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Newton Research Collaboration Programme (NRCP): Call 4 2015 Newton Research Collaboration Programme facilitates exchanges between UK researchers and counterparts in Partner Countries. Exchanges form part of a collaborative engineering research project, incorporating visits and dissemination activities. The exchange constitutes an internationally excellent collaboration which benefits social welfare and economic development, and enhances research skills in the partner country. The Newton Research Collaboration Programme aims to develop science and innovation partnerships between UK and developing countries to promote their economic development and social welfare. Awards funded through the scheme facilitate international exchanges lasting three months to a year between researchers in the UK and their counterparts in selected Newton Fund Partner Countries. Exchanges can be either one- or two-way in direction, and should form part of a collaborative research project, incorporating visits and dissemination activities. The overarching research project should constitute an internationally excellent research collaboration in any area of engineering. Applicants must demonstrate how the ultimate impacts of the research will benefit one or more developing countries in terms of social welfare improvements and economic development, as well as how the project will enhance research skills capacity in the Newton Fund partner country in identified areas of need.
(ii) To support outstanding research collaborations in engineering, between UK and a given partner country;
(iii) To build research capacity in developing countries in areas of identified national need;
Newton Research Collaboration Programme (NRCP): Call 5 2015 Newton Research Collaboration Programme facilitates exchanges between UK researchers and counterparts in Partner Countries. Exchanges form part of a collaborative engineering research project, incorporating visits and dissemination activities. The exchange constitutes an internationally excellent collaboration which benefits social welfare and economic development, and enhances research skills in the partner country. The primary objective of the Leaders in Innovation Fellowships (LIF) programme is to build the capacity of researchers for entrepreneurship and commercialisation of their research. The programme is aimed primarily at researchers within the partner country who are in the process of developing a business proposition for their innovation. All business ideas are assessed based upon their potential for social and economic development impact. A select cohort of researchers from that country will benefit from focussed support including a focussed period of training in the UK in aspects of commercialisation and technology entrepreneurship and access to expert mentors from the UK. In the short term they will develop a commercialisation plan for their innovation. In the long term they will benefit from on-going support at their home institution, and access to an international network of peer innovators and mentors, in taking their commercialisation plan forward. The programme has the following primary aims: (i) To build the capacity for innovation and technology entrepreneurship in the partner country, to support its long-term social welfare and economic development;
(ii) To establish international networks of innovators and technology entrepreneurs centred around The Academy’s Enterprise Hub.
F.a: Women In Action project (WIN) Deep-rooted gender inequalities and gender-based violence (GBV) are pervasive in Cambodian society, particularly in areas where poverty is widespread; unemployment is high; and education levels are low. The low levels of literacy and education limit women
’s options for generating sufficient income for decent living which exposes them and their children to the risk of exploitation and violence. In addition, low family incomes and social attitudes all combine to create numerous barriers to girls attending 
or remaining in school, causing them to drop out before completing their basic education and thereby increasing their vulnerability. Women and girls also have less voice and thus little influence in decision-making processes in their communities due to pre
vailing gender stereotypes.The target area of the project is Siem Reap province which is one of the poorest provinces of Cambodia, with a high number of female-headed households, most of whom are poor and under considerable economic and social stress. Expe
cted results:• 20 saving schemes (saving for change) established with active participation from targeted communities and income generation activities/businesses identified and selected based on the result of the market survey• Girls from poor families 
living in target communities received a scholarship package so they can continue their study at public school• Target communities gradually improved understanding of the importance of girl’s access to education• Youth club established and capacity bu
ilding provided to become focal group in providing awareness campaigns to community members Rights-holders /beneficiaries: The most vulnerable women and girls including women from poor families, landless and women recovering from violence; men and boys wil
l also benefit directly and indirectly from saving groups and community awareness; CWCC staff, family members of targeted women, community members, partner NGOs and members of local authorities. Implementing partner: The Cambodia Women’s Crisis Centre (C
WCC) is a local non-governmental organisation with the aim of combatting all forms of violence against women and children. CWCC has extensive experience in responding to the needs of the most vulnerable groups of society through variety of interventions, i
ncluding social assistance, legal protection, community organising, economic empowerment through skills training and small business loans and promotion of access to secondary education for girls.
