The document outlines a biodiesel business project in Brazil called BIO-VALE that aims to promote social inclusion and alleviate poverty. The project will establish a biodiesel production chain using Jatropha curcas feedstock in one of the most vulnerable regions of Brazil. It will create opportunities for local communities and establish socially responsible biodiesel industries. The development model involves various stakeholders like a local NGO, development agency, investment agency, and the local community, each with defined responsibilities to support a sustainable project. The overall goal is to stimulate economic development and empowerment for rural communities through income, employment, and access to renewable energy.
The private sector is a logical player to help coordinate
and calibrate resilience-building actions. In the course of their commercial activities, companies may interact with a wide range of city departments—from law-enforcement agencies to public utilities—and therefore have the potential to act as broker, involving a broad range of government players in urban resilience discussions.
"Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCS, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations." Could disruptive change of such a magnitude also threaten top brands among international civil society organisations (ICSOs) such as Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Oxfam or Save the Children?
This question was at the centre of the deliberations of a group of about 20 experts and leaders from ICSOs and some of their key stakeholders who worked together from January to August 2013, trying to identify strategies to detect, prepare for and navigate disruptive change as it arises. The Disruptive Change Working Group communicated via an online platform and email, and held several telephone conferences and one face-to-face meeting in Bellagio, Italy as a basis for their collaboration. Published by the International Civil Society Centre, this text reflects the inputs and discussions of the whole group.
The extractives industry is a major sector in the economies
of the region as it makes a significant contribution to GDP
and constitutes a large portion of exports. However, the
sector's impact on the livelihoods of citizens has not been as
positive. To the contrary, some argue that the industry has
worsened the state of things in many nations, weakening
effective governance by engendering corruption.
This issue explores trends in sustainable development and
the extractives industry. The first article surveys emerging
trends, the second article examines trends in local content,
and the third article is a case study of the community-level
impact of the mining sector in Sierra Leone.
The Global Resilience Partnership, spearheaded by The Rockefeller Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), aims to help millions of people in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and South and Southeast Asia build stronger and more resilient futures.
The private sector is a logical player to help coordinate
and calibrate resilience-building actions. In the course of their commercial activities, companies may interact with a wide range of city departments—from law-enforcement agencies to public utilities—and therefore have the potential to act as broker, involving a broad range of government players in urban resilience discussions.
"Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCS, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations." Could disruptive change of such a magnitude also threaten top brands among international civil society organisations (ICSOs) such as Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Oxfam or Save the Children?
This question was at the centre of the deliberations of a group of about 20 experts and leaders from ICSOs and some of their key stakeholders who worked together from January to August 2013, trying to identify strategies to detect, prepare for and navigate disruptive change as it arises. The Disruptive Change Working Group communicated via an online platform and email, and held several telephone conferences and one face-to-face meeting in Bellagio, Italy as a basis for their collaboration. Published by the International Civil Society Centre, this text reflects the inputs and discussions of the whole group.
The extractives industry is a major sector in the economies
of the region as it makes a significant contribution to GDP
and constitutes a large portion of exports. However, the
sector's impact on the livelihoods of citizens has not been as
positive. To the contrary, some argue that the industry has
worsened the state of things in many nations, weakening
effective governance by engendering corruption.
This issue explores trends in sustainable development and
the extractives industry. The first article surveys emerging
trends, the second article examines trends in local content,
and the third article is a case study of the community-level
impact of the mining sector in Sierra Leone.
The Global Resilience Partnership, spearheaded by The Rockefeller Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), aims to help millions of people in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and South and Southeast Asia build stronger and more resilient futures.
In an increasingly fast-changing and interconnected world, fostering resilience to withstand unexpected shocks is becoming more important. Bringing together leading figures from governments, businesses, and resilience experts, The Urban Resilience Summit served as a platform for dialogue on how to build robust and resilient cities.
Shocks and stresses are growing in frequency, impact and scale, with the ability to ripple across systems
and geographies. But cities are largely unprepared to respond, withstand, and rebound when disaster
strikes. The greatest burden of these increasing shocks, such as the impacts of climate change or public
health threats, often falls on poor and vulnerable people who have limited resources to cope with disaster
and who take longer to recover from it, disrupting livelihoods and increasing inequality.
