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Discovered India Activation Approach – supporting Indian Artisans to help grow their businesses The Indian artisan handicraft industry is the second largest source of employment in India and a major source of income for rural communities. Official reports estimate approximately 14 million Indians are engaged with craft production. Unofficial sources estimate 200 million artisans depend on their crafts for livelihood. A majority of the people working in the sector are woman and people belonging to minority groups and ‘weaker’ parts of the Indian society. Even though the industry has high potential, it’s not fully utilised yet and local artisans are often trapped in their local economies and rely on middlemen to sell more, leaving them with very little of the proceeds and no easy access to growth capital. The Dutch company Discovered B.V. is on a mission to empower global artisans to use ‘business as a force of good’ by providing easy access to international buyer markets. The Discovered platform allows artisans to sell more products at better price, increase their income with 25% and enhance their access to funding. In order to prepare for future investments and to create immediate impact for local artisan businesses, Technical Assistance (DGGF) provided support to validate the scalability and replication ability of the Discovered Artisan Activation Approach. The project included the assessment of key challenges artisan led businesses face, providing artisans with skills development, training and workshops to overcome these challenges and help the micro-enterprises grow into sustainable businesses by opening their own online and international shops through Discovered’s platform. The Technical Assistance Discovered resulted in the opening of 1 regional activation HUB for local artisans in Bangalore, partnerships with 3 specialised NGOSs and the opening of 300, mostly female led, artisan online stores that represent 25,000 artisans and through which over 7,5000 unique products have already been sold. Furthermore, the project supported 7 direct jobs and enabled knowledge transfer and skills development of more than 300 people regarding managing online stores and international sales. The project has been successful and Discovered is currently preparing to further scale-up its activities in India by partnering up with 10 NGOs through which an additional 50,000 artisans will be reached and will have an immediate positive impact on their livelihoods.
Impact Accelerator - Stichting Iplussolutions To provide funding to iplussolutions, who wants to use its expertise to make the XS2Meds solution available to countries in sub-Saharan Africa or other LMIC to provide quality and affordable medicines covering HIV AIDS, Malaria and TB and include medicine for non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, 
hypertension, cancer and lung diseases as well as pain treatment and vaccines. This project 
concerns the first stage of the roll out of the initiative and the preparatory works related to it to test the viability of the initiative.
Sococo Coffee Social Enterprise Sococo B.V. is a sustainable Coffee label based in the Netherlands that sells 100% arabica quality coffee from Guatemala (HueHuetanango region) in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is in the top 5 of coffee drinking countries and the market is shifting from low quality coffee to higher quality (specialty) coffee. Sococo buys the coffee directly from their coffee farming partner, FamilyBondsCoffee. Sococo pays them a price that is above the current international market price. Sococo focuses on positive impact, capacity building and sustainability in the full supply chain.
Eggs Breaking & Pasteurization Factory Frisian Egg and its local partner in Pakistan will jointly invest in a liquid egg production facility in Karachi.DGGF and a Pakistani bank intend to finance the project. 50 jobs will be created in the facility. Besides the direct jobs, the project provides a significant impact on the employment in local companies in the supply chain. The company has a local purchasing and sales policy in Pakistan. The egg suppliers will be trained to produce better quality eggs under better conditions for the chicken.
Poverty alleviation through road development (O&M Phase) Road development is recognised as a prerequisite for socio-economic development. Especially in a landlocked and mountainous country such as Bhutan. The road construction in Dagana and Sarpang districts is part of a larger road development plan that covers the connection of the Southern Bhutanese regions. At the moment transport in Bhutan depends on a single east-west national road running through the central-northern parts of the country. The absence of another main road running through the south hinders transportation in the southern areas and inhibits the growth of social services as well as economical development i.e. predominantly agricultural development. The larger road development plan will not only improve the accessibility and connectivity of the southern regions but also provide better integration with existing road networks in Northern India and Bangladesh. The proposed road will open up highly promising markets, especially West Bengal could potentially absorb increasing production of Dagana and surrounding districts. The fertile mid-hill terrain of Dagana and surrounding districts offers a huge potential for agricultural and livestock production.However, due to the lack of transportation possibilities this potential is not fulfilled. Another source of economic development are the two hydropower plants under construction in Dagana. The road will provide additional access to these plants next to the Southern/Indian connective road and vice versa make electricity a real future possibility for inhabitants of the region. Another rationale for the project is to provide better access to basic services such as health care to the people in Dagana and Western Sarpang.
