“Unleashing Worldwide Potential”

Aim Fair and quality brokerage of international expertise in Wageningen with enterprises and organisations to improve international trade relations from local to global Vision

An abundant creative exchange of peoples’ ideals, ideas and innovative practises in international cooperation taking local responsibility for the global society Mission

Empowering and building the capacity of individuals, enterprises and organisations by brokering local space(s) of practical exchange in international development cooperation

(1) Linking: Private sector with internationals by mapping and matchmaking expertise

(2) Meeting: Ensuring physical space for collaboration offering expertise as service

(3) Facilitating: Sessions and space(s) to improve the quality of products, services and projects

(4) Sharing: Managing & offering the knowledge database

Sample website

Offline link

- Homepage

- Profile page

Societal

Building on the capacity of internationals (eg. migrants and students)

Practical linkage and integration of internationals with society = internationalisation NL

Utilisation role internationals in equitable international cooperation/development

Internationals (migrants) contribute to economic development (eg. starting int’l business and playing key role in int’l trade relations)

Companies

Access to international high skilled labour

Accesss to international expertise & networks

Access to knowledge within Participand network

Feedback/evaluation/Q & A platform

Promotion of CSR integrating economic value perspective

Services are relatively cheap compared to existing market

Platform for innovation (international, intercultural,

interdisciplinary, inter-sectoral)

Organisations

Interaction with private sector (sustainability and organisation)

Access to expertise/networks/international high skilled

labour force

Access to knowledge within Participand network

Individual members

Employment & start-up opportunities

Acknowledging and promoting their expertise in the network practically

Income generating opportunities

Increased knowledge about & linking to Dutch society (private, public & social)

Brokerage of: Workshop sessions (facilitated with partners) –

fixed cost per session Tailored brokering – based on needs and

negotiated service (eg. research, M & E, different nature of consultancies)

Crowd funding – Startup of the Participand Broker enterprise

Subscription & access to knowledge database – per requested document or unlimited access

Joint proposal/consortium (out) sourcing – Applying to open calls, and thematic calls e.g. from EU, Dutch government, etc.

Revenue source

Revenue

stream

Pricing mechanism

Details

Workshop sessions

(brokerage fee)

Transaction Fixed list pricing per session Defined and demand whilst facilitated by

partners

Tailored matchmaking

(brokerage fee)

Transaction Dynamic pricing is negotiation &

market dependant

According to needs of clients quality

expertise is sourced within network

Access to knowledge database Recurring Fixed pricing per

subscription/document

In-depth information about members,

reports, research and consulantancies

Crowd funding Transaction Investment Start-up capital for the enterprise and

other upcoming innovative initiatives

within

Workshop session facilitation (condiments, rent space, materials, etc.) – Shared with partners

Online information administrator

Income broker (transport, income, communication, incurred costs meetings)

Marketing (events, flyers and other promotion)

Administration costs (stationary & printing)

1. Food safety and rural development

2. Import/Export: Processing and manufacturing

3. Investment in Africa

4. Social Entrepreneurship

5. New business models