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Flood Risk Mitigation and Management Technical Support Climate-induced floods have heavily impacted South Sudan from 2019 to 2021. In each of these years, close to 1 million people lost businesses, farms, animals, belongings and homes and had to seek safety in other places (away from their homes). Most affected areas are within the Sudd Valley, along the White Nile. They include, among others, Bentiu, Bor, Ayod, Fangak, Bor, Pibor and Malakal. These floods have severely affected the ability of South Sudan to recover from the effects of years of civil conflict and build resilience. It has been exacerbating the already dire humanitarian situation in the country. Unfortunately, the flooding pattern repeated in 2022, with over a million people affected countrywide. This project aims to provide technical advice on surface water and flood management to local government institutions, the South Sudan Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (MHADM), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in the targeted areas responding to floods in South Sudan. This technical support is expected to lead to concrete interventions carried out by the private sector in Bentiu.
Poultry slaughterhouse in Myanmar Demonstrating food safety and efficiency in a semi-automated poultry slaughterhouse in Myanmar.
Dutch water market survey and strategy on Kenya and East Africa By executing a market study, the goal is to determine opportunities and bottlenecks for the Dutch water sector in Kenya and East African Community (EAC) and to identify concrete steps for a coherent approach to serve concrete demand. This market survey provides a gap analysis of the needs in the Kenyan water market and how to fulfil these with the offerings of the Netherlands Topsector Water.
Knowledge exchange on the use of natural predators versus chemical crop protection Crop protection is vital for achieving high-quality yields while minimizing the negative impacts of chemical substances on human health, animal health, and the environment. The European Green Deal and Farm-to-Fork policy emphasize the need to reduce the use and risks of crop protection products. The Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture envisions sustainable practices, including integrated crop protection and the use of BCAs and low-risk agents.Vietnam faces challenges regarding the amount and toxicity of pesticides used in horticulture. Improper use of chemicals and limited grower knowledge have led to environmental and health problems. However, there is a growing demand for safe, environmentally friendly, and organic products. The Vietnamese government aims to increase the registration and application of bioproducts and reduce pesticide residue problems.The Netherlands has been exporting BCAs to Vietnam since 2016, contributing to sustainable horticulture and farmer livelihoods. To enhance pest control options, a wider range of BCAs should be available locally.The Plant Protection Department of the Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam employs an Environmental Risk Analysis model to assess the safety of introducing BCAs, but certain natural predators are considered medium risk, limiting further discussion. It is unclear if the risk analysis accounts for the risks of chemical agents currently used in Vietnam.By exploring alternative risk assessment approaches and comparing the risks of BCAs and chemical agents, the project aims to support sustainable agriculture and food system development as part of the bilateral agenda between Vietnam and the Netherlands.
Ngali Healthcare Project The Dutch sister companies Medexs B.V. and G & A Interieurbouw design and build operating rooms (including air treatment) for hospitals and clinics.The feasibility study serves to show the client and her co-financiers how best to build two additional clinics in Rwanda based on the modular Family Health Clinic product line.
Myanmar Water Hub This project aims to establish a local Water Hub to strengthen the water management sector by offering companies and organisations a platform for matchmaking, showcasing, collaborating and networking. It aims to create a platform for communication and cooperation among local, Dutch, and international water partners to enhance their success in building partnerships and business opportunities.
Support the State of Maharashtra to succesfully launch tenders for waste to energy projects Through this project the Indian government will be supported to successfully launch tenders for the realization of waste to energy projects through assisting state officials in making the right technical choices, while taking social impact, environmental impact and regulatory framework in consideration.
Study Healthcare South Africa suffers from a quadruple burden of disease and faces significant challenges in providing the necessary healthcare in this regard. There are several areas in which it would be mutually beneficial for Dutch and South African stakeholders to cooperate including; health infrastructure, mobile health, e-health, healthcare training and capacity building; healthcare supply chain, etc. One of the obstacles to doing business is the lack of information about government procedures and the intransparency thereof. The study will identify areas for mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of building, designing, renovating and equipping healthcare infrastructure, concrete opportunities and decrypt the tender or award processes.
Water expert advice for the development of the agricultural transition programme in the Mekong Delta The scope of work entails creating significant water-related content in writing that feeds into the agricultural transition program design (including the inter-institutional functional design and structure), the Terms of Reference for Phase 1 of the Program, the operational guidelines for each of the proposed working groups, some relevant research questions regarding water for the proposed working groups and the reports from the water perspectives.
