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Chamber of Commerce Training-of-Trainers The Federation of Palestinian Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (FPCCIA) based in Ramallah is piloting the founding of an ‘Intensive Care Unit (ICU)’ to help MSMEs which are negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ICU unit will provide micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with technical assistance. For the pilot, twenty MSMEs were selected. In a study are areas of improvement identified. Through RVO’s support, 18 trainers (one from each Palestinian Chamber of Commerce, which are members of FPCCIA) will receive training on four improvements. After the training of trainers, they can support the MSMEs as an ICU unit. The expert giving the training of trainers will also coach the selected 20 MSMEs in the pilot phase.
Renewable Energy Training Centre (RETC) Indonesia The kickstart of the establishment of the Renewable Energy Training Centre (RETC) based on the Masterplan and implementation strategy validated by all relevant stakeholders. The RETC provides vocational training and certification for human resources for the renewable energy industry (operators, installations companies etc, managers from the government and the national energy company PLN) for the next 15 to 20 years. ESDM sees the establishing of the RETC as an essential step in the sustainable development of the renewable energy sector of Indonesia and their commitments towards the Paris Agreement. Providing support to this consortium and proposed activities enhances both Indonesia’s public infrastructure and accelerates the renewable energy private sector; a market that could provide major future business and trade opportunities, including for the Dutch private sector. However, it requires building relationships and vocational training first.
Deltas 2013 – Vietnam Forum (World Delta Dialogues II) (TF13VNP2B) DELTAS 2013 Vietnam (http://deltas2013.com) is an unique forum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam of global representatives from the many sectors and political circles discussing solutions to some of the most acute challenges facing Vietnam and its delta, the broader Mekong River system, and major deltas and watersheds worldwide.The Mekong River and its delta face acute sustainability challenges. Land subsidence, coastal erosion, saltwater intrusion, sea level rise, trapping of upriver waters and sediments, and politically diverse stakeholders all contribute to uncertainties and potential vulnerabilities. The Mekong Delta is considered Southeast Asia’s rice bowl. More than 19 million people depend upon the regular, seasonal flow of the Mekong River for their livelihoods.As Asia continues to develop and grow, harmonizing water management, development, ecological function, and agriculture will be a major challenge in the region.The DELTAS 2013 Vietnam forum will generate the necessary ideas and political will needed to make critical improvements in the Mekong Delta. The dialogues should stimulate a way forward to build sustainable deltaic regions and safeguard their critical resources. The emerging lessons and ideas will inform delta management around the world.Design of the programme:- Prepare for several field visits in the Mekong Delta for all participants.- Design official opening, several plenary sessions, breakout sessions and working sessions.- Organize several key-note speakers, presenters, lunches, network events as well as panelists to increase the Dutch flavour.This part of the project has been carried out by stichting Deltares.
Study opportunities for the collaboration between NREA and the ETF The purpose of this rapid assessment is to find out the priorities of the New & Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) in Egypt and to explore where Dutch knowledge can support these priorities to initiate a collaboration between NREA and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), under the Energy Transition Facility.
ViCo – Vietnam's first national center for sustainability Except Integrated Sustainability B.V. (Except) is a consultancy and design agency for sustainable development. The company has set up two sustainable innovation communities in Utrecht (UCo) and Rotterdam (Ro-Co) that bring together companies that are driven by sustainability, innovation and cooperative entrepreneurship. For this purpose, existing buildings have been renovated with a lot of attention being paid to reducing energy consumption and circular materials.Except now wants to implement this same concept in Vietnam. An Asian financial organization is interested in investing in the first national innovation center for sustainability called Vietnam Community for sustainable entrepreneurship (ViCo) in Ho Chi Min City (HCMC). The building, approximately 3,000 m2, will provide workspace for the public and private sectors and local and international, especially Dutch social and environmentally driven companies. The focus will be on connecting stakeholders, providing a platform to easily exchange knowledge and establishing new cross-sector and multi-disciplinary partnerships to drive innovation and collaborative ideas for sustainability in Vietnam and the region.The aim is to purchase an outdated building and renovate it sustainably. This project will boost HCMC's efforts to build its reputation as a regional leader in sustainability.The study aims to determine which conditions are required to successfully develop ViCo, to investigate the suitability of the location(s) and to demonstrate a realistic sustainable and solid business model.
Development of an entrepreneurial eco-system at the Bangladesh University of Agriculture This initiative is a capacity-building program within the Knowledge to Knowledge format. It is a collaboration between the University of Twente and the Bangladesh University of Agriculture (BUA). The main goal of this project is to turn BUA into a dynamic and educational institution. It will work with stakeholders from the public and private sectors to effectively share and develop knowledge, skills, and technology that will contribute to the socio-economic progress of Bangladesh.
