Netherlands

The program provides a possibility to reimburse investments up to €750,000 based on the selection criteria that the Agency for International Business and Cooperation (EVD) utilizes. The conditions are as follows:

• You are a Dutch company and a company in the PSOM country with an aim at setting up a new activity in partnership with each other in one of the PSOM countries
• You and your local partner are financially sound, have relevant expertise and experience in the market and enter into a long term trade or investment relation
• The applicant should be a company registered in the commercial register at the Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands. The recipient should be a private company, officially registered in the recipient country. There is no limitation in the percentage of shares of the recipient company, which are owned by Dutch companies.
• You do not have the financial means to implement your plans nor can you obtain funds from a bank to finance your business plan.
• Your proposal is commercially feasible in medium or long term and has a positive effect on the local economy of the recipient country in terms of creating additional employment, introducing new technology, improving livelihoods, strengthening small and medium sized businesses and/or resulting in improved environmental conditions.
• Your project leads to additional investments and increase in turnover.
• You are both capable to finance your own contribution.

If you meet the above-mentioned requirements, your project might be eligible for a PSOM grant.

For more information please visit www.evd.nl/psom.

FMO offers a variety of lending instrument to private sector companies and financial institutions in need of longer-term capital in developing countries. While FMO finances a portion of the capital needed, its participation also enables other financial institutions to join in investments, thus mobilizing significantly more funding than any single investor could generate on its own.

Lending instruments include:

• Project Finance
• Corporate Balance Sheet Finance
• Working Capital Facilities
• Mezzanine Finance
• Guarantees
• Medium to Longer - Term Trade Finance
• Subordinated Loans (IFOM)

FMO limits its involvement in the case of loans, guarantees and mezzanine finance to 25% of a company's balance sheet or total estimated project costs, which generally range from USD 1 million. The typical loan maturity is 5-12 years, with or without a grace period, and 3 years for trade finance facilities.

For more information please visit www.fmo.nl.