develoPPP.de

Sustainable business initiatives in developing countries

Would you like to take your product to a new market?
Do you want to pilot an innovative technology or a demonstration unit?
Would you like to train people or suppliers to improve the quality of your products and services?
Do you want to raise the standards in your supply chain and are you seeking certification?
More about the programme
100 countries 150 experts worldwide Total funds EUR 443 million 2,000 partnerships
Africa Asia Eastern Europe North Africa & Middle East Latin America

What we offer

Apply for up to EUR 2 million* towards your project idea
Joint strategy development and implementation at local level
Experts with regional know-how and expertise
Established contacts to local governments and networks

Success stories from entrepreneurs and project partners

Gain valuable insights into the projects we support. Our stories show how projects are structured, what long-term benefits entrepreneurs derive from the partnership and how the partnerships change peoples’ lives in developing countries for the better.

The spice is right

Ecoland is bringing organic certification to Zanzibar and, in return, gets spices of unmatched quality.

Full story

German prostheses for Viet Nam

Intercus trains orthopaedists and surgeons and is positioning itself in the growing medical tech market.

Full story

Responsibility in full bloom

Employees' health and well-being is a priority for Mount Elgon Orchards Ltd. in Kenya.

Full story

Forging links through education

Lorch is training young people in India and creates job opportunities for them as welders.

Full story

Solar power for everyone

Mobisol provides householders in Tanzania with a technology for cost-effective, green solar energy.

Full story

An alliance for clean drinking water

Zanzibar: Three mid-size companies are improving drinking water and their market position with top technology.

Full story

There is strength in tranquillity

Dr Willmar Schwabe is training smallholders in the sustainable cultivation of valerian in Kyrgyzstan.

Full story

Green energy all around

Solinc is investing in Kenya and providing rural regions with mobile solar systems.

Full story

Better living conditions through vanilla

Symrise and Unilever are creating better living conditions for vanilla producers on Madagascar.

Full story

Nature protected by sustainable tourism

DAV is promoting mountain tourism in the Balkans – this ensures higher incomes and more jobs.

Full story

Fairly produced leather from Bangladesh

Picard is introducing ecological and social standards for leather production.

Full story

A quantum leap into the digital age

SAP is reducing administrative costs for coffee farmers in Uganda with a digtial accounting system.

Full story
More projects

Your application for a development partnership

Check the requirements

Find out what criteria you have to meet to be eligible for funding.

Go to the participation criteria
Select a partner

Compare the two possible public partners and decide on an expert.

Go to the partners
Apply now

Apply quickly and easily and get started on your project with your partner.

Go to the application

The right partner at your side

Depending on the nature of the cooperation, the industry or the investment project, select the ideal partner for your project. Benefit from their special expertise and long-standing experience in international cooperation.

Your partner for financing your project

DEG has been successfully funding and supporting companies investing in developing and emerging countries for 55 years. Companies benefit from DEG’s financing and structuring expertise and entrepreneurial approach.

Select DEG as your partner

Your partner for technical cooperation in country

GIZ supports economic development and employment and works with companies to develop strategies for sustainable business development. Companies benefit from GIZ’s 50 years of experience in international cooperation and its contacts to governments, agencies and non-governmental organisations in some 120 countries.

Select GIZ as your partner
Learn more about the partners