Nordic Africa Trade and Investment Seminar- NATF - 13 May 2016

1. Support for Projects in Developing
Countries
Birgit Nevala
13.5.2016

2. Background and objective
• Financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
managed by Finnfund
• Promotes business cooperation between companies
in Finland and in developing countries
• Offers support for developing country projects:
1. Business Partnership Support
2. Matchmaking service
3. Advice and guidance

3. Area of Operation
http://www.finnpartnership.fi/developingcountries/
Low Income
Developing Countries
Upper Middle Income
Developing Countries

4. Applicant / Coverage Amount
Low Income
Developing
Countries*
Upper Middle
Income
Developing
Countries **
SMEs and
other small
organisations
70 % 50 %
Large
companies
50 % 30 %
** Direct development
impacts required
1) Business partnership support:
Financial support for Finnish applicants for long term projects
(max. 400 000 euros)

5. 2) Matchmaking
• Free of charge service to companies in all developing
countries
• Application available online
• Free marketing in Finland via Team Finland network,
Finnpartnership newsletter, Partner Search database,
Matchmaking workshops and directly to Business Partnership
Support applicants and other companies connected to
Finnpartnership
• Currently around 300 companies are looking for business
partners in the service (South- Africa 5, others present still no
applicants)
• Local consultant companies connected to Finnpartnership as
”company spotters”

6. www.finnpartnership.fi/matchmaking

7. www.finnpartnership.fi/partnersearch

8. 2) Matchmaking
Events
• Matchmaking workshops
– Together with Team Finland network and NGO’s
– In Helsinki + online Finnish embassies, Finpro offices abroad, company
spotters
• Doing Business with Finland:
– sector specific events 30-50 companies in the audience
– Matching with selected Finnish companies via Finnpartnership
– Instructions for Matchmaking application
– Information on exporting to Finland

9. Advice and guidance
• Monthly newsletter: information
on business opportunities and
events related to business
partnerships and business
opportunities
• Developing Country Database:
provides useful information for
the companies aiming to do
business in developing countries

10. c/o Finnfund, P.O. Box 391, 00121 Helsinki, Finland
tel. +358 9 348 434, fax +358 9 3484 3346
fp@finnpartnership.fi
matchmaking@finnpartnership.fi
www.finnpartnership.fi