Kristina Lanz

The impact of international cooperation is a recurring theme in the media and in Parliament. Yet the ongoing debate says more about the shortcomings in the evaluations and the inadequacy of communication regarding international cooperation in general, than about the actual impact of projects.

Switzerland co-chaired the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) from 2019 to 2022. The international summit held in Geneva from 12 to 14 December 2022 was a high point. Alliance Sud attended the summit.

Power inequalities are still a major problem in development cooperation. Change is under way where decolonization is seriously being promoted.

Former National Councillor Regula Rytz continues her engagement on the international stage, as the new President of Helvetas. She sees today's multiple crises as an opportunity for global cooperation.

The problem is not the United Nations, but the pursuit of self-interest by Member States. A case for values-based and human-centred multilateralism.

Does the brutal military attack on Ukraine signal the beginning of the end of globalization, as is being put about by many sources? An attempt to take stock.

Despite vaccines and economic recovery in Switzerland: globally, the corona crisis is far from over and inequality is on the rise. An interim assessment and a plea for more global responsibility.

Between 2016 and 2019, I had the opportunity to take part in the WOLTS project, an action-oriented research project on mining, pastoralism, and women’s land rights in two Maasai villages in the Arusha and Manyara regions of northern Tanzania.

The Responsible Business Initiative failed in November because of a majority vote by the cantons, conservative economic associations could heave a sigh of relief. The backlash came nonetheless: Chronicle of a political attack on NGOs.