Enterprise Development Fund  



Objectives
Who can apply?
What does EDF offer?
Individuals or Groups?
Eligible Activities
Ineligible Activities
Assessment Process
Application Procedure
On-Line Application
Contact Persons
Ineligible Activities & Costs

Costs to fund ‘business as usual’ activities, such as those costs relating to normal business operating expenses, non-developmental costs of the project, business establishment, purchase of assets and individual business marketing materials.
Activities more appropriately funded by other agencies
Projects or components of projects for which funding has been sought or received from another government agency or donor scheme
Cost of local permits or consents and licenses, renewal or registration fees
Costs relating to commercialisation of the product/service, such as production runs, producing brochures, advertising.
Capital expenditure
Costs incurred internally by the organisation, or that cannot be invoiced by a third party such as external consultant, e.g. salaries, wages, fees, personal expenditure, in-kind expenses or donations
Travel costs (except for omnibus projects of strategic importance, or on an exceptional basis for cases of strategic interests ).
Accommodation costs
Retrospective costs – work for which the client has already contracted out prior to his application for the funding
Work being undertaken in relation to the project by any of the applicant's employees or the employees/office holders of any subsidiary/associate/parent companies
Work being undertaken in relation to the project/activity by the immediate family of the applicant, the applicant's employees/office holders of any subsidiary/associate/parent companies
Costs of anyone with a financial interest in the project/activity (e.g. shareholders).
Cost relating to website design and implementation
Please note: the above list is provided for information purposes only. Enterprise Mauritius reserves the right to exclude other costs as ineligible if appropriate.