The Economic Cooperation and Development division implements Swiss economic and trade policy measures for the benefit of developing countries.
SECO contributes to economic growth and sustainable prosperity in its partner countries. It promotes socially, environmentally and climate-friendly economic growth with more and better jobs across all sectors of the population. Thereby, it focuses on the areas of the private sector, public institutions, as well as infrastructure and urban development.
Together with other federal agencies, SECO also defines Switzerland’s multilateral cooperation. Finally, it has also been involved in reducing economic and social disparities in selected countries of the European Union. This contribution is part of Switzerland’s European policy.
SECO implements roughly 300 programmes and projects each year in 13 priority countries in the south and in the east. In some developing countries, SECO supports other federal agencies with complementary measures. SECO’s activities focus on the long term. Gender equality as well as climate and resource efficiency are systematically considered.
Last modification 14.03.2025
