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MHPSS Specialist Lebanon UNICEF On the 4th of August 2020, two explosions hit the city of Beirut, which killed more than 200 people and injured over 4,000 people. Lebanon had already suffered from political instability, economic collapse and a surge in COVID-19 cases. These multi-faceted disasters have a devastating and profound impact on the lives and well-being of the population.Therefore, there is an urgent need for reinforced capacity and resources to enable coordinated multi-sectoral MHPSS response to the varying and complex mental health and psychosocial needs of children, adolescents and families.
Franschhoek Water Hub The conceptualization of the Franschhoek Water Hub (“the Hub”) has been achieved through a process of consultative design to address the needs for the advancement and development of a water technology cluster in the Western Cape. The core focus of research, demonstration and training relates to the management of water both specifically and more broadly, in terms of the role of water in the energy and food sectors.Advancing water technology requires support from ideation to the stage of readiness for commercialization. With the focus on the Green Economy as a strategic lever for economic growth within the Western Cape, the Hub is strategically positioned to advance the introduction of technology into the southern African region. In this regard, the Hub aims to provide a platform to serve the interests of government, research, commercial and private sectors.
HealthTech Market Study This project aims to:•	Develop a roadmap for collaboration between South African and Dutch companies, governments and knowledge institutes in the HealthTech field, with Dutch expertise and within the local context.•	Define funding, business and operating models to improve the access to and quality of healthcare in South Africa through information technology systems, devices, intelligence and applications.
Emergency WASH Expert Swaziland UNICEF The state of emergency had been declared in Swaziland on 18th February due to the effects of the El Nino drought. The UNICEF Swaziland Country Office did not have an emergency WASH specialist to coordinate the UNICEF drought response, and therefore an emergency WASH specialist has been deployed in this area.
Water as Leverage for Resilient Cities Asia (WaL) The ambition of Water as Leverage, as a programme, is to become one that generates multiple bankable climate resilience projects globally following this first Call for Action which serves as a pilot. Key element for this collaborative pre-project preparation call is to include all stakeholders from the beginning; local governments, NGOs and businesses, international and local experts in the teams and partners with funding capacity for the proposals to be developed (i.e. development banks, public and private partners).Scheduled activities are divided into two (2) stages.Phase 1: Research and Analysis for the Development of Conceptual DesignsIn this phase the teams develop three (3) to five (5) Conceptual Designs for potential solutions to the challenges, based on new and/or existing research and analysis.Phase 2: Development of Proposals for Urban Water ProjectsIn this phase up to three Conceptual Designs from Phase 1 are transformed into Proposals for Urban Water Project(s) with a focus on physical infrastructure. These should serve as solutions to the challenges in the cities.The objective is to develop bankable, innovative and comprehensive Proposals for Urban Water Projects in Khulna (Bangladesh) to address the urgent water and climate adaptation needs. The proposals should have local support, a focus on physical infrastructure and be developed with local partners. The following elements should be taken into account and are described in more detail in the document 'Setting the Scene':1. Proposals will be embedded in a complex planning context.2. Comprehensive proposals that endorse strategies combining water and urban challenges.3. Water as Leverage asks for processes that incorporate local expertise into concrete solutions with global resonance.
Integrated Flood Management in Myanmar The purpose of this project is twofold:1.	To reduce flood vulnerability and increase livelihood and food security by using new flood risk methods, technologies, forecasting and mitigation strategies by providing the engineers of the Irrigation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MOAI) with a short course on the topic of the latest technologies in Integrated Flood Forecasting and Flood Risk Management. 2.	At the same time, the necessary teaching materials, exercises and case studies will be made available for future teaching at the Irrigation Technology Centre in Bago (i.e. the training centre of MoAI).
ICT and Geodata for Agriculture (IT4AG) conference Ouagadougou – Logistics On the 17th and 18th of April 2019, a regional conference is taking place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on development opportunities at the intersection of ICT and Geodata for Agriculture and youth employment in the Sahel.In follow-up of the ending G4AW programmes STAMP and MODHEM, it aims to create viable local business cases and employment opportunities for youth and women in the Sahel region.This project facilitates a platform where 150 relevant stakeholders can meet for a two-day programme in the Sahel region, exchange knowledge and good practices, interact and make concrete commitments for the future.Furthermore, it will foster regional integration between supporting (economic) institutes.
Feasibility study for passenger water transport Mombassa This project is a feasibility study concerning improving water transport in Mombasa, Kenya.
