Switzerland provides selected EU states with support. The aim is to reduce economic and social inequality in the EU and to better manage the effects of migration. For this purpose, Switzerland is providing a total of CHF 1.3 billion for the period 2019\u20132029; the programmes and projects to be supported are agreed directly with the partner countries. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) are jointly responsible for the cohesion framework credit. The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) is responsible for the migration framework credit, which was not part of the first enlargement contribution (2007\u20132024).
The Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) conducted a follow-up audit at SECO and the SDC on the implementation of key recommendations from the 2014 audit of the first enlargement contribution. There have been significant improvements compared to the first enlargement contribution. The SFAO has therefore been able to close four of the original five recommendations. Despite the improvements, it has issued five new recommendations for the second enlargement contribution, in which the SEM now also participates. These recommendations refer to key aspects for future development, and are aimed at strengthening efficiency, effectiveness and transparency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","audit_category":[63],"audit_type":[51],"class_list":["post-42192","audit","type-audit","status-publish","hentry","audit_category-international-relations","audit_type-audit"],"acf":{"audit_lang":null,"audit_numbers":[{"audit_number":"24414"}],"audit_office":[1287,1256,1260],"audit_office_text":"","audit_date":"20260126","bgo":false,"keywords":"Horizontal audit, Cross-functional audit","audit_office_local":"SECO, SDC, SEM"},"yoast_head":"\n