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Gastronomic Business Development Colombia Holland In Colombia, disadvantaged youth from socially problematic neighborhoods will be trained as qualified cooks to promote healthy, traditional and local cuisine. By doing so, the demand for organic and local food will increase and small farmers in the area will receive more money/fair prices for their products. As the result, disadvantaged youth will have the opportunity to find jobs as qualified cooks or work as entrepreneurs. As well, local consumers will have access to affordable/healthy food. Manqa in Kennedy is a program integrated of an ICCO bigger country program related to Manqa schools. 

This ICCO program is funded by the RVO, that covers a percentage of the functioning of the Kennedy and Cali Manqa schools. As well it involves the participation of other Dutch organizations such as: Generous Minds and Just Nuts. This project is a very important way for youngsters to build personal, technical and entrepreneur capacities at different levels related to its culture and also to knowledge and best practice, using and promoting local Colombian gastronomic products, delivered by local organizations of small peasants producers. 

Fundacion Pequeno Trabajador (FPT) is a local NGO promoting for the past 28 years integral human development processes for children, adolescents and vulnerable groups. The foundation is located in the Patio Bonito neighborhood (in the district of Kennedy in Bogota Colombia) but it also has specific impact in the Bosa and Ciudad Bolivar districts. The action has been developed through experiences and practices exchanges and also pedagogical and entrepreneurial experiences exchanges. 

FPT has benefit approximately 10.000 people who have found sustainable economic practices and have reach social and economic empowerment.
Jege ni Jaba (Fish and onion value chain development in Mali) Improving  value chain performance in Mopti/ Segou/ Koulikoro Not available
The Salt Solution The Salt Solution Together with Salt Farm Texel, ICCO will train 5,000 farmers in the coastal areas of Bangladesh to start growing salt tolerant crops. These are natural varieties of crops that do grow on saline soil. The contribution from the National Postcode Lottery enables these farmers to make their salt-affected land productive again by growing saline tolerant crops. This will improve their food security as well as their income. The project is jointly implementing by ICCO, SFT and CODEC. Worldwide less and less land is available for agriculture. One of the reasons is salinization, the increase of the salt concentration in the soil. This can have different causes, like flooding by the sea or by saline water rising through the soil. As a result, crops no longer grow on the land and it is no longer suitable for agriculture. 

Salinization
Unfortunately salinization is a growing problem all around the world. Research of the United Nations University shows that 62 million hectares of agricultural land has already been affected by salt. That is over 18 times the size of The Netherlands. And this area continues to increase. Per day an average of another 2,000 hectare of agricultural land is lost by salinization. That is often in countries where there is already a food shortage, but worldwide too, salt poses a threat to the growing demand for food. 

In Bangladesh salinization is also a serious problem, especially in the coastal areas. The people who live in this area are poor to very poor. They largely depend on small scale agriculture to survive. But because of increasing salinization of the soil this is becoming harder and harder. And according to the World Bank this will become even worse over the coming decades. As a result people are no longer capable of feeding their families. They have no income and are forced to migrate to the cities, where they end up in slums or on the street. 

Solution for soil salinization
As a solution for soil salinization, efforts so far have been mainly aimed at reducing salt concentrations in the soil. But the means used for that are expensive and damage the soil and the crops. Apart from that, their effects are short-lived. This innovative project turns this growing problem into a sustainable solution. Instead of fighting the salt in the soil, we want salt affected soil to be able to be used for agriculture again. That is possible by introducing varieties of well-known crops that do grow on salt affected land. This way, degraded soil becomes productive once again. And that offers new opportunities

Funding and beneficiaries
The Salt Solution project is funded by the National Postcode Lottery, Netherlands. ICCO Cooperation Bangladesh is lead partner and SFT is technical implementer and CODEC is implementing. Direct beneficiaries are 5000 small holder farmers and indirect beneficiaries are 25,000 small holder farmers. The project is working in 8 upazilas of 4 districts in saline affected coastal area of Bangladesh.
Shea value chain development (FDOV) Public private partnership in Mali & Burkina Faso Not available
Civic Engagement Alliance in Central America Convening and Convincing in Central America ICCO has the lead role in organizing the Civic Engagement Alliance  program in Central America with converging actions with CNV International and Kerk in Actie. The program works with two of the most marginalized groups in the region: youth and Indigenous and Forest Dependent people. The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the consortium of organizations developing this project,  are part of Strategic Partnership, a 5 year program (2016-2020) which aims to ensure that in and by this partnership, civil society organizations (CSO) and civil society at large, both in the global South as well as in the overall global context, can contribute to decreasing inequality and injustice. A central objective is to counter the limited and decreasing political space for CSO around the world. 

