IP/C/W/602/Add.7  
 
23 February 2015  
(15-1067)  Page: 1/155  
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English/French/Spanish  
 
  REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 66.2 
OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT 
EUROPEAN UNION 
Addendum 
The following communication, dated 14 October 2014, was received from the delegation of the 
European Union. It reports on activities pursuant to paragraph 1 of the Decision on the Implementation of Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreem ent (IP/C/28) by the European Union, as well 
as certain of its member States (Austria; Belgium; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Ireland; 
Luxemburg; the Netherlands; Slovakia; Spain; Sweden; and the United Kingdom). 
 
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I. GENERAL REMARKS 
This document is circulated in accordance with the Decision of the Council for TRIPS 
of 19 February 2003, according to which developed country Members shall submit annually reports 
on actions taken or planned in pursuance of their commitments under Article 66.2 (incentives provided to their enterprises or institutions for the purpose of promoting and encouraging technology transfer to least developed country Members). 
 
As agreed in the Council for TRIPS, this document is a detailed report on technology transfer incentives put in place by the EU and its member States. 
 
II. SCOPE AND NATURE OF INFORMATION PROVIDED 
Technology transfer refers here to the ways and means through which companies, individuals and 
organizations acquire technology or know-how from third parties, whether such technology 
is IPR-protected or not (i.e. including confidential know-how).  There are several types of technologies as well as several channels of transmission. 
Indeed, the acquisition by least developed countries (LDCs) of a sound and viable technological 
base does not depend solely on the provision of physical objects or equipment, but also on the 
acquisition of know-how, on management and prod uction skills, on improved access to knowledge 
sources as well as on adaptation to local economic, social and cultural conditions. 
 It is clear that the private - and particularly the commercial - sector is nowadays the main source 
of technologies and, in this context, technology transfer is often one component of a more complex 
project, rather than a stand-alone activity. Indeed , there are technology transfer aspects in many 
projects that go under the label of 'technical assist ance'. Most projects that deal with sectors such 
as energy, water, agriculture, governance and infrastructure contain transfer of know-how 
and technology. 
 In their efforts to encourage and promote technology transfer, developed country governments are 
usually limited by two factors: (1) they do not own the vast majority of such technologies; 
(2) they cannot force the private sector to transfer its technologies.  Incentives can therefore only take the form of encouragement, promotion and faci litation of projects which are part of a global 
and comprehensive approach to development. IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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Technology transfer is considered to include training, education and "know-how." Transfer of know-how is therefore also contained in projects that deal with education. In addition to formal 
TT channels such as the transfer or licensin g of IP rights and/or know-how, there are 
several - equally important - informal TT channels such as the hiring of new university graduates, 
exchanges of qualified staff, joint research projects; or specific projects related to foreign direct investment (quite often, technology transfer is  one component of more complex projects, rather 
than a stand-alone activity). Moreover, access to the right partners, information and expertise are 
key at all stages.  Finally, it should be borne in mind that no technology transfer programme is specifically dedicated 
to least developed countries as such. EU initiatives are usually specific to countries/groups 
of countries/regions, since the EU strongly supports regional integration, which fosters better understanding and political and economic links between neighbouring countries. However, 
the EU's approach to the allocation of aid and incentives pays particular attention to the situation 
of the least developed and other low income countries. IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  ANNEX1 
III. EUROPEAN UNION 
Bangladesh 1. Title of project/programme: 
 
EU FP7 eartH2Observe Climate action and resour ce efficiency technology transfer projects 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 eartH2Observe will integrate available global earth observations (EO), in situ  datasets and models 
to construct a global water resources reanalysis dataset of significant length (at least 30 years) 
that will provide improved insights on the full ex tent of available water and existing pressures on 
global water resources in all parts of the water cycl e. The project will support efficient and globally 
consistent water management and decision making by providing comprehensive multi-scale 
(local, regional, continental and global) water resources observations. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
EU Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 All eartH2Observe project partners are involved; 
 Responsible partners from member States are: 
 Utrecht University (The Netherlands); 
 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - UNESCO-IHE 
(France) 
 Responsible partners from LDC are: 
 Institute for Water Modelling (Bangladesh); 
 Addis Ababa Institute of Technology (Ethiopia). 
5. Targeted LDC Members (Transferee): 
 Bangladesh: End-users: (1) Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB); and (2) Ministry of Water Resources 
 
Ethiopia: End-users: (1) Abbay Basin Authority; and (2) National Meteorological Agency, Ministry of Water and Environment 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
The project will organize two workshops in each ca se study country to ensure involvement of local 
water managers and to ensure that the developed data and models are of value to the local water 
management process.  
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Water management  
 
                                               
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  8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Transferred are: 
 processed satellite and in situ data containing information on all components of the water 
cycle which will be freely downloadable from a data-portal; 
 local applications of local and global hydrological models. 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
Increased availability of data and information on river flow, droughts and floods that can be used 
to support local water management and decision making. Within local workshops the applicability of the data will be demonstrated. 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
The project will: 
 increase the availability of datasets that w ill support international agreements on water 
management and European water policies; 
 strengthen the international role of Europe in the exploitation of EO for water resources 
assessments; 
 increase the availability and active distribution of information and services for monitoring 
global and regional water resources; and 
 provide a European contribution to the Water Cycle Integrator. 
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
 Total cost: €11,453,723  
 Total EC contribution: €8,998,986 
12. Duration: 4 years (2014-2018)  
 
13. Status: Project is running in its first year 
 14. Contact point for information: 
 
Frederiek Sperna Weiland: frederiek.sperna@deltares.nl  
Jaap Schellekens: jaap.schellekens@deltares.nl 
 
Beneficiary 
country Title and date 
of event Implementing 
agency Description 
Bangladesh eartH2Observe 
case study workshop, 7-10 June 2014 Utrecht University 
(The Netherlands)  Institute for Water Modelling (Bangladesh) Workshop with local water managers and scientists (amongst 
which the projects end-users: Bangladesh Water Development Board, Ministry of Water Resources) to define the desired
 
outcomes of the eartH2Observe based on the local information needs. 
The eartH2Observe project objectives and the data and models 
that will be developed have been presented. Based on this information a discussion was held with the Bangladesh water 
managers to prepare a work plan for the case study in 
Bangladesh that will result in the desired outputs that should support local water management and decision making. 
Ethiopia eartH2Observe 
case study 
workshop, 
23-27 June, 2014 Utrecht University 
(The Netherlands) 
 
Addis Ababa 
Institute 
of Technology 
(Ethiopia) Workshop with local water managers and scientists (amongst 
which the projects end-users: Abbay Basin Authority and the 
National Meteorological Agency) to define the desired outcomes 
of the eartH2Observe based on the local information needs. 
The eartH2Observe project objectives and the data and models 
that will be developed have been presented. Based on this 
information a discussion was held with the Bangladesh water 
managers to prepare a work plan for the case study in 
Bangladesh that will result in the desired outputs that should 
support local water management and decision making.   
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- 5 - Project Title and Abstract Total Cost and Total 
EC contribution (€)  EC contribution to 
LDC participant 
(€) Participant Legal Name 
PREFACE  
 
(Project full title: 'Enhancing prediction of Tropical Atlantic climate and its impacts') 
 
Tropical Atlantic climate recently experienced pron ounced shifts of great so cio-economic importance. 
The oceanic changes were largest in the eastern boundary upwelling systems. African countries 
bordering the Atlantic strongly depend upon th eir ocean - societal development, fisheries, 
and tourism. They were strongly affected by these climatic changes and will face important adaptation 
c h a l l e n g e s  a s s o c i a t e d  w i t h  g l o b a l  w a r m i n g .  F u r t h e rmore, these upwelling regions are also of great 
climatic importance, playing a key role in regulating global climate. 
 
Paradoxically, the Tropical Atlantic is a region of key uncertainty in earth-climate system: 
state-of-the-art climate models exhibit large system atic error, climate change  projections are highly 
uncertain, and it is largely unknown how climate change will impact marine ecosystems. PREFACE 
aims to address these interconnected issues, and has the following goals: 
 To reduce uncertainties in our knowledge of th e functioning of Tropical Atlantic climate. 
 To improve climate prediction and the quantifica tion of climate change impacts in the region. 
 To improve understanding of th e cumulative effects of the multiple stressors of climate 
variability, greenhouse induced climate change , and fisheries on marine ecosystems, and 
ecosystem services (e.g., fisheries, coastal vulnerability). 
 To assess the socio-economic vulnerabilities and evaluate the resilience of Atlantic African 
fishing communities to climate-driven ecosystem shifts and global markets. 
To meet these goals the project brings together Eu ropean and African expertise to combine regional 
and global scale modelling capab ilities, field experiments and observation systems. Target region 
includes areas more affected by climate change and by its consequences, European outermost 
regions, and African countries bordering the Atlantic. Total cost: 
12,170,344.87  
 
Total EC 
Contribution: 
8,999,433.00  Country: 
Angola 
72,275.00  Instituto Nacional de 
Investigação Pesqueira (AO) 
Country: 
Namibia 
72,275.00 Ministry of Fisheries and 
Marine Resources (NA) 
Country: 
South Africa 
165,600.00 University of Cape Town (ZA) 
Country: 
Cape Verde 
72,275.00 Instituto Nacional de 
Desenvolvimento das Pescas 
(CV) 
Country: 
Morocco 
72,275.00 Institut National de 
Recherche Halieutique (MA) 
Country: 
Senegal 
59,000.00 Institut Sénégalais de 
Recherches Agricoles (SN) 
Country: 
Senegal 
59,000.00* Université Cheikh Anta Diop 
de Dakar (SN) 
Country: 
Benin 
59,000.00 Université d'Abomey-Calavi 
(BJ) 
Country: 
Ivory Coast 
59,000.00 Centre de Recherches 
Oceanologiques (CI) 
Country: 
Nigeria 
59,000.00 University of Nigeria (NG)   
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- 6 - Project Title and Abstract Total Cost and Total 
EC contribution (€)  EC contribution to 
LDC participant 
(€) Participant Legal Name 
HELIX  
 
(Project full title: "High-End cLimate Impacts and eXtremes")  was contracted under the last 
call of FP7 with the topic 'Impacts of higher-end scenarios (global average warming >2°C with respect 
to pre-industrial level). It is a four-yea r project that started in November 2013. 
 
With the target of limiting global warming to 2º C increasingly difficult to achieve, policymakers, 
businesses and other decision-makers need to plan to adapt to changes in climate under higher levels 
of global warming. This requires coherent information on the future climate conditions, and the 
consequences of different adaptation actions. Inte rnational negotiations on limiting global warming 
also require clear information on the consequences of  different levels of climate change. While a vast 
array of projections, scenarios and estimates of future climate change and its impacts already exists, 
much is conflicting, unclear, of unknown levels of certainty and difficult to use to inform decisions. 
HELIX addresses this by providing a clear, cohere nt, internally-consistent view of a manageable 
number of "future worlds" under higher levels  of global warming reached under a range 
of circumstances, supported by advice on which aspects are more certain and which less certain. 
This will be delivered through gro und-breaking scientific research ac ross a range of physical, natural 
and social science disciplines, in close engagement with experienced users of climate change 
information in order to ensure appr opriate focus, clar ity and utility.  
 
Since international climate policy often frames climate change in terms of levels of global warming 
relative to pre-industrial state, research carried out in this project will focus on addressing the 
questions "What do 4ºC and 6ºC wo rlds look like compared to 2ºC?" and "What are the consequences 
of different adaptation choices?" The project's core product will be a set of eight coherent global 
scenarios of the natural and human world at these levels of warming achieved at different rates and 
with different pathways of adaptation by societ y. A second product will provide more detailed 
information in three focus regions; Europe, Sub- Saharan Africa in the Northern Hemisphere and 
South Asia. This will all be supported by a compre hensive analysis of confidence and uncertainty  Total cost: 
11,794,205 
 
Total EC 
Contribution: 
8,999,998  Country: 
Kenya 
273,400 Igad Centre for Climate 
Prediction and Application 
 
Country: 
Bangladesh 
250,899 
 Bangladesh University of 
Engineering and Technology 
 
Country: 
India 
278,240 
 Foundation for Innovation 
and Technology Transfer 
 
Country: 
Senegal 
53,200 Agence Nationale de la 
Meteorologie du Sénégal   
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- 7 - Health technology transfer projects 
Project 
Number Project Acronym Project Title Participant Legal Name Participant City Participant 
Country Name Participant EC 
Contribution 
200889 STOPPAM Strategies TO Prevent Pregnancy-Associated 
Malaria Université d'Abomey-Calavi 
(UAC). Abomey-Calavi Benin 539.866,00 
200889 STOPPAM Strategies TO Prevent Pregnancy-Associated 
Malaria National Institute for Medical 
Research Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 692.212,00 
201038 EURONEUT-41 EUROpean consortium on NEUTralising antibodies 
using gp41 Les Centres Gheskio Port-au-Prince Haiti 18.029,00 
201655 PRISMA Reflecting the Positive diveRsities of European 
prIorities for reSearch and Measurement in end 
of life cAre African Palliative Care 
Association Kampala Uganda 30.698,00 
201889 MALACTRES Multi-drug resistance in malaria under 
combination therapy: Assessment of specific markers and development of innovative, rapid and simple diagnostics Centre Muraz Bobo-Dioulasso Burkina Faso 198.984,00 
201889 MALACTRES Multi-drug resistance in malaria under 
combination therapy: Assessment of specific 
markers and development of innovative, rapid and 
simple diagnostics The Good Samaritan 
Foundation (Kilimanjaro 
Christian Medical Centre GSF 
KCMC) Moshi Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 148.700,00 
222881 SURE Supporting the Use of Research Evidence (SURE) 
for Policy in African Health Systems Ministère de la Santé Ouagadougou 03 Burkina Faso 303.925,00 
222881 SURE Supporting the Use of Rese arch Evidence (SURE) 
for Policy in African Health Systems Ethiopian Health and Nutrition 
Research Institute Addis Ababa Ethiopia 299.961,00 
222881 SURE Supporting the Use of Research Evidence (SURE) 
for Policy in African Health Systems Universidade Eduardo 
Mondlane Maputo Mozambique 254.951,60 
222881 SURE Supporting the Use of Rese arch Evidence (SURE) 
for Policy in African Health Systems Ministério de Saúde Maputo Mozambique 7.744,00 
222881 SURE Supporting the Use of Research Evidence (SURE) 
for Policy in African Health Systems Makerere University Kampala Uganda 551.503,00 
222881 SURE Supporting the Use of Rese arch Evidence (SURE) 
for Policy in African Health Systems Zambia Forum for Health 
Research Lusaka Zambia 181.130,00   
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- 8 - Project 
Number Project Acronym Project Title Participant Legal Name Participant City Participant 
Country Name Participant EC 
Contribution 
222895 KALADRUG-R New tools for monitoring drug resistance and 
treatment response in visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent B.P. Koirala Institute of Health 
Sciences Dharan Nepal 419.136,00 
222982 QUALMAT Quality of maternal and prenatal care: bridging 
the know-do gap Centre de Recherche en Santé 
de Nouna Nouna Burkina Faso 502.636,00 
222982 QUALMAT Quality of maternal and prenatal care: bridging 
the know-do gap Muhimbili University of Health 
and Allied Sciences Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 474.260,00 
223131 CHAIN Collaborative HIV and Anti-HIV Drug Resistance 
Network Université Cheikh Anta Diop de 
Dakar Dakar Fann Senegal 172.080,00 
223166 HEFPA Health Equity and Financial Protection in Asia Centre for Advanced Study Phnom Penh Cambodia 183.720,00 
223241 ANOPOPAGE Population age structure and age structure 
modification via Wolbachia in Anopheles gambiae Centre National de Recherche 
Scientifique et Technologique Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 183.512,00 
223501 EQUITABLE Enabling universal and equitable access 
to healthcare for vulnerable people in poor 
resource settings University of Malawi Zomba Malawi 144.364,00 
223501 EQUITABLE Enabling universal and equitable access 
to healthcare for vulnerable people in poor 
resource settings Ahfad University for Women Omdurman Sudan 239.833,80 
223581 PRD COLLEGE Poverty related Diseases College(International 
Programme on BioMedicine and Development) Ministry of Health and Social 
Welfare Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 33.277,00 
223581 PRD COLLEGE Poverty related Diseases College(International 
Programme on BioMedicine and Development) Makerere University Kampala Uganda 38.413,00 
223581 PRD COLLEGE Poverty related Diseases College(International 
Programme on BioMedicine and Development) Tropical Diseases Research 
Centre Ndola Zambia 38.841,00 
223601 MALVECBLOK Population biology an d molecular genetics 
of vectorial capacity in Anopheles gambiae: 
targeting reproductive behaviour and immunity 
for transmission-refra ctory interventions Université de Bamako Bamako Mali 105.000,00   
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- 9 - Project 
Number Project Acronym Project Title Participant Legal Name Participant City Participant 
Country Name Participant EC 
Contribution 
223736 TRANSMALARIABLOC  Malaria Transmission Blocking by Vaccines, Drugs 
and Immune Mosquitoes: Efficacy Assessment and Targets Centre National de Recherche 
Scientifique et Technologique Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 307.224,00 
223736 TRANSMALARIABLOC  Malaria Transmission Blocking by Vaccines, Drugs 
and Immune Mosquitoes: Efficacy Assessment 
and Targets Makerere University Kampala Uganda 206.832,00 
241500 BURULIVAC Identification and development of vaccine 
candidates for Buruli Ulcer Disease Centre National Hospitalier de 
Pneumo-Phtisiologie Cotonou Benin 142.729,00 
241500 BURULIVAC Identification and development of vaccine 
candidates for Buruli Ulcer Disease Ministere de la Sante Cotonou Benin 143.131,00 
241500 BURULIVAC Identification and development of vaccine 
candidates for Buruli Ulcer Disease Institut Medical Evangelique 
de Kimpese Kimpese Congo 
(Democratic Republic of) 257.470,00 
241642 IDEA Dissecting the Immunological Interplay between 
Poverty Related Diseases and Helminth Infections: 
An African-European Research Initiative National Institute for Medical 
Research Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 63.400,00 
241642 IDEA Dissecting the Immunological Interplay between 
Poverty Related Diseases and Helminth Infections: 
An African-European Research Initiative Ifakara Health Institute Trust Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 205.400,00 
241945 PREPARE Promoting sexual- and repr oductive health among 
adolescents in southern and eastern Africa -  
mobilising parents, schools, and communities Muhimbili University of Health 
and Allied Sciences Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 577.802,00 
241945 PREPARE Promoting sexual- and reproductive health among 
adolescents in southern and eastern Africa -  
mobilising parents, schools, and communities Makerere University Kampala Uganda 301.180,00 
242079 REDMAL Clinical development of a Pfs48/45-based malaria 
transmission blocking vaccine African Malaria Network Trust Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 114.603,90 
242079 REDMAL Clinical development of a Pfs48/45-based malaria 
transmission blocking vaccine The Good Samaritan 
Foundation (Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre GSF KCMC) Moshi 
Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 37.500,00 
242095 EVIMALAR Towards the establishment of a permanent 
European Virtual Institut e dedicated to Malaria 
Research (EVIMalaR). University of Khartoum Khartoum Sudan 92.846,00   
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Number Project Acronym Project Title Participant Legal Name Participant City Participant 
Country Name Participant EC 
Contribution 
242095 EVIMALAR Towards the establishment of a permanent 
European Virtual Institut e dedicated to Malaria 
Research (EVIMalaR). Makerere University Ka mpala Uganda 92.846,00 
242107 THESCHISTOVAC The targeted development of a new generation 
Vaccine for Schistosomiasis Vector Control Division - 
Ministry of Health Kampala Uganda 180.000,00 
242131 E PIAF Enhanced Protective Immunity Against Filariasis Institut National d'Hygiène Lome Togo 215.424,00 
242173 INTHEC Health Education and Community Integration: 
Evidence based Strategies to increase equity, 
integration and effectiveness of reproductive 
health services fo r poor communities 
in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ministère de la Santé Publique Niamey Niger 47.592,00 
242173 INTHEC Health Education and Community Integration: 
Evidence based Strategies to increase equity, integration and effectiveness of reproductive 
health services fo r poor communities 
in Sub-Saharan Africa. Laboratoire d'Etudes et de 
Recherches sur les Dynamiques Sociales et le 
Développement (LASDEL) Niamey Niger 594.203,00 
242173 INTHEC Health Education and Community Integration: 
Evidence based Strategies to increase equity, 
integration and effectiveness of reproductive 
health services fo r poor communities 
in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ministry of Education and 
Vocational Training Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 47.592,00 
242173 INTHEC Health Education and Community Integration: 
Evidence based Strategies to increase equity, integration and effectiveness of reproductive health services fo r poor communities 
in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ministry of Health and Social 
Welfare Dar es Salaam 
Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 47.592,00 
242173 INTHEC Health Education and Community Integration: 
Evidence based Strategies to increase equity, 
integration and effectiveness of reproductive 
health services fo r poor communities 
in Sub-Saharan Africa. National Institute for Medical 
Research Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 602.926,00 
242262 AMASA Accessing Medicines in Africa and South Asia Makerere University Kampala Uganda 270.992,00 
242262 AMASA Accessing Medicines in Africa and South Asia Mbarara University of Science 
and Technology Mbarara Uganda 227.942,00   
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- 11 - Project 
Number Project Acronym Project Title Participant Legal Name Participant City Participant 
Country Name Participant EC 
Contribution 
260260 NIDIAG Syndromic approach to Neglected Infectious 
Diseases (NID) at primary health care level: an international collab oration on integrated 
diagnostic-treatment platforms Institut National de Recherche 
Biomédicale du Zaire Kinshasa Gombe Congo 
(Democratic Republic of) 242.654,00 
260260 NIDIAG Syndromic approach to Neglected Infectious 
Diseases (NID) at primary health care level: 
an international collab oration on integrated 
diagnostic-treatment platforms Institut National de Recherche 
en Santé Publique (INRSP) Bamako Mali 286.463,90 
260260 NIDIAG Syndromic approach to Neglected Infectious 
Diseases (NID) at primary health care level: an international collab oration on integrated 
diagnostic-treatment platforms B.P. Koirala Institute of Health 
Sciences Dharan Nepal 336.000,00 
260260 NIDIAG Syndromic approach to Neglected Infectious 
Diseases (NID) at primary health care level: 
an international collab oration on integrated 
diagnostic-treatment platforms University of Khartoum Khartoum Sudan 251.329,70 
261349 UNITAS Universal coverage in Tanzania and South Africa: 
Monitoring and evaluating progress Ifakara Health Institute Trust Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 881.544,21 
261375 OPTIMUNISE Optimising the impact and cost-effectiveness 
of child health intervention programmes 
of vaccines and micronutrients in low-income 
countries Centre de Recherche en Santé 
de Nouna Nouna Burkina Faso 778.400,00 
261375 OPTIMUNISE Optimising the impact and cost-effectiveness  
of child health intervention programmes 
of vaccines and micronutrients in low-income countries Instituto Nacional de Saúde 
Publica Bissau Codex Guinea-Bissau 784.390,00 
261389 EVAL-HEALTH Developing and testing of new methodologies 
to monitor and evaluate health related EU-funded 
interventions in cooper ation partner countries Union Africane Addis Ababa Ethiopia 320.400,00 
261391 EUROWESTNILE European West Nile collaborative research  project Institut Pasteur de Dakar Dakar Senegal 95.670,00 
261440 HEALTH INC. Socially inclusive health care financing in West 
Africa and India 
Short title: Financing he alth care for inclusion Centre de Recherche sur les 
Politiques Sociales Dakar Senegal 325.990,71 
261449 FEMHEALTH Assessing the impact of fee exemption 
on maternal health in West Africa and Morocco: new tools, new knowledge Centre de Recherche en 
Reproduction Humaine et en Demographie Cotonou Benin 354.369,20   
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- 12 - Project 
Number Project Acronym Project Title Participant Legal Name Participant City Participant 
Country Name Participant EC 
Contribution 
261449 FEMHEALTH Assessing the impact of fee exemption 
on maternal health in West Africa and Morocco: 
new tools, new knowledge Centre National de Recherche 
Scientifique et Technologique - 
Institut de Recherche en 
Sciences de la Santé Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 125.504,00 
261449 FEMHEALTH Assessing the impact of fee exemption 
on maternal health in West Africa and Morocco: new tools, new knowledge Agence de Formation de 
Recherche et d'Expertise en Santé pour l'Afrique Association Bobo-Dioulasso Burkina Faso 320.559,60 
261449 FEMHEALTH Assessing the impact of fee exemption 
on maternal health in West Africa and Morocco: 
new tools, new knowledge Marikani Bamako Mali 157.638,00 
261449 FEMHEALTH Assessing the impact of fee exemption 
on maternal health in West Africa and Morocco: 
new tools, new knowledge Centre d'Appui à la Recherche 
et à la Formation GIE Bamako Mali 54.736,80 
261472 STOPENTERICS Vaccination against Shigella and ETEC: 
novel antigens, novel approaches International Centre for 
Diarrhoeal Disease Research 
Bangladesh Dhaka Bangladesh 542.080,00 
261504 EDENEXT Biology and control of vector-borne infections 
in Europe Institut Sénégalais de 
Recherches Agricoles Dakar Senegal 126.400,00 
265396 HARP Evaluation and impact of  screening and treatment 
approaches for the prevention of cervical 
neoplasia in HIV-positive women in Burkina Faso 
and South Africa: HPV in Africa Research 
Partnership Centre de Recherche 
Internationale pour la Santé Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 621.201,00 
265411 APARET African Programme for Advanced Research 
Epidemiology Training Universite de Ouagadougou Ouagad ougou 03 Burkina Faso 74.077,00 
265411 APARET African Programme for Advanced Research 
Epidemiology Training Muhimbili University of Health 
and Allied Sciences Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 74.077,00 
265411 APARET African Programme for Advanced Research 
Epidemiology Training Makerere University Ka mpala Uganda 74.077,00 
265411 APARET African Programme for Advanced Research 
Epidemiology Training African Field Epidemiology 
Network LBG Kampala Uganda 435.237,00   
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- 13 - Project 
Number Project Acronym Project Title Participant Legal Name Participant City Participant 
Country Name Participant EC 
Contribution 
265448 MOMI Missed Opportunities in Maternal and Infant 
Health: reducing maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity in the year after childbirth through combined facility- and community-based interventions Centre National de Recherche 
Scientifique et Technologique Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 373.417,00 
265448 MOMI Missed Opportunities in Maternal and Infant 
Health: reducing maternal and newborn mortality 
and morbidity in the year after childbirth through 
combined facility- and community-based 
interventions The Registered Trustees of the 
Parent and Child Health 
Initiative Trust Lilongwe Malawi 343.313,00 
265482 CHEPSAA Consortium for Health Policy and Systems 
Analysis in Africa University of Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 179.854,00 
265660 AVECNET African Vector Control: New Tools Ministère de la Santé 7003 Ouagadougou 
03 Burkina Faso 1.638.882,86 
265660 AVECNET African Vector Control: New Tools The Registered Trustees of 
the Research for Equity and Community Health Trust Lilongwe Malawi 35.794,08 
265660 AVECNET African Vector Control: New Tools African Malaria Network Trust Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 170.041,50 
265660 AVECNET African Vector Control: New Tools National Institute for Medical 
Research Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 516.946,36 
265660 AVECNET African Vector Control: New Tools Ifakara Health Institute Trust Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 1.637.836,54 
265727 HURAPRIM Human Resources for Primary Health Care in 
Africa Aide au Développement de la 
Médecine Traditionnelle Association Bamako Mali 65.092,00 
265727 HURAPRIM Human Resources for Primary Health Care 
in Africa Université de Bamako Bamako Mali 243.368,00 
265727 HURAPRIM Human Resources for Primary Health Care 
in Africa Ahfad University for Women Omdurman Sudan 52.888,00 
265727 HURAPRIM Human Resources for Primary Health Care 
in Africa Mbarara University of Science 
and Technology Mbarara Uganda 306.425,00 
265827 EQUIP Expanded Quality management Using Information 
Power for Maternal and Newborn Health in Africa Ifakara Health Institute Trust Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 890.000,00   
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Number Project Acronym Project Title Participant Legal Name Participant City Participant 
Country Name Participant EC 
Contribution 
265827 EQUIP Expanded Quality management Using Information 
Power for Maternal and Newborn Health in Africa Makerere University Kampala Uganda 886.000,00 
265970 ARCADE HSSR African Regional Capacity Development for Health 
Systems and Services Research University of Malawi Zomba Malawi 64.310,00 
265970 ARCADE HSSR African Regional Capacity Development for Health 
Systems and Services Research Muhimbili University of Health 
and Allied Sciences Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 64.318,00 
265970 ARCADE HSSR African Regional Capacity Development for Health 
Systems and Services Research Makerere University Kampala Uganda 451.441,00 
265994 PROLIFICA Prevention of Liver Fibrosis and Cancer in Africa Ministry of Health and Social 
Welfare Banjul Gambia 137.200,00 
265994 PROLIFICA Prevention of Liver Fibrosis and Canc er in Africa Université Cheikh Anta Diop de 
Dakar Dakar Fann Senegal 324.000,00 
266005 MUTHI Multi-disciplinary University Traditional Health 
Initiative (MUTHI): Building Sustainable Research 
Capacity on Plants for Be tter Public Health in 
Africa Université de Bamako Bamako Mali 169.295,00 
266005 MUTHI Multi-disciplinary University Traditional Health 
Initiative (MUTHI): Building Sustainable Research Capacity on Plants for Be tter Public Health in 
Africa Makerere University Kampala Uganda 169.312,00 
266290 ETATMBA Enhancing Human Resources and Use 
of Appropriate Technologies for Maternal and 
Perinatal Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa University of Malawi Zomba Malawi 505.964,00 
266290 ETATMBA Enhancing Human Resources and Use 
of Appropriate Technologies for Maternal and Perinatal Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa Malawi Ministry of Health Lilongwe Malawi 99.752,00 
266290 ETATMBA Enhancing Human Resources and Use 
of Appropriate Technologies for Maternal and 
Perinatal Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa Ifakara Health Institute Trust Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 809.497,00 
266334 PERFORM Supporting decentralised management to improve 
health workforce performan ce in Ghana, Uganda 
and Tanzania University of Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 396.464,00 
266334 PERFORM Supporting decentralised management to improve 
health workforce performan ce in Ghana, Uganda 
and Tanzania Makerere University Kampala Uganda 405.857,00   
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Number Project Acronym Project Title Participant Legal Name Participant City Participant 
Country Name Participant EC 
Contribution 
266417 COST - AFRICA Clinical Officer Surgical Training in Africa University of Malawi Zomba Malawi 822.051,00 
266417 COST - AFRICA Clinical Officer Surgical Training in Africa The Surgical Society of Zambia  Lusaka Zambia 762.275,00 
266474 AFRICA BUILD AFRICA BUILD (B uilding a Research and Education 
Infrastructure for Africa) Université de Bamako Bamako Mali 275.275,00 
278917 GIFTS Genomic and lifestyle predic tors of foetal outcome 
relevant to diabetes and obesity and their 
relevance to prevention strategies in South Asian 
peoples Diabetic Association of 
Bangladesh (DAB) Dhaka Bangladesh 94.803,60 
282378 DENFREE Dengue research Framework for Resisting 
Epidemics in Europe Institut Pasteur du Cambodge 
Foundation Phnom Penh Cambodia 751.504,20 
282507 MASCOT Multilateral Association for Studying health 
inequalities and enhancing north-south and south-
south COoperaTion National Institute for Medical 
Research Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 85.534,00 
282534 SDH-NET Building Sustainable Research capacity for Health 
and its Social Determinan ts in Low- and Middle-
Income Countries Ifakara Health Institute Trust Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 166.758,00 
304815 PLACMALVAC Clinical development of a VAR2CSA-based 
placental malaria vaccine Université d'Abomey-Calavi 
(UAC). Abomey-Calavi Benin 904.056,00 
305178 AFRICOLEISH Care Package for Treatment and Control 
of Visceral Leishmaniasis in East Africa University of Gondar Gondar Ethiopia 210.184,00 
305178 AFRICOLEISH Care Package for Treatment and Control 
of Visceral Leishmaniasis in East Africa University of Khartoum Khartoum Sudan 829.986,00 
305240 GO4HEALTH Formulating new Goals for global health, 
and proposing new Governance for global health that will allow the achievement of these goals Brac University Dhaka Bangladesh 251.454,00 
305240 GO4HEALTH Formulating new Goals for global health, 
and proposing new Governance for global health 
that will allow the achievement of these goals Center for Health Human 
Rights and Development 
(CEHURD) Wandegeya 
Kampala Uganda 251.454,00 
305292 SUPPORTING LIFE Supporting Lo w-cost Intervention For disEase 
control Mzuzu University Mzuz u Malawi 75.653,00 
305292 SUPPORTING LIFE Supporting Low-cost Inte rvention For disEase 
control The Registered Trustees of the 
Ungweru Mzuzu Malawi 39.958,00   
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Number Project Acronym Project Title Participant Legal Name Participant City Participant 
Country Name Participant EC 
Contribution 
305662 COSMIC Community-based scheduled screening 
and treatment of malaria in pregnancy for improved maternal and infant health: a cluster-randomized trial Ministere de la Santé Cotonou Benin 566.998,00 
305662 COSMIC Community-based scheduled screening 
and treatment of malaria in pregnancy for 
improved maternal and infant health: 
a cluster-randomized trial Centre Muraz Bobo-Dioulasso Burkina Faso 694.719,00 
305968 EMERALD Emerging mental health systems in low - and 
middle-income countries Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa Ethiopia 424.336,00 
305968 EMERALD Emerging mental health systems in low- and 
middle-income countries Transcultural Psychosocial 
Organization Nepal Kathmandu Nepal 353.690,00 
305968 EMERALD Emerging mental health systems in low- and 
middle-income countries Butabika National Mental 
Hospital Kampala Uganda 544.320,00 
306090 REACHOUT Reaching out and linking in: heath systems and 
close-to-community services Brac University Dhaka Bangladesh 645.440,00 
306090 REACHOUT Reaching out and linking in: health systems and 
close-to-community services Hidase Hulentenawi Ageleglot 
Yebegoadragot Mahiber Non-Profit Organization Hawassa Ethiopia 517.608,40 
306090 REACHOUT Reaching out and linking in: health systems and 
close-to-community services Ministry of Health Addis Ababa Ethiopia 0,00 
306090 REACHOUT Reaching out and linking in: health systems and 
close-to-community services The Registered Trustees of 
the Research for Equity and Community Health Trust Lilongwe Malawi 598.439,75 
306105 MCD A low cost Mosquito Contamination Device for 
sustainable malaria mosquito control Ifakara Health Institute Trust Dar es Salaam Tanzania (United 
Republic of) 1.512.700,00 
603240 NMTRYPI New Medicines for Trypanosomatidic Infections National Center for Research Khartoum Sudan 228.860,00 
      40.348.128,00   
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- 17 - Detailed description of a few health  technology transfer projects 
Title of project, acronym 
and contract number Targeted LCD country Budget for 
LCD Description 
(type of technology transfer, objectives, expected results) 
A low cost Mosquito 
Contamination Device for sustainable malaria mosquito control  (MCD)  
 Contract:306105 Tanzania   
(Ifakara Health Institute Trust, Dar es Salaam) 1.512.700,00
 The MCD project is developing effective and lo w-cost mosquito control products, and where a 
Tanzania-based company has already expressed inte re s t  i n  w i d e - s c al e  u p t a k e  o f  s o m e  o f  t he  
project concepts developed by MCD (the Smart Patch and Eave tube). MCD aims at developing effective and low-cost products to be integrated in the vector management context and to slow the evolution of mosquito resistance, enabling the efficient use of alternative insecticides, 
resistance-breaking powder applications, and/or the use of multiple bioactives. The objective is to achieve complementing and potentially synergistic impacts with current mosquito control tools (see attachments). The project website is: http://www.mcdproject.eu . 
 
