SEED 2009 Gold Winners move on Tuesday, 02 March 2010
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Over the last few months the SEED Secretariat has attended all the award ceremonies and conducted workshops for each of the 2009 SEED Gold Winners:
- Bangladesh – Shidhulai: Solar conversion of traditional kerosene hurricane lamps
- Colombia - Oro Verde: Facilitating Market Access for Artisan Miners
- Niger - ALMODO: Recycling waste into goods ranging from building materials to energy substitutes
- South Africa - Natural Justice: Biocultural Protocols: Community Approaches to Access and Benefit Sharing
- Zimbabwe - KAITE: Bridge to the world, organic essential oils
The visits carry the purpose of profiling the SEED winners in their country through high-level award ceremonies, while also connecting them to influential organisations, institutions and foundations who can serve as partners and provide missing resources. The SEED country visits conclude with a specifically tailored training on management, finance, partnerships and other issues relating to scaling up social and environmental enterprises.
SEED wishes to particularly thank:
- Minister Gerda Verburg (Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality)
- H.E. Mr. Stephen Evans (British High Commissioner to Bangladesh)
- Deputy Minister Derek Hanekom (Deputy Minister of Science and Technology in South Africa)
- Juan Mayr, ex-Minister of the Environment, and Barbara Pesce Monteiro, Country Director, UNDP, Colombia
- Nadine Gbossa, Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP, Niger
