Afghanistan. Since 2003. Construction of rural water supply and sanitary facilities. Protection of water catchment area. Rural development in the areas of education, health and support for local markets. Training of teaching staff and vocation training for young people and adults.

Benin. Since 1995. Supporting local authorities in drinking water and sanitation sectors. Access to clean water for health centres and schools. Promotion and development of market-oriented supply chains (ananas). Promoting the production and marketing of fair trade organic cotton (and rotation products). vocational education for youth in the north of Benin.

Bhutan. Since 1975. Supporting local authorities in governance. Promotion and development of market-oriented supply chains. Support for planning and construction of footbridges. Support for rural development initiatives. Community forestry. Dairy technology promotion. Rural development training.

Burkina Faso. Since 2002. Construction of rural access roads. Support to local councils in the areas of water resources management and sanitation. Promotion of production and marketing of fair trade organic cotton. Support of non formal education for the youth in the east of Burkina Faso. Building a competence centre for rural infrastructure.

Ethiopia. From 1976 to 1983. Resumption of the programme in 2002. Construction of suspension bridges. Rehabilitation and sustainable management of chachment areas including promotion and marketing of cactus products. Reinforcing local structures and building capacity in society and administration and support for the construction of rural infrastructure in South Wollo. Knowledge exchange and knowledge management within civil society organisations.

Guatemala. Since 1972. Support for local authorities in water management. Environmental awareness-raising. Resource conservation. Promotion of cultivation, marketing and processing of agricultural products. Set-up of regional protected forest areas. Promoting peace through culture. Agricultural vocational training. Strengthening local municipal administration.

Haiti. Since 1983. Construction of rural water supply and sanitary facilities. Promotion of sustainable agriculture and market access. Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Adult education.

Honduras. Since 2007. Sustainable management and conservation of the national park Patuca and training of community forestry officers. Development of the cocoa sector. Support for training instituions in the areas of production, marketing and entrepreneurshiop. Decentralised rural infrasturcture.

Kyrgyzstan. Since 1995. Promotion of cultivation and marketing of agricultural products. Promotion of production and marketing of fair trade organic cotton. Development of a national agricultural advisory service. Support for community-managed tourism. Agricultural vocational training. Legal advisory services for rural population. Development of a national tourism marketing organisation.

Laos. Since 2001. Rural income generation through renewable energy. Development of a nationwide farmming advisory service. Promotion of value chains of organic agriculture (rice, vegetable, coffee, tea, etc).

Mali. Since 1977. Support for local actors in the area of sanitation and water. Promotion and development of organic and fair trade products. Promotion of local ecnomic development. Support for culutral initiatives. Support for a reinforcement of the decentralised educational system. Conflict prevention and resolution in the use of natural resources. Support initiatives against female genital mutilation.

Mozambique. Since 1979.  Promoition of local gonvernance and construction of rural water and sanitation facilities. Promotion of the food security and the marketing of local products. Promotion of adequate technologies of losses of post harvests. Suport for alphabetisation. Promotion of income-generating initiatives in market oriented agriculture and tourism. Support for cultural initiatives. Rural development around Maputo.

Nepal. Since 1955. Support for planning and building suspension footbridges. Construction of rural water supplies and sanitation facilities. Construction of rural access roads. Support for village water management systems. Demand-oriented construction of local infrastructure (small irrigation schemes). Promotion of organic coffee (production, processing and marketing). Support for rural development initiatives. Promotion of ecological pest control. Promotion of sustainable soil management. Appropriate local-level vocational training (through a fanchising system). Support for private-sector initiatives (small and micro-enterprises). Support for decentralisation and local authorities. Cultural projects.

Sri Lanka. Since 1972. Reconciliation work and promotion of peace. Conflict transformation and peace building.

Tajikistan. Since 2008. Promotion of cultivation and marketing of agricultural products. Promotion of organic agriculture. Reinforcing of support for legal service offices within land rights and agriculture. Support for the advice & legal reform in Tajikistan.

Tanzania. Since 1996. Further teacher training in English and environmental education.

Vietnam. Since 1994. Promotion of local Governance, advisery services and marketing chains. Promotion of the public services in the area of agriculture and rural development. Support for the reform of public administration in Cao Bang. Promotion of solar water disinfection (SODIS). Promotion of the production and marketing of cacao in the Mekong Delta.