SEED – 10 Years Experience in promoting

Entrepreneurship in developing and emerging

countries

Anais Mangin, Project Manager

www.seed.uno

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SEED

Winner

2013

Uganda

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The Power of Social and

Environmental Enterprises

Social and environmental enterprises offer innovative solutions to

drive global change towards Green and Inclusive Growth.

Innovative Enterprise Models that make a Difference

Social

Environmental Economic

Inclusion of low-

income Segments

Supplier/Producer

Consumer

Distributor

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About SEED

Our Mission • Promoting entrepreneurship for sustainable development

Main Objectives • Promote and enable social and eco-enterprises to

accelerate a green and inclusive economy

• Enhance enabling conditions for social and eco-

entrepreneurship

• Expand the ecosystem for these enterprises through

enhanced business development services

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Supporting

start-up

enterprises

Promoting an

enabling

environment

Green Business

Development

services

Research

& Policy

Annual

Awards

Tailored

Business

Support

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SEED Programme

175 Winners including 4 in the MENA Region

SEED Winners 2005-2014

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130 19

Biodiversity

Green

Technologies

Waste &

Sanitation

Sustainable

Agriculture

Energy

12%

25%

24%

21%

18%

5 sectors

Annual, global Awards

scheme

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RecVal “Recycling for

Environmental Recovery”

Morocco

Problem

Solution

• Huge amounts of plastic

waste are generated every

day

• Existing recycling efforts are

of poor quality.

• Rec Val recycles plastic

waste to produce

secondary raw materials

that are used in the

lucrative plastics industry.

• Value chain development

by creating co-operatives

benefiting waste collectors.

SEED Support

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- Supporting enterprises at all stages of business development -

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Starter

SEED

Replicator

SEED

Catalyser

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Accelerator

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Scale Expand

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SEED Support Package

Tools Access to the online SEED toolbox (24 self-guided

tools covering different business topics)

Profiling High-level profiling at national, regional and

international events, case studies

Network Buidling

Building connections between enterprises, with

mentors, funders and with policy makers

Financing 5,000$ start-up grant for each Winner

Capacity Buidling

Business Plan Development, enterprise workshops,

individual remote advisory, webinars

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Start-up enterprises becoming

more investment ready

Starter

Business

Model

Before

Proven

Business

Model

After

Toolbox

Access to tools

•Value Proposition

•Partnerships

•Marketing

•Operations

•Financial Planning

•Risk management

•Triple Bottom Line

Online learning

Guidance & templates

for support

Background materials

Webinars

Newsletter

Regular news on

financing opportunities,

events etc.

SEED Enterprise Blueprint

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How to create enabling

framework conditions

Building an

enabling ecosystem

for enterprises

Capacity

Building Develop skills to

enable the creation

of successful

business

models

Finance Encourage the

creation of innovative

new financial

products

Regulatory

Environment Promote policies

that support

enterprises’

activities

Research &

Technology Help enterprises to

access up-to-date

technologies

Gender

Barriers Recognise and

remove gender-

based barriers to

success

Market

Information Help enterprises to

access market data

and sector

statistics

APPLY NOW by 31 March 2015

at www.seed.uno

• Is your enterprise in a start-up

phase and does it integrate

social and environmental

benefits, solving pressing local

issues?

• Is your enterprise operating in

Morocco ?

• Is your enterprise women led?

SEED Awards 2015

now open

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SEED

hosted by adelphi research

www.seed.uno

Please contact us for further inquiries:

anais.mangin@seed.uno

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