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SEE-Clean Cooking: Support to the WCA Alliance for the African Biodigester Component (ABC) – Bridging Grant The West and Central African Alliance (WCA Alliance) for biodigesters is an initiative of eight African Heads of States and Governments to accelerate biodigester uptake in the region.The WCA Alliance advises its member states on the necessary conditions required for their biodigester markets to flourish. Hivos East Africa, as the WCA Alliance Support Implementer for the African Biodigester Component (ABC) programme, provides support to the WCA Alliance and its member governments to carry out their mandate.
SEE-Clean Cooking: Enabling Environment Support for the African Biodigester Component (ABC) in Uganda In Uganda, the African Biodigester Component (ABC) programme is implemented by a consortium led by SNV and GIZ.GIZ, in collaboration with the Ugandan Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD), focuses on enabling environment interventions for the programme. This includes capacity building for sector associations, policy formulation, and regulatory support to enable a thriving local biodigester market.
Data driven aquaculture capacity building A new project that aims to improve the technical and economic performance of Tanzanian fish farmers, has been launched. The project will develop a training tool based on accurate data on fish farm performance in Tanzania. Aquaculture trainers often lack knowledge of the issues that Tanzanian farmers face and rely on outdated, inaccurate, or international farm conditions when designing courses. The new training tool and method will be developed based on data collected from representative farmers. This practical approach will ensure that the tool is tailored to the needs of Tanzanian fish farmers. The tools and knowledge gained from the project will be made available to the wider sector and students.
Demonstration of Maveco saws in the West Bank Maveco Stone Machinery B.V. was founded in 1985, is the legal owner of former "Van Voorden Machine fabriek" since 2004. Maveco is specialized in the developing and manufacturing natural stone quarrying and processing equipment. Maveco wants to perform a demonstration in Palestine with modern block saws (for marble blocks up to 25,000 kilos) for a potential buyer of over 200 quarries. Demonstration of modern block saws for Palestinian quarries.
Virtual hydrogen mission and dialogue In order to feed to bilateral dialogue and cooperation on hydrogen between Morocco and the Netherlands, this series of 3 virtual events presents Moroccan and Dutch hydrogen strategies and introduces key hydrogen projects in the Netherlands to Moroccan governmental representatives as a base for dialogue.
MAHALI POA (Phase I) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in Developing Markets.Design and innovate with locally available materials for economic and environmental impact.Phase I: Feasibility study.
Technical Expert to support MHPSS Coordination Egypt United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) The Technical MHPSS Expert will enhance technical support and expertise for MHPSS coordination and capacity building in different areas. That will strengthen the coordination mechanisms and tools accessible to the Ministry of Health of Egypt and humanitarian actors.
Fact Finding Mission Agri-Food The implementation of a Fact Finding Mission, which aims to identify opportunities and obstacles for Dutch companies that want to invest in the agri-food sector in Guatemala, Nicaragua and at a regional level. Also, identification of potential DGGF, LED and FDOV projects will be implemented, as well as exploration of possibilities for G2G and K2K collaboration.This project was implemented within the framework of the L4ED programme (Local Economic Development/Leads for Economic Diplomacy) and initiated by the Netherlands representation. The project aimed to contribute to (the enabling environment for) local private sector development as well as economic diplomacy. It concerns a small intervention that serves as catalyser for further developments.
DRRS Mozambique 2023 - Teamleader In February 2023, Mozambique suffered from heavy and persistent rains due to the passage of cyclone FREDDY. Due to strong winds and ongoing heavy rainfall, there was an above normal flow in the river basin throughout the country, isolating several districts, especially in the central region. This resulted in deaths, displacements and the destruction of socio-economic infrastructure, worsening the already critical humanitarian situation in-country.Mozambique has requested technical assistance through the DRRS programme. The aim is to reduce the risk of natural disasters caused by water through the definition of short, medium and long-term prevention and mitigation measures. This will be done by demonstrating the added value of an inclusive integrated approach by organizing a collaboration workshop with local authorities, funding organizations and diverse stakeholders, stressing the wider context of cyclone or flood threat in Mozambique and emphasizing the importance of sustainably achieving resilience for cities, communities, economies and ecologies.
Connection private sector to Extended Producer Responsibility legislation The purpose of this project is to assist the Kenyan Ministry of Environment and Forestry in their aim to validate their draft legislation on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) with stakeholders from the private sector, and to have a final legal check on the text on legal irregularities or inconsistencies.As the new legislation must align with the business interests of the private sector, the Ministry requested Dutch expertise on including the input from the Kenyan private sector into the proposed legislation, taking the Dutch experiences into account.
