About the SEED Initiative
About the SEED Initiative
Wednesday, 13 August 2008 12:09
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.
SEED was a global network founded in 2002 by UNEP, UNDP and IUCN to contribute towards the goals in the UN’s Millennium Declaration and the commitments made at the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development. SEED works through a global network of Partners, Supporters and Associates.
- Through an annual, global awards scheme SEED reveals a wealth of novel ways of doing business through partnerships and provides international recognition to the most promising enterprises.
- SEED Award Winners then receive a tailored package of support services to help them to become established and to increase their impact. This includes access to relevant expertise and technical assistance, meeting new partners and building networks, developing business plans and identifying sources of finance.
- By tracking their progress as they grow, SEED's Research Programme also seeks to increase technical knowledge and understanding of these small-scale, locally-led activities. It studies what partnerships like these need to succeed and grow, and how successful ideas can be replicated elsewhere.
- SEED then uses its extensive network, publications and events to promote these innovative approaches, to disseminate its findings to partnerships practitioners and policy and decision-makers and to provide a platform for shared learning and collaboration.
SEED newsletter - Issue 3
Monday, 08 March 2010 10:12
Find out more about SEED’s past months and read more about the in-country events for each Gold Winner, an interview with Jonathan Tillson, SEED Board Chairman and Head of the Sustainable Development Unit at the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and discover SEED’s new online database where you can view a detailed profile of all the SEED winners. Click
SEED 2009 Gold Winners move on
Tuesday, 02 March 2010 15:12
Over the last few months SEED has visited the five 2009 SEED Gold Winners travelling to meet up with the initiatives: Bangladesh – Shidhulai: Solar conversion of traditional kerosene hurricane lamps Colombia - Oro Verde: Facilitating Market Access for Artisan Min
