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Published on 23 August 2024

Democratic Governance

Switzerland strengthens democratic governance and values, including in more and more contexts of democratic backslide and rise of authoritarian rule. It has issued in 2018 a SDC Policy on Democratisation, Decentralisation and Local Governance [EN]. Democratic governance is considered a essential to address the multidimensional factors of poverty and exclusion. For that task, the Governance network focuses on the following 5 main aspects of democratic governance: