Development cooperation

Development cooperation on a partnership basis contributes effectively to sustainable development and peace in the world. This will first require the "localising" and "decolonising" of traditional "development aid". Alliance Sud champions development cooperation that is geared towards partner country priorities and strengthens civil society organisations.

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Sahel "It is better to remain engaged"

25.03.2025 International cooperation

Ibrahim Maïga is a Sahel expert at the International Crisis Group. Alliance Sud asked him what the recent coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger mean for democracy in the region and Switzerland's development cooperation. Interview by Isolda Agazzi.

US wrecking ball and Switzerland Silence in the hurricane

20.03.2025 International cooperation

The dismantling of global US involvement must be of concern to Switzerland, writes Andreas Missbach. The repercussions on multilateralism and development cooperation and, by extension, on the poorest countries in particular, are serious. Against this backdrop, the Federal Council cannot opt for business as usual.

Analysis of the demise of USAID Development cooperation is of systemic importance

17.02.2025 International cooperation

Much has been written in recent days about the dramatic dismantling of the American development agency USAID. It is now clear that not only was the agency destroyed in an undemocratic and unlawful manner, but that moreover, the decision is having worldwide repercussions. Despite its much-vaunted humanitarian tradition and advocacy of multilateralism through international Geneva, official Switzerland is still noticeably silent.

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There are ever more insistent calls, chiefly from civil society in the Global South, for development cooperation and humanitarian aid to be fully decolonised, geared towards the priorities of partner countries, and for cooperation to take place on a partnership basis.

It will need unrelenting efforts to break down existing patterns of funding, knowledge generation and cooperation, to share decision-making power, and to make room for non-Western patterns of thought and action. Lastly, racist images, jargons and behaviours need to be recognised and eliminated. Through its work and communication, Alliance Sud works towards overcoming unequal power relations and practices.

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