As one of the economic development instrument of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco), SIPPO sustainably and effectively promotes the competitiveness of emerging markets and markets in transition. By using trade promotion programmes and the associated matchmaking instruments, SIPPO helps small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets and markets in transition to enter the Swiss and European Union market, and provides Swiss importers with assistance in finding new products, new suppliers and new sourcing markets. SIPPO pays close consideration to the environmental compatibility of the products in question, and to the social policies of the manufacturers based on the Global Compact's ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption. |