WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
10 February 2009 
 
 (09-0633) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
 
REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 66.2 
OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT 
 
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
 
Addendum  
   The following communication, dated 21 October 2008, from the Delegation of the European 
Communities is being circulated pursuant to paragr aph 1 of the Decision on Implementation of Article 
66.2 of the TRIPS Agreement.  It was circulated as an advance copy for the TRIPS Council meeting 
in October 2008.  
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I. GENERAL REMARKS 
1. This document is circulated in accordance w ith the Decision of the Council for TRIPS of 
19 February 2003, according to which developed co untry Members shall submit annually reports on 
actions taken or planned in pursuance of their co mmitments under Article 66.2 (incentives provided to 
their enterprises or institutions for the purpose of promoting and encouraging technology transfer to 
least developed country Members). 
2. As agreed in the Council for TRIPS, this docum ent is a detailed report on technology transfer 
incentives put in place by the EC and its member States. 
3. This cover note is followed by a series of deta iled sheets presenting th e existing incentives to 
technology transfer.  The first set of sheets deals with incentives given by th e European Communities; 
the second set covers incentives given by individual member States (Austria, Belgium, the Czech 
Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, German y, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). 
II. SCOPE AND NATURE OF INFORMATION PROVIDED 
4. Technology transfer refers here to the ways and means through which companies and 
organizations acquire technology from foreign sourc es.  There are several types of technologies as 
well as several channels of transmission.  Indeed, the acquisition by least developed countries (LDCs) 
of a sound and viable technological base does not depend solely on the provision of physical objects or equipment, but also on the acquisition of k now-how, on management and production skills, on 
improved access to knowledge sources as well as on adapta tion to local economic, social and cultural 
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  5. It is clear that the private - and particularly the commercial - sector is nowadays the main 
source of technologies and, in this context, techno logy transfer is often one component of a more 
complex project, rather than a stand alone activity. 
6. A privileged channel for technology transfer, in cluding transfer of know-how, is foreign 
direct investment (FDI); joint research projects be tween private and/or public partners are also 
important in helping LDCs to benefit from technol ogies and adapt them to their specific needs;  
access to the right partners, to information and to expertise are key at all stages. 
7. In their efforts to encourage and promot e technology transfer, developed country 
governments are usually limited by two factors: 1)  they do not own the vast majority of such 
technologies;  2) they cannot force the private sector to transfer its technologies. 
8. Incentives can therefore only take the form of encouragement, promotion and facilitation of 
the (potentially) most fruitful projects.  They shall be part of a global and comprehensive approach of 
development. 
9. Against this background, the EC consider that  relevant incentives can be identified as those 
that: 
Objective 1
: promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising,  
sub-contracting, etc; 
  Objective 2
: improve access to available techniques and industrial processes; 
  Objective 3
: support joint research projects; 
 
 Objective 4 : provide training in technology management and production methods; 
  Objective 5
: more indirectly, improve the absorption capacity of LDCs 
(capacity-building); 
 
 Objective 6 : encourage trade in technological goods. 
 10. The attached sheets illustrate  the efforts made by the EC to promote and encourage 
technology transfer. They describe only incentives that have a strong link with at least one of the aforementioned objectives and, with a few exceptions , which concentrate on European enterprises and 
institutions. 
11. In addition, most countries and regions be nefit from allocations for private-sector 
development included in their national or regional cooperation programmes. 
12. Finally, it should be borne in mind that no technology transfer programme is specifically 
dedicated to least developed countries as such.  EC  initiatives are usually specific to countries/groups 
of countries/regions, since the EC strongly suppo rt regional integration, which fosters better 
understanding and political and econom ic links between neighbouring c ountries.  However, the EC's 
approach to the allocation of aid and incentives pays  particular attention to the situation of the 
least developed and other low income countries.  IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  III. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
A. NAME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  6TH AND 7TH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMMES – 
 RESEARCH DIRECTORATE GENERAL  
1. General description: 
13. International cooperation in the field of resear ch and technological development (RTD) is 
pursued under the Eu ropean Communities Framework Programme for research, technological 
development and demonstration , through two complementary routes: 
- an international cooperation dimension in tegral to each specific programme, which 
allows the participation of the third country's partners in the projects; 
-  the opening of the EU mobility programmes to third countries bringing researchers from 
developing countries for training to Europe while offering them a substantial return 
package. 
 14. Under the 6
th Framework Programme (2002-2006) and the 7th Framework Programme 
(2007-2013), the EC funded R&D projects involvi ng 284 participations from least developed 
countries (only considering Africa, Pacific a nd Caribbean regions).  The LDC-based entities 
concerned were granted a total amount of about €40 Million by the EC, representing more than 70 
per cent of their costs.  While this is about research  and development projects, it is quite obvious that 
collaboration with research organizations from deve loped countries implicitly results in technology 
being transferred (either informally or formally, e.g. through access rights) between the participants 
and in particular to LDC-based entities. 
15. The 7th EU RTD Framework Programme (FP7, 2007-2013) places new emphasis on 
international research cooperation which is incr easingly seen as being at the centre of Community 
policies.  The approach on international coopera tion under FP7 is significantly different than under 
FP6.  It aims at integrating international resea rch collaboration throughout the Framework Programme 
and includes both geographical and thematic targeting. 
16. Moreover, under the "Cooperation" Specific Programme of FP7, specific "International 
Cooperation Actions" will be supported in each thema tic area.  These actions are geared towards the 
research and development needs of third countries.  They also are aimed at addressing the particular 
needs of developing and emerging economies by mean s of dedicated cooperati ve activities.  These 
actions apply to the International Cooperation Part ner Countries (ICPCs, including in particular ACP 
countries).  Amongst other aims they should also en sure participation by countries or regions that 
might otherwise have difficulty in participating in the general opening of FP7 for reasons of capacity. 
17. It is also worth noting that, under this Specific Programme, the dissemination and transfer of 
knowledge is a key added-value of European research  actions, and measures will be taken to increase 
the use and impact of results by industry, policy makers and society. This will be considered an 
integral task under all thematic areas. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
18. The Framework Programme is open to all count ries; however, some sp ecific activities also 
target specifically the least developed countries.  For more information, please consult the EC 
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  3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 1
: promote joint sharing of R&D costs,  and to support prospective activities 
and the identification of partners (w orkshops, meetings, travel grants in 
contracts); 
 
Objective 2 : improve access to available techniques and industrial processes (this 
includes in particular:  better access to  legal and technological information 
sources and training in the state of the art); 
 Objective 3
: support joint research projects between private and/or public partners; 
 
Objective 4 : provide training in technology management and production methods, 
especially in the agricultural field; 
 Objective 5
: capacity-building. 
 4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
19. All legally established institutions for R&D and higher education in third countries. 
5. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
20. The following are examples of successful cooperation involving developing countries 
(examples of dedicated interna tional cooperation activities for 2007-200 8, in the Cooperation Specific 
Programme of FP7): 
Theme 1: Health
 
 
Developing countries:  "Addressing knowledge gaps  in pregnancy malaria".  The aim is the 
design of new, or the revision of existing therapeutic and/or preventive interventions. 
 
ICPCs :  "Health and economic cost of antimicr obial resistance".  The objective is to 
undertake studies attempting to assess the increase in health and economic costs due to 
infections by drug resistant micro-organisms. 
 
Theme 2:  Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology  
 
Latin America/ACP:    
"Bagasses".  Improved chemical and enzymatic treatments of bagasses from energy crops, 
for increased bio-fuels production yields. 
 
"Valorisation of Andean microbial biodiversity for agro-industry of basic crops, for environmental protection and as a source of novel bioactive compounds" (only Latin America).  Research networks supporting research on fish eries management and aquaculture outside 
EU waters. 
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  Theme 3:  Information and Communication Technologies  
 
Identification and promotion of cooperation opportunities, support to policy dialogues: 
 Coordination and Support Actions for the pr omotion of the EU ICT programme and 
identification of cooperation opportunities in fields of mutual interest:  providing 
information in relevant countries and regions, increasing visibility of mutual RTD potential and networking releva nt stakeholders. 
 
Asia, ACP, Mediterranean Partner Countries and Latin America: 
 Development-related ICT research exploitati on and cooperation roadmaps:  Coordination 
and Support Actions aimed at establishing deve lopment-related ICT research "cooperation 
roadmaps" and network relevant research communities.  
Language and speech technologies with particular focus on Arabic-speaking 
regions/countries (including Mediterranean Pa rtner Countries and ACP countries).  Open 
Source Software with particular focus on Asia, ACP and Latin America.  Accessible and inclusive ICT with particular focus on Latin America and ACP. 
 
Theme 6:  Environment (inc. climate change)
 
 Africa : "Georesource information system for Afri ca".  To set-up the preparatory phase for 
the building of an information system containing and making available African Geological resources including groundwater, energy , raw material and mineral resources. 
 
Theme 7:  Transport (inc. aeronautics)
 
 
South-Asian countries:  e.g. to develop technology for clean ship dismantling and 
minimum human exposure to toxic substances.  
Theme 9:  Space
 
 Developing countries:  Support to activities to disseminate and implement outside the 
European Union products and services derived or customised from current GMES development activities.  Proposals addressing Early Warning Systems linked to natural disasters, food security or disease prevention are also encouraged. 
 
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AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  PRO€INVEST   
1. General Description: 
21. PRO€INVEST is an EU-ACP (Africa, Caribb ean and Pacific) partnership programme 
developed and undertaken by the European Commission on behalf of the ACP countries.  The 
objective of the programme is to increase the inwa rd flow of investments and technical linkages 
between EU and ACP commercial actors and bene ficiaries through the medium of ACP and EU 
intermediary organizations.  From 2008 onwards,  the programme will no longer provide direct 
support to enterprises, as these will benefit indirec tly from stronger intermediary organizations.  In 
addition the programme will be able to work dir ectly with Regional Economic Groupings in the ACP 
countries. IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  2. Beneficiary countries: 
22. ACP Countries.  Since the closure of the ESIPP programme, SADC countries may benefit 
from the programme. 
3. Objective(s) and types of incentives given: 
23. The specific objectives of the programme are: 
-  to promote, on a regional basis, sustainable and environmentally friendly Investment and 
Inter-enterprise Cooperation Agreements (I&ICAs) in key sectors with economic 
potential, to increase the comp etitiveness of ACP economies; 
-  to strengthen the role of Investment Promotion Agencies, private intermediary 
organizations, and providers of investment -related business development services (BDS) 
both in advocacy/policy dialogue with governments and in the provision of support 
services to investors. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
24. Intermediary organizations (Investment Promotion Agencies, Chambers of commerce, sector 
associations), financial institu tions, consultants' associati ons and professional associations. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
25. Capacity-building for intermediary organiza tions, including transfer of know-how and 
management skills. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
26. PRO€INVEST has a budget  of EUR 110 million covering the period from 2002 to 2011.  It is 
financed by the 8
th European Development Fund (EDF). 
27. To fulfil a rejuvenated mission, PRO€INVEST ha s introduced a new set of instruments that 
will be in effect until the completion of the progr amme in 2011.  To understand the changes brought 
about by this new product mix, it is useful to revisit how the programme has been operating in the 
past.  Until 2007, it has been fulfilling its initial miss ion of promoting investments in ACP countries 
and facilitating transfers of technology to enterpri ses in the most dynamic sectors, via two facilities: 
(a) The old "instruments" 
• The Institutional Strengthening Facility , designed to develop the capacity of 
intermediary organizations (IOs) to: 
 
-  engage in public-private dialogue (PPD),  to persuade public authorities to take 
account of the concerns of business circles in their policies; 
-  offer business development services (BDS) of high quality to enterprises and 
undertake investment promotion activities; 
-  facilitate inter-enterprise partne rships, through matchmaking (MM). 
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  • The Key Sector & Company Support Facility , used to: 
 
-  facilitate the organization of confer ences on investment in promising sectors 
(identified as such by PRO€INVEST regional studies and validated by experts in the regions or countries concerned);  
-  provide direct support (on a cost-sharing basis) to enterprises in the sectors 
concerned. 
 (b) The new "product mix" 
 Following the programme's mid-term review and subsequent strategic brainstorming and 
consultations with partners a nd IOs, PRO€INVEST now focuse s on the overarching objective of 
providing technical and financial support to organizat ions representing the ACP private sector in their 
mission of sustainable investment promotion. 
 Most of PRO€INVEST's resources will be devoted to strengthening national and regional 
institutions representing the private sector, while a portion of the programme's resources will be 
allocated to the implementation of an e-community  portal for these organizations, their members and 
other stakeholders. 
 For these institutions, PRO€INVEST wants to be a reliable partner, operating on the basis of 
five core principles, namely:  
- help assess their needs and objectives; 
- no longer accept stand alone "one shot" operations that are not part of a clear and 
comprehensive strategy; 
- consider long-term capacity development programmes;  
- enhance community-based inform ation and networking;  and 
- coordinate with other programmes and donors to leverage resources. 
 
 The new product mix available to Intermed iary and Regional Organizations includes: 
• Short-term technical assistance to define their capacity-building requirements and 
bring them direct targeted support which sa tisfies their most acute needs.  The purpose 
of this product is to help IOs bring urgently  needed support to th eir member companies. 
 
• Larger and longer-term integrated interventions to provide coordinated support in 
implementing a coherent set of activities.  These activities can be directed towards their 
members (surveys, match making events, orga nization of partnership missions, etc.), 
towards themselves (Business development services, strategic planning, training of executives and staff, etc.) and towards th eir environment (lobbying activities, position 
papers, policy advocacy and public private dialogue workshops, etc.). 
 
• An internet based community where organizations and their members will be offered 
a space on an online e-community information platform to get decision-making 
information, data, studies, and to interact  with other organizations.  By offering 
information on business opportunities, capacity -building initiatives and investment 
climate improvements, this community will he lp organizations respond to the members' 
needs.  It will also help them achieve efficiency and impact, by offering benchmarking 
and learning opportunities.  Finally it will allow them to share their concerns, 
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   Access to the programme has been simplified.  Technical assistance is readily available and 
organizations can simply express their interest th rough the needs analysis questionnaire available on 
the programme website or by contacting their regional  focal points or Brussels-based experts.  To be 
eligible, technical assistance must address the capac ity-building needs of intermediary organizations; 
this includes:  (i) formulation of Terms of Referen ce for the required expertise;  (ii) identification and 
provision of that expertise;  (iii) assistance in the definition of large scale integrated projects along 
with the identification of partners and other donors;   (iv) capacity development of IOs in the design 
and management of large scale integrated projects. 
 A call for proposals with three deadlines was published on 4 September 2008 for large scale 
integrated projects  that will incorporate at least two or mo re of the following actions/services aimed 
at the institutional sustainability of these organiza tions:  (i) Public-Private sector Dialogue; (ii) 
Business Development Services; (iii) Promotion of Investment and Inter-Enterprise Cooperation Agreements;  and, (iv) the developm ent of IO networks.  Selected projects will receive an EU grant of 
at least €500,000. 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
(a) Reinforcing the capacity of intermediary organizations 
28. A PRO€INVEST assessment has shown that between 2003 and the end of 2006, the 
programme supported 220 capacity-building project s for ACP Intermediary Organizations (IOs). 
29. The activities supported by the business environment instrument of the  programme cover 
the following:  conception of free-trade zones or "development corridors", harmonization of 
standards, reinforcement of operating structures, the lobbying in support of the private sector, and 
information on the stakes of the Economic Partners hip Agreements (EPA), visitor safety and security 
issues, supporting the FAPI (Fonds d'Aide pour la Promotion des Investissements). 
30. The service array improvement category included:  developing modelling tools for financial 
institutions;  analysis of risk associated with SM E funding;  benchmarking investment policies at the 
regional level for Investment Promotion Agencies (IP As);  the upgrading and promotion of networks, 
particularly regional networks, SME manage ment and corporate governance, supply chain 
management, transfer of know-how and mana gement skills in the air transport sector. 
(b) PROfIT 2007  :  Promoting Investment in the Eastern Africa Tourism Sector 
31. The PROfIT 2007 Investment conference mobili zed 284 participants from 130 companies, 34 
institutions and 40 intermediary or ganizations from Eastern Africa a nd the Indian Ocean, as well as 
30 businesses, 22 institutions and 14 intermediary or ganizations from the European Union and third 
countries.  About 500 business meetings were schedu led, and a large number of informal discussions 
also took place. 
32. The workshops organized during the conference highlighted the development potential of the 
tourism sector and focused on the measures required to ensure its promotion.  
(c) Spinoff from PROFIT in the Pacific (2005 and 2006) 
(i) Pacific Cruise Deve lopment Programme 
33. South-pacific.travel , with funding support from PRO€INVEST has embarked on a cruise 
shipping development initiative to assist countries ex pand their Cruise Shipping industries.  In 2003, a  IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  Cruise Market Intelligence Report identified over 35 inte rnational Cruise operators that had visited the 
Pacific region, 1.3 per cent of global capacity. 
34. In July 2007, an expert was engaged by sout h-pacific.travel to develop a Cruise Shipping 
Strategy for the region.  The outcome of the Stra tegy was presented at a Regional Workshop held in 
October 2007 in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.  The strategy id entified four thematic streams of focus which are 
referred to as Strategic Beacons in the strategy.  The four beacons included: 
- Shore Excursion Activities and Land-based services; 
- Marine Infrastructure and Support Services; 
- Institutional Management and C ooperative Frameworks;  and  
- Cruise Destination Marketing and Promotion. 
 