A survey released by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) shows that 90% of business leaders believe they can help prepare cities for the effects of climate change, with 51% saying that investing in climate change resilience gives them a competitive edge.
The dovetailing of potentially devastating climate change impacts and urbanization by mid-century is of great concern to municipal leaders. The portion of the world living in cities is slated to rise to two-thirds of the global population (or 6.4 billion), up from 54% today, according to the United Nations. In tandem, the frequency and severity of floods, storms and drought as a result of climate change are expected to rise significantly in the coming decades, particularly in coastal areas, where many large cities are located. Forging preparative responses for these changes has thus taken on a new sense of urgency for government officials, non-governmental organizations and business leaders.
For business, the executive survey, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, finds that the biggest perceived market and operational risk from climate change is the disruption of energy supplies, which could severely impact on a company’s ability to operate.
Addressing Sustainability Exposures through Corporate Social Responsibility i...ijtsrd
There has been considerable progress in holding companies accountable for their social responsibility performance. However, progress on socio economic and environmental impact of their practices has been more limited thereby creating an atmosphere of unfavorable business conduct and sustainability exposures. The absent of internationally recognized standards of corporate social responsibility in Nigeria have further aggravated the issue. There have also been little to no report on corporate responsibility in relation to enterprises overall economic relevance to the economy, import dependency, corruption, labour standards and eco efficiency in Nigeria. To this end, the study examined the extent to which organizations' corporate social responsibility tackles sustainability exposure as required by the Global Reporting Initiative. Survey and content analysis designs were used. Data were collected from primary and secondary sources of six Nigerian companies. T test and ANOVA were also used for the hypotheses tests. It was discovered that organizations' corporate social responsibility significantly addresses sustainability exposure through Global Reporting Initiative and other results. It was recommended that companies in Nigeria should adopt the global reporting initiative as a means of observing their corporate social responsibility. Regulatory authority should as a matter of urgency ensure that companies report on their sustainability impacts on the economy. Bassey Ekpo | Emmanuel E. Okon | Sunny B. Beredugo "Addressing Sustainability Exposures through Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria: An International Perspective" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-5 , August 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd26644.pdfPaper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/other/26644/addressing-sustainability-exposures-through-corporate-social-responsibility-in-nigeria-an-international-perspective/bassey-ekpo
Future of high impact philanthropy initial perspective 2017Future Agenda
We are very pleased to announce a new topic focus for some events and wider discussions during the first half of 2017. Building on to some of the insights gained from previous events, including on the future of wealth and the future of doing good, This new initial perspective explores potential future shifts in the field of High Impact Philanthropy. It is authored by Prof. Cathy Pharoah of Cass Business School London. It highlights some of the issues being raised as the worlds of impact investing and philanthropy increasingly overlap as more organisations and investors seek to help create lasting change. Many are now asking about how donor expectations will evolve, how giving will scale, how best to create and measure impact and where new models within philanthropy will emerge.
To address these and other questions, we are running a series of events over the next few months in London, Mumbai, Singapore, New York and Dubai that will explore the emerging shifts, understand new global and regional priorities and highlight what leaders in the fields of philanthropy and impact investing feel will define success. As with all Future Agenda projects, we will build on THIS initial perspective by bringing together a rich mix of expertise to challenge assumptions, share insights and co-create an enriched, informed future view for all.
If you would like to get involved as participants or hosts, do let us know and we can share more details. Equally if you have any feedback on the initial perspective or other comments do let us know by email, twitter or linked in and we will make sure these are shared and included in to the mix.
At a time where much is being asked of philanthropy and its ability to successfully direct much-needed investment into key areas of challenge and opportunity, we very much look forward to hosting this important debate and sharing insights.
40 issues for the next decade insights to date - 16 05 15Future Agenda
Half way through the future agenda project we have now run around 50 events in many different countries. Over 400 new insights on the key shifts for the next decade have been added to the mix of many have been discussed in multiple regions. This is a selection of 40 of the key insights that are gaining strong traction with different individuals, groups and organisations around the world.
