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Three success stories of Swiss development cooperation in the Western Balkans

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Blog 17. July 2025

Restoring Integrity: Shifting Power to Tackle Corruption

Blog 14. May 2025

Building Trust through Taxation: Example from Serbia’s Property Tax Reform

Blog 21. January 2025

Empowering Women in Kosovo’s Solar Panel Industry

Blog 20. January 2025

Systems Change: The Nesting Doll of Development

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Selected Projects

North Macedonia

Conserving Biodiversity, Managing Complex Landscapes

Armenia, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine, Montenegro

Building Economies Where All Can Prosper

Serbia

ACT for a Stronger Civil Society

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Helvetas Mosaic is a quarterly published by Helvetas Eastern European team for our email subscribers and website visitors. Our articles explore new trends and fresh ideas of international development work in Southeast Europe.

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Helvetas Eastern Europe Office
Maulbeerstrasse 10
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Phone:+41 31 385 10 10
E-Mail: easterneurope@helvetas.org

Our Topics

Education and Vocational Skills

Lack of education perpetuates inequality because poor countries cannot compete economically without a skilled workforce.

Private Sector Development

Youth need access to reliable, fairly paid jobs to break the cycle of poverty. Helvetas creates partnerships and promotes policies that build more inclusive economies.

Voice, Inclusion & Cohesion

In many countries where we work, men and women are unable to claim their rights and participate actively in decision-making processes.

Gender & Social Equity

Helvetas promotes policies, strategies and interventions which address structural causes of inequality, inequity and injustice, faced by in particular women, and underserved, marginalized or at-risk individuals and groups.

Youth

Young people are a tremendous asset, but also a possible threat when denied access to labor markets, services and decision-making. Almost every second unemployed person is aged between 15 and 24.

Urban Engagement

In 1960, only 1/3 of the global population lived in cities. Today, it’s 55% and growing. Helvetas supports more inclusive, accessible, green, and resilient city planning, to ensure urbanization is equitable, and responsible, and benefits underserved and often at risk population groups.

Our work in the countries

In addition to the countries listed below, we implement the RECONOMY program for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), spanning 11 countries of Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Western Balkans.

How Helvetas works in Albania

Helvetas promotes labor market development and supports municipalities in institutionalizing democratic processes and improving public services.

How Helvetas works in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Helvetas is now focusing on developing new labor markets in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

How Helvetas works in Kosovo

Helvetas seeks to improve career prospects for graduates and is working closely with local authorities to support institutional reforms and democratization.

How we work in North Macedonia

Helvetas’ efforts focus on job market development and vocational education and training.

How we work in Serbia

Helvetas focuses on forging links between policymakers, social scientists and civil society.

How Helvetas works in Moldova

Helvetas aims to stimulate its market systems and generate more economic opportunities for its citizens.

About the Helvetas in Eastern Europe

Helvetas is part of a network of independent development organizations. With head offices in Switzerland, Germany and the USA, Helvetas is working in 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. We bring about real change in the lives of over three million disadvantaged people every year. In Eastern Europe we implement development projects in the areas of good governance, economic perspectives, green transition and humanitarian response.