35. The Regional Cruise Strategy presentation  and report  are available on the south-pacific.travel 
website. 
(d) TRINNEX 
36. In 2003, PRO€INVEST set up the TRINNEX (Trade  and Investment Nexus) initiative.  This 
is a specialised instrument linked to Public-Priva te Dialogue, and is specifically aimed at assisting 
ACP private sector organizations to take an ac tive role in the design of Economic Partnership 
Agreements (EPAs) between the ACP regions and the European Union. 
37. Like all trade agreements, the EPAs will dir ectly influence the environment for direct 
investment and inter-enterprise partnership agr eements.  By creating TRINNEX, PRO€INVEST has 
pro-actively involved the ACP private sectors in shaping their future investment environment. 
38. TRINNEX started its activities in early 2004, supporting 15 workshops aimed at informing 
and empowering the ACP private sector to engage in trade and investment policy matters.  In 2005-2006, three activities were carried out: a workshop or ganized by the Kenya Flower Council to prepare 
the position to be taken by growers in Eastern Africa  in the EPA negotiations;  a seminar to discuss 
the position of the private sector, organized in association with the West African employers' 
federation;  and a study carried out in conj unction with the Caribbean Regional Negotiating 
Machinery on the future of cultura l industries in the EPA context. 
39. In 2007 three activities were carried out: 
• A seminar was held in Kampala (June 2007) for the tourism industry of Eastern and 
Southern Africa.  Its purpose was to assist  Investment Promotion Agencies unlock the 
investment potential in tourism.  More specifically, it addressed the following issues:  -  how to target and attract investors and design strategies for developing the 
tourism sector; 
-  how to use trade arrangements, and Economic Partnership Agreements in 
particular, to develop the tourism sector and promote investment; 
-  how the private sector and intermediary organizations can access EC trade-
related assistance. 
• With support from ESIPP and the TRINNE X facility, the Business Trade Forum EU 
Southern Africa (BTFES) comprising EU and SADC business organizations was 
formed in March 2007.  Its stated purpose is "to bring the input and expertise of the 
private sector to help address the challeng es confronting the EPA negotiations, future 
trade relations and the development of business between the two regions."  A IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  TRINNEX seminar was subsequently organi zed in Gaborone around the three position 
papers that had been prepared (September 2007). 
• The Ghana Shippers Council brought togeth er partner and regi onal institutions to 
discuss the recommendations of a study on trade facilitation measures among ECOWAS members and adopt a regional competitiveness strategy in the context of the 
EPA (November 2007). 
 
(e) ICT:  SME cluster meets donors and bankers 
40. Seven SMEs in the Information and Communicat ion Technologies (ICT) sector of Senegal 
and Benin have benefited from grouped training programmes combined with individual mentoring 
that have resulted in concrete dossiers ready for s ubmission to banks and donors for financing.  This is 
the outcome of a business cluster assistance proj ect financed by the PRO€INVEST programme and 
organized under the supervision of national ICT professional organi zations over the last 12 months. 
41. A cluster of businesses confronted with similar issues was constituted with the assistance of 
the ICT professional organizations of Senegal - Organisation des professionnels des technologies de 
l'information et de la communication  (OPTIC) and Benin – Forum du secteur privé pour les 
technologies de l'information et de la communication au Bénin  (FSPTIC). 
42. The companies have now started negotiations with banks and donors (e.g. World Bank) to 
obtain either financing for their project or to a pply for complementary assistance to further improve 
their capacities. 
43. Statistics are available in the annual report of activities. 
(f) NOVATECH 2008 
44. The last investment conference organized unde r PRO€INVEST was held in February 2008 in 
Addis Ababa, with the following objectives: 
• Promote and support business opportunities in the sector of information and 
communication technologies in order to encourage further growth and private sector 
development in the ACP countries. 
• Bring together the major actors involved in  the ICT, e-business and related sectors in 
East Africa and the Indian Ocean as well as in Europe to allow conclusion of 
cooperation agreements and inter-enterprises investments. 
• Strengthen the capacity of intermediary or ganizations with a view to promoting 
investment and technology transfers for companies belonging to the ICT sector. 
 
45. NOVATECH attracted 335 participants from 42 di fferent countries, and resulted in the: 
• Organization of 750 BtoB meetings leading to 70 Partnership Memoranda for future 
collaboration between companies, organizati ons and European and African Institutions. 
• Organization of a Nov@tech  delegation to CeBIT in Hanover in March 2008, 
comprising 15 ACP companies and five ACP intermediary organizations (preliminary 
coaching of the participants, logistics, support during business meetings, etc), followed 
for the intermediary organizations by a one-w eek scholarship in their EU counterparts, 
aimed at initiating an exchange of "best practices" to be implemented in their country.  IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  8. Contact: 
46. The implementation of PRO€INVEST has been en trusted by the European Commission to a 
Management Unit put in place by the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE). 
47. The supervision of the programme is the respons ibility of the Europe Aid Co-operation Office 
of the European Commission. 
- For operational purposes: 
 PRO€INVEST Management Unit-CDE  Avenue Hermann-Debroux 52  B-1160 Brussels  Belgium  
 Tel:  + (32 2) 6791850/1; Fax:  + (32 2) 6791870  
 E-mail:  infos@proinvest-eu.org
; Website:  www.proinvest-eu.org  
 
- For institutional purposes:  EuropeAid Co-operation Office 
 Directorate C (Economic and Trade Co-operation) 
 Unit C4: Centralized Operations for ACP Countries    Mail: European Commission – Rue de la Loi (L41, 04/5) B-1049 Brussels 
  C. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  CDE  – CENTRE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 
 ENTERPRISES  
1. General description: 
48. The CDE, a component of Europe's overall system of development aid to the private sector, is 
an institution of the ACP Group of States and the Eur opean Union.  It operates in the framework of 
the Cotonou Agreement.  Headquartered in Bru ssels, it has regional field offices, and networks 
covering the EU and ACP countries. 
49. The CDE operates by providing non financial business development services (technical 
studies, studies, training) to ACP companies and joint initiatives undertaken by ACP and EU economic sectors, with the main aim of enhanc ing the competitiveness of ACP enterprises.  Its 
services are paid for in part by beneficiaries (one third) and the balance by grants.  While the CDE 
does not finance investments per se , it may act as a catalyst, helping beneficiary enterprises find 
suitable financing.  In its support to SMEs, the CD E has opted for a decentralized, proactive, sectoral 
and regional programme-based approach.  It does so with the aim of maximizing the scope for synergy across sectors, countries and regions. 
50. The Centre's financial resources are derived mainly from the European Development Fund 
(EDF).  Further amounts are available through co-fi nancing as well as from funds provided by various 
partners and by the client enterprises who contri bute to part of the costs of the interventions. 
51. It manages PRO€INVEST, a programme promoti ng investment in ACP countries planned and 
launched by the European Commission on behalf of those countries.  This programme is managed by 
the PRIMS/CDE, a management Unit with substan tive autonomy within CDE, under the supervision 
of the European Commission Europe-Aid office.  PRIMS/CDE has been set up within the CDE in 
order to implement the programme and is manned by CDE staff. IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  2. Beneficiary countries: 
52. They are the 78 ACP ( African, Caribbean, and Pacific ) countries that have signed the 
Cotonou Agreement. 
3. Objective(s) and types of incentives given: 
53. Under its sector programmes - or on an ad-hoc basis for individual enterprises selected on the 
basis of rigorous criteria - the Centre provides a co mprehensive range of services.  These help develop 
linkages between ACP enterprises in a given sector, tr ade or branch of activity and their counterparts 
in the European Union.  CDE's operations  meet the following specific objectives: 
Objective 1
:  to facilitate ACP-EU business partnerships; 
 
Objective 2 :   to facilitate the development of enterprise support services in ACP countries 
   (capacity-building within private sector organizations and service provider); 
  
Objective 3 :   to lend support to investment promotion activities and organizations; 
 Objective 4
:   to support transfer of technologies and management skills. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
54. The recipients of CDE assistance are: 
• enterprises  in the formal sector which are in a st art-up, expansion, diversification or 
restructuring phase, with a perspective of be ing profitable and viable; with potential for 
sustainable development;  with financially an d technically sound promoters;  and with 
net assets of at least €80 000 and/or turnover of €250,000 euros and at least five employees; 
• organizations serving the private sector and agencies promoting investment , 
including technical and training centres sp ecializing in development programmes for 
enterprises; 
• service providers , such as management consultant s, with potential for acquiring new 
methods to meet the needs of SMEs; 
• development finance institutions  seeking assistance in the identification, evaluation 
and supervision of private sector projects. 
 
55. While CDE provides non financial business deve lopment services to private enterprises and 
intermediary organizations, it often tries to help  enterprises locate appropriate sources of funding, 
thanks to its network of  financial correspondents. 
56. An enterprise seeking assistance has to make a formal application  to the CDE, or to one of 
its regional field offices, decentralized management units, outposts or correspondents in the European 
Union and ACP countries, giving details of its stat us, the precise nature of its business and the 
assistance being sought. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
57. CDE's support to ACP enterprises and intermediary  organizations consist of two approaches: 
• a structured (with 3-5 year term) approach via programmes  for groups of 
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  • an ad hoc assistance to individual enterprises, intermediary organizations and  
service providers  of the private sector. 
 
(i) Programme approach 
→  Primary objective:  
 
• Identify and support the activities of the most promising private sector companies in 
selected sectors with highest potential for economic and social development in ACP countries. 
 
→  Main advantages: 
 
•  buy-in by concerned companies & inte rmediary organizations via consultative 
approach through local coordination; 
•  availability of in-depth knowledge of key sectors; 
•  quicker and more effective response to the needs of enterprises;  
•  achievement of synergies with other stakeholders in the sectors concerned –
national authorities, regional in stitutions, international donors; 
•  better complementarity and coherence with the priorities of other development 
actors. 
 
→  Selection of sub-sectors with regard to: 
 
•  comparative advantages;  
•  sustainable growth potentials;  
•  innovation and emulation perspectives;  
•  partnership potentials and socio-econom ic merits (internal economic linkages, 
cumulated value-added, employment  and productivity improvement).   
 
(ii) Ad-hoc assistance 
 In spite of the CDE's more selective approach  to ad-hoc requests from individual enterprises, 
the demand remains high.  Hence, the Centre con tinues to provide ad hoc  assistance to individual 
enterprises, intermediary organizations and servi ce providers of the private sector upon request. 
6. How it works in practice: 
58. CDE interventions take the form of sectoral programmes financed by its own budget.  These 
programmes usually include technical assistance a nd capacity-building initiatives, which are funded 
by CDE grants and beneficiary contributions.  The CD E is headquartered in Brussels, but continues its 
policy of decentralization towards the ACP countri es through its regional field offices and a network 
of national correspondents. 
59. In common with other development institutions, the Centre has adopted a matrix structure 
combining a region/country approach with sectoral are as of expertise.  This structure has been adapted 
to reflect CDE's expande d terms of reference . 
60. The CDE's field network consists of the following: 
• regional field offices :  the Centre has already transferred part of its operational 
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  already operational:  Santo Domingo for the Caribbean, Gaborone for Southern Africa; 
Dakar for West Africa; and Nairobi for Eastern Africa.  Offices in Central Africa and the Pacific will be opened in 2006; 
• Technical Intervention Offices  (TIOs):  there are about 20 of them.  Local entities 
closer to potential beneficiaries, the TI Os have the authority to initiate small 
assignments and to assist beneficiaries in preparing their requests for assistance; 
• the traditional network of Information and Promotion Centers , in ACP and EU 
countries which is currently being reviewed and restructured. 
 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
61. Details of recent, ongoing and forthcoming programmes can be found on CDE's website: 
www.cde.int
.  These include:  
62. Under the aspects of strategic focus and in rela tion to main categories of requirements of the 
ACP enterprises, current programmes can also be cl assified with regard to the following headings: 
- Increase of competitiveness  and upgrading of operational productivity  
- Improvement of market access  (especially exports) 
- Facilitation of access to investment finance  
 
63. The allocation of programmes according to their main focus is given in the listing below:  
(i) Competitiveness 
• one major generic programme (in East Africa) 
 (to be rolled-out to several regions when budget allows); 
• industrial and semi-industrial fish farming (m ain issues:  operational control, cost of 
feed, production standards, hygiene and efficiency); 
• maintenance of public infrastructure by SMEs (opening opportunities for local SMEs, 
versus large foreign firms, to enter the public tender market by subcontracting and 
competitive bidding;  performance-based lots of maintenance services); 
• tourism upgrading with emphasis on ecotour ism (competitive niche for local SMEs 
versus large international groups); 
• support for SMEs in optimal energy manage ment (strengthening energy efficiency, 
especially under rising energy cost conditions;  to maintain competitiveness by higher efficiency adjustment, use of alternative and renewable energies). 
 (ii) Market access 
• sustainable forest management and timber processing (ecological forest management 
essential for internationally accepted product certification; further processing into timber products needs improved/competitive quality standards);  
• component of fish farming, especially for export markets (processing, conditioning, 
hygiene standards, marketing support);  
• component of tourism, especially in th e Caribbean (market access for SME hotels, 
linkage for joint marketing through ICT facilities and quality certification/grading);  
• information and telecommunications (ICT), strengthening SME operators' capacities 
for being subcontracted into BPO, call centres, etc.  
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  (iii) Investment finance 
• improving SME access to investment finance:  
 
one dedicated programme only (for the time be ing) with focus on providers of equity 
and risk finance (venture funds, SME banks , guarantee funds), to strengthen financial 
intermediaries' capacity for project apprai sal and their support provided for their 
investor firms (monitoring, management and technical assistance).  
 
