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Pillar 2 – RBC Agreement for the Metals Sector Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) AgreementsThe Dutch government has concluded agreements on responsible business conduct (RBC) with Dutch sectors and civil society organisations. The agreements set out how companies can work with civil society organisations and government to prevent abuses in the areas of human rights, labour rights and the environment.Goal of this projectSupporting civil society organisations to make their knowledge available to play a role in the implementation of the RBC Agreement for the Metals Sector.The civil society organisations contribute to reduction of International Corporate Social Responsibility (ICSR) risks in international value chains conform their commitments, as set out in the RBC Agreement.NoteFVO's Pillar 2 projects support civil society organizations that make their knowledge of human rights due diligence and (international) network accessible to help achieve the goals of the ICSR covenants. Businesses, social organizations and government work together in ICSR covenants, to make value chains more sustainable. The covenants are organized by sector. The sectors have international value chains in multiple production countries/regions.For more information, please visit the website of the Government of the Netherlands:•	Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) agreements (https://www.government.nl/topics/responsible-business-conduct-rbc/responsible-business-conduct-rbc-agreements)
SDG 7 Results: Access to renewable energy (SDG7) A billion people worldwide have no access to modern means of electricity. About 3 billion people still use heavily polluted firewood and charcoal for cooking. Therefore, the government of the Netherlands aims to give 50 million people access to sustainable energy by 2030. Additionally, the use of fossil fuels and non-sustainable biomass contributes significantly to climate change. Sustainable access to renewable energy services will support developing countries in their path to climate-friendly growth. The SDG 7 Results facility aims to give 2 million people in developing countries access to renewable energy through access to electricity and access to clean cooking solutions in homes.The facility also contributes to:• low-carbon climate resilient development;• less gender inequality, in particular with regards to women and girls;• private sector development and employment, and• mobilisation of private investments in the decentralised renewable energy sector."
Repurposing Grootvlei power station into a sustainable and agricultural area A key challenge for South Africa is the transition in the electricity sector, seeking early investment in and preparing for mitigation in hard-to-mitigate sectors, and addressing the economic and social consequences of the transition: domestic coal fuelled 88% of South Africa's electricity generation in 2019.Therefore, to solve this and related challenges, the Just Energy Transition (JET) initiative was launched.South Africa, Grootvlei (Mpumalanga)ESKOM, the 100% state-owned electricity utility supplier, strongly supported by the government, is mainly operating coal power stations which have to be closed down in the future. One of them is the Grootvlei Power Station (PS).To support JET, ESKOM has indicated it wants collaboration with the Netherlands on the Grootvlei PS, along two paths:1.	feasibility and preparation for climate-smart agriculture development land;2.	working towards an integrated JET approach for the Grootvlei Power Station (PS).Therefore, this project will deliver:•	A proposal for a climate-smart, labour-intensive horticulture project on the Grootvlei PS site.•	A baseline analysis of the geographic, economic, institutional and environmental potential of the Grootvlei PS property.Including an analysis of and report on the (type of) jobs potential and training needs (analysis report jobs).
LAND-at-scale Mali: Boosting local capacity to manage land conflicts and protect customary rights in Mali Mali is experiencing violence and conflict, and since competition over land and natural resources is growing, so are land-related disputes. Farmers and pastoralists need land tenure security to sustainably manage and collectively use natural resources and to undertake investments with long-run pay-offs needed for climate smart investment in productivity, diversification, and resilience. Over 90% of these farmers and pastoralists depend on customary tenure systems to access land and natural resources.The goal of the intervention is to promote stability, food security, climate resilient agricultural development and natural resources management by strengthening security of access to and rights over land and natural resources, with special attention for inclusivity, especially to women and pastoralists, through establishing and capacitating Land Commissions.This will be realized through the following project strategies:•	Formalized coordination mechanism for building capacity towards sustainable, inclusive and transparent Land Commissions. •	Systematic approach for validating and sharing capacity building for Land Commissions, with a focus on mediation and inclusivity. •	Setting up an independent monitoring and evaluation system of Land Commissions 	•	Establishment of a network and exchange organization for Land Commissions.The project is implemented by SNV, the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Université des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques de Bamako, Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes.
OCIF Subsidy Application 2023 Nigeria The Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) is a subsidy programme that provides fund managers with capital to invest in early-stage startups. OCIF supports young, innovative entrepreneurs in Africa, Asia and the Middle East to scale up their businesses and create jobs. OCIF also helps young entrepreneurs prepare for investment and attract commercial follow-up investments.
