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Scoping mission VAT Assessment of the current status quo in the preparations (in the field of policy / legislation / administration / organisation) within Omani Tax and Customs Authorities in light of the forthcoming introduction of the Value Added Tax
Preparatory Activities Delegated Representative 2015 (MMO15007) Preparatory Activities Delegated Representative 2015.
DRR-Team Scoping South Africa 2023 In April and May 2022, the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, experienced heavy rainfall, resulting in the deaths of over 400 people and severe damages to (business) property, electricity, sanitation and public infrastructure. The impact on the South Durban Basin (SDB) has been particularly severe. The SDB is the second most concentrated industrial area in South Africa and makes a material contribution to regional supply chains across sub-Saharan Africa. To prevent further (future) damages to this Basin, the Municipality of eThekwini has requested technical support to assist the city of Durban with flood risk assessment and advice on flood risk mitigation measures.
Applying the Lindor Hindustan mixing machine Lindor, manufacturer of special mixers for sensitive and precious powders, granulate and natural products. Our mixers are used around the world for manufacturing Food, Fine Chemicals & Special Plastics as well as Pharmaceuticals. The application already benefits from the unique characteristics of Lindor's gentle touch mixing technology.The objective of the demonstration project Lindor the Hindustan Touch of Mixing is demonstrating that the Lindor mixing machine with the gentle touch technology can be applied in a real practical situation, under local conditions in India.
Soil nitrate sensing in potato The project will examine the feasibility of a new membrane technology as a continuous measurement in the bottom of the element nitrate. The amount of nitrate in the soil plays a role in determining the fertilizer donation to the potato crop. Examined will be mapped how this new technology can be in the current climate soil testing device as well as the way in which the technology can be used as input for models of artificial fertilizer provision. The objective of the study is to determine the feasibility of a new membrane technology as a continuous measurement in the bottom of the element nitrate.
Set up of a Clinic for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (CPMR) in Tangier, Morocco The partners in this project have established a pediatric clinic in the city of Tangier in the northwest of Morocco. This region is currently experiencing a rapid development and has a population of about 3,000,000 people.Medical facilities for children are however scarce in the north, which obliges parents to travel with their sick children to the cities of Rabat or Casablance for diagnostics or the right care. This clinic therefore focusses on diagnostics and treatment of children. Thanks to a contract with the Academic Medical Center of Amsterdam, specialized pediatric doctors work for the clinic through teleconsulting and periodic visits to Morocco.Furthermore, a regular exchange of medical information and protocols takes place.This modern clinic for child care, established in Tangier, wishes to set an example in Northern Morocco in the field of child diagnostics and treatment.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The new clinic complies with European standards.Partners have drafted a Code of Conduct which is applicable to all their activities. This policy details the standards expected by partners including free and fair competition, the prohibition of bribery and political donations, and provides general guidance on honestly and fairly dealing with suppliers, customers and local and national authorities.Partners recognize that their employees are the company’s most vital resource in making the clinic successful.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsWorking conditions and wages are above the standard in the sector.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeIn total 50 Moroccan doctors, nurses and support staff will be trained by international trainers in modern methods of child diagnostics and treatment using state-of-the-art equipment.•	EnvironmentThe clinic handles waste, such as used medical supplies and liquid waste through strict waste management procedures.•	Position of womenThe policy towards women is based on an equal position. However, taken the type of work into account the project will contract slightly more women (67%) than men. The goal of the project is to establish a Clinic for Child diagnostics and Child care in the region of Tangier.
MHPSS Technical Group Co-coordinator - World Health Organization Hungary This project is an assignment at the request of WHO for an MHPSS Technical Group Co-coordinator of an MHPSS coordination focal point in Budapest, Hungary. The task includes coordinating MHPSS response with partners in Hungary and neighbouring countries Slovakia and Romania. All three countries are establishing multi-sectoral response mechanisms and are asking for guidelines on policies, plans and evidence-based interventions. Those countries would need good coordination capacity so that the many partners mobilized at the global, regional and local levels to assist the displaced, migrants and refugees would be coordinated amongst, aligned with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee MHPSS guidelines and using the MHPSS resources coherently.Both aims of MHPSS22001 (Hungary) and MHPSS22003 (Poland) were to promote that Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) was well integrated within the Ukraine refugee response in Hungary and Poland. At the beginning of 2022, several thousand Ukrainian families have fled their residence towards the western border of the country that neighbors with Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, and Belarus. Worth noting that most of the neighboring countries to Ukraine were not coping with an emergency in decades and hence felt ill-equipped to face the demands of a humanitarian situation, including their capacities to respond to psycho-social needs of migrants and refugees. For this this reason, the MHPSS Surge Mechanism from The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has provided support by deploying two experts to Hungary and Poland. This is why it is good to report these projects to IATI.