Solid waste management study Peru The project aims to determine the best technical assistance and capacity-building activities for the Peruvian waste management sector following the international standards of operations. The outcome and follow-up of the project will benefit the Peruvian waste management sector through a knowledge offer that fits the market needs and, therefore, will contribute to the creation of more and better jobs. The project can also increase bilateral cooperation between Peru and the Netherlands in the waste management sector.
Scoping Mission Kiribati and Vanuatu (DRR15VU01) The tropical cyclone PAM of March 2015 is considered as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of Vanuatu and nearby island states. Vanuatu was hit directly by Cyclone Pam while the waves it generated flooded many of the islands of Kiribati. The DRR-Team received a request for assistance on coastal protection, water supply management, drinking water and sanitation.
Shiraka Training Programme Water Management 2022 This annual course helps civil servants and relevant semi-public organisations working on Water Management to share their knowledge and skills, enabling them to lead and inspire the modernisation of Water Management in their home countries. The course also aims to strengthen participants' ties with the Netherlands and stakeholders in the Dutch water sector.
Study opportunities horticulture in North Côte d'Ivoire Horticulture is a focus sector of The Netherlands in Côte d’Ivoire. Investments in the horticulture sector will potentially increase farmers' incomes, contribute to food and nutrition security and bring economic development and growth. The North of Côte d’Ivoire is economically lacking, but the climatological circumstances to grow vegetables and fruits are better (when using irrigation). For fostering the development of the horticultural sector in the north of Côte d’Ivoire a long-term approach, knowledge transfer and capacity building is needed. Therefore, a study is needed to make informed decisions. This study aims for the following results:•	Identification of business opportunities and challenges for horticulture production and marketing in north Côte d'Ivoire;•	Informing the potential extension of the Hortivoire impact cluster to north Côte d'Ivoire or the establishment of a new programme/impact cluster aiming to create jobs for youth in the horticulture sector;Based on the study results, decisions will be taken on possible follow-up activities, possibly funded via RVO instruments.
UNHCR Remote support hygiene study Tanzania This is an assignment at the request of UNHCR Tanzania.A pressing problem is open defecation by young children under five years old. UNHCR in Tanzania works with International and Local implementing organizations such as Norwegian Refugee Services and Water Mission, provide Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) services to this population. The proposed study aims to get a better understanding of the perceptions and practices of refugees regarding children’s defecation, the effectiveness and impacts of introduced potties, hygiene promotion activities as well as finding other potential facilities and awareness creation methods preferred by the refugee population. The acquired understanding will lead to concrete (additional) interventions and support for improved hygienic behaviour of refugees.
Bio-based rodent control product (Phase I) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in Developing Markets.Food security Sub-Saharan Africa.Phase I: Feasibility study.
Pro4Agri facility Tanzania Pro4Agri B.V. is the specialist in all types of potato, from seed potatoes to consumption potatoes. Pro4Agri B.V. mainly export potatoes and onions worldwide. Pro4Agri B.V. can also take care of the entire process, sells directly and deliver to their customers from the source. This allows them to guarantee the quality of the product and the line is short and the prices competitive.Pro4Agri B.V. wants to start a sorting and processing company in Tanzania for organic avocados for the export market. In this way, the company wants to simultaneously market, develop and produce their biological products on the Tanzanian market.
Demonstration project MRI coil India Machnet Medical Robotics is a spin-off that commercializes technology developed at the University of Twente. The company is developing a robot prototype for image-guided needle based interventions. A first application focuses on MRI-guided biopsies to diagnose early stage lesions in breast cancer screening.Machnet wants to demonstrate their Carotide Coil to a group of radiologists from the state of Maharashtra by putting the device into use in a private top class hospital in Mumbai.
Logistical support mission top team Horticulture Logistical support mission top team Horticulture. This project has been carried out by the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ho Chi Minh City.
Participation of Zambia to 'de Vakantiebeurs' in Utrecht, the Netherlands (Part I) This project aims to promote Zambia's tourism potential and expose investment opportunities within Zambia to Dutch tour operators.
FAME Dissemination Workshop The FAME project is finalized in February 2022. One of the conclusions of the project is that 17% of the total extension of sand-dunes in the provinces of Ben Tre and Tra Vinh is suitable to implement Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) systems. Several stakeholders have manifested their interest in the pilot and in discussing the results of FAME and the potential to include it in future programs and projects being developed in the region. With the objective to leverage on relations built during the project, and building on the already started conversations online, the project partners consider that a live meeting in the right context, the Vietnam International Water Week, can yield fruitful conversations and help us advance towards the objective of following up and branching out the outcomes of FAME. Therefore, a dissemination workshop is organized to disseminate the findings of FAME, interact with stakeholders and discuss potential for scaling up ASR in the Mekong Delta.
