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Strategic specialist water management and spatial planning DRR-Team Mission Chile (DRR217CL03) DRR-Team mission to support Chili on flood risk management with regard to floods and flash floods in the arid region of Atacama.
Local production of Solar Soaker with injection moulding Startup Acacia Impact Innovation B.V. (Acacia) wants to contribute to a better world by developing innovations that have a major social impact. Acacia does this through advice and consultancy, developing business strategies, fundraising and public-private partnerships.Acacia recently developed the Solar Soaker, an affordable and simple alternative to the washing machine. The Solar Soaker consists of a plastic tray with a transparent lid and uses the sun's heat to remove stains and dirt. In countries such as Uganda, women or girls spend an average of 16 hours per week doing laundry (by hand). The solar soaker offers them the opportunity to do their laundry efficiently, leaving much more time for a job or education. The solar soaker is also suitable for medical clinics, where hygiene is improved and the risk of infections is reduced. At the moment Acacia produces a (very) small number of washing machines in the Netherlands by means of thermoforming. This makes the product very expensive (EUR 75 each). With the solar soaker produced in the Netherlands, Acacia has recently been able to validate the Ugandan market for this product (pilot project DGGF-TA). Field tests have shown that the solution saves time (only 1/3 of the time needed), reduces physical effort by 90%, the laundry is cleaner, less water is used, etc. Acacia now wants to scale up. However, production costs will then have to be reduced. It is expected that injection molding in Uganda instead of thermoforming will reduce the production costs of the solar soaker to EUR 6 each. Acacia wants to collaborate with Ugandan companies for local production.Acacia's approach is to create a network of laundries, especially in rural areas, run by micro-entrepreneurs. They rent the solar soakers and will offer the laundry service. Customers pay a minimal amount for the laundry.
Marketing of clean cookstoves Grean World is an Ethiopian renewable energy company established in 2016. The company specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of ethanol stoves and fuel, mirt stoves and solar energy products. The ‘Marketing of clean cookstoves’ project under the SDG7 Results facility focuses solely on the expansion of mirt stoves into the rural areas. The company plans to reach 120.000 households within four years.
Orange Corners Angola – Incubators management training This project aims to improve the skills, tools, techniques and materials of service providers in Angola and Sudan for them to be able to execute the Orange Corners incubation programme effectively and manage the hub where the incubation programme takes place. Through this intervention, service providers in Angola and Sudan will possess all the knowledge and tools to implement the Orange Corners programme and tailor the programme to the local context.
Ancient traditions with a new technology The project partners want to establish a joint venture for food processing in Sana'a for the production of two traditional Yemeni sauces: Yemeni chilli sauce and Shafout premix. Shafout is a yoghurt based sauce, with a variety of green herbs. The premix has to be mixed with yoghurt to yield Shafout. The chilli sauce is ready made. The applicant, Lekkerkerker Dairy & Food Equipment B.V., specialises in the marketing and sales of food processing machines. The local partner Imdad Trading is part of a group that owns several restaurants and is active in marketing and advertising.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The factory will have strict regulation against qat consumption (like the other companies of the Imdad group). To enable female employees, the factory layout will comprise separate women quarters.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsAt the end of the project 39 permanent jobs will be created, of which 10 on medium-/high-level. This will increase to 70 (25 medium-/high-level) two years later. The joint venture will pay at least twice the local minimum wage (2 x USD 100 per month), additional to transportation costs, health insurance and duty meals.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe project will introduce food processing techniques and general manufacturing practices on food safety and hygiene. For the contract farmers new seeds and farming techniques will be introduced.•	Chain effectsThe project will have a positive impact on 100 contractors in the value chain. Mainly suppliers (e.g. packaging material, ingredients), transporters and distributors (wholesalers, retailers).•	EnvironmentAs water is a scarce resource in Yemen, the joint venture is not allowed to drill for water on the site. Therefore, it has to rely on the supply of water by trucks. To minimise the water usage (for washing) the process will filter the water and recycle it during the day. As part of the registration procedure, all new companies have to carry out an environmental impact assessment.•	Position of womenAlthough it is gradually changing, it is still not common for Yemeni women to work outside the house. Hence, the project will have a positive effect on the position of women, as it will employ 50% women, also in the medium-/high-level positions of finance, accounting and the lab. Commercial production of traditional Yemeni sauces (Yemeni chilli sauce and Shafout) in pasteurised consumer packages for the local market with a total capacity of 20,000 kg per day.