Affordable improved cookstoves Baobab+ is a social enterprise, offering innovative products and financing in order to offer Africans a better life through access to energy and digital services. With this project under the SDG7 Results facility, Baobab+ will expand its clean cooking activities in Nigeria focusing on the poorer households.
Mylapore School Pilot Alternating droughts and destructive floods over recent years have made water security a hot issue in Chennai, the capital of India’s Tamil Nadu state, Rapid economic, demographic growth and lack of long-term urban planning have resulted in the overexploitation of water resources and made the city susceptible to floods and droughts, with climate change further exacerbating the city’s water crisis. Unpredictability and extremes are the new normal in Chennai, and the city has to adapt accordingly.The City of 1000 Tanks project, under the Water as Leverage for Resilient Cities Asia Programme, has, therefore, been working with local and international stakeholders to offer a holistic solution to Chennai through blue-green strategies and build effective, efficient and inclusive co-operation in water management.The project consists of three sub-projects: The first consists of the intervention on the school playground in which constructed wetlands treat wastewater generated by 1,200 students and multiple bioswales that direct this treated water as well as rainwater into designated detention and recharge zones. The second consists of an eco-literacy centre which integrated learning by doing and interactive demonstrations of the NBS on the school playground. The third is the intervention on the adjacent temple grounds which is redesigned as a retention park with model Erys and a flower garden sustained through recharge efforts. The entire project is accompanied by dedicated engagement programme involving public water festivals, cultural events, training programmes for technocrats as well as citizens, information sessions for the vulnerable and at risk, eco-literacy/ water education programme and social media campaign. The pilot builds capacity on the local level empowering citizens with the knowledge to adapt and adopt NBS on a city level.The project has the potential to be replicated in 415 schools in Chennai, and 1.5 million schools in India, while also contributing to the broader Mylapore Flagship project, which targets 61,000 beneficiaries.
Conference Morocoan International  Agricultural Exhibition (SIAM) Fair 2018 (Expert contribution conference programme SIAM) Dutch experts and representatives of relevant Dutch institutions participate in the conference program of the SIAM to promote Dutch expertise in agro-logistics and in developing sustainable agro-food supply chains. The activity will contribute to starting a durable partnership with Morocco in these fields.
Single piece production of high quality FSC doors The applicant Reesthout B.V. is the holding company of Weekamp Deuren which is a manufacturer of interior and exterior doors.The local partner PT Bintang Buana Karya is a trading company in glass and leaded windows.The third party is Mr Lee Kee Fong. He was the general director of CSH, a company that Weekamp sourced doors from until 2010.The market requires that the applicant continuously improves quality and implements innovations at competitive prices. This requires that suppliers change their production process as well. The applicant has been sourcing doors from two Indonesian suppliers. The aim was to set up a joint venture with CSH. However, the mother company of this company that is based in Singapore went bankrupt. PT Bintang Buana Karya has been supplying CSH with paint and coatings in the past and in a later stage also with glass.The aim of the project partners is to establish a factory for the production of single piece interior and exterior doors of FSC wood using CNC technology, flow coating, finger jointing and water based coatings.The three partners will establish a joint venture.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)During the project, KOMO and FSC certification will be realised. The aim of the partners is to only use the FSC certification initially. At a later stage wood may also be imported from other parts of the world where different certifications are being used. However, the partners will only use certifications that are approved by TPAC.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsDuring the project, 100 employees will be contracted of which 15 on a medium-/high-level. Two years after finalisation of the project 300 employees will be contracted. Wages will be at least 10% higher than the minimum wage. Further, employees will receive a health insurance, meal allowance, training and support in case of exceptional family circumstances.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeKnowledge with regard to single piece production is new for Indonesia. The use of CNC technology in a wood production facility is also new.•	Chain effectsSeveral FSC certified sawing mills will supply the joint venture with the wood. The fact that the new joint venture will only use FSC certified wood is highly progressive and sets an example in the wood manufacturing sector. Further, the applicant is willing to support a few sawing mills with which they have a good cooperation to obtain or maintain FSC certification. In the past, applicant has supported the sawing mill of STI in Medan.•	EnvironmentThe partners will only use certified wood. Further, water based paints will be used. The first two layers of paint will be applied through flow coating. This is a completely closed system which results in no losses of paint. The purpose of the project is to produce 18,000 FSC doors.
Shiraka Training Progamme Legislation 2022 This annual course helps civil servants working in legislative drafting to share their knowledge and skills, enabling them to lead and inspire the modernisation of legislation in their home countries. The course also aims to strengthen participants’ ties with the Netherlands and the Dutch Government, especially between Dutch civil servants and their counterparts in the target countries.