A video of the project is available at: 
http://nieuwsuur.nl/onderwerp/692728-nederlandse-vinding-doodt-malariamug.html . 
 
Community-based scheduled 
screening and treatment of 
malaria in pregnancy for 
improved maternal and infant 
health: a cluster-randomized 
trial (COSMIC) 
 
Contract: 305662 Burkina Faso   
(Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso) 694.719,00  The project COSMIC aims to develop a low-cost intervention, focusing on improving the control 
of malaria, building on community case management of malaria in pregnancy, involving the 
community health workers. The work is done in close collaboration with well-established 
research institutions in malaria endemic countries (Benin, Burkina Faso and Gambia) and with 
the National Malaria Control Programmes and the World Health Organization. The project aims to 
educate community health workers and consumers to  improve the use of rapid diagnostic tests, 
which will increase the acceptability of test re sults. It is assumed that the follow up of the 
pregnant women by the community health worker s providing a preventive treatment to these 
women, will improve both the attendance to the antenatal clinics, and hence the coverage of the 
preventive treatment. This will also allow the early detection and treatment of malaria occurring 
outside the post-treatment prophylactic period. These activities should improve the protection 
against malaria among pregnant women and their o ffspring, and will have an immediate impact 
in reducing the malaria burden in these resource-poor countries, reducing malaria morbidity and 
mortality in these areas. The company Novartis is involved in the project providing 
the treatment. 
 
The project website is http://www.cosmicmalaria.eu . Benin   
(Ministère de la Santé, Cotonou) 566.998,00    
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and contract number Targeted LCD country Budget for 
LCD Description 
(type of technology transfer, objectives, expected results) 
African Vector Control: 
New Tools (AVECNET) 
 
Contract: 265660 Burkina Faso 
(Ministère de la Santé, 
Ouagadougou) 1.638.882,86  The AVECNET project is fighting the malaria mosquito vector, in particular investing in the 
development and evaluation of new insecticid es and approaches to overcome insecticide 
resistance. Their objectives are to plan for vector  control in a changing environment, to develop 
research capacity in malaria vector control in A frica, and to strengthen partnerships in Africa. 
 
Five research institutes in less-developed countr ies have essential roles in the project, some 
have leading roles, ensuring sustainability of intervention strategies and increasing the 
knowledge base on the biology and behaviou r of mosquitoes. Moreover, workshops are 
organised, for instance, on qu ality assurance for experimental  studies, in compliance with 
international standards across all aspects of tr ials, and aim at develo ping and implementing 
standard operating protocols. The draft guidelines on experimental design and statistical analysis 
are being discussed with WHO about how to extend the training and quality assurance work and 
on how to disseminate this to the wider malaria community. The companies Bayer Crop Science 
AG and Syngenta Crop Protection AG are associated with the project.  
 
The project website is http://www.avecnet.eu . Malawi  
(The Registered Trustees of the 
Research For Equity and 
Community Health Trust, 
Lilongwe) 35.794,08  
Tanzania   
((1) African Malaria Network 
Trust, (2) National Institute for 
Medical Research and (3) Ifakara 
Health Institute Trust, 
Dar es Salaam) 2.324.824,00  
Syndromic approach to 
Neglected Infectious Diseases 
(NID) at primary health care 
level: an international 
collaboration on integrated 
diagnostic-treatment  
(NIDIAG) 
 
Contract: 260260 Democratic Republic of Congo  
(Institut National de Recherche 
Biomedicale du Zaire, 
Kinshasa Gombe) 242.654,00  NIDIAG is probably the NID (Neglected Infectio us Diseases) project with the most significant 
transfer of knowledge and training of health personnel in developing countries. A huge challenge 
of the project was to develop reliable clinical rese arch infrastructure in these countries, in order 
to ensure valid results. 
 
The LDCs involved are Mali, Nepal, DR Congo, Su dan, Cambodia (as well as Cote d'Ivoir and 
Indonesia who are not considered LDCs). A separate activity was dedicated to the development 
of Good Clinical Practice (GCP ), Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), Good Clinical Laboratory 
Practice (GCLP), and Good Data Practice (GDP) in  the cooperating institutes in each of these 
countries. This included initial training of  the health personnel (total 44 persons) and 
strengthening of relevant material infrastructures, and subsequent inspection visits to ensure 
adherence, as well as development (and translation to French  and any local language if needed) 
of almost 100 different Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) protocols (e.g. how to perform 
and how to store specific rapid diagnostic tests) . 
 
Six different trainings were organized: five  of category "GCP/GLP/GCLP" training and 
one of category "data management". Issues  covered during these trainings included: 
 
 roles and responsibilities in research, medical research ethics, specific ethical issues in 
NIDIAG; 
 fundamentals of GCP, GCLP, SOPs (and SOP writing), organization and management of Mali 
(Institut National de Recherche 
en Santé Publique (INRSP), 
Bamako) 286.463,90  
Nepal  
(B.P. Koirala Institute of Health 
Sciences, Dharan) 
 336.000,00  
Sudan  
(University of Khartoum, 
Khartoum)  251.329,70    
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and contract number Targeted LCD country Budget for 
LCD Description 
(type of technology transfer, objectives, expected results) 
  personnel, job aids; 
 research ethics guidelines in the specific country; 
 patients' indemnity and assurance; 
 informed consent; 
 AEs (adverse events) and SAEs (serious AEs); 
 Quality Management and Quality Control systems; 
 GDP, clinical data collection and data management; 
 monitoring; 
 reporting: essential document s, records, logbook and investigator file, archiving; 
 management of study products; and 
 GCLP (reporting and GDP, infection contro l and waste management, sample labelling, 
blood collection, calibration, verification of pipettes, calibration of  thermometers, cooling 
systems, temperature monitoring, orders of  consumables, data and stock management, 
shipment of clinical specimens, maintenance, validation). 
As a recognition of the extraordinary effort exerted by the project, NIDIAG coordinator 
Prof. Boelaert was invited to the Health Directorate of DG RTD on 4 December 2013 to give 
a presentation on the challenges related to ca pacity strengthening for GCP and GCLP in low-
income countries. 
 
In addition, when the results of the project (d ifferential diagnosis and clinical management 
algorithms) become available and incorporated into nation al health guidelines as envisaged, 
they will constitute another significant knowledge transfer. 
 
The project website is: http://www.nidiag.org.    
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and contract number Targeted LCD country Budget for 
LCD Description 
(type of technology transfer, objectives, expected results) 
Building a Research and 
Education Infrastructure for Africa ( AFRICA BUILD) 
 Contract: 266474  Mali 
(Université de Bamako, Bamako)
 275.275,00  This project is looking at ways to improve capaci ty for health research and education in Africa 
through information technologies. The transfer of knowledge has to pass through Web-enabled 
virtual communities in the participating Africa n countries (Egypt, Mali, Cameroon and Ghana). 
To provide the right support the project has analysed the state of art in health research and 
education. An IT-enabled, open and collaborative  infrastructure for education, training and 
knowledge-sharing for health researchers in English- French- and Arabic-speaking countries is being implemented.  
The project will also develop a large number of e- learning courses, validated learning resources, 
methodologies and supporting evidence for improvin g the education capacities of health focused 
centres of excellence in Africa.  
The European partners are fro m Spain (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Switzerland 
(University of Geneva), and Belgium (Institute of Tropical Medicine and Switzerland (WHO)).  For Africa there are the Ministry of Communic ations and Information Technology of Egypt, 
the University of Bamako in Mali, the University of Yaoundé in Cameroun and 
the University of Ghana in Ghana.   The project ended last July.   The project website is: http://www.africabuild.eu . IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  Education 
Transfer of know-how is also contained in proj ects that deal with education. From 2004-2013 
the European Commission funded a programme entitled 'Erasmus Mundus' which allows for students from third countries the possibility to come to the EU to do masters and doctorates  
and supports partnership programmes  between higher education establishments in the EU and 
third countries. Scholarships for masters and doctoral programmes  continue to be funded 
under Erasmus+ since the introduction of this su ccessor programme in 2014. Since the start of the 
programme, over 10% of the 17,000 masters students receiving scholarships have come from 
LDCs, and 86 fellowships out of a total of 1,180 ha ve been awarded to doctoral candidates from 
LDCs, with strong representation in particular fr om Bangladesh and Ethiopia. Students from some 
40 have therefore been able to return with knowle dge which has been and will be put to the use of 
their home countries. In 2014, 101 students from 16 LDCs were selected to do masters courses 
and 13 doctoral candidates from five LDCs  were selected to study for doctorates. 
 
Partnerships  funded by Erasmus Mundus between 2007 and 2013 have awarded or plan to award 
scholarships to almost 1,500 students at all academic levels, and to 300 staff from LDCs. Calls for Proposals, funded by external cooperation inst ruments (notably DCI) and EDF, often require 
regional partnerships to give priority to LDCs, so that a partnership has places for HE institutions 
and individuals - for example from Laos with in a wider regional partnership for Asia. 
 Information and statistics for the Erasmus Mundus programme can be found at the following web 
address: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/results_compendia/statistics_en.php . 
Moreover, partnership programmes with universities exist for the African and Caribbean States and 
an additional ten LDCs (until 2013 via the programme Edulink). The subjects covered include 
engineering, research and innovation and design. The programmes also cover the funding 
of students' attendance at these universities in the EU. Moreover, Edulink has an academic mobility scheme and grants scholarships for students  and academics to carry out studies, research 
or teaching in another country covered by the programme. Some of the fields of study covered 
are: agriculture, energy, engineering, governan ce and social sciences and medical sciences.  
 Information can be found at the following web address: http://www.acp-edulink.eu/node/2981 . 
 
As of the current period 2014-2020, all former EU programmes supporting the international exchange of students, academics, ideas and good practice between institutions (Alfa, Edulink, 
Erasmus Mundus, and Tempus) have been integrated into the new Erasmus+ programme. 
Erasmus+ provides more opportunities for individuals and for organizations, simplifies the way these scholarships and grants work and adds a range of new opportunities and supports the 
international exchange of students, academics, ideas and good practice between institutions. 
Erasmus+ provides more opportunities for individuals and for organizations, simplifies the way these scholarships and grants work and adds a range of new opportunities.  
Furthermore, the Marie Sk łodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) of the European Commission will finance 
around 15,000 non-EU researchers to start or pursue their careers in Europe by 2020, while secondments outside Europe are also encouraged. Researchers of any research field 
or nationality may be funded. The individual fellowships enable experienced researchers from 
outside Europe to be trained in, and build collaboration with, a European institution for up to two years. In the year to July 2014 a further 184 researchers were welcomed at a cost 
of €49 million. In addition the MSCA dedicate supp ort to the international short-term exchange of 
research and innovation staff at all career levels, including also administrative and technical staff. These exchanges are open to partnerships of universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other socio-economic actors between Europe and third countries. Information on all of the 
MSCA and the researcher vacancies funded can be found via  http://ec.europa.eu/msca .   
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- 22 - PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES MANAGED BY THE DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION (DG DEVCO) 
A list of projects and programmes run by the Directorate General for Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid (DG DEVCO) and sta rted after July 2013 can 
be found in the following table. Most projects run for a period of three to four years. Numerous projects which started previou s to July 2013 are still ongoing 
through this reporting period July 2013-August 2014. Please refe r to IP/C/W/580/Add.7 for additional information on ongoing pro jects previously reported. 
 The CRIS reference number is given to the project within DG DEVC O's funding programme and is prov ided for ease of reference. 
 
Lesotho 
Project/ 
Programme CRIS 
reference Total allocated 
(€) Contracted 
to date (€)  Paid to 
date (€) Objective of intervention - Current Status  
AGRECO  - 
Strengthening use of GIS as part of Monitoring and 
Evaluation in the 
Water Sector in Lesotho 316290 83,160 83,160 49,896 The specific objective of this assignme nt is to strengthen the GIS capacity in the water sector 
institutions and facilitate the operationalization of an appropriate web-based GIS platform as an integrated part of the M&E system in the water sector. 
The GIS senior expert provides  66 working days input over three missions starting from 
July 2013, for a period of two years. The consultant's expert supports the Commissioner of 
Water (CoW) with advice, guidance and skills tran sfer on the effective use of the GIS system for 
planning, policy, strategy analysis and developm ent, and for improved sector coordination and 
dialogue with stakeholders. Guidance on the us e of Strategic Financial Planning Modelling and 
GIS Based Assets Management Tools fo rms integral part of assignment. 
Expert completed one mission in August 2013. Procurement of the ArcGIS system is currently 
being undertaken by the Government. Further planni ng for a follow up missio n by the expert will 
depend on the progress of the procurement.  
11th EDF - ToR 
scoping study 
Energy  N/A N/A - Team 
sourced under 
TAF of SE4All 
Value assignment  
+/- 160,000 N/A N/A The specific objectives of this assignment is to identify interventions for energy cooperation 
under the 11th EDF, contributing to effective and sustainable governance of the energy sector, 
and to a more sustainable and cleaner energy sector with a reduced reliance on biomass thereby 
increasing access to modern energy servic es, in particular among rural population. 
Main focus of the assignment herein will be on the three objectives as identified in Lesotho's 
National Strategic Development Plan 2012/13-2016/17 for the energy sector: increase energy 
generation to attain self-sufficiency, with th e possibility of exporting clean energy; expand 
access to electricity for industry, commercial  centres and households; and promote energy 
conservation and efficiency. 
An expert team (3) has been sourced through th e TAF of Sustainable Energy for All instrument. 
DEVCO Unit C5 is in charge. Team currently for second mission in-country. Final report to be 
submitted early November 2014.   
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Project Title and Abstract Total Cost and 
Total EC 
contribution Country and EC 
contribution to 
LDC participant Participant Legal 
Name 
Strengthening Disability and Rehabilitation Health Services through Increased numbers 
of Professionally Trained Rehabilitation Practitioners  The project will establish a training de partment in the Ministry of Public Health for training of rehabilitation 
professionals (Orthopaedic Technician Assistants) accord ing to the national needs for skilled professionals, 
within the structure of the MoPH Educational Institut e. The project supports the provision of BPHS/EPHS 
defined disability and rehabilitation  health services through increasing the numbers of professionally 
trained rehabilitati on practitioners. 
 The overall aim is to increase the access to specialized physical rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities through an increased number of Orthopaedic Centres.  €279,998 Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health 
Support the integration of Mental Health into BPHS and EPHS of Afghanistan by qualifying 
Health Professionals and training a pool  of National Mental  Health Trainers 
 
The project will provide training for: 
 
 psychosocial counsellors and coordinate the practi cal phase of their training in a hospital/health 
facility; 
 medical doctors and nurses from hospitals/health facilities in mental health care in primary 
and secondary care;  
 psychosocial counsellors to become National Me ntal Health Trainers (NMHT) for psychosocial 
counsellors;  
 medical doctors to become NMHT for medical doctors and nurses; and 
 keeping stakeholders informed on the creation of a pool of trainers. 
 €1,998,596 
 Afghanistan Ministry of Health, 
Provincial Public Health 
Departments   
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Total EC 
contribution Country and EC 
contribution to 
LDC participant Participant Legal 
Name 
Provision of Technical Assistance to the Afghan Mi nistry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock 
to Contribute to Strengthen the Planting Material and Horticulture Industry  This programme supports:  
 public (MoAIL) and private (Afghanistan National Horticulture Development Organisation - ANHDO) 
sectors' institutional capacities being develope d to regulate, control and further support an 
expanding horticulture industry; 
 the full range of Afghanistan's fruit and nut tree crop varieties being maintained at PHD Centres, 
being catalogued and evaluated for the benefi t of the Afghanistan horticulture industry; 
 the private sector fruit and nut nursery industry being profitable and providing sufficient healthy, 
true-to-type stocks to meet demands from growers for planting orchards; and 
 extension services and skills training leading to adoption of improved plan ting material and best 
horticultural practices by nursery gr owers and orchards/vineyards owners. €6,948,725 
 Afghanistan Ministry  of Agriculture, 
Irrigation and Livestock 
Provision of Technical Assistance to the Afghan Mi nistry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock 
to Contribute to Enhance the F unctionality of Afghanistan's Anim al Health and Welfare Services 
 
The programme supports: 
 
 the improvement of standards in all areas of Animal Health Services through better coordination and 
quality control in 12 target provinces; 
 the progress of the Veterinary Faculty towards full integration of para-professionals (training) with a 
new curriculum introduced and supported by continuing education modules; and 
 progress towards an economically viable production of selected vaccines according to international 
quality and standards. €5,698,830 Afghanistan Ministry of Agriculture, 
Irrigation and Livestock    
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- 25 - Project Title and Abstract Total Cost and 
Total EC 
contribution Country and EC 
contribution to 
LDC participant Participant Legal 
Name 
Food Security Projects: 
 Decision: LRRD Component AAP 2011 (2011/23072)  Under this Decision three food security projects ar e implemented: "Improved food security for poor and 
vulnerable households in Badakhshan province" with Oxfam GB, "Enhancing Food Security, Resilience to 
Disasters and Social Development in Central Highla nds of Afghanistan" with Caritas Germany, and 
"Responding to the food security ne eds of poor and vulnerable househ olds suffering from instability in 
Nimroz Province" with Relief International.  
 €4,616,881   
 Afghanistan  
Decision: Addressing Food Security for the Poor in Fragile Situations  (2012/ 23632) 
 Under this Decision eight food security projects  are implemented: "Community-led food security, 
rehabilitation and livelihoods resilience in Takhar and Bamyan Provinces" with Medair; "Linking Relief to 
Development in Rainfed Highland Areas of Southern Balkh" with People in Need; "Strengthening the livelihoods and the coping mechanisms of the most food insecure in Yakawlang district" with Solidarites International; "Food Security Programme for Linking Relief to Rehabilitation and Development in Afghanistan" with GIZ; "Increasing food security and resilience to shocks throughout the Central 
H i g h l a n d s "  w i t h  C a r i t a s  G e r m a n y ;  " P r o m o t i n g  F o o d  Security and Self-Reliance for Urban Displaced in 
Kabul, Herat and Jalalabad" with Danish Refugee Counc il; "Strengthening the livelihood system of highly 
food insecure households living in  urban and peri-urban informal se ttlements of Mazar-i-Sharif" with 
People in Need; and "Strengthening the resilience of  the poorest communities' food security mechanisms 
and coping strategies in Takhar and Badakshan" with Concern Worldwide. 
 Under all above-mentioned projects , implementing agencies carry ou t capacity building initiatives 
which include:  
 training to farmers on production techniques (i ncluding use of machinery in some cases), seed 
multiplication, environment protection, etc.; 
 training to women on nutrition, di et diversification and hygiene; and 
 training to local government and community leaders on concepts and monitoring of food and 
nutrition security situation.  €10,189,387 
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  Angola 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 Institutional Support to the Development of the Water and Sanitation Sectors in Angola 
 
2. CRIS number: 10.ACP.ANG.01 - Decision 21.027  
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 The project's overarching objective is to contribu te to the reduction of the poverty prevalence 
in Angola through the achievement of the water and sanitation-related MDGs. 
 
The purpose of the programme is to strengthen the water and sanitation institutions in providing services in Angola in a sustainable and efficient manner. 
 
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
 National Directorate for Water, Ministry for Energy and Water; 
 Provincial Directorates for Energy and Water, Provincial Governments; and 
 Municipal Administrations. 
5. Enterprises or other institutions eligible  for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): -  
 6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Angola  
 
7. Type of incentives measures  for technology transfer: -  
 
8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
 ICT for the improvement of water and sanitation services information management; 
 capacity building in the administration to successfully manage the provision of water and 
sanitation services; 
 supplying five provincial laboratories with equipment to control the quality of water; 
 capacity building in the management and technical operation of water quality control 
laboratories; and 
 training of water supply operators. 
9. Type of technology transferred: 
 
 ICT technology: SQL database, data mining; 
 administrative, managerial and financial knowledge; and 
 basic chemistry and procedural knowledge to carry out samples' collection and laboratory 
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  10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 Result 1: Human Resources of water sector institutions provide standards of services adequate 
to the populations needs. 
 
Result 2: Sanitation conditions in poor peri-urban and rural areas are improved.  
Result 3: Quality of domestic water is improved. 
 Result 4: The management of the rural water supply sector in the ongoing decentralization 
process is strengthened. 
 
11. Outcomes/impact: See 3  
 
12. Budget or funds allocated: €15,270,000  
 13. Duration: 78 months: 54 months (implementation) + 24 months (completion)  
 
14. Status: Starting: 2010; Ending implementation: October 2014.  
 15. Contact point for information: 
 
Mª José Baptista. Project manager: Maria-Jose.BAPTISTA@eeas.europa.eu  
 
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1. Title of project/programme: 
 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme in the Central Highlands of Angola  
2. CRIS number: 
 Decision FED/2010/022.853 Water Facility 
Contract FED/2011/245-010 
 3. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
The overall goal of the project is to assist th e Government National Strategy to reduce the 
morbidity and mortality associated with water-borne diseases and to contribute to the UN Millennium goals. 
 
The specific objective is to promote the adoption of sustainable technologies, stimulate positive behaviour change and increase local WSH management capacity in order to significantly reduce 
contaminated water, open air defecation and poor hygiene in targeted rural communities in the 
province of Huambo.  
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
 Provincial Directorate for Energy and Water, Provincial Government of Huambo; 
 Municipal Administrations of Caála, Ekunha e Longonjo, Province of Huambo; and 
 Community Administrations. 
5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): Angola 
 
6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): -  
 
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: - 
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  8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
 Capacity building in the administration and management of water points; 
 capacity building in the drilling and maintenance of water points;  
 capacity building in the community based total sanitation activities. 
9. Type of technology transferred: 
 
 Hand drilling and pump technology and methodology, community-based and using low cost 
PVC components; and 
 health and hygiene related knowledge, mainly on water-borne and water related diseases. 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
Expected Result 1:  Increased access to safe and affordable water sources in 
target communities. 
 
Expected Result 2: Increased access to improved sanitation facilities through Community Led 
Total Sanitation methodology. 
 
Expected Result 3: Increased community awareness of appropriate hygiene and § 
    sanitation practices.  
Expected Result 4:  Increased local level WSH management capacity to ensure local 
ownership, sustainability and broad scale replication of the action. 
 
Supporting the construction of water and sanitation basic infrastructure and hygiene promotion, 
focusing on the most vulnerable and needy ru ral communities, promoting the use of low-cost, 
replicable, small-scale appropriate technologies and working in partnership with local state and 
non-state actors to facilitate community-led behaviour change leading to improvements in health, 
education and socio-economic development.  11. Outcomes/impact: 
 
Helping to achieve the water and sanitation MDG by  working to reduce the proportion of people 
without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation in the target communities. 
 
12. Budget or funds allocated: €1,839,635  
 
13. Duration: Four years  
 14. Status: Activities Ongoing. Starting: 2012: Ending Implementation: 2015  
 
15. Contact point for information:  
 Mª José Baptista - Project manager Delegation Angola. 
 
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  1. Title of project/programme: 
 Formação de Operadores para os Sistemas de Abastecimento de Água do Meio Rural 
 
2. CRIS number: 
 FED/2010/023.319 - Water Facility 
FED/2011/278-083 
 3. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
To have, in the provinces within the scope of the project, a specialized team able to transfer to 
rural community water points' operators the skills to ensure the proper operation and maintenance of the systems, with a focus on those installed under the Water for All Governmental programme 
 
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
 National Directorate for Water, Ministry for Energy and Water; and 
 Provincial Directorates for Energy and Water, Provincial Governments of Benguela, Huíla, 
Huambo, Bié, Moxico, Namibe, Cunene e Kuando Kubango. 
5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): - 
 6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Angola 
 
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer:  - 
 
8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Capacity building in the administration and mana gement of water systems, throughout the whole 
cycle; energy supply systems; operation and maintenance of water points; and quality control.  
 
9. Type of technology transferred:  
Technical engineering knowledge for the maintenance and operations of water supply 
rural networks.  
10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 Technical and managerial knowledge in the wate r cycle transferred to the provincial units. 
 
11. Outcomes/impact: 
 100% of the rural water systems remain operational 
 
12. Budget or funds allocated: €987,474.88 
 
13. Duration: 2012-July 2014  
 14. Status: Ended 
 
15. Contact point for information 
 MªJosé Baptista. Project manager Delegation Angola. 
 
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  1. Title of project/programme: 
 Programa operacional de redução de perdas de  água em sistemas de abastecimento público  
 
2. CRIS number: 
 FED/2010/023.319. Water Facility 
FED/2011/276-329 
 3. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
To achieve a 10% reduction on the water system leak ages in the systems of the provincial capitals 
 4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
 National Directorate for Water, Ministry for Energy and Water; and 
 Provincial Directorates for Energy and Water, Provincial Governments of Huambo and Bié. 
5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): - 
 6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Angola 
 
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: - 
 
8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Capacity building in the maintenance of urban water supply systems 
 
9. Type of technology transferred:  Technical engineering knowledge for the maintenance and operations of urban water supply 
networks, focused on leakages reduction. 
 10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
Technical knowledge in the water supply systems transferred to the provincial units.  
11. Outcomes/impact: See 3 
 12. Budget or funds allocated: €891,909.55 
 
13. Duration: 2012 to May 2014  
 14. Status: Ended 
 
15. Contact point for information:  
Mª José Baptista. Project manager Delegation Angola. 
 
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  Beneficiary 
country CRIS Number Title and date 
of the 
event/project Implementing  
agency Description 
Angola 10.ACP.ANG.01 
Decision 21.027 Institutional 
Support to the 
development of the Water and Sanitation Sectors in Angola
 
 Starting:  2010  Ending Implementation: October 2014 Águas de 
Portugal A team of consultants have provided 
support to the National Directorate for 
Water in areas such as decentralization, information systems, strategic planning and management, human resources management, and water quality control. 
Angola FWC 
Beneficiaries 
2009 - LOT 4 
N° 2013/320283 Technical 
Assistance to the 
Ministry of 
Energy and 
Water of Angola 
in the 
Energy Sector Resources and 
Logistics A consultant worked in the Ministry for 
Energy and Water, with the objective of 
proposing policy areas for reforms, aiming 
at increased electrical energy access, 
increased use of renewable energies and 
energy efficiency; identifying project 
proposals for EU funding and defining 
a three-year TA work programme 
under S4All. 
 
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  Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda 
1. Title of project/programme:  Africa Connect  
 2. CRIS number: FED/2011/255-139 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
Contribute to the modernization and development of education and research 
in Sub-Saharan countries. It aims to improve connectivity for research and education within Sub-Saharan Africa by providing research networking infrastructure within the region, and organizing a direct interconnection of the resulting regional network to GÉANT (Europe). 
Africa-Connect is also building the capacity of other Sub-Saharan countries that are not ready 
by the start of the project, so that they  are enabled to later join the network. 
 
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Regional and national research and educations networks (RENs and NRENs) 
 5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): N/A 
 
6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): 
 Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda 
 
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
The ease of exchange of skilled manpower between countries will assist in this capacity building 
carried out through the training and technical support  activities addressed to IT experts, engineers 
and administrators of networks.  
8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: IT and e-infrastructures  
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  10. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 
 Build a pool of skilled staff that can help to develop the emerging NRENs networks in 
the region.  
11. Outcomes/impact: 
 
 The establishment of a network management and operations unit in Sub-Saharan Africa. 
 The success of the initial implementation will encourage the development of NRENs in other 
countries in the region. 
12. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
€11.8 million (EDF contribution - 80% of the total estimate cost)  
 13. Duration: 48 months 
 
14. Status: Ongoing 
 
15. Contact point for information: Marco Sioli/ DG DEVCO/E3 
 
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Project Title and Abstract Total Cost 
and Total EC 
contribution Country and 
EC contribution 
to LDC participant Participant Legal Name 
"Sustainable Technology Transfer to Enhanc e Productivity for Ultra Poor - STEP UP"  
 
The poorest 20% of severely food insecure and hard to reach areas in Bangladesh and India 
with high density of indigenous people, are at high risk of f ood insecurity and malnutrition. 
Capacity building and training (theoretical and practical),  transfer of productive assets 
(livestock and poultry, fish fi ngerlings, tree saplings, vegeta ble and rice seed and working 
capital and agricultural equipment and machinery) can help to remedy the situation.   The type of technologies transferred include: different types of vegetable, spices and 
rice production; different technologies adopted for soil and seed treatment in vegetable cultivation; integrated pest management (I PM) etc.; different tech nologies for poultry 
rearing; different technologies for cattle re aring; and technologies  for fish culture.  
 Expected impacts include that the agricultural pr oductivity, assets and overall income of over 
80% of the 19,062 ultra-poor households (HHs) will be significantly increased. Gradually, small farmers invest labour not only in agricult ure, but also in non-fa rm and off-farm income 
generating activities (IGA), which contribute to higher household income and that the target people improve their nutritional situation continuously. Total cost:  
4,839,055.79  
 Total EC contribution: 4,397,250   
(being 90.87% of total cost)  Country:  
Bangladesh 
 EC contribution to LDC participant: 4,397,250 NETZ Partnerschaft fur 
Entwicklung and Gerechtigkeit EV, 
Eingetragener Verein, Moritz Hensoldt Strasse 20, 35576 Wetzlar, Germany IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  CARIBBEAN FORUM (CARIFORUM) MEMBER STATES 
(Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbad os, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, 
Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the 
Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago) 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 10th EDF - Caribbean Regional indicative Programme - EPA Programme - Technical Barriers 
to Trade (TBT) Component in "Support to the Caribbean Forum of the ACP States in the 
implementation of the commitments undertaken  under the Economic Partnership Agreement" 
 2. Programme objective and/or purpose: 
 
 To increase the use of services of internationally recognised Regional Quality Infrastructure 
Institutions in the CARIFORUM states. 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
 European Commission; 
 DG Development Cooperation; 
 EuropeAid (European Development Fund - EDF). 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligible for incentives (Transferor): 
 
CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ), and the Instituto Dominicano para la Calidad. 
 
