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PRO€INVEST Programme
DEVELOPING THE PRIVATE SECTOR THROUGH BUILDING
THE CAPACITIES OF ACP INTERMEDIARY ORGANISATIONSTHE CAPACITIES OF ACP INTERMEDIARY ORGANISATIONS
Babs ADENAIKE, Programme Manager
EMRC AgriBusiness Forum 2009, Cape Town
Pro€Invest is an EU-ACP programme that provides technical and financial support to organisations representing the ACP private sector in their mission of sustainable investment promotion. 1
Overview
An EU-ACP programme of €110 million over 7 years (2002 – 2008) – extended to March 2011
AIMTo increase investment and technology transfers and improve environment for investment in the ACP
CURRENT ORIENTATION
• Sole focus : capacity-building
• Eligible beneficiaries:
o Intermediary associations and organisations
o ACP Regional Organisations
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• PRO€INVEST is an EU-ACP programme
that provides technical and financial
support to organisations representing
Mission Statement
support to organisations representing
the ACP private sector in their
mission of sustainable investment
promotion.
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• Wide definition of Intermediary organisations
• National and regional private sectororganisations, chambers of commerce and industry, sector associations• Investment Promotion Agencies and other semi-
Specificities
• Investment Promotion Agencies and other semi-public institutions dealing with Investmentpromotion• Financial institutions with investment promotion related activities• Employers’ associations• Professionnal associations, and associations of consultants
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CAPACITY BUILDING TO IOs
Investment Effective
Represent-
Sustainability and interaction
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Core services to members
Investment promotion
Represent-ation
Building / Strenghtening capacities of IOs by reinforcing
their role towards members, public institutions and the
private sector.
STRATEGY 2009-2011
To assist IOs to create and improve their range of
sustainable services to their members by:
• - Promoting Public-private dialogue between IOs and governments on behalf of their IOs and governments on behalf of their
members
• - Promoting business linkages
• - Promoting networking between IOs in
different countries and regions
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KEY ACTIVITIES
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Eligibility: Intermediary Associations/Organisations & REGs
Budget: Up to € 200,000
Purpose:: - Identify needs in depth Purpose:: - Identify needs in depth
• - Bring partners together
• - Draft strategic plans / Projects proposals
• - Find funding solutions
Timing: 2 ½ to 6 months to recruit
(depending on the success of expert selection)
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• PICC – Pro€Invest Information and
Communication Community
PRO€INVEST E-Community
An e-Community Knowledge Centre to include amongst
others:
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Provision of information and IT-related capacity building to beneficiaries
Preparation of “how to” toolkits and manuals on best practices;
Sharing best practice between regions and adapting this to the specific needs of beneficiaries
GRANT-FUNDED PROJECTS (no current deadlines)
Eligibility: Private Sector intermediary organisations
Regional Organisations
EU intermediary organisations can be leader applicant !
KEY ACTIVITIES
EU intermediary organisations can be leader applicant !
Activities: - Public Private Dialogue
(all sectors) - Business Development Services - Matchmaking
Procedure: Published call for proposals
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• Project proposals from the two first deadlines
for the calls for proposals (15 December and
27 February) are under evaluation by the European Commission.
First estimations – last deadlines
• 1st deadline: 30 projects received
• 2nd deadline: 41 projects received
• The total budget for the 71 proposals submitted
today amounts to approximately €80 millions!
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• RegionalCoordinators:
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Useful Contacts
East Africa : Denis MASSARTTel : + 32 (0) 2 6791 854
Southern Africa and
Pacific:
Renaud GUILLONNET
Tel : + 32 (0) 2 6791 903
Central Africa Gaston BAGANZICAHA
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Central Africa Gaston BAGANZICAHA
Tel : + 32 (0) 2 6791 853
West Africa : Bruno van EECKHOUT
Tel : + 32 (0) 2 6791 927
Caribbean: John BELL
Tel : + 32 (0) 2 6791 861
General
information :
www.proinvest-eu.org
Thank you
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