Feasibility study for a surface water reservoir in Teknaf, Bangladesh Assignment at the request of UNHCR in Cox’s Bazar. At present the water supplies to the Rohingyas refugee camps are provided by an unplanned and ad-hoc collection of emergency responses which have accumulated over the past 27 years. These are fragile at best and require extensive operational costs, high levels of maintenance and repair with quality control being very difficult. The decentralised nature of the systems means that water resources cannot easily be moved from areas of surplus to areas of deficit.The overall object is to deliver significant amounts of potable water from new surface and groundwater sources from new areas in Teknaf subdistrict. The outcome of this feasibility study project should thereby function as a roadmap to sustainable water resource management planning that serves drinking water for host communities, refugees as well as the agricultural, commercial and industrial sectors.
LAND-at-scale Mozambique: Preparatory study The preparatory study provided a condensed overview in relation to the scaling strategy and potential for structural change in relation to community land delimitation and registration. This included studies and lessons learned from earlier interventions, including earlier barriers to scaling community land delimitation and registration to the national level and within the government system. Concrete recommendations have flowed into the formulation of the main LAND-at-scale project in Mozambique (LAS21MZ1S).
UMVA rural financial ECO system installation in Sierra Leone AUXFIN has developed the so-called UMVA (Unversal Method for Value Access) platform, with which an ECO system is created in a short time between the major actors of an economy. The banking system is malfunctioning in developing countries. There is often insufficient cash, which means that people often do not have access to their own money.This project focuses on demonstrating the UMVA platform.
Building Resilient Community Ecosystems in the Fight Against Child Labour Planting Naturals, along with their subsidiary Goldtree, is committed to the sustainable production of 100% organic palm oil and aims to demonstrate that responsibly produced palm oil can bring positive impacts to communities, improving the lives of small-scale farmers. Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in the world, badly affected by civil war and Ebola. In Kailahun, smallholder farmers grow and harvest the fruits for processing at Goldtree’s Mill. Here, 30% of the children have no access to quality schooling due to poverty and 93% of youth are jobless. High illiteracy rates, low crop yields, inappropriate farming techniques and lack of business information all contribute to the low-incomes of families.Goldtree has strict policies prohibiting child labour, but it can still occur, particularly as growing and harvesting is done by smallholders. Child labour is caused by poverty and food insecurity, and on subsistence farms, family members will support the harvesting and management of the crops. Children are most at risk when collecting fruits from the oil palm trees, fruit picking from the bunches, or brushing. Action on Poverty-APT works with local partner, MAPCO, in Sierra Leone to create livelihoods through enterprise (including agricultural), access to markets and building rights awareness. This combination of social and economic empowerment is a powerful tool to catalyse long-term positive change.  The project will raise awareness among smallholder farmers and communities of negative impacts of work on children and education and raise awareness of child rights. Food production will be increased by establishing vegetable gardens and rice fields and increasing yields through organic methodologies. Training on diets and nutrition will improve food security. Smallholders will learn business skill to sell vegetables and make soap, increasing incomes and reducing the need to use child labour to accrue additional income.
Management Training and Roadshow Network This project aims to facilitate business-to-business (B2B) partnerships through dissemination of knowledge and best practices in greenhouse horticulture, covering the whole supply chain of ornamentals, vegetables and propagation materials, from cultivation to marketing and sales (seed to shelf).The main instruments to reach this goal will be a combination of:•	Training of managers and entrepreneurs in the Netherlands (Executive Managers Training).•	Training of managers and entrepreneurs in Central America (Roadshows in Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica).
