Facility for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Food Security Second call Public Private Partnership Facility
Facility for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Food Security Second call Public Private Partnership Facility Aad de Koning Astrid Broekaart
Content • FDOV programme introduction • Application Procedure • Assessment criteria • Important dates
Programme Introduction FDOV is a Public Private Partnership facility which aims at financing projects in the area of sustainable entrepreneurship and food security. Themes for food security: improved local/regional availability of affordable and • qualitative good food. efficient markets and sustainable chain improvement in • local/regional markets. Not eligible: projects exclusively aimed at non-food crops •
Themes for Sustainable Entrepreneurship • Inclusive business proposals with demonstrable impact on low income groups • Improvement of female entrepreneurship • Not eligible: proposals aimed at the financial sector (excluding insurance)
Informal procedure • Intake Voluntary and preferably before mandatory dialogue with Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the partnership agreement Dialogue with project officer Advise not binding Possible to request till 20 October • Workshops How to write a project proposal Planning second half of September •
Formal Procedure Application • Assessment • – Formal criteria – Threshold criteria – Project check – Partnership check Supporting advice • Ranking • Decision •
Main formal criteria Closing time 1 december 15.00 H. • Completeness check • Check on completeness by RVO Request to provide supplementary information Only possible till November 17th 2014 Self check document on the website Mandatory documents to be submitted • For all formal requirements check the Policy rules (http://english.rvo.nl/fdov) •
Facility for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Food Security Second call Public Private Partnership Facility Aad de Koning Astrid Broekaart
Threshold criteria - Partnership • Partnership consists of at least one public institute, one company and one NGO or knowledge institute. • The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is part of the partnership. • All the parties involved in the partnership have legal personality. • At least one Dutch and one local partner. • Multinationals can only participate if a SME with a turnover of less then 500 million euro participates. • For companies, provide CSR policy.
Threshold criteria - Project The project deals with at least one of the themes mentioned earlier. • There should be explicit attention for the position of women. • The PPP comprises of one project. • The project activities take place in at least one of the countries mentioned on • the country list. The project can only be cross border if the partners are able to prove there is • a specific economic necessity to do so. Projects in partner countries should fit in with policy-analyses of the Embassy. •
Threshold criteria – Project 2 A satisfactory M&E system (>= 2% of the project budget). • Independent evaluation for projects > € 5 mln. • The project is not commercially viable. • The intervention is financially sustainable. • No market distortion locally or in Europe. • No proselytization. • Minimum grant application is € 500,000 and the maximum is € 3,000,000. • The maximum project duration is seven years. •
Threshold criteria – Own contribution Sufficient funds to finance the own contribution. • An own contribution of at least 50% of the subsidized costs. • Companies contribute at least half of the own contribution of the subsidized • costs. At least 10 % of the subsidized costs should be in cash.
Project check 1. Policy relevance. The project must be relevant to policy. 2. Intervention strategy. The project must be based on a high-quality, logical intervention strategy, integrating sustainability. 3. Sustainability. The project must be sustainable. 4. Quality of the project plan. The project should be described clearly and in a logical manner. 5. Price-Quality. This includes both scale (the impact) and price-quality (requested budget versus results). 6. Risks, monitoring and corrective action.
Partnership check The capacity of the partnership. The capacity of the partnership is • assessed by examining the capacity of the individual parties. The composition of the partnership. The composition of the partnership • should be ideal for tackling the problem. The added value of the partnership. It is important for the parties to • demonstrate that they will be implementing the project together. The proposal should explain why and how the partnership has more value for the substantive goal of the project than individual applicants would have. Risk sharing is part of this.
