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Cambodia - Expansion of production facilities in Siem Reap With a loan from DGGF Pactics Group Holding BV will be able to expand its production facilities in Cambodia allowing for further strategic growth. The investment will contribute to the creation of additional employment for up to 400 people locally, of which 80% will be female employees.
Pactics is a manufacturer of travel- and lifestyle products, based in Cambodia, with offices in HK, USA and NL. The group was established in 2004 and was initially mainly producing microfiber products (pouches and cleaning cloths) for eyewear companies. Through the recent years, Pactics has successfully diversified its production assortment to include also travel, luggage (T&L) and sportswear products. To accommodate the growing customer base and the respective demand, as a result of the above diversification, Pactics aims for the expansion of the production facility in Siem Reap.
Energy Kits for Opportunities In order to provide access to energy, Rural Spark B.V. provides plug & play energy solutions (the Rural Spark Energy Kit) to local distribution companies in Sub-Saharan Africa. To be able to provide these partners, Rural Spark will have to shorten its delivery time. Having to produce on order, the lead time would be 6 months, restricting our partners to place an order. With DGGF-TA Rural Spark was able to produce and ship them to a warehouse in Mumbai, from where delivery times are shortened to a month. With this DGGF-TA, 3 local staff were supported, as well as 275 sub-agents in DR Congo, Kenya and Senegal. A total of 120 people were trained on how to use the product, as well as how to carry out technical services and sales techniques. The Rural Spark solution enables households and small businesses to gain access to electricity, providing a world of opportunities related to improving income, health and education.
Talk360 South Africa Talk360 is the easiest calling app to make reliable and affordable phone calls to any offline number in the world. Unique to Talk360 is that this service is made accessible for the underbanked as well. End-users are mostly poor communities and minorities in South Africa. The DGGF-TA has enabled Talk360 to further develop services in South Africa. A local entity has been created and has supported 10 direct jobs and 18 indirect jobs in the form of micro-entrepreneurs selling the product. Over 200 people have been trained and are able to understand the product and have improved their sales skills.
Frank about importing Sri Lankan tea Tea, after water, is world’s most consumed beverage. Sri Lanka is the biggest tea producing country after China, India and Kenya. The yearly growth of the tea sector worldwide is 3% to 5%. The fastest growing segment within the tea sector is the high quality premium tea with a yearly growth of 11%. FRANK About Tea B.V. created a supply chain skipping the tea auction and any middlemen, which resulted in a tea supply chain that is 6 times shorter. Not only is the tea fresher and the quality higher, but there is also complete transparency from harvest to product. FRANK About Tea works with a climate neutral tea producer Bogawantalawa in the tea region ‘Golden Valley’ in Sri Lanka. DGGF-TA allowed FRANK About Tea to import 3,500 kilos worth of tea (biodegradable bags and loose leaf) to the Netherlands with a pre-shipment finance. By buying a final product straight from the producer versus importing bulk tea, more value is kept in the origin country. With this import, 7 indirect jobs are supported and 3 people are being trained in the tea laboratory on mélanges and the use of all natural spices and herbs.
Laos Supporting coffee farmers in northern Laos Under the guidance of UPLAO, this project aims to create sustainable alternatives for ever expanding monocropping agriculture in the uplands of northern Laos. Upland farmers in this region traditionally have limited options to make cash for a living and mostly rely on the cultivation rubber which yields low prices and has a detrimental impact on the natural environment. The cultivation of rubber implies clear cutting of forests and through excessive use of chemicals, soils are depleted and watershed systems are polluted. This poses a threat to local ecosystems leaving local communities vulnerable to maintain their livelihoods. Over the past 3 years UPLAO been promoting shade-grown organic coffee cultivation as a high value and sustainable alternative for upland communities in the region. Besides providing farmers with sustainable livelihoods and at the same time combat ecological degradation as the coffee is grown in agroforestry settings. There are now over 70 households that have chosen to to convert to agroforestry coffee production and this project will help to further support these households to facilitate the success of this green conversion. For this a team of 5 technical field officers will be trained in all aspects of organic coffee cultivation. For two years they will lead all 70 households to a successful transition to organic agriculture and a first harvest of high-quality organic shade-grown coffee arabica. Ultimately this project will contribute to deliver this coffee to consumers in the west. Coffee that’s traceably not detrimental to the local society nor the ecosystem.