Bigbag production in Sri Lanka Note: This project has been cancelled, because of an occurred change in investment priorities for one of the partners.Masterpack Group B.V. is specialised in the development, production and sales of Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBC), better known as bigbags. Bigbags are standardised bags in large dimensions for storing and transporting dry, flowable products, for example sand, fertilizers, granules of plastics, etc. Masterpack manufactures high quality bigbags which are used in the higher segment like the food, pharmaceutical and chemical industry, which demand high quality requirements and strict safety regulations. Masterpack is an internationally experienced company and already has production facilities in China, Thailand and Bangladesh. Together with Nawaloka Polysacks Masterpack will set up a state-of-the-art bigbag production facility in Sri Lanka which will focus on the higher segment of bigbags. The production facility will be ISO9001, SA8000, ISO22000, HACCP, BRC and GMP certified (besides several company specific certifications).Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The project will have a minimal environmental impact and with obtaining the SA8000 (social accountability) certificate there will be a lot of attention for good labour conditions and payment of living wages.Impact•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThere is no bigbag production in Sri Lanka yet and bigbag production is a lot more advanced than simple pvc bags production.•	Chain effectsCertain specific products like liners will be bought locally but the most essential input material – Polypropylene (PP) or Polyethylene (PE) Granulate – has to be imported.•	Impact on the sectorThe project is quit unique in Sri Lanka so there is no real sector to compare it with, but because of the wide variety in certifications (especially on food safety) the production facility can set an example in Sri Lanka.•	EnvironmentNo significant environmental impact.•	Position of womenA large number of women will be employed.The low level female employees will mainly be employed on the sewing department. The seamstresses will be working with the newest sewing equipment available, which is much more advanced as most clothing industry sewing equipment. With these skills the seamstresses will be attractive employees for other companies if they ever decide to leave the joint venture.•	Impact on food safetyA large quantity of the bigbags is sold to the food industry. This requires that the bags are of the highest possible quality and safe to store food products in. Their buyers want to avoid possible scandals (e.g. with the milk powder in China). To establish a bigbag production facility in Sri Lanka with a production capacity of 160,000 kg bigbags a month. 200 employees will be hired. 70 m/h jobs. 80 female. In the spin-off additional investments are foreseen and 200 extra employees.
National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD) – Phase 2 ContextThe coastal zone of Jakarta has been sinking for many decades. Land subsidence rates are between an few centimetres per year up to 15 centimetres per year. Coastal areas which were still above sea level one hundred years ago have sunk to 3 meters below sea level. More and more land is situated below sea level and existing sea walls need to be upgraded every five to ten years to stop sea water entering the city. Groundwater extraction for water supply is an important factor in the sinking and the city administration is working hard to replace groundwater extraction with other forms of water of water supply. Nevertheless, the city will continue to sink, albeit at a slower pace.The existing sea wall is around 120 kilometers long and is integrated in the residential, commercial and industrial areas. This creates a difficult urban setting for upgrading the sea defenses as houses, factories and other infrastructure are to be removed from the sites. Upgrading will become more and more difficult over time and the need for a new protection strategy is becoming clear. In the coming 10 years the existing long, complicated urban sea wall could be replaced by a shorter (25 to 30 kilometers) offshore sea wall, which would simplify the sea defense. This concept is similar to the Dutch "Afsluitdijk" or "Deltawerken", which are based on the same concept. The Jakarta Coastal Defence Strategy (JCDS 2008-2011) and the National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD I 2012-2015 and NCICD II 2016-2020) projects aimed to provide a short, medium and long term strategy. Both JCDS and NCICD stressed the importance of managing the land subsidence, improving the water quality in the rivers and canals and a revitalization of the coastal communities (thus the words 'Integrated' and 'Development' in NCICD) as important contributing factors.ApproachSummarized, the protection strategy would consist of three phases: upgrading the existing sea wall would buy some time and this upgrade should be completed in the short term. At
Innovative two-step biogas filling system (bottled biogas) (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.
Development of the 'Setting the Scene' document for Water as Leverage Cartagena Water as Leverage (WaL) is an initiative of the Government of the Netherlands. The programme in Asia consisted of an active and committed group of international partners. It is built on the recognition that a result-driven, holistic and inclusive project preparation approach is the only way to kick-start and create scalable sustainable urban solutions, which are supported by decision makers locally and nationally, have long-term and sustainable impact, and are bankable. The widespread underfunding of early project development activities results in a growing difficulty to fill the project implementation pipeline of national and international financiers. While climate financing availability for project implementation is on the rise, the investments in the early phases of project identification and development are still widely lacking. As part of the bilateral collaboration between Colombia and the Netherlands on the topics of water, climate and resilience, it is the ambition to start a Water as Leverage (WaL) inspired trajectory in the city of Cartagena, together with a group of local, national and international partners. WaL Cartagena aims to invest 'the millions' in this early project development phase to unlock the 'billions' of implementation finance.The first analysis on water, infrastructure, as well as other related policies, projects and priorities, is the basis for generating the 'Setting the Scene' document and shared knowledge repository. Based on priorities, potential partnerships and pressing problems, a city-wide analysis will be executed by a group of national and international experts.This 'Setting the Scene' narrows the focus of the WaL pre-project preparation process by providing a focus on three pillars:1.	Technical challenges: what are the pressing issues and challenges in Cartagena, in need of a technical solution?2.	Governance arrangements: what are the local and national policies and priorities that steer, stimulate or limit the options for projects to be developed in the context of Cartagena? What are the key stakeholders and their roles as part of any project preparation and implementation cycle?3.	Financing arrangements: what are local, national and international funding options for infrastructural projects in Cartagena and what are the general requirements and limitations to take into account as part of the (pre-)project preparation phase?This assignment is financed through the Partners for Water programme, executed by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), part of the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate.The Partners for Water programme is commissioned by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management on behalf of the Interdepartmental Water Cluster.
