The project database provides concrete insights into the international cooperation work of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). You can filter for projects by topic, country and project owner (either the SDC or SECO).
The Pilot Auction Facility for Methane and Climate Change Mitigation ("PAF") is an innovative results-based climate finance facility aimed at stimulating investment in low-cost greenhouse gas emission reductions. The PAF would auction put options that guarantee a floor price on carbon emission reduction credits ("ERs").
Five innovative Street Lightning LED Retrofit Projects will be realized with the aim to generate best practices models and build capacities in promoting energy efficiency in the public street lighting sector in South Africa. This project will be implemented by GIZ in the framework of their South African German Energy Program (SAGEN).
The Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative is a thematic fund of the Inter-American Development Bank for climate change. The SECCI Fund can be considered a "start-up instrument" for climate investments, or a project preparation fund for implementation of low carbon and resilient projects. SECO will contribute CHF 6.0 Mio to the Fund.
The project implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) aims to strenghten Colombia's national quality infrastructure through the Cosmetic sector's enhanced compliance capacity to meet international and private quality and sustainability standards.
The Swiss Entrepreneurship Program aims to create jobs in Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Peru, and Vietnam by improving the local entrepreneurship ecosystem. The Program is implemented by Swisscontact and J.E. Austin Associates. It has been awarded by open tender.
SECO has a longstanding partnership with the Kyrgyz Government aiming to develop and strengthen the urban water and sewerage sector of the country. Responding to the significant institutional and infrastructural needs, SECO engaged in 2009 in the Bishkek Water Supply Project (Phase I) on co-financing basis with EBRD. After the positive results achieved in phase I and taking into account the still existing need of the city, it was decided to contribute to a second phase of the project. This project will further rehabilitate the water and waste water infrastructure of Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic. The project with an overall budget of EUR 17,6 million, will be financed by an EBRD loan of EUR 8,5 mio., a grant by GEF of EUR 1,15 mio. and a grant by SECO of EUR 7,98 mio.
The regional debt resolution programme supports Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Serbia in their efforts to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of insolvency resolution arrangements. The programme is implemented by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
The Technical Assistance Project will help to improve the performance of the recipient companies to international standards. This will enable Mongolian SMEs to expand operations beyond the mining sector.
The Project aims to build technical and managerial capacities for the management of large gas infrastructure developments in the Albanian public sector with reference to the implementation of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) and the development of an Albanian gas market.
The second phase of the Financial Sector Development and Reform Program (FSDRP 2) is to support the South African government in improving financial inclusion while at the same time strengthening financial stability.
The objective of this World Bank executed program is to assist the South African government in implementing its reform agenda of the financial sector by strengthening financial stability and improving financial inclusion benefiting also the poor.
This project supports Ghana's efforts to provide national access to electricity. It does so by financing the extension of the electricity distribution network, and by strengthening the managerial, commercial and technical capacities of main sector public actors. The project also promotes energy efficiency and the development of renewable energies.