Shiraka Training Programme Energy Transition 2021 The objective of this annual course is for civil servants and relevant semi-public organisations working in the field of energy transition to share their knowledge and skills, enabling them to lead and inspire the energy transition in their home countries, communities and cities. Every year the training focusses on a topic related to the climate table. The course also aims to strengthen participants' ties with the Netherlands and stakeholders in the Dutch energy sector.
Study visit Ethiopian Railway Corporation (Part II) This project aims to better equip the Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) and the Ethio Djibouti Railways (EDR) to critically discuss with other Ethiopian stakeholders and Dutch counterparts improvements in the Addis-Djibouti Railway to allow better transportation of perishable ware.
Pillar 2 – RBC Agreement for the Food Products Sector, basic activities Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) agreementsThe Dutch government has concluded agreements on responsible business conduct (RBC) with Dutch sectors and civil society organisations. The agreements set out how companies can work with civil society organisations and government to prevent abuses in the areas of human rights, labour rights and the environment.Goal of this projectSupporting civil society organisations to make their knowledge available to play a role in the implementation of the RBC Agreement for the Food Products Sector.The civil society organisations contribute to reduction of International Corporate Social Responsibility (ICSR) risks in international value chains conform their commitments, as set out in the RBC Agreement.NoteFVO's Pillar 2 projects support civil society organizations that make their knowledge of human rights due diligence and (international) network accessible to help achieve the goals of the ICSR covenants. Businesses, social organizations and government work together in ICSR covenants, to make value chains more sustainable. The covenants are organized by sector. The sectors have international value chains in multiple production countries/regions.RemarkDue to the transparency with regard to the IATI projects, a non-ODA country has been included in this project.For more information, please visit the website of the Government of the Netherlands:•	Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) agreements (https://www.government.nl/topics/responsible-business-conduct-rbc/responsible-business-conduct-rbc-agreements)
River Waste collection and Processing Can Tho, Vietnam Vietnam is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change, with severe adaptation challenges, especially in the Mekong Delta. Despite a relatively high rate of (informal) solid urban waste recycling, the current economy leads to the depletion of precious resources. It does not account for negative externalities exerted upon the environment. A circular economy presents a sustainable solution to part of the socio-economic and environmental challenges resulting from the current linear economic model in Vietnam. Moreover, Organizations like the governmental Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) are interested in the potential of circular economy strategies.In January 2019, a Memorandum of Understanding on River Plastic Interception in the Mekong Delta Pilot Project was signed between The Ocean Cleanup (TOC), Can Tho City Department of Natural Resources (Can Tho DONRE), Can Tho City Resilience City Office (CRO), College of Environment and Natural Resources of Can Tho University (CTU).This project will result in a local in-depth study giving a clear overview of the type of waste collected, the pathways to process the collected waste, to boost local knowledge of waste technologies, to mobilize capital and to bring the Vietnamese and Dutch private sector together to take up the challenges. The project is one of the activities of the Embassy under its Multi-Annual Strategy regarding Circular Economy.
Economic mission to Guinea This project concerns an economic mission for Dutch entrepreneurs of two days to Guinea-Conakry, most notably in the agriculture and maritime (incl. water) sectors.
Training Logistics & Planning and Intermodal Transport Given various developments in the maritime sector on a national and regional scale, the Comision Portuaria Nacional Guatemala faces significant challenges for development. Understanding international standards and best practices is crucial to deal with these challenges. A similar program has been successfully executed in 2015 with the support of NUFFIC in Nicaragua. Participants were 23 managers from the Empresa Portuaria Nacional Nicaragua and five from Guatemala.The goal is to improve efficiency in Guatemalan ports and logistics sector. The project will contribute by training 25 managers from different ports on Logistics & Planning and Intermodal Transport to further disseminate knowledge on international best practices in the Guatemalan port sector.Training will be given in most probably in Guatemala to managers from Guatemalan ports on both coasts of the country.
Integrated Coastal Zone Development approach Quintana Roo Integrated Coastal Zone Development approach Quintana Roo.
