Enquiry partner search – question list

QUESTION LIST
Public – private partnership for an Indian – Dutch Centre of Expertise & Entrepreneurship in the circle Rishikesh, Roorkee, Haridwar – Uttarakhand

MAIN CHALLENGE – PRIORITY PARTNER SEARCH

Identifying the required partners for The Centre and defining the proper role, form and location of The Centre is a delicate operation, which is at this moment the main challenge for Rishikesh Upstream.NL.

Please look at the concept and profile of The Centre

Are you interested to contribute to the concept of The Centre? Can you help creating The Centre? Are you interested in joining The Centre? In what role?

Please use (parts of) the question list below as a help to structure your ideas and to share them with us. Or mail us for the version in Word, or contact us the way that pleases you: info@rishikesh-upstream.nl, +31- 653292462

Thank you very much for your interest, we hope this contact will be the start for a long time partnership!

QUESTION LIST

1. Could you introduce your businesses or organization and its role with regard to a clean Ganga and surroundings?

2. Do you work with the UN-Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) related to water and waste? Can you explain how?

3. Could projects related to a clean Ganga from the source to the Rishikesh area contribute to your aims? Can you explain how?

4. Could The Centre fulfil a regional function as SDG-house making global goals to local business?

5. How could you contribute to The Centre?

As partner in The Centre, delivering organizational power, resources

As financial investor in The Centre

As shareholder in (parts of) The Centre

As member in the governing bodies of The Centre

As facilitator in the start-up of The Centre

As donor in general or for specific projects

As partner in general or in specific water or waste projects

As facilitator of lab facilities

As client for specific services of The Centre

For instance:

Matchmaking innovation programs

Matchmaking partnerships/ networking

Matchmaking new business opportunities

Education programs or facilities

Research programs

Lab facilities

SDG implementation/ coaching

ESG/ CSRD implementation – reporting systems/ coaching

Other…

Other contributes

6. Which roles in facilitating the start-up of The Centre do consider feasible for your organization?

Governance and general management

Public Affairs and business development

Operational management

Opening up networks (business, government, citizens, education, research)

Development or marketing

Facilities (location/ building/ education/ research facilities)

Educational/ research capacities

Other…

Other roles

7. Which (type of) projects would be of interest to you concerning sponsorship or partnership?

River cleaning

Water storage & retention

Drinking water processing & distribution

Sanitation & sewage infrastructure

Wastewater processing

Landfill cleaning

Solid waste processing

Geographical digital information platform on water/ waste situations

Other…

Other types

8. How could you contribute to the governance or management of The Centre?

As or delivering a member of the Program Board

As or delivering a member of the Supervisory Board (non-executive body)

As or delivering a member of the Management Board (executive body)

As or delivering operational management

Other…

Other contributes to the governance or management

9. Which options for long term commitment to The Centre do you consider feasible?

Shareholder (e.g. in building and laboratory facilities, specific services)

Member (e.g. for delivery or off-take of services)

Partnership in research programs or projects of The Centre

Partnership in educational programs or projects of The Centre

Regional development partnerships

Other…

Other options

10. Which contribution can you deliver to increase the impact of the international cooperation between India and the Netherlands?

Connecting to and assessing the relevance of governmental development programs contributing to the SDG’s and to the aims of The Centre

Connecting to and assessing the relevance of (national or international) education, research, development or innovation programs

Developing international programs or projects, especially between India and the Netherlands, aimed at knowledge sharing or capacity building, implementing existing knowledge and available best practices

Other…

Other contributions you can deliver

11. Concerning education, research, development or innovation programs, to which type of programs could you contribute?

Education (knowledge dissemination, capacity building, implementing best practices)

Scientific research (academic or applied research)

Innovation projects (feasibility, pilot implementation, demonstration, scaling up)

Development projects (prior to implementation, e.g. creating awareness, responsible behaviour, organizational capacity building in local communities)

Other…

Other types of programs

12. Concerning water and/or waste projects as business activity, which specific activities are you interested in and would you like to be involved?

13. Which suggestions for the activities of The Centre could you give us to help you realising or speed-up any of your projects/ businesses/ policies or other wishes?

14. Which suggestions do you have for the specific location of The Centre in the Upper Ganga region and what are your considerations for that?

15. Which suggestions do you have concerning public – private partnership structures as envisaged for The Centre?

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