Driving sustainable lifestyle choices; HabitSwapp Market validation in India The Indian society is prone to diabetes and heart disease due to their historic diets and lifestyles, and an increase in overall income and easy access to products has led developing societies like India to emulate Western lifestyle consumption patterns. The general knowledge on some of the urgent environmental issues of today is very low most people are not aware that many of the sustainability issues that can affect them and their health are mostly caused by consumption of food, energy, water, etc. Lack of awareness how consumption affects health and the environment and limited ways to track or measure these, make it difficult to tackle these challenges effectively. HabitSwapp, formerly known as GreenerU, is an app designed to engage consumers and help them live healthier and more sustainable by using gamification and personalized advice to enable behavioural change of consumption habits in a fun competitive way. Better consumer choices will be enabled through the app by showing the carbon food print and nutritional value of items bought by the consumer and promoting and rewarding alternative choices. The app is offered through retailers who drive the majority of the consumption, as well as through health related partnerships.Technical Assistance (DGGF-TA) provides support to validate the app in the Indian market and adapt it to the local context. The project includes support for the market validation through a retailer pilot, identifying the right product-market fit by collecting data from test-users, selecting partners and developing a bankable business plan to prepare for scale-up investments after the pilot. The project directly supports 9 full-time jobs, indirectly supports 36 jobs, and enables knowledge transfer by providing workshops to 34 people about promoting sustainable food choices. Furthermore, during the pilot, the project will already have a positive impact on 10,000 Indian test users’  lifestyle choices and awareness of sustainable consumption. Upon successful completion, further investments will be explored and may lead to 200 new jobs within 5 years and has the potential to educate at least 10 million people on sustainable food choices.
Strengthening maternal and infant health care in deprived areas (Development Phase) Although development in Peru is rapid and considerable improvements have been made maternal and infant mortality rates remain relatively high especially in the more deprived areas. Infants born in rural forest areas and rural mountainous areas have the highest mortality risk with 38 and 33 deaths per 1,000 live births respectively. Also, the maternal mortality rate is with 103 dying for every 100,000 live births still high compared to other Latin American countries. An important contributor to the high mortality is the perinatal mortality of infants and mothers due to lack of quality public healthcare services and the low cultural adaptation to birth with professional assistance.The project is defined as the improvement of maternal and infant health care facilities and services of two hospitals with an important national and regional reference role. Focus is on improvement of physical infrastructure the delivery and instalment of medical equipment and operation and maintenance of the newly installed equipment. Another component of the project is the improvement and transfer of knowledge and skills in the selected hospitals through institutional strengthening technical assistance (organisational development) and the setting up of a tele-medicine system between the hospitals.
Wajir / Habaswein Water Supply Project (Development Phase) In the Wajir district 96 percent of the population does not have access to clean drinking water. The main objective of the project is making clean water available to Wajir towns on a continuous basis in order to decrease the vulnerability to droughts of its inhabitants and their cattle. The project is defined as the design construction and operation of a new water supply system to serve Wajir and Habaswein towns, Lagbogol centre and the surrounding communities. The potable water will be made available by pumping groundwater from the Merti aquifier which is approximately 110 km from Wajir. The project consists of:- Drilling developing and equipping boreholes, - Provision of clean water pumping equipment and storage facilities,- Construction of main(pipeline) from Habaswein to Wajir town,- Development of power generating system for pumping,- Construction of reticulation system for Habaswein and Wajir towns,- Standpipes and the connection of existing standpipes to the new water supply.
Setting up a healthcare ecosystem in Jorhat (India) and surroundings Ayursundra BV was established in 2009 in the Netherlands as a Healthcare Delivery Development Company. Although headquarters are in the Netherlands the current focus of the operational activities is North East India (Assam) where there is enormous potential for increasing the efficiency of the healthcare delivery system, while enhancing the quality of care towards the customer. The healthcare ecosystems that  Ayursundra develops for Jorhat consist of various medical facilities like diagnostic centres, a hospital and specialty centres. Not only will this give a boost to the available health care in the state of Assam, it will also provide 400-600 jobs. The medical facilities will obtain NABH and NABL certification.
