EU SWITCH-Asia Programme

Since 2008 the European Commission has been funding the SWITCH-Asia Programme to promote economic prosperity and help reduce poverty in Asia by encouraging a sustainable growth with a low environmental impact from industries and consumers in line with international environmental agreements and processes.
The Programme specifically aims at promoting sustainable consumption and production (SCP) among small and medium sized entreprises (SMEs) in Asia by working with intermediary organisations and not-for-profit entities.
SWITCH-Asia operates via a combination of grant projects, national and regional policy support components and a network facility.