Development Cooperation Matchmaking facility

What is the Development Cooperation Matchmaking facility?
Serious companies in developing countries are often on the lookout for reliable business partners abroad. The Development Cooperation Matchmaking facility puts those companies in touch with Dutch businesses. The goal is to stimulate joint investment in your country.

What are the target countries?
The Development Cooperation Matchmaking facility is available to companies in Egypt and in more than 40 other countries in Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe.

How does it work?
 
1. Your application
Please read the  Instructions carefully before completing the Intake Form.  You must submit a proposal for cooperation with a Dutch company to the Dutch Embassy in Cairo, using this  Intake Form.   

2. Suitability check
The Embassy will consult with its local network to assess your proposal. Only proposals that receive a positive assessment will be sent on to EVD. Furthermore, proposals must be clearly formulated and well substantiated before being taken into consideration.

3. Your Dutch match
EVD, a Dutch government agency that provides support to businesses working in the international arena, will start identifying Dutch businesses that match your company’s profile.

4. Cooperation initiation, hiring a consultant
If a suitable match is found, you will receive a voucher worth EUR 5,000. You can use the voucher to hire a Dutch consultant who will help you explore and define the cooperative effort between you and your Dutch business partner. The consultant’s duties include arranging a visit for your company to the Netherlands and developing a joint action plan. All travel and accommodation expenses related to your company’s visit are your responsibility.

5. Evaluation
A half year after the visit, the consultant will conduct an evaluation to determine if the activities have resulted in a basis for further cooperation.

What is the EVD?
The Netherlands Agency for International Business and Cooperation (EVD) runs the Development Cooperation Matchmaking facility on behalf of the Dutch Minister of Development Cooperation.

Interested?
The 3 tender rounds in 2010 for the embassies to send new MMF applications are: February 15, May 15 and October 15.  Interested companies are advised to send their application three weeks before the tender deadline.

Would you like to be put in touch with a company in the Netherlands to mutually set up and run a solid project? Would you like more information about the Development Cooperation Matchmaking facility? Please contact the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Cairo.

Economic and Trade Affairs
Telephone: +20 2 2736 8752 
Fax: +20 2 2735 8736
E-mail:  kai-ea@minbuza.nl