The first office was opened by Swiss Association for Technical Assistance (SATA) in the '50s, and formally became an SDC Cooperation Office in the '80s. The Cooperation office in Kathmandu coordinates the activities of different projects and, when needed, bilateral humanitarian inventions. The SDC management also ensures dialogues with the parties to the conflict, political parties and civil society, in order to protect the space for development work.

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SDC Cooperation Office, Kathmandu, Nepal