SEED Country and Regional schemes
SEED Country and Regional schemes
Monday, 21 June 2010 10:11
2010 is the year of the first country pilot. SEED South Africa operates on exactly the same lines as the global SEED model:
Innovative start-up social and environmental enterprises in South Africa will be identified through dedicated component of the global SEED Award competition. The winners will be supported in scaling up and expanding their initiatives; winners as well as applicants will become part of SEED’s research programme which will be directed to reveal their successes and the and constraints they face . These lessons will then be conveyed to South African policy- and decision-makers with a view to creating a more enabling regulatory, financing, marketing and skills development framework, so stimulating the green economy in South Africa.
SEED South Africa will create a national community of successful social and environmental entrepreneurs, providing increased business opportunities for the entrepreneurs themselves and for the wider business community. As one of the major emerging economies, the insights gained in South Africa will be relevant for the establishment of other SEED country and regional schemes.
The pilot country scheme in South Africa is part of the EU-supported, project which aims to support African countries in their efforts to refocus policies and investment in green economic sectors, such as renewable energies and energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture, forests, water and waste management, tourism, green construction and transport, and to enhance social and environmental entrepreneurship, strengthen local capacities, create green jobs and help to alleviate poverty.
