Our Projects
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Zero Emission Buildings China (ZEB China)
China | Building and Settlement
The project supports the decarbonization of China’s building sector, which is the biggest in the world, with Switzerland’s leading know-how on sustainable construction working with Chinese partners on upgrading building standards, advising demonstration projects and enhancing capacities of local authorities, professionals as well as university students.
Northern Agriculture and Forestry Training College
Laos | Building and Settlement
The development goal is to build up the NAFC, as a centre of excellence, acknowledged by public and private partners in sustainable upland farming systems in the northern provinces of Laos. The project objective is: the NAFC offers an attractive study and working environment for students and teachers (taking into account gender and ethnic groups).
Rehabilitation of earthquake affected schools
Nepal | Building and Settlement
A destructive earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck Nepal on 25 April 2015. Caritas Switzerland is rehabilitating 34 schools in 6 VDCs in Sindhupalchok district, Nepal, to provide students and teachers with earthquake-safe and child- and teacher-friendly learning environments.
The PROECCO Programme (Promoting Climate Responsive Building Material Production and Off-farm Employment in the Great Lakes Region
Burundi | Building and Settlement
In the project area locally promoted technologies for energy efficient building material production are not economically viable solutions for mass scale dissemination. Successful technologies and production methods from Africa, Asia and/or Latin America are being transferred to the Great Lakes Region.
National School Construction Guidelines
Laos | Building and Settlement
The National School Construction Guidelines is the Ministry of Education’s concretization of its commitment to make schools safe from disasters and child-friendly for students in Lao PDR. School construction has been guided by standards and guidelines of donor and development agencies such as the WB, ADB, JICA, AusAID, and UNICEF.
Special Monitoring FMO Poland
Poland | Building and Settlement
Appraisal for the EEA (European Economic Area) Financial Mechanism Office (Brussels) of 2 project adjustments in Poland.
CVT Yangon
Myanmar | Building and Settlement
The Centre for Vocational Training (CVT) in Myanmar, together with the headquarters in Switzerland operates a three year commercial college and a secondary school. The school mangament decided to provide new and modern infrastrcuture at estimated costs amounting about CHF 5.0 million for which Skat was madated to provide an architectrual study. The priliminary design was not further developed by the client.
Masterplan District Hospital Bumthang
Bhutan | Building and Settlement
The main objective of developing a Master Plan for the next 5-10 years was to ensure that all the activities that are required for the 40-bedded hospital are ideally perceived from both the Royal government’s perspective, the realities on ground and the prospective donors perspectives.
External evaluation CCR & PARIS PROGRAMS / HUMANITARIAN AID
Haiti | Building and Settlement
SDC Haiti mandated Skat Consulting to carry out a joint evaluation of two programs initiated by the SDC-Humanitarian Aid after the 2010 earthquake: the Programme d’Appui à la Reconstruction des Infrastructures Scolaires – PARIS and the Centre de Compétences à la Reconstruction – CCR.
Resettlement & Housing Project for Roma Families
Kosovo | Building and Settlement
On behalf of Caritas Switzerland, Skat carried out support missions to contribute to the improvement of housing conditions and livelihoods of Roma families in Gjakova, Kosovo.
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