5. Targeted (Transferee):  
 
National Standards Bodies (NSBs) in each CA RIFORUM state, CROSQ Secretariat and INDOCAL 
Secretariat.  6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: Capacity building  
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Training  
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  (period July 2013 - July 2014) 
 
 "20 Milestone Tool" Training for National Accreditation Focal Points (August 2013 
in Trinidad and Tobago); 
 support for study visit of a member of SLBS at the British Standard Institute, 
United Kingdom (partial funding only: November 2013); 
 Mass Metrology Internship (15 February - 8 March 2014 in Newcastle, England) 
 study visit for CROSQ Legal Officer to German Ql institutions and partial support for 
"Training in Standards and Technical Regulations in the areas of Health, SPS, TBT, GMOs and Food Security" at World Trade Institute (March 2014 in Germany and Switzerland); 
 workshop on the development of tools to improve the user orientation of metrology 
services (partial funding only: March 2014); 
 training on 20 milestone tool for more advanced NAFPs (March 2014); 
 understudy attachment of Bahamas Bureau of Standards project manager attachment 
to Bureau of Standards, Jamaica (May 2014, Jamaica); IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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   Train-The-Trainer Workshop in "Setting priorities for standard development and user 
orientation" (July 2014 in St. Kitts and Nevis). 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
Human resource competencies enhanced 
 10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
Increased capacity of technical personnel from Caribbean Quality Infrastructure Institutions to implement and adapt international practices to th eir field of work with the objective to promote 
international compatibility and facilitate trade. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated: €87,975  
 
12. Duration: As needed  
 13. Status: Completed  
 
14. Contact point for information:  Mr Carl Felix Wolff (PTB) 
 
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 St Vincent and the Grenadines 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 Modernization of the Health Sector in St Vincent and the Grenadines 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  The objective of this project is to improve the delivery of health care services to the people 
of SVG. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
 European Commission; 
 DG Development Cooperation; 
 EuropeAid (European Development Fund - EDF). 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
St Vincent and the Grenadines' Ministry of Health 
 5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines  
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: Capacity building  
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities:   
 ICT training and provision of equipment for a Health Management Information System (HMIS) 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 
 ICT training in operating, utilizing and managing HMIS software; and 
 provision of equipment including computers and computer accessories. IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 Increased capacity of the Ministry of Health in collecting, analysing and using relevant 
health data for more effici ent and effective planning; 
 managing and implementation of health programmes utilizing evidence-based decision 
making across the health sector. 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
 Increased effectiveness and efficiency in use of limited Government and non-government 
funds in support of efficient and effective implementation of health programmes in the country. 
11. Budget or funds allocated: €211,000  
 12. Duration: 48 months  
 
13. Status: Ongoing 
 
14. Contact point for information:   
 Sterling Mungal (EU Delegation to Barb ados and the Eastern Caribbean, Barbados) 
 
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Comoros 
1. Title of project/programme:  
 
Appui à la Planification et à la Coordination du Développement (APLACO) 
 2. CRIS number: FED 2008/021-026  
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
 Le projet a comme but d'augmenter les capacités de programmation, planification stratégique et 
opérationnelle et de suivi/évaluation du Gouverneme nt et d'améliorer une maitrise efficace de son 
plan de développement par la mise en place d'un système de gestion de l'aide. Plus particulièrement, le projet vise à renforcer les capacités du Commissariat Général au Plan 
(CGP) et les services de planification et de budgétisation des ministères sectoriels en tenant 
compte de la spécificité et la complexité inhérente de l'architecture institutionnelle du pays.  
 Project Rationale:  
 
Les Comores sortant de plusieurs décennies de crise politiques - y compris de coup d'état - la stabilité tant politique qu'économique se met en place progressivement depuis 2011. Les 
institutions de l'état - donc le CGP - sont en moyenne très jeune et souffre d'un manque accru de 
moyens (financiers, techniques, organisationnels). Le renforcement de capacité du CGP en matière de coordination de l'aide se revêt d'une importance stratégique au vu de la manifestation de 
plusieurs partenaires de développement pour appuyer et supporter le pays pour retrouver la voie 
de la stabilité et la croissance.  Le défi additionnel qui se pose aux Comores est le fait que l'Union des Comores est constituée des 
trois entités insulaires. 
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
Technology transfer in  developed member:  
 
Dans son rôle en tant que coordinateur de l'aide  extérieure, le CGP agit comme interface en les 
bailleurs et les ministères techniques bénéficiant des aides. Ainsi, le CGP joue un rôle fondamental 
en matière d'analyse de l'appui reçu et des besoins par ministères afin de permettre un maximum IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  d'efficacité de l'aide. Cette fonction est rendue possible grâce à la mise en place d'un système de 
gestion d'information de l'aide soutenus par un renforcement de capacités matérielles et technique, tant au niveau central qu'insulaire. Pl us spécifiquement, il s'agit de l'acquisition et 
l'installation de la Plateforme AMP adaptées aux spécificités des Comores, et la fourniture de 
manuels d'utilisateurs/techniques. 
 Il existe par ailleurs un Ministère des Postes et Télécommunications, de la Promotion des Nouvelles 
Technologies, de l'Information et de la Communication. Dans le concret, nous ne disposons 
cependant pas d'information sur le rôle de ce Ministère et dans quelle mesure il existe des facilités pour favoriser le transfert de technologies.  
 
5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 Dans ce cas spécifique, c'était le contractant responsable pour la mise en place du système de 
gestion d'information de l'aide. 
 6. Targeted LDC nembers (Transferee): Comores 
 
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 N/A. Dans le cas de ce projet, le transfert de technologie a eu lieu à travers un contrat de service 
pour la mise en œuvre du système de gestion d'information. 
 8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Aide internationale 
 
9. Type of technology transferred:   
Mise en place d'un système de gestion d'information de l'aide soutenus par un renforcement de 
capacités matérielles et technique, tant au niveau central qu'insulaire.  10. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 
Disponibilité de données réelles sur l'aide internationale.  
11. Outcomes/impact: Meilleure efficacité de l'aide internationale 
 12. Budget or funds allocated:  
 
€220 000 (sur un budget total de €1 900 000) pour la plateforme AMP.  
 13. Duration: 48 mois à partir de mars 2009  
 
14. Status: Les activités du projet se sont terminées en début 2014. 
 
15. Contact point for information: Cellule d'Appui à l'Ordonnateur National des Comores 
 
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 1. Title of project/programme: Programme to promote regional maritime security 
 
2. CRIS number: 2014 / 346-721  
 3. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
 
The objective of the assignment is to run a pre-operational trial providing regional maritime awareness during one year to two operational centres of maritime authorities in the ESA-IO 
region, viz. the ISC Mombasa and the Seychelles IOC Piracy Cell. This is intended to build up 
capabilities with these authorities, for maritime security-related operations, activities and decision making; and to build up experience with using the PMAR-approach. The knowledge and tools developed in the PMAR-HoA project will be used. 
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  Project Rationale:  
 Following maritime security issues off East Africa, in particular the Somalia related piracy during the last years, the global community, including the EU, has initiated a number of support 
measures. Amongst them was the PMAR-HoA study (Piracy, Maritime Awareness 
and Risks - Horn of Africa) in 2011-2012, that look ed at methods to create maritime awareness, 
i.e. knowing the actually ongoing ship traffic, wi th African maritime authorities. Such awareness 
is one of the elements that is essential to enable operational maritime authorities to make 
decisions and take actions needed to combat piracy and other maritime security problems (illegal fishing, pollution, border control, etc.).  
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
Technology transfer in  developed member:  
 
A priori  the Ministry of Post, Telecommunications, Promotion of New Technologies, Information 
and Communications, although in reality there is little information on the extent to which this Ministry is operational. 
 
5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor):  
 European Commission - Joint Research Center 
 
6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee):   
Direct targets are (i) the Information Sharing Centre in Mombasa, Kenya; and (ii) the IOC Piracy 
Cell in the Seychelles. Comoros will  benefit from spillover effects and the system of ship tracking is 
put in place. 
 
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: Grant contract 
 8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Maritime security 
 
9. Type of technology transferred:  
Procurement of an adequate maritime domain awareness system, compatible with existing 
systems in particular the Pilot Project on Piracy, Maritime Awareness and Risks (PMAR).  
10. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 Software tools, and application of the methods for:  
 real-time daily maritime awareness, in the form of a Maritime Situational Picture (MSP), 
showing the reporting ships, delivered to the ISC Mombasa and Seychelles IOC Piracy Cell; 
 regular (e.g. monthly) vessel traffic statistics, which function as reference benchmarks to 
enable better interpretation of the real-time situation; and 
 the integration of piracy incident statistics with the ship traffic situation, to enable 
risk assessment. 
11. Outcomes/impact:  
 
 Improved maritime security in this part of the Indian Ocean with an impact on physical 
human security (of sailors and ship operators) and spill over effects on trade/economic 
activity. 
12. Budget or funds allocated: €500,000  
 
13. Duration: 15 months as from July 2014  
 14. Status: Ongoing 
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  15. Contact point for information: Indian Ocean Commission 
 
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1. Title of project/programme:   
Mise en place de six micro-réseaux photovoltaïques en zone rurale de l'Ile de Mohéli 
 2. CRIS number: FED: 2011/232-482 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
 Electrification par énergie renouvelable de six villages dans l'ile de Mohéli pour satisfaire les 
besoins domestiques, sociaux et économiques  
 Project Rationale:  
 
L'Union des Comores est caractérisée par un fort taux de dépendance énergétique vis-à-vis de l'extérieur, notamment par l'importation des produits pétroliers (premier poste d'importation du pays). Dans ce contexte, la MAMWE - Etablissement Public à caractère Industriel et Commercial 
(EPIC) - envisage de diversifier sa production électrique au profit des énergies renouvelables dont 
le progrès technologique permet de plus en plus d'adaptabilité et de complémentarité par rapport aux réseaux traditionnels. 
 
Dans la région à l'Ouest de l'île de Mohéli, les habitants n'ont pas accès à l'électricité par l'absence totale de réseau. Le choix d'investir dans un premier temps l'installation de six micro centrales 
photovoltaïques s'est donc porté sur cette partie de l'île, ce pour les raisons suivantes: 
 
 le faible taux de couverture du réseau de distribution; 
 le recours à l'énergie renouvelable mieux adapté à l'état environnemental de l'île qui a la 
chance d'avoir une biodiversité encore préservée; 
 l'existence d'un programme de protection de parc marin, qui coïncide avec la partie de l'île 
écartée du projet d'extension du réseau de la MAMWE. 
Le projet consisterait ainsi: 
 
 à la mise en place d'infrastructures électriques faisant appel aux sources d'énergie locales 
renouvelables; 
 au renforcement des capacités de la MAMWE par le partage d'expériences internationales; 
 à la sensibilisation de la population à la gestion de leur centrale; 
 à l'organisation, mise en place et accompagnement des structures installées; 
 à la mise en place d'une gestion adaptée aux infrastructures; 
 au développement de projets d'appui géné rateurs de revenus nécessitant l'énergie 
électrique. 
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
Technology transfer in developed member: 
 
L'entreprise attributaire du marché de fourniture et installation des centrales dans les six villages 
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  5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 La MAMWE, qui est un établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial  
6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Comores 
 7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
  
Le contrat de subvention sous la thématique Facilité Energie  8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Energie renouvelable 
 
9. Type of technology transferred: Energie photovoltaique 
 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 Electrification de six villages inaccessibles à Mohéli  
 
11. Outcomes/impact: Conditions de vie améliorées des populations locales de ces six villages 
 12. Budget or funds allocated: €2 283 000  
 
13. Duration: 48 mois à partir de novembre 2012  
 
14. Status: en cours 
 15. Contact point for information: Cellule d'Appui à l'Ordonnateur National des Comores 
 
 
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Beneficiary:  
ESA IO region participants to Coral Reef work shop, including a representative from Comoros. 
 Country: Comoros as member of the Indian Ocean Commission 
 
CRIS n°:   FED/2009/021-331 - Small Island Developing States 'Mauritius Strategy' in the ESA IO region  
 
Title and date of the event/project:   
Regional workshop held in May 2013 on coral reefs 
 Implementing agency: IOC Expert 
 
Description:   The issue of property rights was addressed in th e context of dissemination/sharing of data and 
information by those who are in possession of such environmental information. A way to tackle the 
issue was to differentiate between raw data - which should be properly stored by those who generated them - and 'métadonnées'  that are those which can be shared without any violations 
of rights. 
 
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  Dominican Republic 
Title and date of event/project: Asistencia tecnica al sector banano  
 Implementing agency: Junta Agroempresarial Dominicana  
 
CRIS No: BAN/2013/336-510 
 
Description: 
 TA to banana producers and their organizations to increase productivity, reduce production costs, improve environmental impact; - TA to develop the cold chain; - Applied research for organic 
banana; - TA for phyto-sanitary management, etc. 
 
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 Title and date of event: 
 
Estudio de vulnerabilidad fisica y amenaza sismica del Gran Santo Domingo  Implementing agency: UNDP 
 
CRIS No: FED 2013/329-618 
 
Description: 
 TA to the National Geological Service and other National institutions in charge of seismic risk 
management, to assess seismic risk at geological level and to review vulnerability of strategic 
buildings, and to ensure better preparedness.  
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 Title and date of event: 
 
Mejora de la capacidad del Ministerio de Hacienda para implementar efectivamente acciones contempladas en la Reforma Financiera del Estado 
 
Implementing agency: UNDP 
 CRIS No: FED 2013/329-618 
 
Description:   
AT para la Direccion General de Presupeusto; - AT parala Dirección General de Contrataciones 
Públicas  
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  Title and date of event: 
 
Fortalecimiento de la Capacidad Técnica e Institucional de la Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas (ONE)  
Implementing agency: UNDP 
 CRIS No: 337 812 
 
Description: AT para la producción de estadísticas económicas  
 
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  Guatemala 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 Project: Facilitación de la participación de Guatemala en el proceso de Integración Regional y en 
el Acuerdo de Asociación entre Centroamérica y la  UE. Commonly referred to as AdA-Integración. 
 2. CRIS Number: DCI-ALA/2009/020-397 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose:  Development of an IT System to manage intellectual property files: The objective of this activity 
was to develop and implement software to create the electronic intellectual property registry (e-registry) of Guatemala. This included an e-ma nagement system to enable the creation of the 
Official Bulletin of the Intellec tual Property Registry (BORPI). 
 
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: - 
 
5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor):  - 
 6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): 
 
 Ministry of Economy of Guatemala; 
 Intellectual Property Registry. 
7. Type of incentives measures f or technology transfer:  - 
 8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Information Technology (IT)  
 
9. Type of technology transferred: Software development  
 10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 Electronic system to manage files of the Intellectual Property Registry; 
 Official Bulletin of the Intellectual Property Registry (BORPI). 
11. Outcomes/impact: 
 The e-registry and the e-bulletin (BORPI) enable th e Intellectual Property Registry of Guatemala to 
offer top quality services, enhancing the country's competitiveness. Moreover, transparency of the 
registry's processes is improved and costs for the users are lowered.  12. Budget or funds allocated: €79,000 (approximately) 
 
13. Duration: Six months 
 
14. Status:  
 Infrastructure has been fully defined while the interaction process with the users shows a 40% 
progress (not taking into account certain modules of trademarks - opposition, annotations and 
renovations).  15. Contact point for information: 
 
Mr Gabriel Aguilera, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala www.minex.gob.gt 
Telephone: (+502) 2410-0000 
 
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  Haiti 
Beneficiary country: Haiti 
Title and date of the event/project: Appui au Bureau de Normalisation à travers le programme d'appui au Ministère de Commerce et 
de l'Industrie (mise en œuvre 03/2012 - 06/2017) 
Implementing agency: Le bénéficiaire de l'appui est le bureau haïtien de normalisation (BHN) du Ministère du Commerce 
et de l'Industrie. 
Assistance Technique au BNH pour opérationnaliser le BHN dans ses responsabilités d'assister le 
gouvernement, le secteur entrepreneurial et la société civile dans les domaines de normalisation, de la certification de produits, de promotion de la qualité et de l'évaluation de la conformité. 
Description: 
Pendant la période du rapport, l'appui a consisté: 
 au recrutement du personnel de la Coordination Technique Nationale; 
 à la réalisation de formations de base en Normalisation et Certification pour les cadres du 
BHN en charge de ces activités opérationnelles; 
 à la formation de 33 consultants nationaux en Management de la Qualité; 
 à la formation des membres des Comités techniques de normalisation; 
 à la mise en place de quatre comités de normalisation; 
 à la sensibilisation des acteurs et parties prenantes aux activités de l'infrastructure qualité 
à travers la célébration des journées mondiales de la Métrologie, de l'Accréditation et de la 
Normalisation; 
 à la création de la Marque nationale de conformité; 
 à l'élaboration et à la diffusion de quatre brochures portant sur les activités de 
normalisation, de certification, d'accréditation et de présentation du BHN; 
  à l'initialisation de l'étude préparatoire pour la Politique Nationale de la Qualité; 
  à la réalisation d'une étude sur la mise en place d'un schéma de traçabilité des productions 
agro-industrielles; 
 à l'acquisition des équipements, fournitures et mobiliers de bureau pour la Coordination 
technique nationale, ainsi que pour le BHN et l'AHMAQ. 
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  Honduras 
1. Beneficiary country: Honduras  
 2. CRIS Number:  DCI-ALA/2011/266-717   
 
3. Title and date of the event/project:   
Consultancy to improve the qualification of Honduras with respect to the Doing Business index, in 
the context of the activities prioritized in the Comprehensive National Agreement ( Consultoría para 
mejorar el Índice de calificación Doing Business  d e  H o n d u r a s  e n  e l  m a r c o  d e  l a s  a c c i o n e s  
priorizadas en el Gran Acuerdo Nacional ), July - December 2013.  
 
4. Implementing agency:   
Presidential Directorate for Strategic Planning, Budget and Public Investment ( Dirección 
Presidencial de Planificación Estratégica, Presupuesto e Inversión Pública ). 
 
5. Description:  
 This consultancy supported the conception and dr afting of the "law on employment generation, 
support to entrepreneurship, business formalisation and the protection of the rights of investors" 
(Decreto 284-2013: Ley para la generación de empleo, fomento a la iniciativa empresarial, 
formalización de negocios y protección a los derechos de los inversionistas ). Title 3 of the law 
creates the National Investment Council (NIC) which leads the policy and institutional reforms to 
improve business climate, including in the area of property rights. The NIC manages the 
membership of Honduras to international organizations linked to all of the rights of investors (Art. 43). The law was passed in January 2014, published in the official journal on 5 June 2014. 
By-laws are still pending signature. Besides this, the contract also allowed to communication and 
training activities related to the EU-Central Amer ican Association Agreement, including its chapter 
on intellectual property rights. This effort was much appreciated since local businesses have little opportunities to receive training on and debate about this specific issue. 
 
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Beneficiary 
country CRIS Number Title and date of the 
event/project Implementing agency Description 
Jamaica 2013/336895 EPA Support to Jamaican Food 
Exports (''EPA Exports'')  €3.000.000  December 2013 - June 2016 IFC  Train food processing firms' technical staff for 
implementing proposed changes for improving food safety standards (including certifications). 
 Train firms' owners and staff on business-marketing 
related issues. 
 Train firm and workers on be st agricultural practices. 
 Provide technical assistance and continuous support 
to suppliers in the adoption of best agricultural 
practices. 
Jamaica 2012/323422 and 
2012/323834 Laboratory equipment and 
training 
 
€1.200.000 
 
2013/2014 Consultants  Accreditation of Microbiology  and Chemistry Lab at the 
Bureau of Standards (including physical upgrades, new 
equipment, accreditation fees, training, and literature) 
for ISO 17025. 
 Accreditation of the Microbiology, Residue Testing, and 
Parasitological labs at Veterinary Services Division 
(including new equipment, accreditation fees, training, 
and literature) for ISO 17025. 
 Accreditation of the Pesticide Research Laboratory 
(including physical upgrades, new equipment, 
accreditation fees, traini ng, and literature) for 
ISO 17025. 
 Accreditation of the Plant Pathology Lab at the Plant 
Protection Unit (including  physical upgrades, new 
equipment, accreditation fees, training, and literature) 
for ISO 17025. 
 Upgrade the Virology Lab at the Plant Protection Unit 
to include the molecular diagnostic testing. 
 Accreditation of NCBJ to issue certification for 
ISO 22000 and HACCP.   
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country CRIS Number Title and date of the 
event/project Implementing agency Description 
Jamaica 2011/301504 EPA Support to applying 
international standards and technical requirements in the public sector  €600.000  2012/2014 Consultants/EDES  Training of public officials on food safety and other 
related standards. 
 Participation of officials in international fora (IPPC, 
Codex, OIE, WTO, etc.). 
 Training for specific assess ments on animal and plant 
health issues, including; Pest Risk Assessments and animal disease surveillance. 
 Design, development and im plementation of various 
educational and awareness programmes on SPS and TBT issues. 
Jamaica 2011/266800 Frameworks, Policies and 
Instruments for Mobilising 
Renewable Energy in the 
Caribbean 
 
€600.000 
 
February 2012 - August 2015 Capri The project seeks to pave the wa y for increased utilization of 
renewable energy in the Caribbean (which currently only 
accounts for approximately 3% of the region's energy 
supply) so as to reduce the region's heavy reliance on 
imported fossil fuels, which carries a significant expenditure 
for many Caribbean island economies. It will determine 
factors needed to create an enabling environment for 
renewable energy development in the Caribbean by 
simultaneously engaging public sector bodies, responsible for 
energy policy development an d implementation, and private 
sector actors whose buy-in is  pre-requisite to mobilising 
investment in the renewable energy sector. 
Jamaica 2012/310117 Developing an Energy Services 
Company (ESCO) industry in Jamaica  €300.000  December 2012 - April 2014 Jamaica Productivity 
Centre Result 1: Increased public awareness of opportunities that 
exist in the ESCO industry and be nefits to be gained by each 
stakeholder.  Result 2 : Improve the institutional and regulatory support 
for the ESCO industry.  Result 3:  Review policy framework for ESCOs. 
Jamaica 2012/023-883 Banana Accompanying Measures 
 
November 2012 - March 2016 Consultants The activities include disease, pest and disaster mitigation; 
transferring of appropriate va lue-added technology, advice, 
standards and best practice, good  agricultural be st practices; 
and expansion of nursery operations for the production of 
new and conventional banana varieties.   
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country CRIS Number Title and date of the 
event/project Implementing agency Description 
Jamaica 2012/324324 Promoting Renewable Energy 
Production and Products in the Sugar Industry of Jamaica  €276.000  October 2013 - October 2014   Develop technological solutions to strengthen 
renewable energy production  for the sugar industry. 
Jamaica 2009/21575 ACP Research for sustainable 
development programme 
 
Managed by HQ 
 
2010 - 2018 
 Consultants,  
University of West Indies  Global-Local Caribbean Climate Change Adaptation and 
Mitigation Scenarios. 
 Developing sustainable disease management strategies 
to improve vegetable production towards self-
sufficiency and food security in the Caribbean region. 
 Application of solar-powered Polymer Electrolyte 
Membrane electrolysers for sustainable production of 
hydrogen gas as fuel for domestic cooking. 
 Climate Change Adaptation  Strategies for Water 
Resources and Human Livelihoods in the Coastal Zones 
of Small Islands Developing States. 
Belize 2009/021-189 Belize Rural Development 
Project II  €2.000.000  November 2013 - February 2018
 Consultants  Supply of mass comparators and balances. 
 Supply of weights and related mass laboratory 
equipment. 
 Supply of pressure, temper ature, dimensional and 
volume metrology equipment. 
Belize 2010/022-223 Accompanying Measures for 
Sugar 
 
€3.200.000 
 
2012/2014 Consultants  Institutional Support to Stre ngthen the Sugar Industry 
Research and Development Institute (SIRDI). 
 Study for a Floating Offshore Transfer Terminal (FOTT) 
for Bulk Sugar in Belize. 
Belize 2009/021-190 Support to the NAO 
 €325.000  2013/2014 Consultants  Senior Trade Advisor Training in Negotiation 
Techniques for the Ministry of Trade based on the proposed Partial Scope Agreement between Belize and Mexico. 
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  Mexico 
1. Beneficiary country: Mexico  
 2. CRIS Number: DCI-ALA/2011/281-377  
 
3. Title and date of the event/project:   
Asistencia Técnica y Servicios Para El Programa Integrado de Cohesión Social México-Unión 
Europea - Lote 2  
 4. Implementing agency: EPTISA  
 
5. Description:   
Long and short term technical assistance on social cohesion policies in Chiapas, with a focus 
on local and regional development.  
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  1. Beneficiary country: Mexico 
 
2. CRIS Number: ALA/2011/281-249  
 
3. Title and date of the event/project:  
 Asistencia Técnica y Servicios Para El Programa Integrado de Cohesión Social México-Unión 
Europea - Lote 1  
 4. Implementing agency: ACE 
 
5. Description:  
 Long and short term technical assistance on social cohesion policies in Mexico, with a focus 
on health, fiscal equity, regional development, security, urban development, social economy. 
 
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 1. Beneficiary country: Mexico 
 
2. CRIS Number: ALA/2010/022-005  
 3. Title and date of the event/project:  
 
Asistencia Técnica al Programa de Competitividad e Innovación México – UE  
4. Implementing agency: IDOM 
 5. Description:   
Long and short term technical assistance on Mexican SME competitiveness, export capacity 
and innovation.  
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  Nicaragua 
1. Title of project/programme:  
 Regional Programme for Research and Innovati on in Agricultural Value Chains (PRIICA) 
 
2. CRIS number: DCI-FOOD/2010/222-947 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose: Regional food security 
 4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in  developed member:  
 
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)  
 
5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor):  - 
 6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Nicaragua  
 
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer 
 8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Agriculture/farming 
 
9. Type of technology transferred :  
 
Transfer and adoption of new agricultural technologies for avocado, tomato, potato and yucca.  
 10. Expected output related to technology transfer 
 
11. Outcomes/impact  12. Budget or funds allocated: €3,977,055 
 
13. Duration: 57 months  
 
14. Status:  
 The programme develops as foreseen. Projects of  the 24 consortium are in place and starting, 
and important progress on the processes of impl ementing protocols is expected for the second 
semester 2014.  15. Contact point for information:  
 
Mauricio Peñalba - EU Delegation in Nicaragua  
 
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  Mozambique 
Beneficiary: Administração de Àguas do Norte - ARA Norte  
 Country: Mozambique  
 
CRIS No: 2011/023319 
 
Title and date of the event/project: 
 Parceria de apoio técnico à consolidação da administração de àguas do norte  
Implementing agency: 
 Augas de Galicia & Ara Norte 
 
Description:  
 Ensures the development of water resources management and water infrastructure in the 
country, contributing to poverty reduction of its population; 
 Visibly improve by the year 2014, the implementation of the ARA-Norte's mandate and 
duties, as established in its Organic Statute, in the internal watersheds of Montepuez, 
Messalo, Megaruma and Órla Marítima in relation to: (1) monitoring of water resources; 
(2) evaluation of hydraulic infrastructure; and (3) environmental management and planning and control of the Public Domain Water, promoting the participation and 
involvement of stakeholders. 
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1. Title of project/programme:  Projeto fortalecimento institucional do ministério da saúde: apoio ao desenvolvimento de recursos 
humanos em administração e gestão em saúde 
 2. CRIS number: 294606 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
Strengthening the institutional capacities of management and administration in the health 
sector - one activity related to technology tran sfer under expected result 3: support to the 
Instituto medio politecnico de saude.  
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
Technology transfer in  developed member:  
 
Human resources department of the Ministry of Health 
 5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Consortium Eductrade  6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Mozambique 
 
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
No incentives, just the installation and use 
 8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Training 
 
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  10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 E-learning training available or the Insituto medio politecnico de saude  
11. Outcomes/impact: 
 Increased use of new technologies for training 
 
12. Budget or funds allocated: The entire project is €1,600,000  
 13. Duration: 36 months 
 
14. Status: TOR for establishing the use of the platform under discussion 
 
15. Contact point for information: Eductrade: www.eductrade.com  
 
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 1. Title of project/programme:  
MDG initiative: Accelerate progress towards MDG 1C in Mozambique 
 2. CRIS number: Dec. 24173 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose: Food security - reduce chronic malnutrition 
 
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
Technology transfer in  developed member:  
 Agriculture ministry leads most of the programme - implementation is via the Rome-based 
agencies. 
 5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Government departments, but also community-based organizations  
6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Mozambique 
 7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Direct support in implementing activities that increase the technological know-how/understanding: 
 
 Implement the voucher scheme (implemented by FAO). 
 Provide training of trainers and training of facilitators for expansion of Farmer Field Schools 
(implemented by FAO). 
 Demand based out-sourced extension through PRONEA (IFAD's support to the extension 
programme). 
 Increasing production and conservation capacity of vaccine against Newcastle Disease 
(implemented by FAO). 
 Provide training to and equip the community vaccinators (implemented by FAO). 
 Provide training to extension workers in husbandry and poultry health (implemented 
by FAO). 
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   Aquaculture group development training and coaching, including nutrition training 
(implemented by IFAD). 
 Promotion of PCR groups and business development training (implemented by IFAD). 
 Enhancing capacity of fisher folks in the production of higher value fish (implemented 
by IFAD). 
 Support Farmer Organizations (FOs) to meet WFP procurement standards (implemented 
by WFP). 
 Establishing storage facilities (implemented by FAO). 
 Build the capacity of smallholder farmers in post-harvest handling, quality upgrading and 
agribusiness (implemented by FAO). 
 Improve market infrastructure (implemented by IFAD). 
 Provision of alternative power supplies (implemented by IFAD). 
 Develop capacity of INFOCOM e SIMA- the food price monitoring system being established 
(bulletins) (implemented by WFP). 
 Expanding fortification to other products (maize flour, cassava flour and sugar) 
(implemented by WFP). 
 Set up partnerships with CBOs and capacity development of staff in home gardens and 
nutrition education (implemented by FAO). 
8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Agriculture, nutrition 
 9. Type of technology transferred:  
 
Know-how in various fields relating to agriculture and nutrition, including an electronic voucher scheme. 
 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 
Improved performance of agriculture sector  and better understanding of nutrition.  
 11. Outcomes/impact: Food security improved 
 
12. Budget or funds allocated: 
 Total funding: €60 million allocated to date. An estimated half of this goes to improving know-how 
or technology. 
 13. Duration: Five years 
 
14. Status: Implementation started in mid-2013  
 15. Contact point for information:  
 
Bruno Declercq, EU Delegation – Mozambique  
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  Beneficiary: Municipality of Vilanculos  
 Country: Mozambique 
 
CRIS No: Contract 256-380 
 Title and date of the event/project: 
 
Empowering Conditions for Good Water Governance - a Financial and Economically Sustainable Model, Vilanculos - Acque del Chiampo  
Validity:  42 months, from 15/05/2012 to 14/11/2015. 
 Implementing agency: 
 
Acque del Chiampo - Municipality of Vilanculos, and the private operator: EMA (Empresa Moçambicana de Águas) 
 
Description:  Improving sanitary conditions of the population of Vilanculos, increase economic and financial 
sustainability of water services and improve go vernance and management of water resources. 
 Main activities foreseen in project document: 
 
 Transfer know-how on administrative management to the water operator (water supply 
contracts, software installation and operation, invoicing, etc.). 
 Create technical conditions to detect illegal connections and modify the network in order to 
maintain control. 
 Establish strategies for sustainable use of water resources in the medium term and 
formulate planning strategy for service extension, while assessing the municipality in its 
extension project and funding. 
 Support the regulator on tariff policy and adjust rates to the different socio-economic 
groups. 
 Establish a quality monitoring laboratory and train staff. 
 Monitor drinking water quality. 
 Establish a plan to reduce ground water contamination. 
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  Beneficiaries: Farmer and fishing communities in the targeted districts  
 
Country: Mozambique  
 
CRIS No: Dec. 24173  
 Title and date of the event/project:  
 
MDG initiative - Accelerate progress towards MDG 1C in Mozambique  Implementing agency:  
 
Rome-based agencies FAO, IFAD and WFP - under SETSAN (Ministry of Agriculture) coordination 
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  Description: 
 MDG initiative seeks to improve food security and nutritional status in a broad-based approach to 
improving access, availability and nutritional status. Technical assistance is supporting the 
following activities: 
 
 Strengthen variety release and early generation seed production of new varieties through 
supporting the Instituto de Invstigacao Agraria Mozambicano (research,IIAM) 
(implemented by FAO). 
 Strengthen the capacity of the private seed sector through supporting the smallholders 
seed production (implemented by FAO). 
 Enhance the capacity of partners for the implementation of the voucher scheme 
(implemented by FAO). 
 Expand and consolidate the Farmer Field Schools methodology (implemented by FAO). 
 Building capacity within Instituto De Desenvolvimento De Pesca De Pequena Escala, IDPPE 
(implemented by IFAD). 
 Provide technical advisory support to the overall management of the project and build the 
capacity of the project management team (implemented by WFP); 
 Ensuring success of existing fortification of wheat flour and vegetable oil initiative  
(implemented by WFP). 
 Research on different modalities for increasing access to essential nutrients for children 
under two years old undertaken (implemented by WFP). 
 Develop a nutrition education training package for use at community level and training of 
trainers (implemented by FAO). 
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Beneficiary: FIPAG Northern Region Office  
 Country: Mozambique 
 
CRIS No: Contract 256-380 
 Title and date of the event/project: 
 
Capacity Building in Sustainable Water Infrastructure Management in Mozambique Northern Region through a FIPAG - VITENS EVIDES International Partnership 
 
Validity : 48 months, from 07/05/2012 to 06/05/2016 
 Implementing agency: VITENS EVIDES International  
 
Description:  
The project's specific objective is to develop water supply capacity (water governance and 
sustainable water asset management) with FIPAG Northern Region Office and two Water Supply Units (in the towns of Nampula – 472,000 inhabi tants - and Angoche – 82,000 inhabitants), and 
replication of the approach by the four other towns in the northern region.  
 
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  Nepal 
1. Title of project/programme: Partnership for Improved Nutrition in Nepal  
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
 
The overall objective of this action is to improve maternal, infant and child nutrition so as to combat chronic malnutrition and to foster socio-economic development in Nepal. The purpose of 
the project is to support implementation of the MSNP, an evidence-based approach to improving 
maternal and child nutrition in Nepal.  
3. Government agencies or institutions el igible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: - 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): - 
 5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Ministry of Agricultural Development  
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer:  - 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Food and nutrition security 
 8. Type of technology transferred:   
 Biogas and Improve Cook Stoves (ICS) technologies support in the prioritised districts 
 Equipment for Local level food demonstration - preparation of improved complementary 
food using recipes from locally available foods (food processing and cooking utensils) 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 Procurement and distribution of essential nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive equipment, 
supplies and commodities. 
 10. Outcomes/impact:   
Improve maternal, infant and child nutrition. Drudgery reduction of women. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: $304,000 
 
12. Duration: 2015 - 2018 
 
13. Status:  
 Decided: activities are expected to start in March 2015. DCI Committee in October 2014.  
14. Contact point for information:  
 Mim Hamal (Programme Manager, EU Delegation Nepal) 
 
 
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  Trinidad and Tobago 
Beneficiary country: Trinidad and Tobago 
Title and date of the event/project: Technical Assistance to establishing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to support enabling 
competitive business in Trinidad and Tobago. 
Implementing agency: GOPA Consultants  
Description: 
 Setting up monitoring and evaluation frameworks in two line ministries and their 
implementing agencies 
 apacity building, defining processes and setting up a database 
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Beneficiary country: Trinidad and Tobago 
Title and date of the event/project:  
Strengthening project management for Enabling Competitive Business SBSP 
Implementing agency: ECORYS  
Description: 
 Capacity building for project management function in two line ministries and their 
implementing agencies 
 Setting up procedures and consultations on the software requirements 
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Zimbabwe 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Bio-fuel Policies and Practices for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development in Zimbabwe  
2. CRIS Number: DCI-ENV/2010/220068 
 3. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
The objective of the project is to create an enabling environment for bio-fuel investments and 
support community level processing and utilization of bio-fuel feedstock products. 
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Technology transfer was made to community institutions - Environmental Action Groups in Mudzi 
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  5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 Technology transfer made to community institutions - Environmental Action Groups  
 
6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): - 
 7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Technology was supplied to assist communities in Mudzi and Mutoko in the processing of Jatropha.  8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Community level production  
 
9. Type of technology transferred:  
Manual and Electric presses for Jatropha oil production, shelling machines, soap cutters and soap 
moulds. The project is in the process of exploring transferring biogas technology to the communities to make use of the Jatropha biomass available from processing. 
 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer:  Beneficiaries expected to process Jatropha and produce soaps for sale for increased income. 
 
