Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
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The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation is Switzerland’s governmental body responsible for international development, humanitarian aid, and cooperation with developing countries.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3638502 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Context triple: [Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, hasDivision, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation]
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A.
Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation
The Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation is a voluntary funding mechanism that supports development and capacity-building projects across Commonwealth member countries, particularly in areas such as governance, economic development, and institutional strengthening.
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B.
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) is the federal government department responsible for formulating and implementing Germany’s development policy and international development cooperation programs.
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C.
Commission for Developing Countries
The Commission for Developing Countries is a body within the International Mathematical Union dedicated to supporting and promoting mathematical research and education in developing nations.
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D.
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the UN’s global development agency that works to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, and support sustainable development in countries worldwide.
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E.
Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (Belgium)
The Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid is the Belgian federal body responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing Belgium’s international development policy and humanitarian assistance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Target entity description: The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation is Switzerland’s governmental body responsible for international development, humanitarian aid, and cooperation with developing countries.
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A.
Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation
The Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation is a voluntary funding mechanism that supports development and capacity-building projects across Commonwealth member countries, particularly in areas such as governance, economic development, and institutional strengthening.
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B.
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) is the federal government department responsible for formulating and implementing Germany’s development policy and international development cooperation programs.
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C.
Commission for Developing Countries
The Commission for Developing Countries is a body within the International Mathematical Union dedicated to supporting and promoting mathematical research and education in developing nations.
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D.
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the UN’s global development agency that works to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, and support sustainable development in countries worldwide.
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E.
Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (Belgium)
The Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid is the Belgian federal body responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing Belgium’s international development policy and humanitarian assistance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
development agency
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government agency ⓘ humanitarian aid organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
DDC
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DEZA ⓘ DSC ⓘ SDC ⓘ |
| activity |
bilateral development cooperation
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global programs on climate change ⓘ global programs on food security ⓘ global programs on migration and development ⓘ global programs on water ⓘ humanitarian assistance ⓘ multilateral development cooperation ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
Swiss civil society organizations
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Swiss private sector ⓘ United Nations agencies ⓘ World Bank Group ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ regional development banks ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| employerType | public sector ⓘ |
| fundingSource | Swiss federal budget ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bern ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
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surface form:
Swiss Confederation
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| mission |
to promote good governance and human rights
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to provide humanitarian aid in crises and disasters ⓘ to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development ⓘ to strengthen peace and human security ⓘ to support sustainable use of natural resources ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Direction du développement et de la coopération
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit
Direzione dello sviluppo e della cooperazione ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
French
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh language ⓘ
surface form:
Romansh
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| operatesIn |
developing countries
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transition countries ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
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surface form:
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland
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| partOf |
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Swiss international cooperation system
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| policyArea |
development policy
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foreign policy ⓘ humanitarian policy ⓘ |
| sector |
development cooperation
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humanitarian aid ⓘ international cooperation ⓘ international development ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Description of subject: The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation is Switzerland’s governmental body responsible for international development, humanitarian aid, and cooperation with developing countries.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
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hasDivision
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Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
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this entity surface form:
Swiss cooperation office
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
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nativeName
→
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
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nativeName
→
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Direction du développement et de la coopération
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
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partOf
→
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Swiss international cooperation system