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Mozambique Women of Energy (MWE) The ETF supports the Mozambique Women of Energy Network (MWE) in order to underpin SDGs 5 and 7. The project aims to empower women in Mozambique and across Africa to become leaders of energy transition and to target SDG 5 and 7 towards sustainable development by increasing the supply of the renewable energy. The project addresses all Mozambican women that work/want to work in, or as a part of the value chain of, the energy sector, at all levels. The project promotes and supports diversity and inclusion for men and women in all aspects of the energy industry in Mozambique. The MWE project is designed to help, to create and develop opportunities and momentum in terms of the recognition of women´s work and their fundamental role in the energy sector, energy transition and renewable energy supply.
Waste water treatment for ethanol production 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 vinasse treatment plant, with a processing capacity of 700 m3/day, and an output of 6,000 m3/day of methane that will generate 2,500 MWh of electricity and up to 13,000 Certified Emission Reductions per year.
Scoping Mission Manila Bay, the Philippines (DRR15PH04) An official request for support from the DRR-Team for Manila Bay was sent to the Dutch Government on the 8th of May 2015 from the National Government of the Philippines, specifically from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). The focus of the mission is to assist with the formulation of recommendations for the necessary ingredients of a detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) for the conduct of a Master Plan Study for the development of Manila Bay.
Pilot Projects 'IMVO Convenant Natuursteen' The natural stone ‘IMVO Covenant’ aims at specific CSR-risks within the manufacturing and supply chain of the natural stone industry in order to reach substantial improvements within a period of 3 to 5 years for those groups that experience negative consequences. The parties involved in the preparation of the Covenant agreed that the implementation of Covenant should be supported by a number of pilot projects. The aim of these pilots is to learn lessons on how socially responsible purchasing may encourage companies to contribute actively to the reduction of CSR risks in the supply chain, in particular with respect to child labour. These lessons are to be applicable in sectors other than natural stone.These pilot projects should support the development of three basic aspects of the Covenant in a case study, and/or deliver best practice which stakeholders can build on.These aspects include:    Sustainable purchasing.    Due diligence.    Child labour free production.An integrated approach, in which the demand side and the supply side both commit, is the foundation for a win-win-win situation: by generating real demand for sustainably produced natural stone by the government – to start with, it will be more interesting for suppliers to invest time, energy and money in these subjects in order to actually improve the situation at the source. Indispensable to achieve this win-win-win is the involvement of the government and relevant NGOs and trade unions, who, with their networks and knowledge, can support an advise the supplychain partners.
Demo Land Use Restriction Tool (LURT) To70 B.V. provides consulting and research services to the global aviation community. The company is specialized in aviation air traffic management and aviation communication. The demo project focus on a new Land Use Restriction Tool (LURT), a computational engine to generate 3D plateaus. The LURT is a good online tool that provides analysis of land use and height restrictions on and around the airport, applied to local conditions and that also meets international standards and guidelines.
DBT market Research Study India DBT provides state-of-the-art equipment such as size-reduction, separating, conveying and sorting technologies for a vast range of recycling materials as well as extrusion and polishing systems. The project focused on market research.
Renewable energy market study This project contains focused market research in Zambia by a Zambian consultant, jointly coordinated with one Dutch consultant and a one-day official launch of the final market study in the Netherlands. Moreover, the following activities will be undertaken by the consultants: •	A desk study to identify and consolidate information about the Zambian energy sector and highlight which sectors are most relevant, •	Field visits and calls to relevant sector-specific stakeholders, •	Report drafting and finalization,•	Presentation of the market study to the Dutch business community.
WASH in Emergencies Officer Uganda UNICEF This project aims to target districts with planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of the WASH preparedness and response activities in the framework of the Ebola Virus Disease preparedness and response.
Drops4Crops Burkina Faso The project purpose is to implement integrated water resource management measures and efficient water use in water-challenged North Burkina. In effect, this will boost water efficient off-season horticulture production for 1,596 smallholder vegetable producers (SVPs), among which 63% vulnerable smallholders and 49% women. We do this through investments in sustainable access to water and facilitating a critical service package for SVPs providing credit for investments in water-efficient tech, climate smart agri-training and secured land access. Access to a vegetable growth market is secured through organized value chains. In total, at least 19,172 rural poor benefit from this project directly.
