Project spending

  2020 2021 2022 2023
Total expenditures SECO 360.6 340.5 367.9 359.5
Development cooperation 253.4 253.2 252.2 234.9
Transition cooperation   72.5 79.1 113.4 121.3
Contribution to EU enlargement 34.7 8.2 2.4 3.2
The table shows SECO’s (Economic Cooperation and Development Division) expenditures as they appear in the state financial statements, without return flows. In the table, SECO’s expenditure includes the capitalisation of the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM), without investment fund operations.

The economic and trade policy measures implemented by SECO in the context of development cooperation contribute to the reduction of poverty and global risks and promote peace and the human rights. The main objective is to foster a sustainable and inclusive growth. Government authorities, civil societies, private companies and other stakeholders in recipient countries benefit from those measures. Whenever possible, the measures are implemented in cooperation with Swiss companies and service providers. Some specific projects are implemented in collaboration with multilateral organisations (e.g. the World Bank).

Development cooperation

In the context of development cooperation, SECO puts its focus on the more economically advanced developing countries in Africa, South-East Asia and Latin America.  

  2022 2023
Priority countries 111.9 136.8
Colombia 18.7 12.1
Egypt 9.9 11.1
Ghana 11.8 7.9
Indonesia 21.6 22.4
Peru 12.1 22.8
South Africa 17.2 22.7
Tunisia 10.1 16.8
Vietnam
10.5 20.9
Complementary measures, global/regional programs 140.2 98.2
Countries with complementary measures * 5.9 9.8
Global and regional programs 134.3 88.4
Total 252.2 234.9
* Significant complementary programs to the SDC measures have been implemented in Myanmar, Nepal, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Mozambique and Bolivia.

Transition cooperation

SECO and SDC engage jointly in transition cooperation with countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. SECO's interventions focus on Albania, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Tajikistan and Ukraine.

  2022
2023
Priority countries 90.7 84.5
Albania  5.2 9.0
Kyrgyzstan 10.1 4.9
Serbia 11.3 11.1
Tajikistan   8.8 9.6
Ukraine   55.3 49.9
Complementary measures, global/regional programs  22.7
36.8
Countries with complementary measures * 8.6 12.6
Global and regional programs 14.1 24.3
Total   113.4
121.3
* SECO implements complementary measures under Swiss cooperation programmes in Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Uzbekistan.

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