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Children affected by HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
Rebuilding Confidence- Developing a psychosocial support programme for children affected by HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
This research project subjects various interventions that target children affected by HIV/AIDS (CABA) in Southern Africa to scientific study. The aim is to identify essential factors that make an intervention successful, in order to develop an effective “best practice” approach that meets the psychosocial needs of the affected children.
| Duration: |
November 2006 - Oktober 2011
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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Southern Africa
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Youth and employers dialogue
Discussions between young people and employers
In 2009, the Swiss Academy for Development (SAD) will hold round tables and workshops on the topic of “Integrating young people with a migrant background in the employment market“ in three locations in Switzerland.
| Duration: |
July 2008 - July 2009
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| Status: |
completed |
Region:
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Switzerland
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Meeting through sport
Physical activity as means of social integration
The project "Moving toward Integration" promotes the social integration of children and youth from immigrant backgrounds by facilitating their access to organised sport. This project was initiated by the SAD and the Swiss Federal Institute of Sports Magglingen (SFISM), and has been jointly supported by both institutions since early 2005.
| Duration: |
January 2005 - December 2008
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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Switzerland
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Building bridges-promoting dialogue
A
survey of religious communities and migrant organisations in Bienne
With the financial support of the city of
Bienne, MULTIMUNDO and SAD are conducting a survey of all the migrant
associations and clubs, as well as religious communities in Bienne.
The collected information will be released in the form of an inventory on the
website of MULTIMUNDO.
| Duration: |
January- August 2007
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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City of Bienne, Switzerland
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Conflicting Voices of Iranian Women
Iranische Frauen im Spannungsfeld zwischen Tradition und Moderne
Die SAD unterstützte ein lokales Forschungsteam wissenschaftlich bei der Durchführung einer landesweiten Studie zu Rollen und Wirkungsfeldern iranischer Frauen im familiären und wirtschaftlichen Alltag. Untersucht wurden Coping-Strategien, Orientierungsmuster und Handlungsspielräume iranischer Frauen, welche sich zunehmend in einem Spannungsfeld zwischen Tradition und Moderne wieder finden.
| Zeitraum: |
Februar 2006 - November 2008
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| Status: |
abgeschlossen
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Region:
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Iran
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CRoNO
An evaluation of three integration projects of the Red Cross in Spain
SAD is evaluating and monitoring three integration projects for unaccompanied minor migrants, which are being conducted by the Spanish Red Cross (SRC). The main goal is to create and validate a successful concept for the evaluation of further integration projects.
| Duration: |
May 2007 - May 2009
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| Status: |
completed |
Region:
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Spain |
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Cup of Heroes
Youth Transforming Communities through Sport
SAD and the South African organisation SCORE are partnering in a project, using sport as a tool to achieve youth empowerment and social transformation. While SCORE implements the project activities in nine disadvantaged South African and Namibian communities, SAD is responsible for assessing and evaluating its impact.
| Duration: |
July 2008 - December 2011
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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South Africa & Namibia
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Diaspora and Migrant communities from Turkey living in Switzerland: a review study
The Swiss Academy for Development (SAD) and the Centre for Social Research (ceres) of the University for Applied Sciences, Department of Social Work, conduct a review study on migrants from Turkey living in Switzerland. With over 74’000 people, migrants from Turkey constitute the sixth largest group of resident foreigners in Switzerland.
| Duration: |
October 2008 - December 2009
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| Status: |
finished
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Region:
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Switzerland
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Encrages
Intercultural
story competition in the Romandy
In
cooperation with the Migros Culture Percentage and the publisher Editions d’en bas,
SAD launched an intercultural story competition on the topic of migration. The
main goal of the project was to demonstrate the literary and cultural richness,
as well as the diversity of life experiences of those who have moved here.
| Duration: |
January 2006 - May 2007
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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Romandy (french speaking Switzerland)
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EUROSCHOOLS 2008
Together with the 2008 UEFA European Football Cup and the 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, football is serving as an important occasion for intercultural understanding and fair play, as well as an excellent opportunity to teach these skills.
Aus Anlass der Fussball-Europameisterschaft 2008 und im Rahmen des Europäischen Jahres des Interkulturellen Dialogs 2008 dient der Fussball als Lernanlass und Lerninhalt zu Themen der interkulturellen Verständigung und des Fair Play
| Duration: |
April 2006 - June 2008
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein
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EUROSCHOOLS YOUTH CAMP 2008
For one exciting week The EUROSCHOOLS YOUTH CAMP 2008 celebrates
European diversity. More than 400 teenagers from 53 nations will live,
work and play together. A Fair Play Football Tournament in
Liechtenstein forms the crowning finaleDas
EUROSCHOOLS YOUTH CAMP 2008 begrüßt fußballbegeisterte Jugendliche aus 53
Ländern. Die Teilnehmer können sich auf Workshops, ein europäisches Fair Play
Turnier sowie viele neue Freundschaften freuen.
| Duration: |
Sept 2008
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| Status: |
completed |
Region:
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Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein
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Evaluation of UEFA’s HatTrick Program
Between
May and September 2006, SAD conducted an interim impact evaluation of the Union
of European Football Association’s (UEFA) development program HatTrick.
| Duration: |
2006
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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Football for Hope
Football for a better World - Monitoring & Evaluation concep
SAD and Aqumen Sports Consulting are jointly
developing and implementing a monitoring
and evaluation system for the Football
for Hope Movement. The IT-based toolkit
will help to guarantee quality
programmes on the ground and to accurately measure the results and impact of
the various programmes supported by the FfHM.
