Investors’ Forum

PROTA’s Project Document for the Second Implementation Phase 2008-2012 foresees the completion of 8 commodity groups, i.e. the knowledge synthesis on 3,500 useful plants (2,000 review articles), 6 stakeholder consultations following the completion of the respective commodity groups, and 30 pilot projects for end-user impact. The total budget for the 5-year period amounts to €11.4 million.

The Investors’ Forum led to firm pledges amounting to € 4.7 million:

• € 2.5 million from the 9 cooperating institutions (staff services under new Agreements of Cooperation 2008-2012 between the PROTA Foundation and FORIG in Ghana, CNSF in Burkina Faso, CENAREST in Gabon, NHBG in Malawi, PBZT in Madagascar, Makerere University in Uganda, Agropolis in France, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in UK, and Wageningen UR in the Netherlands).
  
  
• € 1.7 million from Netherlands Government sources (Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food 2008-2012; Directorate General for Development Cooperation 2008; Organization for Scientific Research 2008-2011).
  
  
• € 0.5 million from international sources (International Tropical Timber Organization 2008; AU/ACP Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2008-2012 in the form of sponsored distribution of PROTA output).

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