Scoping Study Practical Agricultural Education Senegal This scoping study aims to identify the gaps in the current agricultural education system in Senegal and develop a shared vision and plan of action. The study engages with the appropriate stakeholders to establish a sustainable, practical educational program in Senegal. The program will significantly increase the number of adequately trained Senegalese agricultural graduates and workers in the subsectors of onions, potatoes, horticulture, mangos, and dairy. The program will benefit all Dutch agricultural companies with activities in Senegal.
Study Visit Tunisian Investment Agency Support to Tunisian relevant government officials (Tunisian Investment Agency Strategic Board) in view of its effort to set up a public-private dialogue on the investment climate and enabling business climate in Tunisia. More concrete: inspire and challenge Tunisian government and identifying future (G2G) cooperation in the field of investment and entrepreneurship policy.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) trainings Sri Lanka The five workshops on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for public and private stakeholders will contribute to sustainable agricultural development in Sri Lanka by reducing the use of pesticides.After the workshop:•	Public and private stakeholders have gained knowledge and awareness of IPM and newly developed IPM techniques;•	Public and private stakeholders have learned how to implement the newly developed IPM techniques (practical application).•	The IPM workshop will also contribute to popularizing IPM among Sri Lankan farmers and public actors and contribute to improved market entrance for Dutch technologies, services and IPM product suppliers.
Feasibility study into compact dairy farming in Zimbabwe The project focuses on a study into the feasibility of a specific type of dairy farming: compact dairy farming, which entails small-scale dairy production based on circular agricultural concepts. The study will result in a report on the feasibility of applying this farming concept in the Chivhu district in Zimbabwe.
WASH Cluster Coordinator Lebanon UNICEF The WASH Cluster Coordinator Lebanon UNICEF provides leadership and facilitates the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent and effective response by participants at country level for the WASH cluster in the aftermath of the explosions in Beirut on August 4th 2020.
Brochure raising awareness on circular agriculture in Kenya This brochure titled "Kenya and the Netherlands Working Together Towards a Circular Agriculture in Kenya" gives a practical outline of the fundamentals of circular agriculture in Kenya, combined with several examples of Kenyan and Dutch commercial initiatives. This brochure aims to create awareness of circular agriculture and to show the benefits for the Kenyan public- and private sectors. The Netherlands' ambition is to be a leader in circular agriculture and wants to work with other countries. This publication will show examples of Dutch companies, farms and organizations or Dutch technologies on circular agriculture implemented in Kenya.
Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Indonesia The Netherlands embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, together with the Netherlands Enterprise (RVO), MVO Nederland, CREM, the Federation of Dutch Exporters (FENEDEX) and the Federation of Dutch Food Industries (FNLI), have developed this proposal for the execution of two parallel projects.1.	The first project aims at exploring the possibilities of standardizing CSR in Indonesia. This in a way, that the shift from the charitable sphere to CSR as a business case can be achieved. This, while involving stakeholders from both Dutch and Indonesian backgrounds.More critical consumers have the potential to improve the general business climate in Indonesia. When Indonesian consumers demand more sustainable products, it could incentivize businesses to consider CSR as a business case. This is the first pilot within the larger objective of the first project.2.	The second project focuses on identifying strategies to stimulate sustainable food consumption in Indonesia, as well as exploring opportunities for the Dutch sustainable agri-food sector (including exporters and investors).
Strenghtening the horticulture export sector in Ghana Due to poor agricultural practices and a lack of phytosanitary standards, Ghana's horticulture export market has declined. In 2014, the Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate (Ghana Ministry of Food & Agriculture) imposed a temporary ban on vegetable exports from Ghana in response to warnings from the EU. The project aims to increase horticultural exports to the EU and other high-end markets through inclusive business and sustainable entrepreneurship.The outcome of the project is:- a professional inspection and export certification system with protocols.- a phytosanitary survey and surveillance system for the sector.- good agricultural practices with technical assistance (factsheets) for certification.- infrastructure for sorting, packing or storage.- certification for front-runner exporting companies.By overcoming phytosanitary problems, the project aims to facilitate an increase in the export of Asian vegetables. Lastly, the partners want to develop a new supply chain of organically certified pineapples from Ghana to Europe. Improved market access to the EU and other high end markets as a result of phytosanitary system development and improved compliance with internationally required production standards for Ghanaian horticulture products.
Experts for Reconstruction Peru The starting point of the project is the extreme flooding in Northern Peru in December 2016 + January – May 2017.The reconstruction authority looks for short-term, medium and long-term content support on responsible, sustainable and affordable water management and watershed development.The workshop is a unique opportunity to inform, share and train the Peruvian experts responsible for project identification and prioritization towards a more resilient Peru in a 3-4-year period.Where: Peru (Lima and Piura, as a potential pilot location).
