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Reference
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A29
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last
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07.04.2003
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Title
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Business
development services activities issued by the Proinvest
management unit (PRIMS/CDE)
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JO/budget
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(2003/C
79/05)
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Directorate
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Publication
reference: EuropeAid/115454/D/G/ACP.
Programme and financing source Title: ‘Business development
services activities’.
Project Accounting No: 8-ACP-TPS-108 — Eigth EDF/Intra-ACP.
Proinvest Budget lines: 1.3.1 and 1.3.2.
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General
objectives
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Description of planned activities
Business Development Services initiatives are proposed
(and if approved, implemented) by ‘Intermediaries’ (see
item 7) whose scope of activities includes Investment
and Inter-enterprise Co-operation Agreements (I & ICAs).
- Capacity building and ad hoc training for ACP intermediaries
(activity code No 131): Provision of investment promotion
related capacity building and ad-hoc training assistance
to Intermediaries who will be assisted to develop or
extend the range of their investment promotion related
business development services. The aim is to provide
selected intermediaries with the relevant expertise
and tools to assist companies and their members to implement
investments and partnership agreements.
- Reinforcement of investment promotion agencies
at regional level (activity code No 132): Provision
of capacity building and ad-hoc training assistance
to Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) and Export Promotion
Zones (EPZ) who will be assisted to develop or extend
the range of their business development services. The
aim is to provide selected IPAs and EPZs with the relevant
expertise and tools to assist their clients to promote
and implement investments and partnership agreements.
Proposed projects should have a regional scope and be
result oriented.
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Target
group
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Activity
code No 131:
Eligible beneficiaries should be groupings of at least
two ACP intermediaries (excluding SADC intermediaries)
whose scope of action includes I & ICAs. They include:
ACP intermediary organisations such as Chambers of commerce
and industry, professional and sector associations, employer's
federations and financial institutions. This requirement
would be equally satisfied by requests from regional private
sector organisations representing at least two countries.
Activity code No 132:
Regional ACP Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) and/or
groups of at least two ACP IPAs (including EPZ) operating
within the same region at a national level. For details,
see the ‘Guidelines for Applicants’. |
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Geographical
area
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| All
ACP countries (excluding SADC (The Investment promotion
activities in the Southern Africa Development Community
(SADC) countries will be financed and managed by the EU-SADC
Investment Promotion (ESIP) Programme, in close collaboration
with Proinvest. ) countries). A sub-regional/regional
dimension (at least two organisations from two different
ACP countries or a regional organisation representing
at least two countries) is compulsory. |
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Finance
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Overall
amount available for this Call for Proposals EUR 870 000.
Maximum and minimum grant amounts
(a) Minimum grant for a project: N.A.
(b) Maximum grant for a project: EUR 70 000.
(c) Maximum proportion of project costs to be covered
by Proinvest: 67 %. |
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Duration
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| Nine
months (If the implementation of the activity has not
started within three months of notification, then the
approval will be withdrawn, unless the delay is duly justified
and approved in advance by Proinvest.), from the date
of approval of the award. For details, see the ‘Guidelines
for Applicants’ referred. |
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Deadline
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There
will be four deadlines for receiving applications in 2003:
30 April;
16 June,
15 September
and 15 October. |
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Contact/Address
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Applications
must be submitted using the standard application form
attached to the Guidelines for Applicants mentioned ,
whose format and instructions must be strictly observed.
For each application, one signed original and five copies
must be supplied by the applicant.
www.proinvest-eu.org
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/index_fr.htm
Fax: (32-2) 679 18 70
infos@proinvest-eu.org
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