11. Outcomes/impact: Increased household income from $20 to $100 per annum.  
 
12. Budget or funds allocated: $100,000.00  
 13. Duration: This is a four and a half year project. 
 
14. Status: Project in the last year. 
 15. Contact point for information: 
 
Charity Mbirimi Project Coordinator 
http://www.wwf.org.zw 
 
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  1. Title of project/programme:  
Sanitation for Success: Urban and peri-urban comprehensive sanitation 
 2. CRIS Number: FED/2012/334614 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
Contribute to progress towards MDG 7 of halving the proportion of people without sustainable 
access to basic sanitation in Zimbabwe.  
 4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
Technology transfer in developed member: 
 
 Nyanga and Murehwa District Councils 
 Ministry of Health and Child Welfare 
 Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) 
 Environmental Management Agency (EMA) 
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  5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 Not applicable: Zimbabwe is listed as a developing country.  
6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Not applicable 
 7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Institutional and Infrastructure incentives 
8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 
 Energy 
 ICT software 
9. Type of technology transferred: 
 No technology has been transferred yet as project is still in inception phase.  
10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 Trained plant operators in managing and operating waste water treatment facilities and 
solid waste management infrastructure. 
 Trained residents in managing waste water at household level and provided with skills to 
manage solid waste at source through reducing, reusing and recycling. 
 Local authorities and community animators trained to conduct health and hygiene sessions 
at community level. 
 Residents oriented with safe health and hygiene practices. 
 Enhanced capacity of local authorities in service delivery policy making, complaints 
handling, accountability and billing system. 
 Functional sewage network in Nyanga and Murewa centres through rehabilitation of sewage 
ponds, construction of reconnection of sewer lines and communal septic tanks. 
 Constructed public, institutional and household latrines. 
11. Outcomes/Results: 
 
 Comprehensive sanitation coverage increases by 50% in Nyanga and Murewa centres. 
 Hygiene practices and behaviours improve in target areas. 
 A sustainable sanitation service provision structure is in place, managed and maintained by 
local authorities and community-level structures with active private sector involvement. 
Impact: 
 
 Improved living conditions, health, human dignity, economic productivity and the 
environment in poor urban and peri-urban areas of Nyanga and Murehwa, Zimbabwe. 
12. Budget or funds allocated: 
 Total €2,702,709 (European Union: €2,027,031.75, CAFOD: €675,677.25) 
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  13. Duration: Three years 
 14. Status: Baseline/Inception phase 
 
15. Contact point for information: 
 Verity Johnson 
CAFOD Country Representative 
88 Broadlands, Emerald Hill, Harare http://www.cafod.org.zw 
 
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1. Title of project/programme: 
 Improving the food and nutrition security and income generation of smallholder farmers through 
better resource utilization and streamlined coordination mechanisms 
 2. CRIS Number: FED/2012/307-580 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 To create a conducive environment to improve the food and nutrition security and income 
generation of smallholder farmers through better resource utilization and streamlined coordination 
mechanisms.  
4. Government agencies or institutions e ligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: N/A 
 5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 
 Ministry of Agriculture Mechanisation and Irrigation Development 
6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Zimbabwe 
 7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 Improved coordination of agricultural activities at both national and subnational levels 
 Provision of agriculture and food security information. 
8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
 Agriculture sector coordination and the provision of information 
 Capacity building in data collection and data analysis 
 Capacity building in report writing, facilitation and presentation skills 
 ICT for developing a website for the Agriculture Coordination and Information Form 
9. Type of technology transferred: 
 
 Knowledge on data collection (focused group discussions, household surveys) and data 
analysis to implement an agriculture and food security monitoring system and to undertake national crop assessments. IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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   Knowledge on report writing, facilitation and presentation skills for the Ministry of 
Agriculture Mechanisation and Irrigation Development particularly the Department of Economics and Markets to enhance capacities to coordinate the Agriculture Sector; 
 Development of a website for the Agriculture Coordination and Information Form. 
 Transfer of ICT equipment namely computers and printers to the Ministry of Agriculture 
Mechanisation and Irrigation Development. 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 Improved availability of information on agriculture and food security in formation. 
 Improved coordination of activities in the Agriculture Sector. 
11. Outcomes/impact: 
 
An effective institutional coordination framework in the agricultural sector  
12. Budget or funds allocated: €2 million 
 13. Duration: 24 months. 
 
14. Status: In progress, project ends 31 December 2015 
 15. Contact point for information: FAO Zimbabwe 
 
 
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 1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Local plants for global markets  - developing organic and fair trade certified high value crops and 
under-utilized plants to improve sustainable agricu ltural practices and food security in Zimbabwe 
 
2. CRIS Number.: Contract number  dci-food/2011/281-668 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
The project aims at commercializing a number of high value crops and indigenous plants for which significant potential market demand exists. Th e project targets at least 4,000 smallholders 
in dryland areas of natural regions 4 and 5 of Zimbabwe. 
 Overall objective : 
 
The overall objective is to contribute to prom oting innovative approaches to improving food 
security in Zimbabwe, addressing historical and current food security challenges through 
innovative and locally owned, sustainable solutions, which have a potential to be scaled up and 
mainstreamed. 
 Specific objective :  
 
The specific objective is to develop, test and disseminate the potential of high-value crops and under-utilized plants appropriate for international fair trade and other certification, using sustainable agricultural practices which will impr ove food security in natural regions 4 and 5. 
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  4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
Technology transfer in developed member : n/a 
 5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (transferor): 
 
Hilfswerk Austria International, Bio-Innovation Zimbabwe, Kaite Trust  
6. Targeted LDC members (transferee): 
 Smallholders (high value crops farmers and wild collectors in natural regions 4 and 5 of Zimbabwe), private sector companies, government  institutions (i.e. Department of Agricultural 
extension services, Agritex, forestry commission,  environmental management agency  and EMA). 
 7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Training, introduction of new processing techno logy, research, market and product development 
 
8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Livelihoods - commercialization of natural species and production of high value crops in dryland areas (natural regions 4 and 5) of Zimbabwe. 
 
9. Type of technology transferred:  
Smallholder farmers: receive trainings in sustainable harvesting of wild species, hygienic 
processing and storage while smallholder farmers receive training in organic farming - compost making; preparation, planting and management of nurseries; transplanting of seedlings; disease 
and pest control; harvesting; processing and storage of produce, assistance with getting relevant 
certification like organic and fair-trade.  Private sector companies: business development and advisory services 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 The project is achieving the following results: 
 
 Result 1: high value and indigenous crops with commercial potential are identified. 
 Result 2: marketable products developed and launched from targeted species. 
 Result 3: enduring commercial demand has been created for the identified species. 
 Result 4: small-scale producers are actively engaged in efficient and biodiversity-friendly 
harvesting, production and processing of new crops from high value and under-utilized species. 
 Result 5: knowledge is collected and disseminated through appropriate fora. 
11. Outcomes/impact: 
 
Expected impact is a decrease of the prevalence of poverty (percentage of people living on less 
than $1.25/day), a decrease of the prevalence of households with moderate or severe hunger and an increase in the number of companies working with smallholders and under-utilized plants for 
at least 4,000 smallholders from the producti on/harvesting and processing of high-value 
crops/natural species and sale of produce to private companies.  12. Budget or funds allocated:  
 
Total budget is €1,510,990 (EU is funding €800,000) , the whole action is based on technology 
transfer  
 
13. Duration: Three years (December 2011 - December 2014)  
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  14. Status: Project is  ongoing until December 2014 and is on track.  
 15. Contact point for information:  
Dr Heidi Burkhart (HWA General Manager, Austria); email office@hwa.or.at 
 
Mrs Bridget Matambo (HWA Technical Team Leader, Zimbabwe)  
 
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1. Title of project/programme:  Wildlife in Livelihood Development (WILD) Programme 
 2. CRIS Number: DCI-FOOD-2013/327-960  
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
Improved food and income security of small-scale farmers in arid communal areas in Zimbabwe 
 4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
 Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate - technical assistance in drafting and piloting of 
alternative CBNRM models and REDD+ policy in communal areas; 
 Communal Areas Management Programme For Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) - 
technical assistance in piloting of alternative CBNRM models and drafting/piloting terms of reference / policy for REDD+ in communal areas; 
 Department of Livestock and Veterinary Services - technical assistance and training in 
livestock extension services; 
 Local Authorities - technical assistance in piloting CBNRM/REDD+ models for communal 
areas. 
5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): N/A 
 6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): - 
 
Communities, traditional leadership, community-based organizations and local authorities.  
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 The EU-funded Wildlife in Livelihood Developmen t (WILD) Programme seeks to improve land-use 
diversification and resilience by strengthening Community Based Natural Resource Management 
(CBNRM) enterprises in three pilot Project Areas. 
 The WILD Programme is multi-faceted and involves numerous points of contact for transference 
of technology and technical assistance which esse ntially forms the thrust of the entire Programme. 
 Development of three COMMUNITY CONSERVANCIES: 
 
This will involve a number of technology and know-how transfers including:  
 Awareness, capacity building and empowerment of local communities to play more central 
role in CBNRM and sustainable utilization of natural resources in communal areas. 
 Building and initiation of robust institutional frameworks and community-based 
organizations to administer sustainable CBNRM. 
 Development of wildlife, ecosystem and biodiversity management infrastructure 
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   Infrastructure and equipment provided by the project will involve a wide array 
of technological transfer - from vehicles, fencing, buildings and implements through to radio communications, fencing, solar power, boreholes and other items germane to wildlife and natural resource management. 
Support diversification and initiation of su stainable ancillary natural resource revenue 
streams:  
 Wildlife - through training and brokering of tourism PPCPs with private operators and local 
authorities 
 Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) - e.g. REDD+/Carbon, honey, fruits, fish, crayfish, 
mopane worms, etc. through training, capacity building and establishment of local NTFP 
value chains  
Mutually supported by extension and traini ng of communities, local authorities and 
extension services: 
 
 Livestock Support- improved livestock management, infrastructure, extension, training, 
grazing management and rangeland rehabilitation 
 CBNRM extension - NTFP, mitigation of human wildlife conflict, CBNRM management 
and awareness 
 Bush-schools - training school pupils and communities in CBNRM / ecological education, 
extension and training 
 Demonstration plots - conservation agriculture, nutrition gardens 
Underpinned by technical assistance to polic y makers for improved CBNRM policy review 
including: 
 
 Piloting of alternative CBNRM models for and wi th the CAMPFIRE Association and Ministry of 
Environment, Water and Climate; 
 Drafting and piloting of standardized terms of reference for REDD+ initiatives in Communal 
Areas in Zimbabwe for and with the CAMPFIRE  Association and the Department for Climate 
Change Mitigation, Mini stry of Environment, Water and Climate. 
8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
 Environment, climate, CBNRM 
 Community Based Tourism 
 Communal livestock production 
 Communal agriculture and nutrition 
9. Type of technology transferred: 
 
 Knowledge 
 Institutional frameworks, capacity building and empowerment 
 Equipment - solar, boreholes, vehicles, radios communications, implements, infrastructure, 
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  10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 Establishment of three sustainable Community Wildlife Conservancies - piloting improved 
CBNRM models for communal communities; 
 Improved CBNRM, livestock and cropping practices; and 
 Improved CBNRM, livestock, croppi ng and REDD+ policy frameworks. 
11. Outcomes/impact: 
 
Improved livelihoods, food security and resilience of Communal Communities through diversified and more efficient, environmentally sustainable utilization of natural resources under CBNRM, livestock and cropping.  
 
12. Budget or funds allocated : €3.5 million 
 
13. Duration: 3.5 years (November 2013 - May 2017)  
 14. Status: Current implementation 
 
15. Contact point for information:  Dr Chap Masterson BVSc MRCVS 
Wildlife Veterinarian and WILD Programme Coordinator 
Sustainable Agriculture Technology 31 Woodgate Rd, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe 
Cell: (+263) 77 486-1238 
Email: chap.masterson@gmail.com  
 
Beneficiaries: 
 
 Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate - technical assistance in drafting and piloting of 
alternative CBNRM models and REDD+ policy in Communal Areas 
 Communal Areas Management Programme For Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) - 
technical assistance in piloting of alternative CBNRM models and drafting/piloting terms of reference / policy for REDD+ in communal areas 
 Department of Livestock and Veterinary Services - technical assistance and training in 
livestock extension services 
 Local Authorities - technical assistance in piloting CBNRM/REDD+ models for 
communal areas 
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1. Title of project/programme: 
 Support to the rollout and implementation of the Food and Nutrition Policy through the 
strengthening of the Food and Nutrition Council (FNC) 
 2. CRIS Number: FED-2013/331-421  
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose:   To provide technical and technological capacity support to strengthen coordination in 
implementation of the Food and Nutrition Security Policy.  
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  Project Rationale:  
 To strengthen the capacity of the Food and Nutrition Council, a government institution mandated to promote cohesive national response to food and nutrition insecurity to coordinate 
implementation of the Food and Nutrition Security Policy. 
 4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
Technology transfer in developed member: 
 The Food and Nutrition Council (FNC); Ministry of Agriculture Mechanisation and Irrigation Development (MAMID); Ministry of Health and Child  Care (MoHCC); Ministry of Labour and Social 
Services (MoLSS); Ministry of Local Government ; Zimbabwe Statistics Department (ZimStats) 
and many others.  
5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor):  
 UN Agencies and NGOs 
 
6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Zimbabwe 
 7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer:  
 
Improved coordination of food and nutrition security at national and subnational levels including timely availability of data that truly reflects the situation on the ground. 
 
8. Field or sector of techno logy transfer activities:  
 
The various sectors involved in food and nutrition security: agriculture, health, social services, 
data and information services.  9. Type of technology transferred: 
 
 ICT in the form of computers and printers for the subnational Food and Nutrition Security 
Committees to enable them to document the food and nutrition security situation, collect 
and analyse data and to produce timely reports of the situation, to monitor programmes 
and recommend sustainable interventions. 
 Server to improve food and nutrition security data management at the FNC and establish 
an effective national Food and Nutrition Security Information System. 
 ICT technology in the form of statistical packages for data analysis.  
In addition capacity is built through training of coordination committees in coordination and 
collaboration and how to work as teams. 
 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer:   
Improved coordination of food and nutrition security resulting in better targeting, better 
programming, sustainability of intervention impacts, and timely availability of data for use in planning, monitoring and reporting of interventions. 
 
11. Outcomes/impact: Improved Food and Nutrition Security for all people in Zimbabwe. 
 12. Budget or funds allocated: €500,000 ~26% allocated to Technological Transfer.  
 
13. Duration: 30 months, starting November 2013  
 
14. Status: In progress 
 15. Contact point for information: Project Focal Person in FAO Zimbabwe Country Office. 
 
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  1. Title of project/programme:  
 FORESTS FORCES - Forests Sustainably Managed for Communities, Environment and Shocks Resilience. 
 
2. CRIS Number: 133-709/L/ACT/ZW 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose: Ma in objective of the programme:  
 To increase and diversify the sources of food and income of small-scale farmers through activities focused on better natural resource management. 
 
Rationale of the programme:   
Agriculture is not performing well due to increasing unreliable rainfall patterns, alternative 
activities are therefore needed in order to dive rsify sources of income and enable communities 
to cope with adverse climatic conditions and/or other shocks. 
 
The interventions under this project will target eight districts: Chimanimani, Mutasa, Hwedza, 
Mutoko, Hwange, Lupane, Bulilima and Matobo. 
 The overall objective would be to improve food security of vulnerable rural communities through 
participatory sustainable forest management and valorisation of forest products, diversified 
livelihoods strategies and enhanced capacity to deal with shocks.  
Forests and trees have important multiple functions and provide a wide range of forest goods and 
products that include forest foods (caterpillars,  honey, mushrooms, bush meat etc.), fodder, 
medicines, timber, other construction materials and firewood for energy which are critical to the 
livelihoods of poor rural communities. They also provide vital ecosystem services that include, soil 
and watershed protection, biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration that help in adapting and mitigating climate change. Since most of the dry areas that are agriculturally marginal are well endowed with trees and forests, it is imperati ve to integrate agriculture with sustainable forest 
management and agroforestry to improve food secu rity and food availability particularly among 
the vulnerable communities living in these areas. Currently forests and trees are the foundation and safety net of rural subsistence living, and have  innate potential to contribute towards poverty 
alleviation and food security, while at the same time enhancing ecosystem services and mitigating 
and adapting to climate change. In addition ther e is a growing demand for timber products that 
are suited for smallholder production (e.g. droppers, and poles). In line with a focus on resilience, 
the Action will target food insecure househol ds in vulnerable districts where agriculture 
is challenged by climatic shocks and adverse environmental conditions, and where the forestry and agroforestry management initiatives have potential to increase and diversify sources of food and income for small-scale farmers, thereby increasing their resilience to shocks. 
In post-colonial Zimbabwe, the forestry focus has shifted from industrial forest plantations to a 
much more interdependent and complex manageme nt of natural forests, woodlands and trees 
outside forests which requires a partnership process among all major actors and beneficiaries. This 
is particularly critical given that the majority of these resources are communally owned and 
managed. It is therefore essential that forest po licies and laws recognize and support the diversity 
of interests related to forest management and utilization as well as the need to involve major 
interest groups in forest management decisions through participatory processes in which they can 
express their expectations and exercise their role in sustainable forest management. This results in putting more land under forestry, leading to enhanced conservation and increasing sequestration of carbon, which is an important process in climate change mitigation. This may also increase 
opportunities for accessing carbon financing in rural areas. 
Supported by EU funding, FAO and implementing pa rtners are providing technical assistance to the 
national institutions and rural communities in sustainable forest management, particularly in the 
aspects of forest policy, community-based fore st enterprises development, planted forests 
management, forest fire, pests and diseases management, and non-timber forest products 
promotion and valorisation. 
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  4. Government agencies or institutions el igible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in  developed member:  
 Forestry Commission; Department of Agricultural Technical and Extension Services (AGRITEX); 
Environmental Management Agency (EMA); and Rural District Councils.  
 5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor):  
 
NGOs and research institutions.  
 6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Zimbabwe 
 
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer:  
 
Technology to be used under the project should be appropriate for use by target groups in 
rural areas.  
 
8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Forestry 
 9. Type of technology transferred:  
 Promotion of Top Bar Hives (TBH) and Frame hive use in beekeeping, as opposed 
to traditional log and bark hives, which contribute to the destruction of trees, are difficult to manipulate and have lower productivity than the fore-mentioned TBH and frame hives; 
The TBH is common in East Africa and the frame hive is in wide use in Europe, Asia 
and America. 
 Biological control agents: invasive insect pests are causing a lot of damage to Eucalyptus 
trees, which are of commercial importance as poles and timber: the trees are also being 
promoted for use in providing cheap and alternative energy for tobacco curing. Under the EU funded Forest Forces project, natural enemies (biological control agents) of some of the insect pests would be bred and released into gum plantations and are expected to feed 
on the invasive insect pests as a way of controlling their populations and spread, 
and eventually reduce the damage caused to trees. The biological control agents are originally from Australia but under this project, they would be imported from South Africa, 
where they have been used successfully to control invasive pests. 
 Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) have the potential to make significant contribution to 
rural household economies and livelihoods. This potential often remains locked up because 
rural communities lack the technology to process forest produce like fruits into various 
products such as oils, jams, sweets and beverages. The Forest Forces project seeks to explore the use of various technologies for harvesting and processing, packaging and marketing of produce such as baobab and marula fruits. The project will also look into the 
processing of forest insects such as mopane worms. Under the project, equipment for 
processing and extracting various extracts from forest produce shall be acquired, tried and where feasible, the equipment would be issued to communities for their use. The project 
seeks to have all products developed or produced certified under the national standards set 
by the Standards Association of Zimbabwe. The products would also be bar-coded for ease of trade. 
 Agroforestry generally offers solutions and opportunities in areas where human population 
is ever increasing and land is under pressure and being degraded. Different types of agroforestry technologies would be tried under the Forest Forces project, with a view of optimising on the use of land, for soil fertility improvement, to provide forage for bees 
and other tree products (such as wood fuel) that are valu able at the farm. 
 Public Private Community Partnerships have been successfully implemented in the Forestry 
sector of neighbouring South Africa (SA) and would be tried in some districts under the 
Forest Forces project. Lessons would be drawn from experiences in SA and other regions 
where various models have been implemented. The aim here is to have arrangements between communities living adjacent Forestry estates whereby communities with 
facilitation from Government and support from the Private Forestry companies are 
capacitated to grow their own trees, which upon maturity would be sold to the same companies. Binding contractual agreements are envisaged under the arrangement. IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  10. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 Improved food security and income and resilience to shocks for the vulnerable rural communities.  
11. Outcomes/impact:  
 Better living standards, healthy and well educated communities. 
 
12. Budget or funds allocated: €3.88 million (EU + FAO contribution). 
 13. Duration: 48 months. 
 
14. Status: In progress. 
 
15. Contact point for information:  
 Forest Forces Project Coordinator at FAO Zimbabwe. 
 
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1. Title of project/programme: 
 Improved and enhanced livelihoods, food, nutriti on and income security of vulnerable and 
emerging smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe through provision of agricultural inputs, input/output 
market linkages, capacity building and extension.  
2. CRIS Number: FED/2012/292-912 
 3. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
The overall objective of the project was to sustai n and improve the livelihoods of vulnerable and 
emerging rural farming households in Zimbab we and thus reduce their dependency on 
humanitarian assistance.  
 
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  N/A 
 
5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
 FAO 
 Government departments in the Ministry of Agriculture Mechanisation and Irrigation 
Development (MAMID), namely Agricultural Technical and Extension Services (AGRITEX), Department of Livestock Production and Development (DLPD) and Department of 
Veterinary and Field Services (DVFS), and th e Meteorological Services Department (MSD) 
 NGOs, namely CADS, LEAD, SN V, SHDF, Practical Action. 
 Private sector companies involved in contract farming like Northern Farming, IETC, Zimnat 
Insurance, and financial service providers like CABS and e-Mali. Rural agro-dealers 
provided inputs to the farmers 
6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): 
 
Zimbabwean smallholder farmers and the Ministry of Agriculture Mechanisation and Irrigation 
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  7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 The overall objective of the project was to sustai n and improve the livelihoods of vulnerable and 
emerging rural farming households in Zimbabwe and thus reduce their dependency on 
humanitarian assistance. The project targeted 17 ,800 vulnerable households in four districts 
of Zimbabwe for support. The project ran for two agricultural seasons.  
The project was implemented through standard Le tters of Agreement with two non-governmental 
organizations (NGOs) - LEAD and Cluster Agricu ltural Development Services (CADS). The NGOs 
were responsible for the overall implementation of activities, while FAO's role was to monitor and supervise implementation. 
 
Crop and livestock inputs were provided to selected beneficiaries to support their crop and livestock enterprises. The total value of support for each participating farmer was US$200. 
The farmers contributed towards the support, paying 40% ($80) and 50% ($100) in year one and 
two respectively. Crop farmers bought their inputs from selected agro-dealers where they redeemed their vouchers, while livestock beneficiaries accessed livestock inputs through livestock 
fairs. Besides receiving inputs, the farmers also re ceived training on various aspects of crop and 
livestock production as well as farming as a business. Consultants were also engaged to build the capacity of farmers in farming as a business, culminating in the development of sustainable 
market linkages. In order to counter the adversities of climate change, farmers also participated 
in weather insurance index. Some beneficiaries received payments to compensate for the losses 
in their harvests due to poor rainfall.  
Key result areas: 
 Various crop and livestock inputs were provided to beneficiary farmers through the use of paper 
and electronic vouchers. The inputs provided enabled farmers to access and use such technology 
as improved and certified crop hybrid seed, fertilizers, various agro-chemicals including herbicides and pesticides, various implements, improved small livestock breeds and veterinary medicines. Beneficiaries received training on various crop and livestock production technologies such as 
conservation agriculture, agronomy, post-harvest management of crops, improved livestock 
husbandry practices like pest and disease control, improved nutrition as well as housing. Training on farming as a business was also undertaken for the beneficiary farmers. Farmers got 
exposed to weather index insurance. 
 8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
The technology transfer activities were undertaken in the field of agriculture, covering crop and 
livestock production. The technology transfer was targeted at ensuring household food security and eradication of rural poverty, as well as household income generation through the sale 
of agricultural produce. 
 9. Type of technology transferred: 
 
 Crop production: agronomy (pre-planting practices, field management of crops, 
pre-harvest, harvest and post-harvest management, climate smart agriculture including 
conservation agriculture, use of fertilizers and herbicides). 
 Livestock production: selection of appropriate breeds, animal husbandry (nutrition, pest 
and disease management, housing). 
 Farming as a business including contract farming and market linkages. 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 Result 1: 17,800 vulnerable and emerging rural farming households have improved access to 
quality crop (including cash crops) and small livestock inputs for household food 
production and/or income generation 
 
Result 2:  Beneficiary farmers are trained, receive adequate extension support, have improved 
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  Result 3:  Pilot insurance scheme for emerging smallholder rural farming households tested and 
evaluated. 
 Result 4:  Project impacts assessed/evaluated, lessons learned and best practices documented 
and disseminated. 
 11. Outcomes/impact: 
 
 Livestock ownership - households have been able to purchase livestock thereby increasing 
numbers. 
 As a result of training received on livestock production, especially housing, feeding and 
animal health, farmers' attitudes towards their livestock changed. Farmers are now taking 
better care for their livestock, which has resulted in reduced livestock mortality and higher productivity. 
 There was an improvement in draught power availability and transport resulting from 
farmers purchasing donkeys during the livestock fairs, especially in the drier Lupane and Matobo districts. 
 The increase in the number of ploughs that were purchased resulted in an increase in the 
size of land under CA as the farmers modified their ploughs and attached rippers for mechanized CA. 
 A number of agro-dealer operations were revived, as shown by the increased number 
of agro-dealers who were able to buy input stocks for cash during the second year. 
Some agro-dealers made investments like building their own shops using proceeds from their operations in year one. 
 Several agro-dealers have developed good working relations with suppliers. This will ensure 
the sustainability of their business. 
12. Budget or funds allocated: €5,960,000 
 
13. Duration: 24 months (11 May 2012 – 31 March 2014) 
 14. Status: Completed  
 
15. Contact point for information: David Mfote, Head of Programmes, FAO Zimbabwe 
 
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1. Title of project/programme: Smallholder Irrigation Support Programme  
 2. CRIS Number: FED/2013/333-349  
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 The overall objective of the action is to improve income, food and nutrition security of smallholder 
communal farmers involved in small scale irrigation in Zimbabwe. 
 4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: N/A 
 5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 
 Ministry of Agriculture Mechanisation and Irrigation Development IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): 
 
 Department of Irrigation 
 Department of AGRITEX 
 Subcatchment Councils 
 Agro-processing companies 
 Irrigation schemes and farmers 
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 The human, technical and financial capacity gaps in the irrigation sector present an 
opportunity (the demand incentivises the transfer) 
 Potential for viability schemes is an incentive for transfer 
 Availability of sustainable technologies, successful past experiences and resources are 
incentives to provide the support 
8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Irrigation engineering, crop production, marketing, agro-processing and natural resources 
management. 
 9. Type of technology transferred:  
 Upgrading of irrigation schemes including the modernisation of irrigation pumping plants 
and infield works. Overall water and energy saving technologies including sprinkler and drip irrigation schemes will be introduced 
 Water meter for measuring water use to aid operation and payments to ZINWA 
 Capacity building in crop production, marketing and scheme management 
 High-value crops promoted 
 Capacity building of irrigators in farming as a business 
 Databases on irrigation schemes 
 Technical knowledge in irrigation engineering, agronomy and environmental management 
for the support to irrigation schemes 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 It is expected that 2000 hectares of smallholder irrigation schemes will be upgraded and 
brought to a functional capacity. 
 capacity of farmers to manage schemes and crop ma. 
 Market linkages and agro-processing units established. 
 Micro-catchments conserved. 
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  11. Outcomes/impact: 
 T h e  a c t i o n  i s  e x p e c t e d  t o  h e l p  i n  a n  i n c r e a s e  i n  c r o p  p r o d u c t i o n ,  p r o d u c t i v i t y  a n d  p r o f i t a b i l i t y  of smallholder irrigation schemes. 
 
12. Budget or funds allocated: €6 million  
 
13. Duration: 48 months (2013 - 2017)  
 14. Status: Ongoing and in its first year  
 
15. Contact point for information: 
 FAO Zimbabwe- Smallholder Irrigation Support Programme 
 
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1. Title of project/programme:  Increased household food, income and nutrition security through commercialization of an 
integrated and sustainable smallholder livestock sector in Zimbabwe 
 2. CRIS Number: FED/2012/024-263 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose:   
A more productive smallholder livestock sector, increasing food, nutrition and income security 
at household and national levels.  The Action is being implemented at the national  level for policy and strategies, regulations 
and institutional reforms, and with special emphasis on the two districts of Lupane and Nkayi 
in Matabeleland North Province for development of the livestock value chain. In line with the guidelines in the Call, the two districts were selected because they are in Natural Region IV, and 
are characterised by low rainfall (less than 500 mm per annum), frequent mid-season dry spells 
and crop failure and have relatively large populations of livestock (about 194,000 cattle, 61,000 goats, 8,600 sheep and 27,000 donkeys). The two districts have more than 40,000 
households, made up predominantly of communal area farmers who practise mixed crop-livestock 
production. Grazing is mostly communal, disorganized and with no fencing. Collection of crop residues for feeding animals is increasing, while supplementary feeding is limited. Agricultural 
support programmes by government, donors and NGOs have tended to focus on crop production, 
in spite of the important role played by livestock production in the mixed crop-livestock farming 
system that is dominant in Zimbabwe. Where programmes have supported livestock interventions, they have tended to be short-term. A recent poverty survey showed that Matabeleland North 
Province has the highest percentage of households in poverty (81.7%) and extreme poverty 
(36.9%) (PICES, 2012).  
The overall objective of the Action is a more productive smallholder livestock sector, increasing 
food, nutrition and income security at household and national levels.  4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Department of Livestock and Veterinary Se rvices, Department of Agritex, District 
Development Fund 
 5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
FAO, HELP and LEAD, Matopos Research Statio n, Lupane State University, African Centre 
for Holistic Resource Management  
6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Zimbabwe IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 Improved coordination of livestock sector at national and subnational levels including timely 
availability of data that truly reflects the situation on the ground. 
 8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Livestock 
 
9. Type of technology transferred:  
 Use of podcasting and Digital Mobile library for extension purposes 
 Use of solar power - boreholes/cold chain equipment 
 Holistic Resource Management 
 Use of GPS and IT 
 Technical knowledge on increasing resilience to partners and government personnel - LEGs 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 Increased livestock productivity 
 Extension staff capacitated 
 Market linkages established 
 Improved livestock extension delivery 
 Improved data collection and information dissemination 
The overall objective will be achieved through four interlinked specific objectives : 
 To improve the livestock policy, regulatory and institutional environment. The aim of this 
specific objective is to develop a conducive liv estock policy, harmonize regulations that may 
act as a disincentive for farmers and other value chain actors and rationalize the public and private institutional arrangements serving the livestock sector. 
 To improve livestock health, production systems and productivity. This specific objective 
is aimed at improving the productivity of the livestock value chains through strengthening of institutional capacities of public and private service organizations, livestock farmers and farmer groups. 
To increase the contribution of livestock assets to food, nutrition and income security 
through development of effective livestock marketing and value chains. This specific objective is aimed at changing the attitudes and behaviours of smallholder livestock 
farming households to consider livestock production as a mainstream livelihood, especially 
in the drier parts of the country where crop production is risky. 
 To increase resilience to shocks within smallholder agricultural production systems. 
This specific objective is aimed at bringing about a more stable smallholder agricultural 
production system by increased utilization and prominence of livestock and improving the integration of the crop-livestock farming system. 
11. Outcomes/impact: 
 
Increased food, nutrition and income security at household and national levels.  
12. Budget or funds allocated: €7,77, 889  
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  13. Duration: Four years 
 14. Status: Ongoing  
 
15. Contact point for information: FAO Zimbabwe Livestock 
 
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 1. Title of project:   
Conservation Agriculture Training and Capacity Building in Rural Zimbabwe 
 2. CRIS Number: EU - FED/2012/308-479  
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose : 
 
Enhancing food and income security at the household level by creating an environment that 
is conducive to improving small scale households' productivity and increasing resilience to external shocks.  
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: N/A 
 
5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): N/A 
 6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee):  - 
 
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer:  - 
 8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Food security 
 
9. Type of technology transferred:  
 Training on improved agricultural practices; and 
 capacity building of farmer groups 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
Better trained farmers in a wider range of topics - livestock, horticulture, micro-irrigation, api-culture etc. Farmer groups are successfully  engaging with the markets and private sector. 
 
