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Quality Improvement Tropical Fruit Vietnam Vietnam is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Drought and salinization are a severe threat to agriculture in Vietnam, especially in the Mekong Delta, traditionally a region with rice monocultures. Lacking alignment and inconsistencies between agricultural and water policies combined with emerging climate change trends have caused early crises.In 2013, the Mekong Delta Plan (MDP) opted for a shift in policy planning from uncoordinated economic diversification towards agri-business-focused specialization. This vision in the MDP closely aligns with the Vietnam Development Report 2016, which concludes that future growth for the agricultural sector should rely primarily on increased efficiency, innovation and value addition. In the years 2017-2019, the Vietnamese government developed further visions, strategies and government resolutions that acknowledge the need for a transition of the agricultural sector in the Mekong Delta towards a sector with modern, sustainable and competitive agricultural value chains, related business services and an enabling institutional environment, prepared for climate change. However, institutional fragmentation and low coordination levels hamper the transformation process. To overcome the implementation obstacles, the Vietnamese and Netherlands governments have agreed on a G2G-led cooperating program that guides and structures the transformation. Therefore, a Memorandum of Understanding on NL-VN cooperation on the Mekong Delta Agricultural Transformation Program was signed in 2019.The overall objective of the present project is to contribute to the transition in agriculture by strengthening the position of fruit-growing farmers in some vulnerable provinces in Vietnam, based on sustainable production and distribution practices, market-oriented outputs and long-term domestic and international market positions, thereby creating sustainable economic growth and employment. Improving the quality of the fruit is key in this approach.The main beneficiaries will be the growers (and cooperatives) of dragon fruit in Binh Thuan and Long An provinces, pomelo in Ben Tre province and mango in Dong Thap province.
Logistics related to the incoming study visit of female entrepreneurs from the MENA region Logistics related to the incoming study visit of female entrepreneurs from the MENA region.
NVWA e-certification follow-up This project aims to enhance Bolivia's phytosanitary control system and facilitate trade in phyto-material among Pacific Alliance countries and globally.
UNICEF Syria Consultancy Service Solar and WASH This is an assignment at the request of UNICEF for a consultancy service to support UNICEF in the design of solar powered systems for two projects, as well as the elaboration of tender documents, including Terms of References (ToRs) and technical specifications.
Mapping of water catchment in Grootvlei area study The purpose of this project is to support the development of an integral transition plan in Grootvlei and the greater Dipaleseng Local Municipality. This entails, amongst others, a clear understanding of the ecological and spatial situation to determine the basis for realistic, sustainable socio-economic pathways for the area. This will provide the basis of realistic sustainable pathways for the area.South Africa is a water scarce country, it receives on average half of the global average rainfall. Water in the South African context is, therefore, the enabling factor for socio-economic development, the welfare of rural and urban communities as well as the natural environment. A just transition pathway and integrated approach needs to take into account the possibilities and limitations of the available surface and ground water in the catchments relevant to Dipaleseng-Grootvlei.
Harvest Money Expo Scoping Study This scoping study will give a better understanding of the needs on climate-smart and digital solutions in agriculture for the key agricultural sectors where Dutch expertise, knowledge and business cooperation could play a positive role. This will be guiding in connecting Dutch agribusinesses with the Ugandan agricultural market. The study includes an updated overview of important stakeholders that operate in the key sectors. The agricultural sector in Uganda aims to accelerate commercialization. Dutch companies could help with incentivizing the farming as a business objective by knowledge exchange and fostering business opportunities with mutual benefits. Based on the business opportunities and Ugandan agri-businesses identified through the scoping study, the project aims to help develop sustainable business relationships with Dutch businesses through field visits and matchmaking sessions organized within the framework of the Harvest Money Expo and the Netherlands agribusiness trade mission to Uganda that takes place in February 2024.
