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Social sourcing: uplifting the living conditions in the Sundays River Valley communities In this project, Total Produce B.V. (importer) and Sundays River Citrus Company (Pty) Ltd (SRCC) (supplier) aim to strengthen inclusion and improve living conditions of farm- and factory workers, through1.	improved transparency,2.	representation of workers and their communities,3.	funding of basic services and economic opportunities in local communities and4.	awareness of economic opportunities throughout the value chain.Total Produce and SRCC will explore a new sourcing approach, in which not only a commercial relationship between supplier and importer takes a prominent role, but also the social and human value of the trade. The long-term goal of this new sourcing strategy is to support disclosure and collective action to address social and environmental issues that are impacted by business.
Business Case Local Production of Water Storage Systems Genap B.V. established in 1951 in Westzaan (the Netherlands) and presently based in ‘s-Heerenberg, employs 86 people. Main markets are Horticulture, Agriculture and Civil projects.Genap produces, sells and distributes flexible water storage systems across the world. The products are used to store water for irrigation, drinking water and polluted water. Genap sells to NGO’s, building industry and contractors, horticultural sector (growers) and (waste) water service providers and industry.Genap is also a partner for innovative technology and strategy, within PPP projects in the field of food security and water security.This is an investment project to set up a production location in Siliguri, India for rainwater storage tanks. The production site should be operational by 2022.
Team leader DRR-Team / Scoping Mission Bosnia and Herzegovina (DRR16BA01) Severe floods inundated large areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina in May 2014, affecting a million people and with loss of lives and damage to infrastructure. The existing flood protection proved to be inadequate. An official request was received from the Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, requesting advice and assistance on the implementation of the Action Plan for Flood Protection and Water Management 2014-2017.
PRA Studyvisit (MAG15FIL02) The main objective for the visit is to conduct consultation meetings with the Dutch consortium for the DRR-Coastal Protection Strategy Project for Tacloban and Palo, Leyte in the Philippines. The PRA had requested the Netherlands government to provide assistance in the preparation of this Coastal Protection Strategy. The delegation will  conduct site visits to coastal protection projects of RHDHV and partners and visit the simulation laboratory of Deltares.
Sustainable wooden crates for strengthening vegetables export 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 establishment of an automated production facility for wooden crates for the fruit and vegetable export sector, with a capacity of 4 million crates per year.
New Business Challenge 2015 The New Business Challenge Ghana aims to challenge a young generation of Dutch and Ghanaian students to explore sustainable business cases for Dutch investment in and trade with Ghana and vice versa, thereby stimulating the development of private industry and the development of the Dutch business world in Ghana.
Saline cultivation, adaptive water management and commercial agroforestry to improve crop yield and land degradation in Kenya (Phase I) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in Developing Markets.Food security Sub-Saharan Africa.Phase I: Feasibility study.
Road map maritime capacity building Four maritime ports are constructed on Lake Kivu on the Rwandan side. To identify the most pressing capacity building needs for properly running the ports is a road map of maritime capacity building developed. The roadmap contains practical suggestions and guidance to make the right decisions on follow-up steps. The project focuses on the knowledge needed regarding the water transport legal and regulatory framework, the cargo system, standards and certification, etc. Training needs are identified and public and private partners cooperating in strengthening the maritime capacity. The road map will give concrete suggestions on setting up a well-functioning and sustainable system to provide knowledge and skills in the maritime sector.
Fighting Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone (DSS15EBL23) Deployment of DSS in the fight against Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
TSC Cultivation Company in Morocco The Seaweed Company combines unique biological, technological, and financial expertise to implement regenerative CO2 reducing concepts, products, and applications all over the globe.The objective of the project is to validate a business plan to set up a local entity for growing specific local seaweeds and processing seaweed in Morocco.
Sustainable Textile Ethiopia This project aims:1.	To provide insight and analysis into the cotton and textiles sector using an in-depth study. The focus should be on the social and environmental sustainability impact of cotton production in Ethiopia, with extra attention given to the effects on food security. Regarding the textiles sector, the focal point of the study should be the sustainability gap in the textiles industry and the risks that come with the development of the sector. Attention should be paid to the role of the Ethiopian cotton and textiles sector within the regional context. This analysis (in the form of a report) will provide the base for the following activities.2.	To connect Ethiopian cotton and textiles opportunities with Dutch companies. The goal is to promote sustainable cotton and textiles, which will boost development in the sector. We will identify interested and relevant companies and organizations in the Netherlands and organize a seminar to inform them. If the budget allows, we may also establish a steering committee consisting of Dutch and European companies who can participate in the seminar.3.	To inform relevant government and private sector stakeholders on sustainable growth of the cotton and textile sectors. As there is currently no appropriate sector platform, a feasibility study will provide insight into the possibility of establishing a sector platform. Accordingly and if demonstrated feasible, a sector platform will be established to facilitate discussions between the public and private sectors, based on the study in part 1. The platform will also discuss the topics of sustainability in the cotton and textiles sectors and assess the feasibility of establishing a code of practice for the sector. These activities will need to be aligned with other initiatives in the sector in Ethiopia and Europe.
