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Training Indonesian Farmers The long term grassroot level activities in Sumatra and Java to integrate climate change mitigation with poverty reduction through restoration of degraded land into productive food forests, participating farmer groups have recently requested CO2 Operate B.V. to help them to access (inter)national markets. For this, the quality (international standards) and quantity (enough and regular supply) of their products must improve. Training of the farmer groups and the  trading partner GER Indonesia  in post harvesting and trading for export area will be crucial components to make this step.The project has taken place on two different islands, namely Sumatra and java. However, by far the most work will take place in Solok and Agam district, West Sumatra. Here the  focus has been on essential oil production and coffee production. The arenga palm sugar activities have taken place in West Java (the area of Cisolok). With the DGGF-TA funding the training of a 177 people, including 170 farmers has been realised in order to make them “export-ready”. Strengthening the (internal) management systems of the trading partner GER Indonesia has enabled more effective collaboration for exporting of products.
Sustainable Supply Chain Fund DGGF Subfund B.V. i.o. Sustainable Supply Chain Fund DGGF Sub Fund is a new fund that will invest in Dutch SMEs that intend to expand and invest in one of the DGGF focus countries of the fund in order to improve sustainability in commodity value chains (coffee, cocoa, etc.). The geographical focus is East/West- Africa, Asia and Latin-America. The fund is expected to invest in at least 10 Dutch SMEs which will invest in DGGF countries and create jobs, knowledge transfer and increase local production in the abovementioned DGGF countries. The impact will be reported and monitored on an annual basis.
Rehabilitation of Education Infrastructure of Agriculture Colleges (Development Phase) All relevant information regarding the main project is found under the Implementation Phase.
Develop2Build (D2B) Develop2Build offers direct support to government authorities in low income and Dutch partner countries in coverting promising ideas for public infrastructure into viable high impact projects. This support is provided in the form of grants for studies that need to be completed before an infrastructual project can be tendered. Additionally, technical support and capicity building may be offered in the tendering phase, where necessary.
AEP Parakou Improvement drinking water supply (Development Phase) The project is defined as Improving and safeguarding the production and transfer of raw water  its Treatment to potable water and the distribution to the populations of Parakou and two rural villages and promoting its safe disposal.The proposition of the application is to - increase the capacity of the reservoir and reduce spilling through a combination of dredging of the reservoir (including the removal of water hyacinth) and rehabilitation of the spillway, - improve the water supply to Parakou through extension of the town drinking water system (distribution and service connections) and rehabilitation of the Water Treatment Plant, - make a sub-branch of the raw water pipeline to the two villages adjacent to the reservoir install small treatment units and connect the water to public stand posts in order to stop the population from using contaminated water, - reforest the reservoir zone to protect the reservoir from silting from border erosion and to create corridors and drinking places for cattle thus reducing pollution, - take supportive sanitary measures in Parakou and the two towns adjacent to the reservoir. The latter is within the spectrum of the project but not in the (ORIO) budget one reason being the ample projects and NGOs active in sanitation in the area.
Improved access to financial services in Peru This investment aims to further actualize the existing local operations of a Dutch financial technology (fintech) company in Peru by means of additional staff and equipment. This fintech company enables an IT platform for financing receivables of micro companies and SMEs in Peru together with local banks and large companies. The development impact of this investment is based on supporting banks/large companies in offering credits to micro companies and SMEs, which have difficulty in attracting ample funding for their operations and further growth. This initiative should considerably alleviate the lack of funding and will thereby promote further economic growth in Peru. With a loan of €2.000.000 of DGGF CTC will be able to considerably alleviate thelack of funding and will thereby promote further economic growth in Peru.
510. Rwanda The goal of 510.Rwanda, and its partners, is to transform people, organizations, nations, and devices into members of reliable digital ecosystems. Whilst the full potential of emerging technologies is far reaching in Rwanda and beyond, initial use cases will focus on local entrepreneurs and relevant public services, thereby reducing administrative costs of doing business and driving access to financing and inclusive economic growth. In the long run, the same system, and its ability to handle complex sets of data, can be expanded to other areas such as social security or local governments.As Rwanda has a limited physical infrastructure, digital infrastructure is helping to solve a number of problems. For example, digital infrastructure allows people to collaborate and receive services without lengthy commutes. For local operations, the company intends to hire local employees and create a technology-savvy ecosystem. These technology skills are easily transferable and increase the overall employability of the participants. With the support of DGGF financing, 510 aims kickstart this project, launch products and services in Rwanda, and hire the first employees. 510 aims to build out the organization with local talent, and will collaborate with local knowledge and educational institutes, ensuring growth of not only their employees, but also their partners.