8. Contact: 
 - Brussels headquarters:    
 CDE, Avenue Hermann Debroux 52, B1160 Brussels 
 Tel: +32 2 679 18 11 -- Fax: +32 2 675 26 03 - E-mail: pdu@cde.int ; info@cde.int   
 Contact: Patrice Dufour – Communication and External Relations Officer  Website: www.cde.int
 
  - Regional Field Offices:    
 
 Dakar, (Mr. Aliou ABDOULLAHI, aab@cde.int
)  
 Gaborone (Mr. Vaflahi MEITE, vme@cde.int )   
 SantoDomingo ( Mr. Patrick KEENE, pke@cde.int ) 
 Nairobi (Mr Vaflahi MEITE, vme@cde.int )  
 
 - Other contacts 
 
 Technical Intervention Offices 
 Network members in ACP and European Union countries  Bilateral, multilateral or local financial institutions 
 (Addresses on the CDE's website) 
  D. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  ASIA-INVEST PROGRAMME  
1. General description: 
64. The Asia-Invest Programme aims to promote th e internationalization on a regional basis of 
European and Asian small and medium-sized co mpanies (SMEs), by facilitating direct business 
cooperation  between Europe and Asia.  
65. The Programme was launched in 1998 and until th e end of 2007, it continued to support the 
exchange of experience, networking and ma tchmaking among Europ ean and Asian business 
organizations to promote the greater integration of  European and Asian SMEs and the transfer of 
know-how and technology between the two regions.  
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  2. Beneficiary countries: 
66. EU member States, European Economic Area memb er States, official Candidate Countries as 
recognised by the EC and 18 participating As ian countries, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, 
Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Maldives and Nepal.
1 
3. Objective(s) and types of incentives given: 
67. The overall objective of the Programme is to promote and facilitate direct business 
cooperation between Europe and Asia.  In addressi ng this overall objective, the Programme has the 
following specific objectives at an Asia-wide level: 
• strengthen mutual trade and investment flows between the regions; 
• assist SMEs to internationalize their business strategy; 
• reinforce private sector and new business development opportunities; 
• promote European know-how and technologies within the private sector and in 
intermediary business organizations with a view to reinforce micro and meso-
level links between the two regions; 
• exchange of best practices and experiences  of European and Asian intermediaries 
and/or companies with a strong regional dimension; 
• promote investment and trade, with regard for south-south business links; 
• favour the participation of less deve loped countries and emphasize support to 
these countries to increase their intern ational market knowledge and access; 
• enhance Europe's political and economic presence across Asia. 
 68. Project proposals must have an Asia-wide dimension.   They must ensure that the nature of the 
partnership and/or the scope of the project activ ities go beyond bilateral coop eration and brings in 
other Asian eligible countries/regions. 
69. As of 2005, the Asia-Invest Programme assumed the activities of the Asia IT&C Programme, 
broadening its objectives to include the fostering of economic growth and understanding between the 
EU and Asia through better awaren ess, access to, and use of IT&C and cooperation in the audiovisual 
sector. 
70. Within the framework of the Commission's efforts to promote and encourage technology  
transfer, the following objectives may be indirect ly addressed by the Asia-Invest Programme as it 
supports business cooperation between the EU and Asia: 
Objective 1
:  promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, 
sub-contracting, etc., by supporti ng partnership building opportunities 
between EU and Asian companies; 
 Objective 2
:  improve access to available techni ques, standards and business processes 
through capacity-building of Asia n business intermediaries, including 
chambers of commerce and other business organizations in Asia; 
                                                      
1 Singapore; Brunei; Hong Kong , China and Macao, China undertakings may be considered as 
participants.  However organizations from these territori es should carry their own costs regarding the activities 
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  Objective 4 :  provide training through technical assi stance to groups of Asian companies 
that could include technology ma nagement and production methods; 
 Objective 5
:  more directly, to improve the abso rption capacity of LDCs through business 
missions, technical assistance and institu tional building projects with higher 
levels of co-financing. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
71. The Asia-Invest Programme has been open to  non-profit business intermediaries - public or 
private sector operators representing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - promoting trade 
and investment between Europe and Asia.  This includes inter alia  chambers of commerce, 
local/regional/national regulatory bodies promoting tr ade, investment or commercial activities, sector 
specific trade, industrial and professional associations, employers' federations and local/regional/national agencies promoting trad e, investment and commercial activities, non-
governmental organizations, relevant research ins titutes and university departments as well as sector-
based agencies concerned with working with SMEs. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
72. Further to the Programme's overall aim to incr ease trade and investment flows between the 
EU and Asia, it supports projects under the following areas of activity, which may involve the transfer 
of technological know-how: 
- multilateral business to business match-making opportunities for EU and Asian 
companies to identify potential partners; 
- Asian private-sector support through the tran sfer of skills and know-how and market 
research to assist companies in internationalizing their business strategy; 
- institutional support to enhance the capacity of intermediary organizations, extending 
opportunities for trade and investment to a wider number of companies (personnel 
exchange, networking and dialogue on how b est to represent the needs of companies). 
6. Functioning in practice: 
73. The third and final phase of the programme had a budget of €20 million.  Since 1995, around 
€87 million were used to co-finance more than 320 projects. 
 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
74. A list of the on-going and future events and th e Asia-invest III selected projects will soon be 
available at the following address:  http ://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/asia/regional-
cooperation/trade-business/index_en.htm  
E. NAME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  EU-A SIA PRO ECO II PROGRAMME AND ASIA PRO 
 ECO II B – POST TSUNAMI PROGRAMME  
1. General description: 
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  that promote more resource-efficient, market-drive n and sustainable solutions to urban environmental 
problems in Asia. 
76. Partnership projects between EU and Asian or ganizations have been funded since 2003, and 
are now supported through networ king events to share experiences that can lead to improved 
environmental management in the region.  Between 2002 and 2006, €53 million was granted to 
co-fund 132 projects for implementation up to 2009.  There will be no further Call for Proposals 
under Asia Pro Eco. 
2. Examples of projects: 
• Post Tsunami Restoration of Mangroves, Education & Re-establishment of Livelihoods 
in Sri Lanka: 
Target country :  Sri Lanka 
Implementation period :  23 December 2006 - 31 December 2008 
EC Co-financing :  €665,433.47 
Summary : the project addresses Tsunami affected fa milies in the lake areas of Bolgoda, 
Maduganga and Madampeganga in  Sri Lanka.  The activities focus on the restoration of 
mangrove habitats through the establishment of mangrove nurseries.  In total 15 hectares will 
be rehabilitated.  Further goals are the re-estab lishment of livelihoods of affected families in 
those regions and environmental education (i nstallation of two environmental centres) 
including innovative and cost-effective wastewater treatment technologies. 
More information  can be obtained from: http://ec.eur opa.eu/europeaid/where/asia/regional-
cooperation/documents/2007factfile_ asia_proeco_sri_lanka_en.pdf  
 
• Trees, Resilience and Livelihood Recovery in the Tsunami-affected Coastal Zone of 
Aceh and North Sumatra (Indonesia):  Rebuilding Green Infrastructure with Trees People Want 
Target country
:  Indonesia 
Implementation period :  January 2006 - 31 December 2008 
EC Co-financing :  €665,433.47 
Summary :  the project addresses Tsunami affected families in the lake areas of Bolgoda, 
Maduganga and Madampeganga in  Sri Lanka.  The activities focus on the restoration of 
mangrove habitats through the establishment of mangrove nurseries.  In total 15 hectares will be rehabilitated.  Further goals are the re-estab lishment of livelihoods of affected families in 
those regions and environmental education (i nstallation of two environmental centres) 
including innovative and cost-effective wastewater treatment technologies. 
More information
 can be obtained from: http://ec.eur opa.eu/europeaid/where/asia/regional-
cooperation/documents/2007factfile_ asia_proeco_sri_lanka_en.pdf  
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  F. NAME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  COMPETITIVE GRANT SCHEMES FOR AGRICULTURAL 
 RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT (ARD)  IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA  
1. General description: 
77. The sub-regional2 Competitive Grant Schemes are fi nancing mechanisms for research 
activities aimed at improving the performance of production systems and stimulating sustainable 
market-oriented agricultural production in Africa.  As part of this effort, the SROs (Sub-Regional 
Organizations in charge of ARD at sub-regional le vel) will promote agricultural technology exchange 
through collaboration between research organiza tions and the stakeholde rs involved (farmers, 
associations, NGOs, universities, etc.) in their respective sub-regions. 
78. The SROs expect to reach this goal by: 
- providing grants on a competitive basis to r esearchers to work together with research 
institutions, civil society partners including private companies, and beneficiaries dedicated to technology development that s hows promise for replicability and adoption; 
- using the experience of funded projects to de velop lessons and guidelines applicable to 
help solve the problems of technology development in the region;  and 
- supporting projects that will make a positive contribution toward the region's economic 
development through investment in agricultural research. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
79. Countries covered under the three Sub-Regional Organizations: 
ASARECA:  Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central 
Africa; 
CORAF:  Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Développement Agricoles; 
SADC-FANR:  Southern African development Community - Food, Agriculture and Natural 
Resources. 
 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 1
: promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, 
sub-contracting, etc. 
non-financial incentives : 
support to national firms identifying pot ential partners (advice, contacts, 
etc.);  
Objective 2
: improve access to available techniques and industrial processes - creation of 
information centres; 
  
Objective 5 : capacity-building; 
 Objective 6
: encourage trade in technological goods. 
 
                                                      
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  4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
80. EU and DCs' enterprises and institutions invol ved in agricultural research for development 
and extension. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
81. This is dependent on the type of  partnership.  They will be related mainly to agricultural 
research and socio-economic development. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
82. All proposals submitted to the SROs should addr ess the research priorities identified in their 
respective strategic plan and demonstrate a collabor ative approach.  Proposals are submitted based on 
a call for proposals issued by the SROs and mu st be presented in accord ance with the Proposal 
Presentation Guide.  Proposals are considered for funding once a year (for the initial launching of the 
process).  Projects may receive funding for up to three years.  In rare cases and where projects have proved particularly successful or innovative, the Board can approve funding up to an additional two 
years.  Projects responding to a call for proposals must have a minimum value of US$50,000;  maximum funding amounts are established in each call for proposals.  In most cases grants will not 
exceed US$300,000 over a three-year period. 
7. Contact: 
 CORAF 
 Internet: http://www.coraf.org/coraf_action.php
 
 ASARECA 
 Internet: http://www.asareca.org/  
 SADC-FANR 
 Keoagile Molapong  Research expert  Agricultural Research & Training  E-mail: kmolapong@sadc.int
 
 EIARD (European Initiative for ARD) 
 Internet: http://www.eiard-infosys.org  
 European Commission 
 Marc DEBOIS  DG Development  E-mail: Marc.Debois@ec.europa.eu
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  IV. MEMBER STATES:  AUSTRIA 
A. NAME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS  
1. General description: 
- training and capacity-building for SME promotion and vocational training; 
- training and capacity-building for rural development; 
- technology transfer for environment improvements, renewable energy supply, 
improvements in infrastructure, water and waste management; 
- implementation of social standards; - implementation of eco-standards; - HIV/AIDS prevention and other health care activities; 
- good governance; 
- sustainable tourism; - sustainable land and forest management, including certification processes FSC; - food quality and safety system development. 
 
2. Beneficiary country: 
83. In principle not restricted, all partner countri es can be chosen.  However, emphasis is on 
countries with activities of the Austrian Development Cooperation. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 1
: promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, sub-
contracting, etc., through non-financ ial incentives: support to national and 
third country firms identifying potential partners (advice, contacts, etc.); 
Objective 2 : improve access to available techniques and industrial processes; 
access to legal and technological information sources; creation of information centres; training in the state of the art; 
Objective 4
: provide training in technology management and production methods; 
 Objective 5
: capacity-building; 
 Objective 6
: encourage trade in technological goods.  
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
84. European enterprises. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
85. Technology transfer takes place in different sectors such as production processes, e-learning 
processes, train the trainer programmes. 
 
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6. Functioning in practice: 
86. Companies submit brief project proposals. 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects 
• establishing trainer of trainer programmes; 
• establishing cooperatives; 
• training of suppliers; 
• technology transfer e.g. energy efficiency. 
8. Statistics on the use of the incentive/on the number of supported projects: 
87. The programme has been running since 2005.  Budget (2005-2008):  €8.5 million. 
9. Contact: 
Austrian Development Agency 
Wirtschaft und Entwicklung 
Zelinkagasse 2 
1010 Vienna Austria Tel.: +43.(0)1 90399-577 wirtschaft@ada.gv.at
 
www.ada.gv.at  
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  V. MEMBER STATES:  BELGIUM 
A. NAME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  BELSPO – UNESCO /WORLD HERITAGE 
 COOPERATION AGREEMENT  
1. General description: 
88. Cooperation agreement with UNESCO to s upport activities from the World Heritage 
Centre/Programme with a focus on activities related to the use of advanced space applications (GPS 
and earth observation techniques) and information systems in support of monitoring, mapping, management and reporting with respect to world heritage sites. 
2. Beneficiary country: 
89. Least developed countries: 
 -  Democratic Republic of Congo 
 90. Latin-America (incl. Andean countries). 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given:  
Objective 1
: promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, sub-
contracting, etc; 
 Objective 2
: improve access to available techniques; 
 
-  creation of information centres; -  training in the state of the art; 
-  stimulating networking. 
 
Objective 3:
 support Joint Research projects betwee n public partners: Research centres 
and institutional bodies (ministries, agencies) 
 
Objective 5 : capacity-building. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
91. Research centres and institutional bodies (ministries, agencies). 
5. Functioning in practice: 
92. RDC: http://geoweb.ugent.be/sygiap/ ;  http://www.enge.ucl.ac.be/cartes-RDC/index_EN.html  
6. Contact: 
Ms Brigitte DECADT 
deca@belspo.be  
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  VI. MEMBER STATES:  THE CZECH REPUBLIC 
A. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  MINIMALIZATION OF LIABILITY AND 
 ENHANCEMENT  OF SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE IN UNFAVOURABLE 
 GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS , LOJA CITY 
1. General description: 
93. The infrastructure of Ecuadorian cities is threaten ed by vulnerability of the rock environment 
(landslides, erosion).  The project will ensure a long-term bedrock stability of drinking water conduit 
and other selected objects of the city infrastructure in Loja.  In dangerous areas, all the topographical 
measurements, geological mapping a nd geotechnical surveys including drilling and sample collecting 
will be realized in cooperation with  Ecuadorian part.  The results of geotechnical testing of rocks will 
be assessed.  The static proposals of unstable slop es protection as well as the slope deformation risk 
map of water conduit considering the geological struct ure of the territory will be worked out on the 
basis of modelling.  Local geological risks, essential precautions and proposals of recommended methods of research will be generalized in elaborat ed conception of a long-term sustainability of line 
structures of the city infrastructure.  Within the framework of the project, one local expert will be 
trained in the Czech republic to be able to perf orm the field investigation of geological risks, 
laboratory assessment of the samples and st ability analyses without any supervision. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
94. Ecuador. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 2
: improve access to available techniques and industrial processes: 
access to legal and technological information sources; 
training in the state of the art;  
Objective 3
: support for joint research proj ects between public partners; 
 
Objective 4 : provide training in technology management and production methods; 
 Objective 5
: capacity-building. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
95. The project is implemented by the Gekon Compan y in coordination with the Czech Ministry 
of the Environment.  The partner organizations ar e the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing 
of Ecuador and Loja Municipality. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
96. Transfer of know-how in the field of geological mapping and geotechnical surveys including 
drilling and sample collecting, field investigation and stability analyses. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
97. The project is implemented in the framework of the Official Development Assistance 
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  was launched in 2007;  the responsible authority was the MoE and the period of implementation is 
2007-2009. 
7. Statistics on the use of the incentive/on the number of  supported projects: 
98. The sum of the project was approximately €164,510. 
8. Contact: 
Andrea Kulhavá, 
ODA co-ordinator,  Ministry of the Environment,  Department of Development and Project Co-operation,  Vr
šovická 65,  
100 00 Prague 10 
E-mail: andrea.kulhava@mzp.cz  
 B. 
NAME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  GROUNDWATER RESOURCES ASSESSMENT WITH 
 EMPHASIS ON DROUGHT STRICKEN AREAS  
1. General description: 
99. This project is focused on the transfer of know-how for the compilation of hydro-ecological 
maps and the performance of a study in the river b asin.  This set of information will provide the 
necessary resources to perform subsequent development projects in the area with the aim to reduce poverty, increase the living standards of the local in habitants, and raise the level of environmental 
protection.  Part of this project will be also to equip the workplace of the beneficiary with the 
necessary means to construct and publish similar maps. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
100. Ethiopia. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 2
: improve access to available techniques and industrial processes: 
access to legal and technological information sources; 
training in the state of the art; 
 Objective 3
: support for joint research proj ects between public partners; 
 Objective 4
: provide training in technology management and production methods; 
 
Objective 5 : capacity-building. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
101. The project is implemented by the Czech comp any Aquatest and Czech Geological Survey in 
coordination with the Czech Ministry of Environmen t.  The partner organization is Geological Survey 
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  5. Type of technology transferred: 
102. Transfer of know-how in the field of geology and hydrogeology. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
103. The project is implemented in the framework of the Official Development Assistance 
Programme of the Czech Republic, in the competence of the Ministry of the Environment (MoE).  
The period of implementation is 2006-2009. 
7. Statistics on the use of the incentive/on the number of  supported projects: 
104. The sum of the project is approximately €287,000. 
8. Contact: 
Andrea Kulhavá,  
ODA co-ordinator,  
Ministry of the Environment,  Department of Development and Project Co-operation,  Vr
šovická 65,  
100 00 Prague 10 
E-mail: andrea_kulhava@mpz.cz   
  C. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  THE REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL STUDIES TO DEFINE 
 AND PREDICT THE NATURAL HAZARDS IN THE MAIN REGIONS OF THE CENTRAL AMERICA  
1. General description: 
105. This is a complex study of the documentation, location, evaluation and prediction of natural 
hazards conditioned by geological structure.  The projected study continues formerly realized projects performed by the Czech Geological Survey in the years 1997-2006.  For the year 2008, the following 
regions of Central America have been appointed :  the area of Boaco City and Sébaco City 
(Nicaragua), the area of Miramar City (Costa Rica ) and the metropolitan area of El Salvador.  For all 
the chosen areas, the main and permanent obstructio ns are those related to geological conditions and 
vulnerability to destructive natural phenomena.  Heavy rains, hurricanes, seismic events, volcanic 
activity, floods and man-conditioned hazards (deforest ation) can trigger several kinds of disastrous 
consequences such as slope movements, rocks falls , lateral and vertical erosion, accumulation of 
transported material, mudflows and debris flow s, joints and faults opening, instability of 
hydrothermally altered or otherwise damaged slopes of hills. 
106. Studies in 2008 comprising field works, documentation and compilation of several basic maps 
set in scale of 1:50 000 (geological map, geomorphologic and structural map, map of hazards conditions and documentation map) are essential outputs which, together  with the final reports and 
GIS database data will be provided to Nicaragua n, Costa Rican and Salvadorian authorities for 
practical purposes. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
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  3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 2 : improve access to available techniques and industrial processes 
access to legal and technological information sources training in the state of the art 
Objective 3
:   support for joint research projects between public partners 
 
