Swisscontact’s Working Principles

Swisscontact applies the following working principles to assure quality to donors and partners:

  • Our activities are geared towards the creation of income and employment to contribute to poverty reduction
  • Private initiative is the basis for economic development and for creating income and employment
  • Framework conditions (incl. the regulatory framework and business environment) need to be conducive to allow private initiatives to succeed
  • Our activities are only temporary and it is our local partners who ensure sustainability of positive changes for economic development
  • We create equal opportunities for women and men and take into account environmental concern