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Moving from AID to TRADE
PPCP’s Private, Public and Community Partnerships
Africa GatheringAlasdair Munn, Board Member
Give a man a fish you feed him todayTeach a man to fish and you feed him until the fish run out.Teach a man to breed fish, you build a business, sustain a community for life and ensure the survival of a species.
Who is Environment Africa
• 100% African owned and African managed NGO• Offices in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and
Malawi• 20 years development and sustainability experience• We promote action, empowerment and ownership• Work with the Champions• Holistic approach = 4 pillars of sustainable
development• Received support from Nelson Mandela, Wagari
Mathi amongst others
Sustainable development is about empowering local communities and building social and financial capital
What have we learned from 20 years working in Southern Africa?
• Start with truly working with communities• Formulate working relationships with governments,
local authorities and all stakeholders• Be very clear on objectives and the best route to
reaching those objectives• Match the tools to the objectives and available
resources• Empower• AID model is not working• African solutions for Africa
1Subsistence
Three Levels of Community Development
2Community Upliftment
3PPCP’s
Subsistence
In impoverished communities there is almost always an immediate need for subsistence intervention
Community Upliftment
• Community immersion • Resource audit• Skills and knowledge transfers• Income generation projects
Yet still phase 2 is not enough
• CampFire – Gives %age to the community – Controlled by Local council. Failing to reach potential as there is no direct community shareholding
• Hwedza community honey processing – Producing quality processed honey but struggling to find viable markets
Moving To The Next Level
Moving From Aid To Trade
“My biggest lesson, after doing this for 20 years, is we approach development the wrong way around.”
Charlene Hewat – CEO Environment Africa July 2010
Instead of saying “Poor people, they have nothing”
We look at the area and say • What are the possibilities? • What do they have?• How can we develop this further? • Is there an opportunity of a business
model? • How can we build partnerships
between the community, private enterprise and the public sector?
“Start as you would with any business. First establish if there is a market, then build your business sustainably ”
“If we can establish business, we can lift the communities out of poverty”
1. Build sustainable business infrastructures
within local community.2. Conserve natural resources & biodiversity.3. Formulate a good PPCP model for
replication
PPCPPublic – Private – Community Partnership
Goals
PPCP is NOT about an NGO, Private sector, Public sector coalition, or a once off partnership.
It IS about corporate social responsibility and sustainable development practice.
Public Sector
Deliver services to the community at large
• Inefficient • Underfunded• Politics can get in the way
Private Sector
Deliver services within a business model• Brings efficiencies
However • Internalize benefits and externalize costs• Can spell environmental and social disasters• Ownership is exclusive
Community Sector
• Service users
However
• Under represented• Little voice• Disempowered
Community Sector
• Combine Public Sector objectives with private sector strategies
• Community to hold at least 26% - Legal implications & Ownership
• Business models spur continued development of local support industries
Songo Project
How do the three come together?
Songo Community
• Isolated area in Binga District on South Eastern shore of Lake Kariba
• Population of around 118,824• Poverty levels highest in Zimbabwe with 91%
classified as poor• 80% unemployment• Strong oral tradition but low levels of literacy
Songo Project
From Aid To Trade
• 110,000 Hectares of game management area • On lease to a private game company• Company already operating• Company understands survival of ecosystem
linked directly to the community• Environment Africa, private game company &
the community formed a new company• Community aim to own 26% of the new
company• Environment Africa own a management and
organizational stake to support community development
Songo Company
Lake Kariba
SongoChete Safari Area
Chizarira National Park
Omay Communal Land
110,000 Ha Game Conservation & --Hunting
110,000 Ha of Game Conservation & Hunting
Forestry
Forestry
Jatropha Fencing
Jatropha Fencing
SEZSpecial Economic
Zone
Community Based
Projects
From Aid To Trade
5 Star Lodge – by
Specialists
Tourism Area
Public/Government• Government own the land• Environment Africa have built a working
relationship with the Government of Zimbabwe over the last 20 years
• EA consult the Government on issues dealing with rural communities, environment, sustainability and even nutrition within the prisons
• Environment Africa has worked with Government to incorporate the PPCP model into the Governments medium term plans & Zambezi Transfrontier National Parks document
• Government support the PPCP through policy and legislation
Three Year Plan
Year 1.• Hunting• Photographic & fishing
Safari’s• Wildlife breading
Year 2.• Agriculture• Fish farm• Service Station• General Dealer
Year 3. Onwards• Tannery• Timber• Furniture• Orchards• Plantations• Livestock • Poultry• Bee keeping• Vegetable oil extraction• Essential oils
DOWNSTREAMPROJECTS
PPCPs & Special Economic Zone
Pro
jec
ts In
pu
ts
Banks
Shops
Timber products
Non Forest Timber Products
Wildlife
Livestock
GM
ACB
O
Agriculture
Land/forests
Furniture
Ma
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fact
uri
ng
& P
roc
ess
ing Honey, jams
Exotic & Essential Oils
Tannery & Taxidermy
Abattoir
GranaryGinnery
Carbon Stock
Canning
Renewable Energy
80%
EXP
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T &
20%
LO
CA
L M
AR
KET
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Service Station
Telecommunications & IT
Lodge/Motel
Private clinic
Electricity supply
Support Industries
• The Songo Company requires creation of new local support industries
• Depending on the scale these either follow the PPCP, or are fully operated by local business men and women
Domino Effect
Technology
We have nothing flashy to show you here. All geeks feel free to look away now
Just Kidding
• We take an objective and solution based approach to technology based upon availability of resources
• We understand that technology is people too• We know there are many African technologists
building solutions for Africa• We welcome ideas, collaboration and fully
support the open source philosophy
Some of our Technology Initiatives
• Talking to Mobile network EcoNet to set up “Green Bank”
• Develop as a community business, provision of alternative energy to unconnected households
• Enable manufacture and processing through simple, relevant technology and machinery.
• Investors. We don’t want your money, we want your business.
• Vision where organizations turn their corporate responsibility budget into a social entrepreneur investment portfolio
• Collaborate with like minded Africans and people globally to integrate relevant technologies
• Show the world that trade, not AID is the only feasible development strategy
What are we looking for?
UK Charity No. 128161
Credits
All photographic rights held by:Environment AfricaAlasdair Munn
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