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Nicaragua SANet Nicaragua Local Desk
Nicaragua National Cleaner Production Center
Managua, Nicaragua

SANet offers an online resource library as well as in-person, local services in selected countries. Whether online or offline, SANet can connect you with the right expertise and tools for each stage of the business planning process. You’ll find experts and resources tailor-made for your business to help:

  • Brainstorm ideas
  • Conduct a feasibility study
  • Analyze risk
  • Calculate cost
  • Secure financing
  • Execute the project
  • Online Resource Library

    The SANet website offers easy access to hundreds of clean-technology case studies from around the world. These examples, along with contact information for experts and research tools, are part of an online library available to all visitors. Here’s what you’ll find:

  • A directory of case studies documenting successful adoptions of cleaner technologies.
  • A directory of experts with clean-technology experience and how to contact them.
  • A directory of planning tools to help you assess the feasibility of adopting cleaner technology.
  • A directory of finance sources and the institutions providing them.
  • Local Desk Services

    Local Desks offer free information and advice on how to put cleaner technology to work in your business. Each desk maintains a database of experts and services (also available on this website) and can guide you through the planning stages.

    Local Desk staff can assist you in person, over the phone, or by email. With experts on hand at each location, they offer:

  • A free advisory service. If you want to explore cleaner-technology options for your business, they can guide that research.
  • A free brokering service. If you need specific information about a particular area, they can search the SANet database and put you in touch with a qualified expert.
  • Technical assistance and training.
  • SANet Local Desks are located in Brazil, India, Nicaragua, Peru, and Tanzania.

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