The butterfly diagram provides a comprehensive framework for circularity across sectors. Using this model, the SMEP Programme has mapped its projects in Africa and South Asia, showcasing how organic and technical material loops complement each other.
Butterfly Diagram: Mapping the SMEP Programme’s projects onto circular economy processes Read More »
In South Asia, the urgent need for affordable mobility has led to a rapid embrace of e-mobility, but often with regrettable technology choices like lead-acid batteries (LABs) used in electric 3-wheelers. This report explores the challenges associated with LABs as well as potential solutions to managing these in Bangladesh.
Battery Value Chains: The challenges for e-mobility in South Asia Read More »
The growing global issue of plastic waste can be offset by upcycling it into new and useful products. This article relays the lessons from the Plastic to Ghar upcycling project in Nepal.
Dirty, difficult and dangerous: Establishing a plastics waste upcycling system in Nepal Read More »
Using a mixed method approach, this report examines the plastic portfolio intervention projects under the SMEP Programme, identifies lessons learned from the contextual and policy environment in which they operate as well as documents their business ecosystems, through which their social and environmental impact can be better understood.
Plastics Management and Recycling amid Global Governance Change Read More »
‘Gender Equality and Social Inclusivity’ and the ‘Leave No One Behind’ Agendas Practical tips for incorporating the GESI and LNB agendas into SMEP grant funding applications and project delivery (Version 4) The SMEP Programme addresses aspects of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) in two areas: (1) Research and (2) Impact. The Project Management Agent
The SMEP Business Case provides a full narrative summary of why UK Government support is needed, what the funds will be spent on, where, over what period of time, and what the programme will deliver.
SMEP Business case Read More »
This annual review report showcases SMEP’s execution and impact for the financial year of 2023-2024. During the year under review, the programme had significant expansion into new sectors and undertook high-level engagements with regulatory and policy-making bodies.
SMEP Programme: Execution and Impact Read More »
This project seeks to address key environmental impacts from the tanneries and leather sector by developing and piloting a digitised traceability and environmental footprint system that will assist tanneries in Bangladesh to transition to more sustainable methods of production in their manufacturing processes.
LeatherTrace Bangladesh: Traceable and Circular leather production in Bangladesh Read More »
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