Collaboration
Solvoz Foundation works with NGOs, donors, funders, public institutions, knowledge partners, suppliers and mission-driven organisations
to strengthen responsible, effective and inclusive procurement.
Procurement is one of the most practical levers for localisation, transparency and better use of public and donor funding. Yet procurement knowledge, supplier visibility and digital tools remain fragmented across the humanitarian, development and wider non-profit sectors.
Through collaboration, the Foundation supports open-access knowledge, shared procurement and sourcing infrastructure for public-benefit programmes, fairer market access for local and regional suppliers, and mission-led deployments that help organisations use procurement as a driver of sustainable impact.
Foundation-supported deployments
Foundation-supported deployments are initiatives that serve NGOs, humanitarian actors, development organisations, donors, funders or other non-profit and public-benefit objectives under mission-aligned conditions. In such deployments, the Foundation may support open knowledge, programme design, NGO access models, supplier inclusion, capacity building, onboarding, reporting and sector collaboration. Supplier, SME and manufacturer registration is free in Foundation-supported deployments.
Shared programme infrastructure
A core role of the Foundation is to help non-profit and public-benefit actors strengthen the procurement systems, knowledge and market access needed to deliver their missions. Depending on the programme, this may involve shared sourcing infrastructure, digital tools, supplier and market information, onboarding, training, technical assistance or other programme resources.
Donors, foundations and public funders may finance programmes that support individual organisations, groups of NGOs, regional initiatives, supplier inclusion, market development or open-access knowledge. Programme funding may cover the reasonable costs of staffing, coordination, external expertise, technology and other services required to achieve the relevant public-benefit objective.
Market assessments
Market assessments, supplier mapping and category research help NGOs, donors and non-profit actors understand what is available locally, regionally or internationally. This supports better procurement planning, more transparent sourcing and stronger local market participation. Where such work serves non-profit and public-benefit objectives, the Foundation may support or contribute to market assessments, open-access knowledge development, supplier information frameworks and shared procurement learning.
Example deployment: Mawared MENA
Mawared MENA is a Foundation-supported deployment focused on strengthening local and regional sourcing in the Middle East and North Africa.
The platform supports humanitarian and non-profit actors in identifying suppliers, structuring sourcing processes and improving access to market information. It helps create more transparent, locally anchored and efficient procurement pathways for organisations operating in complex environments.
Mawared MENA reflects several core principles of the Foundation model: non-profit access to professional procurement infrastructure, free supplier registration, regional supplier visibility, donor-aligned processes and a stronger role for procurement in localisation.
Knowledge-generating collaborations
Over the years, the Foundation and the wider Solvoz ecosystem have contributed to initiatives that generated practical procurement knowledge, market understanding and sector learning.
This includes, among others, work connected to Innovation Norway-funded programmes with IOM (Circulair approach to e-waste – Uganda & Closing the Loop – Philippines and Nigeria), where procurement, supplier information and market access were part of wider efforts to improve responsible and effective humanitarian operations. Or the collaborative study with IDA Foundation regarding sustainable Malaria RDTs (Rapid Diagnostic Tests)
The Foundation has also hosts the open knowledge generated through European research and innovation collaboration, including the WORM project under Horizon Europe, where procurement, circularity, reuse and market knowledge are connected to broader sustainability and systems-change objectives.
These examples reflect the Foundation’s wider belief that procurement knowledge should not remain locked inside individual projects. Where possible and appropriate, knowledge generated through programmes should contribute to broader learning for the humanitarian, development and non-profit sectors.
What collaboration can support
The Foundation welcomes collaboration around:
- open-access procurement knowledge;
- Foundation-supported deployments;
- shared procurement and sourcing infrastructure for non-profit programmes;
- donor-funded or grant-funded procurement programmes;
- supplier, SME and manufacturer onboarding;
- local and regional market assessments;
- localisation and responsible sourcing initiatives;
- procurement templates, specifications and category guidance;
- training, capacity building and operational support;
- monitoring, reporting and learning linked to procurement impact.
Working with partners
The Foundation works with partners where collaboration supports its statutory objective and public-benefit mission. Collaborations may be current, historic, project-specific or exploratory. References to partners, programmes or past work are intended to describe the Foundation’s journey and areas of contribution, and do not automatically imply current endorsement, funding, partnership or formal representation unless explicitly stated.
As the Foundation enters its renewed operating phase, it welcomes mission-aligned partners who want to strengthen procurement as a lever for localisation, transparency, sustainability and better use of public and donor funding.
Contact us
Please contact us if you would like to explore collaboration, support a Foundation-supported deployment, fund open-access procurement knowledge, contribute expertise, or help improve fair market access for local and regional suppliers.