Proyectos

MSME Programme Macedonia

19.03.2013 - 31.12.2016

The programme aims at supporting micro and small enterpreneurs in Macedonia with a view to spur economic growth and create jobs. The programme is implemented with USAID.

Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services

01.03.2013 - 31.12.2019

Human wellbeing is highly dependent on ecosystems and biodiversity, yet these critical natural resources are being degraded at alarming rates. Part of the solution lies in better informed policy making, in both public and private sectors, which take into account the full value of the benefits from ecosystems. WAVES and the Natural Capital Accounting Program help developing countries to value their natural capital and ecosystem services and how to use this information for policy making in favour of a sustainable development.

Investment Climate Kosovo

01.03.2013 - 01.03.2016

The project aims to improve the country's invesmtent climate, to stimulate FDI and to reduce compliance costs for businesses. Activities focus on the regulatory and policy framework and on streamlining administrative procedures. The project is implemented by the International Finace Corporation (IFC).

Public Finance Management, Subnational Strengthening, Phase I

14.02.2013 - 30.06.2021

This program aims at providing technical assistance and training to Peruvian subnational governments in the area of public finance management (PFM). The objective is to improve public services delivery and increase cost transparency at the decentralized level. In Peru, regional governments and local governments represent more than 40% of total public spending. However, very little systematic action has been directed so far to support the strengthening and modernization of regional and local governments, thus reducing the capacity of sub-national governments to soundly deliver key public services in areas such as education, health, water and sanitation, waste management, public transport, and security.

Technical Assistance Medium Term Expenditure Framework, Phase III

01.02.2013 - 31.12.2016

The third phase of the MTEF program has two main objectives. First, it aims to meet the demands of the Nicaraguan authorities to strengthen their Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), and draw on the recommendations laid in the final external review and thus amplify the scope of the Nicaraguan MTEF model and allow the MTEF become a more useful policy making tool. Secondly, the project has a regional component, that focus on the needs of central american countries in this area, so as to contribute to the dissemination of MTEF systems, while learning and adopting the Nicaraguan good practices in the subject.

Improving Healthcare Hazardous Waste Management in Dakhaleya Governorate, Egypt

01.01.2013 - 31.12.2026

The Healthcare Hazardous Waste Management Project will realize one important aspect of the Egyptian National Strategy for Hazardous Medical Waste Management: the establishment of centralized incineration facilities including the required capacity building and training. The experience made with the project shall be fed back into the future discussion to revise and upgrade the strategy and into a policy dialog to improve health care waste management in Egypt.

Decentralized Budget Support Ghana, Phase I

01.01.2013 - 30.12.2017

This programme provides decentralized budget support through the District Development Fund (DDF) to strengthen local governments public financial management capacity, reduce the financing gap and contribute to fiscal equalization. The Swiss contribution is linked to performance of the local governments.

General Budget Support to Burkina Faso (2013-2016)

01.01.2013 - 31.12.2016

Switzerland contributes to the General Budget Support operation in Burkina Faso with maximum amount of CHF 32 million for a period of three years (2013-2016). Budget Support fosters the implementation of the economic reforms defined in the Poverty Reduction Strategy ("Stratégie de croissance accélérée et de développement durable", SCADD) of Burkina Faso and accompanies sound macroeconomic policies for sustainable and inclusive economic development.

National Pension Regulatory Authority Ghana, Phase I

01.01.2013 - 31.12.2017

This project supports the National Pension Regulatory Authority (NPRA) to strengthen its capacity to better perform its role as regulator of the pension sector. In the long term the support should contribute to make Ghana's pension reforms more sustainable.

Local Economic Development South Africa, Phase I

01.01.2013 - 31.12.2026

SECO is supporting a local economic development programme in selected municipalities in South Africa located in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Province.

Investment Policy Capacity Building for Sustainable Development

01.01.2013 - 31.12.2016

The purpose of this programme is to support developing and transition countries in the negotiation of International Investment Agreements that contribute to sustainable development and to better manage Investor-State Dispute Settlement cases. The programme is implemented by UNCTAD.

Better Work Phase II

01.01.2013 - 31.12.2016

Better Work, a partnership of the International Labour Organization and the International Finance Corporation, improves compliance with core international labour standards in the textile industry. Better Work is relevant to the partner countries of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO in Asia and demonstrates that jobs with higher compliance to labour standards do more for development.

The main goal is to help exporting garment factories in developing countries to comply with the requirements of the international buyers and to improve labour standards in the global supply chain. It does this by promoting compliance with international labour standards and national law in global supply chains as a basis for building socially responsible export strategies enhancing enterprise-level economic and social performance.