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With the growth of the global economy and the digitalization of today's businesses and society, electrical and electronic equipment has become more affordable and in combination with short usage times of the devices Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE or e-waste) has become the fastest growing waste stream worldwide.
The IUWASH PLUS Program aims at increasing access to water supply and sanitation services in urban areas in Indonesia. SECOs contribution will support this by improving the operational and financial performance of selected water utilities through reduced Non-Revenue Water and higher Energy Efficiency.
The Financial Inclusion for Growth Project (FIG) seeks to improve access to credit, payments and savings for individuals and businesses through formal (financial) institutions in a responsible manner. The FIG is implemented by the International Finance Corporation.
The program aims at accelerating the market uptake of organic farming in Eastern Europe, Albania, Serbia, and Ukraine, by engaging in a partnership with the Swiss organic sourcing industry for the development of organic exports from the beneficiary countries and by fostering sustainable growth of the organic sector in line with IFOAM's vision 3.0.
The project supports subnational public financial management (PFM) reforms in specific thematic areas. Based on the good results achieved so far, the second phase envisages a scaling-up of activities to a larger number of municipalities.
Sustainable investments in municipal infrastructure struggle to keep pace with the fast urbanization in Asia. One main reason is the lack of sound urban projects, attractive to financiers. Cities Development Initiative Asia therefore supports medium sized cities to prepare infrastructure projects and link them to finance.
The availability and quality of urban infrastructure and related services constitute an essential basis for enhancing competitiveness, reducing poverty and environmental and climate change impacts.
Money laundering and the financing of terrorism pose a serious threat to the international financial system. A key institution in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) in every country is the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Central Asian states have inherited a legacy of highly toxic and radioactive waste originating from uranium mining and milling activities. The Environmental Remediation Account (ERA), specially set up for financing remediation works and managed by EBRD, will finance projects at seven top priority sites.
SECO’s contribution to the "Resilience to Floods in the Polog Region" program aims at improving the resilience to floods of the Polog region of Macedonia through institutional strengthening, flood mitigation infrastructure and Swiss knowledge transfer.
The Agri-Processing Resource Efficiency (APRE) project implemented by IFC in South Africa aims at improving water use efficiency and productivity as well as energy use among companies in the agri-processing industry, in order to reduce operational costs and mitigate climate change risks.
The project supports several SECO priority countries and their neighbors in their endeavor to comply with the international standards on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). UNODC Mentors placed in the region provide the technical assistance and thus contribute to combat illicit financial flows.
