Projects

Project: Partnerships for empowered entrepreneurs representation Partner: Trias vzw Budget: €1.000.000 Duration: 01.01.2016 – 31.12.2018 The project aims to help fight poverty and improve living conditions in South Africa by increasing the chances of success of SMEs in the townships.

Project: Support for the expension of the IDC Social Enterprise Fund Duration: 01.04.2014 – 31.03.2016 (extended till 31.03.2018) Budget: 4.000.000 euro With this grant Flanders develops the Industrial Development Corporation Social Enterprise Fund. Through this fund environment-friendly companies are supported which have a large social impact on local communities. It primarily deals with the issue of high unemployment. Only 40% of the active working population has a job (OECD, March 2013). Also, 51% of the young people are unemployed, which is even more alarming.

Project: SA Land Observatory, a platform for supporting evidence-based and participatory decision making on land in South Africa Partner: University of Pretoria Budget: 406.450 euro Duration: 01.10.2014 – 31.09.2017 In 1994 South Africa introduced far-reaching and fundamental land and agricultural reforms. After twenty years the time has come to draw lessons from this. However, the country has insufficient data and analyses at its disposal, which in addition are not or hardly available.

Project: Technical and Management Support Project  Partner: Government of South Africa - National Treasury Budget: 2.000.000 euro Duration: 01.02.2012 – 31.12.2016 (extended till 30.06.2017) With this project the National Treasury of South Africa will offer additional support to the official development programme between Flanders and South Africa. This programme has been laid down in the Country Strategy Paper 2012-2016. Both governments agreed to focus on two sectors, i.e.

Project: Building a policy framework for social economy in South Africa Partner: Economic Development Department of South Africa and the International Labour Organisation Budget: 1.324.367 euro Duration: 2017-2020 Flanders supports the Economic Development Department of South Africa in the development of a policy framework for social economy. The sector is developing fast in South Africa. It is an economy that offers innovative solutions to social challenges and aims for an inclusive, sustainable and social society.

Project: Social enterprise eco-system support  Partner: Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship (University of Cape Town) Duration: 01.01.2015 – 31.12.2017 Budget: €1.000.000 This project was submitted by Cape Town University on behalf of the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (hereafter abbreviated as Bertha Centre). It seeks to improve the climate for social enterprises so as to allow them to achieve better results and create decent jobs. The Bertha Centre wants to realise this by supporting an eco-system which is based on 4 key goals: 1.

Project: Strengthening knowledge sharing partnerships for effective adaptation to climatic variability and change in South Africa Partner: Environmental Monitoring Group Budget: €420.000 Duration: 01.01.2015 – 31.12.2017 Around the world we are faced with climate change effects, like temperature increases and climate-related disasters like flooding and draught.

Duration: 2017-2018 Budget: 2.000.000 euro According to a study by Climate Policy Initiative in 2013-2014, only 3% of the global climate financing goes to Sub-Sahara Africa. This contrasts with the fact that Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the lowest contribution to climate change and at the same time has the highest vulnerability to climate change impact. It is known that these countries find it more difficult to raise climate finance.