Meeting Mavo Diami in Huambo This project aims to bring together the Mavo Diami potential, a G4AW project, cluster members and partners in Huambo, Angola, to foster mutual trust and collaboration and make appropriate agreements for finalizing a revised proposition for the Mavo Diami project. The envisaged outcome of this assignment will be an eligible G4AW proposal before April 2019.   On February 6, a final event will be organized to complete the K2K project and the pilot projects linked to the K2K project and present the results and follow-up. Since Mavo Diami could be seen as a spin-off of the K2K project, this event will be an opportunity to gather all Mavo Diami partners for a two-day meeting to set the last steps in the finalization of the Mavo Diami partnership and to reconfirm their commitment.The Mavo Diami cluster, potentially funded by the G4AW programme, targets climate-smart agriculture, creating (youth) employment and entrepreneurship and improving food security and income of smallholder farmers.
Orange Corners Alumni Accelerator PCB22MC01 With the Orange Corners (OC) Alumni Accelerator Programme, some of the most promising and committed OC alumni will be selected and get an opportunity to participate in an online accelerator programme to further their growth and development. The purpose of this project is to strengthen and grow young entrepreneurs that have successfully concluded an Orange Corners (OC) incubation or acceleration programme, specifically in the fields of investor readiness, access to (international) finance and building an international network, most notably including the Netherlands, for better access to international knowledge, partnerships and trade.
Lake Victoria Electrification Project Engie Energy Service (EES) targets African communities by providing tailored solutions adapted to the energy needs of its customers, starting from small solar home systems to mini-grid connections. For the operations in Uganda through mini-grid projects, EES focuses on rural communities who are not part of the country’s grid electrification plans. The mini-grid project under the SDG7 Results facility focuses on communities living on the islands of Lake Victoria.
Sustainable and Secure Smallholder Systems @scale This Public Private Partnership (PPP) aims to create opportunities for self-reliance and economic growth for smallholder coffee farmers in parts of Kenya and Uganda. Due to limited knowledge, limited land availability, climate change and lack of technology, the coffee production of smallholder coffee farmers is low and inefficient. Besides providing training and input materials to farmers, the project promotes and facilitates the use of Biodigesters to provide the farms with energy and better manure for the land. Hivos will be responsible for the overall project management in this PPP. Other partners include ECOM, SMS, Kawacom (all subsidiaries of Ecom) and Biogas Solutions Uganda Limited. These partners will be involved in the training, certification and other technical assistance. Ecom will also provide a credit facility for farmers to enable them to buy farming input materials and for buying biodigester. A joint learning platform will be established with Solidaridad, who has written a similar project proposal (FDOV12KE04).Both organisations have worked together on the project proposals to prevent overlap and will work together in the future to share accumulated knowledge and best practices.
Fresh water production Jordan This project aims to investigate the quality and yearly variations of groundwater outflows that go into the Dead Sea. The project also aims to examine the ecological consequences of exploiting these outflows and create a mutual understanding of viable options for generating freshwater that can be used for agricultural and drinking purposes by private sector users.
Need assessment early warning system Republika Srpkska This project aims to develop the blueprint for a Republika Srpskas (Bosnia) future early warning system for field crop diseases and crop protection. The study will be the basis for purchasing the software needed to build an efficient early warning system and further implementation systems and equipment that have already been delivered to Srpksa by sponsoring countries but are still unused.
Maritime Days Bangladesh In the upcoming years, the Government of Bangladesh wants to increase investments in the maritime sector and develop the Blue Economy in Bangladesh. This creates trade and investment opportunities for the Dutch Delta Technology and Maritime sector.In October 2023, Bangladesh will organize the 5th Edition of Bangladesh International Marine and Offshore Expo 2023 (BIMOX). To make use of this opportunity, the Netherlands Embassy in Dhaka and RVO will organize the first Netherlands Maritime Days in Bangladesh as part and site event of the international Expo. The goals of this project is to; •	strengthen the relationship between Bangladesh and The Netherlands and enhance privatesector and economic cooperation in the field of maritime and delta technology;•	explore potential opportunities for private and public-private investment opportunities and collaboration between the Dutch and Bangladeshi Maritime and delta technology sectors; •	showcase the Dutch expertise and technology and in particularly the interest of the Dutch Maritime, Delta technology and knowledge industry for the Bangladeshi market; and•	collect further input for the formulation and implementation of a Dutch Vision and Strategy for the Water Sector in Bangladesh beyond ODA.
