develoPPP Classic ideas competitionApply now with your project

The develoPPP application process is handled centrally via a separate application platform on which you can easily submit and manage your application.

The develoPPP Classic ideas competition takes place two times a year. You can submit your application during the following application periods:

1st quarter: 15 February to 31 March
3rd quarter: 15 August to 30 September

Your company must be privately owned, profit-oriented and registered in the EU, a member country of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) or a country on the OECD-DAC list. In addition, your project must contribute to local sustainable development as defined by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and go beyond a mere investment in your core business. You can find the full list of requirements for your company and the project to be funded above.

Each application is individually reviewed and evaluated for quality using standardised criteria. The implementing partners DEG Impulse and GIZ each assess which of the proposals submitted to them as part of a competition are the most suitable. These are then further developed together with the submitting company. This is followed by a second review, after which – if the evaluation is positive – the final contract is concluded.

A decision on whether or not to pursue a project idea (initial assessment) is usually made within six weeks of the close of the ideas competition. The time required to draw up the detailed concept depends largely on the scope and elaboration of the project idea. The second assessment and the conclusion of the contract usually take up to four weeks. We aim to keep the preparation time between the application and the start of the project as short as possible. Please take into account an estimated period of six months.

The develoPPP Classic funding instrument is deliberately kept open to different ideas and approaches in order to exploit the full potential of private-sector involvement. Each application is therefore reviewed and evaluated individually. In principle, your project idea must combine a long-term business interest with a sustainable developmental benefit in the target country. This means that not only the participating company itself benefits from the direct effects of the project activities, but also the local community. This can be achieved in various ways. Selected examples of successful develoPPP Classic projects can be found in the section Project & Success Stories.

With the develoPPP funding programme, the BMZ supports entrepreneurial projects in developing and emerging countries that combine a long-term business interest with a sustainable developmental benefit for the local people. Accordingly, funded projects must also have a positive effect beyond the participating company. Purely commercial funding that serves exclusively to expand the core business is therefore not possible.

With DEG Impulse gGmbH and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, you have two highly competent and experienced partners in German development cooperation at your side to help you structure and implement your project. Both are proven experts in the develoPPP programme and have each already successfully implemented over 1,000 projects with companies. The choice of implementing partner is determined individually by each company and depends on various aspects, such as the respective need for technical support on site.

DEG Impulse focuses on develoPPP projects that are implemented on site largely independently by the partner company; GIZ focuses on those that require on-site technical support and are to be integrated into local networks. You can find concrete examples of develoPPP Classic projects with DEG Impulse and GIZ under the Projects & Successes section.