Investment facilities

If you are considering to invest in the emerging markets you should be aware that under certain conditions your investment in equipment and or training activities may be subsidized up to 60%. The PSI programme and many other regulations offers you unique instruments to reduce the financial risk.

Holland machinery is working in close cooperation with The Subsidy House to assist you with your PSI

About PSI

The Private Sector Investment programme (PSI) is a subsidy programme of the Dutch government. Its aim is to stimulate sustainable economic growth in developing countries by supporting innovative investment projects in these markets.

The developing world offers great possibilities to entrepreneurs with ambition. But investing in emerging markets can be risky and difficult. Commercial financing is often unavailable. Cooperation with a local partner that, apart from capital, brings in knowledge of local business culture, is indispensable. PSI can ease some of the financial risks that an investment in one of these markets entails. If the application meets the criteria, PSI will subsidize 50 or 60 percent of the project budget.

A PSI project needs to be carried out by a Dutch (for some countries also non-Dutch) company in cooperation with a local company, in one of the eligible developing countries. The project must be innovative for the country in question. It should be the first step of a new investment, so that it results in follow-up investments and growth of sales and employment after the project period. Moreover, the project should be commercially feasible, and have a significant, positive impact on the local economy.

PSI Regular and PSI Plus

PSI consists of two components: PSI Regular applies to 45 countries in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America. The contribution for a project in one of these countries is 50 percent of the project budget, to a maximum contribution of EUR 750,000.

PSI Plus offers more flexible conditions for Afghanistan, Burundi, the Palestinian Authority, DR Congo, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and southern Sudan. The contribution under PSI Plus amounts to 60 percent of the project budget, to a maximum contribution of EUR 900,000.

For both components, the maximum project budget is EUR 1.5 million.

More information?

Do you have a good project idea? You are invited to discuss it with our adviser Subsidy House (www.subsidyhouse.nl) free of charge and year-round. They will help you to realize your ideas!