History

In autumn 1999, leading members of the Probation Assistance office of the Probation and Corrections Services of the Canton of Zürich founded VEBO. Its aim was to focus the knowledge and experience as well as the financial contributions of different institutions (such as the canton's lottery fund, the Federal Office for Development and Cooperation DEZA etc.) to help Eastern European countries in their development.

Part of this work is to pass on experiences made in the canton of Zürich and to use these in cooperation with the responsible institutions of the target country.