Partners voor Water II

Partners voor Water II Location: Visiting Address: International Waterhouse Bezuidenhoutseweg 2 2594 AV HAGUE The Netherlands Mailing Address: Agency NL / NL EVD International / Unit Partners for Water PO Box 20105 2500 EC AMSTERDAM The Netherlands Contact: EVD Aris Schellinkhout Phone: +31 15 215 1891 or 088 602 8060 Fax: 070 304 3737 Email: [email protected] Financed by: Website: link or main website

Finance Finance mechanism: 60% co-financing from PvWII Budget: €49 million for 5 years. Funding range: Minimum: Maximum: Minimum return on investment: Period / deadlines: 2005-2009

Aim — Partners voor Water stimulates innovative water projects with cooperative foreign partners by subsidising their projects. The aim of the project is to increase compatability of Dutch expertise to the international market and to help solve the world water problems.

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Who can apply

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Type of organisations targeted —

Specific organisations targeted — Dutch companies, governments, NGO's and knowledge institutions.

Type of projects —

Specific type of projects — 1.Water, Food and Nutre, 2. Water and Climate, 3. Millennium Development Goals on water and sanitation, 4. Integrated Water Resources Management, 5. Groundwater

Project stadia — 1. Identification missions and marketstudies. 2.Profitability studies, 3. Business development, 4. Demonstration and pilot projects. 5. Institutional capacity building

Target world region —

Specific information on target countries — PvW has identified 43 focus countries which are listed on their website.

Criteria — Projects need to be demand driven. At least two Dutch partners from the watersector need to participate in the project. The project can not be eligible for other Dutch or internationa financing. The projectproposal needs to follow the budgetrestrictions as stated in the tenderinstruction.

How to apply

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Application procedure — there are 6 tenderrounds per year of 4 to 6 weeks in which projects can be submitted. It is advised to submit a project ideaform to one the project advisers before submitting a tender.

Selection procedure — The EVD judges the proposals by looking at the kwalitative criteria which are stated on the PvW website.