#CoCreate design workshops The project aims to guide fifty South African designer manufacturers to national and international markets by assisting them with a viable business plan, product line and showcase opportunities. The goal is also to transfer tailor-made knowledge based on the CBI export coaching methodology and the Craft and Design Institute (CDI) broad experience and offer previously disadvantaged communities to be part of the workshops.
Production of genetically improved seeds of Jatropha and Castor beans 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. Setting up a production facility for Jatropha and Castor Bean Seeds, for bio-fuel production, with a capacity of 300,000 kg of seeds per year.
Sector study poultry Poultry is the most important and advanced sub-sector of the livestock industry in Bangladesh, making it one of the most promising sub-sectors for domestic entrepreneurs and foreign investors.The Netherlands has a strong position in the international poultry sector. Hence, The Netherlands with its knowledge and technologies, could play an important role in the future development of this sector in Bangladesh. However, to do so, the Dutch agribusiness sector needs a more detailed insight into the poultry sector of Bangladesh. The first step is to do a poultry sector study which leads to a detailed study report. The aimed study will map the poultry sector in Bangladesh, its key actors and linkages, trends, issues, challenges and (business) opportunities. The outcome will:(i)	Provide to-the-point details for Dutch agribusiness to elevate the poultry sector of Bangladesh through investments, knowledge and technology and (ii)	provide further insight and pave ways for interventions to relevant supervisory, facilitating and regulatory bodies and key chain actors in Bangladesh.The overall purpose is to realise sustainable and responsible growth in the poultry sector of Bangladesh.
Sustainable solar energy development for Nepal Note: This project has been cancelled, because the applicant has withdrawn the project.Nepal has a severe energy deficiency. Only a minor part of the country is connected to the national grid or to local grids. "Load shedding" is frequent. Bio fuel is at present a major source for energy in rural areas. This is, however, in short supply and causes deforestation. For his reason, the Nepalese government and aid agencies have set up schemes to distribute and finance solar power installations for rural households. All installations are imported and often of poor quality, especially the Chinese ones.The joint venture aims to assemble Dutch modules in Kathmandu and install them in rural areas. Combining high quality standards and low production costs will give them a competitive edge over cheap imported modules. The joint venture expects to increase the return on investment to an extent that follow-up investments can be financed commercially. The above-mentioned agencies will pay for the installations on behalf of the customers. In this way the joint venture will not have to set up an extensive dealers network. The local partner has already signed a preliminary contract with one of the agencies. After two or three years, the joint venture also wants to engage in the production of energy by building solar farms for companies. The electricity for the assembly line will be produced by a solar farm.The applicant, Rimas B.V., is a Dutch company producing solar module manufacturing equipment. The local partner (Solar Augmentation Group) is a newly established consortium of companies partly involved in solar energy related activities, and partly in investing.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The assembly itself is low risk as far as CSR is concerned. The complexity of the process demands highly qualified personnel. CSR principles will be added to the specification of parts to be supplied by other companies.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsLabour laws in Nepal are strict and labour unions powerful.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThere is no assembly line for solar modules in Nepal.•	Chain effectsLocal suppliers will sell the glass and the frames. Local contractors will be hired for installation and maintenance.The consumers will have electricity.•	Impact on the sectorThere will be close cooperation with a vocational training school.•	EnvironmentPositive impact. It will reduce the use of generators.•	Position of womenNeutral. To assemble and install solar modules in rural Nepal that have a total yearly capacity of 5 MWp.
Fighting Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone (DSS15EBL60) Deployment of DSS in the fight against Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Lahore University of Management Services (LUMS) course on dairy farm management Institutionalize training of high level managers of dairy farms to correctly keep Dutch dairy cattle and use them to full potential.