11. Outcomes/impact: 
 
 Improved food security on a sustainable basis; and 
 improved access to markets and private sector 
12. Budget or funds allocated: €4 million 
 
13. Duration: 36 months 
 14. Status: Half-way through 
 
15. Contact point for information: 
 S. Riley  
Email: sriley@zol.co.zw 
 
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1. Title of project/programme:  Rural Sustainable Energy Development (RuSED) in Zimbabwe 
 
2. CRIS Number: FED/2010/232318  
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 The proposed action will address the following specific problems and perceived needs and constraints of the target groups in Gutu and Mutare districts: 
 
 Target rural communities are in remote areas off the main electricity grid, which is 
unreliable. This is partly because the local Rural District Councils responsible for local 
development initiatives have no capacity to expand the electricity grid to these remote 
areas in the absence of financing, an energy policy and implementation strategy. 
 High reliance on fuel wood, candles, diesel and paraffin for energy provision which are not 
economically cost effective in the long run compared to renewable energy technologies. 
Equally, these traditional forms of energy have a negative impact on the environment and public health. 
 The communities have limited access to modern energy facilities for socio-economic 
productive use such as water pumping for irrigation, charging, welding and lighting 
facilities. This limits crop productivity and means reduced or compromised light hours for effective studying and provision of health services, as well as limited access to charging 
and welding facilities. 
 There are no market systems for renewable energy; hence the communities lack 
awareness and knowledge on renewable energy options and practices. The current markets 
are limited to urban centres affecting affordability, accessibility and availability of 
sustainable and durable renewable energy technology and services for rural areas. 
 Lack of hard cash in the community due to lack of micro-financing institutions willing to 
serve remote communities. 
 The target communities have high levels of HIV and AIDS and disparities around the issues 
of gender empowerment, efficiency, welfare and productivity, with a need to focus on women who bear the burden of household welfare. 
 Limited knowledge of renewable energy technology and practices to promote sustainable 
development and to contribute to energy policy development and implementation. 
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
 Ministry of Energy and Power Development 
 Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) 
 Rural Electrification Agency (REA) 
 Ministry of Small to Medium Enterprises 
 Ministry of Women Affairs 
 Gender and Community Development (MWAGCD) 
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  5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 Mutare Rural Development Council  
6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): 
 Simbengadzibve Cooperative and Himalaya Micro Hydro Association 
 
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 Free capacity building of beneficiaries, technica l support in development and construction of the 
technologies and assistance in project management and coordination. 
 8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Energy 
 
9. Type of technology transferred:  
 Small hydropower technology 
 Electricity pre-paid meters for monitoring and selling of electrical energy 
 Capacity building in the administration and management of enterprises, energy services 
association, irrigation cooperatives and energy kiosk minders 
 Capacity building in the technical maintenance and operations of micro hydropower 
scheme, solar irrigation schemes  
 Solar water pumping technology 
 Solar Home systems technologies 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 300 households accessing modern solar/hydro energy for a fee 
 2 clinics powered by solar energy 
 2 schools accessing modern solar/hydro energy 
 20 local entrepreneurs professionally operating with the aid of solar/hydro energy 
 1 agribusiness centre professionally operating with the aid of solar/hydro energy 
11. Outcomes/impact: 
 
 Himalaya irrigation community has access to Micro hydro energy system 
 Ruti irrigation community has access to solar energy systems for socio-economic activities 
 Market linkage systems development for solar lanterns and solar technical support to serve 
up to 500 households around Ruti irrigation scheme in Gutu 
 Best practices and lessons learnt from this project widely captured and shared through 
various platforms 
12. Budget or funds allocated: €2 million 
 
13. Duration: Four years 
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  14. Status: 
 As of October 2014 the micro-hydro system and solar irrigation system were up and running. The energy centres and schools electrification are being finalised while the second phase irrigation 
scheme is now at 90% completion. 
 15. Contact point for information: Godfrey Sibanda 
 
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1. Title of project/programme:  
 Integrated Food, Nutrition and Income Security Programme for Binga and Hwange Districts 
 
2. CRIS number: FED/2012/024-263 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 Main objective: improved farmer produc tivity for food nutrition and income. 
 
Specific objectives: 
 
 to develop and implement diversified and appropriate value chains for smallholder 
farmers; and  
 to increase production and consumption of nutritious foods. 
T h i s  i s  i n  r e s p o n s e  t o  h i g h  l e v e l s  o f  m a l n u t r i t i o n  a m o n g s t  c h i l d r e n  u n d e r  f i v e  y e a r s  o f  a g e ,  
high level of poverty, as a result of low productivity, poor marketing systems and infrastructure, 
low dietary diversity and low kn owledge on nutrition levels. 
 4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
Technology transfer in developed member: 
 Ministry of Agriculture's Agritex departme nt, Department of Livestock Development 
 
5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
 Rural agro-dealers in Binga and Hwange Districts 
 Zimbabwe Agricultural Development Trust (ZADT) 
 Sidella Trading P/L 
 Knowledge Transfer Africa (KTA) 
6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): 
 
 Smallholder farmers participating in producer groups, fishing cooperatives, commodity 
associations, private auctioneers and market hubs in dry regions 
 Local partners 
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 Developing and promoting an ICT platform for marketing and extension; 
 Train farmers in the use of mobile platforms for extension; 
 
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   Capacity building of farmers on (Conservation) Agriculture; 
 Promote Conservation Agriculture technologies and production. 
 Promote food processing and food storage technologies. 
8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
 ICT for timely marketing information, financial inclusion and nutrition extension 
 Good agricultural practices 
 Promote adoption and use of food processing technologies 
9. Type of technology transferred: 
 
 SQL database, SMS messaging, mobile money transfer services and smart phones 
 Agriculture extension and advisory services 
 Food processing technology (de-hullers, driers etc.) 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 6000 smallholder farmers integrated to lucrative markets through timeous provision 
of marketing information. 
 Improved transacting as a result of mobile money transfer 
 50% increase in production of nutritious foods (cereals and legumes), through crop 
diversification, LEIGs, Conservation Agriculture and/or irrigation 
11. Outcomes/impact: 
 
 Increased income amongst smallholder farmers 
 Increased productivity as a result of timely extension services 
 Reduced malnutrition levels as a result of timely nutrition information 
12. Budget or funds allocated: €273,000  
 
13. Duration: December 2014 - December 2017 
 14. Status: Beneficiary selection in process 
 
15. Contact point for information: 
 SNV Netherlands Development Organization 
6 Caithness Road 
Eastlea, Harare http://www.snvworld.org 
 
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  1. Title of project/programme: 
 Improved quality of and access to agricultural extension services for sustainable practices in agriculture and natural resource management  
 
2. CRIS number: FED/2012/309717 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 The Action will develop methods to improve the quality of and farmer access to agricultural 
extension services for sustainable practices in agriculture and natural resource management in the 
target districts, document and analyse methods and impact for dissemination and potential rollout. 
The improved quality and access to agricultural extension services in the Action districts and subsequently in other districts of Natural Region  IV and other Natural Regions is expected to 
improve farm management practices, increase pr oductivity, production and incomes, and improve 
and sustain household food and nutrition security and overall livelihoods of smallholder farming households in Zimbabwe. All this will ultimately  contribute to the national goals of poverty 
alleviation and promotion of agriculture-led growth in line with regional and continental goals while 
helping Zimbabwe to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) or reducing hunger, poverty and conserving natural resources.  
The Action is to develop and test methods and means to improve the quality of and farmer access 
to agricultural extension services field crops, livestock, horticulture and management of selected related natural resources in Natural Region (NR) IV of Zimbabwe. This is expected to increase and 
sustain profitable smallholder agriculture. The Action will contribute to the goal of improving and 
sustaining food, nutrition and income security and overall rural development through four specific objectives as follows: 
 
 Promote the development and implementation of a needs-based farmer driven effective 
extension service system with multiple players for smallholder farming households in NR IV of Zimbabwe. 
 Revitalize, adapt and improve delivery of public extension and integrate private extension 
services to a changing context and smallholder farmer needs.  
 Enable smallholder farmers to increase and improve farm input/resource-output efficiency 
through improved extension services.  
 Initiate rollout of Action best smallholder extension approaches, methods and practices into 
other areas beyond the Action districts. 
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Public and Private Extension services, Ministry of Agriculture at District, Province, indirect central 
Private sector companies providing exte nsion, farmers unions, farmers groups 
 5. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
6. Targeted LDC members (Transferee):  
7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 Knowledge 
 Hardware (e.g. computers, printers) for offices 
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  8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
 Agriculture practices, training and knowledge 
 Basic irrigation small scale equipment and training 
 Sanitation and water use training 
 Nutrition training 
 Capacity building for frontline extension staff 
 Capacity building and management train for extension supervisors 
 Training on improved techniques (CA, GAP, greenhouse management, IPM, livestock 
management and irrigation technologies)  
9. Type of technology transferred: Training of trainers (ToT) 
 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
Improved agricultural, resource management and farming practices 
 11. Outcomes/impact: 
 
Outcome 1:   An effective extension system which is demand driven, needs-based, and integrates 
both public and private sectors is developed and tested for smallholder farmers in Chivi, Masvingo, Gutu and Centenary districts in NR IV of Zimbabwe. 
 
Output 1.1:  Innovative farmer and farming system driven extension approaches, models and 
practices identified for an improved extension system. 
 
Output 1.2:  Innovative approaches, methods and prac tices for delivering farmer needs-based 
market oriented extension for field crops, livestock, and horticulture involving public 
and public/private partnerships are tested for suitability and impacts. 
 Outcome 2 : Strengthened and more effective public sector extension service delivery in the Action 
districts. 
 
Output 2.1:  Existing frontline public extension agents are better trained, prepared and motivated 
and have increased contact with and impact on farmers and farmer groups. 
 
Output 2.2:  Future extension agents have adequate knowledge and skills to address the diverse 
and changing needs of farmers in different agro-ecological zones before starting 
professional work. 
 Outcome 3: Smallholder farmers are more effective in accessing, utilizing and influencing 
extension services and messages for increased and sustained productivity. 
 
Output 3.1: Methodology of setting up and sust aining a system of decentralized smallholder 
farmers groups is developed and implemented for the selected districts. 
 
Output 3.2: Members from farmers groups in crease and improve farm productivity and 
conservation of natural resources through increased use of extension and other 
services from the public and private sectors. 
 Outcome 4: Best extension models and practices, and promising options for private sector 
involvement in smallholder extension services are shared with other similar 
programmes and with the public and private sector. 
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  Output 4.1: Syntheses on best extension approaches, mechanisms, practices and institutional 
arrangements are made available. 
 Output 4.2: Promising and tested models and practi ces on provision and delivery of demand driven 
extension are shared with government and the private sector for national scaling 
consideration. 
 
12. Budget or funds allocated: €3.200.000 (EU contribution) 
 13. Duration: 36 months 
 
14. Status: Half-way 
 15. Contact point for information: 
 
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ Harare: Ruediger Behrens, Michael Jenrich 
 
SAT Harare: Michele Bragge  
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 1. Title of project/programme:  
 
Community Led Approaches Complimenting Sustai nable Service Delivery for WASH Actions in 
Gwanda and Mwenezi Districts of Zimbabwe 
 
2. CRIS number: FED/2011/244824  
 3. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
Overall objective:  
To contribute towards the achievement of water and sanitation MDGs of halving the proportion of 
people without sustainable access to safe water and basic sanitation and reduce health risks caused by the same in rural areas of Zimbabwe by 2015. 
Specific Objective: 
 To adapt and promote community led approaches as a model for complimentary and sustainable service delivery of safe water, adequate sanitation and application of health and hygiene practices in 
rural districts of Gwanda and Mwenezi of Zimbabwe by 2015 
4. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member:  - 
 
5. Enterprises or other instit utions eligible for incentives in Least Developed Countries 
LDCs (Transferor):   
 
 District Water and Sanitation Sub-Committee (DWSSC) 
 Ward Water and Sanitation Sub-Committee (WWSSC) 
 Water Point Management Committee (WPMC) 
  Community Based Organizations (CBOs) 
 Knowledge Workers (Podcasters) 
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  7. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: - 
 8. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities:  WASHE 
 
 Capacity building in the technical provision, operations and maintenance of water supply 
and sanitation for WASHE structures at community level. 
 Capacity building in the construction of sanitation technology to peer educators and 
artisans (builders). 
 ICT for the improvement of knowledge dissemination for WASHE structures at district and 
community level. 
9. Type of technology transferred: 
 
 Multi-disciplinary approach to water resources management knowledge for rural water 
supply and sanitation programme. 
 Community Approaches to Total Sanitation (CATS) triggering by Ward Water and Sanitation 
Sub-Committees (WSSC). 
 Hygiene promotion skills for CBOs and brick laying skills for builders. 
 ICT technology: GPS mapping for borehole database, SMS messaging for hygiene 
awareness raising and podcasting (using laptops for recording, and portable media players such as MP3 players, speakers and cables for disseminating knowledge products). 
10. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 Enhanced and sustainable access to safe water services to rural communities. 
 Increased number and use of affordable sanitation facilities built by community by 2015. 
 Updated databases for primary water supplies and the community. 
11. Outcomes/impact: 
 
 Social impacts: Distance travelled to water sources is being significantly reduced. 
Before mechanical rehabilitation of hand pumps and drilling of new boreholes, those with the responsibility of fetching water, especially  women and girls, used to walk up to 5km to 
fetch water now walk between less than 500m and 1500m. Queuing time for water has in 
most cases decreased. There is marked reduction in the distance to water sources and 
queuing time, enabled women to be engaged in other productive and social activities which include going to church, gardening, sewing and clubs, and helping children with school 
work. Social bonds between and among people who use the same water points and those 
running cooperative garden projects. Apart from access to water most households now own a toilet and contributing to an open defecation free (ODF) environment which in turn 
reduces the spread of Water and Sanitation Related Diseases (WSRD). 
 Economic impacts: Pump mechanics and builders are engaged by water point management 
committees (WPMC) and paid a token of appreciation enabling them to earn an income. Due to the availability of water, individuals and cooperatives embarked on gardening and 
are producing vegetables for sell and household consumption. Moreover, the availability 
of safe water in the areas of operation reduced the number of water-related diseases. By giving communities access to safe water the cost of treating those suffering from WSRD 
ailments was therefore reduced. 
 Health impacts: Triggering sessions and PHHE lessons improved community hygiene 
practices such as hand washing after toilet use, before preparing food and when feeding 
children. No cases of Cholera or typhoid were reported in the areas of operation and there 
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  12. Budget or funds allocated: €823,536.00  
 13. Duration: August 2013 - July 2014  
 
14. Status: Project ongoing  
 15. Contact point for information: Kudzai Marovanidze 
 
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1. Title and date of the event/project: Construction of sand abstraction systems  
 2. CRIS Number: FED/2011/244824  
 
3. Implementing agency: Dabane Trust 
 
4. Description:  
 Experts from Dabane Trust facilitated a provincial level workshop from 8-9 July 2014 to sensitize implementing partners and the National Action Committee (NAC) for WASHE on construction 
of sand abstraction systems. The Rowa and Jo ma Pumps, a water supply technology pioneered 
by Dabane Trust from 2004 to 2011, suitable to use in arid and semi-arid areas is a progression from the traditional open sand well to the installation of sub-surface abstraction equipment that 
will effectively separate water from sand. 
 Suitability issues, adaptability issues and support information will be gathered through a national 
level evaluation will end with a verdict whether the technology can be accepted as a national 
alternative technology to the "B" type Bush Pump.  
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 Title of project/programme: Jomic Decentralization 
CRIS number:  IFS-RRM/2012/303-994 
Policy objective and/or purpose: Promote peace and tolerance and reduce political violence and conflict 
Government agencies or institut ions eligible in the provision of incentives for technology 
transfer in developed member: 
Department of Humanitarian Affairs of the Ministry of Local Governance Field or sector of techno logy transfer activities: Conflict prevention 
Type of technology transferred:  Computers, printers and data management software 
Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 Efficient and effective implementation of action activities 
 Improved storage and management of data 
 Enhanced linkages at provincial and national levels 
 Improved information flow 
Budget or funds allocated:  €99,605 
Duration  17 months 
Status: Completed 
Contact point for information  L. Kalenga  IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  Title of project/programme:  
Improving the capacity of local organizations to prov ide protection assistance to victims of internal 
displacements and HR violations 
CRIS number:  EIDHR/2011/269-997 
Policy objective and/or purpose:  
Improving the capacity of local organizations to prov ide protection assistance to victims of internal 
displacements and HR violations 
Government agencies or institut ions eligible in the provision of incentives for technology 
transfer in developed member: 
Department of Humanitarian Affairs of the Ministry of Local Governance Field or sector of techno logy transfer activities: Human rights 
Type of technology transferred:  Data management system 
Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 Effective monitoring of rights based incidents and displacement of population 
 Improved management of data and response capacity at national levels 
 Improved information flow 
Budget or funds allocated : €50,000 
Duration:  24 months 
Status: Completed 
Contact point for information:  C. Valette 
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  IV. EU MEMBER STATES 
AUSTRIA 
Title of programme:  Austrian business partnership programme 
 
1. Description: 
 The programme offers support to private sector projects that are in the commercial interests of the 
companies involved, as well as in the development policy interests of the recipient country and the 
target groups of development cooperation. Companies are required to carry out a long-term investment at their own cost and risk, aiming at generating local value, creating jobs and thus, decreasing poverty. Activities must go beyond what the company is compelled to do. For instance, 
offering vocational training to workers beyond  those of the company, spreading know-how and 
technology, or building capacities of public institutions and local communities. Sustainability and ownership of the projects are enforced by the substantial contribution of the private partner 
amounting to 50% of total project costs. Many projects focus on Corporate Social Responsibility 
issues like the voluntary increase of social  and environmental standards and the execution 
of certification processes on sustainability. Another focus is on setting up and strengthening supply 
and value chains and on enhancing the vocational qualification of young people. The programme 
is managed by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA).  
 2. Beneficiary countrie(s): 
 
The scheme is open to all ODA eligible countries.  
3. Eligible enterprises or institutions:   
 Eligible applicants are European Union based companies, associations or syndicates. 
 
4. Type of technology transferred:   
 Technology transfer is an integral part of the in dividual project. The programme is not focused on 
specific sectors only, but covers a broad range of sectors - above all energy, food processing or 
IT service sector.  
5. Functioning in practice:   
 The programme offers a grant of max. 50% of direct project costs up to €200.000. Projects 
normally last two to three years. Since its inception in 2004, more than 100 projects have been 
implemented, respectively are under implementa tion. The programme offers a feasibility study 
scheme, too.  
6. Contact: 
 Business Partnership Programme of Austrian Development Cooperation 
c/o Austrian Development Agency 
Zelinkagasse 2 1010 Vienna, Austria 
Email: wirtschaft@ada.gv.at  
http://www.entwicklung.at/private-sector 
 
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  Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Cape Ve rde, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Nicaragua, 
Bhutan, Nepal, Palestinian Territories. 
Name of programme :  
 
Austrian Partnership Programme in Higher Education and Research for Development (APPEAR ) 
 1. Description: 
 
APPEAR, financed by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), is a new programme to strengthen 
institutional capacities in higher education, research and management through partnerships with Austrian academic institutions in priority countries of the Austrian Development Cooperation. For 
the period 2009-2014 ADA is investing about €9 Mio. Up to now, there are 17 ongoing academic 
partnerships. Overall, the programme intends to strengthen the capacity of Higher Education Institutions (HEI), thus contributing to poverty reduction and the sustainable management 
of environment and natural resources. In particular, the partnerships focus thematically on water 
supply and sanitation, rural development, energy, human rights, and social sciences. APPEAR is administered by the Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and 
Research (OeAD).  
 2. Beneficiary countries:  
Non-European priority countries of Austrian De velopment Cooperation: Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, 
Mozambique, Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Nicaragua, Bhutan, Nepal, Palestinian Territories. 
 
3. Eligible Enterprises or Institutions:  
Institutions of Higher Education in beneficiary countries partnering with an Austrian HEI. 
 4. Type of technology transferred: Various  
 
5. Functioning in practice: 
 The programme comprises of two components: ac ademic partnerships (including preparatory 
funding) and PhD grants related to the partnerships. The project coordinator may either come 
from an eligible partner country or from Austria. The duration is three years maximum. In the case of involvement of two partner institutions  the funding amounts to €50.000-90.000/year. 
 
6. Contact:  APPEAR office at OeAD 
ICM - Centre for International Cooperation and Mobility 
Email:  appear@oead.at  
http://www.appear.at 
 
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  BELGIUM 
Cambodia 
1. Title of project/programme:  
 
Building capacity to conduct high quality clinical research and training in infectious diseases, in an 
environment where quality of care, including laboratory diagnostics, is assured through implementation of a quality assurance programme. 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:   Evidence based management of major infectious diseases in Cambodia in order to reduce mortality 
and morbidity. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: - 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Infectious diseases 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: - 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 
 Skilled human resources are available in SHCH 
 Findings and evidence are accepted by other health actors and MOH and implemented 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
 
Enhance SHCH's capacity to gather evidence on an d to implement best practice in management of 
infectious diseases in Cambodia. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated: €709,226 
 
12. Duration: 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2013 
 13. Status: The project is ongoing. 
 
14. Contact point for information: ITM and partner institute Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope. 
 
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 RD Congo 
1. Title of project/programme:  
 Consolidation et renforcement de l'INRB comme laboratoire national de référence et institut de recherche biomédicale en RDC 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:   
Contribution à l'amélioration de l'état de santé de la population congolaise par un renforcement 
d'un élément clé du système de santé. IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Les maladies infectueuses. 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: - 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 Ces programmes de contrôle des maladies et les autres structures recourent effectivement à 
l'INRB. La paix continue à régner. 
 10. Outcomes/impact:   
L'INRB est renforcé dans son rôle de laboratoire national de référence et d'institution de recherche 
pour les maladies infectieuses.  
11. Budget or funds allocated: €1,787,850 
 12. Duration: 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2013 
 
13. Status: The project is ongoing. 
 14. Contact point for information:   
 
ITM and partner institute Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB)  
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Uganda 
1. Title of project/programme:  
 Capacity Strengthening for Health Systems Research and Health Policy Development in Uganda 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:   
To contribute to the improvement of the Ugandan population's health by developing the Ugandan 
health system and by providing relevant information for rational health policies.  
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee):  
 Makerere University Institute of Public Health (MUIPH) 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities:  Public Health 
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  9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 Current level of funding for ongoing programs remains stable and staffing situation improves. Suitable PhD candidates identified and they progress as planned. 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
This project aims to significantly increase IPH's capacity and involvement in providing an evidence 
and knowledge base for rational policies and in de veloping the district health system. This will 
provide, through the excellent linkages between IP H, selected districts and the MOH, and with the 
added technical expertise of ITM, a basis for the creation and effective implementation of health 
policies in Uganda and beyond. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: €842,673 
 
12. Duration: 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2013 
 
13. Status: The project is ongoing. 
 14. Contact point for information:   
ITM and partner institute Makerere University Institute of Public Health (MUIPH). 
 
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 Zambia 
1. Title of project/programme:  
 Institutional capacity strengthening of the Tropical Diseases Research centre, Ndola, Zambia, in the conduct of quality health research. 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:   
To improve the health of the local populations by controlling HIV and other parasitic diseases 
in Zambia and in other African countries.  
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: - 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): - 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Tropical Diseases Resear ch Centre in Zambia 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: - 
 7. Field or sector of techno logy transfer activities: - 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 
The TDRC continues to be supported by the Zambian Government.  
10. Outcomes/impact:  
 To enhance capacity of the TDRC as an autonomo us centre of excellence in the field of applied 
health research and training in the prevention and treatment of malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis 
and trypanosomiasis.  11. Budget or funds allocated: €575,594 IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  12. Duration: 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2013 
 13. Status: The project is ongoing. 
 
14. Contact point for information:  
 ITM and partner institute Tropical Diseases Research Centre. 
 
 
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Senegal 
1. Title of project/programme:  
 
Renforcement du CHU de Dakar comme centre d'excellence pour le contrôle et la recherche sur le VIH, la tuberculose et d'autres maladies infectieuses au Sénégal. 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:   Contribuer au contrôle des maladies infectieuses au Sénégal. 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): - 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dakar 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Les maladies infectueuses 
 8. Type of technology transferred:  - 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  - 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
 Le renforcement institutionnel de la capacité du CHU de Dakar pour le contrôle et la recherché sur VIH/SIDA, la tuberculose, et d'autres maladies infectieuses. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated: €721.255 
 
12. Duration: 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2013 
 13. Status: The project is ongoing. 
 
14. Contact point for information:   ITM and partner institute Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dakar. 
 
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  Burkina Faso 
1. Title of project/programme:  
 R e n f o r c e m e n t  d u  C I R D E S  c o m m e  c e n t r e  d e  r é f é r e n c e  p o u r  l e  d i a g n o s t i c  e t  l e  c o n t r ô l e  d e  l a  
trypanosomose et de la résistance aux trypanocides en Afrique de l'Ouest. 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
 
Contribuer au bien-être et à la réduction de la pa uvreté de la population locale par une meilleure 
productivité du bétail.  
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor):  - 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee):   
Centre International de Recherche-développement  sur l'Elevage en zone Subhumide (CIRDES) 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 8. Type of technology transferred: Médecine vétérinaire 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 
L'élevage de bétail représente une activité commerciale significative dans la région et la 
trypanosomose y représente l'une des contraintes majeures.  10. Outcomes/impact:   
 
Renforcer la capacité du CIRDES dans les domaines du diagnostic et du contrôle de la trypanosomose animale et des trypanosomes résistants aux trypanocides chez le bétail en Afrique 
de l'Ouest afin d'améliorer les stratégies de contrôle de la maladie par les éleveurs. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: €361.109 
 
12. Duration: 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2013 
 13. Status: The project is ongoing. 
 
14. Contact point for information:  
ITM and partner institute Centre International de Recherche-développement sur l'Elevage en zone 
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  DENMARK 
Danida Business Partnership Programme (d isbursement approx. DKK 95million in 2013): 
 The transfer of technology to least developed co untries is an integrated part of the Danida 
Business Partnerships facility. 
 Danida Business Partnerships (DBP) thus focuses on the transfer of know-how and technology 
from Danish companies and other partners to companies/ partners in developing countries in order 
to strengthen competitiveness and corporate social responsibility in developing countries.  To mitigate some of the risks inherent to the pursuit of new business opportunities in emerging 
economies, DBP provides financial support for the preparation and implementation of partnerships 
with a clearly defined business case.  
Technical training, technical assistance and procurement of equipment/technologies to the local 
partners in developing countries are areas that can be financially supported by the BDP facility.  
Support to the participation of developing country companies in selected trade fairs in Denmark is 
also a facilitating factor in the process to facilitate technology transfer to developing countries.  IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  ESTONIA 
Uganda 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
The founding of Uganda's tourist information centre s and developing their capacity on the example 
of Tallinn The founding of Uganda's tourist information centres and developing their capacity on the example of Tallinn. 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  To establish at least two tourist information centres in Kampala (Uganda) and in the nearest 
municipality on the example of Tallinn's tourist in formation centres and service offices. This project 
includes a training trip to Estonia by two Ugandan delegations and three consultancies and/or trainings in Uganda conducted by specialists from Tallinn (Tallinn City Enterprise Board and top IT 
services specialists). The aim is introducing organization and responsibilities as well as ICT 
solutions that are used in Tallinn's and Estonia's tourist information centres and service offices to the Ugandan local governments. 
 
3. Government agencies or institutions el igible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Tallinn Development and Training Centre  
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Uganda 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
The visiting of tourist attractions is expected to increase by ca 7%; the Ministry will receive 
feedback from tourists about the facilities an d services; modern ICT solutions are adapted, 
creating new possibilities for future development. 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Tourism 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 ICT solutions, know-how  
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 Establishment of the tourist information centres that provide reliable information; adapting modern 
ICT solutions in tourism industry; better training and skills of the personnel working at tourist 
information centres; better means of communicating information to tourists as well as to the local community; introduction of the usage of mo dern ICT solutions in local governments. 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  The number of visits to tourism objects is expect ed to increase by approximately 7% (increased 
revenue in tourism); better awareness of the touris t services is achieved by using ICT solutions; 
Uganda and its visitors will receive better information about the country and its tourist attractions.  
11. Budget or funds allocated: €46,474  
 12. Duration: 06/2013 – 10/2014 
 
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  14. Contact point for information: 
 Mr Kalle Sepp Tallinn Development and Training Centre 
http://www.takk.ee 
 
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 Various Least Developed Countries 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Promotion of the International Master's programme in E-Governance Technologies and Services in developing countries. 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
Estonian e-government and related services have been a success story for some years. X-road 
platform, ID-card, Digital Prescription, e-voting and transparent paperless management are just some examples to mention. Many developed and developing countries are eager to gain information and knowledge about e-society, and in addition to the expertise and consulting 
requests the academic interest in e-governance has increased rapidly. The project's goal is to offer 
students from developing countries to obtain master degree to support the development of e-society in their states. 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs  4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
University, college or other teaching institution, research institute or think-tank/Tallinn University of Technology 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): LDC countries 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 An increased interest in the syllabus in target countries; the faculty's better mobility contributes to the higher quality of teaching; a greater interest by foreign exchange students; possible PhD 
applicants to Tallinn University of Technology's IT Institute. 
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Higher education 
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  
ICT solutions, know-how 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
Specialists with a graduate degree in the target country; an interest toward the e-solutions in 
Estonia is perpetuated; new possibilities for collaboration are created.  
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 Estonia becomes more recognized in the academia, and increases its collaboration with foreign 
universities to share knowledge and to facilitate science-related cooperation. Students will 
participate in international research projects, sharing information about Estonia and Tallinn University of Technology, generating interest in its prospective students.  IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  11. Budget or funds allocated: €240,000  
 12. Duration: 04/2014 - 04/2016 
 
13. Status: Ongoing 
 14. Contact point for information: 
 
Ms Ingrid Pappel Project Manager http://www.ttu.ee 
 
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Afghanistan 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
The implementation of the three curricula for IT Ma ster's Studies, developed by Tallinn University, 
in the Faculty of Informatics at Kabul Un iversity in the period from 2013 to 2015. 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 The objective of the project is to assist in the implementation of three Master's Studies 
programmes (Information Systems, Software Engineering, and Information Technology) in the 
IT Faculty at Kabul University in the period from 2013 to 2015. Within the framework of the project, in cooperation with the faculty members of the Faculty of Information Technology, of 
Tallinn University of Technology, instruction will be carried out during four semesters 
in Afghanistan in the IT Faculty of Kabul University in the subjects for which it lacks faculty members with required qualifications. In addition to the instruction at Kabul University, some of the instruction will be carried out via the internet by using e-learning tools, including video 
conferencing. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 University, college or other teaching institution, research institute or think-tank/Tallinn University 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Afghanistan 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 The number of students with a graduate degree an d the number of graduate degree syllabi in the 
field of IT; the number of IT faculty; the number of modules and students participating; 
the amount of e-teaching methods employed.  7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Higher education 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: ICT solutions, know-how 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 The number of specialists with a better professional training has increased; Kabul's University can 
start offering post-graduate studies in IT with the support of Estonian experts; ICT solutions are 
adapted in post-graduate studies, and the number of students attending increases.  IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  10. Outcomes/impact: 
 The quality of IT-related higher education in Kabul University is enhanced; the graduates' 
competences are better suitable for the needs of the job market. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated: €142,500 
 
12. Duration: 08/2013 – 08/2015 
 13. Status: Ongoing 
 
14. Contact point for information: 
 Ms Maarika Miil 
Project Manager 
http://www.tlu.ee 
 
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  1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Introducing Estonian ICT solutions for IT delegation from Afghanistan  
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 Afghanistan has been showing high interest in further cooperation with Estonia on ICT matters 
(visit by the President of Afghanistan, Mr Ka rzai, in April 2013; visit by the Minister of 
Communications and IT, Mr Sangin, interest to send  an IT delegation to Estonia and setting up 
priorities for Afghanistan ICT development). In  the framework of development cooperation, 
Estonian MFA has offered to fund the visit of representatives from different Afghan ministries to 
Estonia, in order to offer them an overview about Estonian e-governance and to discuss further 
plans and priorities in different ministries of Afgh anistan, including digitalization process of Kabul. 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Donor country-based NGO / e-Governance Academy 
 5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Afghanistan 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
A perpetuated interest created in following Estonia as an example of a country with working 
e-solutions. New ways of collaboration in developing a target e-country are created and participants possess the necessary contacts for continuing cooperation. The participants have gained an overview and are aware of the possibilities of creating an e-country. 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Government 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: ICT solutions 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
The participants have gained a general overview of the ICT possibilities and of the e-government 
solutions implemented in Estonia, as well as recommendations for next steps. IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  10. Outcomes/impact: 
 Estonia has been visited by high-level government officials as well as a delegation of specialists. Estonian experts have given their contribution in developing ICT at the target country. 
 
11. Budget or funds allocated: €47,506 
 
12. Duration: 09/2013 – 12/2013 
 13. Status: Completed 
 
14. Contact point for information: 
 Ms Annela Kiirats 
Project Manager 
http://www.ega.ee 
 
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  West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 Intergovernmental online services for Palestine Government - Digital interoperability solution and 
online services implementation for Palestine Government. 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
The objective of the project is to start the provis ions of intergovernmental online services for the 
Palestine Government: to implement digital interoperability central system infrastructure in the Palestine Government; to support development of the central system-related organization and 
regulations; to provide minimum requested hardware for the central system and pilot ministries; 
to connect minimum five governmental institutions to the system; to open pilot databases for other information users for service; and to open 15 real online services (both online services for 
citizens and internal services), based on  the implemented interoperability system. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 Donor country-based NGO/e-Governance Academy 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee):  
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine) 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Services based on the X-road  data exchange system have been implemented and are available; 
the X-road  data exchange central system has been implemented and the Palestinian government 
officials know how to use it. Fifteen working Palestinian e-government services make use of the 
X-road  central system and the databases connected with it. 
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Government 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: ICT solutions 
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  9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 Palestinian government agencies will start developing e-services. Palestinian government officials will have acquired the skills and know-how about using and maintaining the X-road  data exchange 
central system. 
 10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
Palestinian government officials know-how to establish e-services, using the X-road  data exchange 
central system and the databases connected with it.  
11. Budget or funds allocated: €225,000 
 12. Duration: 01/2014 – 01/2015 
 
13. Status: Ongoing 
 
14. Contact point for information: 
 Mr Hannes Astok http://www.ega.ee 
 
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  FRANCE 
Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Ag roalimentaire et de la Forêt (MAAF) 
 Coopération technique 
Le MAAF soutient le transfert d'expertise en mati ère de politiques publiques, de compétences et de 
technologies vers les pays tiers grâce à des actions de coopération spécifiques. Il finance ou cofinance ces actions en s'appuyant sur ses propres capacités d'expertise et sur celles de 
spécialistes travaillant dans les organismes français tels que les administrations centrales et 
déconcentrées, les centres techniques, les organisations professionnelles ou encore les organismes de recherche. 
Cette action bénéficie d'un soutien financier du MAAF de l'ordre de 0,6 M€ par an, dont environ 
0,1 M€ sont consacrés aux transferts de technologie. Elle est mise en œuvre par une vingtaine 
d'agents en France et coordonnée par le groupement d'intérêt public ADECIA (Agence pour le développement de la coopération Internationale dans les domaines de l'agriculture, de 
l'alimentation et des espaces ruraux). Elle s'appuie aussi sur le réseau des services de coopération 
et des services économiques des Ambassades.  
Les actions concernées peuvent notamment permettre le transfert de compétences et de 
technologies dans les domaines suivants: irrigation, certification et/ou normalisation des cultures, services vétérinaires, indications géographiques, qualité des produits et politiques de qualité, agriculture durable, gestion durable des forêts. 
 
