Global Sustainable Biomass Fund launches new tender for projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America

In the Netherlands, projects may be now submitted for the second tender of the Global Sustainable Biomass Fund, a grant regulation under the responsibility of the Minister for Development Cooperation. This regulation is aimed towards supporting the sustainable production of biomass for energy purposes, both for own (national) use and for exporting. The closing date of the second tender is 12 January 2010.  The fund aims specifically at nine countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, Colombia, Nicaragua, Mali, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa.

Projects in or with these countries have priority over projects in other ODA countries. The first tender of the Global Sustainable Biomass fund closed on 26 May and yielded ten approved projects, for a total amount of 4.7 million euros. 23 applications were received in total for the 1st tender. 7,7 million euros have been made available for the second tender.

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