Partnership to end child labour in apparel supply chains The project addresses child labour in apparel supply chains, in particular focusing on activities surrounding embellishment and those carried out by home-based workers. Informal and opaque apparel supply chains are host to child labour violations that happen despite factory auditing mechanisms. Our approach addresses root causes of child labour and works with brands to integrate best practice to protect workers and families in the home-based settings.The project leads with market-focused activities that drive brand participation. C&A Nederland is the lead Dutch firm at the start, with the goal to engage one more Dutch brand. The project engages the suppliers of participating brands in a process of supply chain mapping and inspection of outsourced production down to home-based workers. The approach drives transparency in the supply chain and enables the partners to identify and remediate child labour within and beyond participating companies’ supply chains.In addition, to uncovering and addressing existing child labour violations, the project addresses root causes. The consortium members work in communities to provide and promote education for children, creating an alternative to home-based work. Ultimately, the partners seek to bring hidden production resulting from outsourcing into sight in order to ensure workers’ rights and protection.
Blockchain innovation-wallet (Phase I) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in Developing Markets.Food security Sub-Saharan Africa.Phase I: Feasibility study.
Further support to Ghana Design Network This project aims to support the Ghana Design Network in achieving its objectives and growing into a self-supporting well-functioning organisation creating a more lively and inspirational design eco-system.
Fighting Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone (DSS15EB001) Deployment of DSS in the fight against Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Fact-finding mission and workshop rural healthcare Colombia The project aims to improve and integrate rural health service systems in Colombia, using the capacity building of national and local policymakers and Colombian scientists.
Assignment for Holland Circular Hotspot The Circular Economy program is a digital event that lasts two days. It showcases the Netherlands' best practices in plastics, e-waste, and circular agriculture. The objective is to inspire people from seven African countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, and South Africa. The program aims to encourage circular business models in plastics, electronics, and agriculture. It addresses challenges in legislation, regulations, technology, and knowledge. Dutch companies and organizations offer opportunities for knowledge transfer and matchmaking to help achieve this goal.
PDP IV – Advancing New Affordable and Accessible HIV Prevention Technologies for Women and Girls This project is implemented under the PDP IV programme by the International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI). IAVI's mission is to translate scientific discoveries into affordable and globally accessible public health solutions.
Potato Study The potato sector of Uganda is growing strongly and could provide opportunities for Dutch companies, investors and education institutes. Dutch companies need more specific information about the potato sector to make strategic decisions regarding their entry and operations in Uganda. They require reliable market information that is not readily available at the moment. The study will give an overview of the current state of affairs of the potato sector in Uganda, identify opportunities within Uganda’s potato sector and provide recommendations for sustainable development of the value chain (climate-smart & circular food systems) with support of RVO instruments, such as SDGP Facility and ImpactCluster.
IRIPO (Phase I) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in Developing Markets.Food security Sub-Saharan Africa.Phase I: Feasibility study.
Energy Conservation Law Review The project tackles the Energy Efficiency/conservation (EE) Law in Lebanon. It aims at providing technical and legal consultancy services for the Lebanese Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) and the Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation (LCEC) so that EE Law will be fully addressed/analysed including its applicability to ease its implementation. The study should lead to recommendations of technical and legal solutions based on international expertise in a way to benefit from best practices in such areas. This consultancy shall propose recommendations to improve the existing articles if any, and to develop executive decrees for some measures such as minimum energy performance standards or other related energy efficiency measures for the articles mentioned in the law. The law being a framework law, these executive decrees would allow the implementation and enforcement of the law’s articles.The project's main objective is to help reviewing, assessing and improving the current energy conservation “project law” in subjects related to energy audits in industrial facilities, improvement of public buildings, and addition of useful decrees for the implementation of this law. The recommendation of the consultancy including the development of the executive decrees (guidelines) are meant to interpret/apply the law (brings text into context) to fully address the practical needs i.e. how to bring the law into practice after reviewing it (learning from NL and EU experience including the lessons learnt in other countries).
Chocoa event The purpose of this project is to give exposure to the combi-tracks cocoa of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, during Chocoa Amsterdam, and stimulate knowledge exchange and partnership between the different Dutch stakeholders like private companies, NGOs, RVO and the Netherlands embassies.In the end, the project will contribute to the sustainable development of the cocoa sector in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, hence creating opportunities for local (youth) employment and business opportunities for Dutch products and services that can support this development.
