The Swiss Academy for Development (SAD) is a practice-oriented research institute that promotes development opportunities for children and young people who experience rapid and often conflictual processes of change, and encourages their participation in society.

At the interface between science and practice, SAD develops and tests new approaches and methods. It generates practice-oriented knowledge through applied studies, monitoring and evaluation projects as well as through its own operational pilot projects. SAD passes on this practical knowledge to organisations, who generate a multiplier effect both in Switzerland and abroad.

SAD was founded in 1991 as a non-profit foundation with its head office in Biel, and is not affiliated to any political or religious group. SAD is certified by ZEWO.

SAD introduces itself (pdf 212KB)

Statuten der SAD (german only, pdf 115KB)