Govi Sayura Catchment of rainwater is important for the island of Sri Lanka to secure access to sweet water, especially in the dry South West. This is a very poor region of Sri Lanka were access to water can drastically increase living conditions. The local partner in this project, Arthacharya, is already active in poverty relief and micro finance in this area but is limited in its success through lack of access to reliable water sources. Rehabilitation of existing, sometimes age-old, dams can secure water availability and has a very short payback period through higher income due to better and more crops. Nevertheless financing these dams has proven to be problematic. This project envisages a bottom-up approach were farmers organisations are stimulated to take control of their own situation by giving them access to new financial and organisational tools to realise dam rehabilitation projects. The new financial tools will be developed in a public-private partnership between Rabobank Foundation, the Dutch water boards, Artacharya, Arthavida, AKVO and Waterhelp. The public-private partnership should also help to increase political acceptance of such a new model. The project approach is to slowly shift from grants to credit during the project. The project should ultimately provide a new financial and organisational tool for farmers’ organisations to take control of water management. Project activities will take place in the Moneragala district of Uva Province, with focus on the Wellawaya division. It is expected that the tool will be scalable to other parts of Sri Lanka as well as other countries. Similar challenges are for instance experienced in Southern India.
UNICEF Sudan Emergency WASH Manager This is an assignment at the request of UNICEF. Following the current crisis in Sudan, the WASH service needs has increased in the affected hotspot locations, in internally displaced people (IDP) and transit sites. UNICEF’s WASH staff needs enhancing and this is in process. The Standby Partnership (SBP) will be an interim gap filling arrangement for the immediate need while the recruitment and onboarding process is completed.
Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service compliance EU regulation e-certification This project aims to implement technology and procedures that will enable the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services (KEPHIS) to issue electronic certificates in compliance with the IPPC and EU regulation in order to eliminate paper certificates. KEPHIS was already having the right systems in place, but with the new EU requirements, some assistance from the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (Nederlandse Voedsel- en warenautoriteit, NVWA) is needed to keep the system update. Ultimately, e-certification is key for efficient horticulture trade from Kenya to the Netherlands with gains for both sides.
Report: How normal is the informal sector in Burundi? (report in French) It is estimated that 95% of Burundians work in the informal economy, which includes mainly small-scale agriculture but also services, industry and trade. With formal jobs absent, Burundian youth are forced to work in the informal sector. This study provides more insight into the characteristics of the informal sector, the specific opportunities and challenges encountered by informal small and medium-sized enterprises and the potential gains in formalization. The study helps the Netherlands embassy in Burundi and other donors active in private sector development to use their interventions more impactfully. It will provide specific recommendations for the new programme Akazi Keza, implemented by SPARK Burundi as part of the Dutch nexus skills-jobs programme and other programs financed by the Netherlands embassy, such as the PADANE program of SNV.
Child labour prevention in the coffee value chain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo This Side Up (TSU Trade B.V.) is a Dutch social enterprise that imports speciality coffee from 15 origins around the world, striving to be a ‘good middleman’ and facilitate more direct connections between coffee producers and coffee roasters. Through its partnership with the Dutch NGO Agriterra it has been connected to coffee cooperative RAEK in Eastern Congo.Coffee is traditionally an important source of revenues for rural families in Eastern Congo. However, the region is still being discovered by the speciality coffee industry. Impressed by the quality of the coffee, existing infrastructrure of RAEK, and special projects such as organic fertilisation and reforestation schemes, TSU has been importing RAEK’s coffee and promoting it to its clients since 2017.With high levels of poverty in the region, family sizes being large and most coffee fields remote and scattered, there is a high risk of child labour in the area. Thus, TSU, Agriterra and RAEK started a project to better understand and address child labour issues in the coffee value chain in Kabare. The baseline study was conducted for the first phase of the project in 2021. The study revealed that a significant number of children on surveyed RAEK member farms are in some form of child labour, on coffee as well as other crops. The majority of these children do unpaid work for their own families, with more boys are engaged in child labour than girls. At the same time, while nearly 79% of children were found to be enrolled in school, but absences are common, with work cited as the main cause.Child labour is a complex phenomenon with many interlinking root causes – no single factor can fully explain its prevalence or persistence. Four main root causes stood out in the local context:•	Poverty and vulnerability to shocks;•	Poor accessibility, quality and low relevance of available education;•	Unfavourable socio-cultural norms and a lack of child labour monitoring in the community;•	Weak government regulation of child labour.Together with local stakeholders, including community-based organizations, the project partners are working on the plan to address these root causes within the next phase of the project.
Fighting Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone (DSS15EBL30) Deployment of DSS in the fight against Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Scoping Kisumu lake basin This scoping study will identify three or four business cases for developing the Kisumu Lake Basin in Kisumu, Kenya. These business cases will be developed by working with the government and business stakeholders to identify local needs and challenges in water management, harbour and urban development, and logistics. These cases will be presented to the Governor of Kisumu and the 'Economic Lake Basin Bloc'. Also, the results will be presented during the Water Week in November 2017 in the Netherlands.