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Business Partnership Challenge 2026
https://www.entwicklung.at/austrian-development-agency/calls-auftraege/calls-detail/business-partnership-challenge-2026
Overview
| Donor: | Austrian Development Agency (ADA) |
| Application procedure: | Full Proposal |
| Donor base: | Austria |
| Reference number: | - |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
| Deadline: | 12.04.2026 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Medium - up to $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 500.000€ |
| Total available budget: | 5.000.000€ |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 1.000.000€ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 50% |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Economic Development
Project Locations
Africa
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
America
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
Asia
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen
Europe
Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine
Pacific
Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Description
1) Objective
The overall goals of ADA are combating poverty, promoting peace, and protecting the environment. The Business Partnership Challenge 2026 contributes to these goals by supporting projects that,
• try to act as systemic as possible, facilitating lasting structural change, e.g. by building institutional capacities, connect local and international partners, and implement international norms and standards.
• are as inclusive as possible, collaborate with many local stakeholders and thereby reach a large number of beneficiaries, e.g. by involving local enterprises, public stakeholders and civil-society organizations (multi-stakeholder approach).
• trigger innovative processes or products aiming to find solutions for development-related challenges in the specific context of the respective partner country/countries, e.g., through digital solutions.
2) Eligibility
Eligible applicants are enterprises registered in Austria, in the European Economic Area (EU, Norway, Liechtenstein or Iceland) or in Switzerland – hereinafter referred to as “Austria/EEA+”
3) Location
Actions can take place worldwide in OECD DAC countries.
4) Budget
A total amount of €5,000,000 has been earmarked for the Business Partnership Challenge 2026. ADA provides grants between €500,000 (min.) and €1,000,000 (max.) per project and contributes a maximum of 50 percent of the total project costs. In every case, applicants must contribute at least 50 percent of the total project volume.
5) Application
The allocation of funding under this call will be provided on the basis of the submitted funding applications. Applications have to be sent via email to wirtschaft@ada.gv.at by 12 April 2026, 23:59.