Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

(in German) Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit (in French) Direction du développement et de la coopération (in Italian) Direzione dello sviluppo e della cooperazione (in Romansh) Direcziun da svilup e da cooperaziun
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Federal administration of Switzerland
Headquarters	Bern
Employees	Patricia Danzi (Director General)
Minister responsible	Ignazio Cassis, Federal Councillor
Parent agency	Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Website	www.deza.admin.ch

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is an office-level agency in the federal administration of Switzerland, and a part of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Together with other federal offices, SDC is responsible for overall coordination of Swiss international development activities and cooperation with Eastern Europe, as well as humanitarian aid.

According to the OECD, Switzerland's total official development assistance (ODA) increased in 2022 to USD 4.5 billion (preliminary data) due to an increase in in-donor refugee costs. This represented 0.56% of gross national income (GNI).^[1]