Breast cancer screening baseline and quality management system in Colombia The Netherlands and Colombia have an agreement of cooperation to exchange knowledge and strengthen public health in the Life Sciences and Health Sector (LSH). Colombia has declared cancer as an illness of national priority, in particular focus is paid to early detection (screening) of breast cancer. The health system in Colombia is largely privatized. 89% of the insurance companies are private and 11% are mixed. 90% or the oncological services are private. The Colombian system lacks standardized procedures and quality control for screening. The main problem is that health providers work under different standards for breast cancer screening. Treatment starts on late stages due to lack of prompt and quality diagnose, which increases the mortality rate (mainly of women). The assurance of quality control and screening at the same standard is an imperative need within the organizations that are part of the health system.The Netherlands has an added value to become a partner to support Colombia on this challenge. The Netherlands screening process is one of the most efficient in Europe. The project enables specialized expert support of a multidisciplinary Dutch team on breast cancer screening in Colombia with the elaboration of a detailed baseline assessment of the actual national breast cancer screening programme during the 1rst phase. In phase 2, the project strengthens the capacity of public sector by providing advice for the implementation of a standardized quality management system targeting on breast cancer screening targeting private and public providers, and training private and public oncology experts to improve the quality of breast cancer screening and diagnosis.
Friendly Side Chains Friendly Side Chains (FSC), short for fair, sustainable and gender friendly value chains. Within FSC, partners will develop a new side income stream for smallholder farming families in Uganda, aiming to increase their income and climate resilience while promoting agroforestry. The crop of focus is oysternuts. A crop with untapped potential, due to its lack of commercial value and market. Oysternuts are climate-resistant plants that can be grown in agroforests without the need for additional resources.The plan is to create a value chain for oysternuts, involving sourcing from the same smallholder farmers as we source young jackfruit from and processing close to the source. To improve the economic situation of the farming families by offering them a new side income stream next to young jackfruit and vanilla/coffee etc. At the same time, partners plan to develop a program to improve the working conditions for farmers with a specific focus on the position of women in the farming household (as a key driver to improving the living standard of the entire family). Aim is to improve the social-economic situation of workers in the factory by providing an employment position that is less seasonal and thus more financially secure, at a safe, healthy, equal and fair workplace. The partners especially focus on women, by creating a safe, equal and healthy environment, including access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and with no space for gender-discrimination and gender-based violence.
Space Based Cocoa Certification The global demand for sustainable (certified) cocoa grows annually by 2 to 3%. Côte d’Ivoire produces 33% of the world’s global cocoa production. It is the number one producing country and plays a crucial role in attempts to keep supply up to the growing demand. Of all the produced cocoa in 2015 in Côte d’Ivoire, 29% was UTZ certified, which makes it the most extensive sustainability program and label in the country. UTZ uses its Code of Conduct, consisting of control points, to check if farmers comply with the certificate. Farmers are currently audited randomly by field staff to ensure compliance with certification standards. However, by using satellite imagery, it is possible to identify areas where farmers are expected to be non-compliant. This method can help detect and address non-conformances more effectively. That ultimately improves the credibility of the certification process. This pilot project will demonstrate the feasibility of this system.
DRRS Mongolia 2024 (DRRS24MN01) The proposed Technical Assistance (TA) program envisions to support the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar (MoUB) in two broad areas related to flood resilience: 1)	Improve the technical capacity of MoUB officers to plan and design Ulaanbaatar’s water system infrastructure better, and support officers in conducting maintenance works to the existing river and drainage system through technical trainings, and 2)	To identify the most pressing issues (no-regret interventions) that prevent Ulaanbaatar’s river system to become flood-proof during the next flood season.
