No Financial Contribution
No Participation
Switzerland (SDC) financial contribution USD 237,500 -90,000 earmarked for Ten-Year Review
Switzerland (HSD) financial contribution USD 100,000 earmarked for the GFMD Support Unit
Government Team Member in RT 1.1 "Harnessing the capital of migrants to realise their potential"
Government Team Member in RT 1.2 "Migrants' enagement with public services: from basic access to co-production"
Government Team Member in RT 2.1 "South-South mobility: trends, patterns and transferable learning"
Government Team Member in RT 2.2 "Regional mobility and policy coherence to support development"
Government Team Member in RT 3.1 "Aligning governance with contemporary drivers of migration"
Government Team Member in RT 3.2 "Beyond Remittances: leveraging the development impact and promoting the transnational engagement of diaspora and migrants"
The Swiss Federal Office for Vocational Training (OFFT) and the Switzerland-India Chamber of Commerce launched a pilot project for technical training based on the initial polymechanic vocational training provided by Swissmem in 2008. The certificate of "Multiple Skilled Production Technician" was awarded to the first 18 professionals who followed a two years training program in the industrial sector.
The MTM Interactive Map on Migration (i-Map) is an online interactive platform in support of the Mediterranean Migration Dialogue.
The country profiles provide factual, non-analytical information and a series of graphs illustrating the main datasets relevant to Migration and Development in the country.
The profiles give access to a plethora of information sources through hyperlinks and they cover the following thematic areas:
The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO published this brochure, as a contribute to greater transparency among the various operators and services on the Swiss market. In addition, in promoting private sector development in transition and developing countries, it is helping to create attractive savings and investment opportunities on site. This encourages recipients to use the money not only for spending but also, and increasingly, for productive investments, thereby contributing to growth and job creation in their own country.
In June 2009, the Swiss Government appointed a special Ambassador for International Migration in the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) to facilitate the establishment of a common framework around coherence within all Federal Offices concerned with migration issues.
The Section Global Programme Migration and Development is a thematically oriented unit that makes use of its operational activities to make a contribution to finding a solution to the global challenges linked to labour migration, internally displaced persons, refugees, and victims of trafficking in human beings. It supports programmes on these themes both financially and by providing know-how, while contributing its experiences within the scope of multilateral dialogue on migration.
Launched in 1994, EURES is a European cooperation network of employment services, designed to facilitate the free movement of workers. The network has always worked hard to ensure that European citizens can benefit from the same opportunities, despite language barriers, cultural differences, bureaucratic challenges, diverse employment laws and a lack of recognition of educational certificates across Europe.
This web portal provides information on access to job opportunities in 32 European countries. It also promotes the cooperation amongst national employment agencies.
This study has three objectives:
1) analyze migration and development in Europe;
2) provide input for continued policy discussions on migration and development beyond Europe, and;
3) assist states in identifying possible future directions, as well as common ground for addressing migration as an inherent part of development.