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. The trilogy will be launched by the Kosovo coordinator Ibrahim Bejtullahu and the Tunisian coordinator Inès Chaïeb. What makes the SEC unique? Ibro, Coordinator Kosovo:“SEC experts provide to the Kosovo clients unique professional and life experience. Most […]

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 provides some information. The Senior Expert Corps was initiated by H.E. Stettbacher. Management consulting was his trade, as he was co-founder of the first management consulting firm in Switzerland. Business and management consulting was a matter close […]

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 SEC clients who have already benefited several times from an SEC expert. Hans Burger, a trained agronomist at ETH Zurich and SEC expert since May 2009, supported the company for the first time in 2017 during harvest […]

Celebrating 60 Years of Friendship

Since 2006, our SEC expert Martin Liesch (Civil Engineer by profession) has conducted several SEC assignments for Ropeway & Cablecar Pvt. Ltd. in Nepal. On the occasion of the 1st August celebration in Nepal his SEC experiences were documented in the magazine “Meeteri”. Click here for the article        

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 plays in the success of his business as a producer of ground red pepper, vegetable condiments and recently, soups. The idea for soups as a new product was a result of the collaboration with Swisscontact’s Senior Expert […]

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 Achermann (J.A.), SEC project manager since June 2015, conducted an interview with Margrit Tappolet (M.T.) and learned some interesting facts. J.A.: Margrit, you immersed yourself in the history of the SEC on the occasion of our 40th […]

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 been conducting consultancy assignments in Nepal. During this time, 717 assignments provided professional support to SMEs and institutions. An impact study from 2018 shows how SEC clients in Nepal were able to benefit from the consultancy assignments […]