Small Farmer Big Data The purpose of this project is to improve the income position of Indonesian nutmeg and mace farmers (male and female) in the value chains of Verstegen Spices & Sauces B.V., as this is key to engage farmers in long-term entrepreneurial relationships and to create higher standards of social and environmental sustainability in the production and consumption of nutmeg and mace.Since Verstegen's leverage to directly influence the purchase price is limited, the proposed intervention is an innovative online transparency platform, that allows for new income generation through tracing products and collecting product information and other relevant data within the influence of Verstegen and its supply partners.Data is one of the most valuable commodities on earth, far surpassing nutmeg or mace in market size. A lot of data is generated during the production of nutmeg and mace and 'harvesting' this data to be 'processed' and used in the value chain brings great potential value. Smallholder farmers, who hardly produce any data whatsoever, currently underutilize this value. Monetization of data required for supply chain transparency and product traceability data in particular, and for internal and external business processes in general, presents a powerful opportunity for value addition and new farmer income.The project partners will aim to develop interventions to improve such internal and external processes, while putting data autonomy first and offering farmers a fair remuneration for the use of their data. The project is successful if all farmers are digitally included in the value chain and share data for both upstream and downstream partners of Verstegen, up until the end consumers, that can be monetized and directly distributed back to farmers.This two-year nutmeg project is the prelude to making all supply chains traceable to the last mile and product information transparent to consumers, within the coming five years. Specific objectives are to know all farmers by name and engage them through generating a new income stream that should help them towards earning enough for a living income. This is part of a long-term strategy to safeguard the supply of Indonesia’s iconic nutmeg spice, produced sustainably by and for future generations.
Expert / DRR-Team Scoping Mission Bulgaria (DRR16BU03) In recent years Bulgaria has faced challenges such as floods, drought and intensive landslides. An official request for DRR-Team support from the Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water was received, on natural disasters, floods and landslides. This mission concerns DRR-Team assistance on methods and tools for flood (risk) assessment, as well as recommendations on the implementation of these methods.
Music Connects In ethnically divided cities in Kosovo and Macedonia, two Dutch and three local cultural organizations work together to actively engage youth (ages 15 - 24) in bringing back a shared urban youth culture. Their innovative approach to activating youth and building sustainable alternatives for social inclusion and participation consists of state-of-the-art rock music education, production and promotion, with young musicians leading the way. Three local schools work in ethnically segregated environments and are at different stages in integrating their activities to include all ethnic groups. The project brings educational innovation and specific training in band coaching, songwriting coaching and sound engineering. By bringing youngsters together to play in music bands they establish friendships and overcome prejudices, thus creating trust among the ethnically divided groups. 1) To contribute to social innovation by promoting inter-ethnic cooperation among youth in Kosovo and Macedonia through rock music education, developing the didactic programs of three rock music schools and expanding their target groups and outputs, with each rock school contributing to the integration of minorities; 2) To aid youth in developing, producing and presenting their musical creations by establishing/operating recording studios, training aspiring young sound engineers and giving opportunities to young bands in Kosovo and Macedonia; 3) To contribute to a more vigorous local cultural scene by promoting musical cooperation among a broad young audience in southeast Europe.
Livable Urban Waterways Capetown is confronted with consecutive years of drought resulting in depletion of fresh water sources. The quality of available of water that is available is deteriorating during moments of drought. Solid waste accumulation causes health problems and are threats for the environment.Capetown develops a water strategy called ‘Our shared water future’ and the Netherlands supports this approach that should prepare the city for water shortages. A masterclass and a workshop on ‘livable urban waterways’ will contribute to further develop the strategy of Capatown.
Horticulture study The project entails a study which prepares for developing a designated area of 300 hectares for export-oriented horticulture. The investment project will promote sustainable trade and investment linkages for Dutch investors and suppliers and other foreign and Malawi investors and generate a foreign exchange market and employment opportunities in Malawi.
Supporting Iran on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (Part II) Assisting Iran in achieving the goals of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) action plan, in particular by sharing best practices and starting international cooperation in the field of anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing.
Scoping study EU sewage Beira I Scoping study at pre-feasibility level of the sanitation infrastructure of the municipality of Beira, including faecal sludge management, sewer network, pump stations, waste water treatment facilities and necessary expansion of the sanitation facilities to accommodate the currently not serviced populated areas of Beira. The scoping study serves as input for decision-making for EDF Recovery and Resilience Programme (EU) on the various technical options, taking into account geographical, economic, social, environmental and institutional aspects, and is the basis for further project definition.
Crop disease alert and tracking solutions (Phase II) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in Developing Markets.Food security Sub-Saharan Africa.Phase II: Prototype development for local context and (large-scale) practical tests.
