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Call for Submissions for the SEED Awards 2008 - call open until 16 March 
2008

Do you have an entrepreneurial or innovative idea that is locally-driven 
and has great potential to contribute to sustainable development in 
developing countries? Are you finding new ways of simultaneously improving 
incomes and strengthening livelihoods; tackling poverty and 
marginalisation; and managing and conserving natural resources and 
ecosystems? Are you developing a new concept that brings together people 
and organizations from different backgrounds - a project that challenges 
partners to pool their human, financial, and natural resources?

Do you need support to make your idea a reality, or to help you grow? 

If so, then we would like you to tell us about your idea.

The SEED Initiative is seeking submissions for "The 2008 SEED Awards for 
Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development". We welcome innovative ideas 
from any group in a developing country, which is working in partnership 
with others to generate environmental and social benefits in an 
entrepreneurial way.

SEED Award Winners receive a tailored package of support services to help 
them to become established and to increase their impact.  This includes 
access to relevant expertise and technical assistance, meeting new 
partners and building networks, developing business plans and identifying 
sources of finance. The Award is not a cash prize - but the services 
offered have a value of US$25,000.

The call is open until the 16th March 2008.

For further information please see  www.seedinit.org where you can also 
find the application form and learn about previous Award Winners.

We look forward to receiving your application and to reading about your 
ideas.

With best regards

Dr Helen Marquard

Executive Director
The SEED Initiative
 

For information about the SEED Awards:

www.seedinit.org

seedawards2008 at seedinit.org

Tel: +49 30 8900068 99

For any other queries about the SEED Initiative:

helen.marquard at seedinit.org

Tel: +44 1420 488 544

The SEED Initiative

- Supporting Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development

c/o The World Conservation Union (IUCN)

28 Rue Mauverney

Gland CH-1196

Switzerland
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