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Extension of the existing water supply system in Niamey (Implementation Phase) The drinking water of Niamey is currently supplied by four water treatment works (Goudel I, II, III and Yantala) with a maximum capacity of 110,000 m3/day. The system is at the moment able to produce and distribute enough drinking water to the population of Niamey (1.1 million inhabitants and an average total water demand above 85,000 m3/day in 2012). However, the maximal production capacity has already been reached in peak periods, and with an annual population growth of over 4%, the existing drinking water production capacity would lead to severe water shortages in the near future. With the EWSN project, the competent authority SPEN wants to increase the existing capacity in order to meet the demand until approximately 2020.The project is defined as the extension of the existing water supply system in Niamey through the rehabilitation of an existing raw water intake, the development, construction, equipping, subsequent commissioning and operation of a new drinking water treatment plant with a capacity of 40,000 m3/day (Goudel IV), and the extension and improvement of the current transmission and distribution network. This project will ultimately benefit approximately 381,000 additional inhabitants within a 10-year period, thus ensuring proper drinking water supply for the whole population of Niamey.
Development of a Flower Auction in Amman The aim of this project is to develop the feasibility studies for a flower auction in Amman. The main stakeholders of this project are the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) and the Cut Flower Association (CFA). Farmers in Jordan grow flowers of high quality, but due to the inadequate post-harvest logistics at the current market facility, the quality and value greatly deteriorate. Therefore, it is needed to invest in a well-functioning auction and the related cold chain logistics to maintain the quality of the flowers. This investment will support private sector development and boost job creation in the horticultural sector for Jordanians as well as Syrian refugees.
Construction of Public Health Facilities in Western Region (O&M Phase) This project concerns the upgrading of six existing primary healthcare facilities (sites) in six marginalised rural districts in the Western region of Ghana. The locations include the towns of Akontombra, Elubo, Bogoso, Nsuaem, Dunkwa and the districts Wassa West District and Mpohor/Wassa East District. The project aims to improve access to quality health care in rural and marginalized areas by developing functional health infrastructure and addressing both the need for physical infrastructure & equipment (hard ware) as well as support for quality driven and results oriented health care delivery (software) tailored to local health needs and priorities.
Buxeros Capital I B.V. The Emerging Americas and Asia Investment Fund is a new fund that will invest in joint ventures between a Dutch SME and a local SME in one of the DGGF focus countries of the fund. For Asia the focus will be on: Vietnam, Thailand , Philippines, Pakistan , India and Indonesia , and for Latin America the focus will be on: Guatemala , Nicaragua, Colombia , Peru and Suriname. The fund is expected to invest in at least 10 Joint Ventures. These JV’s will create jobs, knowledge transfer and increase local production in the abovementioned DGGF countries. This will be reported and monitored on an annual basis.
Tanzania – Tourist Lodge With a DGGF Start-up Loan Hakuna Matata Booking BV will be able to open a lodge for safari tourists near Lake Manyara in Tanzania. With this lodge, Hakuna Matata wants to close the gap in the market as there is often an imbalance between price and quality. This investment mainly concerns the construction of a high-quality (by international quality standards) tourist accommodation with 20 double rooms with associated main and outbuildings.The expected impact is local employment of approximately 30 jobs. The investment project is in line with the efforts of the authorities in Tanzania to increase the contribution of tourism to the national economy.
Vietnam - Expansion of assembly facility With a DGGF loan Royal van der Leun Groep B.V. will be able to build a new facility that will meet their high environmental standards in Hai Phong, Vietnam.
Van der Leun (since1920) is an electrical engineering specialist for maritime, offshore, dredging and construction industries. Van der Leun Vietnam is established in 2014. The core focus of Van der Leun Vietnam is to produce switchboards (main distributor of electricity). 

Currently Van der Leun Vietnam is located at an older part of the main industrial park in Hai Phong renting an office and a workshop. The workspace is relatively small and not up to Van der Leun’s standards anymore. In 2014 the focus was mainly on production, but through the years an engineering department has been set up and Van der Leun is slowly building up a software department locally. A well-equipped workshop and office with a good working environment is a necessity to grow the business further.

The company decided to lease 5.000m2 land. On this plot of land a new office and workshop will be build.