Eligible costs The subsidy of FDOV is a contribution to costs directly related to the implementation of the project. Hardware • Technical assistance •
Country list
Important dates Deadline application: December 1 st , 2014, 15.00 hrs CET • Intakes: starting From July 1 st till October 20 th with the project officers • Workshops: September 2014 • Decision on applications: April 2015 •
Further information Ask us today! The project officers FDOV are here. • Check out the website: http://english.rvo.nl • Email us via intake@rvo.nl • Or call with RVO.nl: +31 88 042 42 42 •
Facility for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Food Security Second call Public Private Partnership Facility Aad de Koning Astrid Broekaart
Elaboration on Project Logic • Distinction of two elements: • Business case • Improvement of Enabling environment • Most project will be hybrid
Elaboration on Financial aspects (1) Project Project is not financial/commercial viable without subsidy • – Pay back period >10 years or – Cannot be financed on market terms Financial sustainable • Financially able to continue the project / sustain the – project effects
Financial Not commercial sustainable viable Elaboration on Financial aspects (2) C a s h f l o w a n a l y s i s G W W - F D W P r o j e c t C o n s o r t i u m , s i t u a t i o n w i t h o u t G W W - F D W * Y e a r 1 Y e a r 2 Y e a r 3 Y e a r 4 Y e a r 5 Y e a r 6 Y e a r 7 Y e a r 8 Y e a r 9 Y e a r 1 0 1 T u r n o v e r : - 1 5 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 7 5 0 1 . 0 5 0 1 . 0 5 0 9 5 0 8 5 0 8 5 0 - q u a n t it y p r o d u c t / s e r v ic e 1 - 1 0 2 0 4 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 - p r ic e p r o d u c t / s e r v ic e 1 ( € ) 0 , 0 0 1 5 , 0 0 1 5 , 0 0 1 5 , 0 0 1 5 , 0 0 1 5 , 0 0 1 5 , 0 0 1 5 , 0 0 1 5 , 0 0 1 5 , 0 0 - q u a n t it y p r o d u c t / s e r v ic e 2 - p r ic e p r o d u c t / s e r v ic e 2 ( € ) - q u a n t it y p r o d u c t / s e r v ic e … - p r ic e p r o d u c t / s e r v ic e … ( € ) - o t h e r r e v e n u e s ( € ) 3 0 0 , 0 0 3 0 0 , 0 0 2 0 0 , 0 0 1 0 0 , 0 0 1 0 0 , 0 0 P r o j e c t C o s t s i n € : 2 9 0 0 1 0 . 6 5 0 7 5 0 6 5 0 6 0 0 - s t a f f ( s t a f f , t r a v e l & D S A a s f ix e d a s in p r o je c t p la n ) 2 0 0 , 0 0 2 5 0 , 0 0 3 0 0 , 0 0 3 5 0 , 0 0 4 0 0 , 0 0 - T e c h n ic a l A s s is t a n c e ( n o s t a f f h o u r s ) 4 0 0 , 0 0 4 0 0 , 0 0 4 5 0 , 0 0 3 0 0 , 0 0 2 0 0 , 0 0 - h a r d w a r e ( t a n g ib le g o o d s / a s s e t s f o r w h ic h d e p r e c ia t io n p e r io d > 1 y e a r ) 3 0 0 , 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 C o s t o f t h e p r o d u c t o r s e r v i c e i n € : 3 - 3 4 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 - la b o u r c o s t s ( v a r ia b le ) - 1 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 - r a w m a t e r ia l c o s t s 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 - w a t e r a n d e le c t r ic it y c o s t s 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - o t h e r c o s t s ( n o d e p r e c i a t i o n , i n t e r e s t o r t a x e s ) C a s h f l o w f r o m O p e r a t i o n s ( € ) 4 9 0 0 - 1 0 . 5 0 3 - 4 5 4 - 5 7 - 1 4 2 1 . 0 4 2 1 . 0 4 2 9 4 2 8 4 2 8 4 2 C u m u l a t i v e C a s h f l o w ( € ) 5 9 0 0 - 1 1 . 4 0 3 - 1 1 . 8 5 7 - 1 1 . 9 1 4 - 1 1 . 7 7 2 - 1 0 . 7 3 0 - 9 . 6 8 8 - 8 . 7 4 6 - 7 . 9 0 4 - 7 . 0 6 2 - 23
Elaboration on Financial aspects (3) Partners Financial statements • > Audited annual reports > Third party guarantee or Letter of intent
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