Swiss Capacitiy-Building Facility for Income and Employment Generation

The overall goal is to optimise the scale and effectiveness of the Swiss contribution to income and employment generation through financial inclusion as a proven poverty alleviation strategy in SDC partner countries in the South.

The project in brief

Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Development cooperation
Project partners	Contract partner Private sector Swiss Private Sector
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF    6’600’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    6’604’877
Project phases	Phase 3 01.10.2020 - 31.12.2026   (Current phase) Phase 2 01.12.2014 - 31.12.2022   (Completed) Phase 1 01.12.2010 - 30.11.2016   (Completed)

Further technical details

• Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES AGRICULTURE
  Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	Informal and semi-formal financial intermediaries Formal sector financial intermediaries Agricultural financial services
  Cross-cutting topics	The project takes account of gender equality as a cross-cutting theme. The project also supports partner organisation improvements
  Type of support	Official development assistance (ODA)
  Type of collaboration	Bilateral, core contributions to NGOs and other private bodies / PPPs
  Finance type	Aid grant
  Aid Type	Project and programme contribution
  Tied/untied aid	Untied aid
  Project number	7F07719