Ontwikkelingsrelevante Infrastructuur Ontwikkeling (ORIO)

The Facility for Infrastructure Development (ORIO)

Ontwikkelingsrelevante Infrastructuur Ontwikkeling (ORIO) Location: Visitors address: Juliana van Stolberglaan 148 2595 CL The Hague The Netherlands Contact: Postal address: P.O. BOX 20105 2500 EC The Hague The Netherands Phone: +31 070 778 8104 or +31 88 602 8060 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Financed by: Ministery for Development Cooperation Website: link

Finance Finance mechanism: Differs per selected country (in 4 groups). Can vary form 100% in development phase and 80% in the implementation, operations and maintenance phases to 50% in the development phase and 35% in the other phases Budget: Result first tender round in 2009: Nine project selected with a total grant of 100 million euro. Funding range: Minimum: Maximum: Minimum return on investment: Period / deadlines: Two tender rounds per year

Aim — To encourage public infrastructure development in developing countries.

More information — ORIO wishes to encourage the involvement of international business in the development and realization of Public Infrastructure Projects in order to utilize the knowledge, skills and developing power of the private sector. ORIO specifically encourages SMEs to get involved.

Sectors —

Who can apply

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Type of organisations targeted —

Specific organisations targeted — Foreign (preselected) countries in cooperation with private company

Type of projects —

Specific type of projects — Projects involving drinking water, irrigation, wastewater, environmental protection, energy, transport, civil engineering, health care, education, etc. Governments have chosen from the above mentioned sectors those that are most important for their countries.

Project stadia — A project needs to cover all phases, from the development phase to the maintenance phase.

Target world region —

Specific information on target countries — Preselected countries

Criteria — The EVD assesses applications for their demand driven character, their relevance to the applicant country’s development and for their feasibility, sustainability, social and environmental impact and the involvement of small to medium-sized enterprises. The scope of the project budget must be between EUR 2 million and EUR 60 million.

How to apply

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Application procedure — An application is submitted by the central government. ORIO also welcomes applications coming from initiatives by private parties towards the (local) government. The central government, or the competent authorities can, in this case, draft and/or elaborate on the project proposal together with the private initiator.

Selection procedure — On the closing of the application round, the applications are assessed according to a number of formal requirements, eligibility criteria and evaluation criteria. The EVD is supported in this by an independent advisory committee, the ACORIO (Advisory Committee ORIO). The applications which meet the eligibility criteria and score the best on the evaluation criteria are eligible for funding.