Projects

SECO Extractives Gouvernance Initiative SEGI

01.11.2025 - 31.12.2029

The Initiative aims to build extractive governance capacities in national and local governments, enable civil society to engage in oversight, and involve private sector actors to strengthen extractive governance in SECO priority countries.

Financial Inclusion for Growth Ukraine, Phase II

01.11.2025 - 31.12.2029

The Ukraine Financial Inclusion Program (UFIP) Phase II: Financial Services for Ukraine Recovery seeks to increase access to finance by restoring financial intermediation, fostering innovation, and creating a resilient, competitive, and inclusive financial ecosystem.

Umbrella Facility for Trade, Phase II

20.10.2025 - 20.10.2029

The Umbrella Facility for Trade, Phase II (UFT 2.0) is the second phase of a Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Trade, the principal vehicle of the World Bank Group supporting analytical work, capacity building, technical assistance and training on trade for developing countries at a global scale.

Accelerating Regulatory & Financial Innovation in Ukraine

01.10.2025 - 30.09.2029

The program supports the Ukrainian authorities in regulating digital assets, in order to spur economic growth and collect additional taxes. It further strengthens the governance of the Ukrainian National Securities and Stock Market Commission, which is a key player for leveraging private capital for reconstruction and recovery.

Ghana Investment Support Program

01.10.2025 - 30.06.2028

The program aims to improve SMEs access to finance. This shall be achieved by a comprehensive approach through providing capacity building and improving the investment ecosystem. It is co-funded with the UK through the British International Investment (BII).

Vietnam Swiss Urban Development Program

01.10.2025 - 31.12.2030

The project will assists the Ministry of Construction of the Government of Vietnam in facilitating the implementation of urban planning policies and programs, support innovative solutions to strengthen urban climate resilience and sustainable urban planning and management, and provide strategic advice on critical priorities on urban development.

Countering Money Laundering in Albania (CMLA)

01.09.2025 - 31.12.2029

This project supports Albania’s efforts in the fight against money laundering and economic crime. Partnering with the Council of Europe, SECO works with the authorities and the private sector through an integrated approach that strengthens all key components of the anti-money laundering system and makes them work better together.

Urban Renewal in Egypt

01.09.2025 - 31.12.2028

Egypt is supported to transform abandoned or underutilised urban sites into vibrant, functional spaces that can generate long-term revenue for the government and create economic opportunities and jobs for the local population.

Schwihag Ukraine

01.08.2025 - 31.12.2028

Schwihag sets up a production facility in an existing production hall in Ukraine and delivers fastening systems for ~300km of railway track (or approximately for 520,000 sleepers) to Ukraine railway (UZ) as per their confirmed needs.

Transforming Ukraine’s VET with inclusive Sanitary Infrastructure

01.08.2025 - 31.12.2026

Kharkiv Window Rehabilitation Initiative

01.08.2025 - 31.12.2026

SECO contributes CHF 9.9 million to the reparation of 32'507 damaged windows in the City of Kharkiv in partnership with glass produces Glas Troesch Holding AG. The new windows will make the destroyed apartments habitable again. In doing so, Switzerland mobilizes the Swiss private sector for the reconstruction of Ukraine.

Photovoltaic system with backup power for Mykolayiv water treatment

01.08.2025 - 31.12.2026

Elektrobedarf Troller AG supplies 11 sites of the Mykolayiv water treatment system with photovoltaic systems, enabling them to operate on comparatively low-cost renewable energy and maintain limited function even during long lasting power outages. Additionally, the project minimizes the risk of environmental hazards caused by malfunctions of the wa