Aid-Funded Business

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Aid-Funded Business
Nigel Peters, Director of the UKTI Aid-Funded
Business Service
29 September, Clean Energy for Emerging Markets,
London
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What is Aid-Funded Business?

• Commercial opportunities created by development
  humanitarian aid programs funded through
  multilateral bilateral development agencies,
  the United Nations and NGOs.
• Currently worth approximately US 70-100 Billion
  per year
• UKTI Aid-Funded Business Service (AFBS) is a
  dedicated UKTI service to help UK companies win
  Aid-Funded Business.
• There is no longer any doubt that business plays
  an integral role in delivering economic and
  social progress Ban Ki-Moon, UN
  Secretary-General, September 2010

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Broken Down by IFI/Agency
Donor Commitments latest FY
World Bank Group US35.3 billion
EC (EuropeAid EIB) US26.4 billion (19billion)
Asian Development Bank US21.6 billion
Inter-American Development Bank US15.5 billion
United Nations US15.4 billion
EBRD US13.1billion (8.7billion)
DFID US12.9 billion (8.6billion)
Islamic Development Bank US9.8 billion
Dev. Bank of Latin America (CAF) US9.3 billion
African Development Bank US6.5 billion (UA4.3 billion)
Caribbean Development Bank US0.2 billion
TOTAL US166 billion (representing c.US70-100b of Business Opps)
Remember, apart from DFID this excludes bilaterals Remember, apart from DFID this excludes bilaterals
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So which sectors are important? World Bank
Example FY 2013
Sector by Contract Value by Number of Contracts
Transportation 38 9
Water Sanitation 22 14
Energy Mining 16 9
Healthcare 9 16
Agriculture 5 15
Public Administration Law 5 22
Education Training 2 9
Industry trade 2 2
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Case Study Dulas, Machynlleth www.dulas.org.uk
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Dulas Solar Powered Blood and Vaccine
Refrigeration Systems
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How UK Trade Investment can help you win
Aid-Funded Business

• Dedicated Aid-Funded Business Service (AFBS), to
  help UK companies win business from projects
  funded by the aid agencies
• AFBS offers
• Enquiry Answering assistance for companies
  looking at AFB for the first time or looking to
  supply and unfamiliar agency
• Events Awareness raising workshops, training and
  outward missions
• Publications focusing on the UN, World Bank,
  regional Development Banks and the European
  commission

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Liaison officers based in overseas British
Embassies/Consulates
Washington DC Brussels Dan Marks Jan
Soeltenfuss Thomas Reeve New York Manila Ben
Brierley Joyce Tolentino Geneva/Rome Tunis/Abidj
an Eleanor Baha Alan Morrison/Marcel
Ngosso Copenhagen Caribbean Daniel
Elliott Hadford .S.Howell East
Africa Dominican Republic /Haiti Misbah
Mughal Leonora Dipp Eric Olanya Johannesbur
g West Africa Grant Mandigora Rubby
Golo Sarajevo Vienna Alma Kadunic Miles
Fisher Caracas Ian Mason
What they provide Expert Advice Business
Opportunities via UKTI website Overseas Market
Introduction Service (OMIS) Workshops/Clinics Earl
y Project intelligence Project Documents  
Email firstname.secondname_at_fco.gov.uk
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UKTI Aid-Funded Business Opportunities on
www.gov.uk/ukti
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AFBS Regional Champions what do they provide?
What they provide Expert Advice Initial
discussions about AFB (including commissioning
work with overseas Embassies/Missions) and advice
for general trading overseas Training/Workshops
Networking Events visits by Liaison officers to
your region Outward Trade Missions to UN HQ are
regularly organised by regional colleagues (e.g.
Geneva, Copenhagen, Vienna New York)  
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AFBS Events 2014/15

• Missions
• East Africa (Kenya Ethiopia) 6-10 October
  2014
• Renewable Energy Mission to Washington DC (World
  bank, IADB, MCC) 1Q 2015 tbc
• Training, Seminars Workshops
• The World of Aid-Funded Business An
  Introduction Barnsley 2 October SE England
  26 November Huntingdon 14 January
• European Investment Bank, London 7 November
• DFID Briefing Seminar for Potential Suppliers
  East Kilbride, 18 November 2014
• AidEx Exhibition, Brussels 12-13 November
• Webinars regularly held Further details
  contact info_at_afbs.org.uk or tel [phone]

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UKTI Aid-Funded Business Service Contact Details
Rupi Nandra Project Manager (normal first point of contact for companies) Aid-Funded Business Service 75 Harborne Road Birmingham B15 3DH Tel [phone] Fax [phone] Email info_at_afbs.org.uk Web www.ukti.gov.uk Nigel Peters Project Director and Lead Contact for Consultants c/o British Expertise 10 Grosvenor Gardens London SW1W 0DH Tel [phone] Email np_at_britishexpertise.org