Project Proposal Requirements

1. Brief description of project.

History and business of sponsors, including financial information.
Proposed management arrangements and names and curricula vitae of managers.
Description of technical arrangements and other external assistance (management, production, marketing, finance, etc.).

Projected production volumes, unit prices, sales objectives, and market share of proposed venture.
Potential users of products and distribution channels to be used.
Present sources of supply for products.
Future competition and possibility that market may be satisfied by substitute products.
Tariff protection or import restrictions affecting products.
Critical factors that determine market potential.

Comments on special technical complexities and need for know-how and special skills.
Possible suppliers of equipment.
Availability of manpower and of infrastructure facilities (transport and communications, power, water, etc.).
Breakdown of projected operating costs by major categories of expenditures.
Source, cost, and quality of raw material supply and relations with support industries.
Import restrictions on required raw materials.
Proposed plant location in relation to suppliers, markets, infrastructure, and manpower.
Proposed plant size in comparison with other known plants.
Potential environmental issues and how these issues are addressed.

Proposed financial structure of venture, indicating expected sources and terms of equity and debt financing.
Amount of funding being sought from the Ash DAO Fund.
Projected financial statement, information on profitability, and return on investment.
Critical factors determining profitability.

Specific government incentives and support available to project.
Expected contribution of project to economic development.
Outline of government regulations on exchange controls and conditions of capital entry and repatriation.