Reinforcement of the Health Infrastructure in northern Kenya (Development Phase) Northern Kenya is characterised by poor infrastructure and high poverty levels. As a result of marginalisation and the peripheral location. The hospitals in these areas have received uneven attention in the past resulting in very poor healthcare services for the population. The aim of the project is to decentralize healthcare services so that less patients need to be referred to higher level hospitals and to reduce health inequalities. Furthermore, the capacity of the hospital staff should be strengthened and their living conditions should be improved which will attract hospital staff to the remote areas.The project can be defined as the rehabilitation of 13 district and provincial hospitals (primary secondary and tertiary hospitals) in the Northern and Eastern region of Kenya. The project includes (re-)construction provision of equipment maintenance and technical assistance. The main elements of the project include the following:- Rehabilitation works (e.g. of electricity and water painting lighting etc)- Provision of equipment (e.g. new equipment replacement and expansion)- On the job training for hospital staff (skills improvement capacity building).
Sewerage Network and Wastewater Treatment Plant of Bijeljina City (Implementation Phase) The project concerns the construction and operation of wastewater collection and treatment infrastructure in the town of Bijeljina.  The aim is to fully cover the centre of town with an adequate sewerage system. Main goals are: - Contribution to provide affordable wastewater services to its population as well as for local - industries.- Substantial contribution to improvement of the water quality for the recipient rivers Drina Sava and Danube- Protect the quality of the groundwater from pollution in such a way that the potable water wells are safe- Contribute to the basis for economic development of the Bijeljina growth.This project was inaugurated on May 23 2019, by the Major of Bijeljina and the Netherlands Ambassador in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Optimisation and sustainabilisation of ASA (aquaculture) in Ethiopia Dutch company Africa Sustainable Aquaculture (ASA) invested in the set-up of the first sustainable and commercial large-scale fish farm in Ethiopia.Through a DGGF-loan ASA is currently developing its aquaculture activities further. To strengthen the business case, to improve production capacity and to reduce the risks of the investments, Technical Assistance (DGGF-TA) is provided. The TA involves 1) setting-up of a research programme to improve fish quality, fish feed and the production process, 2) developing an export strategy to limit financial risks involved with foreign currency barriers in Ethiopia and 3) preparing for ASC-Certification of the facility to meet European standards and requirements for exports.The project is currently ongoing and expects to provide sustainable knowledge transfer by training 20 employees of the farm for certification. The results of the TA in Ethiopia will serve as a benchmark for further sustainable aquaculture development in East Africa.
Peru – Coffee Import With a DGGF Start-up loan Cultivar Coffees B.V. (Cultivar) will be able to purchase high-quality coffee from small producers in Peru through its local subsidiary. Cultivar sells it to roasters in the Netherlands and elsewhere in the world. The company strives to improve coffee quality together with farmers and other chain partners, in order to create value for farmers and to gain access to alternative markets where better (and more stable) prices are paid for the coffee beans to farmers. The financing mainly concerns working capital for the purchase of the coffee beans. The expected impact is local employment of approximately 22 FTEs at the local subsidiary. In addition, more than 300 indirect jobs at the coffee farms and an increased income for the farmers.With a DGGF Start-up loan Cultivar Coffees B.V. (Cultivar) will be able to purchase high-quality coffee from small producers in Peru through its local subsidiary. Cultivar sells it to roasters in the Netherlands and elsewhere in the world. The company strives to improve coffee quality together with farmers and other chain partners, in order to create value for farmers and to gain access to alternative markets where better (and more stable) prices are paid for the coffee beans to farmers. The financing mainly concerns working capital for the purchase of the coffee beans. The expected impact is local employment of approximately 22 FTEs at the local subsidiary. In addition, more than 300 indirect jobs at the coffee farms and an increased income for the farmers.
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Rehabilitation and extension of the water system of N’Djamena (Preparatory Studies) The public drinking water coverage in N’Djaména, the capital of Chad, is less than 30% of its population. Without intervention, this situation would deteriorate due to a lack of investments, the low operational performance of the water system and the rapidly increasing number of inhabitants of the city. The D2B-studies, conducted by Lyon-based engineering consultancy Cabinet Merlin, will provide all information necessary to improve the access to drinking water in the agglomeration of N’Djamena, with the national objective of 80% drinking water coverage in 2030.The project is also aimed at improving the overall performance of the supply system and at capacity building of the Société Tchadienne des Eaux (STE), the national operator of the drinking water system. RVO is working together with partners Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Union for the realisation of the implementation phase of the project.Feasibility Study
Construction of a new regional hospital and strengthening of the health system in Kayes (Additional Consultant Hospitals) Kayes is a city in West-Mali, a 10-hour drive from the capital Bamako. For the citizens of Kayes, the closest hospital offering specialisations such as traumatology is also located in Bamako. The Malian Ministry of Health has the ambition to build a new tertiary referral hospital in the periphery of the city of Kayes, with a complete set of tertiary care services. RVO commissioned the studies needed to carefully examine all options for this new hospital and the rehabilitation of the existing hospital in the city centre, which offers primary health care. The studies are conducted by A.M.P.C. Associated Medical Project Consultants B.V. and will also address the situation with respect to hygiene, maintenance of equipment, training of personnel and energy and water infrastructure for both the new and existing hospitals.Technical Assistance
Flood protection alongside the Mao river in Gelephu (Phase 2) 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 works of five bridges and their access roads in Conakry and Coyah Guinea Integration of the road networks of the city of Conakry and its peripheries, resulting in safer and faster travel and an increase in economic productivity and standard of life.
