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Environmental and Safety Protection Agency in Cartagena or Barranquilla Cartagena and Barranquilla are one of the biggest cities in Colombia with busy and expanding industrial ports. This creates challenges for the safety and environmental situation. The municipality of Cartagena and other stakeholders, such as the fire department and representatives of companies have indicated that they would like to learn from best practices in the Netherlands in this field.The initiative of this project has come about through the good work of the Dutch THSA (The Holland Safety & Security Association). They have persuaded the local authorities of both Barranquilla and Cartagena that their preparedness for an (industrial) calamity is wholly inadequate, with dire consequences for both the civilian population and future economic prospects, were such a calamity to occur.Setting up a local authority for the granting of EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) operation licenses, as well as to conduct inspections in order to enforce compliance could be the key to an improved environmental/safety performance with clear and enforceable permits, as well as a credible, transparent inspection regime.Therefore preparations for the set up of an Environmental and Safety Protection Agency in Barranquilla or Cartagena have been made by SPPS Consultants B.V.
DRRS (DRR) Libya 2023 – Derna dam (DRRS23LY01) After storm Daniel made landfall in Libya an unprecedented amount of rain has fallen in the eastern part of Libya. This has caused extreme river flows and subsequent dam failures.The Libyan government has requested international assistance through its embassy in The Hague, which again reached the DRRS team through the Netherlands embassy in Tripoli, Libya.In an effort to be as effective as possible the Netherlands embassy in Tripoli, Libya together with the DRRS team, has joined forces with World Bank in their Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA) work. Building on the RDNA, the team will work on a comprehensive report for the Derna dam failure, as well as a visualisation of the event.On a broader level, input will be given for a national dam assessment.
Integrated Water Platform for South Africa Nelen & Schuurmans is a Water Management Consultancy & IT Company. Our mission is contributing to a healthy, safe and resilient environment. We achieve this by making the best information available to decision makers using our IT and/or consulting services. We operate in the private and public sector across the globe. The demonstration project involves demonstrating an Integrated Water Platform*, an ICT solution that enables South African water managers (CMAs: Catchment Management Agencies) to make better decisions when it comes to water management and risk assessment.* The Integrated Water Platform has the following components:1. Flexible web based information platform with access to different data types (local, remote sensing, etc).2. Hydraulic and hydrologic simulation model called 3Di (www.3di.nu). 3Di is a new versatile water managementinstrument that supports spatial planning, operational water management and calamity management.3. HydroNET applications for meteorological & hydrological data for Catchment Management Authorities.
Study on awareness of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) A study conducted, to create awareness of climate smart agriculture (CSA), in particular solar powered water pumps.
Circular Business Platform (CBP) Lagos Lagos is the largest city in Africa, with 21 million inhabitants and still growing. The population growth in the city has created challenges and great opportunities concerning the circular economy. One of the major circular challenges currently is waste management or the lack of it. Out of this enormous waste management challenge, numerous opportunities have arisen, like many other challenges that result from the vast increase in the city’s demand for resources and services (like water, energy, habitation, transportation infrastructure, healthcare, schools, etc.). Thus, circular economy and waste management have become hot topics in  Lagos. Currently, many initiatives are being implemented in Nigeria on circular economy and waste management, but many are in isolation. Many potentially interested partners and stakeholders do not know about the initiatives of others. Subsequently, initiatives are potentially less impactful, investment opportunities are being missed and there is no systemic approach. To accurately address the circular challenges the country and the city of Lagos face, there is a growing need for a different approach. The broader aim of this project is to support Lagos in its transition to a circular economy by establishing a Circular Business Platform (CBP), facilitating cooperation, coordination and networking between businesses, government, knowledge institutions and civil society organisations involved in the circular economy. In addition, the CBP will also have an agenda-setting role for a more coordinated and demand-driven approach towards a circular economy in Lagos that drives entrepreneurship.   In this project, preparatory research is implemented to collect information on the business model and inform and inspire relevant stakeholders regarding establishing this CBP in Lagos, which will have to be managed by an independent hosting organisation.
Rods&Cones project, Sri Lanka This project aims to introduce video technology for the healthcare sector in Sri Lanka, which enables doctors, students and experts to participate in surgeries from external locations. This allows specific medical knowledge to be shared and disseminated in remote areas in a cost-effective manner.