Needs assessment Port Education Indonesia A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Vocational and Educational Training (VET) and Maritime was signed in 2016, between Indonesia and the Netherlands. The Indonesian government prioritises leveraging the quality of vocational schools and field maps on manpower needs for graduates of vocational schools. Based on this need and the cooperation between the two countries, the project partners (the Port of Rotterdam, Nuffic Neso Indonesia and STC International) want to contribute to this, through a needs assessment regarding training and education in Kuala Tanjung, Indonesia. The Indonesian government has designated Kuala Tanjung as the pilot for carrying out the needs assessment. The needs assessment will identify the needs and provide valuable information for capacity building projects.
Banana Cluster Sustainability The purpose of this project is for the organisation Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to train the trainers of Solidaridad and members of Solidaridad’s organic banana cluster in Peru on the GRI sustainable reporting standards. Firstly, this will allow members of the organic banana cluster to gain skills in sustainable reporting. They will use their new skills to increase access to existing and new possibilities for access to finance. Secondly, Solidaridad will be able to repeat the training for other companies in sustainability reporting and increase opportunities for access to finance.
Energy efficient municipal waste water treatment with Anammox Short general project overviewThis project aims to develop a cost-effective treatment method for domestic sewage in Curitiba, Parana state, Brazil. In Brazil, many treatment plants are ineffective. This leads to pollution of rivers, but also to spreading of diseases, such as the Zika virus in 2015. The current state-of-the-art technology in Brazil is the so-called UASB technology (up flow anaerobic sludge blanket). Paques has developed an improved technology, named the UBOX which is based on this UASB technology. However, with upcoming limits for nutrient removal, also this technology required an upgrade. Therefore, a demonstration project was started at the treatment plant of the local partner SANEPAR in Brazil. Here the UBOX technology was improved by adding Anammox technology for nitrogen removal.Results of the projectThe principle of using Anammox technology was demonstrated in collaboration with CEW (Centre of Expertise Water in Leeuwarden). This proved to be effective on lab-scale. A demonstration reactor was built and started up in Curitiba by Paques Brazil. The results of this reactor were promising but not yet good enough. The reactor was modified to improve its performance, but with the outbreak of the Corona epidemic, the tests had to be stopped. Paques will continue the Demonstration project when the situation normalizes again in Brazil. This technology is very promising for countries with a hot climate, and many countries with such climate still have a need for good sanitation. Therefore, Paques aims to develop a few first reference plants in Brazil using Anammox technology, and from there expand it to India and South East Asia.
Market Study Nepal The Netherlands Embassy in Delhi and RVO are interested in knowing more about the opportunities which could contribute to developing the private sector in Nepal with Dutch expertise. Especially after the earthquake in April 2015, the country faces many challenges, and Dutch knowledge can be of added value.This intervention aims to gain better insight into the challenges and opportunities for Dutch businesses in Nepal and to increase bilateral cooperation on private sector development.
Manufacturing facility for computers and accessories Local partner has been the No.1 distributor of Dell computers and Microsoft software in Afghanistan since 2004. It has extended its business to other software, accessories and services for the professional market (B2B). Demand for computers from consumers and small businesses has increased over the last seven years. To service this market the local partner imported BlueSonic computers from Canada, a budget brand that is affordable for Afghan youngsters, schools and small businesses. Because of high import duties for consumables and high transport costs, importing computers in Afghanistan is expensive and cumbersome. Importing components is much cheaper. The two companies decided to assemble the computers in Kabul, setting up a joint venture. The joint venture will assemble and sell BlueSonic desktop computers, notebooks and notebook bags. Eventually, they will also mould the computer cases in Kabul.The joint venture is the first in Afghanistan to engage in labour intensive computer manufacturing. This will make BlueSonic computers even more affordable for consumers, small businesses and schools. Due to the withdrawal of foreign troops in 2014, banks and revolving funds are unwilling to invest in such enterprises. Therefore, PSI decided to give a grant for the first assembly lines.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The project meets the CSR requirements, although ISO standards for quality (9001) and environment (14001) mentioned are not part of the deliverables. The Results have been adjusted accordingly.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsBasic-level wages are slightly above living wage level and 36% above minimum wage in Afghanistan. Fringe benefits are provided for (food, transport, medical costs).•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeIt is the first locally assembled computer in Afghanistan. The applicant will train the staff.•	Chain effectsImpact on local suppliersOnly leather will be bought locally. This is a minor part of the total procurement of components.Impact on local customers or consumersLocal consumers will get access to low priced/fair quality computers.•	EnvironmentAssembling computers has virtually no impact on the environment.•	Position of womenBecause the company is situated in a residential area, women can walk to their work and are therefore more likely to get permission from their spouses to have paid employment. To establish three manufacturing lines for 2,000 notebooks, 2,000 PCs and 12,000 laptop bags.
