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CommunicationPublished on 7 May 2021

India and Covid-19: «It feels good to be able to help in an uncomplicated way!»

60 years of the SDC – Taking planned action, responding swiftly and being able count on a committed team: Director Patricia Danzi highlights advantages of Switzerland's international cooperation that she can rely on, shifts in approach in recent decades and what is being done to adapt for the future. Seven questions for the SDC's Director on this landmark anniversary.

Two children look out of the sliding window of a booth – one with a mask, one without.
I joined a hotbed of highly-motivated employees!
We sometimes don't fully realise – Switzerland has a good reputation.
When we ask people what they need most urgently, they say a job.
A contribution of one third is made to international programmes – the NGOs have always had to find the rest themselves.
The developments related to the new understanding of cooperation after the fall of the Berlin Wall were extremely significant.

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