Fundraising strategy

Human Cities Coalition

Van Marwijk Advies assists the Human Cities Coalition with fundraising. This Dutch public-private partnership is a convener and catalyst for urban change. A coalition committed to pioneering business models for urban infrastructure development that ultimately includes and serves the needs of the urban poor. HCC sets up innovative sustainable housing projects for the urban poor in the megacities Manilla and Jakarta, with private sector investments.

Implementation 2017 - 

Birdlife Indonesia (Burung)

For Birdlife Indonesia (Burung) Van Marwijk Advies develops proposals and searches funding for the coming years. Priorities are: urban birds; fight the bird trade in Indonesia; Burung membership development and communication; protection of forests in Gorontalo.

Implementation 2018 - 

EU-LIFE advice to FSC Netherlands

Advice to FSC Netherlands on funding opportunities at the EU – LIFE programme

Implementation: May 2016

EU-LIFE advice to WWF Netherlands

Advice to WWF Netherlands on funding opportunities at the EU – LIFE programme

Implementation: May 2016

EU-LIFE advice to Double Helix Ltd.

Van Marwijk Advies advised DoubleHelix Ltd. on funding opportunities at the EU – LIFE program. DoubleHelix implements practical solutions based on cutting edge genetics and chemical testing to detect illegal timber entering global supply chains. Established in 2008 and headquartered in Singapore, they work with suppliers, buyers and retailers in over 20 countries worldwide across the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia.

Implementation: May 2016

Workshop ‘business case’ for ICCO SEA

A 2-days workshop for the ICCO South-East Asia team on the Dutch FDOV fund (sustainable entrepeneurship and food security).Van Marwijk Advies explained the funding conditions, especially those related to cooperation with the private sector. The team practiced with the design of a value chain, making a market analysis and presentation of a business case.

Implementation: May 2016

Advice strategic plan VECO Indonesia

Advice to VECO Indonesia on its new 5 year strategic plan. Workshop for the team on the Dutch FDOV fund and new conditions of donors: working with the private sector, developing a business case, market analysis, the value chain.

Implementation: June 2016

Fundraising strategy and implementation PRCM

Develop and implement a fundraising strategy for PRCM, the West-African partnership for marine and coastal conservation based in Senegal.Van Marwijk Advies will write a fundraising strategy and action plan; train the team and partners of PRCM in fundraising; identify and approach donors; write project proposals.

Implementation: September 2016 – June 2017

Fundraising strategy ICCO West Africa

Implementation: September 2014 – February 2015

Fundraising strategy

Fundraising strategy "Mensen met een Missie"

For Mensen met een Missie (Dutch development NGO)
Van Marwijk Advies developed a new fundraising strategy. Practical support in different fundraising trajectories was given. Mensen met een Missie is supporting 350 small-scale, local projects 16 countries.

Implementation: May-September 2014

Fundraising strategy Birdlife

For Birdlife Netherlands Van Marwijk Advies defined a strategy to raise funds for its international program. Through this strategy the organisation can broaden its finance base and scale up successful international programs like Living on the Edge, which protects migratory birds in the Sahel and generates new sources of income for local people.

Implementation: May – December 2013

Workshop fundraising Denpasar

Van Marwijk Advies trained the team of ICCO South East Asia (20 people, 7 nationalities) in fundraising: more business oriented, moving from aid-to-trade. As part of the workshop, the new international "from aid-to-trade" agenda, requirements of business plans and a team SWOT for fundraising were discussed. After the workshop, Van Marwijk Advies and the fundraising officer of ICCO developed a fundraising strategy, templates and procedures for the team.

Implementation: 1 – 6 September 2013

Achievements in €

Achievements in €

River basin management

Van Marwijk Advies assisted WWF with the development and writing of two proposals (6 million total) for the Sustainable Water Fund/RVO (Netherlands), both on river basin management.  The project in Colombia will realize "water stewardship" in Nare river basin, in cooperation with two of the biggest hydropower and water companies in Colombia. The project in Myanmar will reduce water use and pollution in Ayeyarwady basin; this project is developed with the food & beverage sector around Yangon and in the Delta, including Heineken and Carlsberg.

Implementation 2016 - 2018

Achievements in €

€ 1 million for restoration of mangroves

For PRCM and their two Guinean NGO partners Guinée Ecology and PREM, Van Marwijk Advies developed a € 1 million project for the restoration of mangroves on Tristao Islands, in the North of Guinea. The introduction of sustainable income-generating activities in this very poor region that highly depends on fishing and fish smoking (on mangrove wood) is a priority. The proposal will likely be funded by D.O.B. Ecology.

