May 4, 2025
The ultimate goal of the Plastic Solutions Academy (PSA) is to protect and restore our coastal and marine ecosystems by empowering local Belizeans through education, training, and investing in capacity building and mentorship. The goal of this PSA Project is to foster the establishment of blue businesses that mitigate marine plastic pollution through education and expert business development support. To support business development, the project will implement two capacity building pillars, the PSA training course and the PSA Blue Business Accelerator.
Funds from Belize Fund ($BZD)
$,000
Co-financing ($BZD):
$,040
Grantee
Sea of Life Caribbean Inc. (SoL)
Location
Belize City and country-wide startups
Thematic Area
Time-frame
February 2025 – April 2027
Project Goal:
To foster the establishment of blue businesses that mitigate marine plastic pollution through education and expert business development support.
Project Objectives:
- To train at least 25 people through comprehensive 30-hour training in plastic pollution, communication and business skills.
- Operationalize a blue business accelerator design for application beyond the initial project scope and in collaboration with 2 to 4 core implementation partners.
- To support the establishment of two blue businesses that mitigate plastic pollution in Belize’s marine and coastal environments.
Expected Outputs:
- Complete a 30-hour PSA curriculum that will help to build capacity in launching blue businesses that reduce plastic pollution.
- Train at least 25 people (17 years old>) from diverse communities countrywide to use the PSA curriculum.
- Socialize key PSA curriculum topics with at least four government, non-government institutions, corporations and two coastal municipalities.
- Develop blue business prototypes for submission to a competitive fellowship.
- Refine and use the PSA Accelerator business mentorship program to provide guidance to PSA fellows in environmental science and business design.
- Formalize and implement a feedback mechanism to support PSA fellows in product development.
- Establish a structured network of support resources to provide comprehensive business advisory services.
- Award at least two alumni placements in the PSA Fellowship Accelerator Program.
- Develop comprehensive business strategies inclusive of feasibility studies and marketing and business implementation plans in
Final SoL GAP Proposal PSA 2024
May 4, 2025
Final SoL GAP Proposal PSA 2024
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Final SoL GAP Proposal PSA 2024
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The ultimate goal of the Plastic Solutions Academy (PSA) is to protect and restore our coastal and marine ecosystems by empowering local Belizeans through education, training, and investing in capacity building and mentorship. The goal of this PSA Project is to foster the establishment of blue businesses that mitigate marine plastic pollution through education and expert business development support. To support business development, the project will implement two capacity building pillars, the PSA training course and the PSA Blue Business Accelerator.
Funds from Belize Fund ($BZD)$,000Co-financing ($BZD):$,040Grantee
Location
Thematic Area
Time-frame
February 2025 – April 2027
Project Goal:
To foster the establishment of blue businesses that mitigate marine plastic pollution through education and expert business development support.
Project Objectives:
- To train at least 25 people through comprehensive 30-hour training in plastic pollution, communication and business skills.
- Operationalize a blue business accelerator design for application beyond the initial project scope and in collaboration with 2 to 4 core implementation partners.
- To support the establishment of two blue businesses that mitigate plastic pollution in Belize’s marine and coastal environments.
Expected Outputs:
- Complete a 30-hour PSA curriculum that will help to build capacity in launching blue businesses that reduce plastic pollution.
- Train at least 25 people (17 years old>) from diverse communities countrywide to use the PSA curriculum.
- Socialize key PSA curriculum topics with at least four government, non-government institutions, corporations and two coastal municipalities.
- Develop blue business prototypes for submission to a competitive fellowship.
- Refine and use the PSA Accelerator business mentorship program to provide guidance to PSA fellows in environmental science and business design.
- Formalize and implement a feedback mechanism to support PSA fellows in product development.
- Establish a structured network of support resources to provide comprehensive business advisory services.
- Award at least two alumni placements in the PSA Fellowship Accelerator Program.
- Develop comprehensive business strategies inclusive of feasibility studies and marketing and business implementation plans in
Final SoL GAP Proposal PSA 2024
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Final SoL GAP Proposal PSA 2024
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