DRR-Team Myanmar – Morphology expert Scoping mission to MyanmarGoals are:1. To formulate options/ solutions (no regret, midterm, long term) to improve river basin management and flood protection as part of an integrated sustainable solution2. To provide support in attracting funds and writing project proposals, also with regard to follow up activities.The aim is to reduce the flooding occurrence in the river basin/catchment area, to understand the river behaviours related with extreme climatic conditions, etc. Geographical focus is mainly the recently flooded area:1. Bilin river catchment / basin area (Biling Township, Thaton Township),2. Lower Thanlwin (Salween) river catchment / basin (Mawlamyine city, Mudon Township, Mottama Township) and3. Landslide area in the Paung Township (on the way to Mawlamyine).Another possible area is Ye Township (the main causes of flood are rain water and the tidal effect).
DRR-Team Brazil – Lead engineer dyke design It concerns two missions to Minas Gerais and Brasilia (a workshop) in October and November of 2019, to work with ANM (National Mining Agency of Brazil) and various stakeholders, in particular to share knowledge from the Dutch experience with dykes and levees. In particular it concerns preventing insecurity that results from too weak mining dams and dykes.
Business plan development CADESA The purpose of this project is to facilitate the transition to local cocoa processing in Côte d'Ivoire by investing in the capacity for local small- and midscale processing at cooperative level. More income will be generated at cooperative and farm level, increasing the income of farmers and factory workers to a living income.This project will capacitate a local cooperative in the development of an elaborate business and financial plan for a local cocoa processing facility. This will lead to the needed access to private finance to invest in the foreseen factory.This project is part of the OrangeCocoaPro combi-approach in Côte d'Ivoire, coordinated by the Netherlands government.
Youth Employment Strategy (YES) implementation The Youth Employment Strategy (YES) aims to invest in prospects by promoting youth entrepreneurship by boosting sustainable youth employability and entrepreneurship in Nigeria through collaboration. By aligning the various efforts, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and identifying synergies, a more comprehensive systemic change can be achieved, benefitting the youth in Nigeria.
VEG Impact Myanmar The VEG Impact Myanmar project will contribute towards the growth and development of the vegetable sector in Myanmar and will deliver impact in terms of:•	enhanced local capacities for realising the growth potential of the Myanmar vegetable sector;•	sustainable productivity and income improvements for male and female smallholder vegetable producers;•	increased supplies of safe vegetables to the markets in and around Myanmar.This project exists of the following organisations and companies:•	The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock & Irrigation and its regional research farms as main public sector partner;•	the Vegetable Sector Acceleration Taskforce (VSAT) as project’s Steering Committee;•	RVO programme VEG CAP (K2K);•	State Agricultural Institutes (SAIs); and•	Yezin Agricultural University and local partners (e.g. the Myanmar Onion, Garlic and Culinary Crops Production & Exporting Association; Dagon International and the Myanmar Agro Exchange Public Co., LTD. (MAEX) as owner and manager of the modern Yangon wholesale market for fresh produce).
Orange Corners Baghdad – Start capital The Orange Corners Baghdad incubation programme aims to support 40 young Iraqi entrepreneurs each year with a dynamic, state-of-the-art facility. It is a place where they can collaborate and work with like-minded individuals to start their businesses. The incubation program offers business development support, master classes, events, coaching & mentoring sessions. Through collaboration between the private and public sectors, Orange Corners combines forces to contribute towards the economic growth of Iraq.
Design hub The purpose of establishing a design hub on a local level is to strengthen the design and creative sector in Kampala and Uganda, to enlarge the sector’s experience in working on cross-disciplinary design and to increase the visibility and image of Uganda’s design. On an international (Dutch) level, it will create a strong and clear design focus point for all interested in doing business with Ugandan designers, facilitators or product developers.
Production of shiitake mushrooms for the European market Three companies propose to set up shiitake production in Albania. The applicant H en S Trading B.V. was established three years ago and is a company specialised in trade of a wide variety of mushrooms – through its daughter Exoten Champignons Trading Europe B.V..Local partner is AIBA Company Sh.A, a company for which the core business is egg production. Other activities AIBA Company Sh.A has engaged in are mixing and trade of animal feed and production of organic fertilizer.Third partner is a relatively new company from Kosovo, King Mushrooms Sh.P.K. King Mushrooms is specialised in trade of wild mushrooms.The three partners propose to set up a joint venture. The joint venture will have two main activities: it will produce shiitake and it will produce growing logs for other shiitake growers. The project will make use of the variety in climatic conditions in Albania. By growing shiitake both in the coastal region (around Durres) as well as in the mountainous region, shiitake can be produced year round under natural conditions. The growing locations of the joint venture will have a total capacity of 117 tons per year. In addition, 105 small farmers will be trained to be outgrowers with a total production capacity of 273 tons per year. The shiitake will be sold mainly at the Western European markets, thus replacing the import of Chinese shiitake.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)Environmental pollution is minimal, certification is obtained and both contract growers and employees obtain a good income. Spent bags are collected and used as raw material for the organic fertilizer, compost that the AIBA Company Sh.A is producing.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsMinimum salary in the joint venture will be 350 euro, whereas official minimum salary is about 150 euro.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe project is new as there is no shiitake production in Albania.•	Chain effectsThere will be need for a considerable amount of saw dust and other ingredients for the growing bags: 900 tons per year.The impact is limited as most products will be exported to the EU.•	Impact on the sectorThis activity is non-existent up to now. However, as a result of climatic conditions this project could initiate a thriving sector.•	EnvironmentSaw dust that is now mostly burned will be reused as growing logs and the growing logs in turn will be converted in organic fertilizer and compost. Project makes maximum use of natural growing conditions in various climatic zones. The partners want to set up a shiitake growing log production unit for 600,000 growing logs per year, yielding a total of 390 tons of shiitake per year both grown by the joint venture as well as by outgrowers.
