel Sager]] who had held it since 2014.<ref>{{cite web| title=Deza-Direktorin zieht positive Bilanz ihrer ersten 100 Tage im Amt| url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/deza-direktorin-zieht-positive-bilanz-ihrer-ersten-100-tage-im-amt/45929008|work=[[Swissinfo]]|date=July 27, 2020|accessdate=October 27, 2020|language=de}}</ref>
In April 2020, the SDC, which had already contributed CHF 101.42 million towards the global response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], committed to provide an additional CHF 400 million.<ref>[https://reliefweb.int/report/world/covid-19-switzerland-strengthens-international-cooperation COVID-19: Switzerland strengthens international cooperation], ''Reliefweb.int'', 4 May 2020</ref> In December 2020, the SDC released a 4.35 million dollars support fund for the phase 2 of the [[United Nations Population Fund|UNFPA]] Women Girls First Programme in Myanmar,<ref>[https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/swiss-agency-development-and-cooperation-provides-usd-4350000-unfpa-women-and-girls Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation provides USD 4,350,000 to UNFPA Women and Girls First Programme Phase II], ''Reliefweb.int'', 10 December 2020</ref> and invested 30 million dollars in Aceli Africa (loans to agricultural SMEs) along with the [[Stichting IKEA Foundation|Ikea foundation]] and the [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]].<ref>Romil Pandey, [https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-ikea-foundation-swiss-agency-for-development-and-cooperation-usaid-invest-30m-in-aceli-africa-guarantor-of-loans-to-agricultural-smes/ IKEA Foundation, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, USAID Invest $30m in Aceli Africa, Guarantor of Loans to Agricultural SMEs], ''Microcapital.org'', 4 December 2020</ref>
==Organisation and tasks==
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