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Multi-stakeholder Tourism Action Plan Senegal Tourism and agriculture are the two priority areas in Senegal's National Export Strategy. However, Senegal remains a relatively unknown tourist destination in Europe. The tourism value chain is underdeveloped. The responsible agency ASPT (Senegalese Tourism Promotion Agency) has made steps in terms of professionalization (especially regarding promotion material). There is still a need for knowledge of source market information, contacts and strategies to enter a market. To improve the tourism value chain and to develop a targeted tourism promotion strategy CBI will organize multi-stakeholder meetings and workshops with ASPT and the private sector in Dakar, Senegal.
Preparation of pilot "Hydroponics production in Egypt" Objective of the project is to deliver insight on a number of important questions regarding the set-up of a pilot for hydroponics production in order to support the decision of whether or not to start the pilot.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.
Preparatory missions by the Netherlands Court of Audit Building on previous successful projects of institutional capacity building and cooperation with the Supreme Audit Institutions of Tunisia, Iraq and Jordan, the Netherlands Court of Audit will explore the opportunities for developing existing partnerships and expanding her technical assistance and cooperation projects to a number of other Supreme Audit Institutions in the region. At the same time, opportunities for a regional approach and exchange of experience will be explored, for example on generic themes such as the promotion of integrity or the auditing of the UN sustainable development goals.The five missions will result in the submission of a proposal for a multi-year regional programme of institutional strengthening of supreme audit institutions.
DRRS Kazakhstan 2024 Floodings – Team leader In early April 2024, large floodings have taken place in both Russia and downstream Kazachstan. 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, causing it to burst its banks and flood cities and towns along its path.More than 97,000 people were evacuated in Kazakhstan alone 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.
Traineeship future state vets South Africa The students, who are future veterinarians, are undergoing training to work at the Department of Agriculture in South Africa (DAFF) headquarters and Border Inspection Points. The training is conducted by a veterinary teacher from Onderstepoort Veterinary Faculty and two current staff members from DAFF. These individuals will play a crucial role in making decisions regarding market access and preserving veterinary products from the Netherlands.
Study visit Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority Support Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) with regards to local governance and data infrastructures through an introduction on how these themes are organized in the Netherlands with the intention to pave the road for future support by Dutch experts to contribute to local economic development and employment opportunities.
Organisation incoming mission Moroccan Poultry sector 2019 This initiative involves a forthcoming poultry mission in collaboration with a Moroccan partner to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of the domestic egg production industry. It aims to highlight Dutch expertise and technology while facilitating discussions between Moroccan and Dutch stakeholders. The visit focuses on the valorisation of the output products, which are the eggs on one hand and the by-products on the other hand. These are waste (manure) and the laying hens at the end of their production cycle.
Ukrainian Women Entrepreneurs Hub II Ukrainian women entrepreneurs face gender-based barriers and lack the necessary knowledge and practical skills in business planning in a modern business environment. That is due to generally inadequate entrepreneurship and business education in Ukraine, which focuses on theory-oriented instead of skills-oriented, and gender-based barriers, like discrimination, in a male-dominated business environment.  Moreover, during the war, the role of women has changed. Since many men serve in the army, women have become those who are now of the Ukrainian economy. At the same time, the number of obligations for women has increased - to provide for the family, take care of children, and develop themselves to cope with all this. In addition, the war itself causes psychological stress. Ukrainian women are to develop themselves in business skills and coping strategies for the war. The specific training needs and other support depend very much on the local situation. Three locations are chosen. These locations are Irpin and Borodyanka (Kyiv region), both liberated and Poltava, where many refugees settled.The ambition of CSR Ukraine is to have a network of service centres for female business owners and managers that are business-oriented and supportive. Ukraine itself has little tradition in developing business. Therefore, CSR Ukraine needs a partner with the necessary skills for this.
WASH Expert Libya IOM The WASH Expert Libya IOM contributes to strengthening the implementation of a growing WASH project portfolio in Libya with particular attention to setting up systems and tools in line with international standards and guidance on COVID-19.
