Before joining ADEA, Mr Byll-Cataria was Senior Consultant to the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

UNESCO: Quality in educational policy: Research and foresight

Fabienne Lagier from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) emphasized the importance of promoting adult learning in development work.

UNESCO: CONFINTEA VI

Transocean Sedco Forex (44, RIG), Santa Fe International (34, SDC) and Diamond Offshore Drilling (40, DO) are deploying huge fleets of long-idled semisubmersibles.

FORBES: Economic Scrabble

Recognising this concern, the SDC recommended that any project given the green light would have to be in "full compliance" with EU habitat and wildlife directives.

BBC: The ebb and flow of tidal power

The SDC added that it was essential for the scheme to be publicly funded and publicly owned in order to ensure compliance to the environmental legislation.

BBC: The ebb and flow of tidal power

However, the SDC report concluded that it did not "consider that a large-scale tidal lagoon development in the Severn estuary would offer any environmental or economic advantage over a tidal barrage".

BBC: The ebb and flow of tidal power

But the SDC's report warns that while it was "hugely encouraged" by the way in which ministers were addressing sustainability, "few communities built so far are living up to the promise of being environmentally sensitive, well-connected and inclusive".

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