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Seawall reinforcement at Stolford, Somerset •	Short general project overviewRoyal HaskoningDHV, Van Oord and Kier (as Team Van Oord) have been contracted by the Environment Agency to design and carry out a seawall reinforcement at Stolford, Somerset. Previous studies have shown that this dike reinforcement is necessary to protect the village of Stolford, the surrounding farmland, infrastructure and nature reserves. In these previous studies, only a traditional solution with fracture stone has been looked at. This combination also aims to propose and develop the alternative stone setting, but the unfamiliarity of the customer and local contractor with this solution makes it unlikely that this will be the preferred solution, and in addition, there are significant additional costs to apply this solution for the first time outside the Netherlands. The grant is needed to create a 'level playing field' in this sense, and to increase the chances of customers and local contractors agreeing to the alternative proposal.Hillblock is an innovative product. Its application in the Netherlands has just come out of the experimental phase (applied in a number of projects by The Netherlands). The product has been tested by Deltares where the product specifications have been validated. The application of the variant as in this project has not been done before. This is really a Dutch innovative invention.
Waste recycling of spent catalysts from the petrochemical industry Note: This project has been cancelled, because it has been withdrawn prematurely.Although this project has been approved and awarded a PSI grant, it has unfortunately never been implemented.Therefore, the full grant amount has been withdrawn. The project aims to establish the first recycling plant in Thailand for spent catalysts from the petrochemical industry that will produce 100 Mtons concentrate of different metals for the same industry.
Reliable geo-information for sustainable development in Bhutan (Phase 2) The project's main objective is to support the Bhutan authorities to optimise land use while enhancing access to and use of reliable geo-information for land use optimization in Bhutan.
Drinking water visit programme The purpose of this project is to•	increase knowledge of Dutch technologies and insight into how to apply them in specific local conditions;•	build a network of water and wastewater technology suppliers in the Netherlands, thus increasing the likelihood of trade in the water sector between Zimbabwe and the Netherlands;•	position the Netherlands as the water country and improve the network of the Netherlands embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe;•	increase regional cooperation as the Zimbabwean delegation will add to the visit from South Africa.
Trade mission on Horticulture to Nigeria 2024 The Agrofood Nigeria Fair is a strategic stepping stone for the newly approved horticultural computed tomography (Horti-CT) in Nigeria. It allows the Netherlands to showcase itself through its private sector and Dutch funded programmes.At the same time the Dutch government can use the gathering of these actors to discuss and promote its Horti-CT and collect leads for further implementation, with focus on developing of public-private partnerships, like PIB and Impact Clusters, in the horticulture food system in Southwest Nigeria.Through the trade mission the following goals can be achieved within the Horti-CT:1.	Business-to-Business (B2B) cooperation between Dutch and Nigerian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is stimulated and strengthened by networking and matchmaking;2.	Focus is on trade and investments that benefit people, create jobs and preferably, are accompanied by the transfer of knowledge and skills;3.	Through business cooperation, the aim is to enhance food and nutritional security in Nigeria.
Investment preparation study Gakon Armenia Gakon Horticultural Projects is a global greenhouse construction company. Gakon was introduced to a basalt processing factory in Armenia. Basalt fibre is widely and successfully applied in manufacturing of a wide range of products, with higher technical characteristics and more environmentally friendly.Both companies are keen to set up a joint venture and a production facility in Armenia to produce profiles to build greenhouse frames based on basalt fibre in Armenia. The study should answers questions on all issues concerning commercial, technical, organizational, operational, financial and legal matters.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC ) workshops for judges on Gender Based Violence This project is part of a series of projects in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The first project has started in 2022, in which the UNODC aims to train 180 Egyptian judges of First Instance to enhance their technical capacities in order to improve the access to justice for women. Whereas that project predominantly focuses on Gender Based Violence (GBV), this project widens it scope by also focusing on people with disabilities. Considering that both women and people with disabilities face obstacles to access the judicial system. This project will aims to train 7 to 10 Egyptian judges, by showcasing Dutch regulatory mechanisms and procedures and experiences. Aiming to provide the Egyptian judges know-how on efficient interagency coordination to support women and people with disabilities.