To this end, the program proposes a Theory of Change focused on four pathways of change: 

1. Political space for CSO; 
2. Realizing the right to adequate food and nutrition; 
3. Small-producer empowerment and inclusive markets; 
4. Moving towards a sustainable private sector. 

These four pathways are interconnected, particularly in the case of Pathway 1, which  crosscuts the three other pathways. 

Project administration for this program in Mesoamerica is developed through a joint strategy in order to be able to influence national, regional and international spheres, to strengthen new leadership, develop capacities and alliances to support local actors and territorial government management.
Accelerate Inclusive Burmese SMEs for Shared Prosperity ‘Accelerate Inclusiveness in Myanmar’ Not available
Capacity building of Defence for Children International Liberia Strengthening a child rights approach after Ebola Liberia was seriously hit by Ebola. Although the country is recuperating, measures for early response can be identified and improved. Liberia needs to strenghten their child protection systems to create a better response to such disasters in the future. DCI Liberia was established in 2009 and calls itself a watchdog. DCI is working on establishing  social legal centres where they can uniform and advise on legal matters. They stress the role civil society has in promoting children's access to justice and informing the entire population. 

Liberia is still one of the poorest countries in the world. Almost half the population is under 15. Also almost half of the population falls under the extreme poverty line. The result is that children in Liberia live with multifaceted problems and suffer serious violation of their rights. Child rights are still a topic that needs a lot of work. Lots of problems occur in the fields of trafficking, abuse and exploitation. 

The judicial system is not working properly and people are often unaware of their rights. Next to that, parents do not have the funds to seek justice for their children. Efforts are being made to establish more child-friendly justice systems and to strengthen child protection systems. 

DCI Liberia has been a partner for years. ICCO and KiA works with several DCI sections in the world on the important topic of child protection.
Projet PESA Faso JEGE PESA project (Pisciculture pour l'Emplois et la Sécurité Alimentaire) is a fish farming development project for food and nutritional security, job creation and entrepreneurship opportunities for young people and women in Burkina Faso. It operates in the Centre-Nord, Nord, Sahel and Est regions, and aims to create/strengthen 3,000 businesses and create 5,000 jobs. In Burkina Faso, the fisheries sector (fisheries and aquaculture) is currently characterized by a production estimated at 30,000 tonnes against 125,000 tonnes of imports, indicating a significant deficit between supply and national demand for fishery products, moreover in growth. The national consumption of these products is estimated at 7kg/ha/year on average in 2019; it was 3.5 kg/ha/year in 2010, but it hides disparities, the most remarkable of which is that between urban populations that are large consumers of fish products and rural populations that have much less access to them. It is in view of its results, which testify to the dynamism and profitability of the sector, that the Fish Farming for Employment and Food Security (PESA) project was designed.
Funded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands through its embassy in Burkina Faso and implemented by the NGO ICCO COOPERATION, this project (PESA) runs over a period of six (6) years (2020-2026) and primarily covers 4 regions of LIPTAKO GOURMA in a situation of insecurity: the North, the Center North, the East and the Sahel. The project aims to facilitate the creation of 3,000 fish farming businesses for at least 5,000 direct jobs.
Designed and developed on the basis of the experiences and achievements of the Jege ni Jaba, P-GLR and EJOM projects carried out by ICCO in Mali, the PESA project aims to promote the development of the fish farming value chain, with a focus not only on fish safety food but also on the employment and entrepreneurship of young people and women in Burkina Faso. Indeed, the potential of the fish farming sector to play a catalytic role in a context where young people are currently facing problems of economic and social inclusion is well established.
DRA Bangladesh-Rohingya JR2 A Food Security and Livelihood Project Not available
The Salt Solution Saline Agriculture Creates New Opportunities in Bangladesh Not available
Humanitarian aid to communities in Central African Republic Dutch Relief Alliance Joint Response CAR phase I The Central African Republic (CAR) continues to suffer from a complex crisis which origins can be traced back to December 2012.  As a result around 1 million Central Africans are being displaced.  This program is part of the Dutch Relief Alliance Joint Response and includes activities focused on food security and protection in Nana Nambere, Ouham Pende and on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in Bangui, Sangha Mbaere, and Mambere-Kadei. The Central African Republic (CAR) continues to suffer from a complex crisis which origins can be traced back to December 2012 when various armed factions regrouped to form the Seleka alliance – an alliance that subsequently overthrew the government and plunged the country into a massive humanitarian disaster. A year later in December 2013, anti-Balaka militia attacked Bangui and the northern part of the country, which resulted in around 1 million Central Africans being displaced. Gross human rights violations were committed, including killing and maiming, torture, sexual-based violence and lootings. After more than two years of conflict in the Central African Republic, the humanitarian situation remains appalling: more than 2.7 million people – out of a total population of 4.6 million – are in dire need of assistance and protection. As of end of May 2015, more than 426,000 people remain displaced, living in the bush, in camps or with host families. Although the overall political situation in the country has improved, continued insecurity due to banditry and sporadic intercommunal violence is hindering the ability of aid organizations to reach those in need of assistance and the redeployment of authorities and state basic services throughout the country.

