Bolivia

Projects

Senior Expert Contact

Promoting entrepreneurship through expertise - Imparting technical skills through volunteer work Through their services, Senior Expert Contact (SEC) experts provide hands-on, direct support to companies and institutions in their efforts to grow.
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Circular Cities – Colombia, Bolivia

This project aims to improve the integrated and inclusive solid waste management system of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia and Santiago de Cali in Colombia following a circular economy vision.

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Professional technical training Bolivia

The focus of the project places special emphasis on job integration for young people between ages 15 and 24 in the labor market, by focusing on skills development through professional technical training in Technical Technological Institutes and Alternative Education Centers, within the framework of the current public education policy.Only 73% of...

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Markets for Recycling: Waste Management in the Transportation Sector

Population growth coupled with increasing consumerism are factors that have negative impacts on the environment, such as the increased generation of non-recycled solid waste and the growing contamination of bodies of water, soil and air. A linear economy, based on exploiting, making and discarding, wastes natural resources and generates great...

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Inclusive Markets in Bolivia

The main objective of the program is "to improve the living conditions of the target population by helping them reduce their poverty situation". The purpose is "to increase the opportunities, capacities and income of the target population".The Inclusive Markets project is implemented in Bolivia with funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and...

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18.11.2024

Composting as a key solution for waste management and sustainable agriculture

Swisscontact is leading an initiative to promote composting in Latin America as a key solution to address waste management challenges and encourage sustainable agricultural practices.

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18.11.2024

Recycling: Turning waste into wealth

The circular economy offers a route to sustainable development and prosperity in Latin America by providing practical solutions to address the region's environmental and economic challenges. By adopting this approach, Latin American countries can harness their resources more efficiently, strengthen their local economies and promote a more equitable and resilient future for all.

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31.10.2024

Transforming the future with Green Businesses in Latin America

Green businesses offer Latin America a pathway to sustainable development by combining economic profitability with environmental and social responsibility. These businesses not only promote natural resource conservation and climate change mitigation, but also foster innovation, create quality jobs and strengthen the region's economic resilience. By adopting more sustainable business practices and accessing international finance and markets, green businesses in Latin America can significantly contribute to inclusive economic growth and to building a more prosperous and equitable future for all.

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Swisscontact in Bolivia

Swisscontact started working in Bolivia in 1988. Since then, it has implemented various programs and projects that promote inclusive development – economic, social and environmental – offering economically and socially disadvantaged people the opportunity to improve their lives using their own initiative.

Our work focuses on rural development projects, professional technical training, environment and climate change mitigation, which are concentrated in four main areas: Vocational Education and Skills Development, Insertion in the Labour Market, Sustainable Agriculture, Commerce and Green Cities.

Through our systemic approach and our role as facilitators, we work with a wide network of local stakeholders both in the public and private sector as well as with the academic sector.

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The Journey and Key Achievements of Aire Limpio

The Aire Limpio (Clean Air) Project contributed to the protection of Bolivia’s population, as well as the environment against the effects of air pollution. The results: CO2 emissions have decreased by 370,000 tonnes, and 12 Bolivian cities have designed sustainable mobility plans and are currently implementing them. Aside from this, a national air quality measurement network has been installed. The Aire Limpio project was an SDC project and implemented by Swisscontact from 2003 until 2017.

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