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Strengthening child protection systems of cocoa cooperatives in Côte d'Ivoire This project takes place in the Ivory Coast, the largest cocoa producing country in the world with an estimated 800,000 cocoa smallholder farmers. For several decades the topic of child labour has been on the radar in the cocoa industry. Research was implemented and a diversity of approaches to tackle this problem have been developed. Despite efforts made so far it remains a systemic challenge to be solved. Data varies, but to give an indication; a recent report (NORC, 2020) states that ca 790,000 children were engaged in child labour in the Ivorian cocoa production during the 2018/2019 cocoa season. Being aware of the challenges related to potential child labour, we see this project as an opportunity to increase our positive impact in our supply chain, together with local stakeholders.Our focus is on 4 cocoa cooperatives which are highly committed to address potential child labour among their member cocoa farmers. They are located in 4 cocoa producing regions: Sassandra, Lakota, Aboisso and San Pedro, covering more than 50 villages and 2,289 cocoa farmers.The cooperatives are very diverse and selected based on several factors, among which the results of our risk assessment and their strong motivation to be part of this project. The cooperatives are also very different in terms of number of members, systems and activities in place to address potential child labour, medium and high intensity of the cocoa production areas, certification status and reported cases of child labour so far.During the first phase of the project we research the occurrence and causes of child labour among the specific cooperatives. This local impact assessment will give in-depth insights into the current situation and serve as a starting point for a second project to design and carry out effective downsizing measures of child labour within the supply chain.Our approach is based on strengthening the collaboration with relevant public and private stakeholders in order to increase our impact together. Hereby we have a bottom up approach whereby our focus is on understanding and listening to the farmers and cooperatives involved. Being aware that poverty is one of the root causes for child labour, the topic household income and income surveys will be an important element of this project.The ultimate goal is to play our role in ensuring that the cocoa supply chain will become truly sustainable, for all actors in the supply chain, most importantly the cocoa farmers. Both Baronie and Cemoi are strongly motivated to reduce the risk of child labour in our supply chains and support and implement activities that can support reducing the risk of child labour in the supply chain.
Curriculum development for Solar Impactcluster Despite Nigeria being one of the largest oil and gas producing countries in the world, it struggles to provide power. Solar power could help fill this gap. However, there is a lot of room for growth for the solar sector.Specifically, there is a knowledge gap between Dutch and Nigerian vocational training in the commercial and industrial (C&I) solar sector.The goal of this project is therefore to bridge the knowledge gap between Dutch and Nigerian vocational training in the C&I solar sector.This project allows for the transfer of expertise and knowledge by providing knowledge through training programmes to improve technical installation and maintenance skills and business development skills in the renewable energy sector.
Thu Duc City Flood Risk Management The objective of the assignment is to prepare the technical and analytical foundations for Thu Duc city flood risk management investments formulation (three phases) and to provide advancing supports for the preliminary designs for the first investment project preparations.
Support in Ecosystem Mapping Upper Egypt, May 2023 This project aims to provide assistance in the preparation and execution of a thorough mapping of the current entrepreneurial ecosystem in Upper Egypt. By extensive desk research and by engaging directly with local incubation programmes, knowledge institutions, government organisations, entrepreneurial champions, aspiring students and all other relevant stakeholders, an assessment of the current ecosystem is delivered.
Development of sustainable dairy villages in Indonesia The project will focus on two Cooperatives in West-Java, which will supply Frisian Flag Indonesia (FFI) with high quality milk which they can process into milk products. Dairy villages, Milk Cooling Points, a milk collection system and a milk pricing system will be set up, which will employ members of the cooperatives.Furthermore, an extension service of the Cooperatives will be trained in new techniques. It is indicated that currently, 75% of Indonesian milk and milk products is imported, 25% is domestically supplied.Agriculture industry development is a priority for the Indonesian government as it is considered an important way for rural households to farm themselves out of poverty. Through the milk products supplied in this Public Private Partnership project, the Indonesian consumer will get better access to sufficient qualitative dairy products with high nutritional value.When successful, the approach of supplying FFI with milk through Cooperatives could be expanded to other Cooperatives.
