Overview projects Sustainable Development
Here you can find all of the projects we contributed to in 2008.
Financial Sector Development
United States
Pre-financing start-up costs to establish a capital investment company dedicated to the restructuring of financial institutions in Africa.
Nicaragua
Small and medium-sized enterprises in Central America are given access to risk capital to start up their own enterprise.
The Netherlands
A fund for East Africa that issues risk capital and offers technical assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises.
United States
Customers of micro finance institutions are given a clearer insight into the costs associated with loans, enabling them to compare different financial products.
Denmark
Further development of the website and MyC4 market place to improve access to capital and enhance knowledge of micro and SME entrepreneurs in Africa.
Germany
Finance request for extra project Dutch Postcode Lottery 2008 to raise extra capital in ProCredit Holding, enabling even more small entrepreneurs and savers to gain access to affordable financial services in 22 countries worldwide.
Germany
Raising extra capital in ProCredit Holding.
The Netherlands
PYMWYMIC is a new player in the sustainable financial services sector, which seeks to tighten criteria and expand the socially responsible investment market in the Netherlands.
Switzerland
Setting up a theme-based investment fund for private investments in small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries, aimed at improving access to risk capital to facilitate the further scaling-up and growth of these enterprises.
United States
The ‘Small Business Action Learning Network’ enhances the capacity of banks servicing small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries.
India
Suvidha is the only bank in India to provide a unique and innovative mobile banking facility, which does not require customers to have a bank account or Internet access to set up transactions or access financial services.
Switzerland
Symbiotics is making more capital available for micro finance institutions, enabling a growing number of small entrepreneurs to gain access to financial products and services to expand their business.
The Netherlands
A fund for East Africa that issues risk capital to larger small and medium-sized enterprises using an innovative financial model.
The Netherlands
Improving access to financial products and services for small and medium-sized enterprises in five regions (Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Central Asia) through the XSML Investment Fund.
Production and Consumtion
The Netherlands
Substantive support for the Pure Oil programme (soya bean and palm oil), part of the Production and Consumption programme.
The Netherlands
Substantive support for the Pure Oil’component (soya bean and palm oil), part of the Production and Consumption programme.
Colombia
Global marketing of ‘fair-mined’ gold: ethically produced and environmentally friendly gold sourced from traditional, small-scale mining cooperatives.
The Netherlands
The Procacao programme helps to improve the income and trade position of cocoa farmers in Latin America, Africa and Asia by boosting cocoa production. Nature conservation and biodiversity are an integral part of the programme.
Agro Eco Consultancy (Louis Bolk Institute)
The Netherlands
Development of Fair Trade and organic cocoa in the natural buffer zone of the Ntobroso National Park in Ghana.
United States
Turning the protection of the rainforests in Ecuador, Peru, Ghana and the Ivory Coast into an integral part of certification of large-scale cocoa farming.
United Kingdom
Worldwide launch of the environmental standard for sustainable fishing, MSC, at the restaurant chain Fifteen, starting in London.
The Netherlands
Fishes contributes to the recovery of worldwide fish stocks by increasing the market share in the sustainable fish market in the Netherlands and Europe in particular.
Argentina
Protecting the Chaco (bush savannah) in Northern Argentina by creating sustainable sources of income to counteract the growth of soya plantations.
Singapore
Developing a phased plan for round-table RSPO group certification for small-scale palm oil producers, starting on Sumatra (Indonesia).
Brazil
Increasing the sale of sustainable forest products from the Brazilian cerrado (bush savannah) by small-scale producers. This project prevents the sale of 30,000 hectares of land to industrial soya bean operatives, preserves biodiversity and maintains local employment opportunities.
Brazil
This project guarantees the input of social and environmental organisations engaged in the sustainable soya production strategy in the Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon, enabling agriculture, nature conservation and indigenous peoples to co-exist.
Indonesia
Mapping out a large area of forest on Borneo, inhabited by indigenous peoples. This serves as the basis for a complaints and grievances procedure at RSPO (Round-table on Sustainable Palm Oil) against one of its members, who is currently engaged in illegal logging.
United Kingdom
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) makes a contribution to sustainable fishing by stimulating the supply of, and demand for sustainable seafood products.
Zimbabwe
Developing a marketing strategy for Western Europe to expand the sales market for sustainable, natural products from southern Africa.
The Netherlands
Expanding the supply of organic cotton through the implementation of three to five pilot projects in Africa, which also laid the foundations for a more broad-based programme for cotton producers.