Holland Africa Poultry Partners (HAPP) (TGOS110001) This project focuses on poultry in Ethiopia.Ethiopia is one of the emerging markets in Africa, with a large domestic market, significant economic growth and a strategic location near the Gulf States. The policy of the Ethiopian Government is to increase the production in the poultry sector from eggs to meat and feed. Farmers miss the appropriate knowledge, expertise and skills. A Dutch consortium of poultry companies offers hardware and knowledge of the poultry chain together with Dutch knowledge partners to farmers.The demonstration farm will act as a National Poultry Training Centre in collaboration with the Ethiopian Government.Partners in the project are the applicant Netherlands-African Business Council (NABC), the Netherlands embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and a consortium of Dutch companies in the poultry sector such as Vencomatic Group, Aeres Group, Wageningen University, Pas Reform-Hatchery Technologies, De Heus Animal Nutrition B.V., Isa-Hendricks Genetics, VDL Agrotech, MSD Animal Health. The Dutch partners work together with the Ministry of Livestock of Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Poultry Producers Association.
Review Study Horiculture Vietnam The Dutch top sector ‘Horticulture and Starting Materials’ has initiated a co-operation with the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) under the name HortiViN. This collaboration aims at strengthening the horticulture sector in Vietnam to bring it to the next level. As a baseline exercise for HortiViN a clear view of past support programmes and project in horticulture is essential. This will provide a sound basis to develop future strategic co-operation. The overall goal of the project is to: •	Enable the development of a distinct and value added strategic platform proposition to both business community in the Netherlands and Vietnamese counterparts.•	Enable the development of a strategic needs and services agenda per pillar as basis of the establishment of new relations and partnerships; content driven bilateral relation management.A subsidy has been granted to the applicant Fresh Studio to conducted a ‘Review Study on Horticulture in Vietnam’. The assignment complies :•	 Desk research,•	 Field research,•	 Analysis and reporting,•	 Knowledge dissemination and strategy formulation workshop.
'Buen Apetito' gastronomic schools, farms and businesses: captivating and selling the positive values of Colombian food and its related culture ‘Buen Apetito’ Colombia aims to generate economic opportunities for disadvantaged young people, small holder farmers as well as for Colombian and Dutch social entrepreneurs in the growing agro-food and hospitality market, promoting sustainable production, preparation and consumption of nutritious food, within a corporate social responsibility framework.Next to this, a new line of healthy snacks using local organic  ingredients has to be developed. Through this approach the access to the international market becomes more secure. The aim of the project is to set up two cooking schools and a restaurant including a business plan , training of young people in gastronomy, establish a secure market and an inclusive value chain of certified high quality organic food, establish culinary farms, and development of healthy snacks (Just Nuts).Uncertain future, poor conditions and lack of resources make young people move to the larger cities such as Bogotá, Medellin, Calí etc. The internal armed conflict was another major contributor to the displacement of people in Colombia. It is estimated that around 10% (5 million inhabitants) of the Colombian population are displaced, amongst these people are approximately 1.2 million children and young people. This group becomes extra vulnerable due to little or no study at all. The ones that have enjoyed vocational preparations find jobs earning less than minimum wages. In order to provide the young population a better future, education and employment are essential.Both challenges (better access for small farmers to the local market and job opportunities for young people) are tackled with this project through the establishment of a cooking school and restaurants and the creation of a local market for certified organic products.This project is being carried out by Icco, together with partners Just Nuts, Melting Pot Bolivia Sociedad Civil, Cooperatie Generous Minds U.A., Fundacíon Pequeno Trabajador and Fundation Escuela Taller de Bogotá.
Inventory study on horticulture in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra and Larache region Morocco is one of the leading producers of fruits and vegetables in North Africa, both for domestic use and for export. The country faces a major challenge due to water scarcity and the current cultivation methods. New, sustainable cultivation techniques are needed, including more efficient water use, higher yields and sustainable production, including the use of pesticides.There is a lot of interest from Moroccan stakeholders in Dutch knowledge and technology, as well as the Dutch model of triple helix cooperation. On the other hand, there is a lot of interest from the Dutch business community in the Moroccan horticultural sector, especially in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra and Larache region.An inventory study is being carried out to integrate sustainable Dutch knowledge and technology into the horticultural sector in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra and Larache region.This study will identify available Dutch technologies, as well as Moroccan and Dutch parties that can and want to contribute to the sustainable improvement of the horticultural sector in this region.