Development of a Decision Support Tool for Integrated Coastal Protection in the Mekong Delta What are the results of the project?The main objective of the DST is to provide information on the performance of various coastal protection options along the Vietnamese coast. Largely based on information and methods practiced in the actual Technical Guideline for sea dikes (TG), the tool helps to enhance system understanding by visualizing current system functioning and the possible impacts of future (external) developments on design water level and wave heights at critical locations. Further, it provides some preliminary insights in the costs and benefits of a varied set of coastal protection options that best suits the needs for protection and its coastal characteristics. This enables comparison on robust and flexible alternatives. The tool is designed for use by specialists, open to be fully adapted to local circumstances. Due to the lack of information, many assumptions have been made in order to be able to make a comprehensive assessment involving all relevant factors. The aim was to include all factors that determine the scope, design, costs and benefits of basic coastal protection schemes. Especially assumptions regarding the development of the foreshore and mangrove bed level (vertical adaptation), land subsidence, dike consolidation and also wave attenuation by mangroves and over muddy foreshores play a major role in the results and require additional research. All these factors, as well as the wave transmission over breakwaters, determine the wave height at the toe of the dike, and as a consequence also its design and costs. However, also the functional period considered and especially the discount rate applied, also play a major role. An area that certainly needs further exploration is that of flood benefits. So far critical information is lacking on inundation, flood damages curves and more that would allow a meaningful assessment of the damages avoided in the case of coastal protection. The DST shows what factors are very critical and hence also where there are critical gaps in information that need to be closed, in order to improve upon the assessment and comparison of different coastal protection schemes. The tool also provides a second - less technical - interface, to be used for demonstration and policy analysis.
Study visit on sustainable development of coffee region Junin This project is a direct follow-up of a Sustainable and Inclusive Business Scan conducted in September 2016, assigned by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Lima, Peru. Potential opportunities for Dutch private sector involvement were identified during this assignment in water and soil management, valorisation of waste streams, circular economy technology and expertise, sustainable infrastructure development, and spatial development. These themes relate to several sectors and value chains that were assessed: agrifood, urban development, logistics and waste management. The sustainable coffee sector was identified as having a high potential for growth and impact. Several essential stakeholders, such as SNV, Agriterra, Solidaridad, and Coopchebi, were interviewed. There is a plan to create a cross-sectoral approach to improve the coffee value chain and enhance cooperation between Peruvian and Dutch stakeholders. The first step towards this goal is an exploratory business mission to Selva Central, which involves the Dutch coffee sector.The Embassy of the Netherlands in Lima requested MVO Nederland to prepare and organise a mission to the ExpoAlimentaria in Lima and La Selva Central with the objective to:  •	Bring together the essential national and regional players in the value chain;•	Introduce Dutch experts on sustainable regional development and sustainable production;•	Identify business opportunities for Peruvian and Dutch companies.•	The overall outcome of the mission is that Peruvian and Dutch stakeholders and businesses have expressed serious interest in joint future cooperation. The final report provides insight into the outcome and the opportunities for follow-up. In 2018 MVO Nederland will be organizing and hosting networking sessions to inspire companies, keep the network engaged and mobilise new stakeholders to join. Moreover, MVO Nederland will be safeguarding the process for creating a project that unites a variety of business cases that will have a sustainable impact in both the La Selva region in Peru and the Netherlands.
Bio-methanol in Zimbabwe Solid Hydrogen B.V. (SH) develops innovative services and technologies for the energy transition, especially in shipping. According to SH, methanol is seen as one of the most promising options as a green fuel suitable for shipping. Cheap biomass as a raw material is required to make bio-methanol. Zimbabwe is a country with an enormous maize production and therefore a country with sufficient biomass. The edible part of the corn (the primary biomass) is harvested, but the vast majority is burned by farmers. The secondary part is currently still a low-quality residual product with which a lot of value can be created by using this biomass through a gasification process. This technology and process is already available and has been used in the chemical industry for many years.SH wants to invest in a small-scale factory in Zimbabwe that will produce bio-methanol that can be used by the shipping industry to sail CO2 neutrally. By first investing in a small-scale production facility and demonstrating that a reliable supply chain can be set up, and a high-quality (green) fuel can be produced, bio-methanol may be produced in Zimbabwe on a much larger scale in the longer term.With this project, SH wants to demonstrate that it can set up a robust supply chain on a small scale and prove that there is a strong business case for bio-methanol from secondary biomass from Zimbabwe.
Uganda-DRC cross border trade A market scan on cross-border trade between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will generate strategic information for traders on agribusiness opportunities, general trade barriers, and trends along the Uganda-DRC border areas. This scan can enable discussions among relevant stakeholders about improving the current situation, as there seem to be opportunities for more trade if the right conditions are created for, amongst others, the Dutch private sector.
Blue Drop, Green Crop The aim of this project is to create a metropolitan food cluster in South Africa. Aqua-Terra Nova BV has been commissioned to carry out this project.
