Key guiding documents
WE ARE WATER is the prominent statement by Federal Councilor Ignazio Cassis, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), in the Foreword of the FDFA’s Guidelines on Water 2022-25. Concrete information on the strategic orientation of the Section Water is available through the currently implemented Programme Framework 2021-24 and the most recent Project Portfolio featuring ongoing projects.
Key documents
Guidelines on Water 2022-25
The Guidelines on Water 2022–25 substantiate the principles of the Foreign Policy Strategy 2020−23 and the IC Strategy 2021−24 in relation to the foreign policy thematic priority of water.
Water Section Programme Framework 2025-28
A communication flyer will be published in spring 2025
Global Programme Water - Projects Portfolio 2023
The portfolio is based on the overall goal of the Section Water (SW) to support inclusive systemic changes towards a water-secure world where people can safeguard sustainable access to adequate quantities of acceptable quality water.
Guidelines on Water in other languages
- Deutsch: Leitlinien Wasser 2022 - 2025
- Français: Lignes directrices sur l'eau 2022 - 2025
- Italiano: Linee guida sull'acqua 2022 - 2025
Decision Note "Programme Framework Section Water 2025-28"
Will be made available for internal use soon.
Additional thematic guidance
SDC Guide: Integrating Governance into Water
This guide is one in a series written to support SDC staff in integrating governance in SDC’s priority themes/sectors – in this case, water. It is related to SDC’s Guideline on Integrating Governance (SDC,2020)
Gender and Water - SDC guidance sheet
This thematic guidance sheet is one in a series written to support SDC staff in ensuring that gender issues are taken into account transversally in different thematic domains - in this case water.
SDC Water Network RésEAU
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