Tradin Organic Agriculture: Valorising the mango value chain in The Gambia 5 to 10 years ago, the government of fragile state The Gambia heavily promoted the cultivation of mangos which has led to the current abundance of mangos and price droppings. A lack of market access opportunities, combined with inefficiencies in the mango chain, has resulted in extremely high crop losses for farmers during the short (4 months) mango season, challenging their livelihoods.Tradin is currently one of the world’s biggest suppliers of organic dried mango which are imported from West Africa (amongst others). In order to meet world-wide growing demand for dried mangos, the company aimed to develop an organic dried mango value chain and increase production in The Gambia by investing in its young local partner Tropingo Foods. Technical Assistance (DGGF-TA) is used to invest in the set-up of an organic supply chain, additional equipment and drying facilities, improvement of quality- and operational processes within the facility and a feasibility study for a large scale factory and mango plantation. The project is the first to process mango and the first ‘organic’ project in the country. It supported 200+ direct jobs (80 FTE) and 256 indirect jobs of smallholder farmers in the supply chain. Both, the employees in the processing facility as the mango farmers, received training on good manufacturing practices and good agricultural practices, including organic production and these farmers are now cultivating according to international organic standards leading to new income streams. As a result of the Technical Assistance, the factory is now an approved vendor and certified supplier of dried mangos. Further investments are currently being explored and may result in the creation of more than 500 new jobs in the next few years.
Buxeros Capital II B.V. Buxeros Capital II B.V. focuses on revenue generating companies with healthy management and a sound business strategy. In addition, local impact shoud be a key element while creating jobs, transferring kowledge to local people and to ensure production growth. This will be reported and monitored on an annual basis. Buxeros is based in The Netherlands as a dedicated manager of a large Dutch family office having an office also in Johannesburg and subsequently  in 2017 in Bogota. They envisage to make at least 10 Joint Venture (JV) investments between Dutch SMEs and locally established companies or facilitate expansion strategies of these companies into DGGF-countries.
Scaling up: SweepSmart’s smart waste facilities in India India is facing tremendous issues due to its unmanaged waste streams. Waste is being dumped in nature, on huge landfills or burned on the streets which leads to pollution of water and air and poses serious risks for the environment and public health. In big cities like Bangalore a shocking number of people actually live on these landfills and make a living as waste pickers, an undignified life with many physical dangers. Dutch company SweepSmart B.V. saw an opportunity to improve this situation using their experience to set-up waste sorting facilities to work with informal waste pickers to sort waste to enable further recycling. This TA supports the company in commercializing and scaling up. This TA is focused on 10 centres of which 6 are almost ready. During this TA the centre owners, employees who work in the centres and waste pickers are trained.
Coastal protection for District of Agua Grande The project consists of coastal protection works road rehabilitation works for the district of Água Grande,
Depollution and decontamination via wastewater management of Hann Bay in Dakar, Senegal Depollution and decontamination via wastewater management of Hann Bay in Dakar, Senegal
Studies Public Transport Chindwin River (Feasibility Study I) The main objective of this project is the development of year round, safe and reliable public Transport on the Chindwin River in Myanmar by providing specialised shallow draft passenger ferry vessels that can be operated by the Department of Inland Water Transport. In addition, the project will provide  adequate mooring places (e.g. jetties) with inland connections as well as (very) local “hot spot dredging” to deepen extreme shallow patches. Develop2Build is supporting the feasibility study and an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) to guarantee independence and impartiality.Feasibility Study
Bamboo Good Rolls Social and sustainable toilet paper is what the Good Rolls focuses on. Already producing 100% recycled paper based toilet rolls at the moment, the Good Roll has now developed bamboo based toilet rolls that are being produced in Ghana. Socially the company invests 50% of its profits in building lavatories in Ghana. DGGF-TA financed a pilot project and feasibility study on the production of the bamboo toilet paper in Ghana. Outcome of the project is that the Good Roll will build a factory in where they can produce their paper from 100% Ghanaian bamboo. During the project, 4 people have been employed locally to do research. 20 indirect jobs have been supported related to the production of the product.
Building a cold store in the port of Tema, Ghana Wegdam Food Link BV and its local partner in Ghana have jointly set up a successful meat trade in Ghana. With a loan and a guarantee of the DGGF and a loan from Rabobank, Wegdam Food Link BV shall be able to build a cold store in the port of Tema, Ghana. Through this additional cooling capacity, the trade capacity of the Dutch company and its local partner is significantly increased. 50 jobs will be created at the cold store. Furthermore, solar panels will be placed on the roof of the cold store. They will supply a large part of the required energy to the cold store.
Drinking Water North Benin The objective of the project is the construction of new drinking water access systems, the rehabilitation of existing drinking water access systems, and extension of existing drinking water systems/infrastructure
Introducing a Quality Control System for a motorcycle assembly plant in Kenya Koneksie B.V., also known as Kibo Motorcycles, is a Dutch social enterprise that developed a motorcycle for the African market with the aim to provide safe and reliable transport for all. Through a DGGF-loan Kibo has invested in a motorcycle assembly plant in Kenya. To minimise risks of the investment and to improve local production capacity, Technical Assistance was provided for the introduction of a Quality Management System. This involved the development and implementation of quality management measures for Kibo’s 3 key processes: Assembly, Supply Chain and After Sales Services. It also involves the set-up of a Kibo Academy to enable continuous quality improvement and on the job training of staff according to European standards. The project is ongoing and aims to provide sustainable knowledge transfer to at least 12 local employees.