Incomming mission Plant Protection Department - Biological pest control agents Crop protection is crucial for high-quality yields while minimizing the negative impacts on health and the environment. The European Green Deal and Farm-to-Fork policy stress reducing crop protection products' use and risks. The Netherlands supports sustainable practices, including integrated crop protection and using biological control agents (BCAs) and low-risk agents.Vietnam struggles with pesticide use in horticulture, causing environmental and health issues due to improper use and limited grower knowledge. There is growing demand for safe, eco-friendly products. The government aims to increase bioproduct use and reduce pesticide residue.Since 2016, the Netherlands has exported BCAs to Vietnam, promoting sustainable horticulture. To enhance pest control, a wider range of BCAs should be locally available.Vietnam's Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development uses an Environmental Risk Analysis model to assess BCAs, but some natural predators are considered medium risk. It is unclear if this analysis accounts for the risks of existing chemical agents.The project aims to support sustainable agriculture in Vietnam by exploring alternative risk assessments and comparing the risks of BCAs and chemical agents, aligning with the bilateral agenda between Vietnam and the Netherlands. It contributes to a long ongoing knowledge exchange on phytosanitary in line with the Vietnam-Dutch bilateral agenda for sustainable agriculture and food system development.
Circular Economy Opportunities Scan in Ghana Ghana faces challenges caused by rapid urbanization, a growing economy and an increasing population in relation to waste management. With this project, the circular economy in Ghana will be stimulated, leading to improved waste management and other socioeconomic conditions. As well as increased bilateral cooperation and concrete opportunities for the Dutch and Ghanaian private sector opportunities.The activities enhance:1.	A quick scan by Holland Circular Hotspot gives an insight into circular economy opportunities for the Dutch and Ghanaian public and private sectors.2.	An assessment of the local situation in Ghana will lead to an overview of the main bottlenecks and the identification of possible solutions for waste management and circular economy opportunities.3.	Knowledge has been shared on running a circular economy platform, circular economy technology and innovation and best-fitting best practices.4.	The drafting of a multi-annual roadmap and concrete future project proposals.The project will be implemented in Accra, Ghana.
Water management Georgia A series of activities between October 2015 and June 2016 in order:•	To improve the gap of knowledge at Georgian knowledge institutes on the topic of water resources management for economic development, and•	To strengthen the knowledge and capacity of the Georgian water sector to meet the terms of the country’s draft water law and association agreement with the EU.
New Business Challenge Ghana 2019-2022 This project aims to stimulate youth employment and entrepreneurship are essential themes for the Netherlands embassy in Accra and the broader Netherlands policy. That is why the Netherlands embassy and RVO initiated the New Business Challenge Ghana.The project will be extended for an additional three years, following five successful editions that resulted in employment, internships, start-ups, and enhanced job skills and entrepreneurial abilities for Ghanaian and Dutch students. Moreover, the project has also facilitated the discovery of new talent, fostered business opportunities, and promoted sustainable business practices for companies in Ghana and the Netherlands.Again, students and recent graduates from the Netherlands and Ghana, forty each year, will work on business cases from at least four Dutch companies in Ghana and vice versa. Moreover, the network between the private sector, students and universities is further strengthened. More follow-up activities are organised to support the participants in their furture careers, either as employees or as entrepreneurs.The Netherlands Embassy has launched the New Business Challenge as part of its efforts to promote youth entrepreneurship and employment. This initiative aims to foster synergy with other programs and contribute to the overall ecosystem.
E-flyer Responsible Business Conduct in Sri Lanka As a follow-up to the webinars on responsible business conduct (RBC) in Sri Lanka, the Netherlands Embassy in Colombo has developed an  E-flyer with information and guidance on RBC for both Dutch and Sri Lankan companies. This addition to the Handbook on Doing Business in Sri Lanka is an RBC guide for entrepreneurs and businesses. The E-Flyer compiles essential information to understand RBC and the frameworks and actions supporting it as step-by-step guidance on incorporating RBC in business operations and practices, managing risks, and accessing tools, guidelines, and relevant information.
