Growing Sustainable Business



Contract partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme - Bratislava Country: Europa, regional/länderübergreifend Funding amount: € 394.560,00 Project start: 01.10.2005 End: 30.06.2008

Short Description:

Overall goal


The purpose of this 15 month project is to implement the Growing Sustainable Business (GSB) initiative in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia and Moldova. A UNDP initiative that has proven highly successful in other world regions, the GSB seeks to broker public-private partnerships that enable the private sector to engage in specific pro-poor investment projects that are both, commercially attractive and address local development needs. By focussing on specific investment opportunities, this project will complement the efforts of other donor funded projects to improve the business and investment environment in the Western Balkans region.


The initiative implements the recommendations of the UN Commission of the Private Sector and Development , recognizing the critical contribution of the private sector, large and small, foreign and domestic, to poverty reduction. A core finding of the Commission is that the value of engaging the private sector is maximized where it is grounded in market-based incentives. Sustainable social impact is greatest when there is a convergence of commercial and development interests.


The overall goal of the project is to broker and facilitate linkages between large businesses, potential investors and local partners, to strengthen and expand the local MSME sector and facilitate the development of new products and services which address the needs of the poor. 'Leading investors' will be approached individually and, jointly with networks of local partners to discuss and find innovative and efficient solutions to investment projects that align financial viability and promote equitable local economic development. UNDP will play the role of a broker and facilitator, linking large companies, local entrepreneurs, government representatives, civil society organizations and other donors. The multi-stakeholder nature of the initiative will reduce the risks and transaction costs of specific investment projects.

project number 2354-00/2005
source of funding OEZA
sector Geschäftwesen und andere Leistungen
tied
modality
marker
  • Policy marker: are used to identify, assess and facilitate the monitoring of activities in support of policy objectives concerning gender equality, aid to environment, participatory development/good governance, trade development and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. Activities targeting the objectives of the Rio Conventions include the identification of biodiversity, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, and desertification.
    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
  • Type of Aid – Aid modalities: classifies transfers from the donor to the first recipient of funds such as budget support, core contributions and pooled programmes and funds to CSOs and multilateral organisations, project-type interventions, experts and other technical assistance, scholarships and student costs in donor countries, debt relief, administrative costs and other in-donor expenditures.
  • Purpose/ sector code: classifies the specific area of the recipient’s economic or social structure, funded by a bilateral contribution.
  • Tied/Untied: Untied aid is defined as loans and grants whose proceeds are fully and freely available to finance procurement from all OECD countries and substantially all developing countries. Transactions are considered tied unless the donor has, at the time of the aid offer, clearly specified a range of countries eligible for procurement which meets the tests for “untied” aid.
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