Seed Initiative being awarded to partnerships on sustainable development

The Seed Initiative – Seed standing for Supporting Entrepreneurs in Environment and Development – is supporting partnerships that inspire, support and build the capacity of locally-driven entrepreneurial partnerships driving sustainable development.

The Seed Initiative aims to:

• promote and support on-the-ground action by social entrepreneurs working in partnerships that contribute to achieving international agreements: the goals contained in the Millenium Declaration and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;
• provide an incentive for investments in developing countries that contribute to sustainable development in an integrated manner and that advance collaboration among stakeholders;
• jump-start networking and knowledge building among all stakeholders working on sustainable development partnerships, promoting innovative good practice;
• capture and disseminate lessons learned from real partnership creation and examine the role and effect of an independent partnership broker in nascent partnerships; and
• nurture a network of institutions and partnerships that build expertise in partnership management and that facilitate learning and an exchange of ideas.

The deadline for applications is 15 October 2006. For further details, please visit www.seedinit.org

Source: SEED: Inspiring and supporting entrepreneurial partnerships, 11 September 2006.