Vegetable circular fertilizers Uganda Biota Nutri B.V. develops and produces 100% organic fertilizers based on vegetable residual flows. These fertilizers have no negative impact on the environment because they cause no soil degradation, reduce waste, improve growers' returns and provide healthier fruit and vegetables. Biota Nutri wants to apply its technology in other countries, and Uganda seems a suitable country to set up a local entity that will produce organic fertilizers, granules and liquid, from locally obtained residual flows. Local residual flows include lakeweeds such as water hyacinths that suffocate the ecosystem in lakes, elephant grass and residual products from potato, sugar cane and coffee production.Biota Nutri's choice for Uganda is clear:•	Uganda has no seaport. The import of fertilizers is therefore expensive.•	There are no affordable organic fertilizers available in Uganda.•	The land is very fertile and has a lot of arable farming. The use of fertilizers is still very low. The market is big.•	The year-round local farming supplies many free residual flows.•	Biota Nutri already has many contacts with Dutch agricultural companies, suppliers and buyers established in Uganda.Because Biota Nutri uses local residual flows as raw materials, it is possible to offer organic fertilizers at a competitive price. A small trial production will be part of this DHI project to see how can be worked with the various new local residual flows and to investigate what amount of nutrients the various residual flows contain and which fertilizer granules work best. The fertilizers obtained will be tested and validated by a local knowledge institution and then tested at local growers. Biota's experts will provide technical advice to farmers on how to use the fertilizers most efficiently.
Orange Corners Morocco – 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.
Curriculum development maritime sector, Cabo Verde The project aims to determine the best set-up and capacity-building activities for a maritime training institute for Cabo Verde (island of Sao Vicente), aiming to offer high-quality education and training programmes following the international standards on safe and efficient maritime operations. This project will benefit the Cabo Verdian community through an education offer that fits the needs and will contribute to more and better jobs in the sector.
Production of succade and citron in brine The cultivation of citron and the production of succade disappeared from Suriname during the last generations. However, the grandfather of the local partner, a baker, was involved in citron and succade production as an ingredient for his bakery products. In fact, citron grows well in Suriname and is very resistant to diseases and there is a substantial demand for succade from Suriname and abroad, as well.The project is located in the Saramacca district. The required size of land is 18.4 ha, of which the local partner owns 8.5 ha, while 10 ha is owned by (10) outgrowers.Souverein Metaal B.V., the applicant, is a producer of components for a vast range of production lines in particular in food processing. The local partner, Suriname Candied Fruit N.V., is a citron and succade producer.The applicant will become shareholder in the local partner company. The local partner is reintroducing the cultivation of citron and the production of candied fruit, succade, in Suriname. Since 2009 they have developed the trees and the first harvests, in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture. The project will enable the local partner to scale up the production of citron on their plantations and in cooperation with outgrowers, and the processing of the fruits into succade, to over 100 tonnes.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)CSR is anchored in the project through GlobalGAP, HACCP and ISO certification. The partners also aim to implement a specific CSR policy on environment, labour conditions, food safety, health and safety, support to local communities.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsEmployees will receive indefinite contracts, as well as health insurance and health related training.•	Innovation/Transfer of knowledgeThere is no citron fruit growing and no production of succade in Suriname.•	Chain effectsTen outgrowers will supply for € 80,000 to the project. In addition, inputs like sugar, salt, sodium, citric acid, packaging material are worth € 230,000 from four suppliers. (Various female entrepreneurs will provide ginger and pineapple starting mid-year 3.)The local produce is cheaper and its availability is better than that of the imported alternative. In particular for small retail shops and bakeries this is a huge advantage as imports have long delivery periods and usually require larger volumes.•	Impact on the sectorThe project will develop a model supply chain for agricultural products for the export market.•	EnvironmentThe partners will cultivate the citron as much as possible organically. No pesticide or fungicide will be used preventively, and instead of using herbicides the orchards will be weeded periodically. Locally purchased chicken and cattle manure will be used as organic fertilizer.•	Position of womenOut of 27 employees 9 will be female. In addition, they will cooperate with a women's cooperative (later in the project) for ginger and pineapple production. To establish a succade and citron-en-brine production of 105 tonnes in twelve consecutive months.
aMaizing (Phase II) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in Developing Markets.Food security Sub-Saharan Africa.Phase II: Prototype development for local context and (large-scale) practical tests.