Cycling Infrastructure Capacity-Building Programme The strict COVID-19 measures in the Philippines have led to limited availability of public transport in the country, and this has fuelled the interest in and potential of cycling as an alternative mode of transport.  Knowledge on urban cycling infrastructure however is very limited.This capacity building project aims to address this by providing government and private sector planners with the technical knowledge to develop and construct urban cycling infrastructure through use of Dutch Cycling Infrastructure solutions. This is done by (i) review of existing course modules and preparation of videos on bicycle planning, infrastructure design, and promotion, and (ii) organizing a train-the-trainer webinar programme on cycling safety and urban cycling infrastructure.The modules and inputs of Master trainers will be available for use by (local) government and private sector urban planners and help in the development and roll-out of local bicycle lane master plans. The project focuses on the cities of Metro Manila, Cebu, and Davao in the Philippines.
The Netherlands - Myanmar Dairy Accelerator (impactcluster NMDA) This project aims to develop a scalable, smallholder-centric model for sustainable growth of the dairy sector and thus contribute to improving the position of smallholder dairy producers and increasing food safety and security in Myanmar. It will bring together local and Netherlands-based stakeholders to address essential bottlenecks whilst developing markets and increasing the role of private finance in the sector. The program will support the transfer of technology, knowledge, goods and services from companies in the Netherlands and Myanmar, simultaneously creating an environment for the entry of other suppliers from the private sector. It will draw heavily from the renowned Netherlands approach to dairy, emphasizing the production of quality dairy outputs in an environment that benefits producers whilst addressing animal welfare and environmental sustainability.
Orange Agriculture Landing Site This project aims to confirm the potential of an Orange Agribusiness Landing Site in Uganda. This site will serve as a hub for agricultural knowledge and innovation, focussing on enhancing the horticulture industry. It will offer services to international companies, such as assistance with establishing their presence, technical research support, and help with business development.
Tier II data hosting recovery and forensic services centre in Lusaka Schippers IT B.V. is an IT company, specialised in providing forensic IT and data recovery solutions to the private and public sector. The local partner is active in the ICT industry in both hardware and software. Together, they want to set up a joint venture in Lusaka which will provide data hosting, recovery and forensic services. Their clients can range from big stores, to banks and the government.With the emerging Zambian economy, more and more data storage and data exchange will be digitalised which increases the local need for safe storage and transactions. The services this project will provide, are not yet available in Zambia. So it can give a boost to the local economy and make Zambia more eligible for foreign enterprises to invest.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The joint venture will implement power saving elements where possible. It will obtain ISO 9001:2008 certification. It will pay good salaries and secondary benefits. Employees will be offered a 20% profit share at the end of each financial year. A primary school near the project will be provided with an IT lab and the maintenance therefore.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsGood salaries and secondary benefits will be provided. There will be a big investment in the employees on educational level. The training programmes offered to the staff members will strengthen their position on the labour market.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe product provided by a Zambian company is totally new.•	Chain effectsImpact on local suppliersThere will be almost no impact. The only thing that is purchased, is electricity.Impact on local customers or consumersLocal customers will have back up for their information and a disaster recovery system. This is obliged by Zambian law, but up till now nobody has it. Forensic IT, if needed, will be cheaper because no foreign teams will have to be flown in.•	Impact on the sectorThe company will organise a seminar to which banks, government and private companies will be invited. This will establish knowledge and awareness transfer on the security of data and how to solve the potential threats.The joint venture will give the opportunity to interns to gain working experience in the company. A cooperation programme with the University of Zambia has already been drafted. It concerns the selection and placement of interns from the University, while supporting the IT curriculum at the University.•	EnvironmentNeutral.•	Position of womenTwelve women will be employed and trained. To establish an IT data centre for providing data hosting, and the service of data recovery and forensic services.
LAND-at-scale Colombia: Land formalisation integrating economic empowerment and natural resource protection – ICCO and Tropenbos contribution This project aims to include an economic development and a natural resource management approach in better land governance in Colombia. The project will carry out three pilots with a Fit for Purpose approach.Beneficiaries are disadvantaged people ina)	a predominantly indigenous community,b)	predominantly Afro-Colombian community,c)	mixed communities of Afro-Colombian and indigenous people but also peasant farmers.ICCO and Tropenbos work together with Kadaster International who has experience in the Fit for Purpose approach. ICCO and Tropenbos aim to cooperate with other actors active in the chosen regions to be able to provide multiple economic pathways for development, in which protection of natural resources is a priority.
Orange Corners Innovation Fund Investment Readiness Building on the lessons learnt from the Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) Impact Evaluation of August 2022, this project attempts to prepare OCIF graduates for commercial impact investments. Tailormade support for eight young entrepreneurs should help them to bridge the financing gap and allow them to grow further. This project will be implemented from December 2023 to June 2024 and will support at least eight entrepreneurs from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Morocco and Nigeria.