final BEAM event! BUSINESS WITH IMPACT BEAM Todays program Session - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome to our final BEAM event! BUSINESS WITH IMPACT BEAM

Today’s program Session II - Looking ahead 12.30- What have we learnt from BEAM for the future? 14.30 Developmental evaluations, key messages, good practices and Session I - Setting the scene challenges in BEAM projects Mari Räkköläinen, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Kimmo Halme, 09.00- The BEAM program – Activities and achievements to date 4FRONT, Kristiina Lähde, Saliens 10.00 Christopher Palmberg, Business Finland 20 minutes break The New Africa – A missed opportunity for Finland? Johnpaul Barretto, Tanzania entrepreneur, coach, hub Panel discussion - Opportunities and challenges in developing facilitator markets? Sarah Laaru, Finland-Africa Association; Ninad Mutatkar, Fortum; 10.00- BEAM case stories Sari Kanti-Paul, Shadeshares; Jussi Hinkkanen, Fuzu; Juha-Erkki 11.30 Solar2Go solutions in India, Ninad Mutatkar, Fortum Mäntyniemi, FINGO Sustainable Carbon Cycle in Morocco, Riitta Silvennoinen, St1 14.30- What does it take to work with International Donors? 15 minutes break 15.00 Mari Puoskari, Finnish Consulting Group, CEO Modernizing surface finishing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Annika Commentary by Pekka Voutilainen, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Peltola, Mirka Affordable housing in Benin, Markus Silfverberg, Block 15.00- Beyond BEAM – new services and partners Solutions 16.00 Future support for business with impact in developing markets Branded shades out of Kenya, Sari Kanti-Paul, Shadeshares Christopher Palmberg, Antti Piispanen, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Edutech solutions in Vietnam, Tuomas Oksanen & Aatu New partners in Finland and globally: Finnpartnership, UNTIL, Mällinen, Oksidia UNDP, Save the Children, UNOPS Social Investing initiative 11.30- Lunch 16.00- Closing words, interactive meet and greet session 12.30 17.30 See more projects, meet new partners, enjoy some wine!

Go for BUSINESS WITH IMPACT (BEAM) in developing markets! “ Our goal is to help companies and their partners achieve business with impacts in developing markets, globalize and grow”

A major global market disruption – An underutilized opportunity for Finland! 1 3 2 4 INNOVATION FUNDING COLLABORATION FAST GROWTH The needs for sustainable Development banks Developing markets are The EC is increasing & innovative solutions in invest 150 billion USD external cooperation the prime growth markets the developing world are annually in developing now & in the near future funding to 123 billion huge, UN Sustainable markets, innovative & (EU 2%, Sub Saharan EUR by 2027 with a Development Goals sustainable solutions Africa 5,3%, South Asia focus on Africa in (SDGs) add further that scale will attract 5,9%, East Asia 4,8%)* response to the urgency investments migration crisis *IMF, 2016-20 annual averages; World Bank 2019; ASEAN 2017; Stenghtening the EU’s partnership with Africa, State of the Union 2018

BEAM in a global context Development banks Sustainable Development Goals Discover Opportunities Market demand, development needs, new partners & business models, global finance and procurement? Opportunities Impact Business Finland Services RDI funding, match-making, market insight & entry support, delegations New Capabilities, Solutions and Businesses Finnish companies and their partner networks 5

1. Inception, funding calls, research projects 11/2014: 2013-2014 decision to 23 projects Evaluation Preparation launch BEAM funded 2015 starts 2015 1st joint 2016 call with 1st Ecosystem 1st research The India Call call 2. Activation, SMEs, operating models BEAM 30 projects 2017 funded 2017 journey 42 projects funded 2016 Survey to 2015- 2 nd joint call with BEAM projects 2018 Vietnam 2019 3. Program merger, consortia, market matching TF trips Africa + Vietnam Collaboration Vietnam market Match launched 4. Lessons learnt, with UN BEAM organisations mainstreaming, Final 2019 partnering Event IFI match- 39 projects making BEAM 20 projects funded funded 2018 Follow-up SDG Impact Day by 11/ 2019 Survey to workshops BEAM projects

Partner country No. of projects BEAM program Customers 47%, Business Finland India 29 33%, Ministry for portfolio Tanzania 14 Foreign Affairs 20% Vietnam 12 Cumulative funding volume per 10/2019 Namibia 11 70 South-Africa 8 60 Kenya 5 Brazil 5 50 Initial Million euros Botswana 4 40 target Malesia 4 30 Nigeria 4 151 20 Indonesia 4 projects 10 Morocco 4 Benin 3 0 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Chile 3 Companies Research Peru 3

Activation, match-making, B2B activities 2018-19 Events (others and ours) Activation 23 Crisis response and recovery 9 Development banks and UN 7 Growth through SDGs workshops 3

BEAM results 2015-19 Based on real-time evaluations, portfolio analysis, dedicated surveys, case studies, project data* 41 % 53 % reported reported 34 % SOCIETAL ECONOMIC reported IMPACTS IMPACTS IN FINLAND ENVIRON- Largest share of IN TARGET COUNTRY COMPANY LEVEL MENTAL projects in India, Sub- 15% export growth for 84 % IMPACTS Saharan Africa & SMEs 2016-17 reported Vietnam IMPACTS ON 151 projects with PROJECT-RELATED CAPACITY Identification of new a total volume of REVISED FORECAST DEVELOPMENT business possibilities, 59 Meuro On average 21 jobs, new products, 5.4 Meuro turnover, business models and 2/3 are company 5.2 Meuro exports partnerships projects, a few larger consortia Main sectors 1. Bio-circular-cleantech 2.Digitallization, Edutech 3.Healthcare Activities Direct & indirect impacts Inputs Outputs * The synthesis report of the BEAM developmental evaluation is available at https://um.fi/kehitysyhteistyon-evaluointiraportit-laajat

Sample of BEAM projects and foreseen impacts* 120 100 80 No. of projects Digital solutions & platforms 60 Affordable Affordable Offgrid & Weather healthcare Circular housing renewable monitoring economy 40 Inclusive energy Smarter Agro-trading solutions Edutech Water Reforestation, mobility platform treatment smarter land use 20 0 SDG1 SDG2 SDG3 SDG4 SDG5 SDG6 SDG7 SDG8 SDG9 SDG10 SDG11 SDG12 SDG13 SDG14 SDG15 SDG16 SDG17 *Content-based analysis of projects funded by the BEAM program

97 % 87 % 71 % worked with a reached project goals as reported BEAM has enabled local partner scaling up business planned or better BEAM customer 82 % feedback and 34 % got added value for Reported development business from challenges – impacts not yet achieved consideration of as expected some highlights development impacts 84 % 21 % 27 % reported achieving had challenges to use Would have needed development impacts the funding more support for on capacity business development development Source: project-level survey (n=38), June 2019

BIG THANKS to our customers who are making Business with Impacts ! BIG THANKS to previous program managers, advisory board and steeing group members, colleagues at Business Finland and Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Spinverse Consulting, our partners in Finland and abroad ! BUSINESS WITH IMPACT BEAM