About SEED

The SEED Initiative identifies, profiles and supports promising, locally-driven, start-up enterprises working in partnership in developing countries to improve livelihoods, tackle poverty and marginalisation, and manage natural resources sustainably. SEED develops learning resources for the broad community of social and environmental entrepreneurs, informs policy- and decision-makers, and aims to inspire innovative, entrepreneurial approaches to sustainable development. Download info sheet here.

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SEED helps to build understanding and inform both policymakers and practitioners through:

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SEED helps good ideas grow through:

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SEED Annual Report 2009 published - download here.

SEED Awards 2009 - a record 1140 submissions received.

Meet the International Jury, who selected the twenty 2009 Award Winners.

Entrepreneurs toolkit launched.

 

Winners of 2009 SEED Awards Announced

New York, USA. The winners of the 2009 SEED Awards for Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development were announced today at a high level award ceremony and reception.  The international award recognizes innovation in local, environmentally-responsible and sustainable entrepreneurship. Twenty local initiatives from across the developing world received this year’s award.

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Sweet Success: SEED Celebrates 2008 Cameroonian Winner at Yaounde event

Yaounde. “Cameroonian success story,” Guiding Hope, an environmentally and socially responsible producer of apiculture products, celebrated its receipt of a 2008 SEED Award with an awards ceremony at the US Embassy in Yaounde, followed by partnership workshops, and bilateral meetings with pot

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