CommunicationPublished on 9 September 2022

Sharing know-how between the water towers of Switzerland and Mekong

Switzerland shares six rivers and four lakes with its neighbouring countries. The use of these water bodies is regulated by cross-border cooperation treaties dating back several decades. Based on this extensive experience in sustainable TWM, Switzerland shares it technical and policy expertise with delegations from Asia via the SDC – this time during a field visit focusing on practical cases in Geneva, Martigny and Bern.

In the field: in Martigny, the Asian delegations familiarised themselves with the technical functioning of the recently erected filtering dam. — © FDFA

Switzerland and Laos are both regional drivers.

Christian Engler, SDC deputy director for the Mekong region