Children in the forgotten link of the textile value chain The project addresses child labour in the post-consumer textile recycling industry. Sympany trades second hand textile from citizens in The Netherlands (23 million kilogrammes annually), of which approx. 30% is not re-wearable textile that is traded to eastern Europe and further. Sympany has the responsibility to create transparency in its retail chain, and be able to clarify that no child labour is part of her retail chain. It is likely that part of the waste textile lands in Panipat, India, but Sympany has no proof of this. At the project start Sympany knew that in the first trade tier in the chain no children are present. Nevertheless children are involved in the labour force in Panipat and are as such part of the textile value chain for whom no one takes responsibility. Partners performed a baseline study at the project start. In the baseline, 1,032 out of school children have been identified in all and 440 (10.6%) children are engaged in at least one form of work. In total 962 children joined the program.
Market study investment and export, Palestinian Territories This project aims to generate information that will increase the interest of Dutch companies, to establish trade relations with Palestinian companies and invest in the Palestinian Territories.
Access to Responsible Markets, Good Practices and Territorial Governance This project addresses some of the most critical barriers that gold artisanal miners in the conflict-affected area of Chocó are facing by providing practical solutions that will allow them to improve their mining practices, access markets via responsible and traceable supply chains, and contribute to improved territorial natural resources management and peacebuilding.Through the reinforcement of Due Diligence procedures, the strengthening of a traceable and responsible supply chain from the artisanal miners until exporting to Europe will be ensured and, transversally, the capacity of miners, in particular women miners, to have an active, informed role in decision-making will be promoted.
Demonstration project Road Rapid Nigeria The Dutch company Bomewo B.V. focuses its product / technology on secondary roads. These are still largely unpaved vehicles which have suffered from sand flying up or getting stuck in the quagmire of clay and sand. Bomewo has just at this soil composition, and conditions have been developed a technical solution which is aimed at the hardening of sand and clay roads. The aim of this project is to demonstrate the solutions of Bemewo. Demonstrate that the product Rapid Road an appropriate technical solution for the hardening of sand and clay roads in Nigeria.
DRRS (DRR) Libya 2024 (DRRS24LY04) After storm Daniel made landfall in Libya, an unprecedented amount of rain has fallen in the eastern part of Libya. This has caused extreme river flows and subsequent dam failures.The Libyan government has requested international assistance through its embassy in The Hague, which again reached the DRRS team through the Netherlands embassy in Tripoli, Libya.In an effort to be as effective as possible, the Netherlands embassy in Tripoli, Libya together with the DRRS team, has joined forces with the World Bank and UNESCO to come to a joint publication on the Derna dam disaster.
Matchmaking Transport and Logistics North Mozambique Preparation of collective and individual matchmaking sessions in Nacala and Pemba for the Dutch company representatives.
Technical assistance to ORIO project ORIO/10/SN/01 (App. 2) The project purpose of ORIO is to open up the Casamance region through maritime access, by dredging the Casamance river.The project purpose of App1 is to elaminate hiccups in the ORIO programme by assisting ORIO by contracting an expert in the field of dredging and tender procurement.The results will be a: •	Launch of international dredging & supervision tender in September 2014;•	Selection of contractor for dredging;•	Cost figures for dredging.The project purpose of App2 is additional assistance by the same expert contracted for App1 in the field of dredging and tender procurement, in order to bring the procurement process to successful conclusion.
Incoming study visit horticulture sector This project aims to increase the knowledge and capacity of greenhouse growers in Georgia and Moldova, which will, in turn, support the development of a more efficient, competitive and sustainable horticulture chain and promote the quality and marketing of products.
