The LAMTIB INITIATIVE - Amazon S3 · The LAMTIB initiative wants to take part in the fight for...

THE LAMTIB INITIATIVE:

LEAPFROGGING AUTONOMOUS

MICRO- TECHNOPOLIS IN BOXES

Singapore/Oslo

Tom Preststulen & Partners

November 22 , 2017

THE LAMTIB INITIATIVE

© 2016 LAMTIB, All rights reserved. of 21

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................3 OUR MISSION ............................................................................................................................... 3

THE INITIATIVE ............................................................................................................4 Making an Impact ........................................................................................................................... 4 Enabling Technologies ................................................................................................................... 5 Clean Energy ................................................................................................................................. 5 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)........................................................................ 7 Health care .................................................................................................................................... 7 Education ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Clean Water ................................................................................................................................. 10 Sanitation .................................................................................................................................... 10 Food Production ........................................................................................................................... 10 Small-Scale, Social Businesses .................................................................................................... 11

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND IMPACT INVESTMENT ........................ 15 Impact Investment and Non Governmental Organisations .............................................................. 15 Flow of Funds .............................................................................................................................. 16 The LAMTIB Process .................................................................................................................... 17 Organizational Structure ............................................................................................................... 18 The Executive Director in the Organizational Structure ................................................................. 19 Lamtib SWOT Analysis ................................................................................................................. 19 TImeline ....................................................................................................................................... 20

CLOSING .................................................................................................................... 21 LAMTIB ........................................................................................................................................ 21 Contacts ...................................................................................................................................... 21



Introduction

1.6 billion people live below the poverty line, according to the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index

(MPI). Around 3 billion people live on less than 2.5 USD a day. With the continuous population growth,

especially in the poorest countries, efficient efforts must be taken towards changing the situation for the

world’s underprivileged. Climate changes are further challenging the already unstable livelihoods of the

poor, creating food scarcity worldwide. In a global economy of supply and demand , the poorest will

eventually lose out, in a market with rising food prices. The LAMTIB Initiative has proven efficient in this

regard, using leapfrogging technologies and training that enable the development and empowerment of

underprivileged.

OUR MISSION

Empowering the underprivileged through

sustainable leapfrogging technologies



The Initiative

We want to provide qualified off-grid areas with the output from adequate technologies, as well as relevant

training, in order to empower and enable hardworking and motivated people to leapfrog out of poverty. The

concept shows how multiple coordinated parties can decrease poverty, whilst business simultaneously can

open in new markets. The initiative is designed around delivery and functionality of relevant technologies

in converted standardized shipping containers (“boxes”), and is therefore superior in cost/benefit to

alternative solutions. A particular focus is on regions with unexploited natural resources, i.e. suitable for

food production.

This initiative is not based on selling technologies to rural villages, but to make available the output of

same as a practical rapid kick-start.

Although the LAMTIB initiative is generic in its broadly standardized and scalable solutions, hence suitable

for developing countries world-wide, the initial focus is on seven South East Asian, and three South East

African countries. Part of the LAMTIB concept can also be relevant for refugees.

MAKING AN IMPACT

The enabling technologies Energy and Communication, together with Education, Health Care, Sanitation,

Food Production, and Clean Water, will have many positive impacts on local communities, inc luding the

creation of small scale businesses, providing subsequent economic growth and increased livelihood. This

is a sustainable development out of poverty, eventually providing self -sufficiency. Over time, some of the

enablers provided by LAMTIB may no longer be required, in which case, surplus containers/equipment will

be removed by LAMTIB for deployment elsewhere.



ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES

Information and communication technologies combined wi th solar energy will enable the other modules in

the project, such as clean water, health care, food production, education and sanitation. These modules

will further enable small-scale businesses in the local community and create value added through

sustainable growth.

Some of the Initial Partners Enabling the Technologies

The Box Due to access barriers normally related to remote rural communities, the initiative is designed around

delivery and functionality of relevant technologies in converted standardized 20 feet shipping containers,

providing advantages of being climate resistant, adaptable and mobile. The standardization of the boxes,

combined with the flexibility of the technologies, means the program is easily scalable while remaining

controllable. A standardized shipping container is also cost effective and competitive, sustainable and fast

to mobilize.

This initiative requires world class logistics competence: www.elkem.com

CLEAN ENERGY

Electricity is the first main pillar in LAMTIB, ensuring the availability of affordable and deployable

renewable electricity, through solar energy, powering other leapfrogging technologies and modules. In

certain areas, small scale wind turbines can be integrated with the solar box infrastructure. Through long-

http://www.elkem.com/



lasting, renewable energy solutions tailored for rural areas, we can secure the first vital step in creating a

sustainable path out of poverty. The REC Box is a portable power station – a photo-voltaic hybrid solution

that mainly uses REC solar panels to produce the bulk of needed electricity, backed up by wind turbines

and emergency diesel generator or fuel cell equipment. The all-in-one solution is designed for mobility,

rapid deployment and durable operation.

http://www.recgroup.com/en

http://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2352821/13453_FULLTEXT.pdf?sequence=1&isAllow

ed=y

Proof of Concept

PV Hybrid and WEB RTC container includes tele-

medicine and satellite communication in Philippines

for deployment with the Red Cross in relief work

following the massive devastation from the monster

typhoon in November 2013. After more than two

years the systems exceeds our expectation in terms

of operational reliability, providing electricity for an

entire school.

http://www.recgroup.com/en

http://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2352821/13453_FULLTEXT.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

http://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2352821/13453_FULLTEXT.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y



INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT)

ICT is the second of the main pillars in LAMTIB. Access to targeted and relevant ICT solutions make it

possible for isolated rural areas to pursue effective and sustainable economic growth by leapfrogging

technological ladders. Global real-time communication (WEB RTC), as provided by the disruptive

communications company Temasys (a multinational group from Singapore, USA and Norway), is key to

help close the knowledge gap amplified by the digital divide between the rich and poor. It further provides

critical opportunities for development through solutions such as diagnostic tele-medicine, knowledge- and

information sharing, online education and training, as well as through production solutions and distribution

channels.

www.temasys.io

HEALTH CARE

The health care situation worldwide is strongly correlated with the level of income. Many remote rural

areas are miles away from the nearest hospital or medical doctor. With diagnostic telemedicine and

communication technologies one can contribute to treating patients, using real -time WEB technologies.

Challenges related to time, costs and distance are overcome, increasing the efficiency of intensive care

and emergency aid. Refrigerated vaccines and most commonly needed medicines are also accessible.

http://www.temasys.io/



By resolving the bandwith and connectivity challenges, teams of medical and technology professionals

world-wide, i.a. operating pro-bono for underprivileged, can provide diagnostic and monitoring services

through real time video/audio and data communications.

This platform is capable of supporting 200+ medical monitoring devices and sensors which can be

operated by local nurse-practitioners following initiation. A breakthrough technology medical Tricorder,

which can be connected to phones, will be available in 2017, having the ability o f analyzing 54 bio-markers

that will identify nearly any disease,



EDUCATION

Online education modules and teaching of targeted skills will empower the local people in remote rural

areas. This will increase the inflow of information and knowledge, both in terms of academic and practical

skill, which are required for further development. The education modules will have a particular focus on

practical training of the community members, aiming at local management and maintenance of the

equipment which comes with the project, as well as the training needed to run locally embedded small -

scale businesses.

There are several high-quality free on-line courses in how to become effective virtual teachers. Free e-

Learning courses can be designed and developed according the specific needs, including how to boost

learner motivation related to the main pillars of values, knowledge and practice.

With technology rapidly changing the world, education will take up different forms with e -Learning tools

facilitating opportunities also for remote locations at different times and in different places. Skills will not

be assessed on paper, but based on students’ performance in the field. Teachers will be able to see

clearly which students need help in which areas.

With the creation of employment and entrepreneurship being an important part of poverty alleviation,

priority learning should be adapted to acquiring useful values and skills which can enhance the

development of the respective communities.

The inclusion in the rapid growth of global e-Commerce, combined with numerous products that can be

derived from remote areas with currently unexploited natural resources, should be part of the e-Learning

programs.



CLEAN WATER

Children and women usually bear the burden of water collection from the nearest source, which may be

unprotected and often contaminated. Several container- based systems are available enabling treatment of

most types of water sources. Clean water means health, income and education, through the reallocation of

time and resources towards more productive means.

SANITATION

The LAMTIB initiative wants to take part in the fight for universal access to sanitary facilities, by making

use of new and innovative solutions, prioritizing the needs of the population at the core. The importance of

satisfactory sanitary solutions for the world’s growing population concerns nearly all aspects of

development and poverty alleviation. Short-distance sanitation empowers and protects children and

women. Among the 2.5 billion people lacking access to adequate sanitary facilities, 70% live in rural areas.

FOOD PRODUCTION

Food production is a key element in securing sustainable growth and food security for rural farming and

fishing communities. Lack of infrastructure, knowledge and technology leads to diminishing productivity

and depletion of natural resources. Our solutions to food security include:,

Hatchery in Container (HIC) is the starting point for micro sea farms enabling increased

environmentally-friendly production through Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture – IMTA –

replicating local bio-diversities.

Aquaponics is raising fresh-water fish like Tilapia in an integrated system of soil-less plant growing,

achieving multiple synergies, recycling nutrition and filtering water.

Nursery in Container (NIC) is a micro interaction biological agro-forestry field laboratory,

integrating international and national knowledge platforms, and monitoring with specific local

contexts.

Improved output from food production will also consolidate new sources for the world markets.

https:/Marte/brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2352852/13539_FULLTEXT.p df?sequence=1&i

sAllowed=y

https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2352852/13539_FULLTEXT.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2352852/13539_FULLTEXT.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y



SMALL-SCALE, SOCIAL BUSINESSES

Gandhi’s scheme was to start with the villages, to stabilize and enrich their traditional way of life by use of

labor-intensive manufacturing and handicrafts, and to keep the nation’s economic dec ision-making as

decentralized as possible, even if this slowed the pace of breakneck urbanization and industrial mass

production. Production by the masses, rather than mass production.

Social business use market principles, produce goods and services in an innovative way, and typically

reinvest any surpluses back to the enterprise to achieve the social mission.

Through clean energy and communication technology, LAMTIB make opportunities available for the local

community through the creation of small-scale businesses that are exploiting untapped, yet instantly

available local natural resources. In the following, we provide some examples of initiatives that we see

suitable within our geographical areas of operations:

Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA)

Involves cultivating sea-water fed species with extractive species that utilize wastes from aquaculture for

their growth. The idea is that all components involved in the process have a commercial or a re-use value.

The products enabled by this structure, will also have a value added in terms of the labeling, both in an

environmental as well as in a local community perspective. LAMTIB has an IMTA output experimental farm

in the straits of Tannon, Philippines for bivalves and crustaceans, as well as farmin g of macroalgae (Ulva

Reticulata)!

Hatchery in a Container (HIC)

This specialized module is designed to embed a plankton library laboratory, that intensively stock and

cultivate many valuable species of phytoplankton (microalgae) and zooplankton (i.a. co pepods). The

stocks will be brought outside the container to be scaled up into large volumes for subsequent use as

feeds for the relevant larval species. A process that can be safeguarded by 24 \7 real-time monitoring from

RECs control center in Singapore.



A few of LAMTIB Ongoing Proof of Concepts in Singapore and Philippines

Remote System Control

Remote system control (RSC) allows communication from remote areas to any Internet communicator,

expert laboratories & control centers. The combination of the PV hybrid containers and Real Time ICT,

makes possible the monitoring and control of all installations, enhancing preventive maintenance

implementing corrective actions when required, thus ensuring maximum efficiency. Each box is installed

with RSC connectivity, through which the systems’ configurations and recorded data, as well as real -time

Video streaming, can be accessed 24/7/365. Remote controls are not replacements of local employment,

but provides additional monitoring and integration into larger international systems, anywhere, anytime

where there is internet access.

Each container is tailor made with different types of installations according to local needs .



Battery Doctor

Recharging car- and other utility batteries instead of throwing them away when they are perceived as no

longer rechargeable is an available technology which can be used to create sm all-scale business. This is

an environmentally-friendly way of increasing the demand at the same time as it is economically beneficial.

About 90% of batteries conceived as dead, can be reconditioned with the right, and fairly simple

technology. At less than half the cost of new batteries, battery doctors provide continued long term life,

whilst contributing to less hazardous waste.

Bamboo House and Other Bamboo Products

Bamboo has countless usages. "A man is born in a bamboo cradle and goes away in a bamboo coffin.

Everything in between is possible with bamboo".1

It is true though, from edible bamboo shoots to construction (building bridges and houses), medicine,

bamboo fabric, farming and hunting tools, baskets, paper to biofuel, it has all been done before. For the

past 10 years, bamboo experts have been experimenting with the multiple uses of bamboo and are still

discovering new applications. Bamboo fiber for the garment and automotive industries, flooring boards,

veneers as thin as 0.2 mm, are just some of many recent examples. Local resources, combined with

conventional and new applications, production methodologies and design, can become valuable for local

producers for numerous export markets.

1 http://www.guaduabamboo.com/uses-of-bamboo/



Malunggay Products

Malunggay (Moringa Oleifera) is a popular plant known for nutritional value as well as a herbal medicine.