| Duration: |
April 2008 - May 2009 (Pilot-Phase)
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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Zambia, Malawi, Colombia , South-Africa, England
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Gender, Sport und Entwicklung
Die SAD untersucht das Zusammenspiel von Geschlechternormen und Sport im Entwicklungskontext. Im Zentrum steht das Potenzial des Sports als Instrument in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, um Frauen und Mädchen in ihren Bemühungen zur Ausweitung von Handlungs- und Entscheidungsspielräumen zu unterstützen und ihr Empowerment zu fördern.
| Zeitraum: |
Januar 2005 - März 2007
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| Status: |
abgeschlossen
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Region:
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Sambia, Iran, Nord-Kaukasus
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Intercultural Dialogue - Turkey
Developing a culture of dialogue: perspectives for joint action
This project offers people of different cultural and religious backgrounds a platform for exchange. The focus is on civil society actors in Turkey as well as migrant communities from Turkey in Switzerland. Getting to know each other across “frontiers” is facilitated by the possibility to present different point of views and explore joint collaboration.
| Duration: |
April 2006 - December 2009
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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Turkey/Switzerland
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Teaching Islam in Schools
A Project in Kriens and Ebikon
Commissioned by the Association of
Islamic organizations of canton Lucerne
(VIOKL), SAD conducted an evaluation of the teaching of Islam in two schools in
the munici-palities of Kriens and Ebikon. The main goal of the evaluation was to review
whether or not the project made a contribution to improved cohabitation of
Muslims and Christians, as well as to the integration of Muslim communities in Switzerland.
| Duration: |
2004
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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Switzerland
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Youth empowerment in Lebanon - Component I
Sport and play for Lebanese children and youth affected by conflict
This project uses sport and game activities to help Lebanese children and youth who were strongly affected by the war in the summer of 2006 to overcome emotional stress and become reintegrated into their day-to-day lives.
| Duration: |
January 2007 - December 2008
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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Beitrut, Lebanon
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Youth empowerment in Lebanon - Component II
Risky Behaviours and Protective Factors among Youth in Lebanon This research project aims to detect risky behaviours and protective factors among youth in Lebanon and to identify the personal, as well as the social and economic factors that deter-mine or protect against such behaviours, in order to develop evidence-based and sustainable prevention programs.
| Zeitraum: |
May 2010 - May 2011
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| Status: |
ongoing
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Region:
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Lebanon - Greater Beirut |
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Youth in Russia: Subproject I
The future of a generation in transition
This SAD project consists of three levels: 1) youth research; 2) empowerment, capacity-building and exchange; and 3) youth projects. The objective of the project is twofold: to study the social problems of Russian youth as well as their attitudes to their living conditions, and to take concrete steps to improve their situation. The first geographical focus of this study is on the Caucasus.
| Duration: |
2005 - 2007
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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Russia, with a focus on the Caucasus
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Youth in Russia: Subproject II
The future of a generation in transition
This SAD project seeks to educate committed young people and to support them in creating structures for other young people, and thus to make a concrete contribution to improving their living conditions. The first geographical focus is on the Caucasus.
| Duration: |
2005 - 2007
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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Russland mit Schwerpunkt Kaukasus
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Migration in Russia: Audiovisual Means as Instruments of Integration
Facilitating the integration of immigrants with the help of a DVD and to combat intolerance among youth with an interactive CD-ROM: two methods of creating a more tolerant society in Russia
| Duration: |
August 2008 – July 2010
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| Status: |
ongoing
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Region:
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Russia: Moscow area; Kaluga and Ryazan oblasts |
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Move 4 New Horizons
A holistic educational programme for disadvantaged children in Nepal
SAD and the Nepalese grassroots organisation DWO are implementing an educational programme for disadvantaged out of school children in the Mid-Western region of the country. By teaching them basic reading, writing and mathematic skills in a non formal way and offering them well-guided sport and play activities, the project is taking on a holistic approach to education.
| Duration: |
2008 - 2011 |
| Status: |
completed |
| Region: |
Nepal |
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Protecting Children in War
Evaluation
of the UEFA/ICRC Campaign
In Summer 2004, SAD evaluated the
campaign “Protect Children In War” which was co-organized by the Union of
European Football Associations (UEFA) and the International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC), on the occasion of the European Football Championship 2004 in
Portugal.
| Duration: |
2004
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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Sport and games for traumatised children and young people in Bam
Sport and games offer a meaningful recreational activity that helps to overcome emotional injury, channel frustration and aggression, increase physical and mental well-being, and transmit important basic rules for peaceful co-existence such as teamwork and fair play. Sport and games can also be used as a vehicle for educational purposes (e.g. drug prevention and HIV/AIDS information).
| Duration: |
June 2004- June 2006
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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Bam, Iran
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Xenophilia Switzerland
The intercultural game about yourself and others
Xenophilia-Schweiz ("Xenophilia Switzerland") is a computer game for young people that seeks to help individuals of different cultures, backgrounds and lifestyles understand each other better. Its playful methodology raises participants' awareness of topics such as immigration, integration, racism, prejudices and cultural misunderstandings.
| Duration: |
November 2003 - January 2005
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| Status: |
completed
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Region:
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Switzerland
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