Beam: NAMURBAN – Urban Resource Efficiency in Developing Countries –pilot Walvis Bay, Namibia Urban Resource Efficiency in Developing Countries –pilot Walvis Bay, Namibia
F.a: Knowledge transfer for deaf population on Colombian sign language to streghthen advocacy and participation Two representatives attend the WFD General Assembly and Congress in Istanbul Turkey (26.7-2.8.2015). After congress, 7 videos of 10 minutes each in Colombian Sign language and with subtittles will be produced. Videos are dealing with Human Rights of PWDs a
nd CRPD, National Legislation,  National Disability System, Advocacy and participation, Information on the workshop on human rights and legal capacity during WFD Congress.
Beam: Ecosystem for water supply risk management A centralized water management software for water solutions in Vietnam
F.a: Supporting human rights defenders in Burundi and Rwanda The main objective of the project is to strengthen the human rights movement, particularly in Burundi and Rwanda, and to defend human rights' work-through protection, education and advocacy capacity. EHAHRDP was founded in 2005. It is regional organization
 with the office located in Kampala. Operating areas include Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. http://www.defenddefenders.org
Sugarcane, Citrus & Coffee - continuous improvement in Brazil A continuous improvement project which will provide the support to farmers to implement their action plans generated through the Rural Horizons platform. Solidaridad we will provide low-cost and collaborative technical assistance.
Gender capacity enhancement Solidaridad China Gender capacity enhancement of programme staff in Solidaridad China.
Capacity Enhancement Solidaridad South America Capacity enhancement of programme staff and management in Solidaridad South America, notably for the innovation themes (impact investment, gender, climate change).
Capacity Enhancement Solidaridad Southern Africa Capacity enhancement of programme staff and management in Solidaridad Southern Africa, notably for the innovation themes (impact investment, gender, climate change).
Horticulture: Holistic Support for Smallholder Horticulture Farmers in South Africa The project foster an inclusive approach. Upgrading, the productivity and efficiency of these clustered farmers, will play an essential role in bringing smallholders into higher value markets. With higher productivity, increased competitiveness and adapting to market conditions, smallholders become more attractive to commercial partners in the value chain. An innovative approach is that the project facilitate increases in the quality and types of information available to smallholders that will assist the transition from informal to formal market.
ADVOCAFE: Building Capacity for Non-Competitive Collaboration to Adopt Climate Smart and Gender Inclusive Policies in the Coffee Sector In the Americas, we developed new policies to address gender inequality in coffee production and trade and to support coffee smallholders to cope with climate change. We did so through dialogue platforms in 4 countries: Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia and Peru, engaging private as well as public and Civil society actors. A national gender policy for the coffee sector was approved by the National Coffee Board of Honduras (CONAFCAFE) and endorsed by the President of Honduras. Similarly, a roadmap to deliver a national gender strategy for the country was developed in Colombia. Through Colombia's ‘Leadership for Life’ initiative we strengthened the leadership and advocacy skills of 200 female coffee farmers and 50 cooperatives and associations’ representatives. In 2020, this  ‘Leadership for Life’ initiative was scaled up to Nicaragua and Honduras. In Nicaragua, in collaboration with local communities and the private sector, we have developed and submitted a proposal to improve working conditions and encourage Climate Smart Agricultural Practices and measures to mitigate climate change. In Peru, together with the National Chamber of Coffee and Cocoa and the Ministry of Agriculture, we worked on the development of the National Coffee Action Plan 2030, a policy document (already adopted by the national government) that aims to guide the sector towards climate smart coffee production.
Golden Line Programme: Tanzania The Going for Gold Programme (GfG) consortium, comprised of Simavi, Solidaridad and Healthy Entrepreneurs (HE), is an innovative programme that takes a bottom up empowerment, health interventions and improved mining practices to create an enabling environment for women’s economic empowerment. The Programme integrates improvements in working conditions and standards in artisanal and small scale gold mines (ASGM) along-side a health and empowerment focus to address practical and strategic barriers to women’s economic empowerment in ASM in Geita region in Tanzania.
China as a Market: Promote Sustainable Commodity Trade Market development for sustainable soy and palm oil.