We’re getting serious about poverty
What we have done in the past has not been too successful: a search for something more effective
Initially: “direct impact on the poor”
Later: a more analytical understanding
In an increasingly fast-changing and interconnected world, fostering resilience to withstand unexpected shocks is becoming more important. Bringing together leading figures from governments, businesses, and resilience experts, The Urban Resilience Summit served as a platform for dialogue on how to build robust and resilient cities.
Shocks and stresses are growing in frequency, impact and scale, with the ability to ripple across systems
and geographies. But cities are largely unprepared to respond, withstand, and rebound when disaster
strikes. The greatest burden of these increasing shocks, such as the impacts of climate change or public
health threats, often falls on poor and vulnerable people who have limited resources to cope with disaster
and who take longer to recover from it, disrupting livelihoods and increasing inequality.
A survey released by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) shows that 90% of business leaders believe they can help prepare cities for the effects of climate change, with 51% saying that investing in climate change resilience gives them a competitive edge.
The dovetailing of potentially devastating climate change impacts and urbanization by mid-century is of great concern to municipal leaders. The portion of the world living in cities is slated to rise to two-thirds of the global population (or 6.4 billion), up from 54% today, according to the United Nations. In tandem, the frequency and severity of floods, storms and drought as a result of climate change are expected to rise significantly in the coming decades, particularly in coastal areas, where many large cities are located. Forging preparative responses for these changes has thus taken on a new sense of urgency for government officials, non-governmental organizations and business leaders.
For business, the executive survey, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, finds that the biggest perceived market and operational risk from climate change is the disruption of energy supplies, which could severely impact on a company’s ability to operate.
Addressing Sustainability Exposures through Corporate Social Responsibility i...ijtsrd
There has been considerable progress in holding companies accountable for their social responsibility performance. However, progress on socio economic and environmental impact of their practices has been more limited thereby creating an atmosphere of unfavorable business conduct and sustainability exposures. The absent of internationally recognized standards of corporate social responsibility in Nigeria have further aggravated the issue. There have also been little to no report on corporate responsibility in relation to enterprises overall economic relevance to the economy, import dependency, corruption, labour standards and eco efficiency in Nigeria. To this end, the study examined the extent to which organizations' corporate social responsibility tackles sustainability exposure as required by the Global Reporting Initiative. Survey and content analysis designs were used. Data were collected from primary and secondary sources of six Nigerian companies. T test and ANOVA were also used for the hypotheses tests. It was discovered that organizations' corporate social responsibility significantly addresses sustainability exposure through Global Reporting Initiative and other results. It was recommended that companies in Nigeria should adopt the global reporting initiative as a means of observing their corporate social responsibility. Regulatory authority should as a matter of urgency ensure that companies report on their sustainability impacts on the economy. Bassey Ekpo | Emmanuel E. Okon | Sunny B. Beredugo "Addressing Sustainability Exposures through Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria: An International Perspective" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-5 , August 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd26644.pdfPaper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/other/26644/addressing-sustainability-exposures-through-corporate-social-responsibility-in-nigeria-an-international-perspective/bassey-ekpo
Future of high impact philanthropy initial perspective 2017Future Agenda
We are very pleased to announce a new topic focus for some events and wider discussions during the first half of 2017. Building on to some of the insights gained from previous events, including on the future of wealth and the future of doing good, This new initial perspective explores potential future shifts in the field of High Impact Philanthropy. It is authored by Prof. Cathy Pharoah of Cass Business School London. It highlights some of the issues being raised as the worlds of impact investing and philanthropy increasingly overlap as more organisations and investors seek to help create lasting change. Many are now asking about how donor expectations will evolve, how giving will scale, how best to create and measure impact and where new models within philanthropy will emerge.
To address these and other questions, we are running a series of events over the next few months in London, Mumbai, Singapore, New York and Dubai that will explore the emerging shifts, understand new global and regional priorities and highlight what leaders in the fields of philanthropy and impact investing feel will define success. As with all Future Agenda projects, we will build on THIS initial perspective by bringing together a rich mix of expertise to challenge assumptions, share insights and co-create an enriched, informed future view for all.
If you would like to get involved as participants or hosts, do let us know and we can share more details. Equally if you have any feedback on the initial perspective or other comments do let us know by email, twitter or linked in and we will make sure these are shared and included in to the mix.
