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Demonstration project 1781 RP4250 The objective of this project is to convince potential clients like the various Moroccan authorities, road building companies, civil engineers form consultancy companies, etc., of the construction and behaviour of a RoadCem® stabilisation under local conditions by means of a demonstration trajectory of 2,000 m².
Kajjansi urban development impact cluster The “Kajjansi Junction Programme” aims to develop a fast-growing urban market area in Uganda in such a way that it creates shared value for businesses and communities and moderates the environmental footprint of rapid urbanisation. The programme intends to1.	Develop a business ecosystem in which the Dutch and Ugandan private sector can co-create sustainable solutions addressing the urban challenges of the area;2.	Develop a replicable proof of concept for such a sustainable & integrated urban development model inspired by the Dutch “Sustainable Urban Delta Approach (SUD)”.The programme involves Ugandan and Dutch enterprises, public sector actors and community boundary spanners to articulate local needs.With them, the programme will develop, test and showcase several sustainable business opportunities in•	Waste management and recycling;•	Mobility and food logistics;•	Spatial design and urban planning.
Value chain financing development in Liberia Aim of this project is to develop recommendations, capacity building plans and concrete proposals for developing the cocoa and palm oil value chains in Liberia with attention for organizing the value chain, the position of the smallholders and access to financial services.
Fighting Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone (DSS15EBL32) Deployment of DSS in the fight against Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
COVID-19 Decontamination Box (Phase II) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in Developing Markets.Solutions for health, data and financial support in times of COVID-19 in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Niger and Uganda.Phase II: Prototype development for local context and (large-scale) practical tests.
Pilot 'development of an intake management system for the Prut and Moldova River in lasi, Romania' Pilot 'development of an intake management system for the Prut and Moldova River in lasi, Romania'
Ammonia recovery from nitrogen rich wastewater by membrane stripping with Nitrycle •	Short general project overviewAmmonia Membrane Stripping (AMS) reduces the overall energy consumption of conventional wastewater treatment plants, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and ensures a good final treated water quality. Removal of nitrogen from wastewater treatment plants minimizes the impact of eutrophication of downstream surface waters. Biological removal of ammonia has limitations of high energy and carbon usage for nitrification/denitrification. Furthermore, it produces greenhouse gas (N2O), is sensitive to variations in temperature and pH and is space consuming. In Nitrocycle special membrane modules recover ammonia from side streams at wastewater treatment plants in order to recover it as Ammonium Sulphate, which can be used as fertilizer. The goal of the project was to lift the AMS technology towards TRL 6 by applying, testing and optimizing membrane modules on pilot scale for concentration of ammonia rich feed streams.TNO's contribution consisted of making process calculations, Georg Fisher took care of the design and implementation of module-construction and advised on materials. EAWAG was responsible for upscale calculations and Blue-tec as technology-provider for process and organization.•	Results of the projectIn the project it was demonstrated that ammonia membrane stripping can be successfully applied for the removal of ammonia from nitrogen rich streams and be recovered as a valuable fertilizer product. Based on the project, new developments have been initiated to increase the performance of the membranes and to decrease the use of chemicals.Currently, Blue-Tec is discussing the upscaling of the technology at the project site with the newly developed membranes, where a capacity of 60,000 m3/year of ammonia rich water from the digestion process is treated.
Build your own buddy (Bob): digital package for children's resilience (Phase II) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in Developing Markets.Digital solutions to improve access to healthcare and education services for remote groups in the Middle East and North Africa.Phase II: Prototype development for local context and (large-scale) practical tests.
LAND-at-scale Burkina Faso: Scaling up Land Governance for Food Security in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a country dealing with many crises: food insecurity, climate vulnerability and massive population displacement. Land plays a critical factor in all these crises. The fast-growing population, degradation of land as well as widespread migration of the population across Burkina Faso are putting rampant pressures on land. The country is heavily dependent on agriculture, which employs 80% of the population. Despite this, the country deals with significant food security issues. With emerging patterns of high temperatures and pockets of drought, the country is very vulnerable to climate shocks. As is observed in many crises, vulnerable groups are hit hardest by the consequences. Women and youth particularly, suffer disproportionality. They suffer from marginalization through customary practices, which leads to increased vulnerability to the factors above and has led to decreased access to land, or even land dispossession.The objective of this LAND-at-scale project is to improve food security and the resilience of women and youth in the country by securing their access to land and by strengthening land governance and management practices.•	Raising awareness on land rights among relevant stakeholders;•	Participatory registration of land titles with special reference to women and youth;•	Optimizing land management practices of secured land of women and youth to address challenges related to land degradation and food insecurity; and•	Monitoring and learning on the experiences of the other components and formulating recommendations for more sustainable land governance.