Rehabilitation and extension of the water system of N’Djamena The public drinking water coverage in N’Djaména, the capital of Chad, is less than 30% of its population. Without intervention, this situation would deteriorate due to a lack of investments, the low operational performance of the water system and the rapidly increasing number of inhabitants of the city. The D2B-studies, carried out by Cabinet Merlin in the period December 2017-June 2020, provided an intervention framework in phases, aiming at reaching the national objective of 80% drinking water coverage in the agglomeration of N’Djamena by 2030.The Priority Program is the first phase of intervention (2021-2024). It includes:- rehabilitation of the existing network- development of a new groundwater catchment area and construction of a transmision line- increase of the storage capacity- extension of the distribution network- realisation of new individual connections- technical assistance to improve the managerial and operational capacity of the national operator Société Tchadienne des Eaux.The Priority Program is cofinanced by RVO (30 MEUR), the Agence Française de Développement (15 MEUR), the European Union (15 MEUR) and the Government of Chad (5 MEUR).The implementation phase started in January 2021, with the mobilisation of the Project Management Assistant (STUDI International), who will support the tendering process of all implementation contracts. The construction works are expected to start in 2022.
KOW Lifestyle Footwear USA Kingdom of WOW produces footwear and is a social brand with an in-house and responsibly run manufacturing facility. This DGGF-TA supports market entry in the USA for KOW. KOW produces shoes in Cambodia. This DGGF-TA has supported the employment of 12, mainly uneducated, women who usually have little chance to find safe and fair employment in the formal economy. The company provides skills training to the women, as well as trainings on healthcare and labour rights. 15 people were indirectly supported by the US production. After the end of the project, sales will lead to an additional 6 FTEs within the company. The company is investing in sustainability and has decided to buy wool-bamboo blends instead of (non-biodegradable) acrylic-wool blends.
Studies Public Transport Chindwin River (ESIA) The main objective of this project is the development of year round, safe and reliable public Transport on the Chindwin River in Myanmar by providing specialised shallow draft passenger ferry vessels that can be operated by the Department of Inland Water Transport. In addition, the project will provide  adequate mooring places (e.g. jetties) with inland connections as well as (very) local “hot spot dredging” to deepen extreme shallow patches. Develop2Build is supporting the feasibility study and an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) to guarantee independence and impartiality.Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
Flood protection alongside the Mao river in Gelephu (Phase 1) Gelephu, in the South of Bhutan, is prone to floods. Likely related to climate change, rainfall patterns have become more erratic with prolonged periods of drought followed by unusually high precipitation. The floods are caused by heavy rainfall in the upper catchment areas. Because of the very steep mountains, high discharges are observed in the downstream part of the rivers. Develop2Build and the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (Flood Engineering and Management Division) are working together to identify suitable and sustainable infrastructural flood protection intervention(s) and / or mitigation intervention(s) alongside the Mao River in order to reduce Gelephus vulnerability to floods of the Mao River.Feasibility Study
Construction of Wastewater Collection Treatment and Drainage System (O&M Phase) Ba Ria Vung Tau province closely located to Ho Chi Minh City is one of the provinces in Vietnam with a rapid economic growth and consequently severe pollution. Phu My is the location of the deep sea port of Ho Chi Minh City and home to heavy industries such as power generation (petro)chemical production and steel production. Both industrial and population growth put heavy pressure on the environment and have resulted in severe pollution in the groundwater and the Thi Vai River. Currently, domestic waste water is not treated at all while only industrial waste water related to heavy industry is being treated.The province recognizing the environmental problems has approved the Master plan for the sewage system of Phu My urban area in 2008. The proposed project fits within this master plan and will focus on two areas the north and the south area. In the north area the focus will be on the collection and treatment of both domestic waste water and waste water from a number of light industrial zones while in the south area the focus will be on the collection and treatment of only residential waste water. The project is defined as the design  deliver yinstallation and subsequent use of a waste water collection and treatment system. The project consists of the following items:- The design and construction of two waste water treatment plants with a capacity of 21,700 m3/day and 8,000 m3/day- A collection network with 4 pumping stations- A technical assistance programme in management development O&M and customer relations.