G2G Sustainable Urban Rural Economic Development Kenya: inception The SURED project aims to achieve the following objectives:1.	Provide technical assistance to selected counties and stakeholders for coordinating their County Integrated Development Plans and Strategic Economic Development Plans. The project will demonstrate how to translate these plans into Spatial Plans that are economically, ecologically, and socially viable.2.	Demonstrate the implementation of the Spatial, Business, and Financial Investment Instruments, Plans, and Processes necessary for developing two regionally focused urban planning Pilot Projects. These projects will be centered around the development of an Agro-Industrial-Business park, inspired by the Dutch Greenport and Metropolitan Food Cluster concepts, using a multi-sectoral inclusive approach.3.	Foster a positive and mutually reinforcing relationship between counties, cities, and rural areas. Cities should provide rural areas with markets and facilities, while rural areas should provide cities with food security and essential ecosystem services.4.	Enhance urban-rural linkages across the continuum of space, place, and economics. This will harness the transformative power of urbanization for sustainable development.5.	Unlock government-to-business and business-to-business opportunities while strengthening the position of the Dutch Alliance of Sustainable Urban Development in Africa (DASUDA) and other Dutch companies, enterprises, and coalitions within the Urban Development and Spatial Planning (sub)sectors in Kenya.
Scoping Mission Mozambique (DRR15MZ04) In January 2015, Mozambique faced the worst floods on the Licungo river since 1971. DRR-Team was requested to support to the Government of Mozambique through deployment of the DRR-Team. Particular focus was on Technical Assistance to assist the National Directorate of Water in the elaboration of inundations maps, to evaluate the state of the dikes protecting Nante and Marromeu in the Licungu basin and to assist DNA with the development of a  post flood plan for priority and strategic actions to respond to the flood affected area.
Mobile Water Operator Technology for Ethiopia Mobile Water management B.V. is a software company focussed on water management. They want to demonstrate the Mobile Water Operator (MWO) in Ethiopia. The MWO can collect data objectively and send it straight to the water company’s offices using automatic AI validation. In this way water companies get offered a turnkey solution for their defective water management. As the software is installed on smartphones the initial investment costs are relatively low.
Uganda coffee communities: promoting child education Child labour is in spite of legislation and policies to prevent child labour, a common problem in Uganda’s coffee sector. The root causes of child labour are complex and studies have shown that the causes of child labour in coffee growing communities in Uganda include: poverty, harmful traditional practices like early childhood marriage, absence of schools or inadequate schools and infrastructure, demotivated and lack of teachers, illiteracy of parents or guardians, and a lack of parent and caretaker awareness.In the coffee regions of Greater Masaka and Rwenzori, the project implements an area-based approach towards the creation of Child Labour Free Zones (CLFZ). Through a collaborative approach, stakeholders in the coffee sector are working together to develop and implement a programme to end all forms of child labour in the area.The project targets 3,000 households in the Rwenzori region and 1,100 households in the Masaka region.The interventions consist of:•	Mapping, monitoring and remediating child labour through individual household visits.•	Enroll children in formal – and vocational education, internships and enable access to finance to start-up a small business.•	Set-up Village Saving and Loan Associations to improve household access to finance.•	Train households on Good Agricultural Practices to improve coffee farm income.•	Media campaigns and awareness activities around child labour and safe youth employment using social media, conventional media and local leaders.•	Organize project steering group meetings with all partners to share results and lessons learned and set up a sustainable labour monitoring system.•	Strengthen performance of JDE’s Due Diligence system by training its staff on compliance and annually monitor – and communicate about the project results on the JDE website.The expected long-term outcomes of the project is that coffee farmers in Rwenzori and Masaka have strengthened capacity and livelihood strategies that support their children’s development and education and do not involve them in child labour. The ambitions are that root causes contributing to child labour are addressed, household income from coffee is increased and more children access education.
Poultry Working Group This project will create a public and private platform for the cooperation between Tanzania and the Netherlands in the poultry sector in the form of a working group. The platform will serve as a medium in addressing issues that could facilitate and enable the environment for poultry sector development as has also been agreed upon in the signed MoU between the Netherlands and Tanzania in 2019. During the working group sessions updated information, and sharing of knowledge and sector progress will trigger actions to be taken by the authorities.
Public Private Partnership (PPP) course The services of the Institute for Public Private Partnership (IP3) were used to deliver a three-day Public Private Partnership training workshop in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.The 3-days workshop addressed the fundamentals of PPPs and covered the following subject matter areas: 1. The fundamentals of PPPs. 2. PPP best practices. 3. 20 actions to contemplate when initiating PPP programmes. 4. Case studies and discussion activities. 5. PPP risk analysis.
Uyogo mushroom production for Uganda (Phase I) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in Developing Markets.Food security Sub-Saharan Africa.Phase I: Feasibility study.
Foodmission from Georgia Study visit of 14 Georgian companies in the dairy and meat sector to the Netherlands in March 2018. After the study visit to the Netherlands, 14 Georgian meat and dairy companies and three government officials will know how to solve problems in production, storage and technologies. The Georgian companies will change their production processes, which leads to better product quality and closer approximation to EU standards. That increases their chances of exporting to the EU and larger profits. Georgian and Dutch companies have explored business possibilities and set up cooperation in exporting their products, technologies and equipment.