Providing new water infrastructure in the rural areas of Elundini (O&M Phase) The Joe Gqabi District Municipality (JGDM) is one of the six district municipalities in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Elundini local municipality is part of JGDM. This area is located in the foothills of the Southern/Eastern Drakensberg. Presently the residents get their water from springs, ponds and rivers. Many of these sources are used for washing and are sometimes shared with animals. This encompasses health concerns and thus has a negative impact on the productivity of the population. Of the total population of the District only 9.9 percent is connected to a drinking water system and of the remaining 91.1 percent 48 percent does not have access to clean drinking water in the current situation. Of the 206 villages in the rural areas of Elundini 107 villages do not have sustainable and safe water. This project will provide water infrastructure by boreholes or rainwater harvesting to communities of 107 villages. Next to water for households 90 schools and clinics will be connected to the water system. The project will not only ensure sustainable service delivery to these villages but will also ensure short and long term employment to beneficiary communities. In addition the training component of this project addresses the shortage of skilled labourers in the water sector (knowledge and experience of/in water infrastructure and maintenance). For each village a separate stand alone system will be built. This project also entails the operation and maintenance of the complete systems for a period of 10 years.
Production of Artisanal Dutch Cheese with small-scale local farmers in Monquentiva, Colombia The company Van Vliet V.O.F. is a Dutch cheese producer. Due to the growing middle class in Colombia and an increase in demand for specialty cheeses, the company used Technical Assistance (DGGF-TA) to assess the commercial and technical feasibility to produce and sell Dutch Artisanal Cheese (Gouda) in Colombia. The aim of the project was to improve livelihood and income for local farmers, local rural youth and women in particular by working with a cooperative of small scale local milk farmers (COLEGA) using Dutch technology and knowhow. The project resulted in the setup of a local production facility and sales mechanisms through a joint-venture, HolaAndes. It educated local employees to produce cheese and provided training to local farmers to improve milk production, processing standards and milk quality and with this increase their competitiveness and income.The project directly supported 6 jobs, of which all youth (25 years) and 4 female. Indirectly it supported 50 jobs, enabled knowledge transfer by training 8 people to produce cheese and by training 50 farmers to enhance sustainable agricultural production processes and milk quality which benefit these farmers beyond the extent of this project. Furthermore, the project has led to a boost in local tourism which supported an additional 6 indirect jobs. The project is expected to expand to other cities and work with more milk cooperations and farmers based on the experiences of this pilot.
Scaling up cardiac care (DRA18ET01) To design, implement, operate, train and maintain a sustainable cardiac care facility using proven healthcare technology, providing access to permanent capacity building programmes and best practices which can be multiplied nationwide over time.
Accelerating Tuberculosis Case Detection (Development Phase) Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly infectious disease and has a profoundly damaging socio-economic impact on patients and their families and on the countries where it is endemic. TB case detection is very low and reached only 27% in 2007. Current obstacles to detect TB in Ghana are1) low sensitivity of the standard detection methodology of smear microscopy or sputum analysis2) limited or no access to quality chest images3) high cost of sputum culture and4) limited laboratory capacity.TB can be controlled and diminished with proper and timely diagnosis and treatment. By the introduction of direct digital chest radiology patients and clinicians will be provided with access to  an additional diagnostic tool to detect more sputum smear positive/negative as well as extra-pulmonary cases. The present project aims to solve or reduce current obstacles to wider Chest X-ray access and will take digital X-ray equipment where there was no X-ray equipment before. By increasing the case detection rate robustly it will take Ghana into the WHO defined MDG target zone of 70% TB case detection by 2015.
Uganda - Connecting small holders to Specialty Robusta Markets Brand Development Group BV is a social enterprise that has been investing for several years in setting up a commercial Specialty Robusta Coffee demonstration farm in Uganda, Brand Coffee Farm Uganda. The company aims to develop robusta coffee as a specialty coffee in production areas where robusta is sold exclusively by farmers as a commodity product at a low price.
With a DGGF subsidy impact of the existing loan will be amplified. During the project 950 smallholder farmers will be connected to the processing and exporting process of Brand Coffee Farm. esult from the project will be  that the farmers on the one hand receive a higher price for their coffee and on the other hand can produce larger volumes and realize additional income from macadamia, vanilla and honey. Setting up a youth start-up will involve more women in the coffee sector and provide farmers with support. The focus on regenerative agroforestry and circular coffee farming will contribute to improving climate change, adaptation and mitigation, in addition to improving biodiversity.
