Marvellous Afghan Marmar Note: This project has been cancelled, because the Dutch partner has not been able to fulfil his obligations. The partners will establish a marble extraction and processing facility in Kabul.The main activity of the business will be to extract blocks of marble and to process these in polished slabs and tiles. The marble will be extracted from a mine located in Wardak. The local partner has a mining license and the extraction rights for this mine.The applicant is Henri Beheer B.V. from the Netherlands. Local partner Rahmat Fazal Construction and Construction Materials Producing Company Ltd (RFCC) is an Afghan construction and marble mining company. Maveco B.V. will be responsible for the operational and technical management, trainings, purchasing of the hardware, and international marketing, sales and distribution of the slabs and tiles. RFCC will be responsible for the daily management, P&O, local sales, export and permits.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The partners are committed manage their business professional and to prevent any negative effects. Labour standards of the joint venture will reflect the project partners' current human resource policies.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsThe project will create a total of 44 permanent jobs. The partners will offer good working conditions like competitive wages (at least 400% above the minimum wage), freedom to associate, and a working environment free of discrimination.Furthermore, all employees will receive a social security package including health insurance. They will also receive fringe benefits include free meals and transport to the production site.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe partners will transfer the knowledge of processing marble into high quality slabs and tiles with modern equipment to Afghanistan. This is new for Afghanistan. The knowledge is very useful for a country rice of natural stone resources. The natural stone sector can become an important economic sector in Afghanistan.•	Chain effectsImpact on local suppliersThe commercial partners that will benefit directly from these partners are the suppliers of goods like fuel, electricity, water, telephone services, ICT services and maintenance, transport companies, international freight companies, etc.Impact on local customers or consumersAt least 8 local suppliers will benefit directly from this project by increased income.•	EnvironmentCompared to current extraction practices (using explosives) this project will have a positive impact on the environment. All employees are expected to contribute to an environmental friendly production process, through training in environmental guidelines. Emphasis will be on waste and water management, as well as fuel and power saving. A special environmental friendly filter will be installed to filter the waste water so it can be re-used.•	Position of womenTwo out of 44 employees, or 5% of the workforce, will consist of women. The partners will also offer opportunities to a group of 15 local women, who will get the marble fragments for free. With these fragments they will be able to make mosaic works which can be sold later on. To establish a marble extraction and processing facility and with an annual sales of 200,000 m2.