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Audit Development cooperation in vocational and professional education and training - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

The Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) has examined support for the development of vocational and professional education and training (VPET) within the framework of projects run by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). Acquiring vocational and professional skills helps young people enter the labour market and contributes to poverty reduction, which is a priority for the SDC. Its strategy and activities are based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the UN in 2015..

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Audit number: 21174

Follow-up audit Implementation of main recommendations - Directorate for Resources / Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) has around 5,600 employees. In 2022, personnel expenditure totalled CHF 647 million. The FDFA's employees are divided into the categories "transferable staff" (1,200 employees), "local staff" (3,000 employees) and "non-transferable staff" (1,400 employees). In 2016, the Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) audited the processes used for the rotation of transferable staff.

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Audit number: 23244

Follow-up audit Implementation of key recommendations: Diplomatic activities of small Swiss representations abroad - Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

The Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) conducted a follow-up audit of the recommendations made in its evaluation of the diplomatic activities of small Swiss representations abroad, published in 2018. At that time, these made up 31 of Switzerland's hundred or so embassies with an annual cost of around CHF 25 million. Each employs only one diplomat.

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Audit number: 21504

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