📋 Tender Overview
Since 2019, the UN Global Compact Network Switzerland and Liechtenstein (GCNSL) has reinforced its capabilities and member basis, thus strengthening the implementation of responsible and sustainable business conduct within the highly internationalised Swiss private sector. The next phase will focus on scaling up impact and broaden partnerships with local networks in emerging and developing countries and fragile contexts to expand the contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Global
Employment & economic development
Business support & economic inclusion
Industrial policy
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2026
CHF 750’000
The project in brief
Background The 2030 Agenda can only be achieved by joining forces with all relevant stakeholders, including the private sector. This is why Switzerland’s International Cooperation Strategy 2021–24 prioritises increasingly the mobilisation of private sector expertise and resources. GCNSL has become an important platform to engage with the Swiss private sector, to promote responsible business conduct, to stimulate the dialogue and tap into the private sector's expertise to effectively engage on a pathway to sustainability. The increasing cooperation between GCNSL and other local networks in emerging and developing countries reinforces the impact of the partnership in countries and among vulnerable groupes especially relevant for SDC.
Objectives The UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein is accelerating and scaling the local and global collective impact of its Participants by upholding the Ten Principles on responsible business conduct[1] and delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals [1] See annex 5b
Target groups - Swiss private sector /international enterprises in Switzerland; Swiss small and medium enterprises.
Medium-term outcomes O1: The Swiss and Liechtenstein business community acknowledges the importance of and endorses responsible business conduct (RBC) and the Ten Principles along their value chains. O2: GCNSL becomes the partner of choice in CH/FL and beyond for companies and other relevant organizations who commit to RBC and sustainability O3: GCNSL participants are accountable for, implement and report progress on the Ten Principles and the SDGs O4: A growing number of CH & FL SMEs join the UNGC and take actions towards RBC by using the Ten Principles
Results Expected results: - GCNSL acts as a facilitator in Switzerland and Liechtenstein and eases a fact-based dialog between the public sector, the private sector and the civil society to contribute to implementing RBC and the 2030 Agenda. - GCNSL enlarges local and international partnerships for RBC and builds an ecosystem for UNGC Participants - GCNSL reinforces and extends its priority collaboration to local networks from emerging economies and continues to engage with European local networks - GCNSL holds participants accountable