Dairy 2025 Tanzania To contribute to an economically viable and a climate-smart dairy value chain in Tanzania by 2025 through an increase in dairy production in Tanga Region of Tanzania by 15% on an annual basis, through improved services, increased fodder supply and by initiating and supporting business-oriented dairy farming practices. The model is being implemented in a consortium of Solidaridad, DOB Equity, Mruazi Farm , Cooperatives and Tanga Fresh Limited
Management Information System Development Support The AfC programme has helped the Solidaridad network to professionalize its data management systems, as evidenced by our new PMEL data model and improved management information system. These are essential pieces for monitoring, learning and reporting, and lay the foundation for a jump in the quality of sharing our data publicly, with the quality of information assured. Financial controllers have been trained to work on a shared management information system that allows for real time monitoring of financial data. This is of great value to our network. It will enhance the efficiency and accuracy of data management, improving monitoring and reporting. It will also facilitate better comparisons, analysis and forecasting throughout the network. In 2020, we improved our reporting process and structure to publish according to the IATI guidelines.
Mazabuka Sustainable Landscapes Management Project In the Mazabuka District in Zambia, we have convened a diverse group of stakeholders  including CSOs, government representatives, farmer association members, traditional leadership and the private sector in a platform, with the aim to identify and formulate recommendations for formal regulations and frameworks for sustainable landscape management. The project developed a series of activities in different productive sectors in partnership with producers associations, governmental institutions and local NGOs. With support, fishermen’s associations strengthened their organizations, and they included women in leadership positions and youth in patrolling activities. Their participation has led to a broader look at actions needed to find complementary income. In partnership with the Water Resource Management Authority (WARMA), Solidaridad conducted a catchment assessment to understand water extraction and distribution in the Kaleya catchment. The MSP served to discuss water pollution, sand mining and river restoration and gave rise to fruitful interventions to reduce overfishing, overgrazing, overuse of water and extractive activities. Women were supported to take the lead in village banking. Pilots worked well, fish ponds and organic horticulture and fruit production showed their potential, but water shortages and market demand for consistent quality and volumes are still hurdles to overcome. Unfortunately, the Water Authority closed its local office in 2020. The high staff turnover at several governmental institutions and Covid-19 adversely affected the well-functioning of the MSP. Overall the MSP is well received but remains financially dependent on external aid. For 2021, support from WWF Zambia will facilitate the continuation of the MSP while support from UNDP will allow for the continuation of activities of the beehives, goat-rearing and better stoves-project.
Sustainable Landscape Innovation- East Africa While production continue to stagnate or dwindle in many parts of Sub Saharan Africa, there is a greater opportunity to work towards reversing the trend. Our believe that we can actually optimize production with lesser natural resource exploitation is the reason we have the adopted Landscapes Approach. Land degradation, water scarcity and loss of biodiversity are three important aspects that support  supply chain production. We can only sustain production if we conserve and rehabilitate our landscapes.
MAPA: Mesoamerican Palm Oil Alliance A pre-competitive collaborative platform to create lasting value through palm oil across Latin America. A partnership project by Solidaridad and RSPO.
Grazing Lands, Livestock and Climate Resilient Mitigation in the Kafue Basin In Zambia the different components of our livestock project are coming together with a more solid involvement from the local leadership. An excursion spurred the adoption of holistic grassland management, following the concept of high density planned rotation on 60,700 hectares. 300 cattle farmers were additionally trained in good practices of controlled burning, intercropping and manure compositing. The use of our cattle grading mobile application is becoming functional, providing both a tool for making better business deals and serving as an awareness building tool for cattle farmers. The combination of 23 village saving and loan associations (VSLA’s) used by 435 famers, with training of 61 youth on entrepreneurship and improved leather treatment in 4 village factories with 52 trainees, provides a powerful emerging combination of downstream value creation for the rural communities. The impact is clear with improved yields for maize (35%) and better calving rates (85%) leading to a higher income (103,000 euros collectively) and increased participation of youth and women (nearing 50%). A business model is emerging and even with Covid-19, the targets were surpassed in 2020, while ramping up the services and numbers of beneficiaries will be the major challenge for 2021.
Development of a comprehensive investment policy framework that guides responsible investments in selected supply chains and mitigates negative social and environmental impact, based on a policy review In Uganda, together with government, conservation NGOs and local communities and local producers around the Queen Elizabeth National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, we launched the Great Lakes Landscape initiative, with the aim to align conservation efforts with socioeconomic development needs to improve the livelihoods of communities whilst protecting and conserving the natural resources base. Four priority value chains were identified: agro-forestry tea, climate smart coffee, aquaculture and women-led horticulture business development. For each priority value chain, Steering Groups have been developed, consisting of public, private and community actors and pilots were initiated to provide the proof of concept of a balanced conservation and production environments. Content for new digital support tools for climate smart coffee production practices have been developed.
