What is it about?
On the initiative of, and with financing from the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation (DGD), the Business Partnership Facility awards subsidies to support and develop private sector involvement in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in developing countries. The projects targeted by this call must contribute to achieving at least one clearly-identified SDG.

The Facility aims to simultaneously achieve two types of result:

• social impact: creation and maintenance of jobs, improvement in average income for families with low incomes, access to affordable goods and services for those on low incomes (by gender), inclusion and economic development of women and young people with low incomes, positive impact on the environment through saving resources, reducing emissions and by preserving biodiversity etc.;

• economic viability: partnerships must clearly explain how the supported initiatives will become sustainable, present a competitive financial performance and show signs of potential scalability and replication.

This call for projects is planned for a period of 5 years so you can submit an application at any time. See “Timing” to know the next deadline. After the preselection and ESG screening, the application forms will be forwarded to the independent selection committee which meets twice a year and makes the final selection.

Who is it for?
Each applicant must be part of a partnership that brings together actors from the private sector, civil society, academia and/or the public sector. The partnership must comprise at least one organization from the for-profit private sector. Partners may be Belgian, European or international legal entities, under public or private law.
Selection criteria

How to submit your application
BEGIN BY REGISTERING IN ORDER TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

How to submit an application form online? View video
• If you are not very familiar with computers: 02-500 4 555 or proj@kbs-frb.be.
• The King Baudouin Foundation of course complies with privacy legislation in this area.

Timing
Start 5/04/2019

Submit until 9/09/2019

Announcement of selection 15/12/2019

Financial support: up to € 200.000

Contact
For general information:

Contact Center +32-2-500 4 555

For specific details:
Elke Briers +32-2-549 03 78