Objective 4 : provide training in technology management and production methods 
 Objective 5
: capacity-building 
 4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
108. The project is implemented by the Czech Geological Survey in coordination with the Czech 
Ministry of Environment. The partner organizati ons are the Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios 
Territoriales – INETER (Nicaragua), Dirección de Ge ología y Minas (Costa Rica) and Officina de 
Planificación del área metropolitana de San Salvador. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
109. Transfer of know-how in the field of document ation, location, evaluation and prediction of 
natural hazards conditioned by geological structure. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
110. The project is implemented in the framework of the Official Development Assistance 
Programme of the Czech Republic, in the competence of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech 
Republic.  It was launched in 2007 (follow-up of th e project which started in 1997); the responsible 
authority is the Ministry of the Environmen t and the period of implementation is 2007-2009. 
7. Statistics on the use of the incentive/on the number of  supported projects: 
111. The sum of the project is approximately €717,084. 
8. Contact: 
Andrea Kulhavá,  
ODA co-ordinator,  Ministry of the Environment,  Department of Development and Project Co-operation,  Vr
šovická 65,  
100 00 Prague 10 
E-mail: andrea_kulhava@mpz.cz   
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  VII. MEMBER STATES:  DENMARK 
A. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  THE BUSINESS -TO-BUSINESS (B2B)  PROGRAMME  
1. General description: 
112. The B2B programme (former Private Sector De velopment Programme) aims at developing 
the private sector in a range of developing countri es by supporting the establishment of long-term and 
mutually committing partnerships between Danish co mpanies and companies in developing countries.  
The support provided by Danida could be a short cut to attract Danish  technology and investment.  By 
using business linkages as an instrument for econom ic growth, the B2B Programme seeks to improve 
living conditions for the people in the selected countries. 
113. The B2B Programme was first introduced in 1993 as a pilot project in three countries, 
hereafter the group of countries was steadily en larged from 1996-2002 and was launched in all Danida 
programme countries in 2003.  During 2005 the programme was subject to a thorough review to refine and improve the programme. 
2. Beneficiary countries:  
114. The B2B Programme includes all the Danida Pr ogramme countries: in particular Bangladesh, 
Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mozambi que, Nepal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 1
: promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, 
sub-contracting, etc. 
 
   non-financial incentives : 
  support to national firms identifying potential partners (advice, contacts, 
etc.) 
 
  financial incentives to national firms (100 per cent or co-financing): 
financing of prospective activities in th e form of reimbursement of costs for 
study visits, feasibility studies, technical assistance, training, technology 
adaptation, environmental measures, improvements of the working environment, set-up costs, incentives for combating HIV/AIDS, promotion of employee and human rights, measur es for equal rights and improvement 
of the living conditions for women;  
Objective 2
: improve access to available techniques and industrial processes: 
access to technological information sources through the Danish partner 
(know-how and technology); training in the state of the art provided by the Danish partner; 
Objective 4
: provide training in technology management and production methods: 
The Danish companies provide technical assistance and training in 
connection with the implementati on of new technology and production 
techniques at the partner company in the developing country; 
Objective 5 : capacity-building: in addition to on-the-job-training by the Danish partner in 
for example management skills and quality control, external courses are also 
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  Objective 6 : encourage trade in technological goods: 
in principle the PSD Programme is open to all lines of business. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
115. The Danish companies eligible for support must  be registered according to Danish law, 
comply with certain financial requirements and ha ve operated a business in the field covered by the 
cooperation for at least five years. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
116. This is dependent on the type of partnership and line of business. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
117. The idea is that the B2B Programme should act as a facilitator for "new-born" partnerships 
that become commercially viable after a period of time and which the partners  intend to continue once 
the support has ceased. 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
(a) Vagn Plenge ApS and Sub-Saha ran Publishers in Ghana: 
118. The publishing company Sub-Saharan Publishe rs (SSP) has specialised in printing, 
distributing and promoting books from Ghanaian au thors since 1993.  SSP initiated cooperation with 
the Danish publishing house Vagn Plenge ApS to upgrade the skills within publishing, promoting, 
typography, layout and computer software.  Th e result of the partnership has been a solid 
understanding of international publishing and the tool s required to operate in this line of business.  
The improved skills have made it possible for SSP to  compete with interna tional publishers and SSP 
has gained access to the rights of publishing a range of books written by Ghanaian authors, which is 
today incorporated in the curricula of schools in Ghana and other African countries.  Additionally, the 
partnership has made it possible for several Ghanaian authors to be promoted and sold in Europe and 
the United States. 
(b) Bording Data A/S and TechnoVista Ltd. in Bangladesh: 
119. Bording Data A/S in Denmark and TechnoVista  Ltd. in Bangladesh have with support from 
the B2B Programme initiated collaboration and have est ablished a Joint Venture called Bording Vista.  
The overall aim of the partnership is to set up a new software development company and take 
advantage of the capabilities of the partners in order to sustain and further develop a competitive 
position in the partners' respective home markets and also new markets.  Bording Vista's goal is to 
employ both young and experienced IT professionals of Bangladesh, and train them in international 
standards, technologies and practices related to the ICT industry as well as to work within the newest 
and most promising software products to be th e trendsetter for the ICT industry in Bangladesh. 
8. Statistics on the use of the incentive/on the number of  supported projects: 
120. Over 900 partnerships have been supported since the programme was created in 1993. IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  9. Contact: 
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
 B2B Secretariat  Janne L. Schneider,   jansch@um.dk
 
 www.b2bprogramme.dk  
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AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  DBL  INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH AND 
 DEVELOPMENT  
1. General description: 
121. DBL Institute for Health Resear ch and Development is a priv ate research institute.  In 
addition to conducting research and providing expertise, DBL is engaged in research 
capacity-building among its scientific partners in developing countries.  Along with two other 
research centres (Danish Seed Health Centre and th e Centre for Forest and Landscape) DBL receives 
its core funding from the bilateral development rese arch support funds of the Royal Danish Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs, under conditions set in a Performance Contract. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
122. DBL works primarily in Danida programme  countries where health sector support 
programmes and/or sector support programmes of re levance to health (environment, education, 
agriculture, water resources) are implemented. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
123. DBL is a cross-disciplinary institution wh ich, through research, capacity-building and 
technical and advisory services supplies relevant h ealth and health-related knowledge in support of 
sustainable development.  DBL has the following mi ssion:  to contribute to the improvement of the 
public health situation in deve loping countries through research and research-based activities, with a 
focus on selected poverty-related health problems.  Th e realisation of this mission is to be achieved 
primarily through the following objectives: 
• The generation and dissemination of new know ledge regarding methods and tools for 
use in the promotion of health through prev ention and control of disease in developing 
countries. 
• The building of research capacity and cap acity for integrated disease control at 
institutions and in networks in developing countries, primarily in Danida programme 
countries, and in Denmark. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
124. Partners are public scientific institutions (unive rsities and research institutes) and networks 
located in the developing countries. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
125. Health research capacity, knowledge transfer within health and environment, diagnostic 
techniques and equipment; remote se nsing techniques and equipment.  IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  6. Functioning in practice: 
126. DBL's objectives are to be achieved thro ugh the implementation of four main 
sub-programmes:  research;  capacity-building;  service provision/consultancy;  and further 
development of DBL's technical and administrative expertise. 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
127. In 2005, 66 research projects, many of which with Research Capacity Strengthening as a 
major component were implemented.   Three research workshops were implemented, i.e., one on 
schistosomiasis morbidity in collaboration with the Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Ministry of 
Health, Nairobi, Kenya.  An international confer ence on emerging snail borne helminth diseases in the 
context of biodiversity and health was co-org anized.  A course on Research Methodology was 
implemented at DBL and a course on data analysis  and statistics was implemented at Makerere 
University, Kampala, Uganda.  A workshop on ecosyst ems health in the context of water resources 
development was conducted jointly w ith Ministry of Health, Zambia. 
8. Statistics on the use of the incentive/on the number of supported projects: 
128. Support was provided to the completion of six PhD and eight Master programmes and to 23 
other ongoing PhD and 18 Master programmes for students from developing countries.  30 per 
reviewed international publications;  six other r esearch based publications (including consultancy 
reports);  36 abstracted workshop/conference prese ntations;  two research into practice workshops,  
four policy briefs and similar;  7 courses and workshops;  two support to African networks;  103 
course and workshop participants;  1,625 days of c ourse and workshop participation;  seven technical 
courses and workshops;  two resear ch methodology courses/workshops. 
9. Contact: 
DBL Institute for Health Research and Development 
Jaegersborg Allé 1 D DK-2920 Charlottenlund Director, Niels Ørnbjerg:  
noc@bilharziasis.dk
 
Web: http://www1.dblnet.dk  
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AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FOR DEVELOPMENT 
 RESEARCH (FFU)  - FORMER COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH  - FORMER ENHANCING 
 RESEARCH CAPACITY (ENRECA ) PROGRAMME  
1. General description: 
129. Support for development research and research capacity-building by the Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs has two primary objectives.  The first one, based on the needs of partners in the developing 
countries, is to build and maintain capacity for r esearch relevant to development assistance in the 
partner countries and in Denmark.  Secondly, it is  desired to promote production of sought-after and 
development-related knowledge.  The objective is that the great est possible proportion of the 
supported research must take place in the developing countries and be carried out by these countries' own researchers. IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  2. Beneficiary countries: 
130. Developing countries with a GDP per capita of under US$1,957, with preference given to 
Denmark's programme partner countries. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 2
:  improve access to available techniques; 
 
Objectives 3, 5 : support joint research projects and capacity-building; 
 
Objective 4 : provide training in technology management and production methods: 
 
- support for research teams in the developing countries 
through partnership with Danish researchers in order to integrate researchers from the south in international research networks;  
- training in scientific research: training of human resources 
(Ph.D., further training, methodological seminars etc.);  
- support to institutional capacity-building (research 
management, fund raising, set-up of peer review 
mechanisms, up-dating equipment etc.);  
- support to field research involving end-users such as 
farmers.  
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
131. Eligible partners are public and private institu tions, i.e., public and private universities and 
research institutes, and enterprises, from e ligible developing countries and Denmark. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
132. As projects may cover all scientific disciplin es, types of technologies transferred vary. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
133. Joint application from developing country pa rtner and Danish partner forwarded to the 
Consultative Committee for Research upon the yearly ca ll for applications.  Calls  for applications are 
issued and available on the website www.um.dk
.  The research evaluation of applications for research 
projects will be undertaken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Consultative Research Committee for Development Research (FFU) in collaboration with the Danish Council for Strategic Research.  
Applications for research capacity-building, resear ch projects of a certain size and randomly selected 
project applications will also undergo an ex ternal professional assessment (peer review).  IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
- support to an analytical laboratory and cap acity-building in analysis and modelling of 
Geological Basins in Viet Nam at Vietnam Petroleum Institute, Hanoi University of 
Mining and Geology and Hanoi University of  Science in Viet Nam in collaboration 
with Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland and University of Copenhagen, 
2000-2008; 
 - support to analytical laboratories and capacity-building in Malaria and Health in 
Northern Tanzania at National Institu te for Medical Research (NIMR) and 
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College with  University of Copenhagen, 2000-2010; 
 
- support to analytical laboratories and capacity-building in Molecular Science at 
HoChiMinh City National University with Roskilde University 2002-2007; 
 - support to analytical laboratories and capacity-building for bio safety and ecological 
impact assessment of transgenic plants in East Africa at Kenya Agricultural Research 
Institute (KARI), University of Nairobi , Kenya, University of Dar es Salaam, 
Tanzania and Makerere University, Uganda  with Danish Institute of Agricultural 
Sciences (DIAS) and the Royal Veterinary  and Agricultural University, Denmark, 
2003-2007. 
 8. Statistics on the use of the incentive/on the number of supported projects: 
134. On average around 50 on-going research capac ity-building projects involving partnerships 
between researchers from developing countries and Da nish researchers are supported.  Approximately 
ten projects on research capacity-building are approved for funding each year, either as initiative grants for formulation of new projects or as project phases of new or existing projects. 
9. Contact: 
Research Unit 
Technical Advisory Service Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asiatisk Plads 2. DK 1448 Copenhagen  
Denmark  
E-mail: ffu@um.dk
 
Website: www.um.dk  
  
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AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  DANISH SEED HEALTH CENTRE FOR DEVELOPING 
 COUNTRIES AT THE FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES , UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN , 
 COPENHAGEN , DENMARK  
1. General description: 
135. It is the mission of the Seed Health Centre to alleviate poverty and improve nutritional status 
of resource-poor people in the developing world th rough improvement of health and quality of seed 
for sowing and consumption, with emphasis on fa rm-saved and locally produced seed.  The Seed 
Health Centre's development related activities are fi nanced by a grant from the Danish Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs. IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  2. Beneficiary countries: 
136. Include Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Nepa l, Tanzania, Uganda and Bangladesh. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
137. Joint research projects in seed health and pathology;  providing training in technology 
management and production methods;  a nd technical and HRD capacity-building. 
138. Outreach targeting seed producers and farmers joint development of training curricula, 
exchange of teachers and researchers, financial support for infrastructure (laboratory upgrades and 
training facilities);  training of scientists and te chnicians in conducting seed health testing and 
conducting research;  training of extension staff in dissemination of technologies. 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
139. Universities, research institutions, laboratori es, seed certification agencies in developing 
countries. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
140. Diagnostic methodology for pathogen identifi cation and epidemiological management. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
141. Collaboration develops based on contacts betw een the Seed Health Centre and partner 
institutions in developing countries. 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
142. Two major capacity-building projects under implem entation in cooperation with University of 
Mysore, India and Sokoine University of Agriculture , Tanzania.  The two regional centres in Asia and 
Africa will cater for the regional needs for training in seed health - the Danish Centre will provide 
special expertise and quality assurance. 
143. Minor seed health improvement programmes, e. g., in Ghana in collaboration with Crops 
Research Institute, Kumasi, Department of Agricu lture, Kumasi and Ghana Seed Inspection Division 
involving upgrading of laboratories, training of r esearch and technical staff, training of extension 
officers, dissemination of solution for management of seed-borne diseases and technologies 
disseminated to farmers. 
8. Contact: 
 Dr Jan Torp 
Head,  Associate Professor Danish Seed Health Centre for Developing Countries 
University of Copenhagen  
Denmark E-mail: dshc@life.ku.dk
 - jto@life.ku..dk   
Website:  www.dshc.life.ku.dk   IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  E. NAME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME OF FOREST & 
 LANDSCAPE , ROYAL AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY UNIVERSITY ,  DENMARK  
1. General description: 
144. The International Programme of Forest & Land scape, Denmark is a continuation and further 
development of the former Danida Forest Seed Ce ntre (1969-2003).  The programme is supported by 
Danida through a Performance Contract with an an nual Danida contribution of DKr6 million.  The 
contract provides for research and development, capacity-building and information and extension 
services in support of Danish development assistance in forestry and agro-forestry to developing 
countries.  The general objective is to contribute  to improve the benefits of growing trees for the 
well-being of people in developing countries. 
2. Beneficiary countries:  
145. The programme covered by the contract is specific for developing countries.  Special 
emphasis is given to the 15 current Danida programme countries: in particular Bangladesh, Benin, 
Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Nepal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia  as well as 
developing countries receiving special environmental assistance from Denmark. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
146. The programme relates to the specific objectives 3, 4 and 5: 
Objective 3 :  support Joint Research projects: 
support for Joint Research projects between private partners; support for Joint Research projects between public partners; 
 
Objective 4
:  provide training in technology management and production methods; 
 
Objective 5 :  capacity-building.   
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
147. No particular restrictions.  Currently, most  partners are public NARS and governmental 
development institutions. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
148. Focus has so far been on transfer of know-how in conservation and sustainable use of genetic 
resources of trees and shrubs. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
149. The programme operates as an information hou se with an overall strategy of collecting 
information and undertaking research  and development, transforming the results and knowledge into 
practical application and making it available at a global level through information service, training 
and direct support to development projects aiming at capacity-building in developing countries. 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
- support to development and  management of national tree seed programmes; IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  - in and ex situ conservation of forest genetic resources in Asia, Africa and Latin 
America; 
- international provenance trials of teak, gme lina, tropical pines, and dry zone species. 
8. Contact: 
Christian Pilegaard Hansen  
International Co-ordinator Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape & Planning Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL) 
 
Mailing address: Hoersholm Kongevej 11 DK-2970 Hoersholm Denmark 
E-mail: cph@life.ku.dk
  
Web: www.SL.kvl.dk   
Tel: +45 3533 1735 Fax: +45 3533 1517 
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  VIII.  MEMBER STATES:  FINLAND 
A. FOREWORD  
150. Technology transfer to developing countries is promoted and encouraged through various 
programmes and activities by the Government of Fi nland.  Some of these programmes are directly 
planned to encourage Finnish companies to invest in developing countries, to enter into cooperation 
with companies in these countries or to participate in other means in industrial and technological 
projects. 
151. Some programmes promote technology transfer mo re or less indirectly, though.  The latter 
group of programmes includes, for example, contribu tions to multilateral assi stance funds within the 
framework of the United Nations, the Worl d Bank Group and the European Communities.   Finnish 
bilateral development cooperation programmes include a number of projects with components aiming 
at promotion of technology transfer to developi ng countries.  The main objective of Finland's 
Development Policy is the eradication of ex treme poverty.  All ODA (Official Development 
Assistance) based support for technology transfer must therefore be compatible with the poverty 
reduction strategies of the partner countries. 
 
