ORIO - grants for infrastructure projects

The new ORIO scheme replaces the former ORET scheme for development-related export transactions and was launched in 2009.

 

ORIO (Facility for Infrastructure Development) is a grant scheme funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the responsibility of the Minister of Development Cooperation. The programme provides grants to infrastructural works in developing countries. These works include development, implementation (construction and/or renovation), and operation & maintenance of public works.

ORIO in brief

  • Administered by EVD, agency of the Netherlands Government.
  • Total project costs between EUR 2-60 million.
  • Projects need to be commercially non-feasible (over a span of 10 years).
  • Between 50 or 100% grant funding of costs for developing a full proposal.
  • 35, 50 or 80% grant funding of costs related to implementation, operation and maintenance, including financial costs and trainings.
  • Non-tied aid, i.e. hardware and services may be procured from any supplier through International Competitive Bidding (ICB).
  • Central Government of recipient country is project owner.
  • ORIO project cycle includes hardware installation and commissioning, as well as an operational phase.
  • ORIO is applicable to priority sectors – per country defined - for which project proposals may be submitted. Projects in other sectors may also be submitted, however for this you need a recommendation letter from the relevant Royal Netherlands Embassy.

 

An ORIO project consists of four phases:

1) Grant application
2) Development phase
3) Implementation phase
4) Operations and Maintenance phase

 
Evaluation criteria
  • The extent to which the project contributes to economic growth
  • The extent to which the project contributes to the development of the private sector
  • The extent to which the developments have a pro-poor focus
  • Feasibility and sustainability
  • The project’s social and environmental impact
  • SME participation 
 
Funding
Available funding: EUR 180 M per year, distributed over 2 tenders.
The second tender for 2011 probably opens end of May and closes in midst of September 2011.

 

Available budget per country
100% in the development phase and 50% in the implementation, operation and maintenance phase is financed in:

Angola¹, Bangladesh¹, Benin¹, Bhutan¹, Burkina Faso¹, Ethiopia¹, Gambia¹, Yemen¹, Malawi¹, Maldives¹, Mali¹, Mozambique¹, Niger¹, Uganda¹, Rwanda¹, Sao Tomé and Principe¹, Senegal¹, Tanzania¹, Zambia¹.

 

100% in the development phase and 35% in the implementation, operation and maintenance phase is financed in: Bolivia¹, Ghana¹, Nicaragua¹.


50% in the development phase and 35% in the implementation, operation and maintenance phase is financed in: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia, Egypt, Philippines, Georgia, Guatemala, Indonesia, Cape Verde, Kenya, Kosovo, Macedonia, Morocco, Mongolia, Montenegro¹, Pakistan, Peru, Serbia¹, Surinam, Thailand, Vietnam, South Africa¹.


100% in the development phase and 80% in the implementation, operation and maintenance phase is financed in: Afghanistan¹, Democratic Republic of Congo¹, Sudan¹.


¹ International Competitive Bidding is compulsory 
 

Please contact us for a free assessment to find out whether your plan may qualify for ORIO grant-funding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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