At a time where much is being asked of philanthropy and its ability to successfully direct much-needed investment into key areas of challenge and opportunity, we very much look forward to hosting this important debate and sharing insights.
40 issues for the next decade insights to date - 16 05 15Future Agenda
Half way through the future agenda project we have now run around 50 events in many different countries. Over 400 new insights on the key shifts for the next decade have been added to the mix of many have been discussed in multiple regions. This is a selection of 40 of the key insights that are gaining strong traction with different individuals, groups and organisations around the world.
We’re getting serious about poverty
What we have done in the past has not been too successful: a search for something more effective
Initially: “direct impact on the poor”
Later: a more analytical understanding
The Death of Objectivity? Windsor Debates Sept 2015POLIS LSE
A talk to a business audience about the idea of objectivity in journalism is changing in the digital era. It explains the dangers to public understanding of a shift to relativism but also shows how a new understanding of the value of objectivity is being created by organisations such as the BBC and Buzzfeed and the lessons for strategic communicators.
The Trouble with Innovation - TNS Sifo seminarium 2013Kantar Sifo
Sälja eller sälja mer? Mät vilken tillväxt dina nya produktidéer genererar!
Vid det här seminariet berättar David Soulsby, globalt ansvarig för TNS erbjudande av produktutveckling och volymestimat, hur företag kan tjäna mer pengar på sina produktlanseringar genom mer träffsäkra tester och genom att våga satsa på nya idéer.
A primavera , no calendário, ainda não começou de fato, porém para os ipês isso não é problema!
Eles já estão dando o ar da sua graça, charme e beleza!
This year’s MSME Day event marks the fifth anniversary of General Assembly resolution 71/279. It is jointly organized by the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations, DESA, UNCTAD, ILO, ITC, UNIDO and the International Council for Small Business (ICSB).
The event aims to strengthen capacities of policies and MSME entrepreneurs on challenge and approaches to support MSMEs in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate crisis and conflicts. It will contribute to global debates on MSMEs as key stakeholders for a sustainable, resilient and inclusive recovery, with a focus on youth, women, migrants, and refugees. T
Building public benefit and shared value into businessAdam Spence
Building public benefit and shared value into business was a presentation delivered at the Schulich School of Business Greenedge Conference 2011. The presentation covers the motivation for public benefit
IN THIS SUMMARY
The earth today suffers from many problems ranging from climate change, insufficient food, dwindling energy resources, biodiversity, and poverty. Although the vast majority of human action is based on competition, many of the challenges faced by society could be solved through cooperation. In Co-opportunity, John Grant describes different cooperative solutions to sustainability problems. He focuses on five “bottlenecks” to sustainability, including representative democracy, how people define the “good life,” the relationship between buyers and sellers, the current free market model, and using return on investment as a measure of productivity. Through case studies of different people and organizations, Grant illustrates how social innovators can implement cooperative solutions.
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Colloqui di Martina Franca 2014 "Quale Economia per quale Benessere" - Pre-conditions and constraints on the way towards a green industrial revolution.
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Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
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• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
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• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
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GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
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https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
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3. To set up a pool of highly professional entities to
organize the bio-diesel production chain based on Jatropha
curcas feedstock, elaborating turn-key projects from soil to
oil.
promoting sustained development and poverty
alleviation, creating opportunities and a new model for
the intensive and extensive use of the energy biomass
potential of Brazil.
Main focus: most vulnerable region of Brazil: Semi-arid,
particularly, Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys, in the
Staste of Minas Gerais.
goals
Final target: to set up socially responsible and state-of-art biodiesel
industries in one of the most vulnerable regions in Brazil.
4. “Take joint actions and improve efforts to work together at
all levels to improve access to reliable and affordable energy
services for sustainable development sufficient to facilitate
the achievement of the MDGs, including the Goal of halving
the proportion of people in poverty by 2015, and as a means
to generate other important services that mitigate poverty,
bearing in mind that
access to energy facilitates the eradication of poverty”
( Summit on Sustainable Development in the
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation )
vision
“ We folks have to get out of the dry hinterland! But one only gets out
of the dry hinterland is taking it over from inside...” (Guimarães Rosa)
5. If the conditions could be created for these small
producers to become more effective in production and
trade, poor groups could contribute significantly to
achieving a higher and more sustainable pace of
development, promoting not only economic growth but
social cohesion.
