SDC Education Network

The Education Network is open to SDC employees responsible for education or related topics. The network works closely with the Swiss Network for Education and International Cooperation (RECI), which brings together around forty public and private organisations as well as individuals working in the field of education. It is part of the West Africa Division but covers all SDC education and training programmes. The network’s goal is to improve SDC's work in the area of education.

Through the network, SDC seeks to promote and implement the Education For All goals (EFA, Dakar 2000), to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (particularly goals 2 and 3) and to encourage lifelong learning. By supporting education, SDC aims to improve the well-being and livelihood of the world’s most disadvantaged populations (goal 1).

SDC emphasises the right to an education. It focuses its efforts on basic education for children, young people and adults. SDC has a holistic view of education: it supports a variety of stakeholders, particularly in the non-formal education sector, and is involved at various levels of the education system (e.g. primary and post-primary education, vocational training and the training of trainers).