RanMarine Durban Port Pilot, South Africa Durban is the largest and busiest shipping terminal in sub-Saharan Africa – handling more than 30 million tonnes of cargo per year – and the fourth largest container terminal in the southern hemisphere. Three large rivers flow into the Durban port area bringing a constant stream of floating debris. Flooding also occurs regularly, three to four times a year, which brings a dramatic increase of debris. Regular removal of debris and other waste is necessary to keep this port operational. Unfortunately, waste removal not only requires closure of commercial spaces, it also causes costly damage to equipment and vessels moored in the Port, which is a real economic concern for Durban and any port alike.RanMarine Technology B.V. is a Dutch environmental technology company that develops Unmanned Autonomous Vessels (UAVs), also known as aquatic drones or Sharks, to collect waste in waters with the aim to reduce and prevent waste and plastics from ending up in the world’s oceans. RanMarine’s Sharks can provide a continuous, non-stop, 24/7 waste removal service in a manner that is cleaner, less toxic, faster and considerably cost-effective for ports compared to commonly used removal services and this may offer a suitable solution for the issues Durban and other ports in South Africa are facing. To prepare for future investments in South Africa, Technical Assistance (DGGF) provided support to validate RanMarine’s technology in South African ports.The project included partner selection in Durban and Cape Town, a pilot with 2 drones (Waste Sharks) and a docking station in local waters to test and improve waste collection and recycle value. The project also contributed to the upskilling and knowledge transfer of local workforce by training 10 drone operators and waste managers.Based on the validation results, further investments and product development to meet local market demand are currently being explored; in 2018 and 2019 RanMarine continued to engaged with government entries in South Africa and are now looking to export product to South Africa as of 2020.
Scaling up cardiac care services in Ethiopia 
“strengthen cardio-thoracic services across the continuum of care” To design, implement, operate, train and maintain a sustainable cardiac care facility using proven healthcare technology, providing access to permanent capacity building programs and best practices which can be multiplied nationwide over time
Chiansi Infrastructure Development Project (Implementation Phase) The rural Chiansi area is characterised by poverty and underutilisation of available resources such as land labour and water. The local population estimated at 21,000 lives mainly by small scale subsistence farming carried out on plots of 1 to 2 ha in size. Variability of rain fall patterns low input use and use of labour intensive farming techniques leads to low as a result smallholder farmers in the Chiansi area remain locked into a cycle of under productivity and poverty by which they struggle to survive during the dry season (and often receive food aid from the government) and do not have the economic strength or knowledge during the wet season to invest in infrastructure and technology to improve their food security.  The aim of this project is to set up an irrigation infrastructure for the irrigation of 1,800 hectares of land. The infrastructure will be owned by a Public Private Partnership (PPP). A private investor the Chainsi Farming Company (CFC) will co-invest in the irrigation infrastructure and will get access to 1,200 hectares of land. The impoverished small farmers organised in cooperation will get access to 600 hectares of land. CFC through an outgrowers contract will assist the farmers in production methods marketing and training. The main reason to operate in a PPP structure is that should lead to a long- term sustainable project.
Madagascar - Vanilla import Matrada import vanilla from Madagascar. Te local partner employs 500 workers. The supplier is Fair Trade and Bio certified and supports local vanilla farmers in the region with trainings and education.
Health Information Systems Fragmented care delivery, increase of chronic illnesses, lack of ICT-based information systems and inefficiencies in existing referral systems put exponential pressure on resources of hospitals in African countries and leads to unequal distribution of access to healthcare as well as unnecessary revenue losses. Implementing Health Information Systems (eHIS) has the potential to strongly improve access to healthcare and improve (cash) management of health facilities. Africa eHealth Solutions International B.V. is an impact driven Dutch company that searches to contribute to the development of the African health sector. Its mission is to create affordable quality care for all. To introduce and scale-up data driven e-health services in African countries, Technical Assistance (DGGF-TA) provided support to pilot and scale-up the implementation of the systems into hospitals. At the moment, there are 9 hospitals up and running. During this project 25 direct FTE were supported, 360 people trained within hospitals, as well as by community outreach.
Partnership Development Facility-P10004537-001 DSM International B.V. The funding objective is to establish a partnership with a reputable local company in Ethiopia for the production of fortified nutritious food for children and mothers to combat malnutrition. The funds are used to hire on-the ground external staff to work on project operational, technical and commercial viability of the partnership, stakeholder management and preparation of any partnership agreements.
Partnership Development Facility PDF19ET01 DSM International B.V. The funding objective is to establish a partnership with a reputable local company in Ethiopia for the production of fortified nutritious food for children and mothers to combat malnutrition. The funds are used to hire on-the ground external staff to work on project operational, technical and commercial viability of the partnership, stakeholder management and preparation of any partnership agreements.
