Apply now for develoPPP Classic Funding Programme

Suitable projects that are related to this entrepreneurial activity and at the same time relevant to development policy can receive technical and financial support of up to two million euros if the company contributes at least half of the costs. It is important that these projects, in addition to achieving a long-term business objective, also generate sustainable benefits for the local people.

Flexible Funding in Developing and Emerging Countries

• The develoPPP Classic funding instrument can be used in over 60 developing and emerging countries around the globe and is deliberately flexible in its content. Supported projects can be located in very different sectors and thematic areas and range from the training of local experts and piloting of innovative technologies and demonstration plants to the sustainable expansion of supply chains and the improvement of environmental and social standards. What all develoPPP Classic projects have in common is that they combine a long-term business interest with a sustainable developmental benefit.
• Decisions on the funding of specific projects are made in idea competitions, which take place two times a year. Suitable projects are funded by the BMZ with between 100,000 and 2 million euros, thus covering up to 50% of the total costs. During implementation, your company will be accompanied by one of the two implementing partners: DEG Impulse gGmbH or Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

Funding Information

• 100,000 to 2 million euros in project funding.

Eligibility Criteria

• Company:
  • Company has majority private ownership and is profit-oriented
  • Company is registered in the EU, a member country of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) or a country on the OECD DAC list
  • The company must have a positive net income as well as sufficient equity capital and liquidity to ensure the required contribution
  • A minimum of two audited annual financial statements available
  • Annual turnover of at least EUR 800,000
  • A minimum of eight employees
  • Company and/or partners have staff resources and specialist qualifications required to carry out the project
  • Products/services outside sensitive business areas (e.g. armaments, alcohol) Project
• Project:
  • Project country is on the develoPPP Classic country list
  • Project would not come about without develoPPP support (subsidiarity)
  • Project is not required by law
  • Project will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Nature and extent of planned changes are measurable over the project duration
  • Project makes good business sense, but is not directly relevant to earnings (promotion of core business is excluded as a general rule)
  • Project design is coherent, objectives and activities are realistic and cost-benefit ratio is appropriate
  • Project will create structures to ensure the sustainability of results and changes achieved.

For more information, visit Agency for Business & Economic Development.