Lessons learned from COVID-19 for international cooperation

The considerations of Switzerland’s Strategy for International Cooperation 2021-2024 in the Foreign Policy Commission and in Parliament coincide precisely with the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an opportunity, says Fritz Brugger.

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©Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment

In the current situation, the question comes up with new urgency: What is actually important when we think about development? In an op-ed for the Swiss Society for Foreign Policy SGA-ASPE, Fritz Brugger discusses four important points: investing in health and education, promoting the rule of law, intensifying policy coherence, and reinforcing multilateralism.

Read external pageFritz Brugger’s op-ed (in German)

Read NADEL’s statement on Switzerland’s Strategy for International Cooperation 2021-2024 (in German)
 

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