Protecting the rights of children in the Shea supply chain in West Africa Agriculture is an important sector in West Africa. Smallholder farmers grow staples and commercial crops for their livelihoods. Additionally, there has been interest for non-timber forest products such as the wild growing tree fruits including shea. Shea harvesting is done by women in rural communities. Despite several industry and individual company sustainability initiatives in West Africa to support and empower female shea collectors, and conserve and regenerate the shea parkland, the risk of child labour in the sector remains.Child labour is considered as a serious issue in the project’s target countries. In Mali, children are engaged in the worst forms of child labour. In Burkina Faso, child labour in artisanal gold mining is particularly acute and often exposes children to dangerous chemicals used in the gold extraction process. There is also a lot of child labour in agriculture, with a reported 250,000 children involved in cotton and in primarily on small family farms productions. In Ghana, the risk of child labour and the agricultural sector is considered very high by the Social Hotspots Database.The project's objective is to further reduce and prevent child labour in the shea supply chain, and jointly raise understanding among the Dutch industry, NGOs and government on child labour issues in the supply chain of shea in West Africa. The project is developed by a consortium led by Cordaid with four Netherlands-based private companies with subsidiaries in West Africa, one sector organization, and one NGO based in Ghana.The target groups of the project are the members of the cooperatives involved in the shea value chain and children groups.The envisioned impact of this project is the ultimate prevention and elimination child labour in shea supply chain through local remediation activities and due diligence in the participating companies.
Tool factory Applicant SMF Tools B.V. is specialised in the development and production of high quality precision tools for the automotive fasteners industry.The local partner PT. Garuda Metalindo produces various kinds of fasteners, nuts and bolts for manufacturing companies of motor vehicles, motorcycles, furniture and electronics. Currently, there are no tool factories in Indonesia that are capable of producing high-quality tools for the production of fasteners. The production of these tools is an extremely complex process of multiple metalworking techniques and production methods. For SMF tools it is essential to follow their main customers to Asia in order to stay a preferred supplier. PT. Garuda Metalindo aims to produce high safety parts for the automotive industry in future. In order to produce these high safety parts, they need high quality tools. Therefore, the project partners aim to set up a factory for the production of tools that can be used for the manufacturing automotive fasteners. A joint venture will be established.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)During the project ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification will be realised.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsDuring the project 28 employees will be contracted of which 10 on medium-/high-level.Salaries will be at least 15% higher than minimum wages. Employees will also receive several additional benefits such as a holiday allowance, transport and health insurance. Further, the joint venture will introduce a bonus system and/or profit sharing scheme according to the financial performance of the company.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe manufacturing of tools is an extremely complex system consisting of various interacting, interrelated and interdependent processes. The knowledge with regard to the production of these tools is completely new for Indonesia. The quality of the products depends on the excellent craftsmanship of the employees.•	Chain effectsThe establishment of the joint venture contributes to the automotive production chain in Indonesia. Fastener manufacturers will benefit from the new technological expertise. They will be able to purchase locally produced high quality tools, which will improve the quality of their products and will therefore open new markets. Approximately 25 companies will benefit from this project (for coating, heat treatment, maintenance of machines, transport etc). The purpose of the project is to produce 11,738 carbide dies and 3,785 steel dies and holders.
Flood Water Management training This project aims to enhance the capacity building related to flood risk management in Myanmar. The project will focus on developing flood risk scenarios for the Ayeyarwaddy Delta region. It aims to provide comprehensive training on flood risk management to the relevant stakeholders in the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation.
Food Tech Indonesia Due to its growing population, Indonesia has an increasing demand for high-protein food. Local industry faces a gap in knowledge and skills to professionalize and meet this demand.The Netherlands offers up-to-date knowledge and new insights to help the Indonesian poultry industry.A consortium of nine companies led by Larive wants to help make the local poultry industry effective and efficient. Animal welfare and food safety are taken into concern. As the Dutch business contributes to solving a local problem, the Dutch see long-term opportunities for doing business within the Indonesian poultry industry.
Maputo Orchids Nursery 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 1 ha greenhouse plus packing and storage facility for the production of 100,000 stems of Cymbidium, mainly for export.
Value chain development for potato production and processing The project will be implemented in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.The project aims to build capacity of 8,000 potato farmers as well as introduce cold storage and a processing facility. In addition to this, job opportunities will be created for vulnerable groups in the region like refugees and IDPs.As a result of this project, Iraqi farmers will be able to increase their potato yield and yield quality, farmers will have access to new markets and benefit from guaranteed sales through contracts with the potato processing factory, farmers are more competitive against the cheap import, and Iraqi workers from vulnerable groups (IDPs and refugees) will get access to job opportunities, both in the potato fields, as well as in the French fries factory.
