"launch programmes" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to courses or initiatives that are beginning or to various activities that are starting. For example: "The organization has just launched several programmes to help people affected by the pandemic."
There is panic, and governments launch programmes of torture and deportation targeted at immigrant communities.
2012 Burma had tour operators flocking to launch programmes there, following the release of Aung San Suu Kyi.
A broadcast of Richard II from the Globe was one of BBC4's key launch programmes in 2002 but after that, little happened.
Launch programmes include music shows Live at the Old Blue Last, a series of live gigs shot in a Shoreditch pub owned by Vice magazine, plus documentaries such as Americana, a series about modern America, and Heavy Metal in Baghdad.
"This funding round further accelerates development of our industry-leading technologies and enables us to launch programmes in new markets and territories.
Finally a technical gap was identified; this referred to the understandable reluctance of district medical teams to launch programmes that they feared would require technical skills (such as logistical system and management information systems) not currently available.
It is also not unusual for a show's ratings to fall away after the launch programme which typically attracts most press attention.
When the job of launch programme controller at the new Swindon station Wiltshire Radio came along, Bernard moved west and rapidly became managing director.
Mavin Khoo experiments with the combination of ballet and the Indian dance form of bharat natyam in Parallel Passions, the launch programme for his small touring group.
"The brand identity fits the brief perfectly, adding vibrancy, colour and life to our channel," said Jane Mote, launch programme director for London Live.
Listen to the launch programme, Global Beats: The Best Nightclub in Africa, on the BBC World Service on 18 January at 20 05 GMT and on 21 January at 09 05 GMT.