Enseignement et recherche  
Disposant d'une expertise reconnue dans l'enseignement, la formation professionnelle, la 
recherche fondamentale et appliquée dans le domaine des formations agronomiques et vétérinaires, la Direction Générale de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche du MAAF soutient le 
transfert de compétences et de technologies vers les pays tiers en participant à: 
 des actions de formation portant sur les productions végétales, animales, forestières et 
aquacoles, la transformation et la conservation des denrées alimentaires, la gestion de l'environnement, l'organisation des exploitations agricoles et aquacoles, le développement 
rural, les politiques publiques relatives à l'agriculture et à l'alimentation, etc.; 
 l'appui à l'organisation de systèmes de formation, initiale et continue et à la formation de 
formateurs. Ces actions sont conduites en partenariat avec les bailleurs de fonds nationaux 
(collectivités territoriales, ministère des affaires étrangères) et internationaux (Banque 
mondiale, etc.). 
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 Benin, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Madagascar and Senegal 
Nom du programme/de l'incitation:  
 
Coopération institutionnelle du Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt  
Description: 
 Financement d'actions de coopération institutionnelle, politique et technique dans le secteur 
agricole.  
 Pays bénéficiaire(s):  
 
Les actions financées ne sont pas spécifiques aux PMA, une quarantaine de pays ont bénéficié des 
actions de coopération du MAAF en 2013. Les PMA sont éligibles à ce programme au même titre que les PED et certains pays émergents, voire développés (coopération institutionnelle). IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  Les PMA ayant bénéficié de ce programme en 2013 sont: Bénin, Burkina Faso, Haïti, Madagascar, 
Sénégal. Les questions relatives à la sécurité des experts français ont limité les actions entreprises.  
Objectif(s) et type(s) d'incitations:  
 
 Développer un dialogue sur la mise en place de politiques publiques relatives au secteur 
agricole, agroalimentaire et forestier; 
 Améliorer l'accès aux techniques existantes et aux procédés industriels: 
 accès aux sources d'information légales et technologiques; 
 formation sur l'état de la technique; 
 Soutien à des dispositifs de formation et projets de recherche conjointe entre partenaires 
publics; 
 Apporter une formation en gestion des technologies et en méthodes de production. 
Entreprises ou institutions concernées: 
 
Toutes entreprises ou institutions publiques ou privées: administrations nationales ou locales, organisations professionnelles, entreprises privées.  
 
Type de technologie transferee:  
 Spectre potentiellement très large et variant chaque année: 
 
 Formation de jeunes fonctionnaires; 
 Formations techniques (pratiques culturales céréales et oléagineux, transformation du 
lait,…); 
 Appui à la mise en place de laboratoires de contrôle (sanitaire, phytosanitaire, fraudes, 
etc.); 
 Normalisation / certification des fruits et légumes; 
 Gestion durable des forêts; 
 Développement des indications géographiques; 
 Système de certification de semences;  
Fonctionnement: 
 Les priorités sont identifiées par le MAAF et ses partenaires français, regroupés au sein du 
groupement d'intérêt public ADECIA (Agence pour le développement de la coopération 
Internationale dans les domaines de l'agriculture, de l'alimentation et des espaces ruraux) et de France Vétérinaire International (FVI), en fonction des demandes identifiées notamment par les 
services économiques et les services de coopération des ambassades. Ces services sont 
directement en contact avec les autorités et les professionnels locaux pour définir les secteurs dans lesquels l'expertise française sera la plus appréciée. 
Exemples de projets: 
 
 Soutien à la rénovation de dispositifs de formation agricole; 
 Soutien au dialogue pour la gestion durable des forêts; IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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   Soutien à la mise en place d'approches fondées sur les terroirs.  
Statistiques sur l'utilisation de l'inci tation/le nombre de projets soutenus:  
 Ces programmes ont bénéficié d'un soutien financier du MAAF de 0,5 M€ en 2012, dont 50 000 € 
environ en faveur des PMA. Il est mis en place par une dizaine d'agents au MAAF. Il repose aussi 
sur la participation des services économiques et services de coopération des ambassades de France. 
Point de contact:  
 Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt Direction Générale des Politiques Agricole, Agroalimentaire et des Territoires 
Service des Relations Internationales 
Bureau des Relations Bilatérales 3 rue Barbet de Jouy 
75349 Paris 07 SP 
FRANCE  
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  Benin, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Haiti and Madagascar 
Nom du programme / de l'incitation:  
 Appui à la mise en place de formations rurales et de stratégies nationales de formation pour le 
milieu rural par la Direction Générale de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche (DGER) du MAAF 
 Description générale:  
 
 Organisation de formations dans le domaine agronomique au sens large (élevage bovin, 
ovin, caprin, avicole, aquaculture, cultures végétales et fruitières, gestion de l'eau agricole, agriculture biologique). 
 Aide à la mise en place de dispositifs de formations rurales (formation initiale, continue, en 
alternance école-entreprise), adéquation formation-emploi. 
 Mise en place et animation de réseaux géographique ou thématiques d'établissements de 
formation. 
Pays bénéficiaire(s):  
 
Les actions cofinancées ne sont pas spécifiques aux PMA. Une vingtaine de pays ont bénéficié des 
actions de coopération de la DGER en 2013, dont les PMA suivants: Bénin, Burkina Faso, Sénégal, Haïti, Madagascar.  
Objectif(s) et type(s) d'incitations:  
 
Objectif 2: améliorer l'accès aux techniques existantes et aux procédés:  
 Accès aux sources d'information juridique et technologique 
 Création de centres d'information 
 Formation sur l'état de la technique 
 Organisation de systèmes de formation (enseignement de base et postscolaire) 
Objectif 3: soutien à des projets de recherche commune: 
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   Soutien à des projets de recherche conjointe entre partenaires privés 
 Soutien à des projets de recherché conjointe entre partenaires publics 
Objectif 4: apporter une formation en gestion des technologies et en méthodes de production 
 
Objectif 5: amélioration des capacités (capacity building): 
 
 animation de réseaux d'établissements d'enseignement, géographiques et thématiques 
(aquaculture, agriculture biologique, biodiversité, etc.) pour la mise en commun d'outils 
pédagogiques, de systèmes d'information, pour la capitalisation et l'échange d'expériences 
 500 bourses de stages et de voyages à l'étranger 
Entreprises ou institutions concernées  
 
Centres de formation, publics ou privés, de to us niveaux (primaire, secondaire, supérieur), 
spécialisés (agriculture, élevage, etc.) ou non, te chniques ou généralistes, selon l'organisation de 
l'enseignement dans le pays concerné. 
 Type de technologie transferee:  
 
Large spectre multidisciplinaire:  
 gestion de l'eau dans le domaine agricole 
 développement de l'aquaculture 
 formation de formateurs, aide à l'écriture de référentiels métier, formation et évaluation 
 mise en place de formations de techniciens agricoles 
 développement local par les organisations professionnelles 
 protection de l'environnement 
 techniques de diversificatio n des productions agricoles 
 développement du tourisme rural (pluriactivité) 
 transformation et conservation des produits alimentaires 
 sciences vétérinaires et zootechniques tropicales (parasitologie, optimisation de 
l'alimentation du bétail, sélection des espèces et adaptation au milieu) 
Fonctionnement:  
 Les demandes sont collectées par les réseaux géographiques de la DGER, groupes 
d'établissements de formation technique et supéri eure agronomique et vétérinaire qui coopèrent 
sur une base pérenne avec les pays concernés.  
Exemples de projets:  
 
 Formation de décideurs des établissements techniques agricoles au Bénin, Burkina Faso et 
Sénégal; 
 Appui à la mise en œuvre de la stratégie de formation agricole et rurale à Madagascar; 
 Formation de techniciens supérieurs pour Haïti. IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  Statistiques sur l'utilisation de l'incita tion / le nombre de projets soutenus:  
 Ces programmes sont mis en place par une dizain e d'agents au MAAF. Il repose aussi sur la 
collaboration avec les services de coopération et des services économiques des ambassades. Ils 
peuvent être cofinancés par les collectivités territoriales, le ministère des affaires étrangères 
français, les organisations professionnelles agricoles (Afdi, chambres d'agriculture).  
Point de contact:  
 Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt Direction Générale de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche 
Bureau des Relations Européennes et de la Coopération Internationale 
1ter avenue de Lowendal 75700 Paris 07 SP 
FRANCE 
http://www.educagri.fr/lenseign ement-agricole-public/la-coop eration-internationale.html 
http://www.chlorofil.fr/cooperation.html 
 
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Sub-Saharan African Countries 
Nom du programme/de l'incitation:  
 
Programme d'Appui à la Recherche en Réseau en Afrique (PARRAF) du Ministère des Affaires 
étrangères et du Développement international  
Description générale: 
 Le Programme d'Appui à la Recherche en Réseau en Afrique (PARRAF), financé par le Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international (MAEDI) sur Fonds de Solidarité Prioritaire 
et mis en œuvre par l'Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) concerne 
l'Afrique sub-saharienne.  
Il vise à renforcer l'expertise nationale des pays  pour apporter des réponses aux attentes des 
décideurs politiques, agences de développement, sociétés civiles et secteurs privés afin que la communauté scientifique africaine soit un acteur du développement économique des sociétés 
africaines et qu'elle participe à la dynamiqu e scientifique mondiale et aux grands débats 
scientifiques internationaux sur les enjeux globaux.  Pays bénéficiaire(s): 
 
Pays de l'Afrique sub-saharienne 
Objectif(s) et type(s) d'incitations: 
 
Objectif 1:  Favoriser la création d'une dynamique scientifique régionale, à même de permettre l'émergence des masses critiques nécessaires à la réalisation de recherches et à lutter contre 
l'isolement scientifique de certains pays: 
 
 Mise en place et renforcement de réseaux. 
 Valorisation des recherches et expertise: renforcement des capacités d'expertise des 
équipes, renforcement de leur aptitude à communiquer sur les résultats de la science que 
ce soit avec le secteur public, privé et les organismes régionaux ou le grand public. 
 Renforcement des capacités: principalement mobilités de doctorants entre les équipes 
partenaires du réseau, formation à la rédaction de projet + éventuellement aide pour la 
création de modules de masters, initier le montage d'écoles doctorales régionales. IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  Objectif 2: Renforcer les capacités des pays africains les moins développés sur le plan scientifique 
et favoriser leur intégration régionale par la réalisation de projets de recherche en partenariat:  
 Appui à la mise en œuvre de recherches 
 Acquisition d'équipements 
 Développement des compétences 
Objectif 3: Manager le projet, communiquer et évaluer: 
 
 Suivi et fonctionnement 
 Animation et communication 
 Evaluations 
Entreprises ou institutions concernées: 
 Organismes et réseaux de recherche, décideurs politiques. 
 
Type de technologie transferee:  
Il se concentre sur les thématiques reliées aux enjeux du développement, tels les questions 
scientifiques liées à l'agronomie, à la sécurité alimentaire, à la santé publique, à l'urbanisation et à la gestion des territoires et de façon transversale à l'environnement et au changement climatique.  
Fonctionnement: 
 Suite au lancement d'appels à projets en 2012 et  2013, 7 réseaux de recherche (regroupant des 
organismes de recherche d'au moins 3 pays différents) et 8 projets associés (de pays moins 
avancés sur le plan de la recherche) ont été sélectionnés en 2013 et 2014. Ces réseaux de recherche, intervenant sur des enjeux de développement majeurs (agriculture, santé, ville, 
environnement) regroupent environ 90 laboratoires de pays en développement (environ 15 pays), 
ainsi que leurs partenaires au Maghreb ou en France.  L'IRD assure la gestion déléguée du projet pour le compte du MAEDI, suite à un marché passé 
avec cet opérateur. 
 Exemples de projets: 
 
 "Amélioration de l'état sanitaire et la production du manioc pour une sécurité alimentaire 
durable" dans la République Centrafricaine 
 "Valorisation des sous-produits agro-industriels dans l'élevage du tilapia" au Togo 
 "Compréhension et prévisibilité des catastrophes naturelles d'origine hydrométéorologique 
en milieu urbain" au Sénégal 
 "Carbone des sols pour une Agriculture durable en Afrique (CaSA)" coordonné par 
le Laboratoire des Radio-Isotopes de Madagascar  et regroupant une vi ngtaine d'institutions 
universitaires francophones du Bénin, Burk ina Faso, Cameroun, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, 
Sénégal, Tchad et Tunisie. 
Statistiques sur l'utilisation de l'inci tation/le nombre de projets soutenus: 
 Le Programme d'Appui à la Recherche en Réseau en Afrique (PARRAF) bénéficie d'un soutien 
financier du MAEDI de 1,9 M€. L'IRD assure l'exécution de tous les volets du projet en partenariat 
avec les postes diplomatiques ainsi que les représentations de l'IRD, du CIRAD et de l'Institut Pasteur qui sont sollicitées dans le cadre des travaux de certains réseaux de recherche.  IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  Adopté en 2012, ce projet a une durée de 36 mois. Une revue à mi-parcours aura lieu fin 
2014/début 2015 et sera l'occasion de fournir un premier état des lieux quantitatif et qualitatif des travaux réalisés dans le cadre des différents réseaux de recherche soutenus. Les statistiques concerneront notamment le nombre d'articles produits pour des revues à facteur d'impact, le 
nombre éventuel de brevets déposés par les éq uipes de recherche, les fonds éventuels levés 
auprès d'autres bailleurs, etc.  
Point de contact: 
 Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international Direction Générale de la Mondialisation, des Partenariats et du Développement 
Sous-direction de la recherche et des échanges scientifiques 
Pôle échanges scientifiques et recherche pour le développement 27, rue de la Convention, 
CS 91533, 75732 PARIS CEDEX 15 
FRANCE  
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/politique -etrangere-de-la-france/diplomatie-
scientifique/actualites-20564/2013/article/le -mae-mobilise-1-9-million-d?xtor=RSS-4 
 
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  FINLAND 
Title of project/programme:  
 FINNPARTNERSHIP - Finnish business partnership programme 
 
Policy objective and/or purpose:  
Finnpartnership's mission is to increase commercial cooperation between Finland and developing 
countries. Finnpartnership provides advisory services for the business activities of Finnish companies in developing countries, as well as financial support for the planning, development and implementation phases of a project. Finnpartn ership also offers a matchmaking service for 
companies in developing countries for creating potential business partnerships with Finnish 
companies. Finnfund is responsible for the management and implementation of the business partnership programme on behalf of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland which funds the 
programme. 
 Government agencies or institut ions eligible in the provision of incentives for technology 
transfer in developed member: - 
 Enterprises or other institutions eligible  for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Eligible applicants for the financial support and advisory services are companies registered in 
Finland or elsewhere that have substantial links to Finland; research facilities, universities or similar organizations based in Finland; or associat ions registered in Finland. Matchmaking services 
may be applied for by developing country companies that are searching for partners for their 
business opportunities in Finland.  
Targeted LDC members (Transferee): 
 The scheme is open to all companies in ODA eligible countries.  
Type of incentives measures  for technology transfer: 
 Non-financial incentives: support to developing country companies identifying potential business 
partners in Finland via the Matchmaking service.  
 Financial incentives to Finnish companies and companies registered abroad with substantial links 
to Finland: providing financial support (Business Partnership Support) in the planning phase of the 
prospective business partnership activities, as well as for the training of target country employees and other capacity building activities in the im plementation and business operation phases. In 
addition, financial support is given for planning, employee training and technical assistance in pilot 
projects related technology and solutions as well as vocational training. 
 Field or sector of techno logy transfer activities: - 
 
Type of technology transferred:  
 
The programme enhances technology transfer in accordance with the general conditions of the 
Business Partnership Support Facility (the programme covers all sectors except the ones mentioned in the exclusion list).  
Expected output related to technology transfer:  - 
 Outcomes/impact: - 
 
Budget or funds allocated:  
In 2006 Finnpartnership received 43 applications, and in 2007 the number of applications received 
rose to 107. In 2008 Finnpartnership received 93 applications and in 2009 the number of applications was 118. In 2010 Finnpartnership received 115 new applications, in 2011 the number IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  of applications rose to 128, in 2012 the number of received application was 86, and in 2013 the 
number of received applications rose to 124. As of the end of July 2014, the number of new applications was 67.  
The number of projects approved  by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs was 22 in 2006 (support 
allocated €1.8 million), 79 in 2007 (support allocated €3.9 million), 68 in 2008 (support allocated €3.6 million), 77 in 2009 (support allocated €4.2 million), 110 in 2010 (support allocated 
€4.3 million), 114 in 2011 (support allocated €3.9 million), 77 in 2012 (support allocated 
€2.4 million), and 96 in 2013 (€3.5 million). Majority  of the projects involve FDI or other activity 
involving transfer of technology or know-how.  
Duration: The programme started operations in June 2006. 
 Status: - 
 
Contact point for information:  
Finnpartnership - Finnish Business Partnership Programme c/o Finnfund, 
Ms Siv Ahlberg, Programme Director P.O. Box 391, FI-00121 Helsinki, Finland 
Website: http://www.finnpartnership.fi  
 
 
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  IRELAND 
Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda and Zambia 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Africa Agri-Food Development Fund 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
The objective of the Africa Agri-Food Development Fund (AADF) is to develop partnerships between the Irish Agri-Food Sector and African countries to support sustainable growth of the local food industry, build markets for local produc e and support mutual trade between Ireland 
and Africa. The partnership involves new and a dditional resources to the Agri-Food sector, 
including a combination of finance and technical assistance. Initiatives are based around the key themes of: 
 
 Food Safety 
 Animal Health/Veterinary 
 Business development 
 Production systems 
 Training/Mentoring 
 Technology transfer 
 R&D 
 Project Management 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 The AADF combines the expertise and experience of  the Department of Agriculture Food, and the 
Marine and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/Irish Aid to support initiatives that can 
directly contribute to the development of agriculture in Africa. 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 Private agribusiness involving Irish and African partners 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee):  
Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda and Zambia 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 Grant support for feasibility studies and job creation 
 support for grant recipients to establish in-country private and public sector contacts 
through Irish Embassy networks 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Agri-Food/Agri-Business 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: Dependant on applications for grants.  
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: Dependant on applications for grants. 
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  10. Outcomes/impact: 
 For African countries to move "beyond aid" they must increase their own trade and attract investors. The development of business and agritrade is a priority for many African countries 
where the majority of the population live in rural areas and are dependent on farm incomes. 
Many agricultural interventions have relied on increasing primary production of food and cash crops without adequate investment in developing markets, infrastructure and the necessary 
investment climate for business. There is broad consensus amongst development partners that 
increased trade will drive food pr oduction in developing countries. 
 For investors, Africa still poses many difficulties. Many Irish investors perceive Africa as a high risk 
environment due to a combination of limited human resources, weak services and fragile 
governance structures.  
In the Irish context, we recognise the benefits of  partnerships between private sector investors, 
development agencies and host governments. Th e desirable outcome is investment, growth and 
trade that is inclusive, profitable and sustai nable beyond the normal cycle of development 
assistance programmes. 
 The Irish agrifood sector can play a central role  in the development of agri-business in Africa 
by bringing a much needed business perspect ive to the sector, supported where possible 
by investment and mutually beneficial trade. Irish expertise, both public and private, in areas such 
as animal health, food production, veterinary, food  safety, agrifood business is well established 
and respected internationally. These kinds of expertise represent a significant learning resource for 
the agrifood sector in developing countries. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
The AADF has been allocated an initial budget of €2 million (2012 - 2014), co-funded by 
Department of Agriculture Food, and the Marine an d the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 
12. Duration: 
 The AADF is initially being run as a two-year pilot phase (2012 - 2014). 
13. Status: 
 The first year of the pilot scheme focused on information gathering as well as putting in place the 
right conditions for long-term sustainable partnerships between the agrifood sectors in Ireland and 
Africa. During the second year of the pilot scheme one grant has been awarded and two further proposals are under examination. A review of the pilot scheme is currently underway. 
 
14. Contact point for information:  aadf@agriculture.gov.ie 
 
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Sudan 
1. Title of project/programme: Helping Babies Breathe 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 To strengthen health systems particularly maternal health. Also, to improve the lives of women and new-born children's health in Sudan. 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
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  4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 Omdurman Maternity Hospital, Sudan  
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Sudan 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Knowledge, expertise, research and infrastructural support  7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Health 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: Knowledge, expertise, research and infrastructure  
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 Strengthened health systems particularly matern al health. Also improved lives of women and 
newborn children's health in Sudan. 
 The overall objective of the project is the teac hing of 7,500 village midwives over the next 
three years in resuscitation techniques. 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
86% decrease in maternal mortality rates and 50% drop in stillbirths and in new-born deaths 
in Omdurman Maternity Hospital, Sudan.  
11. Funds allocated: 2014 - €20,000 
 12. Duration: 2010 – ongoing 
 
13. Status: Ongoing 
 14. Contact point for information: 
 
Oonagh O'Connor, Development Education Civil Society Section, 
Irish Aid 
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Riverstone House, 23-27 Henry Street, Limerick, Ireland http://www.dfa.ie  
 
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Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Et hiopia, Malawi, Lesotho, Viet Nam, and 
Sierra Leone 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
The Irish Aid Programme of Strategic Cooperation, which commenced in 2007, supports 
partnerships for collaborative research and learning between higher education and research institutions in Ireland and in Irish Aid partner countries. The programme aims to build the research 
capacity of those countries to respond to local development challenges and opportunities, and 
provide an evidence base to influence decisions at local and national level that address poverty.  IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  3. Government agencies or institutions e ligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Higher Education Institutions in Ireland are eligible to apply as the lead institutions. 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Higher education institutions in LDCs, with a particular emphasis on institutions in Irish Aid partner 
countries.  5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): 
 
Higher education institutions in Irish Aid partner countries: Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, Lesotho, Viet Nam, Sierra Leone 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Capacity Building for development, research and teaching is supported in partner institutions 
across key poverty thematic areas, which involves  the use of technology and the development of 
skills in this area.  
 The establishment of a digital media programme will support the emergence of a 
sustainable indigenous digital media industry in Zambia. 
 New knowledge flows and exchanges of expertise facilitated between specific rural 
communities, the agencies and organizations that work with each community, and between 
national and international bodies concerned with agriculture, food security, nutrition and climate change. 
 Capacity for e-technology built through online, Skype and in-country training. 
 partners are required to share and develop lesson-drawing and knowledge exchange. 
 Completion of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) database which can demonstrate 
spatial aspects of water and health in Makondo, Uganda. 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 Education, Hunger, Health, Agricultur e, Environment, Governance, Water 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Digital Media skills 
 Knowledge and skills relating to communication and distance learning between partners 
 Research studies incorporating use of technology 
 Use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 Digital Media training 
 Increased capacity in use of technology 
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  10. Outcomes/impact: 
The use of technology will enhance the ability of partners to produce quality research which will 
improve knowledge and learning to solve developmental challenges.  
11. Budget or funds allocated: €16 million 
 12. Duration: 2007 - 2015 
 
13. Status:  Fifteen programmes, which are at various stages of completion, have been supported since 2007, 
under three rounds of funding. It is planned th at a further round will be announced in 2015. 
 14. Contact point for information: 
 
Policy, Planning and Effectiveness Unit, Irish Aid 
Riverstone House 
23-27 Henry St Limerick  
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Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Partnership with Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
To improve surgical skills in Southern, East and Central Africa 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee):  
Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Fellowships in seven specialities.  7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Health 
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  
Training in seven specialities: General Surgery; Orthopaedics; Paediatrics; Urology; Neurosurgery; 
Plastic Surgery; and Ear, Nose and Throat.  
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
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10. Outcomes/impact:  184 College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa trainees and standardization of 
training across the region with recognition of qualifications. 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
2013 - €500,000  2014 - €500,000 
 
12: Duration: 2011 – 2017 
 
13. Status: Ongoing 
 14. Contact point for information: 
 
Mr Patrick Empey Senior Development Specialist Global Health Irish Aid 
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
13-15 Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2 http://www.dfa.ie 
 
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Tanzania 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Review of Agricultural Support Services in Tanzania 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
The focus of the project was to explore the feasibility of providing technical assistance to the Ministries of Agriculture and Livestock in order to strengthen research and extension services in 
Tanzania. The specific objective was to assess the extent to which lessons from Ireland's 
agriculture innovation model could apply to the Tanzanian knowledge management system.  3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 TEAGASC - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperation, Tanzania 
Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, Tanzania The Tanzania Livestock Research Institute (TALIRI) The Livestock Traini ng Agency (LITA) 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Tanzania 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 Technical consultancy provided by Irish experts. 
 
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  8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Knowledge and advice in support of Tanzania's efforts to strengthen its agricultural research and extension services. 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
The output was a report outlining the findings of the visit including an outline of the agriculture 
context in Tanzania, with a focus on research an d extension service. The report also included 
a section on recommendations which outlines how Ireland could support Tanzania in transforming its agricultural research and extension services. 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
Report has been presented to the Tanzanian Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security 
and Cooperation.  
11. Budget or funds allocated: €47,341 
 12. Duration: One month 
 
13. Status: Awaiting further instructions from Tanzanian authorities. 
 14. Contact point for information: 
 
Dr Lance O'Brien Teagasc 
http://www.teagasc.ie 
 
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  LUXEMBOURG 
Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guine a, Mali, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo and 
Zambia  
Training in security and safety of civil aviation  
The Ministry of Foreign and European affairs financed, through the Luxembourg agency for 
aviation security, training for staff from national authorities for security of civil aviation of third countries. The training aimed at transfe rring and updating knowledge on different aspects 
of aviation security and safety. 
European and Luxembourg experts gave training on following topics: Human Factors and CRM 
Skills Assessment; Safety and Quality Audit for Ground Operations/Airside; Quality Management; Airline/Aircraft Operations; Certification and Supervision; Screening and Quality Control of the 
Screening Processes. 
Between July and December 2013, seven four-days-seminars took place in Luxembourg. Among 
the participants were professionals from Benin (1), Democratic Republic of Congo (5), 
Guinea (11), Mali (2), Sierra Leone (5), South Sudan (2), Togo (8) and Zambia (9). 
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  SLOVAKIA 
Afghanistan 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Laboratory of General Chemical and F ood Technology and curriculums for KPU 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
The aim of this project is to contribute to th e improvement of the quality of technical higher 
education in Afghanistan through the development of technical equipment and facilities, development of human potential, building and es tablishing cooperation of Slovak and Afghan 
universities and institutions and transfer of knowledge and know-how from Slovakia. The aim 
of this project corresponds with the development strategy of the Afghan government, the strategy 
of the international community operating in Afghanistan and the official development cooperation 
strategy of Slovakia. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation,  Grosslingova 35, 811 09 Bratislava, Slovak Republic,  
http://www.slovakaid.sk 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia  
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): 
 Kabul Polytechnical University, Afghanistan  
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Education facilities and training 
 
8. Type of technology transferred:  
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 10. Outcomes/impact:  
11. Budget or funds allocated: €218,285.00 
 12. Duration: 10/2013 - 10/2015 
 
13. Status: Ongoing 
 
14. Contact point for information: info@slovakaid.sk 
 
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  Kenya 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 Slovak-Kenyan Cooperation for Modern Schools: ICT, programme-based learning and practice 
firms in Taita Taveta County 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
This project aims to address the problem of youth unemployment in Kenya through two solutions. Firstly, by improving school leavers' grades th rough the use of ICT and project-based learning 
in the classroom. Five high schools in the Taita Taveta county of Kenya will be provided with 
internet-ready computer laboratories, projectors, interactive whiteboards, digital cameras and 
e-learning software. They will also receive training from Slovak teachers on how to utilize these materials, plus they will receive technical support. The ability to use ICT in schools is not only 
beneficial to the pupils' learning, but also to a schools' administration. Administration software and 
training will also be provided which will significantly improve the day-to-day running of the schools and communication with parents. This is a continuation of a previous project in the Voi Province, 
Kenya, which has shown remarkable improvements in school leavers' grades. Secondly, to help 
young people become more appealing to employers, the project will provide hands-on business experience to high school students aided by ICT.  This will be carried out through an agreement 
between the Slovak and Kenyan Ministries of Education to permit Kenya to become an affiliate 
member of the Practice Enterprise Network (PEN).  Kenyan high school students could then access 
the worldwide online European tools and database  and, setting up their own practice firms, 
experience the world of business, with all the real conditio ns (http://www.europen.info). This will 
significantly increase participating students' chances of gaining work in the formal Kenyan 
economy.  
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation,  
Grosslingova 35, 811 09 Bratislava, Slovak Republic,  
http://www.slovakaid.sk . 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 Pontis Foundation, Slovakia 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Kasigau Wildlife Trust, Kenya 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Vocational training 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 Internet-ready computer laboratories: projectors , interactive whiteboards, digital cameras and 
e-learning software 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
 Internet-ready computer laboratories, projectors, interactive whiteboards, digital cameras 
and e-learning software 
 Training from Slovak teachers and technical support 
 Administration software and training  
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
Improvement of chances of participating students to find a job in the formal Kenyan economy. IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  11. Budget or funds allocated: €185,599.20 
 12. Duration: 08/2013 - 09/2013 
 
13. Status: Finished 
 14. Contact point for information: info@slovakaid.sk 
 
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Republic of Moldova 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Introduction of the environmentally sound management of waste from electrical and electronic 
equipment  
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 The project aims at continuing the technical support for the advancement of environmental legislation in Moldova and its harmonization with the legal framework of the European Union, with 
particular focus on improvement of the enviro nmentally sound management of waste in the 
Republic of Moldova. It represents the conti nuation of a successful project SAMRS/2011/06/01 
where a proposal of appropriate management of WEEE as well as a proposal of theses of particular 
waste legislation has been prepared for the Ministry of Environment of Moldova. After the 
conclusion of the project the Moldavian partners have expressed an enormous interest in continuation of cooperation especially in technical aspects regarding secondary legislation. Taking 
into account the current development of preparation of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement, 
the preparation of the national legislation should comply with the EU directives and regulations. Theses for the MoE of Moldova will be prepared ba sed on the experience from the former project 
and from implementation of legisl ation of WEEE in Slovakia. These will contain specifications for 
collection, reuse and recycling and the other forms of recovery of EEE waste as well as 
requirements for the register and evidence of W EEE producers in Moldova. The aim of the project 
is in accordance with extended producer respon sibility requested by recast Directive on WEEE. 
 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation,  Grosslingova 35, 811 09 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, http://www.slovakaid.sk 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Slovak Environmental Agency, Slovakia 
 5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Environmental Pollution Pr evention Office, Moldova 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 7. Field or sector of techno logy transfer activities:  
 
Environmental policy and public administration  
8. Type of technology transferred: 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
 Analysis of the current status of legislation related to the WEEE First mission and kick-off 
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   Preparation of the proposal for secondary legislation Close cooperation with Moldavian legal 
expert is expected. 
 Development of the register for extended producer responsibility. 
 Trainings for ministerial staff. The training will be managed by the Moldavian partner 
focused on ministerial staff to be deeply involved and familiar with the secondary 
legislation. 
 Final workshop with presentation of the projects outputs Expected project outputs: 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 11. Budget or funds allocated: €103,200.00 
 
12. Duration: 09/2013 - 09/2014 
 13. Status: Ongoing 
 
14. Contact point for information: info@slovakaid.sk 
 
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  Kenya 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 Sustainable utilization of biodiversity of Kenya via bioprospecting and transfer of model technology 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
The aim of the project is the introduction of ne w biotechnology focused on the manufacturing of 
biopharmaceutic compounds made from larvae of chosen Dipteran species. The equipment 
developed and supplied by Institute of Zoolog y, SAS will be used for the production of 
pharmacologically active molecules. This biotechnology will be used as a model for the further 
development of modern bioprospecting in Kenya. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation,  
Grosslingova 35, 811 09 Bratislava, Slovak Republic,  
http://www.slovakaid.sk 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 
Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia  
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): 
 Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, Kenya 
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: - 
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
Heath care/medical research  
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  9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 Procurement, transfer and installati on of the equipment listed above. 
 