Preparation of a ‘Project Terms of Reference’ for a Pilot Building a Regional Water Resources Planning and Management System Preparation of a ‘Project Terms of Reference’ for a Pilot Building a Regional Water Resources Planning and Management System.
African Cargobike Nijland Cycling B.V. (Nijland) develops and produces bicycles.Nijland will continue to produce specialized parts in the Netherlands and supply them to Uganda.
Export to EU roadmap for light industries (footwear and apparel) The general objective of this project is to promote exports from Ukraine by raising awareness and informing potential small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) exporters of footwear and apparel about what it takes to export to the EU.
MHPSS Specialist UNICEF Gaza The primary goal of the MHPSS Specialists is to enhance the intersectoral coordination of MHPSS for Health, Nutrition, Protection, Education, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), Shelter, and Food Security, thereby expanding the reach of superior services to a larger population in need.
Beating Burundi's bureaucracy with Electronic Document Management Like many countries in Africa, Burundi literally gets stuck in its abundance of chaotic and bureaucratic paperwork. Public services are slow and of low quality, private businesses lack efficiency and effectiveness. Main cause for this is the poor level of transferring, retrieving and distributing documents and information.The two partners in this project, DIP Systèmes and Soft Center S.A., aim to provide a solution by introducing the concept of Electronic Document Management (EDM) to Burundi. They will provide a portfolio of services to institutions, large corporates and SMEs. The concept, the services portfolio and the equipment are new for Burundi.The partners will establish a joint venture in Bujumbura and will employ and train 40 new employees (of whom at least 40% are women). They will also provide training to chain partners, to users, to professional organisations and to authorities. The concept is open to all providers of ICT services and service providers from related disciplines.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The EDM services will be certified according an international acknowledged standard. An Environmental & Social Impact Assessment will be conducted.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsEspecially the training aspect is good and will improve the position of the employees on the labour market.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeIn Burundi today, there are no providers of EDM services.•	Chain effectsOutsourcing, transport, maintenance and repair and catering will be sourced locally.Local businesses and governmental bodies will be able to work more effective and efficient. The project partners will also train their clients.•	Impact on the sectorThe project wants to collaborate with local content developers, resellers and implementation partners (= the platform). For the joint venture this will mean more channels to reach potential clients, for the other parties it will mean additional turnover and connect them to the latest technology and knowledge.The local partner is involved with the university of Burundi. They provide internships for ICT graduates and they train students who are looking for a job in ICT skills. In the holyday period they organise "Spécial Vacances ICT" for secondary school pupils, so they can get acquainted with ICT. The new joint venture will participate in these activities.•	EnvironmentThe partners argue that the use of EDM will save paper.•	Position of womenFifteen women will be employed and trained in medium/high positions. To introduce the concept of Electronic Document Management (EDM) to local businesses in Burundi, with four different software and service packages.
Hydrogeologist and Drilling Supervisor Bangladesh UNHCR (DSS218BD06) This project aims to provide hydrological expertise related to groundwater monitoring and drilling supervision to provide groundwater for the 702,160 Rohingya refugees in the Kutupalong settlement.
Pre-feasibility Inland Waterways Argentina Pre-feasibility Inland Waterways Argentina.
The Loop Lab CE Incubator programme The Loop Lab CE Incubator project aims to support start-ups in Nigeria (focus Lagos) that offer CE-oriented products and services that can be delivered to corporate clients. Start-ups who take part in the programme do so in partnership with an existing or potential client. The start-ups  get the opportunity to collaborate and work with like-minded individuals to start building and scaling up their businesses. The incubation program offers five types of training and support to new ventures: peer networking & mentorship, business advisory services, taught programming, prototype development, and demonstration days to showcase products and services to clients and investors.The ultimate goal of this project is to strengthen the Nigerian CE start-up ecosystem, improve the success rates of new partnerships (including with Dutch businesses), and combat youth unemployment.
Demonstration irrigation Moldova The market in Moldova has no high-tech irrigation systems used in the fruit and vegetable sector, while demand is high for drip and sprinkler irrigation systems. Broere Irrigation BV wants to perform a demonstration for overhead and strip irrigation and drop factor system, in  Moldova, Gordinesti. These irrigation systems ensure that crops are protected from drought, but also contribute to reducing water use, emission of minerals, promotion humidity empowering the crops and better quality and higher yields of crops yields. The aim of the project is a demonstration of high-tech irrigation systems in the fruit and vegetable sector in Moldova.
Consultant to be presents to the EU-event on Water and Wastewater Sector Consultant to be presents to the EU-event on Water and Wastewater Sector.