Agribusiness management course LUMS – guest lectures Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) offers quite good quality Agribusiness Management courses, mainly aimed at Pakistani farm managers. This capacity building project further improves the quality and relevancy of these courses by providing guest lecturers on Dutch topics of excellence in the dairy and potato value chains during the courses in 2019 and 2020. In addition, a Training of Trainers (ToT) component is offered to Pakistani lecturers of LUMS to ensure that the contents of the guest lectures are integrated into future courses. A Dutch knowledge institute will perform the lectures and ToT training. This support is a continuation of earlier well-regarded support to LUMS in the form of scholarships and guest lectures, focusing on the dairy sector from 2015.
California Webinars During a trade mission in November 2019 a Letter of Intent between the Netherlands and California was signed in order to confirm and intensify the cooperation in relation to water issues.Three international webinars will be organized:1. Climate change resilience: what lies ahead and how are we preparing for challenges such as:- Flood risk assessment and damage calculation.- Adaptation and mitigation strategies.- Climate adaptation paths.2. Water management/supply:- Groundwater management: a brief regional history, innovations, and ongoing challenges- Efficient water use: water reuse, water capture.3. Infrastructure and planning: strategies for maintaining infrastructure in the face of sea level rise, subsidence, and increasingly extreme weather events. Possible focus on remote sensing and monitoring.These seminars will also prepare for a visit from Californian officials to the Netherlands.
Orange Corners Sudan – Subsidy application 2023 The main objective of the Orange Corners Grant Programme is to offer training and otherwise support to young entrepreneurs aged between 18 to 35 years old, so they can turn their ideas into businesses with sustainable revenue models.The grant programme places particular focus on women entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs whose business operations will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals.The secondary objectives are:•	Raising awareness of entrepreneurship and encouraging young people's entrepreneurial spirit and skills.•	Strengthening the capacity of local businesses and local civil society organisations.
Training Public Finance Management: Performance Budgeting Iraq The purpose of this project is to support the Iraqi Ministry of Finance with building their performance budgeting capacities, in order to strengthen public finance management in Iraq.
Due diligence in the Dairy Chain of FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Royal FrieslandCampina (RFC) and FrieslandCampina WAMCO are engaged in several dairy development projects in Nigeria.Approximately 43% of Nigerian children between five and ten are involved in child labour, according the National Bureau of Statistics 2017 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. Children are vulnerable to human rights impacts given the core social drivers of poverty, rural livelihoods, and lack of access to education. As children engage in some farm-related tasks, accompanying their parents’ grazing and herding cattle, that may expose them to hazards, the companies assess there to be a medium risk of child labour in the dairy supply chain.In this project, the partners RFC, WAMCO and Partner Africa will work together in a deep dive in communities in three states to identify possible child labour risks in the dairy supply chain and to set up company measures and prevention on child labour. The research is planned to take place in the three different areas, but are subject to change in case of safety (e.g. an area is too unsafe to work).The actions to take in Project A consist of consultation of stakeholders, validations of findings, study on the frequency of (potential) child labour in the chosen area based on mandatory indicators and other project specific indicators, identification of root causes of child labour, and identification of company measures to prevent child labour.The Local Impact Assessment phase (project A) will finish with a project plan for the Implementation phase (project B), implementation of measurements and internal and external communication. Learned lessons will be implemented on local level and where possible taken into global policies.
Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) Senegal – Track II The Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) Senegal – Track II will overcome the Access to Finance obstacle for 10 Senegalese startups, by providing funding and technical assistance.The startups will receive support for 18 months. At the end of this period, a select number of them will be investment-ready.