Rehabilitation of Kilimanjaro International Airport (Development Phase) The proposed transaction includes amongst others the realisation of the following activities:•	Extension of the existing parallel taxiway.•	Expansion and rehabilitation of the apron.•	Rehabilitation of the runway.•	Terminal rehabilitation.•	Training for KADCO staff on institutionalisation of maintenance and environmental management.
Securing a sustainable coffee supply chain In Colombia, due to the lack of a quality-based value chain, challenging infrastructure, and existing culture and traditions dominating the coffee sector, many smallholder specialty coffee farmers are forced to sell their coffee as normal coffee at lower prices and do not have access to international markets. Furthermore, coffee is traditionally treated as a commodity where profits often end up with the importers and traders rather than the smallholder farmers who produce the coffee. This leads to loss of income, quality decrease and unreached potential of specialty coffee and causes many farmers to live in poverty. A paradoxical situation, as the demand for specialty coffee in Europe continues to rise and international specialty coffee traders have difficulties meeting market demands.The Coffee Quest is a Dutch green coffee importer whose vision it is to create a balanced value chain for producers, traders, roasters and others to improve coffee quality and production capacity and with this, providing market access and premium prices to smallholder farmers in hopes to improve their livelihoods and incomes. In order to meet market demands and increase capacity, Technical Assistance (DGGF-TA) provided support to The Coffee Quest and its partners Medellin Mill SAS and TMO Import Export SAS.
Facility for Infrastructure Development (ORIO) The Facility for Infrastructure Development (ORIO) encourages public infrastructure development in upcoming markets and developing countries. ORIO contributes to the development, construction, expansion, operation and maintenance of public infrastructure in these countries. In this way, ORIO aims to contribute to human development and private sector development. It is untied aid. Netherlands Enterprise Agency administers ORIO at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands.
Ghana - Pre-financing shea production of smallholder farmers With a DGGF loan Sommalife Impact Group B.V. will be able to support shea nut smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana with pre-finance.
Sommalife aims to disburse funds early in the season (april-june) in order to support the farmers in bridging the gap of the low-season. During this low-season these farmers often run out of money which leads to a stronger need to search for additional income. One quick way of earning money is to cut down trees and sell it as charcoal. Ghana has already lost more than 20% of its original forestation and poverty is one of the contributing problems. 
Crucial results to make this project successful is early disbursement of funds to reduce poverty in early stages. A second good result is the recovery rate where Sommalife looks at how much of the disbursed funds they can recover from the farmers. As Sommalife does all the sourcing itself, they are not dependent on third party suppliers. To deliver their goods to the port and receive customer payments, third party truck transport is needed to deliver the goods. After the goods have been delivered and the customer has paid, the project can be seen as successful and does not require any additional funding to remain the impact. 
Apart from a lower need to cut trees for charcoal income, the project has other positive development effects like education on the value of trees and local employment. During the pre financing period, the farmers are trained and educated on the value of their trees and how cutting those trees will only worsen their longer-term income. The pre-financing period requires extra employment from Sommalife staff as staff members operational in the field, field agents, are required to return to the field extra times for education on pre-financing, disbursing the funds and recovering the funds.
Hydro-powered Pumping Solutions for Farmers Gum acacia / gum Arabic is hardened sap from the acacia tree. Most of the gum is sourced in Sudan and used in many industries, such as confectionary, beverages, cosmetics and health. In current gum acacia trade, in average 11 steps are between farmer and manufacturer, while processing takes place outside of Sudan. Farmers live below the poverty line and their average age is high, while there is no return from the benefits in the chain. FOGA adds value at the start of the chain by removing the steps and is able to give farmers a fair price. FOGA Sudan built two factories for processing of the gum. A cleaning factory and a processing factory. A pre-financing loan for 3 containers of gum and will support workers in the factory as well as farmers.