 B. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  FINNFUND INVESTMENT SCHEMES  
1. General description: 
152. Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Ltd. (F innfund) is a development finance company 
that provides long-term risk capital for profita ble projects in developing countries and Russia. 
Finnfund finances private projects that involve a Finnish interest. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
153. Not specific to LDCs. 
3. Objectives and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 1 :  promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, 
sub-contracting, etc.  Finnfund's objective is to promote dynamic, 
developing and innovative private ente rprises, thus encouraging technology 
transfer. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
154. The investment commitments by Finnfund involve a representative sample of Finnish 
high-tech companies as well as innovative small and medium sized companies. 
5. Type of technology transferred:  
155. The programme covers all types of technology. IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  6. Functioning in practice: 
(a) Finnfund's financial instruments
 
156. Finnfund provides investment financing in th e form of minority equity investments, 
investment loans, mezzanine financing and a combination of these. 
157. The projects should have an experienced i ndustrial sponsor, strongly committed to the 
project.  If the sponsor is not a Finnish parent company, some other link to Finnish interests must be 
demonstrated. 
158. The project itself must operate in a developing country or Russia.  Finnfund's financing often 
enjoys exemption of withholding and capital gains taxation due to bilateral tax treaties. Finnfund's 
financing is not tied to exports from Finland. 
(b) Equity financing  
159. Equity investments are typically made direc tly (or through a holding company) into the 
project company.  Finnfund's equity participati on is limited to minority shareholding and does not 
usually exceed the shareholding of the sponsor.  The investment and exit terms are agreed in advance 
with the sponsor. 
(c) Investment loans  
160. Finnfund's investment loans are also provided dir ectly to the project company.  Maturity can 
be anything from medium to long-term and usually  it varies from 6 to 8 years including a grace 
period.  The repayment schedule is tailored to suit th e project.  Loans are provided in main convertible 
currencies, usually in euros or dollars.  Collate ral is also determined according to the project. 
161. The interest rate is a combination of a base ra te and margin.  The margin depends on the risks 
Finnfund faces in the project. 
(d) Mezzanine financing  
162. To best suit the capital needs of the project  Finnfund can also arrange financing with 
mezzanine instruments.  These include unsecured subor dinated loans, preferred shares and convertible 
bonds. 
(e) Guarantees  
163. In exceptional cases Finnfund can grant guarantees, fo r example to facilitate client's access to 
financing in local currency. 
(f) Co-financing  
164. When the financing needs are substantial, the project can be financed together with other 
finance institutions.  Finnfund is a member of ED FI (European Development Finance Institutions) and 
collaborates closely with its members.  Finnfund also has a long-standing cooperation with IFC 
(International Finance Corporation), the E BRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development) and other devel opment banks as well as commercial banks.  Finnfund is also an 
investor in a number of private equity funds active in developing countries.  IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
(a) Privatization and rehabilitation of a major port in Mozambique  
165. Type of technology transferred:  know-how , institutional strengthening, logistics and 
equipment for operating a major port according to m odern standards.  Functioning in practice:  day-
to-day operations, put-through traffic of in-comi ng and out-going goods using the port facilities.  A 
special company has been cr eated for this function. 
(b) Teak plantation in Southern Sudan  
166. The project is at planning and surveying stage.  Type of technology transferred:  sustainable 
forest management, sawmill technology. 
8. Contact: 
 Finnfund 
 Ms Pirjo Pulakka  
 P.O. Box 391  FI-00121 Helsinki, Finland  Tel.: +358-9-348-434 
 Fax:  +358-9-3484-3346  
 E-mail:  Pirjo.Pulakka@finnfund.fi
 
 Web site:  http://www.finnfund.fi  
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AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  FINNPARTNERSHIP - FINNISH BUSINESS 
 PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME  
1. General description: 
167. Finnpartnership's mission is to increase commercial cooperation between Finland and 
developing countries.  Finnpartners hip provides advisory services for the business activities of Finnish 
companies in developing countries, as well as fina ncial support for the planning, development and 
implementation phases of a project.  Finnpartnership also offers a matchmaking service for companies 
in developing countries for creating potential business partnerships with Finnish companies.  Finnfund 
is responsible for the management and implem entation of the business partnership programme on 
behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affa irs of Finland which funds the programme. 
168. The programme is the successor of the so-ca lled EIT appropriation (TTT in Finnish) which 
has therefore ceased to exist. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
169. The scheme is open to all ODA eligible countries.   Projects targeted at the poorest of the 
ODA countries are eligible for a higher coverage of their preparatory phase expenses through the 
financial support. 
3. Objectives and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 1 :  to promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, 
sub-contracting and imports from developing countries. 
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  Non-financial incentives: 
 
Support to developing country companies identifying potential business partners in Finland via the matchmaking service.   Financial incentives to Finnish companies
: 
Providing financial support (Business Pa rtnership Support) in the planning 
phase of the prospective business part nership activities, as well as for the 
training of target country employees and other capacity-building activities in the implementation and business opera tion phases.  In addition, financial 
support is given for planning, employee training and technical assistance in 
pilot projects related to Finnish environmental technology. 
 Financial incentives for developing country companies
:  
Financial incentives for developing co untry companies with substantial 
links to Finland.  Providing fina ncial support (Business Partnership 
Support) in the planning phase of the prospective business partnership 
activities, as well as for the training of target country employees and other capacity-building activities in the implementation and business operation phases. 
 
Objective 5
:  capacity-building by providing advi sory services to Finnish companies.   
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
170. Eligible applicants for the financial support a nd advisory services are companies registered in 
Finland or elsewhere that have a substantial links  to Finland;  research facilities, universities or 
similar organizations based in Finland;  or associa tions registered in Finland.  Matchmaking services 
may be applied for by developing country companies that are searchi ng for partners for their business 
opportunities in Finland. 
5. Type of technology transferred:  
171. The programme enhances technology transfer in  accordance with the general conditions of 
the Business Partnership Support Facility (the  programme covers all sectors except the ones 
mentioned in the exclusion list). 
6. Functioning in practice: 
172. The business partnership support facility appropria tions cover 30-70 per cent of the total costs 
of the planning phase and/or target country company employee training/capacity-building of commercially viable projects contributing to positive developmental effects in the target countries. 
The coverage depends on the size of the applicant company and the target country.  The remaining 
costs are to be borne by the applicants themselves.   The support is paid after the project has been 
implemented based on accrued expenses. 
173. With the matchmaking service Finnish compan ies and companies in developing countries 
may search for an appropriate partner for their business opportunities.  Viable business partnership 
initiatives are forwarded to potential partners. 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
174. The programme started operations in June 2006.  In 2006 Finnpartnership received 43 
applications, and in 2007 the numbe r of applications received rose up to 107.  Between January and  IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  June 2008, 49 new applications were received.   The number of projects approved by Finnfund 
Support Committee was 22 in 2006 (support allocate d €1.8 million), 79 in 2007 (support allocated 
€3.9 million) and 39 between January  and June 2008 (support allocated €2.2 million).  Majority of the 
projects involve FDI or other activity involving transfer of technology or know-how. 
- Example of an ongoing project:  
 
175. A Finnish environmental technology and consultancy company is planning to set up a joint 
venture in Nepal or in India with a local partner.  The target is to set up a biological water purification 
plant, and the project will include significant technology transfer.  The business partnership 
application has been approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland and the support 
agreement will be signed in the near future. 
8. Contact: 
 Finnpartnership – Finnish Business Partnership Programme 
 c/o Finnfund  Ms Pauliina Halonen 
 Programme Analyst  P.O. Box 391  FI-00121 Helsinki, Finland  Tel.:  +358-9-3484 3314  Fax:  +358-9-3484 3346 
 E-mail:  pauliina.halonen@finnpartnership.fi 
 Web site:  http://www.finnpartnership.fi
 
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  IX. MEMBER STATES:  FRANCE 
A. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION BY THE MINISTRY 
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS – DIRECTORATE -GENERAL FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND 
DEVELOPMENT  
1. General description: 
176. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Priority, Solidar ity Fund Mobilization Project 2002-70:  Scientific 
and Technical Information System (SIST).  Support for the planning and development of information 
and communications systems in higher education an d research institutions in Africa and Madagascar. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
177. Eight countries of the Priority Solidarity Zone  (including Benin, Burkina-Faso, Madagascar 
and Senegal). 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
 Objective 1 : break down barriers between scientific communities of the South by 
promoting their publications and conn ecting them to existing sources of 
information; 
 
 Objective 2 : establish a scientific and technical information system, a federated search 
engine (for searching multiple sources of heterogeneous data), and a web site 
including a scientific workspace provid ing e-tools for drafting, sharing 
scientific research and disseminating results; 
 
 Objective 3 : establish incentives to launch joint r esearch projects in agronomic research, 
educational and research ICTs, bio-technologies, etc; 
  Objective 4
: narrow the "scientific divide", through the establishment of tools in the LDCs 
concerned, through the provision of access to scientific content, aid for the 
production of electronic scientific publishing, training in techniques for 
searching and disseminating scientific and technical information on the Internet; 
  Objective 5
: training in scientific writing. 
 4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
178. Universities, research institu tes and laboratories, inter-African bodies, networks of 
researchers. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
179. Scientific and technical information system, electronic publishing, on-line content manager, 
open-source software. 
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  6. Functioning in practice: 
180. In each country, a guidance and decision- making committee (CODP) provides national 
guidelines for the project, appoints an operator to in stall and manage the country SIST, and decides on 
the country's participation in joint research programmes. 
181. The project steering committee is composed of one representative from each CODP and one 
representative from the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. 
182. The system is designed and developed by an operator chosen by tender (CIRAD) using free 
software (SPIP-AGORA) to ensure continuity of SIST on completion of the project. 
183. The Agence universitaire de la francophonie  (AUF) is requested to organize 
awareness-raising and training sessions and to co ordinate the thematic scientific networks. 
184. The project operates in partnership with a number of research bodies (CIRAD, CNRS, IRD, 
INIST, Agropolis, etc.) and international agencies (FAO, AUF, INASP, AAB, etc.). 
185. The project has a scientific committee chaired by Rector Bonaventure Mve-Ondo (AUF). 
186. A technical assistant based at the Forum for Ag ricultural Research in Africa (FARA) in 
Accra, Ghana, has contributed to the implementati on of the project in the beneficiary countries. 
187. The project is allocated €3 million over five years (2005-2009). 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
188. Development and installation of the SIST protot ype in three pilot countries (Algeria, Ghana, 
Madagascar), then in the other beneficiary countries in 2006. 
189. Production of SIST Version 2. 
190. Publication of Cahiers du SIST  (first publication:  Guide to Scientific Writing). 
191. Organization of sessions to raise awareness and pr ovide training on the u se of SIST, including 
the organization of a workshop on the techniqu es of document digitization in Madagascar in 
October 2007.  Production or updating of institution directori es and experts in the beneficiary 
countries. 
8. Statistics on the use of the incentive/on the number of supported projects: 
192. None available at this stage in the launching of the project. 
9. Contact point: 
 Mr Thierry Helmer  
 Project manager responsible   CIRAD   thierry.helmer@cirad.fr
 
 Web site:  www.sist-sciencesdev.net  
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  Glossary: 
 
• AAB :  Agence africaine des biotechnologies  
• AUF :  Agence universitaire de la Francophonie  
• CIRAD : Centre de coopération interna tionale en recherche agronomique  
(International Cooperation Centre for Agronomic Research for Development)  
• CNRS :  Centre national de la recherche scientifique  
• CODP :  Comité d'organisation et de décisi on pays dans le cadre du projet SIST  
• FARA :  Forum  africain de la recherche agricole  (Forum for Agricultural Research 
in Africa)  
• FAO :  United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization  
• INASP :  International Network for Access to Scientific Publications  
• INIST :  Institut national pour l'info rmation scientifique et technique  
• IRD:  Institut de recherche pour le développement  (Development Research Institute)  
• TICER :  Technologies de l'information et de la communication pour l'enseignement 
et la recherche  
 
B. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  BIO-ASIE 
Technical cooperation under the Ministry of  Foreign Affairs – Directorate-General for 
International Cooperation and Development 
1. General description: 
193. Bio-Asia regional programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
194. The geographical area covered by the Bio-Asia programme includes: 
 - The ten ASEAN countries (in particular, Cambodia and Lao PDR); 
 - The Far East; 
 - Southern Asia.  
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
 Objective 2
: improve access to industrial techniques and processes by contributing to the 
integration of the least developed coun tries of the region in the information 
society; 
  Objective 3
: strengthen, on the basis of mutual be nefit, high-level collaboration with the 
emerging and developed countries of Asia; 
 
 Objective 4 : provide training in research through research bodies and French and 
region-wide institutions of higher education. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
195. French diplomatic network in the region (scientific departments of French embassies);  
French ministries responsible for research cooperati on (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of 
Higher Education and Research), French and Asian universities, research institutes and laboratories, 
networks of researchers, and regional and multilateral bodies.  IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  5. Type of technology transferred: 
196. Field of natural substances, from the study of  biodiversity to the enhancements through 
sustained uses, of natural substances in health, nutrition, agronomy or cosmetics. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
197. Selection and funding of integrated projects, combining training programmes and basic and 
targeted research projects of a regional dimension, between France and at least two Asian partner 
countries. 
198. Promoting synergies with other regional a nd multilateral programmes in the sector and 
region (EU/ASEM, ADB, AUF, etc.). 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
Projects selected in 2007:  
 
199. The steering committee of the BIO-Asie progra mme selected the following five projects after 
the closure of the first call for proposals: 
 - Aquiliaria:  Knowledge and conservati on of tree species of the genus Aquilaria, 
endemic to South-East Asia, and study of re lated genuses – Regional Conservation Project for 
South-East Asia with a view to a biodiversity preservation policy and soundly based and sustainable 
exploitation.  Project coordinator:  Georges Mi chaloud, CNRS/UMR 5120 (AMAP).  French partners:  
CNRS/UMR 5120 (AMAP), IRD, MNHN, Conservatoire Botanique de Brest .  Asian partners:  
Phnom Penh Royal University (Cambodia), Univer sity of Health Sciences (Cambodia), National 
Science Council (Lao PDR), National Un iversity of Viet Nam (Viet Nam). 
 - Tradichem:  Identification of molecu les resulting from the practice of traditional 
Chinese or Indian medicine and active on human pa thogenic agents or on cancerous cells.  Project 
coordinator:  Jean-Marc Paris, UMR 7573, ENSCP.  French partners:  CNRS/ENSCP UMR 7573, CNRS ICSN.  Asian partners:  Chinese University  of Hong Kong, Jammu Institute of Ayurveda and 
Research (India). 
 
 - Plantasafe:  ASian PLANT-derived drugs  and hepatic SAFEty – studies to improve 
research transfer to applications in patients.  Project coordinator:  Fr ançoise Bevalot, EA 3921 
"Metabolic and cellular optimization"  – Pharmacognostic department, University of Franche-Comté.  
French partner:  University of Franche-Comté.  Asian partners:  Medical  University of Xinjiang 
(Urumqi, China), University of Naresuan (Phitsanulok, Thailand). 
 