Pan Hlaing sluices (RWS) This project is identified by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation in Myanmar and part of a broad governmental strategy for the development of the Pan Hlaing area, which involves the construction of a sluice in the Pan Hlaing river. This sluice will help develop the Pan Hlaing river to become a water body, that transports and stores fresh water that can be used for irrigation in dry periods. In addition, the project will contribute to safeguarding and improving the drainage function in periods of excessive rainfall from the adjacent polders and minimise the risk of flooding of areas along the Pan Hlaing river caused by cyclones.D2B finances all studies needed for the construction of the sluice: i.e. the feasibility study, including a deliberate choice for the exact location of the sluice and a conceptual design.
Boosting Colombia’s start-up ecosystem: Rockstart Web & Mobile Accelerator programme in Bogotá, Colombia Due to a growing number of high quality Latin American start-ups and their interest in the Rockstart Accelerator Programme in the Netherlands, Rockstart decided to expand to the region and set-up the first “Web & Mobile” Rockstart Accelerator program in Bogotá, Colombia, with the support of Technical Assistance (DGGF-TA). The aim of the project was to strengthen and boost the local Colombian tech start-up ecosystem, inspire and support Latin American Web & Tech Entrepreneurs to start their start-up, educate around building a company and help them apply for the Rockstart Accelerator Program. They helped build the Colombian ecosystem including sharing knowledge with potential investors on what start-ups are, how to invest in them, what an accelerator is and explain them about the risk-return, as investing in start-ups requires a different approach than traditional investments. Colombian start-ups were provided with coaching, advice and feedback from investors mentors and audiences of their peers during events such as Rockstart Answers.During a 100-day accelerator programme, Rockstart directly employed 7 people and supported an additional 70 direct jobs, the founders and employees of the 10 start-ups that were selected.  Indirectly, the project supported 160 jobs, of which 130 were female. Most direct and indirect jobs supported involved youth under 30. An additional 182 local investors as well as 65 start-ups received training as part of the project.Furthermore, the start-ups were introduced to potential partners, buyers and investors which resulted in rapid growth of their businesses. The project led to further private investments for Rockstart in Colombia, which is now fully operational and self-sufficient and running its third accelerator programme. Supported direct and indirect jobs have shown to be sustainable and start-ups from the first accelerator are growing with 9% per year and successfully scaling up, leading to additional job creation and investments in Colombia and the entire Latin American region.
Realisation of two water supply plants for rural areas (Implementation Phase) Ba Ria Vung Tau province has a population of approximately 1 million inhabitants. The project area is a rural area inhabited by approximately 115,300 persons. Currently, only 51% of the households is connected and receives water. However, water quality is not up to the standards set by the Vietnamese government because most of the WTPs in place are outdated and overstretched. The remainder of the population uses unsafe or polluted untreated or poorly treated water by collecting rainwater digging wells or buying expensive bottled water. This lack of drinking water causes diseases and hampers economic development.The project is defined as the development design construction commissioning operation and maintenance of complete stand-alone drinking water supply systems (WTPs): two new WTPs and upgrade of three existing WTPs including raw water intakes and existing distribution network. The two new WTPs are proposed in Da Ban and in Song Hoa situated in the western and eastern part of the project area. The project will provide new drinking water connections to 23,050 households (102,803 persons) so they receive safe and reliable drinking water (both new connections and additional water).
Cocopallet Fast Forward; technical and commercial feasibility study to set up a production plant to produce pallets from coconut husk near the Asian equator Coconut farmers are the poorest among farmers. Adding value to their activities, in particular by making use of their waste, has the potential to increase their incomes with 20-30% and have a positive impact on the environment. Countries like the Philippines harvest between 16 and 18 billion coconuts per year. More than 90% of the husks are wasted, which easily adds to 15,950,400 tonnes of waste per year that is usually burned and takes about 15-20 year to decompose in nature. Their burning and rotting leads to air pollution while it creates no value for anyone. CocoPallet International B.V. therefor has developed technologies to produce pallets made of Coconut husk. CocoPallet is 100% bio based, replaces single-use wooden pallets and prevents logging and transportation of millions of trees. Furthermore the product offers a sustainable and cheaper solution to other similar materials that are processed with chemicals which allows for circular recycling into other products, such as sustainable local building materials, packaging materials and charcoal, allowing farmers to earn extra income from a product that is considered waste. In order to prepare for future investments in the set-up of a production plant in South East Asia for the production of pallets from coconut husk, Technical Assistance (DGGF-TA) provided support to finalise a technical and commercial feasibility study and to develop a bankable business case to attract external investors. The project included the identification of local suppliers and production partners, selection of a location for the plant, a study into the uses of lignin of coconut fibres, the selection of 3 launching customers and the development of a project master schedule for the construction of the plant.The feasibility study has been successful and further investments in multiple production plants in the Philippines are currently being prepared. Each Cocopallet plant will be able to produce between 1.2 and 5 million CocoPallets, is expected to create approximately 200 new jobs, has the potential to help improve the livelihoods of at least 5,000 supplying coconut farmers and in turn will reduce the use of wood and the negative impact on the environment of coconut waste.
