Projets

Europe and Central Asia : PPP Transaction Advisory Program

01.06.2011 - 30.06.2024

The ECA Program, managed by the International Finance Corporation IFC, is providing infrastructure transaction advisory and capacity building services to the public sector authorities to promote Public-Private Partnerships in Southeastern Europe and Central Asia.

Partnership on Sustainable Urban Development

01.05.2011 - 31.12.2018

Together with the World Bank as well as Norway and UK, SECO has initiated a Partnership on Sustainable Urban Development, with the goal of improving sustainability in cities through a coordinated planning and financing of infrastructure projects.

Organic Market Development

01.05.2011 - 31.12.2018

This project is a follow up of the project "organic certification and market development" which laid the ground for introducing organic farming in Ukraine which was inexistent when SECO started its work in 2007.

The project aims at strengthening the competitiveness of Ukraine's organic agricultural sector by 1) increasing the quality and trade volume of selected organic arable crops from small and medium sized farms for export, 2) increasing the quality and trade volume of organic dairy products from small and medium sized farms for the domestic market, and 3) developing a trademark for regional food products and tourism for the Carpathians, 4) improving commercial organic services, and 5) fostering a conducive environment for the development of the organic sector. It is being implemented by the Swiss Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL), in cooperation with the stakeholders of the organic sector in Ukraine.

Pamir Private Power Project II

01.03.2011 - 31.12.2017

In July 2011 the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO approved the financing of a Phase II project comprising a more targeted lifeline subsidy scheme benefitting the poor (2012 - 2014) and the early completion of the ongoing metering programme (pre-requisite for the efficient and equitable operation of such a subsidy scheme).

Swiss Import Promotion Programme SIPPO 2012-2017

23.02.2011 - 31.03.2017

The Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) is a mandate of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) within the framework of its economic development cooperation. It is carried out by S-GE, the Swiss foreign trade promotion agency. The long term aim of SIPPO is to promote economic development through fostering exports and trade.

Water Supply and Sewerage Lezhë

31.01.2011 - 31.12.2017

The project "Water Supply and Sewerage Lezhë and Shëngjin" is part of a broader KfW programme called "Municipal Infrastructure I". This programme concerns the improvement of the situation of water supply and sewerage disposal in the municipalities of Gjirokastra, Fier, Lezhë and Saranda. The overall objective of the Swiss Contribution is to assist Lezhë municipality in assuring a reliable hygienically safe water supply for its population with cost covering and socially affordable tariffs as well as in providing adequate settlement hygiene through wastewater disposal.

Partnership for Market Readiness, Phase I

01.01.2011 - 31.12.2020

The Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) is a forum for collective action and a fund to support capacity building to scale up climate change mitigation. The PMR brings together more than 30 countries, international organizations, and technical experts to facilitate country-to-country exchange and enables enhanced cooperation and innovation.

Sustainable Recycling Industries

01.01.2011 - 30.06.2018

Globale Rohstoffknappheit verlangt nach effizientem Ressourceneinsatz entlang des ganzen Produkte-Lebenszyklus. Die Optimierung des Ressourceneinsatzes schliesst neben der Effizienzsteigerung auch die Wiederverwertung und das Schliessen von Wertschöpfungsketten ein.

Water Programme Zenica and Tuzla

04.12.2010 - 31.03.2023

The project, which SECO co-finances with the German Bank for Development (KfW), contributes to ensuring reliable and affordable water supply in the municipalities of Tuzla and Zenica in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. To a lesser extent the project also support the rehabilitation of the sewerage network in Zenica.

Public Finance Management, National reform, Peru, Phase I

03.12.2010 - 30.06.2017

The main objective of the project is to provide support to the Peruvian Ministry of Economy and Finance for the establishment and implementation of a global Public Finance Management (PFM) strengthening programme with a common medium term perspective around which to organize existing and future PFM reform initiatives.

Wastewater and Solid Waste Management Vietnam

25.10.2010 - 31.05.2027

In a context of rapid urbanisation, this project implemented by the German KfW aims at contributing to a more sustainable urban development by expanding the sewer network and build wastewater treatment plants in three secondary cities in Northern Vietnam.

Trade of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Egypt (EFTA)

15.10.2010 - 30.06.2016

This project contributes with US$ 2.85 million over a period of 4 years in order to enhance the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP) sector in Egypt through a vertically integrated approach. For many years Egypt has been producing and exporting MAP products (herbs and spices). However, the Egyptian MAP sector suffers from limited capacity to produce in terms of quality and safety standards, lack of professional advisory services, in addition to a highly fragmented and underdeveloped supply chain. These factors negatively affect the position of Egyptian MAP products both in the local and export markets and consequently the ability to increase production of high value products in addition to weakening the bargaining power of Egyptian producers and exporters. This has a negative effect on the potential for income and employment generation.

The project aims at raising the position, competitiveness and safety of Egyptian MAP products in export markets and at developing its entire local supply chain. Thus, it will be based on an integrated development approach composed of three pillars: 1) Quality enforcement- 2) Product development- 3) Access to exports markets.