The SEED Awards are distinctive in the growing field of environment and development awards in that they identify, profile and support promising, locally-driven, start-up enterprises working in partnership in developing countries to improve livelihoods, tackle poverty, and manage natural resources sustainably. Rather than the traditional monetary prize, applicants compete for a package of individually-tailored capacity development– a suite of that will help the winners to grow their business idea and establish lasting partnerships across sectors. ^[1]

The SEED Award is the flagship programme of the SEED Initiative

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2010

2010 SEED Awards announced. The Awards, which this year had a special focus on Africa, placed particular emphasis on initiatives from South Africa, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana, Rwanda and Senegal. This focus was part of a larger project linked with UNEP's Green Economy Initiative and was funded largely by the European Union. 3 November ^[2] See also country pages for China, Colombia, Sri Lanka and Uganda

2009

See country pages: Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Cook Islands, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Niger, Panama, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Zimbabwe

References

1. ↑ United Nations Environment Programme, May 12, 2009
2. ↑ unep.org, 3 November 2010