 - Asilic:  Bioactive metabolites of Asian liche ns.  Project coordinator:  Joel Boustie, 
UPRES EA4090 Pharmacognostic and Mycological Laboratory, University of Rennes 1.  French partner:  University of Rennes 1.  Asian partne rs:  International Center for Chemical Sciences – 
University of Karachi (Pakistan), Quaid-i-Azam  University (Pakistan), Andalas University 
(Indonesia). 
  - Studies of bioactive substances extracted from natural resources in Viet Nam.  Project coordinator:  Ho Huynh Thuy Duong, University  of Natural Sciences – National University of 
Viet Nam (Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam), French partner:  INSERM UMR-S 747 – Paris Descartes 
University.  Asian partners:  University of Natu ral Sciences – National University of Viet Nam 
(Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam), University of Tsukuba (Japan). 
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  8. Statistics on the use of the incentive/on the number of supported projects: 
200. Since its inception, the BIO-Asie programme has selected and funded five projects based on 
partnerships between Asian and French  laboratories and research institutions. 
9. Contact point: 
201. Information, web site:  www.bio-asia-France.org
 
C. NAME OF THE PROGRAMME /INITIATIVE :  STIC-ASIE 
Technical cooperation under the Ministry of  Foreign Affairs – Directorate-General for 
International Cooperation and Development. 
 
1. General description: 
202. STIC-Asie regional programme of th e Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
203. In partnership with France, the programme i nvolves the ten member countries of ASEAN (in 
particular, Cambodia and the Lao PDR)  as well as certain countries of  North-East Asia and Southern 
Asia. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 2 : improve access to industrial techniques and processes by contributing to the 
integration of the least developed countries of the region in the information society; 
 
Objective 3
: strengthen, on the basis of mutual be nefit, high-level collaboration with the 
emerging and developed countries of Asia; 
 
Objective 4 : provide training in research thro ugh research bodies and French and 
region-wide institutions of higher education. 
 4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
204. French diplomatic network in the region (sci entific departments of French embassies), 
French ministries responsible for research coopera tion (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of 
Higher Education and Research, Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry), French and Asian universities, research institutes and laborator ies, networks of researchers, and regional and 
multilateral bodies. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
205. Information and communication sciences and technologies (basic and applied research). 
6. Functioning in practice: 
206. Selection and funding of integrated projects, combining training programmes and basic and 
targeted research projects of a regional dimension, between France and at least two Asian partner 
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  207. Promoting synergies with other regional a nd multilateral programmes in the sector and 
region (EU/ASEM, ADB, AUF, etc.). 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
Projects selected in 2006: 
 
208. The steering committee of the STIC-Asie program me selected the following six projects after 
the closure of the third call for proposals: 
• French-Asian cooperation on open-source, adaptive middleware for a ubiquitous 
computing environment :  This project will bring together researchers to address the 
scientific and technological challenges of middleware induced by the dynamic nature of that environment and the complexity of distributed operating systems. 
 
• ONtology and COntext related MEdical image Distributed Intelligent 
Access (ONCO-MEDIA) :  This project will: 
 
- develop a novel grid-distributed, contex tual and semantic based, intelligent 
information access framework for medical images and associated medical 
reports; 
- explore new medical image diagnosis assistance, teaching and research 
access applications using semantic, vi sual and context-sensitive medical 
information with the grid computing facilities; 
- crystallize a network of research excellence in the field of distributed medical 
images access among Asian, French and French Switzerland partners, 
leveraging on their complementary scientific values and experience. 
• Survey of Catastrophes and Observation in Urban Territories (SCOUT) :  The 
project's objectives are as follows: 
 
- Scientific and technological objective:  combine advanced technologies such 
as automated remote sensing, geographical information systems, decision 
support systems, signal processing and data fusion to assist humans in 
disaster recovery. 
- Research objective:  develop a research network on disaster prevention in 
urban areas, bringing together French and Asian teams specialized in complementary fields. 
- Political and society objective:  inte grate these technologies with the existing 
human and political decision structures. 
- Prospect and sustainability objective:  ac hieve a solid basis for application to 
a larger-scale project to be submitted to the EU or global funding agencies (World Bank, ADB, UNDP, UNESCO, Europe). 
• Models and Simulations fo r Natural Disasters (MSND) :  The proposed project 
aims to establish a better understanding of global patterns of disasters, to yield local 
and overall predictions of disasters from the tracking of relevant parameters, and to 
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  Partners:  Institute for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing/Chinese Academy of 
Surveying and Mapping (China), Multimedia University of Malaysia, University of 
Kebangsaan (Malaysia), Malaysian Centre fo r Remote Sensing, Asian Institute of 
Technology (Regional, Asia), A2SI La boratory of the Advanced School of 
Electronics and Electrotechnical Engineers/(ESIEE) (France), CLIME/INRIA 
(France), UMR 6012 ESPACE/Université de Nice (France) 
 
• Mobile Search and Annotation using Images in Context (MoSAIC) :  This project 
will: 
 
- develop a novel contextual informati on access framework for mobile media 
applications; 
- develop robust visual indexing and matching algorithms for mobile media 
search; 
- develop new interaction techniques based on images in context; 
- explore new mobile access applications using visual and contextual 
information; 
- foster synergic research among Asian and French partners, leveraging on 
their complementary technical competencies and experiences. 
8. Statistics on the use of the incentive/on the number of supported projects: 
209. Since its inception, the STIC-Asie  programme has selected and funded 20 projects based on 
partnerships between Asian and French  laboratories and research institutions. 
9. Contact point: 
 Information, web site:   www.ict-asia-france.org
 
 CNRS:  Centre national de la recherche scientifique  
ICSN:  Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles  
UMR:  Unité mixte de recherche  (Joint research unit) 
IRD:  Institut de recherche pour le développement  
MNHN:  Muséum national d'histoire naturelle  
CLIME:  Couplage de la donnée environnementale et d es modèles de simulation numérique pour une 
intégration logicielle  (Linkage of environmental data and digital simulation models for software 
integration) 
INRIA:  Institut National de Recherche en  Informatique et Automatique  (National Institute for 
Research in Computer Science and Control)   IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  D. NOTIFICATION BY THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES REGARDING THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 66.2  OF THE TRIPS  AGREEMENT  
1. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAP) 
(a) Technical cooperation 
210. The MAP directly supports the transfer of skills  and technology to third countries by means of 
specific cooperation activities.  It finances or co -finances activities and draws on its own fund of 
experience and on the expertise of specialists wo rking in French bodies such as technical centres, 
joint-trade organizations and research establishments. 
211. The MAP provides financial support amounting to €1 million a year for such activities.  They 
are implemented by some 20 agencies in France a nd coordinated by the public interest association 
ADECIA ( Agence pour le développement de la coopéra tion internationale dans les domaines de 
l'agriculture, de l'alimen tation et des espaces ruraux  – Agency for the Development of International 
Cooperation Relating to Agriculture , Food and Rural Areas).  The ne twork of economic missions and 
cooperation services of the local French embassies is also involved. 
212. The activities may concern the transfer of skills and technologies in areas such as irrigation, 
crop certification and/or standardi zation, veterinary services, geogr aphical indications, quality of 
agricultural and agri-food products, and quality policies. 
(b) Education and research 
213. With its recognized expertise in education, vocational training, and basic and applied research 
in agricultural and veterinary training, the Direct orate-General for Education and Research of the 
MAP provides support for the transfer of skills and technologies to third countries through its 
involvement in: 
 - training activities concerning plant and anim al products and forestry and aquaculture 
products, the processing and conservation of foodstuffs, environmental management, 
the organization of farms and fish farms, rural development, public policies relating 
to agriculture and food, etc; 
 
 - support for the organization of initial and continuing training schemes and teacher 
training.  Such activities are carried out in conjunction with funding bodies at the national level (local authorities, Ministry of  Foreign and European Affairs) and at the 
international level (World Bank, etc.). 
 2. Development Research Institute (IRD)  
214. The Development Research Ins titute is a public science and technology research institute 
which implements programmes focusing on the rela tionship between man and his environment in 
countries in the inter-tropical zone.  In addition to conducting research and providing expertise, the 
IRD pursues a policy to of research capacity-building among its scientific partners in the countries of 
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  215. The IRD has three major objectives: 
 (1) to provide training in the research pr ofessions and go from simple knowledge-transfer 
approach to an approach focusing on the l earning of research skills, which includes 
the organization of scientific activities, project management, and the evaluation and transfer of findings and competencies; 
 
 (2) to promote the establishment of resear ch teams and strengthen their competencies, 
thus going beyond an individual and disper sed approach so as to achieve a critical 
mass of visible and stable research groups; 
 
 (3) to promote autonomy and integration of the teams in the international scientific 
community, thereby enabling them to gain  access to additional resources, recognition 
by their peers, and to make an active contribution to global scientific issues. 
 216. Various forms of support are being implemented: 
• support for individuals:  thesis grants, further training grants and s hort-term scientific 
exchange grants; 
• support for research teams or associations:  various support procedures ( Jeunes 
équipes associées  (associated teams of young researchers), AIRE développement  
teams, Corus programme) with a view to integrating scientists from the South in 
international research networks; 
• support for the research environment:  support for initiatives to establish facilities that 
are multidimensional (training, research, e xpertise), multi-institutional (universities, 
centres, NGOs, decision makers, local aut horities, companies), multidisciplinary and 
North/South. 
 
3. French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER)  
 
217. IFREMER has no specific mechanism to encourage the transfer of technology and skills to 
the LDCs, but it plays an active part in supporti ng LCDs through technical and scientific cooperation 
under framework agreements in marine science and technology.  These framework agreements enable 
partnership and cooperation activiti es to be established with regard to fisheries and marine 
aquaculture with the requesting countries, provi ding them with a framework to structure their 
development. 
218. These activities enable such countries to gain access to financing from international funding 
agencies.  IFREMER relies on the expertise of its researchers and technical experts and makes its oceanographic ships available on the basis of agreem ents to carry out these activities.  The activities 
concerned may involve the transfer of skills and tec hnologies in such fields as fisheries management, 
aquaculture and the processing of sea products. 
219. The beneficiary countries are not exclusivel y LDCs.  Cooperation activities are organized 
directly with large institutions, universities and even States. 
4. CIRAD (International Cooperation Centre for Agronomic Research for Development)  
220. The transfer of technologies and skills lies at the heart of CIRAD's work, which takes the 
form of: 
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   - a statutory obligation, arising from its ma ndate as an industrial and commercial public 
establishment; 
 - a contractual obligation, defined in the contract of objectives between the State and 
CIRAD, which provides for an increase in its own resources, principally resulting 
from contracts governing transfers of tec hnology and skills to the countries of the 
South. 
 221. In fact, no specific regime to promote the tr ansfer of technologies and skills to the LDCs 
exists within CIRAD, since its basic objectives lead  it naturally to perform this kind of action.  
CIRAD operates so as to provide knowledge and tran sfer findings, products, expertise and training to 
France's partners and users in the LDCs.  About 80 per cent of CIRAD's budget is used for research 
and development support programmes aimed at transferring technologies and skills. 
222. In addition, CIRAD acts in the following fields: 
• implementation of its own intellectual propert y charter, with particular attention to 
the LDCs; 
• the strengthening of the internal system of  promotion experts, and the establishment 
of systems of reference (products, partners, sponsors, enterprises, etc.); 
• the preparation of an up-to-date guide on the procedures for responding to invitations 
to tender involving different EC progr ammes and other funding agencies; 
• legal assistance for the protection of inte llectual property rights and for financial 
arrangements; 
• support for the establishment of start-up activities. 
 223. In addition, CIRAD's Directorate of Innovation and Communication manages an incentive 
budget for the purpose of underwriting the costs involved  in the registration of patents and certificates 
of new plant varieties within the framework of the research and development activities of CIRAD and 
its partners. 
224. Finally, CIRAD's Directorate of Human Resource s Management is considering, together with 
the stakeholders concerned, a form of profit-sharin g for researchers in order to encourage them to 
become more involved in the process of innovation and transfer through the publication of works and 
the registration of patents and of certificates of new plant varieties. 
 
E. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  TECHNICAL COOPERATION BY THE MINISTRY OF 
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (MAP) 
1. Description: 
225. Funding of technical cooperation activities in the agricultural sector. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
226. The activities in question do not solely concer n the LDCs.  Over 30 countries benefited from 
MAP cooperation activities in 2007.  LDCs are eligib le for this programme on the same basis as 
developing countries and certain emerging, or even  developed, countries (institutional cooperation). 
227. The LDCs that benefited from this programme in 2006 include:  Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, 
Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and To go.  Regional activities were also conducted in 
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  3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 2
: improve access to existing techniques and industrial processes: 
 
• access to sources of legal and technological information; 
• prior art training. 
 
Objective 3 : support joint research projects among public partners. 
 Objective 4
: provide training in technology management and production methods. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
228. Any enterprise or institution:  central or lo cal government bodies, joint-trade organizations, 
private enterprises. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
6. The range is very broad: 
• management of irrigation networks; 
• training of veterinary inspectors; 
• technical training (bakery, cereal and oilseed farming practices, etc.); 
• standardization/certification of fruit and vegetables; 
• forest management; 
• development of geographical indications. 
 7. Functioning in practice: 
229. Priorities are identified by the relevant Fren ch bodies, the MAP and the public interest 
association ADECIA (Agency for the Developmen t of International Cooperation Relating to 
Agriculture, Food and Rural Areas) on the basis of demand as identified by the economic missions and cooperation services of French embassies, which, being in direct contact with local authorities 
and professionals, are in the best position to determ ine the sectors in which French expertise will be 
most appreciated. 
8. Examples of projects: 
230. Technical support to the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) in designing the 
action plan and launching the 2008-2010 IG im plementation programme (regulatory framework, 
identification of products, establishment of professional structures). 
231. Support for the implementation of the agriculture policies of Senegal, Burkina Faso and Mali. 
232. Construction of dairies in Burkina Faso. 
9. Statistics on the use of the incentive number of supported projects: 
233. The programme was allocated €0.6 million in  MAP financial suppor t in 2007, roughly 
one-quarter of which was for LDCs.  It is implemented by some ten MAP officials, and also relies on the participation of the economic missions and cooperation services of French embassies. 
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  10. Contact point: 
Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche 
Direction Générale des Politiques Agricoles,  Agroalimentaires et des Territoires 
Service des Relations Internationales Bureau des relations bilatérales 
3 rue Barbet de Jouy 
75007 Paris FRANCE 
  
F. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IRD)  – 
 DEPARTMENT OF SUPPORT AND TRAINING FOR SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES OF THE SOUTH  
1. General description: 
234. The Development Research Institute (IRD) is  a public science and technology research 
institute.  In addition to conducting research and providing expertise, the IRD pursues a policy of 
research capacity-building among its scientific pa rtners in the countries of the South. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
235. The 40 or so beneficiaries are the IRD's scientific partner countries, located mainly in the 
inter-tropical zone.  Most of them are least devel oped countries, and there are also a number of other 
developing or emerging countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Seychelles, Madagascar, 
and South Africa);  in North Africa and the Middle  East (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and 
Lebanon);  in South and South-East Asia (India, Thailand, Lao PDR, Viet Nam, Indonesia);  in 
Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina);  and a 
number of countries in the Caribbean region. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
 Objective 3
: support joint research projects: 
  - between public partners.   Objective 4
: provide training in technology management and production methods. 
 
 Training in scientific methods or techniques that are not available in many developing 
countries:  biotechnology, genomics, GIS, etc.   Objective 5
: capacity-building: 
 
 - training in scientific research:  traini ng of human resources (doctorate, further 
training, mobility grants); 
 - support for research teams in the devel oping countries through partnership with 
French research teams, with a view to integrating researchers from the South in 
international research networks; 
 - support for research groups in the countries of the South with a view to consolidating 
and future-proofing their scientific research capacity; 
 - support for training:  university training, summer schools, methodological seminars, 
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  4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
 - first and foremost, public scientific inst itutions (universities and research institutes) 
located in the countries of the South; 
 - associations conducting scientific research  located in the countries of the South; 
 - any research institution (national, regiona l or international) working on scientific 
matters related to the development of the countries of the South. 
 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
236. Very broad, multidisciplinary range: 
 - data acquisition methodologies and technologies in climatology, oceanography, 
biodiversity, the environment, agro nomy, animal sciences, aquaculture; 
 - development of modelling, diagnostic a nd decision-making tools:  water resources, 
ecosystem management, cropping, animal  husbandry and aquaculture systems, 
agricultural and food policies, so cial institutions and systems. 
 6. Functioning in practice: 
237. Requests are identified either by IRD offices abroad or by the embassies (cooperation 
services), within the framework of their relations with  local partners, or directly by the MAP, in the 
context of institutional relations with the admini strations or other nationa l organizations of the 
countries concerned. 
7. Examples of projects: 
238. Great variety of projects:  no prior selection – projects are selected according to the 
qualifications of the persons i nvolved and how they match the n eeds of the partner scientific 
institutions (LDCs and emerging countries). 
239. Some examples are: 
 - establishment of a network of African centres of excellence on water issues; 
 - research programme on the interactions between ecosystems and societies in 
West Africa; 
 - aquaculture project in Indonesia;  - social science research programme in the Mekong region;  - regular invitations to apply for individual fellowships;  - regular invitations to research groups to apply for support. 
 