Building of Level II hospitals in Beira (Implementation Phase) Level II hospitals play a key role in Mozambiques Primary Health Care strategy as they are first referral point for basic Health Centres and as they provide filters for more expensive level III/IV hospitals making them cost-effective and suitable for the resource poor context. evel II hospitals will be developed implemented and operated in Beira (port city) hence strategically expanding access in the province and region. The project consists of health infrastructure equipment and training. In addition technical assistance and institutional strengthening are part of the project.The hospital in Beira will be a hospital of 250 beds . The hospitals will heavily reduce pressure on the Beira Central (level IV) hospital which is overcrowded with patients seeking help for health problems which can effectively be addressed at the secondary level. The two hospitals will provide the following services: maternal and neonatal care prevention, treatment and control of endemic diseases (e.g. HIV, TB, malaria and cholera) basic lab services emergency and trauma inpatient (hospital) services and supervision and logistical support to surrounding Health Centres.  The long-term objective of the project is to improve access to quality health care for the poor in deprived areas of the Sofala Province in order to decrease morbidity disability and mortality rates in the region.
Cool Port Addis Construction of cool facilities for the transport of food products
Development Related Infrastructure Investment Vehicle (DRIVE) With DRIVE, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs facilitates investments in infrastructural projects that contribute towards a good business climate and entrepreneurship in the priority sectors: water, climate, food security, and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Public infrastructure projects that have a high development relevance in other sectors also can apply for DRIVE support.Projects must be supportive of, and built on the Dutch agenda for aid, trade and investment. For instance by joining initiatives that have already been developed as part of Dutch development policy.The overall objective of DRIVE is to contribute to inclusive and sustainable growth in developing countries. DRIVE supports investments in expansion and/or quality improvement of public infrastructure that improve the development of the private sector by promoting entrepreneurship, productivity and employment opportunities, and by lifting wages.
Improving the Air Cargo Terminal of Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan The aim of this project is to develop the feasibility studies for the improvement of the air cargo terminal of the international airport in Amman. Specific attention will be paid to the handling of perishable cargo, which requires effective cooling. Moreover, the operations and logistics infrastructure also need to be improved. The main stakeholders of this project are the Jordanian Ministry of Transport (owner of the airport),  Airport International Group (AIG, the private operator of the airport until 2031) and Royal Jordanian Cargo (the private operator of the air cargo terminal) in a BOT PPP context. The main beneficiaries are the producers of fresh fruits, vegetables and flowers who will be able to effectively export their products to other markets in the region.
Building of Level II hospitals in Beira (O&M Phase) Level II hospitals play a key role in Mozambiques Primary Health Care strategy as they are first referral point for basic Health Centres and as they provide filters for more expensive level III/IV hospitals making them cost-effective and suitable for the resource poor context. Two level II hospitals will be developed implemented and operated in Beira (port city) and Marromeu (rural area) hence strategically expanding access in the province and region. The project consists of health infrastructure equipment and training. In addition technical assistance and institutional strengthening are part of the project.The hospital in Beira will be a hospital of 250 beds and the hospital in Marromeu will have 150 beds. The hospitals will heavily reduce pressure on the Beira Central (level IV) hospital which is overcrowded with patients seeking help for health problems which can effectively be addressed at the secondary level. The two hospitals will provide the following services: maternal and neonatal care prevention, treatment and control of endemic diseases (e.g. HIV, TB, malaria and cholera) basic lab services emergency and trauma inpatient (hospital) services and supervision and logistical support to surrounding Health Centres.  The long-term objective of the project is to improve access to quality health care for the poor in deprived areas of the Sofala Province in order to decrease morbidity disability and mortality rates in the region.