Support for MARD’s Restoration and Sustainable Management of Coastal Forests in the Mekong Delta Project The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in cooperation with Asian Development Bank (ADB), is developing a program to support coastal mangrove restoration in the Mekong Delta. The key objective of the program is to mitigate and prevent coastal erosion in the Mekong Delta and to respond to the climate change impacts in the region. One of the effective measures that were identified is mangrove restoration including sustainable management of coastal mangroves.The ambition of this assignment is to provide technical advice MARD, with the goal to provide answers to current knowledge gaps and bring the project proposal an important step closer to implementation. By supporting this project, the government of The Netherlands aims to stimulate to uptake of nature based solutions combined with sustainable livelihood models in the Mekong Delta. The ultimate goal is to improve water security and water safety in the area. For this purpose, international and local expertise on mangrove development and aquasilviculture is required to advise on specific approaches to harmonize the engineering and livelihood aspects of the project on five locations specified by MARD’s Management Board for Forestry Projects (MBFP).This assignment builds on earlier conclusions drawn about implementation of mangrove restoration during the validation mission in 2022. MARD specifically requested expertise to fill knowledge gaps in the areas of 1)	dealing with land subsidence and 2)	sustainable livelihood models. For this purpose, a team of consultants will be tasked with performing field work in five locations specified by and under the guidance of MARD MBFD. This assignment will include some data collection on the specific circumstances in these locations, and synthesising this data to identify both technically feasible strategies for mangrove development in these areas, and mechanisms and incentives to support long-term mangrove development, transform to mangrove-based livelihood models, and adapt to climate change. Finally, these strategies need to be reviewed in light of the economic development planning of these areas, such as land use planning, coastal forestry planning and the Mekong Delta Integrated Regional Plan.
Sustainable Pig Farming in Georgia This project will demonstrate Specific Pathogen-Free (SPF) pig breeding, based on group housing and feeding stations. The concept meets the requirement of a high level of animal welfare, but also a high health level, leading to an efficient use of feed and limited need for antibiotics.
UNHCR Sudan WASH Officer The UNHCR Sudan WASH Officer aims to support the UNHCR operation in three refugee settlements in Eastern Sudan, mainly in terms of:•	Leadership and coordination;•	WASH strategy, planning and programme support;•	Technical assistance and capacity building;•	Monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance;•	Reporting and accountability.
Communications campaign post-Ebola The Senegalese Agency of the Senegalese Ministry of Tourism and Leisure (Agence Sénégalaise de Promotion Touristique, ASPT) will set up a communications campaign to promote Senegal as a tourist destination. This is of special importance in the post-Ebola period.This project was implemented within the framework of the L4ED programme (Local Economic Development/Leads for Economic Diplomacy) and initiated by the Netherlands representation. The project aimed to contribute to (the enabling environment for) local private sector development as well as economic diplomacy. It concerns a small intervention that serves as catalyser for further developments.
LAND-at-scale – Egypt land governance study This study has taken place in the context of the LAND-at-scale programme. The main objectives of the study were 1)	To provide a solid analysis of existing land governance practices at the national and local level, building on existing studies, and with a focus on aspects relevant for a blended participatory land tenure approach. 2)	To present a strong stakeholder analysis, including needs assessment at national and local level.The stakeholder analysis, through interviews and engagement, should also contribute to setting up a network and building support for LAND-at-scale with crucial stakeholders and institutions.
Meeting of companies working with Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries A closing ceremony will be held by the Dutch Embassy in Lima to mark the end of CBI's country program in Peru, which spanned from 2014 to 2018, and the closure of CBI's operations in Peru after nearly 40 years. The guests invited to the meeting will include representatives of the participating companies, partners, and local experts involved in the last country program.
Textile and garments programme Vietnam (TF13VNP10A) Dutch garment enterprises are looking to Vietnam for sourcing and investment opportunities. For Dutch garment enterprises the two main constraints for doing business in Vietnam are:1. Most garment manufacturers in Vietnam focus on large quantities with basic quality, while Dutch businesses are looking for low quantities of high quantity.2. Most Vietnamese producers are not or less capable of managing CMT (Cut, Make, Trim) +FOB (Free on Board) orders.While Vietnamese producers are interested in the EU market, the majority do not have the required knowledge about the market requirements and managing CMT+/FOB orders. For Vietnamese producers, the added value of CMT production is very limited.The aim of this project is to increase trade volumes in the textile sector by enabling Vietnamese garment producers to produce according to Dutch market demand (high quality, low quantities) and international CSR standards. Vietnamese garment producers will be able to handle CMT+ /FOB orders for the European market and are easier to access for Dutch companies.As 62% of all Dutch garment imports from Vietnam consists of men’s and women’s jackets, jersey, garments, t-shirts and men’s shirts and overcoats, these products are the main focus.The Centre for Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) has been commissioned to carry out this project. The project activities consist of : 1.	Outsourcing mission to the Netherlands.2.	A Dutch outsourcing business mission to Vietnam.3.	Capacity building will be provided to Vietnamese branch organizations. This could include building up a better database of Vietnamese companies able to produce according to Dutch market demand (high quality, low quantities, international CSR standards).
Gitrex Africa Within this Orange Corners (OC) Alumni project 20 tech (enabled) entrepreneurs will have the possibility to participate in one of Africa’s leading tech events.The project:a)	Aims to make long term connections between OC alumni in Africa that run tech-enabled businesses; b)	Creates an enabling environment for OC alumni wherein they can significantly increase their network with for example clients, partners, investors, mentors and friends; c)	Improves the skills and (industry) knowledge of young tech entrepreneurs – through training of all sorts provided by both Gitex and the implementing organization.
