Being a member of the Cocoa Platform, SECO provides a co-financing facility aimed at leveraging private sector investments and promoting private-public partnerships, specifically targeting SMEs. With the second call for proposals, launched at the occasion of the first General Assembly of the Cocoa Platform, SECO invites the members of the private sector to submit proposals for innovative projects that can trigger systemic change, add value along the cocoa value chain, show potential for scaling and are taking landscape approaches. SECO explicitly encourages co-applications with members from different sectors, the wider cooperation among companies to pursue a systemic approach and the engagement of local organizations.
