Engaging clients towards more positive impacts

Accelerator of impacts

Engaging clients towards

more positive impacts

Along with its financing operations (debt, guarantee or equity stake), Proparco offers its clients capacity-building services in order to strengthen their expertise and know-how and to develop their practices. Thus, they adapt to an increasingly competitive local and international environment and take on or deepen a responsible approach from both a social and an environmental perspective. Technical assistance services are of particular relevance in environments characterized by a lack of training, information and expertise. PROPULSE thereby supports its clients in achieving lasting and sustainable growth and thus contributing further to economic and social development.

Our mission

“We engage our clients towards more positive impacts by providing them with expertise and know-how tailored to their needs. We help them develop their strategies and practices and support their commitment to innovation.”

PROPULSE may be delivered directly to Proparco’s clients or delegated to the investment funds that Proparco invests in. Various forms of assistance may be cofinanced by Proparco: • Consultancy services; • Implementation of internal projects carried out by one or several experts; • Training (thematic workshops, university courses, external training, etc.); • Exchange visits between companies and practitioners; • Studies (feasibility studies, market studies, product and diversification studies, audits, etc.); • Seminars and crosscutting events. Often cofinanced by the beneficiary enterprise, these activities may be financed from Proparco’s operating budget, from the French State resources, from those of the European Union or Green Climate Fund (as Proparco is an accredited entity able to mobilize delegated funds). As PROPULSE is generally combined with financial support provided by Proparco to its clients,Technical Assistance (TA) programs must meet the general impact objectives of Proparco, but also those of the various financing/investment programs/tools they are associated with. PROPULSE is essential for companies that: • Develop less common products or are at a very recent stage of development (venture capital/digital or start-up); • Offer high social impact products or services (social or inclusive enterprises); • Operate in countries where the assistance ecosystem is particularly weak (priority poor countries or fragile States). There are three types of TA: Responsibility TA, Performance TA and Impact TA. They are classified by sector of operation and/or by type of player: financial institutions, agriculture/agribusiness, manufacturing sector, investment funds, infrastructure (energy, water, transport, sustainable cities), health, education, start-ups.

Assistance from Proparco’s experts (human resources)

Financing/Investment Division

• Understanding of the need depending on the type of partner and its stage of development • Search for and proposal of solutions tailored to the partner’s needs

PROPARCO network

Governance expert

• Improvement in the partner’s governance • Design of an action plan • Capacity building

Financing/Investment Officer

• Financial and sectoral expertise • Coordination of all Proparco’s internal expertise

Environmental and social

• Improvement in the partner’s practices • Identification of the project’s

E&S risks • Coordination of the specialized external expertise required • Design of an action plan

Mobilization of experts during the project implementation phase

Investment officer

• Advice to the client • Participation in decision-making bodies • Coordination of internal expertise

Governance

Support for the implementation of the Governance Action Plan

Environmental and social

Support for the implementation of the E&S Action Plan

Project identification Due diligence Formalization Implementation

External skills and expertise

Cofinancing of feasibility studies to better define the market needs and appropriate tools before the project

Accelerator of impacts

Potential mobilization of Technical Assistance (TA) to support progress in clients’ strategies and practices and support their commitment to innovation, in order to accelerate the positive impacts of their activities

In addition to the support from its experts, PROPULSE, the Technical Assistance service of Proparco

PROPULSE, the Technical Assistance (TA) or capacity building service of Proparco, consists in providing external expertise and know-how to Proparco’s clients. TA is complementary to the support offered more globally by Proparco experts as part of their relations with these clients. PROPULSE addresses issues related to the expertise and/or transformation of Proparco’s clients.

Thematic areas of operation

Proparco’s role in technical assistance projects

Management & Organization Build the capacities of your teams in financial management, HR management, your technical and operational performance (e.g.: quality certifications) and/or marketing performance

Environment & social Implement environmental and social management systems and/or obtain certifications

Governance

Climate & Biodiversity

Strengthen governance capacities in your company, in line with the requirements of international financial partners: division of powers, control procedures, transparency, etc.

Improve your references in terms of ecology and sustainable development, for example, by developing green finance products, conducting energy efficiency audits, taking measures that contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, etc.

Diversification/innovation Develop new products to diversify and enter new markets. Implement innovative production and organizational methods adapted to local and international markets

Accessibility

Launch one or several new products that meet the needs of populations on a very low income, MSMEs, cooperatives, farmers

Inclusion

Ensure sustainable and responsible practices throughout your value chain to support sustainability and promote inclusive development

Identification

Definition of the client’s need during the appraisal or monitoring of the financial operations

Appraisal

Specification of the content of the technical assistance and most appropriate expertise to respond to the need

Decision

Agreement on the content of the technical assistance and the maximum amount covered by Proparco

Monitoring

Support for the recruitment of the service provider, monitoring of the quality of the service and impact of the technical assistance in the company