Sustainable maize programme in North Ghana The project aims to upscale a successful pilot maize programme in the North of Ghana.With this project, the agricultural start-up cooperative Masara N’Arziki wants to achieve economy of scale and financial sustainability and to introduce environmentally sustainable farming practices.The Public Private Partnership consists of the project applicants, West Africa Fair Fruit (WAFF), which is teaming up with the farmer association Masara N’Arziki, the private agricultural company Wienco Ghana Ltd, the Ghanas agricultural research institute SARI and one Dutch NGO, Solidaridad.The goal is to enhance the quality and quantity of sustainable maize production in the Northern regions of Ghana. That will be accomplished by providing capacity building on maize farming, conservation farming, and post-harvest losses to the farmers' cooperative Masara.The project wants to engage 12,000 additional farmers in the North of Ghana lifting the production of maize at Masara from less than 28,000 tons to 96,000 tons.
WASH Expert Malawi UNICEF Malawi was facing increasingly acute and multiple shocks of drought, cholera and flooding, requiring a concerted humanitarian response. Coordinated assistance was needed in the provision of WASH services to affected communities and therefore an emergency WASH specialist has been deployed in the area.
FairChain expansion – roasted coffee (cups) production in Kenya The purpose of the investment preparation study by Moyee Nederland B.V. is to investigate whether the company should make an investment in setting up a coffee roasting plant in Kenya.
Sustainable and Inclusive Business Scan Bangladesh This fact-finding mission of MVO Netherlands contributes to improving sustainable and inclusive business practices and relations between Dutch and Bangladeshi entrepreneurs in the fisheries, jute and shipbuilding sectors. At the end of the mission, findings will be compiled in a report that describes at least three sustainable and inclusive business opportunities focused on the three selected sectors.
LAND-at-scale (LAS) LAND-at-scale contributes to improving land governance and can be beneficial to economic development, peace and stability in developing countries. The programme supports actions and interventions that contribute to sustainable livelihoods, better food and nutrition security and social justice. LAND-at-scale strives to contribute towards more equal access to land and natural resources, reduced conflicts and competing claims over land and natural resources and more sustainable and efficient use of land and natural resources for food, housing and production. As a result, LAND-at-scale will contribute directly to SDGs: 1, 2, 5, 11, 15 and 17 and may contribute indirectly to SDG 8, 9, 10, 13 and 16.
Enabling access to energy with solar home systems ACCESS is a pioneering social enterprise focused on sustainable rural electrification using solar hybrid mini-grid systems to provide clean energy services to rural populations in Mali. The main goal of the project under SDG7 Results is to connect the poorer households that are too costly to be reached by mini-grids or other grids.
Blockchain Digital Cash Wederic B.V. has three business activities: organizational advice, IT development and financial advice. In addition to consultancy the company develops her own IT products under various labels, with her own software development platform.The objective of this investment preparation study is to investigate to what extent it is technically, commercially, organizationally and financially feasible to set up a Joint Venture in Kosovo for an ICT company that can realize the Digital Cash environment (digital cash app with an international money transfer functionality).
Blueprint Ivorian Women of Green Growth (IWCG) The project facilitates a two-day POWER DESIGN SPRINT with the objective to create a blueprint for a constellation (network/ platform) for the Ivorian Women of Green Growth. In addition, three small activities will be executed to test the ideas generated in the design sprint and allow for more data upon which to design a larger multi-annual programme. These activities will 1) Build: provide the first capacity building to entrepreneurs, leaders and role models, 2) Connect: organize a networking event to establish connections and a platform to share knowledge, 3) Lead: equip female leaders in green growth through leadership programmes.
Fighting Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone (DSS15EBL04) Deployment of DSS in the fight against Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Editing Business Opportunity Scan Leather Sector Bangladesh This project aims to map the opportunities and threats for the Bangladesh Leather sector. The business opportunity scan of the leather sector in Bangladesh aims to provide an understanding of the current and expected future state of the leather industry in Bangladesh. It covers the position of Bangladesh in the global supply chain, growth potential, key factors that could positively or negatively impact the sector, and opportunities for Dutch companies to contribute to a sustainable leather sector in Bangladesh.
Scoping mission Impact Cluster on CSWA farming in the Nile Delta The purpose of this project is to contribute to climate and water smart agriculture in Egypt, by bringing together Dutch providers of agricultural technology, knowledge and services as partner for futureproof farming in the Nile Delta. It follows the recommendations from the study which mapped opportunities for sustainable agriculture in Egypt (PST22EG01) and feeds into the aid-trade combi-trajectory of Egypt.The project should lead to the development of a concrete project proposal for a potential Impact Cluster on CWSA in the Nile Delta, which should be ready for the Impact Cluster application mid 2023.