Expertise for the Environment (Wunkyin) Myanmar Cooperative (MMO15005) Expertise for the Environment (Wunkyin) Myanmar Cooperative.
Holland Lounge at the Nigeria Agrofood Expo (Part I) From the 25th to the 30th of March 2018, an agro-food PSD mission will be organised by RVO and PSD Apps. The main activity of this mission is visiting the agro-food trade fair in Lagos from the 27th to the 29th of March, 2018.The Netherlands-African Business Council (NABC) and East-West Trade & Consulting (EWTC) will host a Holland Pavilion at the agro-food trade fair. The Holland Pavilion will be the home base of the trade mission. Matchmaking activities, network events, workshops, showcases and many other activities will take place in the Holland Pavilion.Therefore, the Netherlands embassy in Lagos, Nigeria, asked for a PSD budget to build a Holland Lounge in the centre of the Holland Pavilion. In this Holland Lounge, all the activities could take place. It is an opportunity for Holland Branding and exposure to Dutch agro-food knowledge, expertise and solutions.The Holland Lounge is an additional project to the main project of the agro-food mission.
Feasibility study for localised feed mill solutions in India Van Aarsen Machinefabriek B.V. has broad knowledge in feed production technology and is one of the world’s leading companies in feed and premix process technology. The company designs, develops and manufactures state of the art equipment, as well as complete turn key feed mill and premix plants worldwide.The activities of this feasibility study will be conducted for a Indian customer which has expressed the ambition to upscale their feed production by modernizing existing facilities and by setting up new feed milling facility. The local technical and commercial assumptions will be assessed in order to help the customer to take a decision to invest in the equipment of Van Aarsen Machinefabriek B.V..
EWM Philippines: Securing fresh water in the Philippines today, without limiting tomorrow Elemental Water Makers B.V. (EWM) provides solutions for desalinating seawater with Reverse Osmosis using renewable energy sources (solar, water and wind energy). In collaboration with a Philippine company, EWM wants to offer water solutions to both commercial and domestic end users, as well as water distributors. This can be done by selling turn-key solutions or by offering pre-funded solutions where the end-user only pays for the produced water, or a hybrid form thereof.This will be further developed during the investment preparation study.
Design and production facility for stainless boat accessories in Nicaragua Note: This project has been cancelled, because it has been withdrawn prematurely.Although this project has been approved and awarded a PSI grant, it has unfortunately never been implemented.Therefore, the full grant amount has been withdrawn. To establish a design & production facility for the annual production of 15,500 stainless boat accessories.
Study potato processing and post-harvest chain Algeria The Algerian government wants to develop the potato industry and would like to become an exporter of potato products. The Netherlands has offered its support. This study is a first step to identify the needs and opportunities for cooperation to contribute to the (further) development of the post-harvest value chain.
Innovation Window: Digitizing Clean Energy Sector Service Delivery Ecosystem in Marginalized Regions of Kenya The Digitizing Clean Energy Sector Service Delivery Ecosystem project in marginalized regions of Kenya is be implemented by Practical Action together with Integral Media Limited (IML). The goal of the project was to increase access to clean energy for marginalized communities. A digital approach has been taken to tackle systemic value chain challenges, through deployment of IML’s “Yakazi Work & Business Opportunities Platform” in the clean energy sector targeting off-grid lighting and clean cooking businesses owned by youth and women, customized for these groups to connect clean energy businesses, technical education and vocational training institutes, clean energy end-users and clean energy companies. This has contributed to the creation of a sustainable supply system of qualified technical personnel accessible “on-demand” via geo-location on a mobile application, thereby increasing awareness on clean energy products via the digital platform, enabling digital peer networking and work referrals and upgrading the capacity of last-mile entrepreneurs.
Scoping Study Indoor Farming in Nigeria The purpose of the project is to identify best practices and innovative solutions for the sustainable development of fully controlled production methods of vegetables (Indoor Farming) in Nigeria and to trigger Dutch and Nigerian partners for the development and introduction of new technologies in the Nigerian high-value food chains, with focus on Lagos city. The goal is to contribute to food security and nutrition, promote Dutch and Nigerian investments and stimulate job creation and entrepreneurship, especially for urban youth.
Presentation of Surinam at the Vacation Fair 2017 in Utrecht, the Netherlands The purpose of this project is to:1.	Promote Suriname as a holiday destination for the Dutch tourism market and build the market share of Suriname in the Netherlands.2.	Strengthen the tourism industry in Suriname by strengthening the recently established coordinated private sector organization Suriname Hospitality and Tourism Association (SHATA).
