Circular Egypt / Inclusive Green Growth in Egypt - SME Matching Grants

Opportunity snapshot

Collection

Egypt & International Funding

Source / programme

UNIDO · Swiss-funded Inclusive Green Growth in Egypt

Status

Monitor or TBA

Actionability

Pipeline monitoring only

Record granularity

Programme

Verification date

12 Jul 2026

What the opportunity supports

Prior calls combined technical assistance and matching grants for Egyptian SMEs/startups implementing circular-economy and waste/resource-efficiency investments.

Thematic fit

Circular economy; waste valorisation; green SMEs

Egypt eligibility and applicant role

Egyptian SMEs and startups meeting the sector, location, operating and co-financing conditions of the specific call. Direct Egyptian company applicant when a new cohort opens.

Best-fit applicants

Waste, recycling, biomass, resource efficiency and circular manufacturing SMEs.

Funding and instrument

Funding scale

Previous public benchmark: matching grants up to about USD 125,000 plus technical assistance.

Instrument

Matching grant and technical assistance.

Scale basis

Indicative

Co-financing

Direct application through UNIDO/MOIC HAFIZ call pages.

Access and co-financing

Direct application through UNIDO/MOIC HAFIZ call pages.

Submission timing

1. Deadline2025-07-17

Applicant positioning

Confirm current eligibility, evidence, partners, financing and submission requirements against the official source before committing proposal resources.

Strategic fit and caveats

No live SME call is confirmed; monitor Phase II programme announcements.

Priority

Very High when open

Priority rationale

Source profile priority

Verification confidence

Medium-High

Source and verification

Detailed source profile and official source link