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Iraqi Lingerie Khanem International BV is a young company active in the trade of lingerie. The company collaborates with their store in Iraq (KRG), Elegant Lady Company, in Sulaimaniyah,  that is exclusively run by a female staff, guided by a ‘by women for women’ philosophy.The growth of the company in combination with the improving market in the KRG and Iraq creates the possibility of scaling up the business operations. In order to facilitate this growth it is necessary to start producing private brand lingerie. After some trials with Colombian Producer companies, Khanem Fashion BV wants to finance the first order from these producing companies in order to be sold in the shop in Iraq. More alternative sourcing partners will be contacted and assessed for future collaboration. Furthermore a more professional webshop is developed to serve clients in the wider region.With this project the foundation is laid for a strong, internationally operating and future-proof company that contributes to good working conditions and the personal development of employees in several countries. It forms a solid basis for employees and the local economy in the event of any unrest or economic decline. With this project both impact is created in the countries where products are sourced (Colombia and in the future Sri Lanka).
Construction and Equipping of the Regional Hospital of Bolwi in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region The turn-key project concerns  the construction, supply and installation of medical equipment and the training of staff at a hospital in Bilwi, North-Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. The hospital will consist of, among other things, 150 beds for various specializations, 4 operating theaters, and consultation rooms for outpatient treatments.
Ghana – Expansion of services to plant breeding and plant production companies With a loan from DGGF, Iribov Holding B.V. will be able to expand their current activities in Ghana by building a new laboratory and greenhouses. The company provides services (tissue culture and nursery) to plant breeding and plant production companies from the Netherlands and other countries, including Ghana. 
The investment will contribute to the creation of around 200 new jobs in Ghana, of which approximately 75% will be filled by women. This number may increase if sales in West Africa increase. In the long term, local services can also contribute to food security. Furthermore, the company has an action plan to not only visualize its carbon footprint, but also to reduce it.
And finally, this investment will have a positive impact on the Dutch economy, as Dutch technology will be supplied for the expansion in Ghana and some jobs will be created in the Netherlands.
Pilot to demonstrate the commercial viability of SweepSmart’s smart waste facility in India India is facing tremendous issues due to its unmanaged waste streams. Waste is being dumped in nature, on huge landfills or burned on the streets which leads to pollution of water and air and poses serious risks for the environment and public health. In big cities like Bangalore a shocking number of people actually live on these landfills and make a living as waste pickers, an undignified life with many physical dangers. Dutch company SweepSmart saw an opportunity to improve this situation using their experience to set-up waste sorting facilities to work with informal waste pickers to sort waste to enable further recycling. To prepare for future investments, upscaling and to demonstrate the viability of smart waste centers in the Indian context, Technical Assistance (DGGF-TA) therefore provided support to set-up 3 pilot locations for professional dry waste facilities in India. The project aimed to test their operational, commercial and financial feasibility in the Indian context and to improve the lives and working conditions of waste pickers by providing European knowledge and technology through collaboration with local cooperatives that organize informal waste pickers. The facilities were set-up in and around Bangalore and the project directly supported 79 jobs, indirectly supported 100 jobs and offered dry waste sorting and recycling training to 75 people. Furthermore, the project created awareness on improved waste practices amongst 150 people and contributed to organising informal waste pickers, mostly women, and considerably improved their livelihoods. Further investments and scale up of the project are currently being explored and 10 new sorting facilities will be set up in the foreseeable future.
Flood protection alongside the Mao river in Gelephu Gelephu, in the South of Bhutan, is prone to floods. Likely related to climate change, rainfall patterns have become more erratic with prolonged periods of drought followed by unusually high precipitation. The floods are caused by heavy rainfall in the upper catchment areas. Because of the very steep mountains, high discharges are observed in the downstream part of the rivers. Develop2Build and the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (Flood Engineering and Management Division) are working together to identify suitable and sustainable infrastructural flood protection intervention(s) and / or mitigation intervention(s) alongside the Mao River in order to reduce Gelephus vulnerability to floods of the Mao River.
