Please read the instructions carefully before filling in the form.
Please note that this completed form can only be submitted in digital format at the Dutch Embassy.
Instructions
Background Matchmaking Facility
• The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (development cooperation, www.minbuza.nl) launched a Matchmaking Facility for companies in developing countries in 2007.
• The aim of this facility is to match local companies, registered and based in the concerning country, with Dutch companies to attract investments to these countries.
• The matchmaking activities should result in cooperation between the local company and Dutch company with the long term goal of a joint investment. This could be a risky pilot-investment financed partly by PSOM (
www.evd.nl/psom), but could also be a regular investment in an existing business.
Who can participate?
• Only small and medium sized enterprises in the private sector are eligible for this Matchmaking Facility.
Parties involved
• The Matchmaking Facility will be jointly accommodated by the EVD and Dutch Embassies in participating countries. The EVD is a Dutch based agency of The Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs ( www.evd.nl).
• In a later stage, consultants selected by the EVD will assist local companies in contacting Dutch companies.
From first idea to match in 5 steps
1. The first step is to fill in this intake form by computer and to send it to the local Dutch Embassy. Please do so in English. Only if this is absolutely not possible for you, French or Spanish is an option.
2. The Dutch Embassy will screen your intake form and will contact you to ask further questions. The Embassy may also invite for an intake interview. Only for those intakes for which the screening has a positive outcome will be sent to the EVD for actual matchmaking.
3. Based on your request , the EVD will start identifying Dutch companies.
4. Only in case possible contacts can be identified, you willl be offered a voucher of EUR 5,000 by the EVD. This amount can be used to hire a consultant company, from a list provided by the Dutch Embassy, to establish a contact between you and potential Dutch partners. The consultant will undertake the following activities: a/ write a quick scan about the sector in your country for the interested Dutch companies b/ arrange a program for you to visit the interested Dutch companies. All travel costs will be paid for by you. They are not covered by the voucher. c/ draw up a follow up plan
5. Six months after the visit program has taken place, the consultant will write an evalution.
After the first acquaintance the EVD expects partners to invest time and effort to further develop a mutual relationship to start new joint activities.
Intake form
• Only through this dedicated intake form local companies can apply for selection in the Matchmaking Facility offered by the EVD.
• Please fill in as completely as possible! The more clear and solid this intake is, the more chance there is on a positive outcome of the screening.
• Please fill in the form do so in English. Only if this is absolutely not possible for you, French or Spanish is an option.
• The Matchmaking Facility not meant for local companies interested in general market research.
• Once we have received your intake form, the Dutch Embassy will contact you as soon as possible about further steps in this procedure.
• The information you provide through this form will be treated confidentially, and will not be used for any other purpose than the matchmaking (intake) procedure. However, if you wish that the EVD will forward this form to other organizations in the field of development cooperation or international business in The Netherlands to possibly support your business plans, please state so below.
• Filling in this form does not guarantee the EVD actually starting partner search activities. The Dutch Embassy in conjunction with EVD makes a selection of a small group of serious companies with detailed and commercially interesting business plans, to whom the facility will be offered.
| Country: | |
| Company information | |
| Company Name | |
| Contact Person E-mail address | |
| Established in (country and year) | |
| Internet address | |
| Telephone number | |
Where is your company registered,
please specify registration office,
official name of the company,
location, date, registration number. | |
| Ownership structure | |
| Number of employees | |
In what languages is your company
able to communicate with possible Dutch partners? | |
Which annual reports of the company are available?
Please send the latest copy as attachment to this form. | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Business related information |
| A/ YOUR COMPANY |
| What is your core business? (what is your product, who are your clients?) |
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| Describe the market you are active in. What is your analysis of future developments? |
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Why should a business cooperation with your company be interesting for a Dutch company?
What can you offer a Dutch partner (financially, expertise, knowledge, market, etc.)? |
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| Have you been active on foreign markets before? If so, on what markets? |
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Have you previously been looking for or do you have experience with a foreign partner?
If yes, give a brief description. |
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| B/ BUSINESS PARTNER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR |
Please describe your ideal future Dutch partner
(draw a brief profile by using key words such as size, sector, experience,
expertise, market, language spoken, etc.) |
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What should a future Dutch partner be able to offer you
(financially, expertise, knowledge, market, etc.)?
Please describe in detail. |
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| C/ YOUR PROJECT |
| Please mark (X) what sort of activity you want to set up.: |
| 0 Joint project in your country (investment) |
| 0 Business relationship to increase your sales in local/national market |
| 0 Business relationship to increase your sales in the international (not EU) market |
| 0 Business relationship to increase your sales in the EU market |
| 0 Transfer of expertise/knowledge/experience |
| 0 Other: |
| Describe in detail the activity you would like to set up in cooperation with a Dutch partner. * |
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What can you invest yourself in the future joint activity?
Please answer by using key words such as cash, land, buildings, market, knowledge, etc. |
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Give an operational plan of the project.
What steps should be carried out to make the project succesfull? * |
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| Give a financial plan of the project. * |
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| GENERAL |
Are you familiar with the OECD guidelines for multinational corporations
and will you make an effort to apply them,
to the best of your ability, in your company? (www.oecd.org) | YES | NO |
| Will you follow ILO principles and rights? (www.ilo.org) | YES | NO |
Do you have any objections against this information being submitted to other organizations
in the field of development cooperation or international business in The Netherlands? | YES | NO |
| Financial Information Company | | |
Please fill out the following information in euros
according to the company’s most recent annual report. | | |
| Receivables | Euro | |
| Liquid Funds | Euro | |
| Turnover | Euro | |
| Equity | Euro | |
| Liabilities | Euro | |
* If you have a business plan that explains this in more detail, please attach this to the intake form.
| TO BE FILLED IN BY EMBASSY EMPLOYEES ONLY |
| REGISTRATION NUMBER | |
| RECEIVED | DATE | |
| DIGITAL | YES | NO | |
| CONTACT PERSON | |
| INTAKE | YES | NO | DATE | |
For questions, please contact the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Colombo
First Secretary, ms. A.G. Ritsema
Tel: 11 259 6914 Fax: 11 250 2855
E mail: 
col@minbuza.nl