But such conditions will not come about easily or quickly.
The legacy of history and the long marginalization of poor
groups in terms of the distribution of land and other
assets, in terms of institutions and of centuries of
inequity in access to education, nutrition and health,
create too great an obstacle.
These obstacles must be addressed and overcome if the
challenging targets on poverty reduction are to be
achieved. Acting directly on poverty means addressing
their constraints.
empowering the poor groups
6. Sustained growth can be achieved only by creating conditions in which
poor groups can increase their productivity and output.
Empowering these poor groups is not a diversion from promoting
growth. On the contrary, it is an effective, and perhaps the only, way
of achieving sustainable growth.
But empowerment will serve little purpose if the material means for
increasing production and incomes are not available to the poor.
Enhancing their skills and building the human capital of the poor will
have a major impact on both their economic productivity and their
human dignity.
By improving the productivity and sustainable management of land
and water, technological advances offer the potential to address many
of the obstacles that the lack of assets imposes on the poor.
Access to extension services, market and technology must be relevant
to the conditions of the poor and they must have access to it.
empowering the poor groups
7. The Sell Side of important financial markets is recognizing the
materiality of corporate social responsibility.
Social and environmental issues can materially affect stock prices,
particularly over the long-term and sometimes even in the short-
term.
“Business is part of society, not outside it. When we talk about
corporate social responsibility, we don’t see it as something
business does to society, but as something fundamental to
everything we do…not just philanthropy or community investment,
but the impact of our operations and products as well as the
interaction we have with the societies we serve. CSR is not a soft
issue or a nice to do activity on the fringe of business. It is central
to doing business. It is challenging to manage and it is a hard
edged business issue.” (expressed by the giant Unilever at the
London business School)
Corporate social responsibility
We encourage organizations and investors to scrutinize our
project/corporation as an attractive option to their socially
responsible investments.
8. In modern economies, large scale poverty imposes an enormous
economic loss, wasting the talents and energies of hundreds of
millions of people , diverted from socially productive activities that
could create wealth for society to the struggle for mere survival.
our challange
The partnerships
should be at the
global level, at the
country level with
national
stakeholders and
external partners
acting together,
the private sector
and civil-society
institutions
collaborating to
create conditions
that emancipate
poor groups.
But the fundamental partnership, and
ultimately the only one that counts, is with the
poor themselves. They have the talents, the
skills and the knowledge of their own
environment.
9. One of the main benefits of biofuels is their potential to increase
farm incomes and strengthen rural economies. The World Bank
reports that biofuel industries require about 100 times more workers
per unit of energy produced than the fossil fuel industry.
In 2004, the Brazilian sugarcane sector was responsible for 1 million
jobs (direct)/4 million (indirect) corresponding to the production of
350 million tonnes of cane (UNICA, 2003 and Goldemberg, 2003).
The dispersed nature of agriculture makes it unlikely that biofuel
production will become as centralized as the oil industry.
In the focused region of the project (Jequitinhonha & Mucuri Valleys)
the access to modern forms of energy is limited or absent. An
orchastrated pool of competences involved in the biodiesel
production chain can help provide income and clean, accessible
energy that is vital for rural development and poverty alleviation.
Biofuels: A New Future for Rural Communities
10. Most poor households in developing
countries lack access to modern
fuels. They instead rely on traditional
biomass fuels like crop
waste,dung, and wood to meet their
basic energy needs.
When used with inefficient devices these
low-quality fuels often result in harmful
health and environmental impacts.
The order of fuels on the energy ladder
corresponds to their efficiency and
‘cleanliness’ at end use.
Although modern fuels tend to be more
costly, they do provide people with far
greater opportunities for income
generation.
energy & prosperity
Climbing the energy ladder towards more
modern fuels, therefore, is a challenge
most poor people in developing countries
must face in order to improve their
overall standard of living.
Source: REN 21/2006
11. There is an empirical
basis to the relationship
between access to
modern energy and
human development.
Energy is strongly linked
to human development.