Implementation 2017 - 

Achievements in €

PROOFS project

Van Marwijk Advies assisted ICCO Bangladesh with the development of the second phase of the PROOFS project: profitable opportunities for food security and markets for the poor.  In a 5-days workshop in Dhaka we defined all key elements of the new project, together with the PROOFS teams of ICCO and their US partner IDE.

Implementation 2017 - 

Achievements in €

€1.9 million for premium rice in Java

A € 1.9 million proposal for ICCO South-East Asia on the production and marketing of high premium rice. Van Marwijk Advies managed proposal development >>, attracted a new influential partner and wrote the proposal and business plan. Local companies, farmer organizations and NGO's are all contributing, in kind and in cash). The proposal has been submitted at Dutch government/FDOV facility (RVO).

Implementation: August-November 2014

€ 150,000 for Cassia Co-op/Sumatra

IDH approved a € 150,000 project for Cassia Co-op/Sumatra developed by Van Marwijk Advies. The money will be used to train cassia (cinnamon) farmers in sustainable production and processing.

Implementation: February 2014

€ 2 million for migratory birds in Africa

A € 2 million project for Birdlife West Africa to protect migratory shorebirds along the East-Atlantic flyway. The project was submitted at MAVA Foundation Switzerland. At 3 key sites in Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea Bissau activities will be undertaken, like bird counting, training of local teams, developing bird clubs and socio-economic projects local communities. The proposal will be submitted at MAVA Foundation Switzerland.

Implementation: October 2014 –

Funding opportunities for cocoa

Implementation: October-November 2014

Sanitation partnership in Cape Coast

For ICCO West Africa Van Marwijk Advies developed a framework for a sanitation partnership in Cape Coast, Ghana. During a workshop in Accra, the proposal format and specific conditions of the Dutch government were explained to all partners in this partnership.

Implementation: June-November 2014

Fundraising strategy ICCO West Africa

Implementation: September 2014 – February 2015

€ 2.48 million for TBI

For The Borneo Initiative, Van Marwijk Advies developed a € 2,48 million proposal which was approved by DANIDA (Danish government).

€ 2.9 million for Vogelbescherming

€ 2.9 million for Vogelbescherming (Birdlife Netherlands). The fundraising of Van Marwijk Advies at the Postcode Lottery has been successful: Vogelbescherming received € 2.9 million from the Lottery, to finance Living on the edge, a large project for the protection of migratory birds in the Sahel Zone: Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Senegal and Mauretania.

€ 2.3 million for TBI

€ 2.3 million for The Borneo Intiative. The fundraising of Van Marwijk Advies at the Postcode Lottery has been successful: in 2010, the Lottery contributed € 2.3 million to The Borneo Initiative. Forest concessions in Kalimantan get assistance in certifying their forests according to FSC standards for sustainable forest management.

€ 1 million for ASC

€ 1 million for the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC). Van Marwijk Advies successfully raised funds at the Dutch Ministry of EL&I: € 1 million to develop the market for ASC certified fish in Europe. We also advised the ASC in the development of partnerships.

€ 2 million for TBI

€ 2 million for The Borneo Initiative. Van Marwijk Advies successfully raised funds for The Borneo Initiative at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: € 2 million to certify forest concessions in Indonesia. This money was given through IDH.

€ 225,000 for Cassia Co-op

€ 225,000 for Cassia Co-op. Van Marwijk Advies successfully raised € 225,000 for cinnamon producer Cassia Co-op at Royal Tropical Institute, Cordaid, Both Ends, VECO Indonesia, INA. Cassia Co-op is a specialized cassia (cinnamon) supplier; the funds are used to build a new cassia processing factory and training and certification of cassia farmers on Sumatra.

€ 1.1 million for AtM Index

€ 1.1 million for Access to Medicine Index. Van Marwijk Advies successfully raised funds for Access to Medicine Index at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry contributes € 1.1 million to the Index. Through this contribution and the partnership that Van Marwijk Advies developed, subsidies from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and DFID were received.

€ 7.7 million for MVO program

€ 7.7 million for MVO. The fundraising of Van Marwijk Advies at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been successful: MVO Netherlands received € 7,7 million to fund Change Together. This project helps Dutch small and medium enterprises to make their international supply chains more sustainable. Sectors are for example: leather, horticulture, steel. The program runs from 2013 until 2016.

€ 100.000 for TBI

€ 100.000 for The Borneo Initiative, Van Marwijk Advies raised € 100.000 at GIZ, to fund a FSC certification pilot in their programme in Indonesia.