Pillar 2 – RBC Agreement for the Food Products Sector, extra 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.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)
Delta cooperation Indonesia 2013 (PVWA131404) Delta cooperation Indonesia 2013 (PVWA131404).
Novel products that improve broiler health and reduce antibiotics usage Kanters Special Products B.V. (Kanters) focuses on improving animal health through drinking water and reducing the use of antibiotics. Kanters does this, by accurately adding liquid nutritional supplements developed by them to the drinking water. Kanters products are most effective when poultry farms receive healthy 'high-quality day-old-vhicks' (DOC) from the hatcheries.In the Philippines, most day-old-chicks suffer from dehydration, stress and high temperatures, 24 to 72 hours after hatching in the hatchery. This has a major negative impact on the growth performance of the birds during the remaining life cycle on the broiler farms.Kanters wants to collaborate with Royal Pas Reform B.V..Pas Reform provides total solutions for hatcheries and has developed the SmartStart system: an early feeding system for hatcheries that greatly improves the quality of newly hatched chicks through quick access to feed, water and light which results in a significantly lower mortality in the first week and which helps to limit the use of antibiotics.In the Philippines, the use of antibiotics in livestock farming is excessive and is used preventively by almost all livestock farmers. This entails many risks, of which resistance is the most important.The aim of the demonstration project is to convince local poultry farmers, active in breeding, hatching and keeping broilers, to invest in Kanters and Pas Reform products by demonstrating the benefits of the combined technologies. The aim is to demonstrate that the technologies not only lead to better animal health and a reduction in medication and antibiotic use, but also to better business results for poultry farmers.
LAND-at-scale Chad: Land reform based on rapid evolutions and present crisis Chad faces land related problems, due to the increasing pressure on land and insufficiently equipped governance mechanisms to provide tenure security. The participation of civil society is very limited. Ignoring or shortcutting land related challenges in Chad means that other development challenges will emerge even in a more violent way in the next decades.The project aims to contribute to a more transparent and inclusive land administration system in Chad, especially for tenure insecure groups like women and youth, which creates security for communities to invest in sustainable income generating activities.This will be realized through the following strategies:•	Finalization of the Land Code: a review and rewrite of the content, combined with a multi-stakeholder validation workshop.•	Support to socio-economic land reform, with special attention for inclusion of women and youth, strengthening civil society organizations, capacity building on agricultural practices and dispute resolution mechanisms. •	Improving the land registration system in N’Djamena by developing a blueprint of the current situation and roadmap towards the preferred future situation, together with the relevant government authorities in Chad.
Technical Assistance to Ministry of Transport and Communication (TA2MTC) This project aims to support the Ministry of Transport and Communication to be fully equipped in negotiating the concession contracts with the future Concessionaires and concession contracts for the Material Offloading Facility (MOF), Commercial Port and LNG Maritime Terminal in the Palma area.
Capacity building for development of PPP in solid waste management According to recently published research, the Philippines is among the world’s top contributors of plastic in seas and oceans. As waste management in the Philippines is still quite rudimentary, and the population expected to rise further, this problem is only expected to increase over the next decade. Apart from plastics ending up in the water, improper waste management also poses a risk to the environment through the leaking of harmful materials like methane and toxic chemicals. The objective of this initiative is to enhance the capacity of the Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines. This will be achieved by providing them with the necessary resources to assist local governments in the country in formulating business proposals for the implementation of Solid Waste Management projects through a PPP framework. The aim is to address the issue of waste disposal in an ecologically sustainable manner, while also generating economic benefits and employment opportunities. With this strengthened capacity for developing business cases, the PPP Center can continue their work in assisting Local Government Units in the Philippines through their Business Case Initiative in creating successful PPPs to solve the issue of waste management.
LAND-at-scale Chad: towards inclusive land governance Building on previous interventions, the consortium implementing this project has an understanding of the social structures, roles and rights of land governance and land tenure systems in Chad to develop and test, in a participatory way, methods to secure land rights in two pilot areas. It uses existing and consolidated partnerships with the government, to obtain solid institutional anchoring and to directly inform the ongoing land reform in Chad. This will be done in two pilot sites, linking to other ongoing infrastructural investments.