Paraguay
Thousands of small-scale farmers in Paraguay are supported in the transition to the international sale of certified soya. The project also makes a viable contribution to the participation of Paraguayan farmers in the newly established International Alliance of small soya bean farmers in Latin America.
The Netherlands
The scope of SOMO’s research spans the entire life cycle of consumer electronics (mining, manufacturing, recycling), advocating acceptable conditions in the supply chain with regard to the environment and working conditions. SOMO offers these companies practical sustainability solutions.
The Netherlands
The North Sea prawn-fishing programme is committed to sustainable prawn fishing in the North Sea and Waddenzee through certification in accordance with the international standard for sustainable fishing, Marine Stewardship Council.
Project grant € 50,000
A demonstration and test area in a marina in the Dutch province of Friesland, with a range of commonly-used and new sustainable materials for use in hydraulic engineering projects.
The Netherlands
An annual, broad-based publicity campaign, the ‘Fair Trade Week’.
The Netherlands
Strengthening the position of coffee and cocoa farmers by prefinancing the export of cooperatives participating in the Progreso programme.
The Netherlands
Return to Sender is finding ways to fight global poverty by selling products and objects produced in the world’s poorest regions to the Netherlands.
The Netherlands
An on-line wholesaler of sustainable design products.
The Netherlands
An on-line wholesaler of sustainable design products.
Climate and Energy
The Netherlands
The website www.groengasboek.nl provides practical information on how to produce and purchase green gas, in the process creating a support base among different (market) parties.
The Netherlands
Introduction of an affordable and durable biogas system in Africa.
United States
Winner PICNIC Green Challenge Award 2008.
The Netherlands
The Rural Energy Foundation is an initiative that provides access to renewable energy in Africa by encouraging local entrepreneurs to sell solar panels.
United Kingdom
The mission of the Climate Group is to set governments worldwide binding climate targets.
United Kingdom
An initiative of The Climate Group to mobilise regional governments and leaders and promote practical measures to tackle global warming. DOEN Foundation received a contribution for this initiative from the Extra Draw of the Dutch Postcode Lottery 2007.
United States
Winner PICNIC Green Challenge Award 2008; extra prize.
Social-Economic Human Rights
The Netherlands
Protecting an important biodiversity area for the indigenous populations living on the border between Burma and China, by fostering greater cooperation between Burmese and Chinese NGOs through five communal projects.
China
Expansion and strengthening of a trade union movement in China.
Germany
Drawing up practical and feasible, implementable advice to add the ILO (International Labour Organisation) standard governing working conditions to the supply chain of timber products from FSC certified sources.
Bulgaria
Providing support to victims of human trafficking in Bulgaria, enabling them to reintegrate into society and the labour market.
Ukraine
Countering human trafficking, in particular the trafficking of women and girls in Ukraine by improving social involvement and ‘economic empowerment’ of (potential) victims.
United Kingdom
Promoting human rights of minority groups worldwide.
Kenya
Expansion and innovation of African Colours: The on-line platform for contemporary African art.
France
Research into the impact of art on Africa's economy.
Senegal
APCA/Africa Cinema de Quartier trains up-and-coming, talented West African film-makers and assists them in the production of a documentary.
South Africa
The Arterial is a network of African cultural organisations and European donors who have drawn up a joint master plan for developing the African cultural sector and the international profiling of African art and culture.
The Netherlands
Arts Collaboratory is a programme for visual artist-led initiatives from Africa, Asia and Latin America, and for exchanges with visual arts organisations in the Netherlands. The programme, an initiative of DOEN and Hivos, is carried out in cooperation with the Mondriaan Foundation. The project is managed by Hivos.
The Netherlands
A local team of youngsters, assisted and trained in the planning, development and creation of their own video reports, present independent documentaries on life in the slums, collated from relevant, local video productions and documentaries.
The Netherlands
Developing a business plan for moviecapital.com: an on-line platform, which on the one hand enables young international filmmakers to showcase their film plans and on the other hand, encourages individuals to make a financial contribution to the production of these films.
Columbia
A festival, magazine, national convention of artists and a poetry school for young people, promoting the development of the cultural sector in Columbia.
South Africa
African fund for art and culture.
Bangladesh
The bi-annual photography festival ‘Chobi Mela’, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, gives talented individuals from Asia, Africa and Latin America the opportunity to showcase their work and to access the international photography circuit.
Mali
An annual, international music and visual arts festival held in Segou, giving talented young individuals the opportunity to perform alongside established artists in front of local and international audiences.