8. Statistics on the use of the incentive/number of supported projects: 
240. In 2007, all support went to researchers or res earch teams from least developed or emerging 
countries. 
 Individual support: 
 
241. In 2007, 179 fellowships were awarded to scientis ts from the countries of the South, including 
142 thesis or master's degree fellowships, 22 furthe r training fellowships (training in methods or 
techniques) and six scientific exchange fellowships to promote the integration of researchers from the 
South in the international research networks.  IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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   Support for teams or institutions:  networks, summer schools, etc: 
  - 26 research teams associated with IRD research units;  - 24 teams given support to build up their research capabilities; 
- 63 scientific partnership projects between teams from the North and teams from the 
developing countries. 
 
9. Contact point: 
IRD 
Département Soutien et formation des communautés scientifiques du Sud 
213 rue Lafayette 
75480 Paris Cedex 10 www.ird.fr 
  
G. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME :  COOPERATION IN MARINE SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES BY 
 IFREMER 
1. Description: 
242. Technical and scientific cooperation activities in the fisheries and marine aquaculture sector. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
243. LDCs:  Angola, Guinea Bissau, Madagascar, Senegal. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
 Objective 1 : promote projects such as direct investment, licensing or franchising 
agreements, subcontracting, etc., by providing support to third countries 
(advice, contacts, etc.). 
 
 Objective 3 : support joint research projects between public partners. 
  Objective 4
: provide training in technology management and production methods. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
244. Public institutions (States, local authorities), universities, research bodies. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
245. Fisheries management, aquaculture research, training and participation in seminars on the 
maritime professions. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
246. Upon request, funded by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  7. Examples of projects: 
 Management of fisheries stocks (Africa). 
 
8. Contact point: 
IFREMER 
Direction des relations internationales 
155 rue Jean Jacques Rousseau 92138 Issy les Moulineaux Cedex France www.ifremer.fr 
 
 H. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  SUPPORT FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF RURAL 
 TRAINING BY THE MAP  DIRECTORATE -GENERAL OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (DGER) 
1. General description: 
247. Organization of training in the agronomic area in the broad sense of the term (cattle, sheep, 
goat, and poultry breeding, aquaculture, vege table and fruit cultivation, agricultural water 
management, organic farming). 
248. Support for the setting up of rural training schemes (initial training, further training, 
alternating school/enterprise training), matching training to employment. 
249. Establishment and development of  geographical or thematic netw orks of training institutions. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
250. The jointly funded activities do not solely c oncern the LDCs.  In 2007, over 20 countries 
benefited from the cooperation activities of the DGE R, including a number of developing countries 
and the following LDCs:  Benin, Burkina Faso, Ca mbodia, Chad, Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Togo. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 2 : improve access to available techniques and processes: 
 - access to legal and technological information sources; 
 - establishment of information centres;  - prior art training;  - organization of training systems (basic and post-school training).  
 Objective 3
: support joint research projects: 
  - between private partners;  - between public partners.  
 Objective 4
: provide training in technology management and production methods. 
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   Objective 5 : capacity-building: 
  - organization of geographical and thematic networks of teaching establishments 
(aquaculture, organic farming, biodiversity, etc.) for the shared use of educational 
tools and information systems, and for the exploitation of experiences; 
 - 2,000 training and foreign travel fellowships. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
251. Public or private training centres at all levels  (primary, secondary, higher), specialized or not 
(agriculture, animal husbandry, et c.) or not, technical or general, according to the organization of 
education in the country concerned. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
252. Broad, multidisciplinary range: 
 - agricultural water management; 
 - development of aquaculture; 
 - training of trainers, assistance in drawing up job referentials, training and evaluation; 
 - organization of training for agricultural technicians;  - local development by professional organizations;  - environmental protection;  - techniques for diversification of agriculture production;  - development of rural tourism (multiple activities); 
 - processing and preserva tion of food products; 
 - tropical veterinary and animal sciences (p arasitology, optimization of livestock feed, 
selection of species and adaptation to the environment). 
 
6. Functioning in practice: 
253. Requests are gathered by the DGER's geographical  networks, groups of technical and higher 
agronomic and veterinary training establishments, which cooperate on an ongoing basis with the 
countries concerned. 
7. Examples of projects: 
- training of trainers in Mali; 
- restructuring of the rural training system in Burkina Faso; 
- training programme on milk processing in Mali. 
 
8. Statistics on the use of the incentive/number of supported projects: 
254. The projects are co-funded by the local author ities, the French Ministry of Foreign and 
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  9. Contact point: 
 Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche 
 Direction Générale de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche  Bureau de la Coopération Internationale  1ter avenue de Lowendal 
 75700 Paris 07 SP 
 France  fopdac.bci @educagri.fr
 
 http://www.educagri.fr/reseaux/resgeo/presreseaux.htm  
 
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  X. MEMBER STATES:  GERMANY 
A. NAME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  PUBLIC -PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FACILITY  
1. Description: 
255. Public-private partnerships (PPP) are allia nces between German Development Cooperation 
and private industry, such that both sides benef it.  The German Federal Ministry for Economic 
Cooperation and Development (BMZ) supports the projects of private businesses in foreign countries 
provided they generate tangible benefits in line with the goals of German development cooperation 
(e.g. technology transfer to LDCs).  PPP projects are planned, financed and implemented jointly by 
German Development Cooperation and private companies.  The PPP programme combines the respective strengths of public and private part ners.  German Developm ent Cooperation supplies 
know-how and contacts, supports concept-developm ent and financing, coordinates the various 
measures, and networks with other important decision-makers.  Private companies contribute 
technology, capital and expertise and are usually res ponsible for carrying out the projects on site.  The 
partners share the costs and risks equally. 
2. Beneficiary countrie(s): 
256. Not specific to LDCs. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentive given: 
Objective 1
:  promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, sub-
contracting, etc.: 
 
-  non-financial incentives: support to Eur opean firms and to third countries 
in identifying potential partners (a dvice, contacts, etc.), in concept-
development (technical assistance) and networking; 
-  financial incentives to European firms through co-financing (up to 50 per 
cent); 
-  financial incentives to third country firms through co-financing (up to 
50 per cent). 
 
Objective 2 : improve access to available techniques and industrial processes:  
 
-  support the introduction of new technologies in local firms; 
-  assist research and educational institutions; 
-  training in the state of the art. 
Objective 4  :  provide training in technology management and production methods.  
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
257. European firms as well as private companies in African partner countries of German 
Development Cooperation. 
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  5. Type of technology transferred:  
258. Not specified.  PPP projects contribute to technology transfer in different areas. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
259. Proposals for PPP projects can only be accepted if they meet four criteria: 
• Compatibility with German Government speci fications:  The project must conform to 
the development policy principles of the German Government.  
• Common goals:  The contributions of the partners must complement one another, so 
that all sides achieve their respective goals – development policy benefits and 
commercial success – more economically, effec tively and rapidly than they otherwise 
would.  
• Corporate contribution:  The private partner must make a major contribution to the 
project in terms of financing, human resources and/or materials.  As a rule, the private partner bears at least 50 per cent of project costs.  The terms of private and public 
contributions are agreed individually for each project.  
• Subsidiary instead of subsidy:  The scope of PPP projects must clearly go beyond the 
limits of normal commercial activity.  G TZ participates only in activities that 
businesses do not undertake themselves anyway, whether because they are part of their legal obligations or are essen tial to their core business. 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects:  
• Lokoho Hydro for Rural Develo pment Project in Madagascar:   A French company 
engages in a business relationship with a priv ate electricity provider in Madagascar. 
Both enterprises set up one company for the operation of the powe r plant and another 
company for the distribution of energy in th e rural areas.  The remaining electricity is 
used for the electrification of 30 villages in  the areas surrounding the two towns and the 
power plant.  The German Development Cooperation supports the people in these 
villages to seize the opportuniti es created through the provision of electricity, thereby 
assisting them to generate additional income. 
• Cotton made in Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Zambia):  Cotton farmers are given 
agricultural training which centres on environmentally friendly and sustainable production methods.  At the same time, coope ration is increased between producers and 
purchasers, and the market capacity of the te xtile value-added chain is analysed as a 
basis for targeted improvements and raising demand. 
8. Statistics on the use of the incentive/on the number of supported projects 
260. From 1998 until 2007, the following projects we re supported through the Public-Private 
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  9. General: 
 Total inquiries 1,969 
 Current projects 147 
 Completed projects 340 
 
10. Current and completed projects in: 
 Africa 127 
 Asia 146 
 Latin America 95 
 Maghreb, Middle East   40 
 Eastern Europe 51 
 Central Asia 10 
 Supra-regional 18 
 
11. Funding in € millions:  
 German Agency for Development Cooperation (GTZ) 87.8 
 Private partners 115.8 
 Third parties 34.8 
 In total 238.4 
 
12. Contact: 
Jörg Hartmann 
Centre for Cooperation with the Private Sector Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5 65760 Eschborn 
Germany 
Email: ppp-buero@gtz.de
 
Website: www.gtz.de/ppp  
  
B. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  GERMAN APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AND 
 ECOEFFICIENCY PROGRAMME (GATE) 
1. Description: 
261. For more than 25 years, GATE has concentrated on introducing, disseminating and adapting 
technologies in partner countries.  The development processes of small and medium-sized enterprises, 
communities, social institutions and self-help groups often get bogged down due to "small" but crucial 
technological problems that these local groups cannot solve on their own.  The GATE programme 
provides solutions by: 
• offering information about technologies free of charge to customers in developing 
countries; 
• supporting the introduction of innovative t echnologies and management practices with 
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  • promoting technical information and advisory services in partner countries. 
2. Beneficiary countrie(s): 
262. Not specific to LDCs. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentive given: 
Objective 1
:  promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, sub-
contracting, etc: 
 
-  non-financial incentives: support to Eur opean firms and to third countries 
in identifying potential partne rs (advice, contacts, etc.); 
-  financial incentives to third country firms:  taking over the financial risks 
of introducing innovative technologies through small grants. 
Objective 2 : improve access to available techniques and industrial processes: 
 
-  offering information about technologies free of charge to customers in 
developing countries;  
-  supporting the introduction of innova tive technologies and management 
practices with small grants;  and 
-  promoting technical information and advisory services in partner 
countries. 
Objective 4 :  provide training in technology management and production methods. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
263. Inquiries from projects and organizations in the partner countries or from units, projects and 
experts in development cooperati on organizations receive priority treatment.  Other important 
customers are governmental and research institu tions, students and other private persons and 
companies and consultancies in developing countri es.  Only when sufficient capacities are free can 
GATE handle inquiries from students, companies a nd consultancies in industrialised countries, 
inquiries from private persons without developmen t cooperation experience, or email inquiries 
without background information. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
264. Not specified.  GATE projects contribute to technology transfer in different areas. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
265. The objective of the GATE programme is to cont ribute to poverty alleviation by technological 
modernisation of the economic and social activities of  the poor.  This is to be done by improving the 
technological competence of small and medium-sized producers, communities, NGOs and self-help initiatives and by promoting the introduction of innovations.  To achieve this objective, the 
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  • Provision of demand- and problem-oriented information of high quality geared to the 
specific needs of the customer.  The custom er receives an individual answer from an 
expert to his request for information w ith references to literature and addresses of 
experts, projects and organizations.  High-quality service is guaranteed through 
continuous improvement of the answering pr ocess (cost-effective, fast), comprehensive 
and up-to-date information, monitoring of client satisfaction, client dialogue and 
exemplary impact assessment. 
• Networking with other informa tion providers on national, European and international 
levels makes it possible to use the specific strengths and competence of each organization to improve the service for the cu stomer.  In addition, cooperation with the 
partners gives customers access to local expe rience with technologies (see cooperation) 
and local information structures are suppor ted.  Communication among groups takes 
the form of events, workshops, networking activities and special promotion of public 
media. 
• Development of information management sy stems that help customers conduct their 
own information search, based on the provision of printed or electronically available information about technologies.  Customers can download documents and find valuable 
links to information sources on the web page or receive documents they select by mail.  
• Advice on how to establish an information service.  This includes advice and training 
on conceptual aspects of information sy stems, technical support for programming 
databases, Internet platforms and other in formation sites, and advice and training on 
information and knowledge management. 
• Taking over the financial risks of intro ducing innovative technologies through small 
grants. 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
266. GATE consists currently of four projects, which are financed by the German Federal Ministry 
for Economic Cooperation and Development: 
• Information Service on the Adaptation and Dissemination of Technologies (GATE-ID): 
The GATE Information Service provides know- how to answer technical questions of 
any type for small enterprises, communities and self-help groups. 
• Regional NGO Cooperation (GATE-NGO): GATE NGOs aims at strengthening 
national and regional providers of ma nagement and technological knowledge; 
• Small Scale Project Fund (GATE-SSPF):  The small scale project fund (SSFP) provides 
grants for measures designed to introduce innovative technologies.  
• Regional Fund of Appropriate Technologies for the Sustainable Management of 
Natural Resources (FOMRENA):  The fund promotes sustainable use of natural resources in Latin America, mainly the Andean countries. 
8. Statistics on the use of the incentive / on the number of supported projects: 
267. Several case studies demonstrate that the GATE information service and the information 
services of partner organizations contributed directly  to raising the productivity and income of small-
scale producers.  Since July 2000, more than 15, 000 customers in partner countries have received IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  technical information and advice.  GATE suppor ted over 350 small-scale projects which introduced 
innovative technologies.  More than 60 per cent of  the projects had verifiably positive practical 
impacts for the target group. 
9. Contact: 
Dr. Carsten Hellpap 
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit 
Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5 65760 Eschborn Germany Email: Carsten.Hellpap@gtz.de
  
Website: http://www.gtz.de/en/themen/umw elt-infrastruktur/oekoeffizienz/7023.htm  
  C. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  ENGINEERING CAPACITY -BUILDING PROGRAMME IN 
 ETHIOPIA  
1. Description: 
268. The Ethiopian Industrial Development Stra tegy of August 2003 aims to improve the 
competitive capacity of the local economy and rec ognizes the private sector as the driving force 
behind development.  However, framework conditions  are still not conducive to development of the 
private sector.  The Ethiopian economy has therefore been inefficient and unable to compete, while 
unemployment and underemployment continue.  Th e Ethiopian government developed a "Road Map 
for Engineering Capacity-building" in 2004, with the goal of comprehensive modernization of the 
private sector and its supporting institutions.  Th e Engineering Capacity-building Program (ECBP) 
was finally launched in November 2005.  The Ge rman Development Coopera tion is supporting the 
Ethiopian Government in the implementation of ECBP through technical and financial assistance. 
Technical assistance entails capacity-building me asures in the areas of university reform, quality 
infrastructure, vocational education and private sector development. 
2. Beneficiary countrie(s): 
269. Ethiopia 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentive given: 
Objective 1 :   promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, sub-
 contracting, etc: 
 
- non-financial incentives:  support to European firms and to third 
countries in identifying potential partners (advice, contacts, matchmaking etc.). 
 
Objective 2
: improve access to available techniques and industrial processes: 
 
- access to legal and technological information sources; 
- training in the state of the art. 
Objective 4 :  provide training in technology management and production methods. 
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  Objective 5:  capacity-building. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
270. The German Development Cooperation works closely with Ethiopian and European 
companies in the priority sectors identified by the Ethiopian Gove rnment:  construction, textile, 
food/agribusiness, leather, pharmaceuticals/chemicals. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
271. Technologies in the priority sectors identified by  the Ethiopian Govern ment:  construction, 
textile, food/agribusiness, leather, pharmaceuticals/chemicals. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
272. At the centre of ECBP efforts are four reforms:  strengthening the private sector and 
enterprise development;  reforming technical courses of study at universities;  improving the system of vocational basic and further training;  and the development of a national quality-control 
infrastructure.  Experts are working on reforms in a ll regions of the country and are trying to improve 
value chains for selected products.  This includes support in attracting new investors to Ethiopia in 
order to promote technology transfer (i.e. matchmak ing activities).  Capacity development features in 
all four of the reform areas - the objective is to  promote competencies and to help the Ethiopian 
partners to solve their problems independently.  Th erefore, each seconded expert is partnered with at 
least one Ethiopian colleague, ensuring that the reforms also have long-term results and clear 
Ethiopia's way to fast and sustainable economic growth. 
7. Contact:  
Peter Keller 
Engineering Capacity-building Programme (ecbp) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) Email: Peter.Keller@gtz.de Website: www.ecbp.biz
 
 
 D. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  ADVISORY SERVICE ON AGRICULTURAL 
RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT (BEAF) 
1. Description 
273. Germany, as a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research 
(CGIAR), has been committing substantial resources  to development-oriented agricultural research 
for over 30 years.  A quarter of the funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is not tied to sp ecific projects, but is channelled into research-
centre budgets.  The remaining 75 per cent goes to th e Advisory Service on Agricultural Research for 
Development (BEAF) of the German Agency fo r Technical Cooperation (GTZ) for project-linked 
development.  This means that BEAF is responsib le for selecting the centres' research projects to be 
funded in accordance with development and scientific criteria.  BEAF also supports and finances the 
secondment of German experts to the inte rnational agricultural research centres. 
2. Beneficiary countrie(s): 
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  3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentive given: 
Objective 3
:  support Joint Research Projects between public and private partners. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
275. In addition to the 15 CGIAR centres, the World Ve getable Centre, the International Centre of 
Insect Physiology and Ecology and research progr ammes (in Germany, developing countries and 
LDCs) dealing with particular priority issues (see below) may submit a proposal. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
276. Six priority areas (derived from the 20 priority themes addressed by CGIAR) are included in 
BEAF: 
• sromoting conservation and characterization of underutilized plant genetic resources to 
increase the income of the poor; 
• tolerance to selected abiotic stresses;  
• increasing income from fruit and vegetables;  
• income increases from livestock; 
• Integrated land, water and forest management at landscape level; as well as 
• rural institutions and their governance. 
 
