Ngos studied in Switzerland

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Characteristics of the humanitarian movement in Switzerland

Number of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) --Between 165 and 450 in 1992, including 30 implementing partners of the Swiss Cooperation -314, including 276 in Geneva according to the IUED (Institut universitaire d'études du développement) in 2003 Secular INGOs’ collective bodies -Intercoopération, a foundation established in 1982 : 21 members in 2008 -Swiss Alliance of Development Organisations (Alliance Sud), launched in 2005 after the CDT (Communauté de travail des oeuvres d'entraide) in 1971 : 6 members in 2008 « parastatal » INGO -n.a. Status of NGOs -civil code, article 60 -authorisation bewilligungspflicht, delivered by the cantons Taxation -partial exemption of activities and fundraising in various cantons according to “public utility” decrees System of accreditation -none, for there are no compulsory evaluation of NGOs receiving public funds, only internal audits with ZEWO Public aid to development USD 1 680 millions (2007) Public aid to development / Gross national product (%) 0,37% (2007) % of Public aid to development reserved for INGOs (excluding tax exemptions) -30% (1988) -15% (1991) -8% (1995) -5% (1998) -13% (2005) Average proportion of private financing in INGOs’ resources -51% (1991) -60% (1992) -58% (1993) -58% (1994) -55% (1995) Geographical fields of action by decreasing order of importance Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, Central & Southern Asia, Eastern Asia & Oceania, Northern Africa/Near East Institution in charge of Public aid to development -DDC (Direction du développement et de la coopération) at the Foreign Office after the Service de coopération technique created in 1961 Control agency for NGOs -ZEWO (Zentralstelle für Wohlfahrtsunternehmen), created in 1934 as a public institution, then an association in 1936 and a foundation in 2001 -Federal Department of Home Affairs, Foundations Service (Eidgenössischen Stiftungsaufsicht) Interface NGO / state -NGO Service, Foreign Office Public grants for developing countries’ NGOs -yes with NGOs like APICA (Association pour la Promotion des Initiatives Africaines) or IPD (Institut panafricain pour le développement),  some of them being also registered in Switzerland.

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- Written Sources -

-Perroulaz, Gérard (ed.) [2004], Les ONG de développement : rôles et perspectives, Annuaire suisse de politique de développement vol.23, n°2, Genève, IUED (Institut universitaire d'études du développement), 150p. -Randel, Judith & German, Tony [1999], « Switzerland », in Smillie, Ian & Helmich, Henny (ed.), Stakeholders : government-NGO partnerships for international development, London, Earthscan, pp.222-34.

 

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