Fighting Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone (DSS15EBL25) Deployment of DSS in the fight against Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Analysis Namami Ganga Basin & WAL Analysis Namami Ganga Basin for WAL approach. Based on the outcome of this analysis we can examine the possibilities to apply the WAL approach in the future. In this study the constraints and opportunities will be made clear for the activities in the near future.
Women Entrepreneurship Development Programme Study Visit This project will put the acquired professional skills of 15 Georgian female entrepreneurs during MAN17GE01 into (international) practice. The entrepreneurs will come to the Netherlands to gain insights into new technologies, products and markets, discover opportunities for (international) collaboration and be inspired by the success stories of Dutch female entrepreneurs. As a result of this project, the women will have developed a network of Dutch (female) entrepreneurs that can assist them with further developing their entrepreneurial skills and advancing their businesses. This project will be part of MAN17GE01, a business talent training program for these 15 female entrepreneurs and their mentees in Georgia.
Trade mission Jordanian horticulture and textile companies The purpose of the trade mission is to connect Jordanian textile and horticulture companies and trade associations with Dutch businesses and knowledge institutions to exchange ideas, technical expertise, sector-specific know-how and explore joint business opportunities.
Study visit Lebanese dairy sector This project aims to provide the Lebanese visitors with a good program on the Dutch dairy sector so that they have a clear picture at the end of the study tour of what the Netherlands can offer and stimulate the formation of consortia for application for FDOV (Fund for Sustainable Development and Food Security.
Potentials and Opportunities to Invest in the Horticulture Industry of Sri Lanka The study should describe clearly the horticulture market, recent and future developments, obstacles and strengths. The study will explore the opportunities to connect Dutch expertise, techniques and products to the Sri Lankan sector, thus improving production for local and foreign markets. The study will serve as a foundation for further Dutch-Sri Lankan cooperation. This study should be presentable and useful to the Dutch horticulture sector, the Netherlands Embassy, the Sri Lankan Ministry of Agriculture and other relevant Sri Lankan organizations.
DRR-Team Main Scoping Mission Niger November 2018 – Disaster Management Expert This project concerns the deployment of DRR-Team, following the formal request by the Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Elevage of Niger. The request is related to the alarming low water flow in the Middle part of the Niger River. The low flow results in critical conditions for drinking water availability for the population and pressure on the crop yields due to lack of irrigation water. DRR-Team is asked to assist the Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Elevage of Niger  and the Niger Basin Authority with technical expertise and advice for water distribution management.
Business Forum - Doing business in Moldova for Dutch companies in Romania This project involves organizing a seminar on doing business in Moldova for Dutch enterprises in Romania.Moldova is not very well known to Dutch companies. Particularly Dutch companies that have never set foot in Eastern Europe. Therefore, this project aims to interest Dutch companies already in that region (in neighbouring Romania) and inform them about doing business in Moldova. It is reportedly easier to move from Romania to Moldova than to start anew from the Netherlands to Moldova due to the significant presence of Dutch businesses in Romania. This project aims to tap into this group of Dutch companies and interest them to enter the Moldovan market. By already being in Romania, they show an appetite for riskier markets, know the region and the local ways of doing business and may be interested in looking for opportunities in neighbouring Moldova. Out of approximately 200 Dutch entrepreneurs active in Romania, twenty companies are expected to participate in the seminar.
DRRS (DRR) Libya 2024 (DRRS24LY05) 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.
