Transition aid

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Swiss cooperation with Eastern Europe
Transition aid      Enlargement contribution
in billion CHF
         in billion CHF
1990-2006      3.45
2007-2011      0.73      2007-2017      1.0 - 1.3

Transition aid , also traditional Eastern cooperation , traditional Eastern aid , is the name for programs and funds of Swiss Eastern cooperation that have been running in various countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Southeastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) since 1990 .

The Parliament has various lines of credit CHF 3.45 billion "for the political, economic and social change" in 2006 to Eastern Europe spoke and the CIS. It has two main goals:

  • Promotion and strengthening of the rule of law and human rights as well as the development and consolidation of stable democratic institutions.
  • Promotion of economically and socially sustainable development based on market economy principles.

Today it is supposed to support "democratic and market economy reforms" in countries of Southeast Europe (Balkans) and the former Soviet Union (especially South Caucasus and Central Asia):

The Federal Council has requested on 15 December 2006 the credit line IV to continue the traditional cooperation with the Parliament - CHF 650 million for the period 2007 to 2011 - and the originally budgeted amount to CHF 70 million cut, as compensation for the contribution to EU enlargement ( Cohesion billion).

Parliament dealt with the framework credit IV at the end of the 2007 summer session. In mid-June 2007 the National Council increased the budget back to the original CHF 730 million. The Council of States also approved this increase shortly afterwards.

Today's legal basis is the Federal Law East , which was adopted by the Swiss electorate on November 26, 2006 and is valid for ten years. It replaced the temporary federal resolution from 1995.