Centre for Development and Cooperation

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Centre for Development and Cooperation (CDC)

The SUPSI Centre for Development and Cooperation is active in the four institutional mandates: undergraduate and graduate studies, continuing education, applied research and services, addressing partners such as NGOs, public and private institutions and social enterprises.

 

The Competence Centre is involved in 2 of the 10 education and research consortia promoted by Swiss universities within the Swiss Universities Development and Cooperation Network (SUDAC): COFER WASH (leader) and COFER WelCIt (member). It is also co-leader of the Horn of Africa Cooperation Cluster together with the Centre for Development and Environment of the University of Bern. In addition to applied research, based on the long-standing experience of employees, services such as evaluations, consulting and second opinions are offered.

Mission and goals

The Centre promotes applied research, knowledge development and innovation in the field of development and cooperation. It addresses partners such as non-governmental organisations, public institutions and social enterprises as well as the general public.

The SUPSI Competence Centre Cooperation and Development actively collaborates with the Federation of NGOs of Italian Switzerland; an umbrella organisation that brings together some 60 NGOs in Italian-speaking Switzerland. It also collaborates with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Finally, in the field of university education, it collaborates with Swissuniversities, the umbrella organisation of Swiss universities.

The SUPSI Competence Centre is based at the SUPSI Campus in Mendrisio.

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Centre for Development and Cooperation

University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland

Campus SUPSI Mendrisio
Via Flora Ruchat-Roncati 15
CH-6850 Mendrisio

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