Welcome to SDC’s network Peace, Governance and Equality!
This public platform from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is to provide thematic guidance as well as to promote knowledge exchange and learning for Swiss governmental staff, development and humanitarian practitioners/partners at large. It is composed of the 3 following Themes/Resources: Peace, Human Rights and Culture | Governance | Gender Equality and Social Inclusion. It is managed by SDC’s «Peace, Governance and Equality» section under the Thematic Division.
Latest Highlights
Key Publications
The SDC’s Guidance on Governance [Guidance]
Inclusive and accountable governance is essential to achieving sustainable development. Good governance is therefore a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in its own right, Goal 16 (“peace, justice and effective institutions”), and a means of achieving the 17 SDGs.
Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls [Guidance]
The Guidance sets out DAC members’ current practices, highlights successful examples, and lays out checklists to deliver effectively on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
Thematic Guidance on Culture and Development
This guidance replaces the SDC’s cultural policy of 2016 and sets out the SDC’s cultural mandate. It includes the ‘cultural percentage’ in partner countries and the partnerships with cultural institutions in Switzerland. The guidance is structured along the lines of the four functions of thematic cooperation (programmes/partnerships, multilateral dialogue, advisory services and knowledge management) and highlights the future orientation and contribution of culture to peace, conflict prevention, social cohesion, governance/democracy and gender equality.