Developing a National Standard for Sustainable Fruits and Vegetables in Mozambique Together with the Ministry of Agriculture & Food Security, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Trade, and in careful consultation with farmers associations, we have designed a national regulatory standard for sustainable fruit and vegetables: Mozambique Boas Práticas Agrícolas (MozBoPA). The standard was piloted with 90 farmers and finally endorsed by the abovementioned authorities in 2020. To support the uptake of the standard, a series of trainings with 18 farmers’ associations have taken place with special attention for the inclusion of women and young farmers,as they play an essential role in horticulture. Our cooperation with the Zambezi Valley Development Agency (Dutch Embassy-funded), Oxfam and Action Aid has helped to reach out to more farmers’ organizations than originally planned. Although full compliance with the standard itself is, for many smallholders, still some way to go, the MozBoPA as reference for training and stepwise improvement is a powerful guiding instrument. The project shows the importance of the connection between this programme on policy setting and implementation within the Practice for Change Kvuno programme in Mozambique. Together, these programmes proved essential to enable the farmers to transit to higher quality and food security levels. Covid-19 reduced the interaction possibilities with the governmental institutions. Support and training provided to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MASA) as the standard holder, and the INNOQ (National Institute of Normalization and Quality) as the auditing body, allow for the continued use of the standard for both extension services and supply chain development. Support will be continued under our RECLAIM Sustainability! Programme.
Tea Asia 2025: Working towards the true value of tea, China In South-East Asia we worked towards coordination and harmonization of the various national tea policies. Building on the social capital acquired in previous years proved critical for a successful policy influencing programme. At the national level, we worked with four apex industry associations in Indonesia, India and China, and with NGOs and smallholders’ organizations in India and Indonesia. This resulted in Indonesia, in a roadmap for the tea sector development and in India, in a policy allowing the inclusion of palm oil plantations alongside tea plantations. The Trinitea project in India developed a certification standard that meets the needs of small-scale tea growers. The development of smart self-assessment systems for smallholder tea growers is hereby aimed to assist them in making informed production and marketing decisions, geared at improving their overall bargaining position and operational efficiency. Most importantly, the integration of smallholders’ organizations in the national platforms improved lobbying and advocacy effectiveness for producers united under one umbrella, mutual support framework for large estates and smallholders, reduced middle-men and improved quality, better brand building. The alignment of the actors at the national level and the inclusion of smallholders in their organizational structures were key for a successful policy development work by Solidaridad at the regional level, and laid the groundwork for the launch of the Asian Tea Alliance (ATA) in 2019. ATA facilitated the mutual recognition of national sustainability tea standards of China, India and Indonesia. It promoted the collaboration in technology exchange and new trade deals between tea exporters and importers. ATA also facilitated the initial design of a joint market information sharing mechanism and promotion of a more differentiated and high-value tea market, based upon origin and quality. It was soon joined by Sri Lanka and Japan. The regional tea programme will be part of our RECLAIM Sustainability! programme in the coming 5 years.
CottonSA: Scaling-up Better Cotton production and demand in South Africa This project aims to increase the production and demand of Better Cotton in Southern Africa and Mozambique.
Solidaridad Sustainability Solutions (subproject) This is a specific sub-project under the larger Digital Innovation Strategy. 

As part of the Digital Innovation strategy we aim to develop a Network-wide IT platform and approach to support Solidaridad and its partners in analyzing producer performance in the relevant areas of entrepreneurial farming and good practices. These are benchmarked against various standards, including legal standards, market-based quality standards and sustainability (certification) standards. By applying Big Data comparison technology to this analysis, we can bring large numbers of farmers to the next level of sustainable production. As of mid 2017, senior IT capacity came in board throughout the Network and we started a much larger streamlining process of already existing IT solutions in the Network, towards a broader strategic platform offering a series of tools through a suite of apps.

Note: Following the decision of splitting Digital 3S team into two units (Network Secretariat / REC SAM) end 2018, the scope of this project has changed and is now limited to REC SAM Digital Strategy (development and roll-out of digital solutions developed by REC SAM and implementation of Digital strategy in Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Argentina, Peru). The extension solution to support extension officers and farming solutions were tested in Brazil, Paraguay and Colombia.