PPP Funding Mechanism 2027 to 2030

Roadmap Booster

Practical support and co-financing for companies improving their own sustainability performance along the Roadmap 2030. Grants of CHF 20,000 to 250,000, from a window of CHF 3 million per platform.

What this window funds

Advancing the sustainability agenda is not a matter of company size. SMEs, including micro companies, may be equally or further advanced in their social and environmental responsibility, and often drive innovation in the sector. Yet they frequently lack the financial and human resources to design, implement and monitor comprehensive projects in producer countries.

For SMEs and micro companies. Practical guidance, tools and targeted co-financing for small-scale, impact-driven projects that improve or deepen performance across the Roadmap's six ambitions. The window allows companies to climb the improvement ladder, moving up engagement levels or broadening the scope of their intervention within the supply chain. Projects typically connect actors along the supply chain: retailers or brands, manufacturers, traders, cooperatives and farmers.

For large companies. Projects call for a higher degree of innovation, for example novel technologies, methodologies or approaches, capable of playing a catalytic role in sector-wide transformation and of fostering peer learning among members.

Your contribution

Firm size is defined in the membership fee regulation. The counterpart contribution is your own contribution plus third-party commitments, as a share of the total budget, and includes cash and in-kind contributions.

Who may apply

• The formal submission of project ideas and proposals must come from SWISSCO or SSCP members.
• NGOs, universities and associate members may lead an application, provided that an SME or large company member is part of the project and is improving its own Roadmap performance.
• The lead applicant is the company or organisation responsible for developing and administering the agreements with its project partners and co-applicants, and the contact point for any queries.
• A co-applicant is an additional company or organisation that will actively participate in implementation, and that signs the application alongside the lead applicant.
• A project partner takes part in implementation without signing the application, for example a producer organisation, a local authority or a research institute.
• Swiss Embassies and Swiss Cooperation Offices may suggest projects, but do not submit them.

What is assessed

Projects are assessed against these key criteria. At idea stage they are a thinking aid rather than a mark sheet. The weighting applied at proposal stage is set out in the proposal template.

1. Alignment with the Roadmap 2030 ambitions and with the applicant company's baseline survey, for example the improvement ladder.
2. For large firms: innovation, for example novel technologies, methodologies or approaches, with the potential to achieve large-scale impact in the sector.
3. Commitment to sharing experience, to ensure enhanced transparency levels, and to replicability.
4. Implementation capacity, backed by a solid and efficient local network.

Criterion 2 applies to large firms only.

Formal requirements

• Counterpart contribution at the rate for your applicant category.
• Alignment with the SWISSCO and SSCP MEL Framework.
• Risk assessment and mitigation measures in place.

Templates and forms

Project idea formFull project proposal form

Draft of 29 September 2026. The forms are under review with SECO and may change.

One set of forms serves both SMEs and large companies. The applicant category is selected on the form and determines the counterpart rate and whether the innovation criterion applies.

The proposal requires five annexes: logframe, overall budget, work plan for year 1, CVs of key personnel, and a risk assessment and mitigation matrix.

How to apply

Project ideas may be submitted at any time from January 2027, using the project idea form. The Coordination Office decides which ideas to pursue further, on their potential to meet the key criteria. It also supports micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in developing robust ideas, and facilitates partnerships among members, for example by linking SMEs with other companies, NGOs or universities.

Once a full proposal is submitted, the Coordination Office appraises it against the key criteria. The appraisal includes a recommendation and identifies any key caveats or conditions to be met before the project agreement is signed. The Project Committee, led by SECO, takes the final decision. It meets in February and August, and projects may also be approved through written consultation so that decisions are not delayed.

Reference documents

The MEL Framework and the Roadmap 2030 are collected on the documents and guidance page.

Submit

Send the completed form and annexes to [submission address to be confirmed].