Responsible Kenyan Gold The Responsible Kenyan Gold project seeks to improve working conditions and incomes for miners by providing mine sites from Kakamega and Migori Counties with access to finance, technical trainings and markets. Finance will be opened up to enable groups to invest in enhanced, cleaner extractive and processing equipment, reducing reliance on mercury and increasing recovery of gold.Technical trainings will focus on formalization and responsible production and, finally, a route to market will be pioneered for responsibly mined gold to reach export markets. These tools combined will enable groups to continuously improve their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance to align with pre-existing market performance frameworks, including Fairtrade certification.
Sector Study Start-Ups Indonesia Indonesia and the Netherlands have experienced rapid development of the (tech) startup ecosystems in recent years. The Dutch government aims to internationalize the startup ecosystem as one of its major priorities, according to its policy note titled "Investing in Global Prospects".Various sectors show positive growth in both the Dutch and Indonesian Startup Ecosystems, including in the areas of Health, Agriculture, Water, Sustainability, and Logistics. As the Indonesian ecosystem continues to mature, numerous opportunities arise, but so do challenges.This study aims to provide proper and public information on the areas where the Netherlands and Indonesia can engage, taking into account the opportunities and challenges in the Indonesian Startup Scene. As Indonesia is becoming an increasingly strategic partner for trade, the analysis focuses on areas where the Netherlands' private sector can add value, particularly those where Indonesian ecosystem players can benefit. The study will elaborate on various ways and forms where Indonesian and Dutch public and private sectors can interact through several “Business Cases” and recommendations, including an overview of commercially interesting areas to engage.
Coordination of public/private partnership and promoting access to universal birth registration in Côte d’Ivoire Lack of birth registration tends to negatively impact child labour prevalence. Children without legal identity are more at risk of becoming victims of trafficking and / or child labour than children that have their births registered. While access to school is guaranteed to all children, passing from primary to secondary school requires a birth certificate which leaves many children out of school. Out of school children are at particular risk of becoming victims of child labour as without proper education opportunities for professional training and apprentice. Furthermore, children victim of trafficking are often without legal identity and nationality thereby at greater risk for illegal work and child labour.Although major progress has been made, 32% of children under one year old are still not registered (Côte d’Ivoire Annual Vital Statistics Report, 2021) and the cocoa growing regions in Côte d’Ivoire have some of the lowest birth registration rates. In order to accelerate progress in birth registration and ensure that every child has a legal identity, UNICEF Côte d’Ivoire is supporting the Government of Côte d’Ivoire in 3 key areas of intervention:1.	Scaling-up interoperability with the health sector by integrating civil registration into routine health processes as a cost-effective manner to increase birth registration rate 2.	Operationalizing the Special Law allowing for late registration of children free of charge for systematic registration of children who do not have a birth certificate3.	Facilitating and strengthening public-private collaboration between private companies, targeting primarily the cocoa sector, and the Government to jointly address the issue of (late) birth registration as well as direct efforts towards civil registration system strengthening for more sustained actionsThese activities will be implemented in a target cocoa-producing region in order to test and document the results achieved with a view to future scaling up in other regions of Côte d’Ivoire.The project will help strengthen the position of Côte d’Ivoire as a pioneer champion country for birth registration and will contribute to the fight against child labour in the cocoa sector. In this pilot government actors of Cote d'Ivoire and private sector actors will join forces to increase birth registration in cocoa producing regions.
Keynote Lukas Ley – Building on Borrowed Time The Partners for Water programme organized a lecture by Lukas Ley, about tidal flooding and its effect on the everyday life of the coastal residents of Semarang, Indonesia. This lecture was for everyone who would like to better understand the complexity of urban flood management and community well-being.Based on participant observation in North Semarang, Ley showed how an array of dysfunctional flood protection systems generates everyday problems with chronic breakdown and disrepair of infrastructure, that often hinder communities from engaging with future-oriented efforts to mitigate the threats of ecological crisis.
WASH Cluster Coordinator Burkina Faso UNICEF The WASH Cluster Coordinator in Burkina Faso for UNICEF will improve the coordination and functioning of the five subnational coordination platforms in Burkina Faso for the WASH sector. This will support a well-coordinated and effective WASH response by actors in Burkina Faso.
Integrated poultry production for food security in Burundi 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 complete chicken production chain in Kayanza to produce 19,000 packed chickens per week for the local and regional market.
Knit your bit Dutch garment enterprises are looking to Vietnam for sourcing and investment opportunities as Vietnam is recognised by the market for the quality of the products at a good price. The business opportunities can only be fully developed if and when the Vietnamese garment and textile sector is able to comply with the growing demand for CSR practise and standards.The objective of this project, carried out by the Fair Wear Foundation, BCSI NL and CBI, is to improve sustainable purchasing practises of companies that supply to the Dutch market and that of their Vietnamese suppliers. This will result in 25 buyers and at least 25 of their Vietnamese suppliers having improved their business practices with regard to one of the most urgent social or environmental issues. One hundred Vietnamese factory managers and another eight European buyers will be made aware of the most urgent CSR issues and how they can be addressed.
