Investment Programme for Childerns

The programme will develop quality childcare supports and services, delivered at local level through the City and County Childcare Committees under the coordination of Pobal.
Capital grants to develop childcare facilities are available to childcare providers in both the private and community sector.
Private sector applicants may apply for grant assistance of up to $100,000 towards the capital cost of developing a childcare facility in a catchments area where there is a demonstrated childcare need. An applicant may apply for more than one grant, provided the subsequent childcare facilities are in different catchments areas and subject to an overall ceiling of $500,000. In each case, an applicant must provide at least 25% of the total funding required for the project.
Community/not-for-profit sector applicants may apply for grant assistance towards the capital cost of developing a childcare facility based on a demonstrated childcare need in the area. The level of funding will be determined by the number of places the group proposes to provide and several criteria based on specific local need. A maximum grant of $1.2 million is available under the programmed, subject to a maximum cost per place of $24,000. Applications will also be assessed based on the sustainability of a project.
Capital grants are also being made available to assist Child minders and Parent and Toddler Groups. Conditions and application criteria can be obtained from the City and County Childcare Committees, Pobal and the Office of the Minister for Children

Employment Investment Programme

The Employment e Investment Programme is a unit of the International Labour Organisation (that promotes the orientation of infrastructure investments towards the creation of higher levels of productive employment and improved access to basic goods and services for the poor. > more

Rural roads are the last link of the transport network, however, they often form the most important connection in terms of providing access for the rural population. The permanent or seasonal absence of road access is a constraining factor in terms of providing rural communities with essential services such as education, primary health care, water supply, local markets as well as economic opportunities. The availability of such services and opportunities are difficult to sustain without a good quality and well-maintained rural road network, which provides regular and efficient transport access throughout the year. Building good quality rural roads is a particular skill in itself, requiring proper planning, experienced supervision, good workmanship and the selection of the correct technology and work methods.

Credit Investment programmed

You're creative and innovative, and you have a great technology idea. Get a head-start with CIP's grant and let us help you transform your ideas into real commercial ventures!
As a technopreneur, one of the biggest challenges you'll face is getting started.
How do you get ideas off the ground?
Who will give you money when you have no background or experience at all?
Apart from funds, will there be any support extended as well?
Being entrepreneurs ourselves, we know that it's the first step which is so daunting; which is why we'd like to help you.
As one of Malaysia's leading early stage funding programmes, CIP provides more than just funds. Your road to technopreneurship actually begins with us.
We make the first step possible for you by also providing assistance and guidance throughout your journey from ideas to commercialization by matching you with some of Malaysia's leading industry experts and practitioners.
If you're looking for networking opportunities to pitch your ideas to corporate companies, we have access to Malaysia's leading companies.
It doesn't end there however. With the introduction of our commercialization fund, now, we even make it possible for you to transform your start-up company into a sizeable and sustainable business within a year.
Simply speaking, we're here to help you get started on the right path, provided your technology idea has commercial potential. By offering pre-seed and seed fund, CIP becomes the only end-to-end funding programme that provides funding from idea conceptualization to commercialization.
So if you have a commercially viable idea and require either pre-seed or seed funding plus support, then look no further. CIP is the programme for you. Cradle is the place to start.

Best policy for investment

The government has outlined investment plans to stimulate the USA economy by boosting innovative, high-tech industries.Chancellor Alistair Darling used his Budget speech to announce a $270m ‘modernisation fund’ for universities, paying for an additional 20,000 places in vital science and technology degrees.Underlining the importance of higher education to the recovery from recession, Darling also revealed that £25m of public money would be invested in a university enterprise capital fund. The cash would help institutions make money out of their innovations, he said.Universities UK president Steve Smith hailed the proposals as ‘a tremendous outcome for the sector and a sound investment in the UK’s knowledge economy at this crucial time’.However, the new investment comes a week after the Higher Education Funding Council for England revealed a $573m cut in university funding, bringing the total allocation down to $7.3bn.Darling’s Budget also included plans for a $2bn green investment bank to provide capital for large-scale, ­low-carbon projects such as offshore wind farms. The taxpayer would contribute $1bn through the sale of public assets, including the Tote bookmakers, the student loan book and the Dartford crossing.A $6-a-year tax on telephone land lines would pay for high-speed broadband infrastructure, while tax relief would be given to stimulate the $1bn-a-year video games sector.