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 The equipment developed and supplied by Institute of  Zoology, SAS will be used for the production 
of pharmacologically active molecules. This biotechnology will be used as a model for the further 
development of modern bioprospecting in Kenya.  11. Budget or funds allocated: €119,399.40 
 
12. Duration: 10/2013 - 10/2014 
 
13. Status: Ongoing 
 14. Contact point for information: info@slovakaid.sk  
 
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South Sudan 
1. Title of project/programme: 
 
Improving the agricultural livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Wau area 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
The project addresses three related problems that have negative impact on the small farmers in 
Wau region. These problems are: (i) Very low yields  from small farmer's plots caused by the use of 
primitive and inefficient farming techniques,(ii) Minimal profits from selling the farm produce, 
(iii) Little access to local markets. Through the planned activities the project aims to contribute to 
the improvement in the agricultural livelihood strate gies, a major source of income or food in the 
target area. Under the improvement we understand the higher efficiency in production of crops 
and their marketing. In the first place the project ai ms to increase in the yields from farming plots 
by 50% through strengthening the theoretical and material capacities and associating the farmers in cooperatives. Secondly the project intends to increase in the profits from agricultural production 
by 25% by providing trainings and material equi pment necessary to start processing fruit and 
peanuts into food products with added value. The products will then be sold through farmer-wholesaler network established as a part of the project. To secure the sustainability of project impacts in the context of climate change, one part of project activities will focus on 
decreasing the impact of farming on the enviro nment through raising the awareness and engaging 
the farmers in reforestation.  
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 
4. Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation,  
Grosslingova 35, 811 09 Bratislava, Slovak Republic,  www.slovakaid.sk  
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 People in Peril, Slovakia 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Mani Tese, South Sudan  
 
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer:  - 
 7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: Agriculture 
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  8. Type of technology transferred: - 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
Providing trainings and material equipment necessary to start processing fruit and peanuts into 
food products with added value.  
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 Increased theoretical and material capacities and associating the farmers in cooperatives.  
11. Budget or funds allocated: €216,150.50 
 12. Duration: 08/2013 - 05/2015 
 
13. Status: Ongoing 
 
14. Contact point for information: info@slovakaid.sk 
 
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  SPAIN 
1. Title of project/programme: e+China (old name CHINEKA) 
 2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
 
 To promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, sub-contracting, etc. 
 To support Joint Research projects 
 To encourage trade in technological goods 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: CDTI 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): Companies  
 5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): 
 
China companies and research institutions  
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 Non-financial incentives: Support to national firms identifying potential partners (advice, 
contacts, etc.) and support to third countries (advice, contacts, etc.). 
 Financial incentives to national firms: soft loans at fixed interest rate (Euribor at 
one year + 0.1%) of up to 75% of the budget of Spanish participation, amortization up to ten years. 
 A non-reimbursable tranche of 25% of the credit granted by the CDTI for SMEs and 
20% for large companies. 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
All sector except military sector.  8. Type of technology transferred:  
 
All sector except military sector.  
9. Expected output related to technology transfer: -  
 10. Outcomes/impact: 
 
To promote international technological cooperation between entities in Spain and China, through projects led by companies with the goal of prom oting the competitiveness of Spanish and Chinese 
company, by fomenting and supporting the execut ion of joint technological projects oriented 
towards the development and/or adaptation of ne w products, processes or services intended for 
international markets.  
11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 Between July of 2013 and July of  2014 three e+China project were approved, with a total budget 
of €1.85 million. 
 12. Duration:  
 This programme supports multi-annual projects (one and three years of development). 
 This programme has no end date. IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  13. Status: Ongoing 
 14. Contact point for information:  
Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology; Email: chineka@cdti.es ; http://www.cdti.es  
 
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Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colomb ia, Kenya, India, Mexico and Morocco 
1. Title of project/programme: INNTERNACIONALIZA 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
 To promote the internationalization of R&D results  developed by Spanish SMEs 
 To boost Spanish SMEs internationalization, access to new markets and opportunities 
 The programme is open to all countries not only less development countries 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: CDTI 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): SMEs 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee):  
These projects do not require a foreign partner but cooperation with companies and research 
institutions abroad is welcome.  
6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 Financial incentives to national firms: soft loans at fixed interest rate (Euribor at 
one year + 0.1%) of up to 75% of the budget of Spanish participation, amortization up 
to ten years. 
 A non-reimbursable tranche of 5% of the credit granted by the CDTI for SMEs. 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: All sector except military sector. 
8. Type of technology transferred: All sector except military sector. 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  - 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  -  
 11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 
Between July of 2013 and July of 2014, six INNTERNACIONALIZA projects were approved, 
with a total budget of €0.99 million. These projects will develop some technology transfer activities 
in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Kenya, India Mexico or Morocco. 
 12. Duration: 
 
 This programme support multi-annual projects (one and three years of development). 
 This programme has no end date. 
13. Status: Ongoing 
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  14. Contact point for information: 
 Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology  
Email: info@cdti.es ; http://www.cdti.es  
 
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Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, 
Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Pana má, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Dominican 
Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela. 
 
1. Title of project/programme: Iberoeka 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: 
 
 To promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, sub-contracting, etc. 
 To support Joint Research projects. 
 To encourage trade in technological goods. 
 Beneficiary countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, 
Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, Ho nduras, México, Nicaragu a, Panamá, Paraguay, 
Peru, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela. 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: CDTI 
 
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): Companies 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): Companies and research institutions 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 Non-financial incentives: Support to national firms identifying potential partners 
(advice, contacts, etc.) and support to third countries (advice, contacts, etc.). 
 Financial incentives to national firms: soft loans at fixed interest rate (Euribor 
at one year + 0.1%) of up to 75% of the budge t of Spanish participation, amortization up 
to ten years. 
 A non-reimbursable tranche of 25% of the credit granted by the CDTI for SMEs and 
20% for large companies. 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: All sectors except military sector. 
 8. Type of technology transferred: All sectors except military sector. 
 
9. Expected output related to technology transfer:  
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 To support technological business cooperation in Latin America. This initiative is included within 
the Latin American Programme of Science and Technology for Development (CYTED). 
 11. Budget or funds allocated:  
Between July 2013 and July 2014, 33 Iberoeka projects were approved, with a total budget 
of €12.41 million.  IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  12. Duration: 
 
 This programme supports multi-annual projects, between one and three years of 
development. 
 This programme has no end date. 
13. Status: Ongoing 
 
14. Contact point for information: 
 Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology Email: iberoeka@cdti.es , http://www.cdti.es . 
 
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India 
1. Title of project/programme: e+India (old name ISI) 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose:  
 To promote projects such as direct investment, licensing, franchising, sub-contracting, etc. 
 To support Joint Research projects 
 To encourage trade in technological goods 
3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: CDTI 
 4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): Companies 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee): India companies and research institutions 
 6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
 Non-financial incentives: Support to national firms identifying potential partners (advice, 
contacts, etc.) and support to third countries (advice, contacts, etc.). 
 Financial incentives to national firms: soft loans at fixed interest rate (Euribor at 
one year 0.1%) of up to 75% of the budget of  Spanish participation, amortization up to 
ten years. 
 A non-reimbursable tranche of 25% of the credit granted by the CDTI for SMEs and 
20% for large companies. 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: All sectors except military sector. 
 
8. Type of technology transferred: All sectors except military sector. 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer: - 
 
10. Outcomes/impact:  
To promote international technological cooperation promotes joint technology cooperation projects 
between companies from India and Spain via technology transfer, industrial research, technological development and innovation.  IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  11. Budget or funds allocated: 
 Between July 2013 and July 2014 six e+India proj ects were approved, with a total budget 
of €3.79 million. 
 
12. Duration:  
 This programme supports multi-annual projects, between one and three years of 
development. 
 This programme has no end date. 
13. Status: Ongoing 
 
14. Contact point for information:  
Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology; 
Email: isi@cdti.es , http://www.cdti.es . 
 
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  SWEDEN 
Name of the programme/incentive:  
 Wind Power Development and Use, Energy Effi ciency, and ICT for Pedagogical Development 
International Training Programmes 
 Description: 
 
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has commissioned LIFE Academy to carry out eight international training programmes on Wind Power Development and Use which are implemented in cooperation with  the Swedish Royal University of Technology. 
LIFE Academy has also been commissioned by Sida to carry out 12 international training 
programmes on Energy Efficiency in cooperation wi th the Swedish Royal University of Technology, 
and seven international training programmes on ICT and Pedagogical Development in cooperation 
with Stockholm University. The overall objective of the programmes is to contribute to capacity 
building and increased understanding of the importance of wind power and other renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, and ICT among inst itutions and private companies in developing 
countries through training of in total 675 representatives. 
 Beneficiary country/countries:  
Whereas the programmes are open to developing countries in general, 65-80% of the participants 
in the most recent programmes came from LDCs with focus on Africa (Kenya, Kosovo, Moldavia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, and Zambia). 
 
Objective(s) and type(s) of incentive given:  
Objective 2:  Improve access to available techniques and industrial processes 
   Training in the state of the art Objective 4:  Provide training in technology management and production methods Objective 5:  Capacity building 
 
Eligible enterprises or institutions:  
The programmes are open to planners, trainers, managers and specialists in the above sectors 
working at government institutions or private companies in developing countries.  
Type of technology transferred: 
 
 Knowledge of various methods of central importance in developing wind power plants such 
as wind measurement, localization and design, demands on the infrastructure and the 
electric grid, environmental impact analysis, management, organization and economy 
of wind power plants, etc. 
 Knowledge of energy efficiency and its benefits for sustainable development and poverty 
reduction, as well as increased knowledge of methods and tools for energy efficiency. 
 Knowledge of the possibilities of using ICT as a tool for pedagogical development and to 
promote "Education for all", as well as increased knowledge of how ICT can be applied 
in the national educational system. 
Functioning in practice: 
 Each programme runs over a period of 16-18 months with continuous support from LIFE Academy. 
Some programs include workshops in the partner countries. All programmes include a three 
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  Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
 The programmes have resulted in transfer of te chnological knowledge in the Wind Energy, Energy 
Efficiency, and ICT fields and cont ributed to expanding and improvin g the technological base in the 
partner developing countries . 
 WP: A number of participants from various stakeh olders from Kenya have cooperated through 
various change projects so that the country now has a national grid code, a feed-in-tariff and clear 
policies and strategies . 
 EE: In Thailand some change agents from EGAT , the national utility, have developed and 
implemented new demand-side-management (DSM) methods and connected the country to the 
international IEA-DSM cooperation.  
ICT: A pilot initiative on spreading awareness about gender issues amongst school students 
by providing information and advice on these issues. The use of ICT is essential in this process and in the long term, the students who are going to be the future generation will be more sensitized 
towards the gender inequalities existing in Indian society and will use ICT as an important tool for 
further interaction.  Statistics on the use of the incentive/ on the number of supported projects: 
 
The Wind Power programme has been started in five consecutive years (2009-2013) and has been offered twice 2012 and 2013. The Energy Effici ency programme has been started in four 
 consecutive years (2011-2014) and has been offered twice in 2012 and three times in 2013 and 
2014.  
The ICT for Pedagogical Development programme has been offered in three consecutive years 
(2012-2014) and will be offered three times in 2013 and 2014. Totally 425 participants have completed a full programme while 250 are currently taking the programmes.  
The allocated budget for the above programmes is SEK 116 million in total, or approximately 
SEK 170,000 per participant.  
Contact: 
 Lars Hallén, Chairman 
LIFE Academy 
Köpmannagatan 2 SE-652 62 Karlstad Sweden 
http://www.life.se 
 
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 Name of the programme/incentive: Swedfund 
 
Description:  Swedfund provides risk capital, expertise and financial support for investments in developing 
countries. Swedfund is a bilateral Development Finance Institution (DFI) wholly owned by the 
Swedish government and reports to the Swedish Mini stry for Foreign Affairs. The objective is the 
contribution to the goal of Sweden's Policy for Global Development (PGD), i.e. equitable and 
sustainable global development. Swedfund's co-f inancing of investments facilitates transfer 
of technology by supporting partnerships and diffusion of knowledge.  
Swedfund also has at its disposal certain funds for financing technical assistance, the objective 
being measures to enhance the quality of existing projects.  IP/C/W/602/Add.7 
 
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  Beneficiary country/countries: 
 Swedfund invests in companies, primarily in LDCs, with focus primarily on Africa. 
 
Objective(s) and type(s) of incentive given: 
 Swedfund's objective is to contribute to the goals of Sweden's Policy for Global Development by 
co-financing investments in the private sector which encourage economically, environmentally and 
socially sustainable business in developing countries. Swedfund offers risk capital in the form of equity and loans to strategic partners wishing to establish or expand their operations in target regions. 
 
The size of Swedfund's investment ranges between SEK 10 million and SEK 100 million and normally represents one third of the total investment amount. The investment horizon is 
normally five to ten years. 
 All Swedfund's decisions are made on a business-like manner considering economic, social and 
environmental factors. 
Swedpartnership  The objective of Swedpartnership is to encourage small and medium sized Swedish enterprises 
to invest in emerging markets. 
 Financial support through loans of up to SEK 1,700,000 or 40% of the total estimated cost can be 
obtained to invest in equipment and knowledge tr ansfer when setting up businesses in emerging 
markets.  
The loans can be amortized upon project comple tion and approval of the project results. 
 Eligible enterprises or institutions:  
Companies investing in developing countries, including LDCs, and their partner companies in the 
host countries.  
Type of technology transferred: 
 Various types of technology may be involved (e.g. healthcare, cleantech, chemicals, ICT 
and agriculture) 
 Functioning in practice:  
Swedfund offers risk capital to companies willing  to invest in developing countries, having the 
economic resources to invest at least the same amount as Swedfund and having a management team capable of operating in the country under consideration. Every investment decision made by 
Swedfund is preceded by a review of local economic, environmental and social conditions. 
Swedfund requires all of its portfolio companies to submit yearly reports concerning their environmental efforts and impact on social conditions. More information is available from 
Swedfund's Integrated Report 2013 (www.swedfund.se/en/press-and-
publications/publications/swedfund-publications), which follows the Global Reporting Initiative's 
(GRI) Sustainability reporting framework and contains information about the sectors and regions 
Swedfund invests in, the number of employees at Swedfund's portfolio companies, and 
descriptions of how these enterprises contribute to development cooperation. 
 Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
 
In 2009 Swedfund and Elekta agreed to start a joint investment in a project development company called Global medical Investments GMI AB (GMI). From its position as majority owner, 
GMI's business plan is to establish and operate modern cancer clinics in developing countries which 
lack radiotherapy treatment facilities or where demand is significantly higher than the treatment available. The transfer of tec hnology and knowledge is a central part and important aspect of 
GMI's business concept. The company collaborates with leading hospitals and specialists in radio 
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  In 2009 Swedfund gave a loan to Polygenta Technologies Ltd. in India to start up production 
of polyester filament yarn from recycled PET bottles using a patented cleaning process called ReNew. The yarn is sold as a 100% recycled pr oduct. Typical customers are producers of quality 
sports and apparel. The investment has resulted in transfer of technology and technological 
knowledge in the recycling field. 
 Statistics on the use of the incentive/ on the number of supported projects: 
 
By the end of 2013, Swedfund's total investment portfolio amounted to SEK 2.8 billion divided 
over 96 different accounts in 30 countries. During 2013, Swedfund made 11 new investments.  
Contact:  
Niclas During Swedfund International AB 
Sveavagen 24-26 
P O Box 3286 SE-103 65 Stockholm 
Sweden 
http://www.swedfund.se 
 
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 Name of the programme/incentive:  
 
Electrical Distribution Management Advanced International Training Programme (EDM)  
Description: 
 Grontmij AB together with ÅF-Industry AB have been commissioned by the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (Sida) to run the Electrical Distribution Management Advanced 
International Training Programme (EDM) annua lly since 2007. The final programme started 2011 
and was completed during 2013. The contract with Sida on EDM will expire at the end of 2014. The programme provided know-how in the field of electricity distribution, including rural 
electrification, covering financing, management and technical questions. The objective was to 
create awareness of integrated approaches towards electricity distribution in relation to energy 
supply, country planning and environmental aspects. 
 
Beneficiary country/countries:  More than 70% of the participants come from LDCs (Ethiopia, Gambia, Liberia, Malawi, 
Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan,  Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia). However, also 
candidates from other developing countries have been eligible to participate in the programme.  
Objective(s) and type(s) of incentive given: 
 Objective 2: Improve access to available techniques and industrial processes 
  Access to legal and technological information sources 
  Training in the state of the art Objective 4:Provide training in technology management and production methods Objective 5: Capacity building 
 
Eligible enterprises or institutions:  
Participants should be individuals from developing countries acting in the field of sustainable 
supply of energy, e.g. ministries, regulating au thorities, power companies, network operators, 
electricity cooperatives, consultants, etc. 
 
Type of technology transferred:  Technological knowledge of electrical distribution management. 
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  Functioning in practice: 
 The two year programme is divided into five ph ases with a training programme in Sweden and 
a regional seminar and support by designated me ntors to the participants' own change projects. 
The programme is focusing on the fundamentals of electricity distribution, privatisation and 
deregulation of electricity markets, risk and life cy cle analysis, quality of supply, technical solutions 
for existing and future systems, small-scale local generation and organization of electricity 
distribution. The training includes different method s of instruction, such as lectures, exercises, 
group discussions, study visits and project work and preparation of participants' own change projects.  
Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
 The training of individuals from participating developing countries is directly aimed at facilitating 
the transfer of technology (technological knowledge) to the countries at hand thereby improving 
their technological base. The mentorship feature enables networking among professionals in the field of electrical distribution and facilitates futu re technology transfers by potential partnerships 
and cooperation. 
 Examples of more specific results can be found in the change projects for participants in the 2011 programme: 
 
 Considerable loss-reduction and much improved customer service in Phnom Penh in 
Cambodia. 
 Enhancement of access to electricity through effective loss reduction strategy in Ghana. 
 Implementation of a rural electrification project to Luwerezi area in Malawi. 
 Improvement of electricity revenue collection in Juba in South Sudan. 
 Loss reduction with a new medium voltage line to North Zone of Zanzibar in Tanzania. 
Examples of results from the change  projects in all five programmes: 
 
 30 projects in different countries have concerned rural electrification. In total around 
230,000 households and other consumers have benefitted from these projects. 
 41 projects in different countries have concerned loss reduction whereas an average the 
losses have been reduced with 15%. 
 18 projects have concerned improvement of customer service. Many projects have been 
in Tanzania. 
 12 projects have concerned renewable energy, e.g. small scale hydropower, wind power, 
solar energy and bio energy. 
Statistics on the use of the incentive / on the number of supported projects: 
 The programme has run on an annual basis since 2007 with in total 145 participants accepted to 
the programme. The overall budget amounts to SEK 25,000,000 or SEK 169,000 per participant. 
145 participants have completed the programme.  
Contact: 
Jan Klevås Grontmij AB, Norra Bulltoftavägen 65 A 
Box 2909, SE-212 09 MALMÖ 
Sweden Web http://www.grontmij.se 
 
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  China, Viet Nam, India, Indonesia, The Repub lic of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana 
Name of the programme/incentive:  DemoEnvironment 
 Description: 
 
The Swedish Agency for Economic and Region al Growth is commissioned by the Swedish 
International Development Co-operation Agency (Sida) to run DemoEnvironment. The objective 
is to support environmental technology efforts to achieve sustainable urban development and 
renewable energy in developing countries.  DemoEnvironment is a grant offering support for modern environmental technology solutions in 
the areas of sustainable urban development and renewable energy. DemoEnvironment gives the 
recipient countries an opportunity to test modern environmental technology solutions and makes it possible for small and medium sized Swedish companies to demonstrate their knowledge and 
products. One of the criteria for approving projects  is the capacity of the recipient/buyer to adapt 
to and absorb the technology.  
Beneficiary country/countries: 
 DemoEnvironment financial support is available for technology transfer to developing countries in general, including LDCs. Projects have benefited China, Viet Nam, India, Indonesia, 
the Republic of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. 
 Objective(s) and type(s) of incentive given: 
 
Overall objective: The overall objective of the new DemoEnvironment Programme is to promote sustainable growth and a stronger business sector in the area of environmental technology that 
contributes to better living conditions for poor people in the seven countries mentioned above. 
 Objective 1: Partners in the partner countries will get the possibilities to test and develop knowledge on new environmental technology. 
 
Objective 2: To establish long-term sustainable relations between actors in the area of environmental technology in Sweden and in the seven partner countries. 
 
Eligible enterprises or institutions:  
The target group is small and medium sized companies in the process of starting a sustainable 
business cooperation with a company in a developing country.  Type of technology transferred: 
 
Tested and modern, environment-friendly technolo gy and technology solutions never used in the 
host country before. 
 
Functioning in practice:  
The aim of the DemoEnvironment Programme is to give the above mentioned developing partner 
countries the opportunity to use proven modern environmental technology solutions that are new to their countries. There are two types of grants available during 2012-2013. 
 
Firstly an applicant can apply for a Planning grant for the long-term obtaining of new 
environmental technologies. The maximum grant for this is SEK 284,000.  
Secondly an applicant can apply for a demonstration project grant used for the purchase and 
demonstration of proven modern environmental technology new to the country in question. The grant for this ranges between SEK 500,000 and SEK 1,800,000. The project should contribute 
to sustainable urban or rural development in environmental sectors. The buyer applies for the 
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  Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
 During 2012 and 2013 projects include, inter alia , air environment and renewable energy 
demonstration project in Inner Mongolia, China. Waste management and renewable energy project 
in Namibia and Indonesia. Water and sanitation planning grant in South Africa. 
 All in all, 56 planning grants have been approved for projects, as well as nine demonstration 
project grants. 
 Statistics on the use of the incentive/ on the number of supported projects: 
 
All in all, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth offers planning grants and 
Demonstration projects on the total value of SEK 26,073,452 during the programme period 2012-31/12/2013. There will be no further calls during the programme period. 
The programme was finished 30/06/2014. 
Contact Stefan Berry 
Programme Manager 
Tillväxtverket P O Box 4044 102 61 Stockholm 
http://www.tillvaxtverket.se 
 
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Albania, Georgia, Kenya, Macedonia, Moldova,  Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, 
Zambia and Zimbabwe 
 
Name of the programme/incentive: Risk Management in Banking and Finance ("RMIFB") 
 
Description: 
 The Risk Management in Banking and Finance (R MIFB) International Training Programme "275" 
aims at contributing to the long-term capacity for reforms and change processes in the financial 
sector in the developing countries involved by enhancing the participants' understanding of the correlation between economic growth, openness and poverty reduction, the financial sector as an 
indispensable part of the economic infrastructure and the impact of financial markets on public 
finances.  Beneficiary country/countries: 
 
The programme is open to participation of indi viduals from a group of prioritized developing 
countries of which more than half consists of African LDCs. For the 2013 editions of the 
programme, beneficiaries came from Albania, Ge orgia, Kenya, Macedoni a, Moldova, Rwanda, 
Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Zambia and Zimbabwe.  
Objective(s) and type(s) of incentive given: 
 Objective 2:  Improve access to available techniques  and industrial (financial risk 
management) processes 
   Access to legal and technological information sources 
Objective 4:  Provide training in technology (financial) management Objective 5:  Capacity building 
 
Eligible enterprises or institutions:  
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  supervisory authorities or managers with responsibility for the procurement of analytical tools for 
risk management within private and public sector financial institutions.  Type of technology transferred: Advanced risk management for financial institutions.  
 
Functioning in practice:  
Each training programme consists of five phases. Aside from receiving training in financial risk 
management, teams of participants also work on a "change initiative" that they wish to pursue in their home institutions or countries. The change initiative needs to be supported by the participants' employers. 
 
The training programme engages the participants during approximately 14 months, of which approximately four and a half weeks are educationa l (3 weeks in Stockholm, Sweden and ten days 
in one of the participating countries). The formal  training includes an overview of the Swedish 
financial and banking markets and its players, analysis of market adjusted pricing according to risk level, methods and tools for risk management, credit analysis and monitoring, review of the credit 
granting process and analysis of possible credit facility alternatives adjusted to local needs with 
maintained risk exposure.  Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
 
Examples of specific results the change projec ts managed by the participants from the 2013 
editions include: 
 
 Promotion of risk management tailored to Islamic banking (Kenya) 
 Improve women access to credit (Rwanda) 
 Promote mortgage lending to improve housing and human settlement (Tanzania) 
 Assessment and promotion of risk management practices in financial institutions (Uganda) 
 Promotion of a financing scheme tailored to small scale farmers (Zambia) 
 New guidelines to promote financial inclusion (Albania) 
 Enhanced framework for credit granting (Georgia) 
 Enhance risk reporting for institutions under supervision (Moldova) 
 Business continuity planning enhancement (Ukraine) 
Statistics on the use of the incentive/ on the number of supported projects: 
 The programme has run during ten consecutive years (2003-2013). The 2013 East Africa and 
Eastern Europe editions were the two last contracted programmes. 
 The 2013 activities involved payments of app. SEK 6.3 million.  
Contact: 
 Leif Waller, programme Lead Partner KPMG 
Francois-Xavier Bonnevie, Programme manager KPMG 
KPMG AB P O Box 16106 
SE-103 23 Stockholm 
Sweden financial.training@kpmg.se , 
http://www.kpmg.se 
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  THE NETHERLANDS 
China, India, Taiwan, Ukraine, Tanzania, Rwanda and Ghana 
1. Title of project/programme: PBR, PVP and DUS Courses. 
 
2. Policy objective and/or purpose: Capacity building on PBR, PVP and DUS testing. 
 3. Government agencies or in stitutions eligible in the provision of incentives for 
technology transfer in developed member: 
 Raad voor Plantenrassen.  
4. Enterprises or other institutions eligib le for incentives in LDCs (Transferor): 
 Naktuinbouw, Wageningen University. 
 
5. Targeted LDC members (Transferee):  
Several countries (e.g. China, India, Taiwan, Ukraine, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana) and 
organizations (e.g. ARIPO, EAPVP).  6. Type of incentives measur es for technology transfer: 
 
Courses in The Netherlands and on location, online help desk, distance learning courses, internships, training, capacity building, ad hoc support. 
 
7. Field or sector of tec hnology transfer activities: 
 
 Plant Breeders Rights, Plant Variety Protection, DUS. 
 8. Type of technology transferred:  
In-depth knowledge and/or practical tr aining on PBR, PVP and DUS testing. 
 9. Expected output related to technology transfer: 
 
Development and implementation of PBR and/or PVP and/or DUS system(s).  
10. Outcomes/impact: 
 Adequate knowledge and practical experience by the transferees.  
11. Budget or funds allocated: Fluctuates depending on demand.  
 12. Duration: Ongoing 
 
13. Status: Ongoing 
 
14. Contact point for information: 
 Marien Valstar  
www.minez.nl  
 
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  UNITED KINGDOM 
Burkina Faso, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa , Tanzania, Uganda, Bangladesh, India and 
the Philippines 
Name of Programme: Sustainable Crop Production Resear ch for International Development 
 
Description:  
The purpose of the programme is to address future threats to crop productivity. 
 The programme is a partnership between DFID ( £7m), the UK's Biotechnology and Biological 
Sciences Research Council (£3m), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (£5m) and the 
Department of Biotechnology of India's Ministry of Science and Technology (£5m). The programme 
is administered by the UK's Biotechnology and Bi ological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and 
grants are given to eligible research institutions. 
 
Beneficiary Countries:  
Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia: Burkina Faso, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, 
Bangladesh, India and the Philippines.  Objective(s) and type of incentives given: 
 
 Delivering strategic biological and biotechnological research to improve the production of 
the five staples (cassava, maize, rice, sorghum and wheat) which are most important for 
poor people in Africa and South Asia, and supp orting the development of new crop varieties 
with more resistance to disease and pests and less vulnerability to pests, diseases, drought and other shocks (i.e. biotic and abiotic stressors); and 
 Developing strong research partnerships between developing country institutions and 
enhancing the scientific capacity of southern partners. 
The programme will generate underpinning scientif ic knowledge that will impact on poverty by 
understanding, controlling and managing biotic and abiotic stresses by delivering: 
 
 Research products (e.g. methodologies, la boratory and field techniques, tools and 
resources) developed and in use by research partners in developing countries; 
 Technologies aimed at improving yields in five priority staples (including other crops, as 
specified) developed and introduced by research partners; and 
 Individual and organizational capacity building in developing countries. 
The project outcomes will ultimately deliver crop varieties more resistant to biotic and abiotic 
stress to poor farmers in developing countries, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. It will provide an important contribution to the development of new technologies for specified staples, and will generate sustainable and long-term capacity building in agriculture research. 
 
Eligible Enterprises or Institutions:  
Each project includes at least one partner from the UK and one from a developing country. 
The approach aims to build scientific capacity in developing countries, with the aim of developing research teams and projects that tackle other local scientific challenges. 
 
Type of technology transferred:  Agricultural technologies accessed include: genes to protect wheat against devastating rust 
diseases; zinc enriched rice to maximize health benefits; and technologies and methods for 
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  Functioning in practice: 
 Funding has been awarded to 11 research projects to develop ways to improve the sustainability of vital food crops in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.  
 
Examples of ongoing projects:  
Rice germplasm for high grain Zinc conten t and tolerance of Zinc deficient soils. The 
project aims to breed rice varieties more efficient in  taking up zinc and concentrating it in the rice 
grains, thus producing more nutritious varieties. The team will look at zinc uptake at different stages in the growth cycle of rice plants. 
 
Maximising the potential for sustainable and durable resistance to the wheat yellow rust 
pathogen. This project aims to improve understandi ng of how wheat yellow rust overcomes 
wheat's resistance to the pathogen. The project wi ll sequence current and historical collections of 
yellow rust to identify how the disease has evolved over time and across continents.  
Smart cereals for management of stembore r pests in staple cereals in Africa. The project 
aims to develop breeding programmes of high-yielding stemborer-resistant maize and sorghum through semiochemical identification and genetic analysis.  
Contact: 
 Duncan Barker 
Livelihoods Adviser 
Department for International Development Abercrombie House 
Eaglesham Road 
East Kilbride Glasgow G75 8EA  
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/opportunities /2011/1103-sustainable-crop-production-
international.aspx 
 
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Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and India 
Name of Programme: Combating Infectious Diseases of Livestock for International Development 
 1. Description: 
 
The programme is a partnership between DFID (£9.6m), the UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) (£3m) and the Scottish Executive (£0.5m). The programme 
is administered by the BBSRC and grants are given to eligible research institutions. 
 2. Beneficiary Countries: 
 
Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia: Ethiopia, Kenya, Ni geria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, India. 
 3. Objective(s) and type  of incentives given: 
 
The objective is to support basic and strategic biological and biotechnological research in animal health that contributes to the achievement of th e MDGs through greater understanding of how to 
combat diseases of domesticated livestock th at affect the livelihoods of poor people. 
 4. Eligible Enterprises or Institutions: 
 
Each project includes at least one partner from the UK and one from a developing country, looking at some of the most prevalent, damaging and costly diseases of livestock in developing 
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  5. Type of technology transferred: 
 Agricultural technologies accessed include: development of vaccines against multiple diseases to save sheep and goats; midge control to tackle Bluetongue virus; and controlling worms to increase 
production of sheep and goats. 
 6. Functioning in practice: 
 
Funding has been awarded to 16 projects, not only to control and prevent diseases, but also to build scientific capacity at a local and national level in developing countries to enable them to manage the diseases and apply findings and technologies to other disease areas, in both 
livestock and humans. 
 7. Examples of ongoing projects: 
 
Strategies for Bluetongue Virus epidemics in rural India. The overarching objective of this 
project is to provide the first detailed programme of research concerning the epidemiology and 
control of vectors of bluetongue virus in India to improve productivity of sheep husbandry by 
smallholders and landless workers in southern India.  Reducing the impact of infectious di sease on village poultry in Ethiopia. The aim of this 
project is to investigate genetic variability in the resistance of local chicken ecotypes to major 
infectious diseases impacting on productivity of village poultry in Ethiopia in order to inform development of strategies for improvement of genetic resistance and productivity, whilst 
accounting for social factors and economic constraints. 
 Development of a vaccination strategy for the control of malignant catarrhal fever. This 
project aims to develop and refine an immunisation strategy for the control of alcelaphine 
herpesvirus-1 (ALHV-1) virus-induced Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) by increasing the magnitude and duration of immunity through improved adjuvancy and testing the potential 
vaccine in field trials in Tanzania where MCF is a problem. It also plans to develop a vaccine 
against ovine herpesvirus-2 which causes MCF in livestock in Africa, Europe, Indonesia, Australasia 
and the Americas.  
8. Contact: 
 Duncan Barker 
Livelihoods Adviser 
Department for International Development Abercrombie House Eaglesham Road 
East Kilbride 
Glasgow G75 8EA http://www.bbsrc.com/funding/opportunities/2008/combating-infectious-diseases-livestock.aspx 
 
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Botswana, Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibi a, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, South 
Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia 
Name of programme: Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) in Southern and East Africa 
 
1. Description:  
EEP is a challenge fund that aims to address a broad range of issues and barriers to the effective 
dissemination and uptake of renewable energy technologies across Southern and Eastern Africa including market failures, lack of investor confidence and information/knowledge management 
weaknesses. The programme provides financing to in dividual projects through competitive calls for 
proposals under two windows:  
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   Window 2:  Bridge financing aimed at supporting demonstration programmes go to 
   scale and bankability. 
All applications are assessed against transparent criteria including impact on access to energy for 
the poor. Successful project developers must match funding on a sliding scale as a percentage of 
the grant finance (e.g. a €500,000 EEP grant, must be matched with €333,333 own financing by 
the project developer).  
The Programme is led by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA) and is jointly funded by 
the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and the UK Department for International Development 
(DFID). EEP total budget is €59.6 million (approximately £48 million). DFID contribution is £27.6m. 
 