Nexus water-agro-biodiversity in coffee, oil palm and banana production in Magdalena The project strengthens the capacity of the Waters Stewardship Platform PCA (Plataforma de Custodia del Agua in Spanish) of Magdalena department and its public and private member organizations on sustainable practices for water management and sustainable economic growth of banana, palm, and coffee production. The project is executed in synergy with, and complementing the Partners for Water initiative in the Río Frío and Rio Sevilla basins in Magdalena, Colombia.
LAND-at-scale Uganda: Scaling up community-based land registration and land use planning on customary land Uganda wants to transform from a predominantly low-income agricultural economy to a modern and prosperous country in 2040. Land is widely recognized as a pivotal element of Uganda’s economic and social transformation, as evidenced by the government ambition to improve tenure security, and systematically title all land by 2040. For this purpose, a modern legal framework for land governance has been created. Until now, implementation of the existing law and policy to improve tenure security of customary land in a way that is accessible at a low cost, context sensitive and flexible is limited. Meanwhile, the urgency is growing as Uganda’s population is increasing rapidly, creating increasing pressure on land and an associated increasing number of land related disputes. Also, productivity of land in Uganda is lagging and land use needs to become more climate change resilient.Therefore, the project aims to contribute to the development of a structured and scalable approach towards improved tenure security and sustainable land use for men, women and youth on customary land, which is obtained using fit-for-purpose and participatory tools and approaches.The specific objectives are: 1)	Improved tenure security for men, women and youth.2)	Inclusive, climate smart and sustainable land use planning.3)	Improved capacities and awareness of key land stakeholders on customary land registration and land use planning.
Heavy duty sacks 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 of a production facility for the production of 2,000 tons of heavy duty horticultural and agricultural sacks annually for export to Western Europe, as well as for the local and regional market.
Two courses for the Master programme Petroleum Geology at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Two courses for the Master programme Petroleum Geology at UDSM.
Modern port management and administration training for the Pakistan Port Sector To provide key employees of Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Port Qasim Authority (PQA), the Federal Ministry for Ports and Shipping and other bodies as deemed relevant with a short course outlining modern port management and administration.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.
Transition Facility (TF) The Transition Facility (TF) aims to stimulate Dutch entrepreneurs and those from Colombia, South Africa and Vietnam to improve the investment climate alongside centres of expertise and government bodies. TF offered financial support for improving the investment climate in these countries. Netherlands Enterprise Agency administers TF at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands.
Rainfall Flood Risks Excessive rainfall from extreme precipitation events have Midwestern cities facing serious surface flood risks. The flooding from those extreme precipitation events, which are increasingin both severity and frequency, overwhelms stormwater systems, threatens public health, and damages hundreds of thousands of homes, often in marginalized neighborhoods. Cities like Chicagoand Cleveland are in the midst of decades-long billion dollar capital programs to capture extra stormwater and prevent flooding, but climate change has exacerbated the problems these massive engineering projects were designed to solve. To protect property, health, and the environment, Midwestern urban areas must absorb more rainfall – but in cost-effective, efficient ways. Addressing excess rainfall is expensive and growing problem, but one where resiliency solutions are achievable for communities both large and small.In a dialogue between Dutch experts on the design/planning side, a Dutch expert on the municipal planning/execution side, and a Midwestern municipal official challenges and solutions will be discussed for a broad audience of local Midwest municipal policymakers, urban planners, real estate developers, researchers, utilities, Dutch resiliency tech companies, Dutch engineering and design firms.
Incoming visit from India – Waste management This incoming visit, from 18-20 January 2024, follows the signing of an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on sustainable urban development, integrated waste management, climate resilience and circular economy between the Indian and the Netherlands government in Davos at the World Economic Forum, January 17th 2024.This incoming visit is part of the combi-track "Waste management track" in India and will identify waste projects for Dutch companies with the Indian (state) government in Maharashtra, and enable the Indian delegation with learning and experience sharing on Dutch technologies and solutions for waste management.