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Mission:
SPARK supports people in developing countries to provide for their own means of subsistence by building the capacity of local economic and educational institutions. She actively mobilizes support for this within the Dutch Society, especially with economic and educational institutions.
Key principles in our work are:
- A demand-driven approach that pinpoints the needs and priorities of local beneficiaries;
- The promotion of local ownership as precondition for sustainability;
- A society-oriented focus that ultimately benefits society as a whole;
- The support of long-term cross-regional and international cooperation processes
SPARK projects are developed in accordance with its main strategies for sustainable poverty reduction: Direct Poverty Alleviation through employment, Capacity Building of economic and educational institutions and Policy Making to support more effective participation of these institutions.
Based in Amsterdam, SPARK is an independent not-for-profit foundation with field offices in Belgrade, Mitrovica, Podgorica, Pristina, Skopje and Tuzla and SPARK-supported Business Start-Up Centres in Bar, Bitola, Kragujevac, Pristina and Zenica. Our annual budget is over 2,5 million euro and over 50 staff are employed.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 15 August 2007 )
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About SPARK 
