Roadmap Booster
Advancing the sustainability agenda is not a matter of company size. Small and medium-sized enterprises often drive innovation in the sector, but frequently lack the financial and human resources to design, implement and monitor projects in producer countries.
The Roadmap Booster offers practical guidance, tools and co-financing for small-scale, impact-driven projects that help companies climb the improvement ladder of the Roadmap 2030, by moving up engagement levels or broadening their intervention within the supply chain.
Who can apply
SMEs and micro firms
- Your contribution
- At least 40 % for micro firms, 50 % for SMEs
- Focus
- Improving your sourcing and sustainability performance. Innovation is not required, but innovative elements strengthen your score.
- Support
- Tailored support from the Coordination Office in developing your idea and proposal
Large companies
- Your contribution
- At least 60 %
- Focus
- A higher degree of innovation, such as novel technologies, methods or approaches, with a catalytic role for the sector and peer learning among members
- Criteria
- Innovation is scored as a separate criterion
Non-corporate members
- Who
- NGOs, research institutions and associate members
- Condition
- At least one company member takes part and aims to improve its Roadmap performance
- Your contribution
- Set by the size of the participating company member. Where several take part, the largest company is decisive.
The SECO grant is between CHF 20,000 and 250,000, from a window of CHF 3 million per platform. Firm size is defined in the membership fee regulation.
Application process
- Step 1: Project Idea
- Submission of project idea by members (at any time)
- Evaluation and appraisal of project idea by the Coordination Office (qualitative)
- Stop/go decision by the Coordination Office
- Step 2: Full Proposal
- Development of full proposal by members based on the Full Proposal FormThe Coordination Office provides tailored support, in particular to SMEs
- Submission of full project proposal by members
- Evaluation and appraisal of full project proposal by the Coordination Office (quantitative)
- Final approval by the Project Committee (SECO contribution of CHF 100,000 or more) or the Coordination Office (SECO contribution below CHF 100,000)
What we assess
| Key criterion | Large firmspoints | Other applicantspoints |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alignment with the Roadmap 2030 ambitions and with the applicant company's baseline survey, for example the improvement ladder | 30 | 50 |
| 2. Innovation, for example novel technologies, methodologies or approaches, with the potential to achieve large-scale impact in the sector | 30 | – |
| 3. Commitment to sharing experience, to ensure enhanced transparency levels, and to replicability | 20 | 25 |
| 4. Implementation capacity, backed by a solid and efficient local network | 20 | 25 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
A full proposal needs both to pass.
Formal requirements
- Counterpart contribution: 40 % for micro firms, 50 % for SMEs, and 60 % for large firms. For non-corporate lead applicants, the size of the participating company member applies (see above)
- The lead applicant must be a member (full or associate) of SWISSCO or SSCP
- Alignment with the SWISSCO/SSCP MEL Framework (e.g. KPI selection)
- Risk assessment and mitigation measures in place
Project budget example
With a SECO contribution below CHF 100,000, the Coordination Office takes the final decision on this proposal.
Download the application forms
Project Idea Form
Use it to present your idea briefly, so that the Coordination Office can decide whether it goes forward to a full proposal.
- One form for all applicants: you select your applicant category
- Description of your idea and how it moves you up the improvement ladder
- Envisaged budget
Send it by e-mail to info@kakaoplattform.ch, any time from January 2027.
Download Project Idea Form (.docx)Full Proposal Form
Use it once your idea has been taken forward. It is the full application on which your proposal is scored and approved.
- An answer to each key criterion
- Five annexes: logframe, overall budget, work plan for year 1, CVs of key personnel, risk assessment and mitigation matrix
Send it by e-mail to info@kakaoplattform.ch, together with the annexes.
Download Full Proposal Form (.docx)This call is based on the Federal Act on Financial Assistance and Subsidies, in conjunction with the Federal Act on International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid. It is not a public procurement.
Roadmap Booster
Advancing the sustainability agenda is not a matter of company size. Small and medium-sized enterprises often drive innovation in the sector, but frequently lack the financial and human resources to design, implement and monitor projects in producer countries.
The Roadmap Booster offers practical guidance, tools and co-financing for small-scale, impact-driven projects that help companies climb the improvement ladder of the Roadmap 2030, by moving up engagement levels or broadening their intervention within the supply chain.
Who can apply
SMEs and micro firms
- Your contribution
- At least 40 % for micro firms, 50 % for SMEs
- Focus
- Improving your sourcing and sustainability performance. Innovation is not required, but innovative elements strengthen your score.
- Support
- Tailored support from the Coordination Office in developing your idea and proposal
Large companies
- Your contribution
- At least 60 %
- Focus
- A higher degree of innovation, such as novel technologies, methods or approaches, with a catalytic role for the sector and peer learning among members
- Criteria
- Innovation is scored as a separate criterion
Non-corporate members
- Who
- NGOs, research institutions and associate members
- Condition
- At least one company member takes part and aims to improve its Roadmap performance
- Your contribution
- Set by the size of the participating company member. Where several take part, the largest company is decisive.
The SECO grant is between CHF 20,000 and 250,000, from a window of CHF 3 million per platform. Firm size is defined in the membership fee regulation.
Application process
- Step 1: Project Idea
- Submission of project idea by members (at any time)
- Evaluation and appraisal of project idea by the Coordination Office (qualitative)
- Stop/go decision by the Coordination Office
- Step 2: Full Proposal
- Development of full proposal by members based on the Full Proposal FormThe Coordination Office provides tailored support, in particular to SMEs
- Submission of full project proposal by members
- Evaluation and appraisal of full project proposal by the Coordination Office (quantitative)
- Final approval by the Project Committee (SECO contribution of CHF 100,000 or more) or the Coordination Office (SECO contribution below CHF 100,000)
What we assess
| Key criterion | Large firmspoints | Other applicantspoints |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alignment with the Roadmap 2030 ambitions and with the applicant company's baseline survey, for example the improvement ladder | 30 | 50 |
| 2. Innovation, for example novel technologies, methodologies or approaches, with the potential to achieve large-scale impact in the sector | 30 | – |
| 3. Commitment to sharing experience, to ensure enhanced transparency levels, and to replicability | 20 | 25 |
| 4. Implementation capacity, backed by a solid and efficient local network | 20 | 25 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
A full proposal needs both to pass.
Formal requirements
- Counterpart contribution: 40 % for micro firms, 50 % for SMEs, and 60 % for large firms. For non-corporate lead applicants, the size of the participating company member applies (see above)
- The lead applicant must be a member (full or associate) of SWISSCO or SSCP
- Alignment with the SWISSCO/SSCP MEL Framework (e.g. KPI selection)
- Risk assessment and mitigation measures in place
Project budget example
With a SECO contribution below CHF 100,000, the Coordination Office takes the final decision on this proposal.
Download the application forms
Project Idea Form
Use it to present your idea briefly, so that the Coordination Office can decide whether it goes forward to a full proposal.
- One form for all applicants: you select your applicant category
- Description of your idea and how it moves you up the improvement ladder
- Envisaged budget
Send it by e-mail to info@kakaoplattform.ch, any time from January 2027.
Download Project Idea Form (.docx)Full Proposal Form
Use it once your idea has been taken forward. It is the full application on which your proposal is scored and approved.
- An answer to each key criterion
- Five annexes: logframe, overall budget, work plan for year 1, CVs of key personnel, risk assessment and mitigation matrix
Send it by e-mail to info@kakaoplattform.ch, together with the annexes.
Download Full Proposal Form (.docx)This call is based on the Federal Act on Financial Assistance and Subsidies, in conjunction with the Federal Act on International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid. It is not a public procurement.