Bamboo from Ghana There seems to be an opportunity to transfer bamboo and waste from wood sawing companies in Ghana into bamboo/wood briquets, that can be used as an energy provider. With this project, Bambooruko B.V. is testing the production of bamboo briquets and its production process. The farmed bamboo is locally processed, to do so sustainably trainings have been provided on clump management. A total of 12 people have been trained and the DGGF-TA financing has led to the creation of a local entity which will employ 5 people and lead to 15 indirect FTE linked to the farmers. The research has shown that there is enough bamboo in the region to produce with and to complement this, new varieties will be introduced.
Enhancement of Maternal Health and Paediatric Service (O&M Phase) Zanzibar consists of two large islands, Unguja, which is the largest and most populated island and the smaller and less populated island Pemba. Zanzibar is part of the United Republic of Tanzania but is semi-autonomous. The number of Zanzibar people that currently benefits from appropriate medical hospital care is limited. The percentage of healthcare facilities that are able to deliver the most essential healthcare is by far not sufficient in particular first aid in trauma related cases as well as maternity care. Healthcare of newborn children and women is threatened by a lack of basic medical services and availability of critical medical services. Especially the Neonatal Mortality Rate. Which is said to be 78 deaths per 1,000 births continues to be high, being two times higher than the already high Tanzanian rate. In general both Primary Healthcare Units and the Mnazi Mmoja hospital are not equipped understaffed and the staff is often not well trained.Zanzibar consists of two large islands, Unguja, which is the largest and most populated island and the smaller and less populated island Pemba. Zanzibar is part of the United Republic of Tanzania but is semi-autonomous. The number of Zanzibar people that currently benefits from appropriate medical hospital care is limited. The percentage of healthcare facilities that are able to deliver the most essential healthcare is by far not sufficient in particular first aid in trauma related cases as well as maternity care. Healthcare of newborn children and women is threatened by a lack of basic medical services and availability of critical medical services. Especially the Neonatal Mortality Rate. Which is said to be 78 deaths per 1,000 births continues to be high, being two times higher than the already high Tanzanian rate. In general both Primary Healthcare Units and the Mnazi Mmoja hospital are not equipped understaffed and the staff is often not well trained.The project comprises the following elements: - Rehabilitation of Mnazi Mmoja referral hospital: This includes the extension and upgrading of the hospital’s maternity, paediatric, outpatient and emergency care departments. This is done by the rehabilitation, interior redesign and equipment installation of the existing adjacent “Old Pharmaceutical Building” (OPB), and the renovation (including works and equipment) of the paediatric ward at the hospital’s main building (MBM).- Upgrading of 15 Primary Healthcare Units (PHCU’s): This includes the infrastructural improvements and hands-on equipment (stethoscopes, microscopes, lab test sets, delivery chairs, etc.) of 15 rural health posts, 8 in Unguja and 7 in Pemba, intended to improve antenatal and neonatal care delivery in the rural areas of Zanzibar.
Kisumu, Neyri an Meru Water Supply This D2B project consists of three water supply & sanitation projects in Kisumu, Meru and Nyeri in Kenya. This project is done in collaboration with the Kenya Pooled Water Fund (KPWF). The KPWF is funded by KIFFWA ( Kenya Innovative Finance Facility for Water) which was initiated with funds from the Netherlands embassy in Kenya and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The goal of the KPWF is to develop and finance bankable proposals for water utilities in Kenya (WSPs). This is done by combining donor guarantees and local capital markets (bonds issuance) to on-lend long term to the WSP’s at affordable rates. Under D2B the detailed design, Environmental Social Impact Assessment and tender documents are developed.  The competent authorities in this project are: Meru Water and Sewerage Company (MEWASS),  Nyeri Water and Sewerage Company (NYEWASCO) and Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company (KIWASCO). The studies for this project are done by three different Kenyan Consultants.
Pan Hlaing sluices (Additional Task ESIA) This project is identified by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation in Myanmar and part of a broad governmental strategy for the development of the Pan Hlaing area, which involves the construction of a sluice in the Pan Hlaing river. This sluice will help develop the Pan Hlaing river to become a water body, that transports and stores fresh water that can be used for irrigation in dry periods. In addition, the project will contribute to safeguarding and improving the drainage function in periods of excessive rainfall from the adjacent polders and minimise the risk of flooding of areas along the Pan Hlaing river caused by cyclones.D2B finances all studies needed for the construction of the sluice: i.e. the feasibility study, including a deliberate choice for the exact location of the sluice and a conceptual design.Additional Tasks (ESIA)
Studies Public Transport Chindwin River The main objective of this project is the development of year round, safe and reliable public Transport on the Chindwin River in Myanmar by providing specialised shallow draft passenger ferry vessels that can be operated by the Department of Inland Water Transport. In addition, the project will provide  adequate mooring places (e.g. jetties) with inland connections as well as (very) local “hot spot dredging” to deepen extreme shallow patches. Develop2Build is supporting the feasibility study and an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) to guarantee independence and impartiality.