Orange Corners Iraq (Erbil) – Incubation programme The Orange Corners Erbil incubation programme aims to support approximately 40 young Iraqi entrepreneurs per year with a dynamic, state-of-the-art facility, where they get the opportunity to collaborate and work with like-minded individuals in order to start their business.The incubation program offers business development support, master classes, events, coaching and mentoring sessions.Through collaboration between the private and public sector, Orange Corners combines forces to contribute towards the economic growth of Iraq.
Hackathon Circular Economy 2024 South Africa is filled with circular economy opportunities that are present in various sectors such as agriculture, textiles, mining, food systems, energy, water, etc. Currently the predominant economic model for resource utilisation is linear – resources are extracted, transformed into products, used and then discarded.This hackathon presents an opportunity to explore how circular design can influence or change the linear model at source or upstream so that the downstream challenges are minimised. There is also an opportunity to explore how digital technologies can be leveraged for innovative circular design solutions that can solve waste management and other downstream challenges. The hackathon will be used as a build-up to the Circular Economy Hotspots event planned for September this year. The pitching and awards ceremony will culminate with day-two of the Hotspots event.
PSD information event for local entrepreneurs in Guinea and Cabo Verde PSD information event for local entrepreneurs in Guinea and Cabo Verde.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.
Consultancy for support to the White Paper and Round Table Conference on Land Reclamation in Bangladesh Consultancy for support to the White Paper and Round Table Conference on Land Reclamation in Bangladesh.
Masterplan development of the Manila Bay in the Philippines Masterplan development of the Manila Bay in the Philippines.
European Partnership for Responsible Minerals (EPRM) EPRM is a multi stakeholder partnership established with the goal to create better social and economic conditions for mine workers and local mining communities, by increasing the number of mines who adopt responsible mining practices in Conflict and High Risk Areas (CAHRAs). Three critical changes in the supply system have to be achieved to enable responsible production of minerals in CAHRAs: there has to be assured demand (from downstream actors), there has to be transparent supply line from mine to smelters (midstream), and mines have to be able, technically and financially, to apply best practices in mining. In this way, EPRM assures responsible producers a market and secure sourcing channels for responsible minerals. EPRM will support an enabling local environment through government and local communities’ participation that will enhance miners’ motivation to introduce better mining practices. To this end, EPRM will create strategic partnerships with relevant stakeholders active in mining communities such as international organisations, civil society organisations, local governmental institutions, local mining communities, in order to align mining intervention strategies and pool and expand resources with which mines will be supported  technically and financially   to produce minerals in a social and environmental responsible way, and thus gradually breaking the link between mineral extraction and conflict.
RtF – Friendship Note: Char islands are small, often temporary, islands that separate the river channels.Friendship carries out the RtF project in the north of Bangladesh, in 20 char island communities. The geography of the char island is unique, with the char islands or communities disconnected by the river flow of the Brahmaputra.Friendship aims to develop the landscape as one unit, while putting 20 villages on the the small islands in the lead. Those islands ultimately form the entire landscape, where life and livelihood is largely guided by the river and its flow.These communities (in Shaheber Alga) are one of the most vulnerable unions of Ulipur upazila with poor socio-economic development, lack of communication – since the surrounding rivers severely disconnected them from the mainland –, and recurrent physical disasters (floods).The intervention goal is to make the 20 villages more resilient to the changes which will continue to occur in this char island landscape and for Friendship, as the RtF hub, to develop a new way of working by putting communities in the lead.If successful, it means that more villages can be reached by Friendship (and other actors).
Study Centre of Excellence horticuture Due to the announced megaproject for the development of 40,000 hectares of covered cultivation in Egypt, a study will executed to:•	develop a comprehensive business plan for the establishment of a Horticultural Center of Excellence;•	develop a concept for an Egyptian-Dutch Business Platform;•	draw up terms of reference for implementation of the business plan.
Inuka: A digital solution to improve access to mental health in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (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.
Expert on IWRM / DRR-Team Scoping Mission Tuvalu (DRR16TV02) DRR-Team provided support to the Government of Tuvalu – one of the SIDS nations - following their requests, on the topic of coastal protection.