Uruguay emergency mission (DRR15UY03) The DRR-team was requested to support the  Uruguayan government in the field of water management, with a focus on drainage and sewerage in the Department of Canelones. The emergency mission took place in February 2015. This mission focussed on the dike protecting Ciudad del Plata central.
WASH Technical Advisor Bangladesh IOM This project entails the technical expertise on all WASH activities requiring civil engineering knowledge, especially in water and sanitation engineering.
Needs assessment Port of Algiers With this project, a thorough assessment will be conducted of the current operational, organisational and infrastructural capacity, challenges and related needs of the Port of Algiers in the areas of port development and management in general and, more specifically, cruise terminal development and management. This assessment will be placed in the context of the existing development plans, market developments, the construction of the new port at El Hamdania, and the goal of diversification of the Algerian economy. It will provide the Dutch government with information for subsequent projects that aim to enable the port of Algiers to handle current and future challenges and take full advantage of the opportunities.
Trade mission Offshore energy and dredging Trade mission Offshore energy and dredging.
Trade Mission Agri-Business to Bangladesh (PTM22BD01) The goal of this trade mission is to strengthen the relationship between Bangladesh and The Netherlands and enhance private sector and economic cooperation in the field of agriculture: Seeds & Horticulture, including arable and protected horticulture, potato and floriculture; and Dairy.Through the mission, the following goals can be achieved within these priority sub-sectors:1.	Business-to-business cooperation between Dutch and Bangladeshi SMEs is stimulated by networking and matchmaking;2.	Focus is on trade and investments that benefit people, create jobs and preferably, are accompanied by the transfer of knowledge and skills;3.	Through business cooperation, the aim is to enhance food and nutritional security in Bangladesh by ensuring the consistent supply of quality agricultural inputs including resilient varieties, promoting sustainable production technologies and appropriate mechanisation and storage.The goal of this trade mission is to strengthen the relationship between Bangladesh and The Netherlands and enhance private sector and economic cooperation in the field of agriculture: Seeds & Horticulture, including arable and protected horticulture, potato sector, and Dairy.
Business forum Windhoek As part of former Prime Minister Rutte's visit to Namibia and South Africa on 19 and 20 June 2023, the Netherlands embassy in Pretoria, South Africa organized two business forums in Windhoek (Namibia) and Pretoria (South Africa).On his visit, former Prime Minister Rutte was accompanied by five Dutch key players in the Green Hydrogen (GH2) field:•	Port of Rotterdam,•	Invest International,•	Gasunie,•	TNO and•	VNO-NCW.During the business forums, these businesses and other Dutch, Namibian and South African GH2 players discussed the needs and the opportunities in the respective countries for developing the GH2 economy. Agreements, that will further contribute to the transition, were signed.
Scoping Mission South Sudan (DRR14SS02) Engineering Technical Advisor Flood control in Mission South Sudan, Bentiu Camp.
Technical Assistance to the Programme Management Unit The main goal of this project is to assist the Programme Management Unit (PMU) in the implementation of the Jakarta Coastal Defence Strategy. As a result of the support, the PMU should be widely recognised as the designated authority capable of effectively guiding and managing the implementation of the strategy.
Design and innovate with locally available materials for economic and environmental impact in Africa (Phase II) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in Developing Markets.Design and innovate with locally available materials for economic and environmental impact.Phase II: Prototype development for local context and (large-scale) practical tests.
Orange Corners Sudan The purpose of this project is twofold. First, to raise awareness about the opportunities for entrepreneurship among young Sudanese and to encourage them to start their own business. Secondly, to develop and strengthen the startup infrastructure in Sudan by offering an incubation programme in Khartoum for 120 young entrepreneurs and enabling them to create new innovative businesses. Through this project, the youth employment agenda of the policy note ‘Investing in Future Prospects’ by the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation is carried out.
Holland Branding promotion for Nigeria Holland Branding promotion for Nigeria Seed4Change impact Cluster project
DRRS Kazakhstan 2024  - Floodings – Data and modelling specialist Early April 2024 large floodings have taken place in both Russia and downstream Kazakhstan. More than 110,000 people have been forced to evacuate in Russia and Kazakhstan after fast-melting snow swelled the Ural River, Europe’s third-longest river, causing it to burst its banks and flood cities and towns along its path. More than 97,000 people were evacuated in Kazakhstan alone, according to the emergencies ministry, while at least 12,000 people have been moved to safety in Russia, mainly from the worst-hit Orenburg region. The Dutch government has been asked to support the Kazach government in their response.