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SEC Annual Event 2025 – Review

SEC Annual Event 27.10.2025 / Communication in Change We look back happily on the interesting SEC Annual Event [...]

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We Present

Welcome Isabelle – our new Programme Manager from 1 November We are very excited to welcome Isabelle Gemperle [...]

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Success story Kosovo / Precision and Motivation – CNC Knowledge for the Next Generation

To strengthen the next generation of skilled workers and bring fresh momentum to IMP’s production processes, Managing Director [...]

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Expert Search in July

Despite our extensive database with around 700 active SEC experts, there are still times when we cannot find [...]

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Navigating Challenges

Interview with Swisscontact CEO Philippe Schneuwly on the Future of International Development Cooperation

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Personnel changes

The SEC Strategy 2028 has resulted in personnel changes at the SEC. Nicole Luis, who played a key [...]

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SEC Annual Report 2024

We are pleased to present you the results achieved by the Senior Expert Contact (SEC) in 2024.

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SEC Strategy 2028: A New Direction for the Future

Changes Ahead – A Glimpse into our Future The SEC Strategy 2028 is set to align seamlessly with [...]

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Experts on assignment, July – December 2024

We have compiled a list for you, subdivided by country, with information on the assignments carried out there [...]

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Success story Peru / Knowledge Transfer for the Future: Successful Further Training in Milk Production

A two-week training course for milk processors took place in the dairy region of Cajamarca, Peru. This was [...]

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Obituary Brigitte Mäntele

It is with great sadness, but also deep gratitude, that we say goodbye to Brigitte Mäntele, our SEC [...]

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Experts on Assignment, July – December 2024

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Success story Guatemala / Transforming Mango Dehydration: Gold Label’s Journey to Excellence

In the southwest of Guatemala, Gold Label embarked on an ambitious journey to revolutionize their mango dehydration process. [...]

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SEC Annual Event 2024 – Review

SEC Annual Event 28.10.2024 / Think globally – act locally We look back happily on the interesting SEC [...]

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Coordinators’ seminar in Rabat, Morocco

At the end of September, the SEC coordinators and the team from Zurich came together in Rabat for [...]

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Experts on assignment, January – June 2024

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Success story Nepal / Roadmap for the future

The Nepalese IT company Curves n’ Colors (CNC) from Kathmandu, Nepal, offers its national and international customers all [...]

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Introducing our SEC coordinators and their countries

Shqiprim Lubishtani (Ship) has been our SEC coordinator in Kosovo since May 2022. He took on this role [...]

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Expert Search in July

Despite our extensive database with around 700 active SEC experts, there are still times when we cannot find [...]

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SEC Annual Report 2023

We are pleased to present you the results achieved by the Senior Expert Contact (SEC) in 2023.

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Experts on assignment, July – December 2023

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Success story Benin / Beninese cosmetics manufacturer focuses on growth and innovation

SOAP & Co by LUV’SI is a small cosmetics company in Porto Novo, Benin, that has grown steadily [...]

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Introducing our SEC coordinators and their countries

The Phnom Penh based Sorphorn Souk has been our coordinator in Cambodia since 2018. She is Swisscontact Cambodia’s [...]

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Success story Cambodia / Follow-up assignment has a lasting impact

The organisation Villageworks Cambodia produces bags that are socially and ecologically sustainable. Unfortunately, sales via the website are [...]

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Expert Search in December

Despite our extensive database with around 700 active SEC experts, there are still times when we cannot find [...]

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Success story Georgia / Achieve a big impact with small changes

The catering company Delicato in Tbilisi, Georgia, has grown continuously since its foundation in 2005. In the meantime, [...]

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Experts on assignment, January – June 2023

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Introducing our SEC coordinators and their countries

Ana Tan has been our coordinator in Peru since 2013. An industrial engineer, she worked in the private [...]

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Expert Search in September

Despite our extensive database with around 700 active SEC experts, there are still times when we cannot find [...]

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Success story Guatemala / A double effort for a better carbon footprint

The “Porta Hotels” in Guatemala are known for their high standards. The traditional company wants to offer its [...]

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Introducing our SEC coordinators and their countries

Brigitte Mäntele has been our coordinator in Benin since 1st July 2011. Before that, she worked as a [...]

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Expert Search in June

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SEC Annual Report 2022

We are pleased to present you the results achieved by the Senior Expert Contact (SEC) in 2022.