A layer breeding reproduction project in Burkina Faso The applicant for this project, Institut de Sélection Animale B.V. is specialised in parent stock of layer hens. The local partner, Ferme Fadima, of Koubri in Burkina Faso produces eggs at a small scale, poultry and other meat products. Together they want to invest in a joint venture that will produce 880,000 day-old chicks per year for the local market. The one-day-old chicks will be sold to local farmers at a lower price than the imported day-old chicks.Hatched eggs will be imported to create a local parent stock. At the end of the project the parent stock will be able to produce hatched eggs continuously, which will provide day-old chicks after incubation.This project substitutes imports and increases the production of eggs, one of the most affordable sources of protein. The male day-old chicks, which are normally shredded in Europe, will be sold to villages for poultry production but are also a genetic source to improve the local chicken race, as in the villages chicken are kept freely in the open spaces of the village.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The applicant is one of the world leaders in layer hen breeding and also has very high standards on CSR items. Male day-old chicks will not be shredded, but used as a poultry hen.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsThe joint venture will encourage the trained personnel to start up a layer business on their own. Salaries will be at least 10% above the minimum wages.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe specific conditions to raise and maintain a quality parent stock will be transferred to the employees by training. The employees will learn to handle and work with a computer controlled hatchery.•	Chain effectsLocal farmers in the cereal sector will benefit from this project. The maize and soya will be sourced in the South of Mali and the Millet and Sorghum will be sourced from the central plateau of Mali.The lower price of day-old chicks, will replace expensive imports and result in a higher egg production at a lower price. In general this will result in a cheaper protein supply for the urban population.•	Impact on the sectorThe male day-old chicks will be sold to local farmers for broiler production. The foundation of the Local Partner has planned to sell the roosters at small prices to women groups in the villages to mix with their actual stock. This will probably have a positive effect on the actual inbred populations of chicken in rural Burkina Faso.•	EnvironmentNeutral.•	Position of womenThirteen women will be employed in the project, mainly in administrative jobs and at the hatching department.	•	Impact on food safetyApart from fish, eggs are a very cheap way to get the necessary proteins, because of the high conversion rate of vegetable to animal proteins. The poor population of the urban areas lacks proteins. They eat mainly cereals and root crops like ignam and cassava which mainly contains starch and are not nutritious. To establish a facility for the production and sales of 880,000 day-old layer hen chicks per year in Koubri, Burkina Faso.
Sunpower for Sri Lanka Solarus develops, produces and sells hybrid solar PowerCollectors™ and integrated project solutions.Hybrid means that the PowerCollector™ combines generation of thermal (T) energy with the photovoltaic (PV) generation of electricity.Solarus Sunpower wants to demonstrate their PowerCollectors™ on Sri Lanka to gain access to the local market. The bottleneck with introducing a new technology (the hybrid technology is not known in Sri Lanka), is to gain trust and acceptance. This is vital to get local parties interested. To get this trust and acceptance, potential customers need to see the system in operation in the local climate. So, it is of vital importance that a demonstration site will be developed.
Analysis of avocado value chain in Colombia The purpose of this study is twofold:•	firstly, to analyse and map the intervention potential to stimulate local private sector development in the avocado value chain and,•	secondly, to look for business opportunities for Dutch companies within in the framework of the combi-track "Sustainable, climate resilient agri-food systems & forests", focused on sustainable sourcing and monitoring in the avocado value chain, connecting Colombian farmers to the Dutch (and EU) markets and consumers.The combi-track approach should make Colombian agri-food systems more productive and sustainable, creating new jobs and stimulating Colombian private sector initiatives, by applying Dutch knowledge & technology.
LAND-at-scale – Policy dialogue on legislative land governance and tenure rights for vulnerable IDPs (LAS23IQ1S) LAND-at-scale in Iraq consists of two complementary projects. Firstly, UN-Habitat will initiate and conduct national policy dialogue on the reform of laws related to land governance to address challenges faced by Iraqis while also contributing to securing tenure and protect housing, land and property (HLP) rights by registering and resolving land claims of Internal Displaced People (IDPs) and returnees in war-affected governorates in Sinjar. Secondly, the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HIIL) will identify existing small-scale initiatives addressing HLP issues in Sinjar and support these for further scaling and explore integration in the policy dialogue.
Scoping study land documentation This project entails a scoping study that aims to establish essential criteria for a large-scale land documentation effort in partnership with local partners and corporate members of the cocoa industry. The outcome of the study will help improve land documentation in Côte d’Ivoire. This outcome will strengthen the position of many smallholder farmers. The lack of proper land rights has far-reaching consequences on the position of smallholder farmers in Côte d’Ivoire since access to land is a critical prerequisite for sustainable livelihoods.
WASH Sanitation Specialist Bangladesh British Red Cross Safeguarding WASH services in Cox's Bazar under the growing number of Rohingya refugees.
Orange Corners DR Congo – Legal opinion The Orange Corners programme has been launched in the DR Congo.This programme includes financial contributions from private partners. The programme also has the ambition to be sustainable.In order to accommodate these dimensions of the Orange Corners programme in the DR Congo, legal advice concerning the Congolese law needs to be obtained on contracts, governance structures and the establishment of legal entities.
WASH Specialist Brazil UNICEF This project aims to advise and upgrade WASH sector coordination leadership functions at the national level and facilitate the application of global guidance and tools into the sector wide planning, strategy development, capacity development, monitoring and reporting and advocacy efforts.