Uganda - Larvae production facility With a DGGF Start-up Loan Marula Agribusiness B.V. (Marula) will be able to further develop the existing larvae production facility together with the local subsidiary Marula ProTeen: a nursery and processing facility (based on circular waste) for Black Soldier larvae (maggots), which will be used as protein and fat component in animal feed . The residual waste will be used as fertilizer for agriculture in Uganda.The pilot of the local company started at the beginning of 2018 with the help of a DGGF Technical Assistance subsidy and has been successfully concluded. Marula therefore wants to expand the current production capacity. The impact of this project is multiple, it offers a solution to the major waste problem in the country and also ensures a reliable and affordable component for animal feed  and thereby contributes to reliable food consumption. The production and processing facility also provides additional employment (growth of 50 people).
Bahr Linia Re-enable the water flow in Bahr Linia from the Chari river to allow vegetable, grain and fruit production that will strengthen the food security of the capital city N’Djamena and its periphery.
Construction of a system for wastewater collection & treatment (Implementation Phase) The project focuses on five communes and towns located in the districts of Di An. Thuan An and Tan Uyen in Binh Duong province in South East Vietnam near Ho Chi Minh City. The canals and rivers in the project area contain a high mixture of chemical and biological pollutants because untreated waste water is being dumped in these water sources. The implication of deficient adequate sanitation is that water borne diseases are prevalent and have serious consequences for the general health of the population. Currently there is no wastewater treatment plant or collection network.The project is defined as the development design financing procurement and construction and subsequent operation and maintenance of a wastewater treatment system with a capacity of 15,000 m3/day including new tertiary (for approximately 37,500 household connections) secondary and primary collection networks to wastewater treatment plant.The project will contribute to enhance the Di An regions environmental conditions especially the water environment and subsequently to improve the living and health conditions to reduce water-borne infections and to support the (socio) economic development of Binh Duong Province.
ForestEffect Fund The Forest Effect Fund (FEF) is a Dutch private equity fund, part of the ‘fund-in-fund’ of the Dutch Good Growth Fund. The Fund focusses on entrepreneurs active in the agri-commodity food chain of coffee, cacao, nuts, fruits and palm oil in developing countries and emerging markets. In addition to making good returns on investment the purpose of the fund is to generate local 'impact' measurable in terms of job creation, knowledge transfer and production growth in the agri-commodity food chain.Technical Assistance is provided to the fund by DGGF-TA / the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)  for the period 2016-2021 by contracting an expert in private equity to help to set-up and manage the fund.The activities under the TA include:1) support to set-up of the fund, stakeholder investment profiles and portfolio development in 2016, 2) the investment period, implementation phase and portfolio management between 2017-2019 and3) the development and implementation of a sustainable exit strategy for the investment portfolio and fund network between 2020-2021.The project is currently ongoing and has already led to 3 investments in emerging markets.
Frank about tea production in Kenya Tea, after water is world’s most consumed beverage. Frank About Tea created a supply chain skipping the tea auction and any middlemen, which resulted in a tea supply chain that is 6 times shorter. Not only is the tea fresher and the quality higher, but there is also complete transparency from harvest to product. Tea leaves are to be processed within 7 hours after harvesting them. Frank About Tea imports high quality tea from Kenya through direct trade. To further develop towards the demand for premium, high quality tea, DGGF-TA funded a feasibility study for the creation of a climate neutral production and packaging factory in Kenya or Uganda. This feasibility study will show how to proceed, a likely outcome is to further develop an existing factory, make it climate neutral and include packaging processes within the same facility.
Professionalisation of the horticulture sector, in particular the multiplication of seed potatoes The objective of the requested study is to assess the possibilities to revitalise and rehabilitate the Centre de Promotion de l’Horticulture (CPH) in Dalaba in order to improve the  horticultural production in Guinea, reinforce the capacity and knowledge of the CPH regarding production and promotion of horticultural products grown in the region specifically potatoes, and of improving food security in general. The assignment is set-up in two phases A and B respectively, with a go/no-go decision foreseen in between:Phase A consists of studies to analyse the horticultural sector, to determine what is necessary to rehabilitate and revitalise the CPH in terms of functionality and capacity, and to assess the financial, economic, institutional and environmental feasibility of the project.  This stage includes a preliminary Technical Design and Cost Assessment as well as an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA).Phase B consists of the preparation of a tender dossier for selecting a contractor, which will rehabilitate and build the infrastructure of the CPH, deliver the required equipment and supply the required technical assistance. This will include drafting the overall specifications and design criteria  to enable the contractor to prepare the Detailed Design and cost estimates. As well as specifications on the Technical Assistance to be supplied. The output of phase B will be a complete tender package for a design and build project ready to be put in the market.