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Experts on assignment, July – December 2022

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Success story Bolivia / The “Panaderia Artesanal Bon Pain” bakery

A little corner of France in the Bolivian town of Santa Cruz de la Sierra: the bakery “Panaderia [...]

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Introducing our SEC coordinators and their countries

Carmen Zapata has been our coordinator in Bolivia since 2014. She lives in La Paz and works closely [...]

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Expert Search in February

Despite our extensive database with around 700 active SEC experts, there are still times when we cannot find [...]

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Success story Nepal / In the right place at the right time

The Association for Craft Producers (ACP) in Kathmandu, Nepal, has a felt department that fortunately receives many orders. [...]

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Introducing our SEC coordinators and their countries

“Nepali hospitality – A diverse multicultural country with 126 ethnic groups and 123 local languages. It has SMEs [...]

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SEC Annual Event 2022 – Review

Impressions SEC Annual Event 24.10.2022 Innovation – Ideas in action Impressions:

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Supporting a Cambodian social enterprise to improve production efficiency and boost marketing performance

Norm Bunnak, a female entrepreneur in the handicrafts sector and CEO of Villageworks Cambodia, invited a Swiss expert, [...]

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Success story Bolivia / Step by step to a functioning wastewater treatment plant.

The family business “Flor de Leche” is known for good cheese and sustainable management. Flor de Leche” treats [...]

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Experts on assignment, January – June 2022

We have compiled a list for you, subdivided by country, with information on the remote assignments carried out [...]

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Expert Search in October

Despite our extensive database with around 700 active SEC experts, there are still times when we cannot find [...]

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Success story Kosovo / Promoting young women entrepreneurs through knowledge transfer

The Cake Shop and Café “Bardha’s Cake” In spite of the pandemic, “Bardha’s Cake” can look back on [...]

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Expert Search in May

Despite our extensive database with around 700 active SEC experts, there are still times when we cannot find [...]

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SEC Annual Report 2021

We are pleased to present you the results achieved by the Senior Expert Contact (SEC) in 2021.

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Expert Search in February

Despite our extensive database with around 700 active SEC experts, there are still times when we cannot find [...]

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Experts on remote assignment, July- December 2021

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Bolivia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem benefits from Swiss expert advice

Bolivia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem reflects that business creation remains dynamic despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Figures show that 9020 new [...]

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Report of experiences with a remote assignment in Cambodia

Expert Testimony: «Actually, impossible via Zoom …. But still I tried!» Report of SEC expert Johan Bartelse, December [...]

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Success Story Nepal / Solidarity beyond national borders

The tourism industry has had a very difficult year. This meant that the hotel management school “ACE School” [...]

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Expert Search in December

Despite our extensive database with around 700 active SEC experts, there are still times when we cannot find [...]

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Success Story Uganda / How we create jobs thanks to chocolate muffins

A catering company in Uganda wants to offer more baked goods and contacts Senior Expert Contact (SEC). But [...]

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Expert Search in October

Despite our extensive database with around 700 active SEC experts, there are still times when we cannot find [...]

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Expert Search in August

Despite our extensive database with around 700 active SEC experts, there are still times when we cannot find [...]

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Success Story Uganda / Better performance through automation

In early February 2021, Hans Kissling travelled virtually to Uganda. After four months, he successfully completed his first [...]

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Experts on remote assignment, January – June 2021

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SEC Annual Report 2020

We are pleased to present you the results achieved by the Senior Expert Contact (SEC) in 2020.

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Success Story Guatelama / Making it through corona with quality cuisine and service

Thanks to the remote consultancy of our SEC expert Christoph Ramseier, the Grand Cowboys Steak House in Santa [...]

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KB Krusha in Kosovo Increases Production Capacities

The collaboration between Krusha and Swisscontact startet in 2015. They received support from the Senior Expert Contact (SEC) [...]

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Experts on remote assignment, June – December 2020

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Success Story Nicaragua / Digital Follow-Up Assignment of Felix Muntwyler

The experience in the last few months has shown that companies can “survive” in difficult times if they [...]

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Success Story Uganda/ SEC Assignment of Markus Weber

Coffee is one of the most important export products of the East African state of Uganda. The coffee [...]

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Survey results “Digital SEC annual event 2020”

The SEC has made a virtue out of necessity and conducted the annual event digitally. A summary of [...]