Argentina
The network for human rights films in Latin America and the Caribbean aims to raise awareness of this sector and the opportunities available to local film-makers.
Iraq
Building an infrastructure for the Iraqi film sector by offering training to talented young film-makers and providing a platform in the form of a mobile cinema.
The Netherlands
A two-year collaborative project between Het Waterhuis (Rotterdam) and Eager Artists (South Africa), which uses high-quality theatre productions to address the concrete social impact of HIV-AIDS tests.
The Netherlands
‘The Game’ is a co-production between Het Waterhuis and the Palestinian youth theatre group, Theater Day Productions. The play is an account of everyday life in Gaza for young Palestinians.
Kenya
The development of Kenyan performance culture through the provision of professional training in physical theatre and the development of new styles.
France
The development of contemporary African dance and the African dance sector by organising professional training programmes, setting up exchange programmes between African dancers and organisations and with international partners, and supporting new, smaller dance groups in Africa.
United States
Financial support, training and technical assistance for independent media outlets in high-risk countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe, to help news outlets committed to responsible journalism strengthen their operations and become commercially sustainable.
Advisory Services)
West Africa
A pilot project in Mali, which investigates the possibilities of giving artists easier access to loans issued by micro finance institutions. The programme is an initiative of DOEN and Strømme Foundation.
The Netherlands
Setting up and developing radio stations for people living under a dictatorship, with the aim of promoting independent news coverage and fostering a climate of independent media activism.
The Netherlands
Raising awareness of African architecture, and making a contribution to the development of African architecture and urban planning through a platform and service centre.
The Netherlands
DocsOnline uses the Internet to show digital documentaries made by African film-makers that are not available through mainstream channels.
The Netherlands
The film festival ‘Africa in the Picture’ shows African films to raise the public's awareness of, and appreciation for African cinema.
South Africa
The ‘Emerging Writer’s Programme’ gives young writing talent in South Africa the opportunity to create and improve their theatrical work under the supervision of a professional playwright. Successful, fully developed theatrical productions find their way to The Market Theatre Foundation.
The Netherlands
An African version of ‘Sellaband’, a website that enables fans to invest directly in (up-and-coming) artists.
Nature in the Netherlands
Dutch Antilles
Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) contributes to conservation efforts in the Dutch Antilles.
The Netherlands
With relatively small contributions, DOEN Foundation enables conservation volunteers based in the Netherlands to carry out essential work that would otherwise be neglected due to financial constraints.
The Netherlands
Preserving, restoring and expanding the nature reserve of Stapsteen het Zwanenbroekje by establishing 'green corridors' to other protected nature areas.
The Netherlands
Establishing a green corridor between De Fluessen in Friesland and the nearby nature reserve Het Zwin for nature conservation.
The Netherlands
Preserving and restoring the Veenwater area along the Hoge Dijk in de Hoef, near the municipality of De Ronde Venen in Utrecht.
The Netherlands
Continuation of activities.
The Netherlands
Servicepunt Nieuwe Natuur offers tailor-made assistance to private (agricultural) land-owners to turn their land into protected nature areas.
The Netherlands
Strengthening the concept of the Regional account, where local account holders use the interest earned on their savings to preserve their local natural heritage in Het Groene Woud, a valuable nature reserve situated near the cities of Eindhoven, ’s-Hertogenbosch and Tilburg.
The Netherlands
Creating space for landscapes of cultural-historical value and improving the quality of the landscape.
Sustainable Development Miscellaneaous
South Africa
African Parks Network adopts an innovative approach to restoring and preserving important sites in terms of global biodiversity, by entering into public-private partnerships with African governments to manage neglected national parks.
The Netherlands
Guarantee that the prize ‘Change the world with a short film. Llink Broadcasting helps with € 100,000’ could be awarded, contributing to the long-term future of Llink.
The Netherlands
NABUUR utilises the Internet as a valuable instrument to lend a neighbourly hand worldwide.
Kenya
Evacuation and support of Sarakasi artists over a three-month period.
The Netherlands
Africa Report, a TV series created by and for Africans, showing examples of successful African entrepreneurs, linked to a website containing practical information on how to set up in business.
The Netherlands
UpperWareHouse is a big clothes-swapping party held in Rotterdam.
Kenya
Recording and broadcasting a ‘Song of Peace’ with Kenyan top artists, promoting peace in Kenya.
India
Tailor-made training programmes offered to members of the Working Women’s Forum, improving their credit worthiness as well as the operations and loans portfolio of the organisation.