6. Functioning in practice: 
277. The research projects that are granted support are selected according to their degree of 
correspondence with the development policy principl es of the German Federal Ministry for Economic 
Cooperation and Development (BMZ) a nd with six priority areas derived from the 20 priority themes 
addressed by CGIAR (see above).  The centres su bmit a proposal each year for research funding 
which corresponds to at least one priority area.  The proposals for research funding are assigned to 
one of the six priority areas and examined from bot h a scientific and development policy perspective 
by a team of experts versed in this area.  The t eams then suggest to BEAF which projects they feel 
should receive support. The final selection is made by BMZ.  BEAF conveys this decision to the 
centres and draws up the contracts.  In order to guarantee the quality and relevance of the research, 
BEAF provides advice to the centres concerned dur ing the research process.  The development policy 
results are evaluated on the basis of the annual a nd final reports submitted.  In selected cases BEAF 
conducts evaluations.  Furthermore, the Interna tional Agricultural Research Centres and German 
Research Institutes can apply for small grants fo r innovative projects.  However, it is a precondition 
that the international centre cooperates with a Germ an institute and accordingly the German one with 
an international centre. 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
• Mitigating the impacts of climate change – drought-tolerant maize for Africa : 
Climate researchers worldwide warn that Africa is more vulnerable than any other 
continent to the impacts of climate change.  It is vital that agricultural production be 
adapted now to the more frequent and longer periods of drought that are expected.  The 
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is already playing an 
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  drought.  Around 50 such varieties are already being cultivated on more than a million 
hectares of land.  BMZ is supporting the programme to the amount of €2.2 million. Further, the programme is setting new sta ndards by placing particular emphasis on the 
close collaboration between researchers, advisers and farmers.  Trials are not conducted behind the fences of the research station, but on experimental areas under natural 
conditions.  This ensures that the new mai ze varieties can also be utilised by small 
farmers, who have previously been unable to benefit from conventional maize research. 
• Aquaculture saves world fish stocks :  The worldwide depletion of fish stocks is life-
threatening to millions of the poor in Africa and Asia, because fish is often their only 
source of animal protein.  Aquaculture in lakes, ponds and coastal areas offers a real 
alternative to sea fishing.  When integrat ed in agricultural systems it also has the 
potential to increase production considerably.  Since the mid-1980s BMZ has been 
supporting an integrated agriculture-aquacultu re project of the Malawi government and 
the WorldFish Center.  The project works on the principle that fish farming and 
agriculture are complementary.  The appro ach generates a closed-loop system, in which 
fish output is increased by using farm wast e as fish food, while the maize fields and 
vegetable crops benefit from irrigation with  water from the ponds.  In addition, the 
nutrients from the ponds are utilised to fertilise the fields.  A 2004 WorldFish Center study shows that cereal yields in an integrat ed system can reach six tonnes of maize per 
hectare - three times those in a purely agri cultural system.  Annual fish production was 
up to 1,800 kilograms compared with 800 kilograms in non-integrated fish farms. 
8. Contact: 
Dr. Wolfgang Kasten 
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5 65760 Eschborn Germany 
Email: Wolfgang.Kasten@gtz.de
  
Website: www.gtz.de/en/themen/l aendliche-entwicklung/1815.htm  
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  XI. MEMBER STATES:  SPAIN 
A. 
NAME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  IBEROEKA 
1. Description: 
278. The Iberoeka projects are an instrument wh ich supports technological business cooperation in 
Latin America.  This initiative is included with in the Latin American Pr ogramme of Science and 
Technology for Development (CYTED). 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
279. Include:  Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia , Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Para guay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and 
Venezuela. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentive given: 
Objective 1 :  Promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, sub-
contracting. 
 
  Non-financial incentives:  
 
- support to national firms identifying po tential partners (advice, contacts, 
etc.); 
- support to third countries (advice, contacts, etc.). 
 Financial incentives to national firms (100 per cent or co-financing):  
 
 Financing or insuring of prospective activities.   Loans: zero interest credits. 
 
Objective 3
:   support Joint Research projects: 
 
 support for joint research projects between private partners. 
  
Objective 6  :  encourage trade in technological goods. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions:  
280. These projects are only intended for Spanish private companies.  
5. Type of technology transferred:  ( if such information is available)   
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  6. Functioning in practice: 
282. Iberoeka is based on the fundamental premise of  bottom-up, by virtue of which participants 
are free to choose their own criteria with which to formulate, develop and finance R&D&I projects in accordance with their needs.  
283. CDTI, as the Spanish management organization of the Iberoeka projects, promotes the 
participation of Spanish companies in this initiativ e by advising on the presentation of new proposals, 
on the search for partners and on access to sources of financing. 
284. The agreement stipulates mechan isms for the joint evaluation and financing of technological 
cooperation initiatives and will provide a seal of eligib ility to the positively evaluated projects, which 
will allow them to be financed through the nati onal instruments available in each country, in 
accordance with their respec tive rules and procedures. 
285. For the Spanish companies, CDTI will provi de financing in the following conditions: 
• Zero interest credit of up to 75 per cent of  the budget of Spanish participation.  
• A period of amortization of up to ten years.  
• Possibility of a non-reimbursable tranche of 25 per cent of the credit granted by the 
CDTI. 
 
7. Statistics on the use of the incentive / on the number of supported projects: 
286. In 2007, 32 IBEROEKA projects with Spanish participation were a pproved, with a total 
budget of €40,859. 
8. Contact: 
Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology 
E-Mail: iberoeka@cdti.es  
http://www.cdti.es  
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  XII. MEMBER STATES:  SWEDEN 
A. F
OREWORD  
287. Sweden contributes with technology transfer to least developed countries through its 
development assistance.  This assistance is channelled through the Sw edish International 
Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).  In par ticular its department for Infrastructure and 
Economic Cooperation (INEC) deals with technology tr ansfer to developing and to least developed 
countries. 
288. INEC is responsible for Sida's development assi stance to the infrastructural sector and it also 
deals with economic cooperation.  This involves sec tor and feasibility studies, investment projects, 
energy savings and renewable energy projects in the energy field and also in other areas such as 
telecommunications, roads, housing, urban developm ent, etc.  These projects often include sector 
reforms, institution building and the use of lo cal resources in road construction for example. 
289. INEC also provides support to productive sect ors in developing countries, such as industry 
and trade, capital markets development, contr act-financed technical cooperation, credits and 
guarantees, international training etc. 
290. With regard to least developed countries, most  of INEC's activities are geared towards the 
transfer of technology and know-how.   B. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  START SOUTH PROGRAMME  
1. General description: 
291. To promote the development of trade and industry in the developing countries, Sida (the 
Swedish International Development Cooperation Ag ency) has created the "Start-South programme". 
292. The target group for the programme is Swed ish companies in the process of starting 
sustainable business cooperation with companies in the South.  The commercial activities shall take 
place in the developing country. 
293. Transfer of technological know-how from the Swedish companies to the companies in the 
South is often a prerequisite of successful cooperatio n.  To encourage such transfer, Sida can offer a 
write-off loan of SKr500,000 to the Swedish company to finance education and training.  The loan is 
written off as soon as the training is finalized. 
294. To facilitate the purchase of technological equipment, Sida also provides loans of SKr250,000 
to the Swedish company.  This loan runs fo r five years on favourable rate of interest. 
2. Beneficiary countries (examples): 
Africa : Cap Verde, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Tanzania, 
Zambia and Uganda.  
Asia:
 Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Nepal. 
 
Latin America:  Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador. 
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  3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 1 : promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, 
subcontracting etc., through loans; 
 
Objective 2 : promote access to available techni ques and industrial process:  access to 
legal and technological information sources, training in the state of the art, training in industrial production know-how; 
 
Objective 4:  training in business practices and management; 
 
Objective 5 : capacity-building projects. 
 
4. Eligible enterprises or institutions: 
295. Swedish companies in the process of st arting sustainable business cooperation with 
companies in the South. 
5. Projects initiated during 2006-2007 
 Tanzania  
   Modulkemi AB Production of water based ecological paint for concrete. 
 
 Ethiopia  
  JMT Invest AB Production of water driven sling pumps for water cleansing 
  and irrigation. 
 
   Foga Systems AB Production of unique profile systems in aluminium for design 
of shops and exhibition stands and offices. 
 
 Senegal  
   Mapro systems AB  Introduction of Swedish techniques and machines for auto-
immunization of agricultural production. 
 
6. Projects initiated during 2007-2008 
 Tanzania  
   Strand International Security Web. Services 
   Bratt Int Printing Works. Services 
 
 Ethiopia  
 Kvinnohälsa Health services  SuperHype Women's Health services  ABCE AB Concrete Roofing. Manufacturing  
7. Contact: 
 Swedish International Devel opment Cooperation Agency, Sida 
 105 25 Stockholm  Sweden  Tel:  +46-8-698 50 00  Fax: +46-8-20 88 64 
 Contact person: Hans Wettergren 
 E-mail: info@sida.se
 
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  XIII.  MEMBER STATES:  THE UNITED KINGDOM 
A. N
AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  AFRICA ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE FUND 
1. Description: 
296. The UK's Department of International Developm ent is one of the funders of the companies 
which have started, or intend to start, enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa.  The first competition was run 
in 2008 and it is intended to run a number of competitions each year for six years.  The Fund is 
expected to stimulate over US$200 million additional private sector investment in financial and agricultural markets across Africa.  DFID is comm itted to working with other donors to deliver this 
fund. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
297. All countries in sub-Saharan Africa, but the Fund will initially focus on a set of countries 
including Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mali, Burk ina Faso, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania and 
Zambia. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
 Objective 1
:  promote projects, such as direct investment, licensing, franchising,
 sub-contracting, etc. 
 
4. Eligible Enterprises or Institutions: 
298. Companies which have started, or intend to start, enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
- agricultural technology; 
- financial services; 
- media and other information services directly related to agribusiness and rural financial 
services. 
 
6. Functioning in practice: 
299. The applicant must be for-profit company with at least two years of audited accounts.  In 
exceptional cases the AECF will fund new businesses wh ere there is strong evidence that the new 
company has credible investors and demons trable capacity to implement the project. 
300. The AECF's minimum grant+repayable gran t size is US$250,000 and the maximum is 
US$1.5 million. 
301. The Company/applicant must at least match (in cash or kind) the AECF's contribution.  The 
business idea must be innovative (a new product, ser vice or business model in an existing market or 
an existing product, service or business model in a new market, country, geographical area or target 
group). 
302. The funds requested from the AECF must be add itional, i.e., the project would not take place, 
or would not take place at the same size or scale without AECF funding.  IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  303. The business idea must have the potential to be co mmercially viable so that benefits can be 
sustained beyond the period of AECF support. 
304. Ideally all projects supported by the AECF should contribute to some level of systemic 
change in the market system in which the projec t/business idea takes place.  The objective is to leave 
behind market systems that work better for the rural poor rather than helping a single company to do 
better business. 
305. The business idea/project must benefit large numbers of people living in rural areas. 
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
306. The Fund's first grants were made earlier th is year, and include grants for agribusiness, 
financial services and insurance projects.  The sec ond round was launched on 6 October 2008, with a 
closing date of 15 December 2008. 
8. Contact: 
Tonderayi Makumire 
Projects Officer Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund 
4
th Floor, Office Suite 4D 
K-Rep Centre Wood Avenue Kilimani Nairobi Kenya 
Tel: +254 20 239 73 94 
Fax: +254 20 239 73 95 Email: projects@aecfafrica.org
 
  
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AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS IN HIGHER 
 EDUCATION (DELPHE) 
1. Description: 
307. The UK Government's Department for Interna tional Development (DfID) is investing up to 
£3 million a year in DelPHE, running from June 2006 to March 2013.  The programme will provide 
funding to support partnerships between Highe r Education Institutions (HEIs) working on 
collaborative activity linked to the UN Millennium De velopment Goals.  DelPHE is administered by 
the British Council. 
308. The overall goal of DelPHE is to enable HEIs  to act as catalysts for poverty reduction and 
sustainable development.  DelPHE aims to achieve  this by building and strengthening the capacity of 
HEIs to contribute towards the MDGs and prom ote science and technology related knowledge and 
skills.  It is expected that around 200 partnerships  will be funded during the lifetime of the scheme. 
309. A broad definition of HEIs has been adopted.  It includes universities,  colleges, research 
institutes and medical institutions. IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  2. Beneficiary countries (examples): 
310. Africa:  Democratic Republic of Congo, Et hiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra 
Leone, Sudan, Tanzania , Uganda and Zambia. 
311. Asia:  Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal and Yemen.  
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 5
:  improve the absorption capacity of LDCs (capacity-building). 
 
4. Eligible Enterprises or Institutions: 
312. Higher Education institutions in the beneficiary countries, in partnership with an HEI from 
another country (not restricted to the UK). 
5. Functioning in practice: 
313. Partnerships may be formed not only with ins titutions in the UK, but also with any HEI from 
across the globe providing that the lead partner is a HEI from one of the focus countries.  All 
partnerships must involve at least two countries thou gh they do not need to include the UK.  Projects 
between other focus and non-focus countries in the global south are particularly encouraged. 
314. The onus is with the lead partner in one of the focus countries to work with whom and how 
they wish.  The team within the lead HEI should jo intly write the proposal with appropriate partners 
on the basis of local need.  Partners must ensure that the initiative is locally owned and driven by 
development needs of the focus country or countries. 
315. Proposals are expected to cover a wide range of topics including scientific and technological 
research, with a particular focus on local issues, health, education, gender equity, infrastructure, 
water, fisheries, agriculture and information co mmunication technology.  Proposals in any subject 
area will be considered as long as the applicants can clearly demonstrate how the project will result in 
outputs and outcomes which will strengthen HEI capacity and impact more widely in ways which work to reduce poverty and promote sustainable de velopment.  All projects should demonstrate a 
fundamental commitment to the MDGs. 
316. Funding will be for a maximum of three years and is expected to vary from £15,000 per 
annum for a bilateral project to up to a maximum of £50,000 a year for complex larger-scale projects 
involving a number of institutions or countries.  The scheme provides "seed funding" primarily for 
travel and subsistence, to facilitate joint resear ch, new courses, networking and exchange of ideas, 
workshops, professional development, improved traini ng of education and health workers and policy 
development.  
317. All partnerships are expected to be fully su stainable after DelPHE funding has finished. 
6. Contact: 
Development Partnerships in Higher Education 
British Council Bridgewater House 
58 Whitworth Street 
Manchester M1 6BB Tel: +44 (0) 161 957 7671  IP/C/W/519/Add.7 
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  Fax: +44 (0) 161 957 7561 
E-mail: delphe@britishcouncil.org 
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AME OF THE PROGRAMME /INCENTIVE :  TRADE ADVICE AND SUPPORT  
1. Description: 
318. UK Trade and Investment is the UK Government organization that, inter alia , helps UK-
based companies export to, and transfer technology, to  other countries.  It maintains expert advisers in 
100 jurisdictions. 
2. Beneficiary countries: 
319. All countries. 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
Objective 1 : promote projects, such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, sub-
 contracting, etc, through non-financial incentives, such as support in identifying  potential partners and advice. 
 
4. Eligible Enterprises or Institutions: 
320. All UK-based companies. 
5. Type of technology transferred: 
321. Available for all technologies. 
6. Functioning in practice: 
322. Services include: 
- support to build export capacity; 
- information and opportunities, including sales leads and research; 
- assistance in arranging meetings with key business contacts; 
- helping companies to visit markets. 
 
7. Contact: 
UK Trade & Investment Enquiry Service 
Tay House 300 Bath Street Glasgow G2 4DX. 
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7215 8000 
  
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