Support to amend Vietnamese Law on Water Resources The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) of Vietnam approached the Netherlands for support to amend the Law on Water Resources (2012). The new Law on Water Resources is the core legal foundation that governs all aspects of national water resources management, exploitation, use and protection. In order to develop Vietnam's Law on Water Resources (amended) comprehensively, with high practicality and closeness to international practice, the Department of Water Resources Management of MoNRE hopes to cooperate, learn and absorb the experiences of advanced countries in the world, especially the Netherlands. This assignment serves to support and advise MonRE in amending the Law of Water Resources.This assignment has the following objectives:•	Support the team of MoNRE in amending the Law on Water Resources with expert knowledge derived from specific Dutch and international experiences;•	Improve the Vietnamese legal framework on Water Resource Management with strategic advice, a matrix of relevant amendments, articles from the old law and proposals for the new law, and punctual technical contributions;•	Coordinate with other development partners to ensure coherence in the advice.
Access to finance for horticulture farmers (PCB23UG01) Using the findings of the PADEO report, this project aims to explore and design the necessary interventions, needed to improve the value proposition of smallholder farmers (SHF), in particular women and youth, towards existing financial services providers (FSPs), building on the existing Embassy funded HORTIMAP project.
Growing Business Together: Growing young entrepreneurship in Ghana The purpose of this project is to contribute to the development of young entrepreneurship in Ghana. The Netherlands embassy in Accra is shifting its programmes and focus from ‘aid to trade’, under the adage of ‘Holland and Ghana: growing together’. In doing so, the Embassy increasingly works through and with the private sector. Private sector development forms an essential component of its agenda focussed on agriculture, health and water. Following similar developments elsewhere, Ghana has recently seen the launch of several private ‘start-up incubators’.The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) and Impact Hub Accra are two of the most well-known start-up incubators. Together, these initiatives have, so far, supported close to 100 companies in developing their business. Whereas young entrepreneurship has more priority, this hasn’t led to enough ‘critical mass’ to give this issue a definitive push. Efforts undertaken by the government of Ghana (such as the Youth Enterprise Agency and ‘YES’, Youth Enterprise Support) are yet to lead to the desired results. In 2015, the Netherlands embassy hired a consultant to study “The Startup Ecosystem in Accra and the role of the Netherlands Embassy”.The Netherlands embassy organized and supported several meetings with young entrepreneurs in connection with and as a follow-up to this report. The proposed program, #GrowingBusinessTogether, is based on the outcome of these activities and further deliberations. The Netherlands is home to a sizable Ghanaian diaspora, mainly in and around Amsterdam.Recently, there seems to be an increase in the number of Dutch Ghanaians returning to Ghana to set up or run their own business or are considering doing so. Specific incubator services that could assist these ‘repats’ or those willing to follow them in their wake currently do not exist. The programme will include this as well.
Ghana Horticulture Business The horticulture sector in Ghana, though underdeveloped, presents significant potential for economic growth and youth employment.The Netherlands embassy seeks to catalyze systemic change by focusing on specific areas within Ghana's horticultural industry, such as open field farming for domestic markets and professionalizing the sector. Dutch companies, particularly seed producers, are interested in investing in Ghana and collaborating on variety promotion, demonstrations, and training.Opportunities exist in low-tech nurseries, agricultural storage, and logistics, with future potential in greenhouses and irrigation technology. Collaboration between Ghanaian and Dutch firms, particularly in digital and sustainable solutions, offers mutual benefits.A seminar is planned to raise awareness of these opportunities and encourage Dutch businesses to engage in partnerships within the combi-track framework. The seminar will also showcase the results of ongoing projects, including the ACHI initiative, aimed at enhancing skills, sustainability, and Dutch-Ghanaian collaboration in horticulture.
Dam Expert Bangladesh UNHCR (DSS18BD05) Feasibility assessment and preliminary design on the upgrade of the Shalbon Reservoir to increase the surface water storage capacity from rainwater in the Nayapara Camp. The water storage aims to substitute water trucking during periods of drought.
World Hydrogen Summit 2023 – Hosting green hydrogen delegations (CERF23NL2O) CERF is collaborating on the government level in order to contribute to the development of the green hydrogen sector in several of the partner countries.The World Hydrogen Summit & Exhibition (WHS) in Rotterdam, is a yearly event that brings together green hydrogen players from all over the world. It contributes to collaboration between countries, policy development, innovation and increased investment and business opportunities.CERF invited and hosted governmental delegations from Algeria, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and South Africa. Networking and matchmaking events where offered, as well as round tables, all in close collaboration with the International Clean Energy Partnership (ICEP).The activity contributed to further strengthening the bilateral relation between the Netherlands and the partner countries and offered the chance to explore opportunities for collaboration and increased investments, contributing to decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors.