Ginger Group : Ginger SOFRECO

Ginger SOFRECO

_A key player in development for international cooperation and businesses

Ginger SOFRECO is a French company specialising in international cooperation and industrial development. It supports funding agencies, the public sector and the private sector by providing consultancy, engineering and training services in three main areas:

providing support for sectoral policies, programmes and projects aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030,
the development of mining and industrial projects,
training for all those involved in development in ODA recipient countries through the PERSPECTIVE Training Centre.

A multi-specialist and multicultural company, Ginger SOFRECO has been operating in a wide range of sectors all over the world since 1976. It works closely with its clients and project stakeholders in the field and has a decentralised presence, particularly in Africa and Asia. With 250 employees, 500 experts permanently on the ground, a network of more than 55,000 experts of all nationalities and specialities, and a network of international and local partners in the areas and countries where it operates, Ginger SOFRECO has successfully completed more than 3,000 projects in 150 countries for the benefit of local populations and developers.

For almost fifty years, Ginger SOFRECO has been delivering meaningful projects with tangible results on the ground. Ginger SOFRECO is a major player in international cooperation and a trusted technical partner for decision-makers and funding agencies in the implementation of their projects. We share our expertise and bring together people from all sectors to support the transition to a fairer, more sustainable world and to address the major challenges of today.

_Areas of expertise

Infrastructure, Energy and Transport
Mines & Geology, Mining policies & governance
Industries and agro-based industries
Agriculture and Rural Development
Environment and Natural Resource Management
Economy, Governance (the justice system, the management of public finances, etc.) and Private Sector Development
Education, Vocational Training and Employment
Health and social welfare
Training (Perspective Institute)

_Clients

Multilateral funding agencies
Bilateral cooperation agencies
Regional organisations
Governments, sectoral ministries and agencies
Public undertakings
Companies
Investors
Banks and other financial institutions

“When it comes to international cooperation, there are those who explore the world, those who advise and those who decide, those who guide actions, those who define and manage missions and those who finance projects....
And then there's Ginger SOFRECO: for 50 years we’ve been working on projects to help people in many different ways.
We share our expertise and coordinate actors from all sectors to transform people's lives and reduce their exposure to climate risks.
We are committed to development, all over the world.”

Gilles Dubuisson

CEO of Ginger SOFRECO

Engineering

Project studies (identification, opportunities, feasibility, project preparation and detailed studies)
Basic engineering (process studies & design studies)
Project implementation (project management assistance, delegated project management, worksite supervision)

Consulting

Technical assistance
Sector-based studies
Support for the implementation of sectoral reforms
Audits, assessment and monitoring

Training

Catalogue courses, customised training and individual coaching (at the Perspective Institute in the Paris region or abroad)
Capacity building for beneficiaries: developing and implementing training plans, assessment and evaluation, organising study trips and seminars.
Training organisations: establishment, technical assistance and training for instructors

PHOS-3 project, Saudi Arabia - MA'ADEN

The PHOS-3 project involves the development of an open pit phosphate mine to produce approximately 11 Mt of ore per annum. Ginger SOFRECO was commissioned to carry out an exploration campaign to estimate resources using the JORC code, followed by a mining survey. This mining survey enabled us to draw up a pre-mining plan and a blasting plan. The mining survey enabled us to draw up a pre-mining plan and a blasting plan. Our teams also took the measurements needed to calculate dilution, losses, mechanical parameters and fragmentation. Our geology and mining team then used this data as the basis for the feasibility study.

Consultant for the implementation of the Climate-Friendly Agribusiness Value Chains Sector Project (CFAVC) - Laos - Asian Development Bank

Technical assistance to improve the climate resilience of critical infrastructure for agricultural and food chains, to promote climate-smart agriculture and agro-industry, and to create an enabling environment for climate-friendly agribusinesses.
The mission includes rehabilitating small-scale irrigation infrastructure and rural roads to make them more climate-resilient, improving infrastructure for research, crop protection and quality control, introducing climate-resilient varieties and building capacity for climate-smart agriculture (CSA).

Project management assistance for the commissioning of the Al-Khabra mine, Saudi Arabia - MA'ADEN

Ginger SOFRECO provided technical support and project management assistance for the commissioning of the Al-Khabra phosphate mine with a capacity of 15 Mt per year. This operation is part of the client's vast business complex which includes a phosphate operation, an enrichment plant and plants for the production of sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid and purified phosphoric acid, sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) and dicalcium phosphate (DCP) at Umm Wu'al in northern Saudi Arabia, and ammonia, NPK and diammonium phosphate (DAP) production units at Ras Al Khair on the Arabian Gulf.

The services provided by Ginger SOFRECO include engineering services (detailed mining plan, choice of mining contract strategy, study of the mine maintenance area, pre-commissioning drilling tests, blasting and fragmentation methods), project management assistance (supervision of grade control work, estimation of resources and reserves in accordance with the JORC code, technical review of the mine maintenance area, mining facilities and ammonium nitrate storage) and operational support services (support during commissioning, recruitment and training, operations and maintenance).

Project management for the Contractual Agriculture and Ecological Transition Project (PACTE) - Burkina Faso - French Development Agency

Supporting the PMU in the implementation of the PACTE project, in particular the Contractual Agriculture Fund (Fonds d'Agriculture Contractuelle - FAC): Window 1 'institutional contract' (strengthening cooperatives to supply institutional markets) for €8 million and Window 2 'private contracts' (promoting contractual agriculture between cooperatives and agro-based industries) for €18 million.

Assessment of the Boké bauxite ore reserves - Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG)

Ginger SOFRECO provided expertise and technical support to the CBG mining team for reconciling resource data, reserve data and annual production data, updating the various Life Of Mine Plans (LOMP) and the status of the operation's ore reserves in accordance with the JORC code.
Ginger SOFRECO's services include cash flow analysis, technical and economic risk analysis, technical recommendations and a study of the impact of possible investments on the cut-off grade, the various Life Of Mine Plans (LOMP) and the status of the ore reserves.

Project Management Unit for the Support Project for Social Resilience, Infrastructure, Forestry and Agriculture in Lebanon - PARSIFAL - French Development Agency

Ginger SOFRECO is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the operational components and providing technical assistance for the management of PARSIFAL, which supports municipalities in improving access to employment and employability of vulnerable populations, increasing agricultural productivity combined with sustainable surface water management, and preserving landscapes and soils (erosion control).