Agenda 2030

Much has already been written about the 2019 parliamentary election results. One searched the media in vain for an assessment of their implications for Switzerland‘s development policy approaches or its foreign policy.

According to the UN, there's a funding gap of 2,500 billion $ per year to achieve the SDGs by 2030. Raising this money will require private sector involvement – this is the current political consensus. Switzerland's financial centre positions itself.

The tourism workforce is predominantly female. Whether tourism as a driver of development is suited to promoting equal rights is down to the working conditions and legal frameworks that the sector provides for women.

Swiss politics has painted an unworthy picture in recent weeks. The bickering over the UN's well-balanced declaration of intent gives a foretaste of the 2019 election year.