Construction and Equipment of the General Hospital in Western Managua (Implementation Phase) Managua is the capital of Nicaragua and has a population of about 1.5 million. 25 percent of the countrys population. Over the past years the city has been growing rapidly resulting in a relatively high population density of 398 inhabitants per km2 and a predominantly young population. The population growth has put an enormous pressure on the existing health care services of Managua.The hospital is situated in a highly populated and poor urban area of Western Managua. The project consists of three fundamental elements:- Construction of a new hospital in Western Managua- Installation and commissioning of medical and non-medical equipment- Technical assistance and institutional strengthening.The general hospital will function as a national referral hospital and will replace the 160-bed Mother and Child Hospital Vélez Paiz (founded in 1944). The life span of this hospital building has expired and was closed down in April 2014 due to severe earthquake damage. The new hospital will provide the following medical specialties: gynaecology neonatology paediatrics internal medicine imaging ICU surgery and traumatology. The hospital will have 300 beds for inpatients distributed over the different medical specialties. Furthermore, 20 post-surgery beds 15 observation posts 6 general consulting rooms two paediatrics consultation rooms a full fletch emergency department seven operating theatres six delivery units 18 consulting rooms and six examination rooms a radiology department and extensive laboratory services.The main objective of the project is to increase health care coverage and the quality of health care services in Managua and Nicaragua. The specific objectives of the project are reducing infant and maternal mortality rates in Managua and reducing the general morbidity and mortality rates in Nicaragua.
Setting up a flavour production facility for the West and East African market Setting up a flavour production facility for the West and East African market
Improving access to healthcare in remote areas in Colombia: Piloting rental services of high-end mobile diagnostics solutions Colombia has a strong healthcare system with many of its hospitals belonging to the top 20 of best hospitals in Latin America, yet there is unequal distribution of high-end healthcare facilities and improving access to healthcare is a high political priority. About 40% of the private Diagnostic Centres (IPS’s) are in Bogotá, Medellin and Cali and the availability of hospital beds is 3-6 times less than in Europe and other middle-income countries. In order to make high-end mobile diagnostics solutions, such as MRI, PET-CT, Cath-lab and operations theatres, more widely available across the country – and herewith improving diagnostics and access to healthcare for people living in remote areas, Dutch company Resonandina Holanda B.V. is introducing a new rental service for these solutions. In order to prepare for further investments in Colombia, Technical Assistance (DGGF-TA) supports Resonandina to pilot a turnkey mobile MRI rental service to a selected hospital with its local partner Diagnostica IPS SAS. Part of the project is to further develop a rental framework and financing options, to identify local partners, to obtain certification for various imaging equipment and to upskill local staff. The projects aims to directly support 13 jobs, indirectly support 25 jobs and transfer knowledge by training 13 people which will also contribute to better medical processes and faster diagnostics in the hospital(s) Resonandina will work with. Upon successful completion of the pilot, further investments in 5 to 10 devices across the country will take place and have the potential to improve access to healthcare for 300-600 people per device per month.
Blue Crane Blue Crane is a growing social venture taking active in the development of certified, organic oils and specialty lipid solutions. They have embarked on a journey to build long-term partnerships sourcing predominantly from African based processors. They have established three local processing partners for a reliable supply chain of (organic) high quality fair trade certified Sheabutter, Cocoabutter and virgin Coconut oil. Their sourcing projects in Ivory Coast, Kenya and Ghana will directly benefit local producers, and aim to support and enable local processors to further strengthen their businesses, quality and traceability. Blue Crane further processes, packages and distributes this as part of its specialty lipid portfolio to customers globally.
Development of agricultural export enabling infrastructure and extension services (Feasibility Study) Domestic production and processing capacities are insufficient to cater for the rising demand for food in Nepal. Therefore, the government of Nepal developed its Agriculture Development Strategy in order to lift trade-limiting infrastructure constraints in cold and dry storage and improve quality treatment, assessment, sanitary and phyto-sanitary testing. The scope of this D2B project is to study the feasibility of such measures.Feasibility Study
Preparing for Data driven healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa Fragmented care delivery,  increase of chronic illnesses, lack of ICT based information systems and inefficiencies in existing referral systems puts 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 is an impact driven Dutch company that searches to contribute to the development of the African health sector and 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 a e-hospital system through a comprehensive hospital system that includes Mobile App health services. Patients have a personal App and can communicate with the hospital, track their own health, upload vitals, lab values like blood sugar and receive educational material.  The hospital can monitor the patients, including follow up on the tasks to be done. This encourages proper health seeking behaviour, awareness on preventive health and makes health services more economic. This project  is highly relevant in view of the tremendous negative impact of non-communicable diseases in Africa ( 40% of mortality and 50% of co-morbidity in Kenya).The main purpose of the project was to obtain more experience on both the comprehensive hospital and mobile Application in order to develop a bankable business plan and prepare for further investments in selected countries. The project included market scans, partner search, training of staff, purchase of equipment and market testing through 5 test sites with existing hospitals. The project supported 16 direct jobs, 36 indirect jobs and provided knowledge transfer to 16 people regarding the development and  implementation of e-health services and software. Furthermore, the test sites provided improved access to healthcare for 900 people.  The pilot was successful and further investments in Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Malawi and South Africa are currently being prepared. The ambition is to open 300-400  sites in the next 5 years, which will provide improved access to healthcare to over 10 million people.