Kisii water supply project (Development Phase) The problem in the Kisii area is a lack of access to water and the dependency on electricity for the water supply. Of the current population of project area is only 38% served by clean water and only 60% of the businesses. The project will focus on the development of a new cost effective and sustainable system for supplying 41000m3/day of portable water by gravity flow to the 576000 people in Kisii by the year 2034. This will be done through the construction of dam treatment works tanks pipelines household connections and public taps. Furthermore the capacity of GUWASCO and LVSWSB will be enhanced through training.
Extension of the existing water supply system in Niamey (Development Phase) The capacity of the raw water intake in the Niger River has to be increased by rehabilitating a currently abandoned raw water intake. Next to the construction works for the new water treatment plant (Goudel IV). Additions will be made to the existing pre-treatment facility and pumping station including a new disinfection contact chamber for disinfection and pH correction. A new chemical building new high lift pumps and a new emergency generator.The drinking water transmission and distribution network has been expanded many times and has a somewhat erratic layout. A distinction can be made between transmission pipes and distribution pipes. In general  water is transported through transmission pipes to reservoirs spread through the city from the pumping stations at the treatment plants.Distribution pipes are connected to the reservoirs from where drinking water is supplied to customers. Especially in the older parts distribution pipes are also directly connected to the transmission pipes. The existing network will be improved and extended with additional transmission pipes  reservoirs  distribution pipes  individual connections and stand pipes.
Tumaco - Pacifico Campus (Development Phase) All relevant information regarding the main project is found under the Implementation Phase.
Deferred and Performance Based Maintenance Dredging of the Odaw Channel and Korle Lagoon (Additional Technical Assistance) It concerns a deferred and routine maintenance dredging project under a Performance Based Contracting (PBC) approach project in the Odaw River Basin in Accra (Ghana). The dredging works in the Odaw River Basin will be combined with the re-use and environmentally-safe disposal of the dredged material. The project will be part of the preparations for the Greater Accra Resilient Integrated Development (GARD) programme from the World Bank.Technical Assistance
Construction of a new regional hospital and strengthening of the health system in Kayes Kayes is a city in West-Mali, a 10-hour drive from the capital Bamako. For the citizens of Kayes, the closest hospital offering specialisations such as traumatology is also located in Bamako. The Malian Ministry of Health and Social Development has the ambition to build a new tertiary referral hospital in the periphery of the city of Kayes, with a complete set of tertiary care services.RVO commissioned the studies needed to carefully examine all options for this new hospital and the rehabilitation of the existing hospital in the city centre, which offers primary health care. The feasibility studies were carried out between January 2018 and December 2020 by A.M.P.C. Associated Medical Project Consultants B.V. in collaboration with Malian specialists (professors Balique and Koumaré).The studies resulted in re-scoping of the intervention (full rehabilitation of the existing hospital and development of a new secondary referral hospital, with future evolution towards a secondary/tertiary referral hospital), an investment plan for construction and  equipment, a programme for recrutiement and training of personnel, and a viability gap analysis for the operational phase of both hospitals.The estimated total project cost for the construction/renovation and equipping of both hospitals is approximately €44 million. The Dutch Development Related Infrastructure Investment Vehicle (DRIVE) programme has the intention to support the implementation phase with a grant of 50% of these costs. Additional assistance with a total cost of approximately €4 million, needed for a.o. staff training, project management support, and works supervision, could be provided through another full grant. This financing is dependent on the final approval by the DRIVE committee, after co-financing for the remaining project costs, approximately €22 million, has been secured through other suitable donors and/or financiers. RVO is currently assisting the Government of Mali in exploring possibilities for co-financing with other partners.
Establishment of a nursery for hardening TC plantlets for banana farmers, a demonstration farm and a training centre The investor is a Dutch start-up company with investment plans in Tanzania. There, they want to set up three banana nurseries and their own farm including a training centre. With this investment around 75 local jobs will be created and around 3,000 farmers will be trained to improve cultivation techniques. Furthermore, the investment also contributes to improve the quality of the local food supply. DGGF intends to finance this company so that they can realize their investment plans and their intended impact targets.
Spices from the core source The company Pacific SpiZes focuses on processing and exporting spices from Moluccas, Indonesia, the core source of spices such as nutmeg, mace and cloves. With a pre-financing loan, Pacific SpiZes will import one container of nutmeg and mace from the Moluccas to be supplied to EU buyers (end-users), with the aim of helping, supporting and strengthening especially the Moluccan (Ambon/Banda) nutmeg farmers within the world spice market by paying a fair price to the farmers.