Business Angel Network Palestinian Territories Youth unemployment is one of the biggest challenges in the Palestinian Territories. According to the World Bank, the percentage of youth Not in Employment Education or Training (NEET) combined in the West Bank and Gaza has increased from 27.5 percent in 2011 to 34.5 percent in 2020.In addition, The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) reports that 36 percent of youth graduates (19-29) in the West Bank is unemployed. Entrepreneurship has become an important mechanism to aid the creation of jobs.In the Palestinian Territories, several initiatives are taking place to train, mentor and coach entrepreneurs to setup and grow their business. However, a major roadblock for these starting entrepreneurs is access to finance. Political instability alongside restrictions, put in place as a result of the Israeli closure policy, have consequences for expected rates of return, the scalability of investments and limit financial transactions hampering growth.By supporting the development of a Business Angel Network, a gateway to early stage finance for young entrepreneurs will be established. Young entrepreneurs will have the ability to pitch their idea to vested investors. This will allow entrepreneurs to have access to early stage finance and mentorship.
Orange Corners Ghana – Legal framework Through this intervention, resources are available to the Netherlands embassy in Accra, Ghana, to construct a legal entity for Orange Corners.Only if Orange Corners has a legal entity can the prospective board of Orange Corners in Ghana be able to take legal action.
Trade Mission Processed Food This mission aims to support sustainable and inclusive economic growth in Lebanon through promoting exports from the Lebanese private sector to the Netherlands and EU. Lebanon has been struggling with a web of economic and political crises that rapidly worsened since late 2019 and led to extremely high unemployment and hyperinflation. Lebanon’s limited internal production capacity and focus on the services sector result in a heavy reliance on imports for products.Increasing exports of Lebanese products would help generate much-needed foreign currency, help create or sustain jobs, and aid to ease the effects of the crisis, especially on small and medium-sized enterprises. This project is the follow-up of an export training and coaching programme for Lebanese small and medium-sized enterprises in the processed food industry.
Study Homecare Nepal The overall objective of this project is to deliver quality healthcare services at home through a healthcare platform focusing on connecting patients and healthcare providers (nurses initially). This project will fill the care gap between existing hospitals for the masses and the demand for personalised care delivered at home.The project aims to research the home care environment in Nepal and propose a strategy for the efficient delivery of high-quality care services in Nepal.
GREENcoffee 2.0 Vietnam is the second-largest producer of coffee in the world and the largest exporter of Robusta beans. Coffee is the second most important agricultural commodity in Vietnam, after rice, contributing USD 3 billion to the Vietnamese economy, or roughly 2 to 4% of its Gross domestic product (GDP). It also accounts for around 40% of global Robusta production and nearly 60% of global Robusta exports. Around 90% of Vietnam’s coffee production comes from the Central Highlands – the agricultural hub of the country.Vietnamese farmers typically reach yields of more than 3.5 tonnes per hectare, compared to 0.8 tonnes per hectare in Thailand, 0.5 tonnes per hectare in Indonesia, and only 0.4 tonnes per hectare in the People's Democratic Republic Lao. While this growth has made a significant contribution to the Vietnamese economy, it has not come without costs. In fact, maintaining such high levels of productivity has generated a series of environmental challenges, including deforestation and ecosystem degradation.Climate change poses another threat to the country's coffee sector and poor farming techniques cause environmental degradation and water pollution. Also, the agricultural sector is characterized by a stagnant and low share of value adding in the value chain, due to high input costs, variation in production and incorporation of new services. Therefore, this project will focus on two important International Corporate Social Responsibility (ICSR) issues in the coffee value chain in Vietnam:1.	The unequal value distribution in the supply chain leading to a weak economic position of coffee farmers.2.	Sustainability (climate change and environment).To mitigate the CSR risks in the coffee chain in Vietnam, KoffieDirect will make local coffee farmers co-owner of KoffieDirect. By using new technologies, KoffieDirect will integrate farmers in the value chain. In practice, this means that the farmers will get access to the GREENcoffee app (which contains personalised and dynamic advice based on Good Agricultural Practices). The app will connect farmers with Blockchain technology to generate transparency on the transactions with the buyers. By giving farmers access to the existing GREENcoffee app, the farmers will get access to environmental friendly agricultural practices enabling them to reduce inputs without jeopardising yields. In addition, by making farmers co-owner of the value chain, they will be incentivised to work on environmental friendly practices contributing to their livelihood in the longer run.