You are a Luxembourg or European private company, you want to discover new markets, build new partnerships and develop synergies with developing countries' entities in order to set up sustainable business projects in these countries? The BPF is made for you.
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In 2022, the BPF will have two editions: one in May and one in October. Get started!
You have until 29 May to submit your proposal. Not quite ready? Take part in the second edition of the year, which closes on 20 October 2022.
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Encourage the Luxembourg / European private sector to establish partnerships with actors of developing countries so as to ensure the implementation of sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives
Support Luxembourg/European private sector companies to set up innovative projects contributing to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Southern partners
The projects selected will serve the triple purpose of having a social impact, having an environmental impact and economic viability, cornerstone of a successful sustainable partnership
The BPF aims to encourage the Luxembourg / European private sector to establish partnerships with its peers, the civil society or state structures in developing countries in order to implement sustainable business projects that comply with the social standards set by the European Commission in 2014.
The BPF is based on the concept of public-private partnership through the pooling of resources from North and South private and public actors to ensure the implementation of sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives.
The BPF is initiated and financed by the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
Development of a Nepalese organic spice chain (from local farmers to the world market)
Setting up of a Cybersecurity Operational Centre in Dakar for Micro-Finance Institutions
Feasibility study for the implementation of the distribution of funds by the Kosovo Health Insurance to health care providers
Adoption of BlockChain technology in the coffee value chain from Ethiopian smallholder farmers
Establishment of a production unit for the transformation of plant fibres from succulent plants in Senegal for the textile industry with innovation, transfer of know-how and technology
Software base for digitalisation and dematerialisation of the procedures of the Polytechnic School of Dakar (online student desk)
Creation of an online help platform for writing business plans for Burkinabé companies
Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development (AISD) - Implementing and optimising the performance of connected digital urban systems and networks
Development and dissemination in Guinea of "BackUp", a digital tool to fight against war rapes and sexual violence
Design, construction and commissioning of a pilot dried mango production unit in Burkina Faso
Implementation of a new electronic cargo tracking slip system
Responding to the desertification of the sub-Saharan desert using sustainable biotechnologies
Inclusive Blockchain Insurance using Space Assets (IBISA) - Setting up a microinsurance system for small farmers in Niger
Creation of a technical assistance platform for the setting up of a broadcasting centre and a TV centre in Abidjan and Grand Bassam
The BPF is open to Luxembourg / European private companies wishing to establish partnerships with their peers, the civil society or state structures in developing countries in order to set up sustainable and innovative business projects contributing to the achievement of the SDGs.
This facility is thus based on the concept of public-private partnership through the pooling of resources from North and South private and public actors to ensure the implementation of sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives.
The obtention of the BPF co-financing is subject to a call for projects launched every year and divided in two phases. The successful projects retained at the end of the selection process are co-financed up to a maximum of 50% with a ceiling of 200 000 EUR in the form of a direct grant not refundable and disbursed in one or several instalments.
This co-financing initiated and financed by the Luxembourg Cooperation is to be considered as aid falling within the scope of "de minimis" regulation. The aid is granted by a European Union member state to a company and which cumulated amounts cannot exceed a ceiling of 200 000 EUR (100 000 EUR for undertakings in the road freight transport sector) over the last three fiscal years.
Following the various initiatives taken by other European countries to support the private sector in developing countries, the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MFEA) launched the Business Partnership Facility in 2016. Initially covering a period of three years, the facility, endowed by the Luxembourg government with an annual envelope of one million euros, was designed to encourage the Luxembourg / European private sector to establish partnerships with its peers, the civil society or state structures in developing countries in order to set up sustainable and innovative business projects.
Given the success it has enjoyed, the facility has been extended by one year at first so as to have the time to carry out the evaluation. The evaluation, undertaken in 2019, indeed confirmed the relevancy of the BPF objectives and purpose for developing countries. In view of the increasing popularity of the BPF among the private sector, the MFEA decided to extend it for three more years.
The aim of this three-year extension is to launch a BPF that is more aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly in terms of impact the supported project will have on the environment, but also regarding the facility' social impact as to job creation and respect for human rights.