Rehabilitation of road Adwufia section Sefwi Wiawso-Osei Kojokrom (Implementation Phase) The Sefwi Wiawso-Osei Kojokrom Road is situated in a strategically important cocoa and timber rich area in the Western Region of Ghana. Practically all crops cocoa and timber are transported by road and no alternative mode of transportation is available in the region. The Western region is lagging behind the two other industrial regions, Greater Accra and Ashanti. Despite the relatively high density of roads the Western region road network is in a bad condition because the greater proportion of the network is unpaved and with the high rainfall in the region the road network is unstable. During the rainy season traffic is most of the time either slow or not possible at all due to the eroded surface and mud. These issues result in economic losses for this already poor agricultural area. The project is defined as the rehabilitation and subsequent use of the trunk road from Benchema to Adwufia from an unpaved road to a double bituminous surface treatment including a bridge over the Bia river and the provision of a weighing station, and training of employees (for maintenance and construction) as well as annual and periodic maintenance. The number of people living in the project region is 485000 consisting mainly of small poor self-employed farmers. The trunk road is the main and only entrance road to the region. Improving overall road maintenance and rehabilitating farm-to-market roads would lower the current significant transportation costs and integrate rural economies with the urban economy.Phase 1 of this project rehabilitation of the part Sefwi Wiawso-Benchema junction took place in the period between 2005 and 2008.Phase 3 of the project concerns the section between Adwufia and the Ivory border. This phase is expected to start after the completion of phase 2, which is currently on hold until further notice.
Water4Nampula The overall objective of this project is to contribute to the achievement of the government of Mozambique of universal water coverage in all towns by 2030. The specific project objectives aim at increasing sustainable access to water services in the towns Namapa, Malema, Namialo, Nametil.This will be pursued by:•	Rehabilitating the existing water production and distribution.•	Extending the existing water production and distribution systems to increase service coverage of the systems to 80 litre per capita per day. With the support of D2B to relevant studies will be undertaken.
India - Production of textiles Khaloom designs and produces hand-woven textiles from recycled yarns.With a DGGF Start-up Loan Khaloom will be able to set up a new production site near Bangalore and scale up their operational activities to a commercially workable level.Since 2017, Khaloom received DGGF Technical Assistance to execute technical and commercial validation and therewith prepared present investment.
Development of agricultural export enabling infrastructure and extension services Domestic production and processing capacities are insufficient to cater for the rising demand for food in Nepal. Therefore, the government of Nepal developed its Agriculture Development Strategy in order to lift trade-limiting infrastructure constraints in cold and dry storage and improve quality treatment, assessment, sanitary and phyto-sanitary testing. The scope of this D2B project is to study the feasibility of such measures.
Studies Public Transport Chindwin River (Feasibility Study III) The main objective of this project is the development of year round, safe and reliable public Transport on the Chindwin River in Myanmar by providing specialised shallow draft passenger ferry vessels that can be operated by the Department of Inland Water Transport. In addition, the project will provide  adequate mooring places (e.g. jetties) with inland connections as well as (very) local “hot spot dredging” to deepen extreme shallow patches. Develop2Build is supporting the feasibility study and an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) to guarantee independence and impartiality.Feasibility Study
Water Supply Service Improvement and Extension Project (Implementation Phase) The cities of La Paz and El Alto are provided with drinking water by four independent but interlinked water supply systems (El Alto & Achachicala & Pampahasi & Tilata). These current systems together have insufficient capacity to deliver water supply services to the populations of La Paz and El Alto. Specifically in El Alto and the north eastern hillsides of La Paz  the Chuquiaguillo area. It is a challenge for the municipal government and utility companies to provide adequate service to the population in this area. The project concerns reallocation of water resources and the construction of a new independent water supply system for the Chuquiaguillo service area. The main project components include: - raw water capitation and transport, - water treatment plant (max capacity 300 l/s), - transmission main (approx. 17 km), - distribution system (approx. 30 km),- technical assistance to drinking water company EPSAS,- DESCOM: community development and awareness raising activities.The interventions in the Chuquiaguillo system will be implemented in parallel with the construction of the Hampaturi Alto Dam. Once the Hampaturi Alto dam is taken into operation the Incachaca dam which currently provides water to the Pampahasi water treatment plant will be used exclusively for the supply of raw water to the Chuquiaguillo water treatment plant.
