Business Partnership Facility - Call for proposals 2024

You are a Luxembourg or European private company, you want to discover new markets, build new partnerships and develop synergies with developing countries' entities in order to set up sustainable business projects in these countries? The BPF is made for you.

Any type of Luxembourg and European private company may participate in this call for proposals, individually or in the form of a consortium, provided that it meets the minimum administrative eligibility requirements.

Different types of partnership can be established within the BPF. It is however up to the Luxembourg / European private sector entities willing to join the facility to initiate the partnership. If the initiative comes from a developing country, it is essential in this case that contacts with potential partners in Europe be made. These European partners will then have the responsibility to submit a proposal. 

The support granted by the BPF must indeed contribute to the achievement of the SDGs through green and inclusive growth, job creation or technology transfer. The following criteria will also be taken into consideration when proceeding to the final selection of the projects:

• the innovative nature of the project;
• the economic viability of the project;
• the partnership with the local partner, and mainly the common interest between the partners and the mutual accountability;
• the expected results and associated indicators;
• the principle of additionality of co-financing by the BPF;
• the neutrality (not create distortions in the targeted market);
• the demonstration effect and replicability;
• the compliance with social, environmental and fiscal standards;
• the formal commitment to respect the Human rights.

Once the detailed proposals have been selected, a co-financing agreement with the leads of the successful projects will be established.

Fill in the questionnaire to know if you are eligible and obtain the application form

• Have at least three years of existence on the date of signature of the co-financing agreement
• Have an average annual turnover of at least 500 000 € or three times the total amount of the proposed project in the three financial years preceding the year in which the call for projects is launched
• Have minimum five employees at the time of the project proposal submission
• Comply with the “de minimis” regulation*

The obtention of the BPF co-financing is subject to a call for projects launched every year and divided in two phases. The successful projects retained at the end of the selection process are co-financed up to a maximum of 50% with a ceiling of 200 000 EUR in the form of a direct grant not refundable and disbursed in one or several instalments.

This co-financing initiated and financed by the Luxembourg Cooperation is to be considered as aid falling within the scope of "de minimis" regulation. The aid is granted by a European Union member state to a company and which cumulated amounts cannot exceed a ceiling of 200 000 EUR (100 000 EUR for undertakings in the road freight transport sector) over the last three fiscal years.