Malunggay is a plant growing in climates such as those found in the Philippines, India and Africa. It is

widely used as vegetable ingredient in cooking, as a herbal medicine for a number of illnesses and many

other practical uses. The value added derives from the process of creating capsules and other

concentrated products, ideal for developed markets seeking nutrition and dietary supplements based on

natural and ethically produced ingredients.

Coconut Products

The coconut palm is grown throughout the tropics for decoration, as well as for its many culinary and non-

culinary uses; virtually every part of the coconut palm can be used by humans in some manner and has

significant economic value. Some examples of application are extraction of oil and coconut water; the husk

of the coconut can be used as a natural scrubber, craft materials and ropes; coconut leaves can be used

to make brooms and thatches.



Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact Investment

LAMTIB is a contribution to change the inequality in wealth in the world by harnessing the innovation,

technology and platforms of businesses to make a difference. Through positive social and environmental

impacts as well as some financial return in the long run, LAMTIB will empower local rural communities

through a social business approach with an emphasis on the marginalized groups in society which will give

long term sustainable development.

"...Unless industry is to be paralyzed by recurrent revolts

on the part of outraged human nature, it must satisfy criteria

which are purely not economic.”

R.H.Tawney

IMPACT INVESTMENT AND NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

Empowering local rural communities with an emphasis on underprivileged people will give long term

sustainability and poverty relief where the effects of the ef forts are clear and tangible. This, together with

multi-national corporations, NGOs and philanthropic trust, some of which have unique experience and

know-how in the field that will benefit all collaborating partners when carrying out our mission to empower

underprivileged through sustainable leapfrogging technologies.

Working with carefully selected motivated partners with the necessary knowledge, is a prerequisite for

sustainable development. We seek partners and supporters like: multi-national corporations, NGOs,

philanthropic institutions, and innovative masters of change. We believe that our policy of multi-religious,

yet free from political agendas, makes us a support-worthy and collaborative initiative, with no hidden

agenda.



FLOW OF FUNDS

A low level of available local funds in most regions has to be anticipated. The diagram above seeks to

illustrate the main conceptual financial setup of the LAMTIB structure through an existing Transglobal

Lease Trust controlled by LAMTIB. 80-95% of the capital-expenditures and operational costs will be

funded by multiple sources (see also the diagram on page 14), while the local villages will be solicited to

provide for 5-20 % of the costs, according to their respective capacities. Local capital contributions can

consist of municipal, provincial and national support, micro-finance and cash flows deriving from

generation of employment/revenues. From the greater flows of funds, as well as input in terms of human

resources, the LAMTIB Initiative encourage the broad support from all sorts of enabling sources, such as:

• International Organizations

• National Organizations

• Non-Governmental Organizations

• Philanthropists and Human resources

• Business Enterprises

• Knowledge Volunteers

After an initial 3-4 years, revenues from producing protein and other products to domestic and international

markets will create positive cash-flows to be shared.



Positive Cash Flow

THE LAMTIB PROCESS

.



ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE



THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

A Preco-subsidized administrative cost budget covering up to 10 ties is estimated to US$250,000 per year.

LAMTIB SWOT ANALYSIS



TIMELINE

2020 Goal:

50 sites in 5 countries each with average investments and 1st

year operating cost of USD 400,000

Critical success factors:

Funding

Human Resources

Measuring progress



Closing

LAMTIB

Empowering the underprivileged through sustainable leapfrogging technologies

New technologies and adequate expertise allow us to create leapfrogging initiatives that are fast to

mobilize, cost effective, sustainable and scalable. We will connect remote areas and communities to global

networks, provide solutions for ICT, clean energy, clean water, sanitation, health care, education, food

productions, and small scale businesses. LAMTIB’s goal is to empower local people and businesses,

driving the growth of employment, and create sustainable paths out of poverty.

CONTACTS

Tom Preststulen

Founder

(Owner of Preco – Norwegian family investment office, est. 1978, Managing Partner of Elkem)

Email:

[email protected]

Telephone:

+47 9822 0500 (Norway)

+65 9731 6000 (Singapore)

Or

Vanessa Oh

Email:

[email protected]

Telephone:

+65 6880 2792

Or

Soe Thet San

Managing Director

LAMTIB Social Enterprise Myanmar

Email:

[email protected]

Telephone:

+95 97 9312 1749

mailto:[email protected]



The LAMTIB INITIATIVE - Amazon S3 · The LAMTIB initiative wants to take part in the fight for...

Documents

Transcript of The LAMTIB INITIATIVE - Amazon S3 · The LAMTIB initiative wants to take part in the fight for...