2. Beneficiary Countries:  
Botswana, Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, 
Swaziland, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.  
3. Objective(s) and type  of incentives given: 
 
 Innovative aimed at supporting pre-feasibility and feasibility projects. 
 Bridge financing aimed at supporting demonstration progra mmes go to scale 
and bankability. 
4. Eligible Enterprises or Institutions: 
 
 Private companies 
 Public institutions 
 Research organizations 
 Educational institutions 
 Charitable organizations 
 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) 
 Community Based Organizations (CBO) 
 Not-for-Profit Organizations (NPO) 
 Cooperative Organizations 
5. Type of technology transferred: Renewable energy, energy efficiency technologies 
 
6. Functioning in practice:  
The programme provides grants to project developers in Southern and Eastern Africa through 
competitive calls for proposals.  7. Examples of ongoing projects: 
 
Replacing charcoal with waste biomass pellets for cooking in Zambia . The project seeks to 
assemble 500 micro-gasifying cooking stoves and manufacture at least 50 tonnes of biomass 
pellets to be sold as fuel for the stoves. The larger goal of the project is to refine the business 
model and make the project ready for large scaling up and replication within Zambia as well as the larger region. 
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  Production and dissemination of biomass briq uettes and gasifier stoves in Tanzania to 
reduce deforestation. This demonstration project aims to produce biomass briquettes from wood 
waste and agricultural waste. The biomass brique ttes and the high efficiency gasifier stoves 
technology is a reliable method to provide cheaper and efficient cooking while reducing 
environmental degradation. 
 8. Contact: 
 
Lubna Ghneim Deputy Programme Manager DFID Southern Africa 
255 Hill Street, Arcadia 
Pretoria, South Africa  
Georgina Ayre 
Climate Change Adviser DFID Southern Africa 
255 Hill Street, Arcadia 
Pretoria, South Africa  http://eepafrica.org 
 
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Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mala wi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South 
Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe 
Name of programme: African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) 
 1. Description:  
AATF is an independent, African-led not-for profit organization, which was set up ten years ago 
with funding from the UK Government, the Rockef eller Foundation and The United States Agency 
for International Development (SAID). AATF has three strategic goals which are to 
(i) access appropriate agricultural technologies; (ii) develop and adapt technologies; 
and (iii) deploy and commercialize technologies for impact.  
AATF was designed to facilitate public-private partnerships for the transfer, development, 
production and distribution of agricultural tec hnologies to smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan 
Africa. AATF has acquired agricultural technologies that would otherwise not have been accessible by resource-poor farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa  (SSA). These farmers can now have access to 
some of the most innovative and affordable crop technologies available. These include seeds that 
are drought, pest, and weed resistant.  
Through the existing projects developed with its partners, AATF have (i) brought technologies into 
Sub-Saharan Africa valued at approximately $110 million; (ii) created eight public-private partnerships across 58 organizations; (iii) secured government-backed support for its work in 
ten SSA countries; and (iv) stewarded the greate st number of technology-based solutions in 
Africa. Thirty-two of the technologies accessed were developed and adapted and concurrently AATF has been managing intellectual property for 17 technology licenses with 37 technologies.  
2. Beneficiary Countries: 
 Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, 
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe 
 2. Objective(s) and type  of incentives given> 
 
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  Government is providing £7.5 million in core funding from January 2010 to December 2014 under 
phase 2 of its support to AATF.  3. Eligible Enterprises or Institutions: 
 
AATF works with a number of partners including African national agricultural research and extension institutions, national governments, African seed traders, agribusiness, community 
based, nongovernmental and farmer organizations,  leading industry technology developers and 
major international research organizations, including research centres affiliated with the Consultative Group on Agricultural Research (CGIAR).  
4. Type of technology transferred: 
 Agricultural technologies accessed include gene s, promotors, vectors,  markers, germplasm, 
protocols and equipment. 
 5. Functioning in practice: 
 
AATF currently has nine projects - two examples are given below.  6. Examples of ongoing projects: 
 
Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA)  
Africa is a drought-prone continent, making farming risky for millions of smallholder farmers who 
rely on rainfall to water their crops. Maize is the most widely grown staple crop in Africa - more than 300 million Africans depend on it as their main food source - and it is severely affected by 
frequent drought. Drought leads to crop failur e, hunger, and poverty. Climate change will only 
worsen the problem  Drought tolerance has been recognised as one of the most important targets of crop improvement 
programs, and biotechnology has been identified as  a powerful tool to achieve significant drought 
tolerance by the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization. Identifying ways to mitigate drought risk and insect pressure, stabilise yields, and encourage smallholder farmers to adopt best 
management practices is fundamental to realizing food security and improved livelihoods for the 
continent. AATF is coordinating a public-private partnership called Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) to develop drought-tolerant and insect -protected maize using conventional breeding, 
marker-assisted breeding, and biotechnology, with  a goal to make these varieties available 
royalty-free to smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa through African seed companies.  Achievements: 
 
 Has successfully established one of the biggest maize breeding pipelines in Africa. 
 Between June 2013 and May 2014 the project released 25 conventional drought tolerant 
hybrids in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania; and nominated two for registration or variety 
listing in South Africa. 
 Over 80 tonnes of certified seed of the fi rst WEMA hybrid WE1101 (DroughtTEGO+) were 
sold in Kenya by the March 2014 season reaching about 25,000 farm households. 
An additional 800 tonnes of seed are under production in readiness for the October 2014 to March 2015 seasons; targeting over 200,000 farmers. 
 Maize grain yield increased from a national average of 1.8 tonnes/ha to an average 
of 4.5 tonnes/ha among farming communities that grew WE1101 in the short rains 
of October 2013 to January 2014. 
 With more harvest, farmers can sell the surplus to increase cash incomes and also reduce 
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  Expected impact: 
 
 Increased maize yields by 20-35% over 2008 commercial varieties under moderate 
drought stress. 
 Additional 2 million metric tonnes of maize during drought years to feed about 
14 to 21 million people. 
 Improved yield stability under moderate drought to encourage investments in best 
management practices. 
 The conventionally bred seed has been available royalty-free to small-scale farmers in SSA 
since 2013; while transgenic hybrids will be available as from 2016 subject to regulatory approvals. 
 Reduced risks of crop failure during moderate drought. 
Bacterial Wilt Resistant Banana 
 
Bananas and plantains are an important food source for over 100 million people in 
Sub-Saharan Africa. In the east African highlands and most of the Great Lakes region, bananas are a major staple food and a source of income for over 50 million smallholder farmers. East Africa 
produces 16.4 million metric tonnes per year - about 20% of the world output. However, many 
biotic and abiotic factors greatly reduce productivity for banana cultivated under traditional African farming systems. AATF is collaborating in a public/private sector partnership project to develop Banana Bacterial Wilt-resistant transgenic bananas from East African preferred germplasm. 
 
Achievements:  
The proof of concept for resistance to BXW using either hrap or pflp gene have been demonstrated 
and field trials are ongoing to identify lead events  that will be ear-marked for further development 
and commercial release. Two confined field trials have been successfully done in Uganda beginning 
2012. Meanwhile, AATF successfully renegotiated for access to new pflp gene, and renewed the 
license agreement for pflp and hrap genes that are now being used for banana transformation. 
 Expected impact: 
 
 Increase production and income (annual loss as a result of BXW in Uganda 
is US$200 million and will range from a staggering US$2billion – US$8 billion in the next 
ten years). 
 Increase banana regional exports by over 65% and reduced poverty as trade generates 
additional income. 
 Increase revenue generation (at US$1.2 per tissue culture the gross revenue from sale of 
plantlets in the first year of commercialization will be US$2.64 million and increasing to US$16.24 million in the fourth year of commercialization). 
7. Contact: 
 
Duncan Barker Livelihoods Adviser 
Department for International Development 
Abercrombie House Eaglesham Road 
East Kilbride 
Glasgow G-75 8EA  http://aatf-africa.org 
 
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  Name of programme: Business Call to Action (BCtA) 
 1. Description:  
Launched at the United Nations in 2008, the Busine ss Call to Action (BCtA)  aims to accelerate 
progress towards the Millennium Development Goal s (MDGs) by challenging companies to develop 
inclusive business models that offer the potential for both commercial success and development 
impact. 
 The BCtA global leadership platform is supported by the UK Department for International Development, Australian Department of Foreign A ffairs and Trade, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the US Agency for 
International Development, the United Nations Glob al Compact, and the Clinton Global Initiative. 
The BCtA is hosted by the United Nations Development Programme Headquarters in New York. 
 
2. Beneficiary Countries:  
Commitments have been made to Sub-Sahara n Africa including Ethiopia, Mali, Rwanda, 
South Sudan, Uganda and Burkina Faso, and across Asia.  3. Objective(s) and type  of incentives given: 
 
The BCtA has three objectives:  
 Supporting companies to develop innovative inclusive business - commercially-viable 
business ventures that engage low-income people as consumers, producers, suppliers, and distributors of goods and services. The current target is to increase the number of company 
initiatives to 150 by December 2015. 
 Providing high-profile platforms for showcasing initiatives. The platforms are designed 
to inspire other companies to develop inclusive business models, provide valuable promotion and networking opportunities for members. 
 Facilitating knowledge sharing to measure the commercial and development impact 
of inclusive business models and inform companies about how to design and implement successful and commercially sustainable pro-poor investments. 
The Business Call to Action Initiatives aim to achieve one or more of the following: 
 
 Generate significant new employment opportunities in developing countries; 
 Improve the quality of supply chains, helping local businesses to diversify, and/or become 
internationally competitive; and 
 Include innovations and/or technologies which make it easier for individuals and businesses 
to do business. 
4. Eligible Enterprises or Institutions: 
 Private companies who are committed to creating value for communities by responding to local 
development needs through their core business activities are welcome to join the BCtA. 
 5. Type of technology transferred: 
 
Technology transferred includes agricultural techno logy, advice and information, financial services, 
public information systems, IT skills develo pment and business monitoring, and financial and 
technical support. 
 
6. Functioning in practice:  
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  deliver development benefits. Incorporate a fresh approach to business for the company, enabling 
it to access and serve markets in ways not previously achieved.  
 7. Examples of ongoing projects: 
 
NOTS Impact Enterprises plans to scale up sustainable energy solutions across Mali and 
Rwanda. NOTS aims to maximize its social and environmental impact, while also giving investors a 
return on their equity. The company currently focuses on the sale and distribution of: 
 
 solar lamps ('Blue Power') - high-quality, affordable solar lamps to people living off-grid in 
Sub-Saharan Africa working to save families money, improving their health and reduce 
CO2 emissions; and 
 sustainable charcoal ('Blue Charcoal') - the company plans to limit the environmental 
damage caused by charcoal production and at the same time work to improve livelihoods 
and increase the income of local producers. 
L'OCCITANE en Provence  (http://usa.loccitane.com/natural-beauty-products-skincare-
l%27occitane-en-provence-usa,82,1,28281,508012.htm ) is developing a more sustainable value 
chain for shea nut butter with women's cooperatives in Burkina Faso. The BCtA project aims to 
improve working conditions, encourage young women to enter the shea butter industry, and reduce the environmental impacts of proce ssing. By 2016, L'Occitane plans to achieve 100% 
organic production of shea butter and establish a soap factory that allows women to develop their 
own processed products through a system of participatory management, providing added value 
and additional income generating opportunities.  
H&M is implementing certified training programs to improve factory worker incomes in 
Bangladesh. H&M's commitment to the BCtA is part of its larger goal to make continuous and sustainable improvement for the clothing industry in Bangladesh by providing training which will 
benefit an estimated 5,000 individuals by 2016. As part  of this effort, the retailer plans to expand 
its commitment to sustainability and establish a replicable model for training and support for skilled labour within the export Ready Made Garment (RMG) industry.  
8. Contact: 
 BCtA Secretariat 
UNDP Private Sector Division 
One UN Plaza DC1 New York, USA 
Email: secretariat@bcta-initiative.org  
http://www.businesscalltoaction.org 
 
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Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia Name of programme:   
 
Working in Partnership to Accelerate Ag ricultural Technology Transfer (AgriTT)  
 
1. Description: 
 AgriTT aims to improve food security in low-income countries (LICs) through accelerated technology transfer and knowledge sharing from Ch ina and UK. It provides a platform to extend 
technologies tailored to the need and conditions of LICs, and supports joint research to build 
evidence and find solutions to food security i ssues. The UK Government is providing £10 million 
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  2. Beneficiary Countries: 
 This project is aimed at low-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, in particular Uganda and Malawi. 
 
3. Objective(s) type of incentives given: 
 
AgriTT takes an integrated approach, not only looking at production technologies, but also various 
aspects of the food value chain that also includes processing, distribution and marketing. Specifically, AgriTT is: 
 
 Establishing pilots in Malawi and Uganda to disseminate sustainable agricultural knowledge, 
technology and management practices, particularly from China. Farmers, extension staff, government and private companies will be involved to adapt the technology to local 
conditions. 
 Supporting collaborative research through Challenge Research Fund to enable researchers 
from Africa, Southeast Asia, China and the UK to provide innovative solutions to 
agricultural productivity improvement in LICs. 
 Facilitating sharing of innovative solutions to food security challenges with policy makers 
and agricultural practitioners. 
4. Eligible Enterprises or Institutions: 
 
AgriTT works with a number of partners includ ing the Government of China, Government of 
Uganda, Government of Malawi, and research institutes in China, UK, Africa and Southeast Asia. 
The programme is administered by Project Management Office, which has been selected through 
Official Journal of the EU (OJEU) competitive tendering process.  
5. Type of technology transferred: 
 Technologies transferred include sustainable agricultural technology on crop and fish production, processing and information dissemination. 
 
6. Functioning in practice:  
Twelve research projects supported by the Agri TT Research Challenge Fund are up and running. 
Pilot projects in Malawi and Uganda have just started.  
7. Examples of ongoing projects: 
 The Uganda pilot (£1.25m)  seeks to achieve improved productivity of fresh cassava and 
increased availability of high quality cassava pr oducts in the country. The project has three main 
areas of intervention to address: cassava production; cassava processing; and cassava value 
addition. In terms of the flow of activities, firs tly the project will utilize disease free planting 
material to create a production base where Chinese technical assistance can demonstrate best 
practices in cassava planting, crop management an d harvesting. Secondly, it will pilot a new model 
for processing cassava to produce High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) using technology from China. The third output will be to harness Ch inese and Ugandan food technology expertise to 
develop profitable cassava food products for the domestic as well as regional markets. 
 The Malawi pilot (£1.25m)  supports the development of the tilapia aquaculture sector in the 
country through production and productivity improv ements that lead to increased food security. 
It has three outputs: 
 
 Improvements to fingerling production and quality - the intervention is to radically increase 
the availability of tilapia fingerlings whilst ensuring that there is a distribution system able 
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   Feed improvement - this component will address the production, quality, availability and 
cost of "artisanal" fish feed with the intent of improving costs for small-scale fish farmers and fish growth performance. It also will  train R&D personnel on feed formulation. 
 Increase in unit production of on-growing aquaculture - the central objective is to increase 
output and so make a significant and much needed addition to the national fish supply. 
The expected outcome of the Research Challenge Fund (£3m)  is enhanced availability and 
utilization of agricultural technologies and innovations and improved innovation capacity in low 
income countries. The outputs of the RCF will be: 
 
 Agricultural technologies and innovations for development oriented programs are 
generated/adapted and disseminated. 
 Collaboration amongst researchers in China, the UK and developing countries in Africa is 
strengthened. 
 Capacity of researchers in developing countries is enhanced. 
 Quality and relevance of research is enhanced through cooperation between research, the 
private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other relevant institutions. 
8. Contact: 
 
Su Zhang Agricultural and Natural Resource Adviser Department for International Development 
3025, F30 South Tower of Kerry Centre 
1 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District Beijing China 
 
Yalin Pei Deputy Programme Manager 
Department for International Development 
3025, F30 South Tower of Kerry Centre 1 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District Beijing China 
http://www.agritt.org 
 
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 Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Ph ilippines, Mongolia, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, 
Uganda, Mali, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Columbia and Haiti 
Name of programme: Technology Programme for Branchless Banking 
 1. Description: 
 
Development in information and communication technologies is making it possible for people to receive financial services without having to travel long distances to a bank branch and at an 
affordable cost. Technology - and in particular the ready availability of mobile phones - permits 
banks to make 'last mile' cash management and customer servicing functions such as deposits and cash withdrawal available securely through third-party retail outlets such as convenient stores, 
gas stations, and post offices. This is broadly described as branchless banking because of its 
strategy for delivering financial services withou t relying on physical bank branch locations. 
 The Technology Programme for branchless banking, supported by DFID, the Gates Foundation and 
the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGA P), will test and scale up branchless banking 
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  phone do not own a bank account. Branchless banking can harness the potential offered by new 
technologies, such as mobile banking, which have made it possible for poor people to access financial services without having to travel long distances to a bank branch and at an affordable cost. 
 
2. Beneficiary countries:  
The programme has helped deliver: 
 
 Access to 19 million poor people  (across 16 countries* in Asia, Africa and Latin America 
and the Caribbean) through 25 projects in mostly DFID priority countries. 
 Of this, 11 million is attributable to DFID , based on DFID's share of total 
programme cost. 
*(Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Ph ilippines, Mongolia, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, 
Uganda, Mali, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Columbia and Haiti) 
 3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
 
The CGAP Technology Programme is designed to enable access to a broad range of financial services such as payments, savings, loans, and insurance for over 30 million poor people. 
Access to these services enables consumers to acquire productive assets, invest in health and 
education and make other purchases that enrich their lives. The programme provides direct 
technical support and small grant funding to bran chless banking deployments at the firm level, 
as well as supporting improvements of the enabling environment through technical assistance to 
regulators and enhancements of industry kn owledge and practices through research and 
knowledge generations.  
4. Eligible Enterprises or Institutions: 
 CGAP works with banks, microfinance institutions, mobile network operators, retail stores, and regulators to deliver financial services through new technologies. 
 
5. Type of Technology Transferred:  
Technologies transferred include new technologies to enable branchless banking, such as mobile 
phones, magnetic stripe or chip cards, and biometric applications.  
6. Functioning in practice: 
 Many branchless banking deployments have shown that customers are ready to take up the service, the technology works, and outlets are qual ified and can be motivated to offer cash in and 
cash out services. The big challenge, being addressed through this programme, is in 
demonstrating that these deployments can work at a large scale.  
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: 
 CGAP is expanding its work in two areas that are critical to promoting financial inclusion: 
(a) the CGAP Technology and Business Model Innovation Programme; and (b) Client Research. 
 The Technology and Business Model Innovation Programme  aims to expand financial 
services to the poor through the innovative use of technologies. CGAP will expand into West Africa, 
where it aims to serve one million clients in four years. It also aims to spur innovation around 
product design for branchless banking.  
Through the Client Research  work stream, CGAP will identify and respond to priority research 
questions that can lead to more effective products  that meet the needs of the poor. It will work 
with industry to identify and respond to priori ty client-related questions. It will manage a 
competitive research fund and invite leading rese archers to answer practical questions on client 
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  Anticipated Impact: 
 
 Branchless banking dramatically decreases the cost of the delivery for financial services. 
 Innovation around product desi gn for branchless banking. 
 Client research that helps the industry shift to a more client-centric practice and offer new 
paths for industry growth. 
8. Contact: 
 
Mahesh Mishra Investment and Finance Team Private Sector Department 
DFID 
 Derek Longley 
Investment and Finance Team 
Private Sector Department DFID 
 
http://www.cgap.org/p/site/c/tech 
 
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 Ethiopia, Kenya, Viet Nam, In dia, Ghana and the Caribbean 
Name of programme: Global Network of Climate Technology Innovation Centres 
 1. Description: 
 
As of December 2013, the UK is providing £19m to the five-year Climate Technology Programme 
(CTP) to support the design and initial implementation, and international coordination of Climate Innovation Centres (CICs) in developing countries. The CTP is a multi-donor Trust Fund managed 
by infoDev (Information for Development), a glob al partnership programme in the Financial and 
Private Sector Development Network of the World Bank Group. The UK Department for International Development (DFID) will be a seed investor in the programme, alongside at least 
two other donors. £18m will support the design and establishment of nine new Climate Innovation 
Centres (CICs), as well as supporting the growin g global network of CICs. £1m of the £19m will 
fund an independent evaluation of the programme and will be competitively procured and 
managed by DFID. The evaluation will provide insight for other DFID programmes helping to 
support innovation and entrepreneurship in developing countries.  Climate Innovation Centres (CICs) provide targeted services (such as finance and training) 
to assist the private sector - especially entrepreneurs and small-medium enterprises - to 
proactively and profitably develop innovative technology and business solutions to domestic energy, resource and environmental challenges. They  are modelled on the Carbon Trust's services 
and structures in the UK. A recent Bloomberg New Energy Finance study found that there is an 
undersupply of in-country support for climate innovations in developing countries. At least 14 developing countries have specifically requested infoDev's support in setting up their own CIC, 
but are unable to undertake feasibility studies due to a lack of funding. This includes both low 
income and middle income countries. The Bloomberg report suggests that while "CICs could be developed individually, but there is much greater benefit in building a network of connected centres". There is also clear demand from in-cou ntry entrepreneurs, with - for example - over 
200 applications received within 12 months of launching the Kenyan Climate Innovation Centre 
(83 clients are currently being supported).  
DFID's funding will support the establishment of nine, individual CICs, and the coordination and 
cross-learning of the growing CICs network, such that individual CICs are more interconnected and efficient. Funding will also support evidence gather ing and market analysis of the global trends in 
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  market and technology trends as well as prom ote potential synergies with other developing 
country innovators and entrepreneurs. DFID's supp ort will decrease in the latter two years of the 
programme, as more donors and investors come on board, representing the UK's role as a seed funder into this programme. It is also anticipated that individual CICs will be self-sufficient after 
ten years (predominantly using a revolving loan mechanism, and through partnering with local 
governments, universities and the private sector), with donor support being replaced with other sources of investment after five years. 
 
The CICs support local economic growth at the SME level, as well as supporting employment opportunities for women. Many of the locally designed products and services will also benefit women and girls in their homes and daily activities (e.g. cooking, water collection or growing 
food). 
 2. Beneficiary Countries: 
 
Ethiopia, Kenya, Viet Nam, India, Ghana and the Caribbean amongst others.  
3. Objective(s) type of incentives given: 
 The programme aims to build a global community of practice of entrepreneurs and innovators 
providing clean, safe, reliable and sustainable access to energy, water and other natural resources 
to poor communities in developing countries. The programme will support the development and 
deployment of technologies and services by local players, creating jobs and sustainable 
businesses, contributing to livelihoods and wealth creation. 
 
DFID's support contributes to the following results from this programme by 2023:
2 
 
 Support for up to 14,000 "green" jobs and 590 businesses3, including at least 
4,000 for women.4 
 Improved energy access and reliability for households resulting in an additional 
consumption of up to 200GWh of energy, which is equivalent to 180,000 people with 
improved access to clean energy. 
 1.6 million people with improved access to clean water. 
 Around 200,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (tCO2) reduced or avoided. 
 A private sector leverage of five - for every £1 DFID spend, over £5 of private investment 
is created to scale up the CIC-supported innovations and business models. 
 A public sector leverage of five - stimulating significant additional funding raised from the 
public sector to support the implementation of CICs (other donors, local governments). 
 This will be achieved through nine new CICs established and launched to provide a country-
driven approach to supporting climate innovation (in ten years the Centres are anticipated to be 100% self-sufficient, with donor support replaced by private investment, local 
government etc. by year five). 
 Local capacity built through nine new and three existing
5 CICs deploying technical 
assistance to innovators and SMEs, and facilitating partnerships, best practice and 
technology support (web-enabled systems and so ftware) through a globally linked network. 
                                               
2 Based on long-term programme projections: ten years. 
3 There is a distinct lack of data available on green jobs in developing country markets. As such, job 
numbers have been calculated using available data from Europe and the US. Data from this programme will 
contribute directly to the lack of ev idence in this area. Result targets will therefore be revised on an annual 
review basis to reflect this. 
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  4. Eligible Enterprises or Institutions: 
 Entrepreneurs and innovators providing clean, safe, reliable and sustainable access to energy, water and other natural resources to poor communities. 
 
5. Type of technology transferred:  
CICs support the development and deployment of gr een technology by local players in developing 
countries.  6. Functioning in practice: 
 
The diagram below describes the activities undertaken by individual centres.  
 
 
 
7. Examples of ongoing projects: 
 In September 2012, the first CIC was launched in Kenya with the support from the UK, DANIDA 
and the World Bank. The Kenyan CIC has secured £9. 5m of funding from donors (£4m from DFID-
Kenya) is currently supporting 83 local entrepreneurs covering renewable energy, water and sanitation and agribusiness. In March 2014, a CIC in Ethiopia was launched, which receives funding from the UK and Norway. 
 
8. Contact:  
Isabel van de Sand 
http://www.dfid.gov.uk 
 
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5 The three existing CICs are those already receivin g DFID country office funding in: Kenya (alongside 
Denmark funding), Ethiopia (alongside Norway funding) an d Viet Nam (alongside Australia funding). Benefits to 
these CICs from the global network have been calcul ated as a higher success rate for CIC-supported 
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  Bangladesh 
Name of programme: English in Action (EIA), Bangladesh 
 1. Description: 
 
English in Action (EIA) is a nine-year English language education programme implemented through a partnership between the UK Government and the Government of Bangladesh. The goal of EIA 
is to contribute to the economic growth of Bangladesh by providing English language as a tool for 
better access to the world economy. EIA works to reach a total of 25 million primary and secondary students and adult learners through co mmunicative language learning techniques and 
the use of ICT, textbooks and supplementary materials in an innovative way. To enhance the 
quality of learning in schools, EIA is using a combination of existing and new methods, including 
interactive audio and mobile technology. Teachers receive materials (including digital content), training and ongoing support fully linked to the cu rriculum that is used in Bangladeshi classrooms. 
In addition, EIA has introduced adult and community interventions using mobile phone, television 
and the internet. The aim of these activities is to increase motivation and access to learning materials for adults and decrease barriers to learning English. Millions of people in Bangladesh 
have already accessed the English learning content made available through the mass media. 
 2. Beneficiary countries: Bangladesh 
 
3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given: 
 
 Provide training in technology, management and production methods. 
 More indirectly, improve the absorption capacity of LDCs (capacity building). 
4. Eligible Enterprises or Institutions: 
 
 Primary and secondary schools across the country as well as mass audiences through the 
use of media. 
 Institutional partners are the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME) and the 
Ministry of Education (MoE) of the Government of Bangladesh. 
5. Type of technology transferred: Audio and mobile technology  
 6. Functioning in practice 
 
Technology in Schools  
EIA is using cost-effective, ICT-enhanced approaches to maximize improvements in English 
language teaching and learning. In particular, EIA is concentrating on providing mobile devices to bring good examples of spoken English into primary and secondary school classrooms across Bangladesh along with a more participatory way of learning. The technology does not replace the 
teacher, but through the EIA training and support the capacity of teachers is built to use 
technology in their classroom and to change thei r teaching practices. Independent research has 
shown that the EIA interventions have not only led to a fundamental change in classroom practices 
in a short time period, but have also raised English proficiency levels among both teachers and 
students.  
It needs to be realized that EIA is not a technology project. As far as the schools component is 
concerned, EIA is an educational transformation project that uses technology as an instrument. However, using audio for classroom use and video for teacher professional development through mobile phones and speakers has proved to be tremendously helpful in realizing the current 
classroom-based changes. The interactive nature of the methods and materials, delivered through 
audio, has proven to be highly effective in reaching a large number of children in changing the way 
in which English is taught and learnt. After brief training and with ongoing support, teachers find it 
relatively easy to use the technology and to actively integrate the audio in their classroom 
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  can be charged in one location and used in another. They are portable, fit unobtrusively into the 
existing classroom environment and are relatively easy to store safely.  Technology for mass audiences 
 
EIA is using television, mobile telephones and the internet to provide learning materials for adults, and decrease the barriers to their learning English. To this end EIA has introduced a service, 
BBC Janala (www.bbcjanala.com), which looks to transform the way people  learn language using 
technology. Support is provided through mobile telephony where by simply dialling the number 
3000 learners can access lessons ranging from: "Essential English" for beginners, to "How to tell a story" for those more advanced. Through television EIA has reached millions of ordinary people 
who have low English language skills, but high aspirations to learn. Viewers learn a range of 
essential dialogues and vocabulary to use in their everyday lives, providing them with the building blocks to speaking English. The BBC has produced a youth magazine show, a drama and a 
language support show, all broadcast on prime time at national TV channels. Meanwhile dedicated 
learners that take advantage of the complete educational package across TV, mobile, print and web have the opportunity to significantly increase their English skills. 
 
The total number of people having accessed EIA's mass media products thus far exceeds 27 million.  
7. Examples of ongoing/implemented projects: See above 
 8. Contact:  
English in Action (EIA) 
House 1, Road 80 
Gulshan-2, Dhaka 1212 
Bangladesh Email: info@eiabd.com  
Website: http://www.eiabd.com  
 
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Sub Saharan Africa 
Name of programme: Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund 
 
1. Description:  
The UK's Department of International Development contributes to the Africa Enterprise Challenge 
Fund (AECF) a $180m fund which supports businesses operating in the agribusiness sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. Launched in 2008, the AECF runs competitions for companies which have innovative business ideas that have the potential to be commercial and deliver high development 
returns. Competitions include Africa wide agribusiness ones and specialist thematic and geographic 
ones such as renewable energy and climate adaptation, post conflict, Tanzania and South Sudan. The Fund is hosted by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and supported by a number 
of donors, including DFID. 
 2. Beneficiary Countries: All countries in Sub-Saharan Africa  
 
3. Objective(s) and type  of incentives given: 
 To identify and fund innovative business ideas in agri-business, rural financial services, renewable 
energy and technologies to assist small scale farmers to adapt to climate change. To qualify 
for funding an initiative should be commercially viable and have positive impact on rural poor in Africa, delivering increased incomes and empl oyment for poor people, through reduced costs 
and improved productivity. 
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  Companies which have business operations in Sub-Saharan Africa. 
 5. Type of technology transferred:  
 Agricultural technology 
 Financial services 
 Media and other information services directly related to agribusiness and rural financial 
services. 
 Renewable energy and climate adaptation technology 
6. Functioning in practice: 
 
 The applicant must be for-profit company with at least two years of audited accounts. 
In exceptional cases the AECF will fund new businesses where there is strong evidence that the new company has credible investors and demonstrable capacity to implement the 
project. 
 The AECF's minimum grant+repayable grant size is US$100,000 and maximum 
is US$1.5m. 
 The company/applicant must at least match (in cash or kind) the AECF's financial 
contribution. The business idea must be innovative (a new product, service or business model in an existing market or an existing product, service or business model in a new market, country, geographical area or target group). 
 The funds requested from the AECF must be additional. i.e. the project would not take 
place, or would not take place at the sa me size or scale without AECF funding. 
 The business idea must have the potential to be commercially viable so that benefits can be 
sustained beyond the period of AECF support. 
 Ideally all projects supported by the AECF sh ould contribute to some level of systemic 
change in the market system in which the project/business idea takes place. The objective 
is to leave behind market systems that work better for the rural poor rather than helping a 
single company to do better business. 
 The business idea/project must benefit large numbers of people living in rural areas 
delivering increased employment and income, reduced costs, and/or improved productivity. 
7. Examples of ongoing projects: 
 Since June 2008, it has run 14 competitions. 88 business initiatives in 18 countries have been 
approved for funding with a total investment  of $66m. A further $160m has been committed 
to these 88 initiatives.  
8. Contact: 
 Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund 4
th Floor, Office Suite 4D 
K-Rep Centre 
Wood Avenue Kilimani 
Nairobi 
Kenya Email: projects@aecfafrica.org  
 
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Name of programme: Global Development Innovation Ventures (GDIV) 
 1. Description: 
 
Launched in 2013 the UK Department for International Development are working to find innovative solutions to some of the world's most pressing problems. Global Development Innovation Ventures 
(GDIV) will locate, expand and assess ideas that should provide produce social and economic 
benefits. The British government will invest £50 million over five years in the new investment platform, which is expected to unlock further investment capital from both the private sector and other countries. The US government and impact investor Omidyar Network will also be founding 
partners of the new platform. It will provide a collection of ideas that are ready for social investors 
to unlock commercial capital. Alongside this, a marketplace will be run for agents to co-invest and collaborate between the innovators and investors. Another related idea is a global network 
of partner governments, private investors, foundations and donors bringing demonstrated ideas 
to the resources for widespread adoption.  
2. Beneficiary Countries: India; Kenya and others 
 3. Objective(s) and type(s) of incentives given:  
Unlike smaller programmes GDIV is designed to support the wider investment community who will 
pool resources to support innovations.  
4. Eligible Enterprises or Institutions: 
 Following on from USAID, DFID will also be involved in designing this programme to encourage 
the wider investment by community - for example partner governments; private investors, 
foundations and other donors.  5. Type of Technology Transferred: 
 
Commercialization of innovations and technology that have the potential to generate significant social impact and economic returns. Developing trading networks, linking investors 
with innovators, in order to help mitigate the world's most problematic developmental challenges. 
 6. Functioning in Practice: 
 
While GDIV will be sponsored by DFID and USAID initially, it is designed to encourage wider investment opportunities from partner governments; private sector investors; foundations; and other donors; who will pool resources to support innovations, particularly those with a focus 
on the World's most difficult developmental challenges. The model, building on DIV, will use 
the networks of other partners to operate at greater scale.  
7. Examples of Ongoing/Implemented Projects: 
 Unlocking Private Investment Capital: 
 
Mera Gao Power (MGP) reached thousands of homes, currently without electricity in India with village-level solar micro grids for 25R (30p) per week. This is half the cost of kerosene and less than the subsidised national power grid. DIV's funding provided MGP with start-up capital when it 
was hard to secure private sector. Since then they have attracted private financing for their next 
expansion.  
Creating New Markets: 
 Sanergy, a start-up business, focussed on basic sanitation, an issue affecting 2.5 billion people 
across the globe. DIV's investment in Sanergy enabled it to pilot a network of pay to use latrines 
in Nairobi's urban slums. The sanitation centres were franchised to local entrepreneurs, earning income through usage fees, membership plans, etc. The company collected waste daily, processing it as commercial-grade fertilizer and biogas sold for profit. It is estimated that this intervention 
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"Crowding-in" philanthropic funding to scale up:  CommCare is open source, cloud-based, mobile platform that allows health workers to quickly 
create and customise health applications and download them onto their phones for free. 
For example, applications that deliver maternal health education to new mothers, tailored to literacy level and local dialect. DIV's $1000K contribution to the global deployment and scale-up 
of CommCare, allows the technology to be refined for use in ten countries. This has mobilised 
more than $1.5 million of follow-on investment. In addition, the Gates Foundation commissioned 
CommCare for their $100million effort in Bihar.  
Scaling-up through the private sector: 
 By 2030 road injuries are projected to replace malaria as the fifth leading course of death in Africa. 
One of DIV's investments was used to conduct a field trial that targeted passengers of local 
Kenyan minibuses. Motivational messages that encouraged passengers to "Stand up! Speak up!" 
against dangerous driving were pasted in the passenger cabins. The result was outstanding: 
insurance claims fell by half, and claims involving injury or death dropped by two-thirds. 
As a consequence, the innovators are partnering with an insurance company and local telecom and broadcast media companies to cover approximately 10,000 minibuses in Kenya with plans to roll it out across East Africa without further donor funding. 
 
8. Contact:  
Jonathan Wong 
Head of Innovation Hub UK Department for International Development 
22 Whitehall 
London SW1A 2EG http://www.dfid.gov.uk 
  
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