Pillar 2 – RBC TruStone Initiative, basic activities Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) AgreementsThe Dutch government has concluded agreements on responsible business conduct (RBC) with Dutch sectors and civil society organisations. The agreements set out how companies can work with civil society organisations and government to prevent abuses in the areas of human rights, labour rights and the environment.Goal of this projectSupporting civil society organisations to make their knowledge available to play a role in the implementation of the RBC TruStone Initiative.The civil society organisations contribute to a reduction of International Corporate Social Responsibility (ICSR) risks in international value chains conform their commitments, as set out in the RBC Agreement.NoteFVO's Pillar 2 projects support civil society organizations that make their knowledge of human rights due diligence and (international) network accessible to help achieve the goals of the ICSR covenants. Businesses, social organizations and government work together in ICSR covenants, to make value chains more sustainable. The covenants are organized by sector. The sectors have international value chains in multiple production countries/regions.RemarkDue to the transparency with regard to the IATI projects, a non-ODA country has been included in this project.For more information, please visit the website of the Government of the Netherlands:•	Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) agreements (https://www.government.nl/topics/responsible-business-conduct-rbc/responsible-business-conduct-rbc-agreements)
Plastic Whale Ghana (Phase II) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in Developing Markets.Circular innovations for fast growing cities in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Nigeria and Senegal.Phase II: Prototype development for local context and (large-scale) practical tests.
Improved hybrid vegetable seeds for open field farming Bakker plans to show Algerian farmers the financial and technical feasibility of using Bakker Brothers hybrid seeds in open field vegetable farming. This demonstration project intends to create a push-pull effect. The project will introduce hybrid seeds for open field farming to the farmers, and enabling them to learn about the advantages. This will increase the demand for hybrid seeds among the farmers, as well as among the distributors. This project has a major impact on development, such as additional direct and indirect jobs in the region. In addition, relevant knowledge will be transferred through training, thus improving the created market position of farmers.
Fact-finding for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) capacity building in Myanmar The project aims to build capacity within the Myanmar government for the (future) regulation and inspection of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs). This project will provide the first necessary analyses and insights to develop a tailor-made on-the-job training programme that enables Myanmar to manage its future EIAs sustainably. The fact-finding mission, and most likely a possible follow-up project to be identified during the fact-finding mission, will be implemented by the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) in close cooperation with other partners in the field assisting.
Feasibility study Marby Food Ventures Phillipines WP Haton, established in 1949, is specialist in bakery equipment. The company devises, manufactures and supplies innovative total concepts for automated dough processing. For the benefit of bakers from all over the world WP Haton has its own training and demo centre, right in the middle of the operating area.WP Haton wants to carry out a feasibility study for a large producer of baking products in the Philippines, which considers an investment in an automatic bread production line.
Support to SDUB for phase 1, Maraza 2022 One of the main elements of the Beira masterplan 2035 is the development of a new urban area: the Maraza Residential Zone. The general concept of the project is to base the layout and design of the area in such a way, that it follows natural elements, such as local geomorphology, topography, natural water drainage and soil conditions. The Sociedade de Desenvolvimento Urbano da Beira S.A (SDUB) is the owner of the DUAT land titles of the Maraza area and has the task to attract potential investors and developers to Maraza for the construction and selling of houses of which at least 30% is an 'affordable' house. A pilot area of 3.5 hectares has been completed in March 2022.The contractor will support the SDUB in realizing the first residential buildings in the mini-pilot area of Maraza in the coming nine months. At the end of the assignment, the SDUB is expected to have closed a deal with interested investors and developers for 10 to 16 houses and apartments with a solid business case, clear governance structure, financial plan and risk agreements. Secondly, an advice on a supervision strategy of the guarantee fund, that is to be managed by the SDUB, is to be delivered. If the deal for the first residential buildings is delivered and the contract allows more support, then support for the strategy plan for the mini-pilot area and the larger 50 hectares pilot area is required.
WASH Information Management Specialist Bangladesh UNHCR This project aims to develop tools supporting data collection that can ensure site specific WASH services in accordance with UNHCR and National Standards.
Participation PLMA AMSTERDAM Fair Participation in the PLMA AMSTERDAM Fair.This project was implemented within the framework of the L4ED programme (Local Economic Development/Leads for Economic Diplomacy) and initiated by the Netherlands representation. The project aimed to contribute to (the enabling environment for) local private sector development as well as economic diplomacy. It concerns a small intervention that serves as catalyser for further developments.