Clean water distribution system for rural areas at the North and South Mo Cay district (Implementation Phase) The Mo Cay district is located in Ben Tre Province which is in the Mekong delta. The Mo Cay district has a population of 40,000. Currently, only 8,000 residents and 400 SMEs are being supplied with potable water by a small water supply plant. The remaining inhabitants use unsafe or polluted untreated or poorly treated water by collecting rainwater digging wells or they should buy expensive bottled water. The situation is aggravated by the fact that in the dry months (January-March) both ground and surface water are salinated.The project is defined as the design delivery installation and subsequent use of an expansion of a drinking water distribution network and the renovation of an existing network in the Mo Cay district. The project consists of the following items:- Design and construction of a booster pumping station with the capacity of 10,000 m3/day- Distribution network and grid with a total length of about 150 km- 10,000 metered connections- Renovation of existing distribution network and grid- A technical assistance programme in management development O&M and customer relations.
Rehabilitation of Zemo Samgori Irrigation System (ZEMOSAM) (Development Phase) Following the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the agricultural sector was re-structured. The Soviet era collective farm system was dismantled, with families receiving a plot of land of the same size frequently in several different locations. This created a smallholder-based rural economy with hundreds of thousands of farmers owning approximately 1 ha of arable land. Due to a lack of government funds, a weak institutional framework, and little priority given to agricultural sector development the extensive Georgian irrigation system dating back to the Soviet era deteriorated substantially. Of the 550000 ha of irrigation and drainage infrastructure in 1992 only 45000 ha of irrigation and 16000 ha of drainage was in use by 2013.The project aims to rehabilitate operate and adequately maintain the Zemo Samgori Irrigation System. With its 30285 ha. Zemo Samgori is the largest irrigation and drainage system of Georgias total gravity irrigation network of 278294 ha. The system receives water from the river Iori. Zemo Samgori has 82 km of main canals and 236 km of secondary channels and 35 km of drainage collectors mainly in the Lower Main Channel Area. Included in the project are civil works (cleaning and excavation of primary secondary and tertiary canals concrete lining of canals replacement of gates pipes and repair of collapsed bridges as well as drainage) UASCG institutional and capacity building as well as an extension and awareness raising  programme.Due to significant delays in the development phase this project will not enter the implementation phase of ORIO. The ORIO funds spent in the development phase and the resulting studies will be used by the local government to develop the infrastructure with support from other concessional funders of from its own means. ORIO’s involvement in this project ends by year end 2019.
Rehabilitation and extension of the water system of N’Djamena To re-establish the hydraulic functioning of Bahr Linia in order to develop irrigated market gardening and rice production along the river, complemented by fruit production, livestock and fish farming
Development of a Concentrated Solar Power Plant (CSP Expertise) The project concerns the development of a Concentrated Solar Power Plant in the Hermel-Kaa region (Northern Lebanon).  The power sector in Lebanon is known for chronic inefficiencies and shortages in supply reaching up to nine hours per day in some regions, and even more during the peak summer months. With the massive influx of 1,5 million Syrian refugees that require an additional power demand of almost 480 MW, the power shortage gap is further increasing, leaving the country with a higher energy deficit than in 2012.
MYOMY do goods and Leatherina: Fair trade and sustainable hand crafted leather bags from Dhaka, Bangladesh MYOMY do goods designs and sells sustainable and fair trade leather bags and is one of few companies in the fashion industry that is a member of the WFTO. Because of high demand, the need to spread risks and reaching the maximum capacity of its main partner in India, the company was looking for a second production partner. This search led to Bangladesh due to its role as a fashion manufacturer as well as recent misconducts and accidents in the industry which MYOMY do goods aims to address through its business model. After explorative meetings with Leatherina, Technical Assistance (DGGF-TA) provided support to test and improve production capacity of Leatherina, find adequate tanneries that comply with worldwide sustainability standards, assess feasibility of a joint venture and offer guidance and advise to meet international standards to produce for and export to the European market. Part of the project was the set-up of a quality control system to asses and minimise risks of parties involved and address social and environmental issues. The project directly supported 31 jobs and indirectly supported over 200 jobs. Knowledge transfer was ensured by training 31 people on the sustainable production of bags which contributes to improved working conditions and production processes for people involved as well as higher production capacity. Further expansion plans are currently being explored and may lead to additional jobs being supported in Bangladesh.