Training experts for La Mojana In 2010, the Colombian La Mojana region suffered one of its worst floodings ever and President Santos prioritized it as one of the regions on which he asked for cooperation between the Netherlands and Fondo de Adaptación. La Mojana is an area of 5,600 km2 between the provinces Antioquia, Bolívar, Córdoba and Sucre.The purpose of this project is capacity building of Colombian experts on Dutch technology and strategic development around river modeling. The project should contribute to effective and adequate decision-making and further implementation of measures on flood management by Colombian experts. The Dutch Rijkswaterstaat has been commissioned by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency to carry out an intensive training for Colombian technicians in the Netherlands, including some Holland branding activities.
E-health learning platform for community midwives in rural Yemen (Phase I 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 I: Feasibility study.
Addressing deforestation and livelihoods through Inclusive Coffee Supply Chains Indonesia ranked fourth in the world as a coffee grower and exporter, with Sumatra Island accounting for more than half of the producing areas. Most coffee farmers barely earn the sufficient income required to have a decent standard of living for all family members. As a result, coffee production is tied to deforestation: having low productivity, many coffee farmers resort to turning rainforests into cropland, taking advantage of soil fertility on those areas. With coffee production in Indonesia anticipated to decline due to climate change, these forests are at risk of being deforested even more to expand coffee farms.The project goal is to advocate responsible production of coffee in areas that are critical to biodiversity, while also promoting gender equality across responsible business practices. This is to be achieved by building capacities for coffee actors (government, companies, farmers) to reduce deforestation and protect biodiversity, promoting an inclusive and gender equal coffee supply chain aimed at improving livelihoods, and strengthening resilience against climate change impacts among coffee farming families. The project will build narratives that provide holistic multidimensional root causes for deforestation and show how a more sustainable model of landscape and community projects has the power to reduce deforestation.Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD), is a process by which companies identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for human rights and environmental risks and impacts in their supply chains, which is a fundamental corporate responsibility. Both the UN Guiding Principles and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance stress the need for due diligence to be risk-based, for companies to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for how they address adverse impacts in their operations and supply chains, prioritising the most salient issues. Recent EU regulation (and regulation from some countries such as Germany) has brought to the fore the need for companies to comply with such practices. A central aspect of this project will be to support the partners in developing and implementing an approach to identify and mitigate some of the risks and challenges in their Indonesia coffee supply chain. This will be demonstrated by the development of a set of recommendations and measures to mitigate and remediate CSR impacts and risks through improved company policies and processes identified.
Improving quality and efficiency in patient care This demonstration project includes a package of services tailor-made to diabetes. The service includes: 1) detection of a disease at an early stage, 2) support for treatment services, 3) counselling and monitoring. This appraoch can be adapted to other care paths like maternal healthcare, nefrology etc.This demonstration project will introduce the callcenter for diabetes in Ghana.
E-certification feasibility study Nigeria The eventual objective of the project is to replace the old paper-certification system of agro-export and import products and implement an e-certification system in Nigeria. Before starting this project, an identification study needs to be conducted. This project concerns the identification study.The introduction of e-certification in Nigeria will benefit the Agri-industry in both the Netherlands and Nigeria by reducing the time a consignment takes to the customer abroad. Due to the avoidance of expensive security paper used in preparing manual documents, e-certification is expected to reduce the cost of certification. Moreover, e-certification may prevent fraud, making Nigeria a more reliable trade partner for Dutch companies.
Installation and Training Laboratory This project aims to establish laboratory facilities at the University of Mitrovica. These facilities will be equipped to train students in (waste)water analyses and tests related to the operation of wastewater treatment plants. Manuals and test programmes will also be provided. The facilities are essential for developing and implementing a curriculum for wastewater treatment at the University of Mitrovica, Kosovo.
Morocco anti-corruption The overall goal of the proposed cooperation is to contribute to making Moroccan government institutions more accessible, transparent and accountable by a focus on combating corruption and promoting integrity in these institutions, through dedicated trainings to high and mid level policy makers.Also, this project will foster bilateral relations between Morocco and the Netherlands on the level of representatives of government and (knowledge) institutes from both countries.