Support to the Office of the Vice Minister of Finance for Fiscal Policies and Institutional Reform in Egypt This project focuses on two components within the domain of public finance in Egypt:• Better management of financial risks in government spending and in the management of state-owned enterprises• Intelligible and comprehensible publishing of government policy in the field of taxes and government spendingThrough 5 missions to Egypt, the Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands, DG Budget, the National Academy for Finance and Economics has exchanged knowledge with the Ministry of Finance of Egypt on challenges and opportunities related to Fiscal Risks and Data Visualisation and Strategic Budget Documentation.
Investment readiness support The Investment Readiness Support aims to get more Ugandan small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to receive investment from Dutch (informal) investors, which allows them to grow their business and increase their impact. The idea is to close more deals faster via more mature and better-prepared businesses.
Demonstration and training center in the Imereti region Greenhouse developer Hortilife will research the feasibility of a training and demonstration centre for greenhouse horticulture in Georgia, based on Dutch technology.
WASH Expert Zambia UNHCR Provision of WASH services in accordance with UNHCR and National Standards and long term WASH strategy planning.
Securing and improving the Gabon timber chain Cameroon, DR Congo and Gabon are among the top four timber producers. These countries in Congo Basin are key suppliers of tropical hardwood, which is much used in infrastructure and waterworks in the Netherlands and other European countries. A sustainable tropical timber supply chain from Congo Basin to the Netherlands is key for the forests, biodiversity and people in Congo Basin, and for the timber and construction sector and their clients.The focus of this project is to secure and improve this value chain by investing in sustainable forest management and processing, and strengthening the business case of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified forest concessions. The project will create the opportunities to harvest and process more tropical hardwood, with specific attention for so-called lesser known timber species (LKTS) from Gabon. This will have high positive impacts for biodiversity and people living in the forests.In the tropical timber supply chain from Congo Basin to Europe, Wijma Kampen B.V. and Precious Woods Gabon are key players. Both companies are confronted with high risks in the operational context, in forest management, in the saw mills and in the supply chain. Both companies have a clear International Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy and vision on how the ICSR risks could be tackled: by harvesting, processing and selling more lesser known timber species and heavier types of hardwood. But this requires high investments, a multi-faceted strategy and strong partners. To this end, they have joined forces with FSC Netherland and FSC Congo Basin – parties that can promote the use of lesser known timber species and build strong market links.By implementing this project, the business case for Precious Woods' sustainable forest management will improve. More lesser known timber species (Bilinga, Okan, Omvong) and heavier types of wood, will be harvested and processed in Gabon. This will lead to long-term preservation of 596,800 hectare of forests and biodiversity (of which 35,755 hectare with high conservation and protected status). 820 existing jobs at Precious Woods will be secured and 50 new jobs will be created (all earning living wages above minimum). Investments in the livelihoods (health, education) and housing for all employees and the 44 indigenous communities (8,000 people) living in and around the forests will be safeguarded and increased.The timber products will be promoted in the Netherlands/Europe in the engineering, building and construction sectors and the use of sustainable tropical timber in the Netherlands/Europe will increase.
Aid to Trade Implementation plan (local component) This project is a follow-up of the Aid to Trade strategy study (MAT19MZ02), in which sectors and possible interventions were identified for the Netherlands embassy in Maputo, to accelerate Aid to Trade in Mozambique. This project should lead to further PSD Toolkit projects for the Netherlands embassy in Maputo to accelerate the Aid to Trade transition.
Demonstration of the HydroNET Water Control Room Demonstration of the HydroNET Water Control Room.
Water Business development Nicaragua & Guatemala The overall goal of this project is to support the embassy in San José to implement the ‘from aid to trade’ strategy in the water sector in Nicaragua & Guatemala.More specific the goal of this study is to gain insights in both the water needs of Guatemala and Nicaragua and the specific Dutch expertise that can contribute to solving the water and climate resilience related problems that are increasingly being identified in the region.The sector study is expected to contribute to matching the demand for products and services needed to overcome the challenges in the water sector in Nicaragua and Guatemala with the products and expertise available in Dutch multinationals, small and medium sized enterprises, knowledge institutes and other relevant Dutch players. The fact finding mission resulting in a will explore opportunities by identifying possible niche areas for Dutch business involvement in Nicaragua and Guatemala.This project was implemented within the framework of the L4ED programme (Local Economic Development/Leads for Economic Diplomacy) and initiated by the Netherlands representation. The project aimed to contribute to (the enabling environment for) local private sector development as well as economic diplomacy. It concerns a small intervention that serves as catalyser for further developments.