Mobility plan for bicycle use along the BRT in Dakar The Senegalese Urban Transport Authority (CETUD) requested the advice of Dutch experts to develop a mobility plan to increase the safe use of bicycles in Dakar. This project helps CETUD to promote the use of (shared) bicycles as an alternative mode of transportation to the automobile in safe and pleasant conditions and contributes to the improvement of inter-modality along the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor in Dakar, Senegal. The mobility plan includes an inventory to implement a shared bicycle system and a communication plan to raise awareness among the population. The eventual implementation of the plan should reduce traffic in Dakar, reduce emissions, improve accessibility, and create jobs like bicycle sales, and rent and repair shops.
Study visit Agriculture from Morocco to the Netherlands Through this study visit to the Netherlands, a Moroccan delegation of decision-makers in the agriculture sector gets informed about the organization of the sector in the Netherlands and its current development and challenges. The mission includes visits to (government) institutions and companies active in different value chains of the agricultural sectors, research institutions, clusters and incubators. Also, the mission aims to demonstrate and fortify the current support of the Netherlands in the agriculture sector in Morocco.
Harvest time for green fuels Note: This project has been cancelled, because it has been withdrawn prematurely.Although this project has been approved and awarded a PSI grant, it has unfortunately never been implemented.Therefore, the full grant amount has been withdrawn. To establish a company for production of biomass pellets from cassava stems and rhizome and from rubber tree stumps with a full capacity of  57,000 Mtons pellets per year, mainly for exporting to South Korea and Japan (88%) and partly for Thailand (12%).
Citizen Engagement in Urban Development The purpose of this project is to share information and tools on citizen engagement in urban development in the Netherlands with civil servants working on urban development in the countries mentioned above. The project thereby aims to support and inspire the participants to use citizen engagement, youth participation and good governance for spatial justice and climate resilient and sustainable and inclusive cities.
Coffee in Uganda Project The objective of this feasibility study is to investigate the technical and financial feasibility of the systems and information services of Milan Innovincy for use in coffee bean cultivation in Uganda.
Greenhouse cultivation in Tunisia A + G van den Bosch B.V., in a joint venture with a local partner, has set up a beef tomato farm in Tunisia for export to the Netherlands/Europe with the support of PSI. The first growing season was successful. A local investor is interested in investing in diversification and expansion of tomato cultivation at this location.The general objective of the study is to accurately, fully and in detail visualize and prepare a substantial investment in tomato growing in Tunisia so that the investor can make an informed investment decision, external financing can be obtained and the project can be carried out within the investment budget and operating forecasts. A study is needed to determine which tomato varieties (vine tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, round tomatoes, plum tomatoes, snack tomatoes and/or beef tomatoes) will be grown, which type of greenhouse is most suitable for this, which climate and water technology will be needed for this, how the investment can be phased, how optimal use can be made of investment facilities in and with regard to Tunisia, on what basis the investor will invest and participate in Tunisia, and how the project can be financed, making use of DGGF loan and guarantee facilities.The objective of this investment preparation study is to carefully, completely and in detail visualize and prepare a substantial investment in tomato cultivation in Tunisia so that the investor make a well-considered investment decision, external financing can be obtained and the project can be implemented within the investment budget and exploitation forecasts.
Soil resetting as a measure against Panama disease in banana plantations in the Philippines The Dutch company Thatchtec B.V. has developed several innovative, biobased products as alternatives for chemical formulations.With this project the company wants to demonstrate in the Philippines, the biobased soil decontamination concept of Soil Resetting in the banana cultivation for the purpose of combating the (traces of the) fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense TR4 (Foc), known as Panama Disease.This fungus is a threat to the entire global banana cultivation. Roughly 100,000 hectares have already been affected worldwide (and excluded for banana cultivation), without there being any control solutions, the spread does not seem to stop in recent years, all local measures prove ineffective and the disease is gradually becoming agronomically unpredictable and uncontrollable. Traces of the fungus survive in the soil for a very long time (a few decades) and removal of the diseased plants followed by replanting on the area is useless: the fungus will immediately affect the replanted crop.Main goal of this project is to demonstrate the patented Dutch technology Soil Resetting on full-scale (0.5+ ha) industrial demonstration on three plots (0.5 ha), incorporating variations in climatological conditions and soil composition into account, using local labour and Dutch equipment are part of the demonstration project. Also, local prospects will be trained on the use of SR in banana culture in terms of proper use of equipment and reduction of cross-contamination risks. During the project, the reduction of the Foc TR4-level will be monitored in detailed, coupled with the ability to replant the Cavendish variety on the disinfected soil.