No country in modern
times has substantially
reduced poverty without
a massive increase in its
use of energy and/or a
shift to efficient energy
sources.
energy link to overall human development
Source: REN 21/2006
12. Our local partners
Our local partners
And environment
The poor have to be recognized as individuals with rights and as potential
agents of change who can themselves play an increasing role.
In determining social and economic outcomes poor groups should not be
seen merely as a burden on society. Rather, the poor, especially women, are
hard working and often effective microentrepreneurs.
13. Development model
The development model is based on the working
relationship among the various stakeholders
involved in the productive chain with clear
attributions in all levels: local community, local
technical NGO, enterprising development agency ,
servicing companies, Government agents and a
corporation.
Each entity has its respective and important roles
that complement, harmonize and support one
another leading to the ultimate success and
sustainability of the project.
“The private sector can play an important role
towards furthering development, for development
cannot occur without conditions that are amenable to
the conduct of business.” (United Nations)
14. MARKET SIGHT
SOCIAL SIGHT
GEO SIGHT
BUSINESS SIGHT
Competitiveness and productivity:
adoption of compatible mechanisms
Inclusion
Participation
Equity
Regional clusters formation
Adequate logistics
Attractiveness to private sector
Favorable climate
Compatible working tools
General intervention strategies
15. Local NGO´s will support following types of interventions:
establishing effective monitoring and evaluation systems, working
closely with cooperating institutions to improve impact assessment
and supervision, and strengthening partnerships with a range of
different players.
promoting a global policy environment that increases market access
for the rural poor.
directly responsibility to the community - directly involved in the
energy crop cultivation and oil extraction than the development
agency, assessing the communities’ organizational capacity and their
potential to complete and manage an energy project.
providing technical, organizational advice, support and training to
the community
Development model: local NGO
16. Direct main responsibilities of the development agency :
To provide seed money and matching grants that can initiate
and support the efforts of the NGO to raise the money needed
for a project and/or provide capacity grants which help to
build their organizational capacity.
To popularize the NGO achievements in developing sustainable
energy systems and related environmental protection plans
through the media, internet, and other written and visual
sources (SLUIJS & BODE, 2001).
To facilitate trainings for NGOs such as; community surveys of
power demand and potential usage, site selection, the budget
process, choice of appropriate technology, environmental
assessments, feasibility studies, civil design, operational &
fiscal management, micro-enterprise development, long term
planning, and grant writing (SLUIJS & BODE, 2001).
Development model: Foreign Development Agency
17. MINASINVEST, a not-for profit investment agency, will be primarily in
charge of the social-economic factors coordinating the efforts among
the various stakeholders, which includes:
Building market information systems.
Identifying and coordinating the best partners;
Developing policies and strategies to improve competitiveness;
Strengthening the producers´ negotiating position ;
Providing well-researched analyses;
Government and institutional relationships involved in the project.
Development model: Investment agency
18. The local community possesses direct responsibility towards the day-
today running of the biofuel project . Particular emphasis is given on
the socio-economic empowerment of women, thus women groups will
be specially utilized to manage the project.
The role of the community should therefore be:
● Provision of land for Jatropha plantation and site for the
establishment of the oil extraction unit.
● Responsibility for the day-to-day management of plantation,
including: cultivation and harvesting.
● Commitment of human resources for project development such as
unskilled labor (to handle farmlands), access to skilled labor.
In order to help the community in their quest towards sustainable
development, it is very important that they should be the main
recipient of all benefits accrued from the project.
Development model:The Community
19. The BIO-VALE project can bring about major economic
empowerment by providing income and employment
opportunities to both the rural communities and entreupreneus.
The project can be utilized to stimulate a circular system
combining ecologic, economic, and income-generating effects
(HEN. 1994), particularly to the drought prone rural
communities of the Brazilian semi-arid regions.
The project promotes the main aspects of development, which
combine to help achieve a sustainable way of life for village
farmers in terms of provision of renewable energy, erosion
control, economic empowerment through job creation and
poverty reduction and economic development.
The favorable context in Brazil, the onset of widespread
distribution, the differential tax regime recognizing the
importance of oilseed production by family agriculture units– and
the introduction of the “Social Fuel” label are regulatory
instruments designed to promote social inclusion throughout the
new fuel’s production and value chain.
End goal & management