Fresh Demo Contronics provides dry misting technology. This is a humidification system in which bioflavonoids are injected into the air, with which fresh products can be kept longer between the time of harvest or production and the time of sale in the supermarket. Contronics wants to bring the system to the market full service, this means that they themselves manage the operations of the system on location.The demonstration project is carried out in collaboration with a local partner. The demonstration project must demonstrate that the dry misting technology in combination with the use of a disinfectant improves the shelf life of grapes. Data to be added
PSI workshop Beirut: MENA and WEF – the development of a rapid pre-assessment nexus tool The ETF, in partnership with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, has been holding sub-regional policy dialogues on the Water - Energy - Food (WEF) Nexus for countries of the Levant, as part of the Planetary Security Initiative (PSI) Middle East and North Africa chapter activities. The policy dialogues brought together senior representatives from Ministries of Water, Energy and Agriculture from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories.A 2-day workshop and a teambuilding session were organized in Beirut as a follow-up of the PSI workshop organized in Amman in October 2017 (ETFP17001), in which participants expressed the need for the development of a tool that assist policy makers to assess how WEF-proof policies are. The second workshop therefore aimed to advance work on these interests through proposing a framework for a nexus tool, and presenting a platform for designing and developing projects that could advance the work.
Building code rehabilitation centers The project aims to review and improve the design and application of the newly developed draft building code for health infrastructure in Ukraine, with focus on rehabilitation centers, using the support of Dutch knowledge and specialized expertise. The project has a positive impact on SDG 8: inclusive and sustainable economic growth through supporting productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation.
Building a sustainable cacao sector in Ghana The project aims to increase the production of sustainable cacao and marketing via a chain that will develop traceability used for certification purposes by educating 16,000 cacao-growing farmers, thereby increasing the productivity of the cacao farmers.At the same time, the project will promote farmers intercropping with food crops and facilitate financial services to pay for inputs.This project will be implemented in the Ashanti cacao growing region.The applicant, Continaf B.V., is a Dutch trader of cacao who sees an increasing demand for certified, traceable, sustainably grown cacao. In this project, Continaf teams up with the Licensed Buying Company Adwumapa from Ghana to organise the traceability of cacao and the Agro Eco Louis Bolk Institute, a non-governmental organisation that runs research and extension programmes.With the Ghana Cacao Board, which controls the trade and export of Ghanaian cacao, a Memorandum of Understanding has been established to facilitate the traceability of the product flow.
Ceres Valuing Water Initiative Journey: Financial Sector Ceres will partner with the Valuing Water Initiative (VWI) to develop a 'VWI Journey' for the financial sector. The project aims to mobilize influential leadership in the capital markets to drive more sustainable corporate and private sector water practices.
Fighting Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone (DSS15EBL22) Deployment of DSS in the fight against Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Sparkling from mine to consumer The project works on setting up the eco-system for artisanal small scale mining (ASM) and distribution of responsibly mined low-and mid value gemstones in Tanga region, Tanzania. The aim is to create a living income for the ASM communities, to facilitate value addition activities and to empower young entrepreneurs in the gemstone and jewelry value chain.These interventions create better market access for the miners on one hand and offers collective buying power of the buyers group that will be formed on the other hand. In order to make the sourcing and buying processes smooth and sustainable, structures are set up together with the miners associations, local authorities and international buyers group. Transparent processes include fair pricing and capacity building of the miner population to improve negotiation power. Capacity building for miners also includes financial literacy, health and safety and environmental knowledge. Moreover, a group of young entrepreneurs are involved in gemstone processing and cutting services, to increase local value addition and make the structure sustainable for the future. In the communication about the project, transparency, responsibility and awareness about small scale gemstone mining are the main subjects that will be presented by the project partners.
PDP III – Smart diagnostic solutions to drive effective treatment and elimination of poverty related diseases This project was implemented under the PDP III programme by the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND). FIND’s mission is to turn complex diagnostic challenges into simple solutions to overcome diseases of poverty and transform lives.FIND is an international non-profit organisation that enables the development and delivery of much-needed diagnostic tests for poverty-related diseases, including tuberculosis, malaria, sleeping sickness, hepatitis C, HIV, leishmaniasis, Buruli ulcer and Chagas disease.FIND acts as a bridge between experts in technology development, policy and clinical care, reducing barriers to innovation and effective implementation of diagnostic solutions in low- and middle-income countries.FIND has active collaborations with more than 150 partners, including research institutes, academia, health ministries and disease control programmes, commercial partners, the World Health Organization, bilateral and multilateral organizations, and clinical trial sites. Over the last 12 years, FIND has supported the development of 11 new diagnostic tests that address diseases of poverty.FIND has also established critical resources for the development of many other tests, including specimen banks, critical reagents, product profiles and policy briefs that provide better visibility on pressing diagnostic needs. FIND's work in these areas reflects a willingness to address market entry barriers for diagnostics globally.FIND also supports the appropriate use of diagnostics in many countries through training programmes, quality assurance programmes and laboratory strengthening.