PPCP's (Private, Public and Community Partnerships) are the future of development. Moving from AID to trade is the best route forward for developing countries. This presentation looks at PPCP's and offers a real life example of how Environment Africa is developing sustainable communities using this model

1. Moving from AID to TRADE PPCP’s Private, Public and Community Partnerships Africa Gathering Alasdair Munn, Board Member

2. Give a man a fish you feed him today Teach a man to fish and you feed him until the fish run out. Teach a man to breed fish, you build a business, sustain a community for life and ensure the survival of a species.

5. Offices in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi

6. 20 years development and sustainability experience

7. We promote action, empowerment and ownership

8. Work with the Champions

9. Holistic approach = 4 pillars of sustainable development

11. Sustainable development is about empowering local communities and building social and financial capital

14. Formulate working relationships with governments, local authorities and all stakeholders

15. Be very clear on objectives and the best route to reaching those objectives

16. Match the tools to the objectives and available resources

17. Empower

18. AID model is not working

20. Subsistence In impoverished communities there is almost always an immediate need for subsistence intervention

23. Resource audit

24. Skills and knowledge transfers

28. “My biggest lesson, after doing this for 20 years, is we approach development the wrong way around.” Charlene Hewat – CEO Environment Africa July 2010

29. Instead of saying “Poor people, they have nothing”

31. What do they have?

32. How can we develop this further?

33. Is there an opportunity of a business model?

35. “If we can establish business, we can lift the communities out of poverty”

37. Build sustainable business infrastructures within local community. Conserve natural resources & biodiversity. Formulate a good PPCP model for replication PPCPPublic – Private – Community Partnership Goals

38. PPCP is NOT about an NGO, Private sector, Public sector coalition, or a once off partnership. It IS about corporate social responsibility and sustainable development practice.

40. Underfunded

43. Can spell environmental and social disasters

46. Little voice

48. Community to hold at least 26% - Legal implications & Ownership

50. Songo Project How do the three come together?

52. Population of around 118,824

53. Poverty levels highest in Zimbabwe with 91% classified as poor

54. 80% unemployment

57. On lease to a private game company

58. Company already operating

59. Company understands survival of ecosystem linked directly to the community

60. Environment Africa, private game company & the community formed a new company

61. Community aim to own 26% of the new company

64. Environment Africa have built a working relationship with the Government of Zimbabwe over the last 20 years

65. EA consult the Government on issues dealing with rural communities, environment, sustainability and even nutrition within the prisons

66. Environment Africa has worked with Government to incorporate the PPCP model into the Governments medium term plans & Zambezi Transfrontier National Parks document

68. Photographic & fishing Safari’s

70. Fish farm

71. Service Station

73. Timber

74. Furniture

75. Orchards

76. Plantations

77. Livestock

78. Poultry

79. Bee keeping

80. Vegetable oil extraction

86. We understand that technology is people too

87. We know there are many African technologists building solutions for Africa

89. Develop as a community business, provision of alternative energy to unconnected households

91. Vision where organizations turn their corporate responsibility budget into a social entrepreneur investment portfolio

92. Collaborate with like minded Africans and people globally to integrate relevant technologies

94. Credits All photographic rights held by: Environment Africa Alasdair Munn Please ask permission to use any of the material in this presentation