‘Get connected!’ call for applications

Digitalisation is making rapid progress and changing our everyday lives. Yet some people struggle to keep up with the profound changes – people at risk of poverty, in particular, are often left behind. A lack of digital skills or limited access to devices makes many aspects of life more challenging – from finding a job to maintaining social connections.

The Migros Culture Percentage is supporting projects with between CHF 2,000 and CHF 10,000 that teach digital skills to financially disadvantaged people of all ages through the ‘Get connected!’ programme – in a practical way, in their local environment and on equal terms.

We are looking for initiatives that promote digital inclusion for people affected by poverty: for example, associations, digital cafés, neighbourhood centres or peer-to-peer support programmes.

The following may apply:

• non-profit organisations (e.g. associations, cooperatives, foundations)
• public authorities together with non-profit organisations

If:

• They are engaged in the subject of this call for applications,
• through their project, they reach people at risk of poverty or aim to reach and involve them more effectively,
• and, in the planning and implementation of their project, they address the hurdles and barriers facing people experiencing poverty, as well as looking at their potential.

Support is available for the following:

• Further development of existing projects and offers. Especially if this means that people at risk of poverty can be reached and involved even better.
• Implementation of existing projects and events running until at least the middle of 2026.
• Development and implementation of new projects and offers.
• Local, regional and national projects from all regions of the country

Support is not provided for the following:

• Individuals, including those seeking financial assistance
• School, vacation and leisure camps
• Formal education
• Pure infrastructure projects without project relevance

The financial contributions range between CHF 2,000 and CHF 10,000. We offer meetings and learning opportunities for funded projects as required to promote exchange.

It is important that the project is implemented together and on an equal footing with people at risk of poverty.

Further conditions:

• A maximum of one project or offer can be funded per organisation.
• Only projects that are not already supported by other Migros Culture Percentage contributions in 2025 are eligible for funding. The following funding schemes are excluded from this: coaching, project space and "ici. here together." Mini-Grants).

Digital competences are the knowledge, skills and attitude required to independently manage digital tasks in everyday life and at work. This includes using digital devices, programmes and content safely and securely, applying them for creative purposes and critically scrutinising information read online. 

Which competences count as basic digital skills and how they are defined depends heavily on the context as well as social and individual requirements (see www.kompetence.ch). 

Lack of or inadequate basic digital skills can:

• make it more difficult to participate in social and everyday life (e-banking, digital counters, social media, finding accommodation, etc.)
• impair communication with circles of friends, family and acquaintances (e.g. exclusion from chat groups)
• restrict the procurement of information (e.g. media content that moves to the Internet)
• make professional integration more difficult (digital application processes, requirements for employability, etc.)
• restrict the use of political rights (e.g. exclusion of certain groups due to lack of digital access)

Applications can be submitted via the online application portal from 23 June to 31 October 2025.

There are two submission deadlines and two decision dates for this call for applications. The organisations are free to choose which of the two submission deadlines they wish to apply by.

• Decision date mid-September 2025 (submission deadline: 15 August 2025)
• Decision date end of November 2025 (submission deadline: 31 October 2025)

A jury will examine all applications and decide which projects will be funded.

The funding decisions will be communicated by mid-September 2025 (or by the end of November 2025 if submitted after 15 August 2025).