Archives: Organizations

The Challenge Initiative

The Challenge Initiative (TCI) offers a unique approach to financing, scaling up and sustaining family planning programs designed to address the rapid urbanization taking place in Africa and Asia. TCI has engaged more than 200 city governments across 13 countries with support to implement high-impact family planning practices and other interventions that rapidly scale access […]

Public-Private Partnership to Improve Professional Education in Ukraine (EDUP)

Swisscontact has joined forces with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Geberit Trading LLC and Sika Ukraine LLC to transform vocational education and training (VET) in Ukraine. With additional support from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the EdUP initiative addresses the profound impact the war has had on the country’s […]

Take the Lead

Take The Lead is an initiative developed in collaboration with Mexoxo, eCornell University, the L’Oréal Fund for Women, and over thirty six local stakeholders. The initiative is dedicated to democratizing education for 300,000 underserved women across 155 countries. Its goal is to provide these women with premier educational resources, thereby bridging gaps in knowledge access […]

Plastic with Purpose: Creating a Sustainable Circular Economy for Plastic Waste in Vietnam

Plastic with Purpose (PwP) is a public private partnership bringing together iDE, Oceanworks, and ReForm Plastics with the purpose of developing profitable and ecologically sustainable business models in the coastal city of Da Nang, Vietnam. The program aims to improve the lives and livelihoods of small-scale, informal waste-workers, most of whom are women from across […]

Youth Empowered

YOUth Empowered, a flagship initiative in Romania, exemplifies the transformative potential of public- private-civil society partnerships by supporting teenagers and young adults (aged 16 to 25 years old) complete their education and secure jobs that match their potential. In Romania, the alarming school dropout rates imply that young individuals are deprived of essential education and […]