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Success Story Ecuador/ SEC Assignment of Hans Ulrich Züger

The “Asociación Agraria Bananera Fincas de El Oro” is an agricultural association of banana producers in Ecuador. They [...]

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Exchange platform for SEC experts

The SEC provides an exchange platform where SEC experts can share their experiences. This platform is already taking [...]

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Expert Search in July

Despite our extensive database with around 700 active SEC experts, there are still times when we cannot find [...]

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Experts in the field, January – June 2020

We have compiled a list for you, subdivided by country, with information on the SEC assignments carried out [...]

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SEC remote assignments during corona crisis

Due to the current crisis caused by the Corona pandemic, SEC’s main project activity of sending senior experts [...]

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Servicios Expertos de Consultoría, SEC Guatemala

The Servicios Expertos de Consultoría, SEC Guatemala, is a project of Swisscontact. The project’s purpose is to support [...]

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Offering Dal to Nepali tourists

This week we received a very special message from one of our long-term SEC clients in Nepal, Mr. [...]

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Trilogy “The SEC in the view of our coordinators”, Part 3

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary, we asked our SEC coordinators to share some of their experiences. [...]

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SEC Brochure

Each year, around 140 SMEs and institutions benefit from expert consultancy assignments. Read more about the SEC program [...]

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SEC Annual Report 2019

We are pleased to present you our results – assignments by country, region and industry – achieved by [...]

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Experts in the field, July – December 2019

We have listed the SEC assignments carried out between July and December 2019, divided according to countries. You [...]

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Success Story Nepal / SEC Assignment of Volker Kleinn

The Internet service provider Worldlink in Kathmandu, Nepal, has already been supported several times with SEC consulting assignments [...]

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Trilogy “The SEC in the view of our coordinators”, Part 2

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary, we asked our SEC coordinators to share some of their experiences. [...]

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New name, new logo

After 40 years, the Senior Expert Corps presents itself in a new look and with a new name: [...]

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Trilogy “The SEC in the view of our coordinators”, Part 1

On the occasion of the anniversary year, we asked our SEC coordinators to share some of their experiences. [...]

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October Jubilee Post: Senior Expert Corps – the way it all began

The Senior Expert Corps turns 40. But how was it created? A look at Swisscontact’s old annual reports [...]

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SEC Expert Alain Rohrbach in Hospitality and Vocational Training in Nepal

An interview with our SEC expert Alain Rohrbach at “Smart News Nepal” about hospitality and vocational training in [...]

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SEC-Jahresanlass 2019 – Impressions

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Success Story Northern Macedonia / SEC Assignment of Hans Burger

Having received two SEC consulting assignments since autumn 2017, an organic producer in Resen is one of the [...]

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Celebrating 60 Years of Friendship

Since 2006, our SEC expert Martin Liesch (Civil Engineer by profession) has conducted several SEC assignments for Ropeway [...]

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Consumer Driven Products Make for a Successful Business Case

Adiat Hajdari, owner of Ananas Impex and SEC client, is fully aware of the role that customer demand [...]

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February Jubilee Post: Interview with Margrit Tappolet, Project Manager SEC 1998 – 2004

Margrit Tappolet worked at Swisscontact from 1977 to 2009 and was managing the SEC for six years. Jane [...]

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April Jubilee Post: 25 years of SEC in Nepal

Senior Expert Corps (SEC) Nepal is also celebrating an anniversary this year: For 25 years, SEC experts have [...]

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SEC Annual Report 2018

We are pleased to present you our results – assignments by country, region and industry – achieved by [...]

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February Jubilee Post: Interview with Margrit Tappolet, Project Manager SEC 1998 – 2004

Margrit Tappolet worked at Swisscontact from 1977 to 2009 and was managing the SEC for six years. Jane [...]

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SEC Impact Study

Scribble video of an impact study conducted in August 2018 by a Swisscontact internal team. Interviews with proprietors [...]

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Tourism Entrepreneurship in Cambodia

On the afternoon of November 13, 2018, the Ministry of Tourism and Swisscontact held a dissemination ceremony of [...]

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Local SDC News / Learning from the best in the pastry business

Successful entrepreneurs know that investing in people is as important as investing in equipment. Through its Increasing Market [...]

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Encouraging Active Agening / Albanian Society for all Ages, 2/2018

Growing older is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the world, as a more mature and definitely more [...]