Proyectos

Sustainable Tourism for SDGs, Phase I

01.10.2012 - 30.04.2022

The Program promotes sustainable tourism practices. Through better informed tourism stakeholders and more certified businesses, the contribution of the tourism sector to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be increased. Tourism has the potential to contribute, directly or indirectly to all of the SDGs.

Information System on Voluntary Sustainability Standards

20.08.2012 - 31.12.2017

Overall, the program aims to enable different stakeholder groups producers, traders, public procurers, private company buyers as well as end consumers - to take informed decisions with regard to the use and effects of Voluntary Sustainabiliy Standards (VSS). The program consists of four major components to be implemented by five institutions, in close coordination with each other. 1) Database management: Consolidation of all data necessary for the different project components in one, central database named T4SD (Trade for Sustainable Development) located at the International Trade Center (ITC). This allows to create a highly credible data pool on sustainability standards, unique with regard to both quality and depth. 2) Impact measurement: Promoting harmonized and extensively tested methodologies developed by the Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA) to measure the impact of sustainability standards for different agricultural commodities. 3) Capacity building: Promotion of coordinated and harmonized forms of capacity building at production level through the Sustainable Commodity Assistance Network (SCAN) project and the creation of an interactive capacity building resource platform. 4) Information dissemination: Reach a broad audience with the data and information available through the respective platforms of the State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI) and the Kompass Nachhaltigkeit to promote informed decision making.

Africa Leasing Facility

01.07.2012 - 31.12.2017

The objective of the Africa Leasing Facility II is to facilitate increased access to finance for micro, small and medium enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa by developing a sustainable leasing industry. Leasing is an alternative means for enterprises that are not creditworthy to access finance.

The Sustainable Trade Initiative IDH Phase I

01.07.2012 - 31.12.2021

IDH is a neutral convener that brings together companies in a safe pre-competitive arena, acts as facilitator to organize cooperation between companies, NGOs, governments, knowledge institutes, banks and trade unions. IDH kick-starts sustainability programs by co-funding and de-risking private investments, and helps exploring new concepts that will help create scalable, self-sustaining solutions that deliver impact at scale on Sustainable Development Goals, with a focus on: improved livelihoods of smallholder farmers and increased, decent incomes for workers to help end poverty (SDG1), promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth (SDG 8), improve gender equality (SDG 5), nutrition (SDG 2) and help to halt deforestation (SDG 15) and reduce toxic loading.

Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy

20.06.2012 - 31.05.2019

The objective of the World Bank - Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy Trust Fund (CPFL) is to help regulators, financial industry associations and consumer advocacy organizations work together to strengthen the financial sector and build an informed trust on it. The program covers the conduct and preparation of diagnostic reviews, financial literacy surveys, CPFL action plans and implementation programs. The main focus will be on the set up of an efficient regulatory and supervision framework for protecting financial consumers. The program has three components: (i) diagnostics of the supply and demand, (ii) tailored technical assistance to regulators, ministers of finance, and market participants, (iii) knowledge creation and outreach. Each country participating in the program will undergo either a comprehensive or a targeted diagnostic prior to receiving technical assistance (TA).

Financial Regulator Strenghening and Inclusion, Peru, Phase I

18.06.2012 - 31.12.2018

The project aims at supporting financial stability in Peru by strengthening the country's financial regulatory and supervisory framework, promoting efficient consumer protection practices and supporting the implementation of a national anti-money laundering - combating the financing of terrorism strategy. It further aspires to encourage financial inclusion by creating a favorable legal framework conducive to the development of new financial products and increasing financial literacy of existing and potential customers. The direct beneficiaries of this program are Superintendencia de Bancos y Seguros (SBS) and regulated stakeholders, including financial intermediaries, private pension managers and insurance companies. The indirect beneficiaries are the public in general an final services consumers in particular.

Public Expenditure Management - Peer Assisted Learning, Phase II

12.06.2012 - 30.06.2017

PEMPAL is an initiative to create a network of public finance management (PFM) practitioners in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region. The purpose of PEMPAL is to share experiences on reform implementation in key areas of public financial management.

Textile Value Chain in Tunisia

01.06.2012 - 31.12.2017

The first phase project will respond to the changing market requirements in the textile sector by providing a comprehensive VC approach. This first phase will support the Tunisian textile and clothing sector to overcome existing challenges, move up the value chain in niche products (technical textile) and open new markets.

Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) Indonesia

01.06.2012 - 30.06.2020

The Programme "National Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) Indonesia" aims at enhancing the resource productivity, competitiveness and environmental performance of the industry in Indonesia.

Biotrade South Africa, Phase I

28.05.2012 - 31.12.2015

The Project "Biotrade South Africa" will foster the development, branding and export of innovative cosmetics and food products based on indigenous, natural ingredients collected in the wild in an environmentally and biodiversity sustaining manner. New nature-based products have both prospects of high value (thanks to up-scale demand in developed markets) and high employment (due to labour-intensive collection methods). Hence, the sustainable collection of natural ingredients can contribute to both value addition of biodiversity, and thereby its conservation, as well as income generation for rural, disadvantaged population groups.

The Project will be implemented by PhytoTrade Africa, a not-for-profit Natural Products Trade Association in Southern Africa.

Corporate Governance Programme for Southeast Europe and Central Asia

07.05.2012 - 31.12.2017

After two phases of successful implementation of Corporate Governance (CG) projects in Azerbaijan and the Western Balkans, a follow-on phase for a region-wide Europe and Central Asia Corporte Governance (ECA CG) Program has been approved by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. Two independent evaluations, as well as a thorough assessment of the current projects, concluded that interventions were effective and relevant.

Colombian - Swiss Intellectual Property Project

01.04.2012 - 31.12.2017

The project will reinforce the competitiveness of Colombia’s economy through a more robust usage of a development-friendly system of intellectual property rights (IPR) for all products including those with geographical indications (GI) and of traditional knowledge (TK).