The City of Zurich makes so-called programme contributions to NGOs from the City of Zurich for programmes that are part of and are funded by the four-year strategy and programme period of the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC). During the current programme period 2021-2024, the following eight organisations will meet these requirements and receive programme contributions from the City of Zurich: Biovision, Brücke-Le Pont, Heks, Helvetas, Solidar Suisse, Swisscontact, TearFund Switzerland and WWF. The complete list of NGOs receiving programme contributions from the SDC is available at the following link: Programme contributions and admission procedure SDC

The NGOs that are eligible for a programme contribution from the City of Zurich must submit a corresponding application to the Foreign Relations Department. The award process for the next programme funding period 2025-2028 will take place in 2024.