Neighboring Cameroon, Chad, DRC and Congo still host more than 460,000 Central African refugees.Through this project ICCO will collaborate with LWF and FCA through the ACT Appeal CAF151. The program includes activities in Nana Nambere, Ouham Pende focused on food security and protection with LWF as implementing partner, and in Bangui, Sangha Mbaere, and Mambere-Kadei focused on wash with FCA as implementing partner.
Civic Engagement Alliance in the Netherlands and EU Civic Engagement Alliance ICCO Global Office contributes to the implementation of the program of the Civic Engagement Alliance. Global program management lies with ICCO GO (department Communication, Strategy and External Relations). ICCO also contributes to policy influencing in the Netherlands and at International level. Lobbyists and thematic experts cooperate in a joint lobby team in the Netherlands.
Civic Engagement Alliance (CEA) in Cambodia This project envisions the following in Cambodia:
Enabling environment for rural entrepreneurship and market inclusion for marginalized groups like smallholder farmers, a specific focus on horticulture by increasing engagement and participation of CSOs, private sector and government.
Government and private sector take into account Protect, Respect and Remedy and implement responsible business standards in policy development and business activities. Cambodia is an agrarian country whose economy is largely dependent on natural resources and agriculture. Over the last two decades, economic liberalization, export expansion and growing foreign investment have led to rising prices and an insatiable demand for land. As a result, large swathes of land have been leased for commercial interest through economic land concessions. This increasing demand, coupled with a lack of proper assessments and consultations with affected communities, has led to frequent clashes between the interests of communities and those of politically connected powerful corporations. Land rights abuses are among the most prevalent human rights violations in Cambodia today. 

There are many problems in the agricultural sector too. Among these problems are smallholder farmers who lack knowledge and skills on farm management and GAP and are not organized to deal with buyers, there are poor irrigation facilities and support services and there is a lack of access to appropriate financial services. The main problem regarding responsible business in Cambodia is that public and private stakeholders have poor relationships and there are no clear policies on business and human rights in the agro-food sector. As such the interests, concerns and needs of farmers, ethnic minorities, women and children in regards to human rights violations are not fully taken into account by the government. Unfair labour conditions and child labour still exists.

The project wants to increase farmers’ income and an improved enabling environment of Lobby & Advocacy and stronger human (labour) rights in the public and private sector.

The ICCO office in Cambodia is the implementing body and responsible for overall program management and partner management in the country and focuses on four L&A themes: Enabling environment/Political Space for Civil Society; Value Chain Development; Inclusive Markets; and Business and Human Rights particularly on Land Right and natural resources.
Integrated Rice Value Chain and Reproductive Health Project Reproductive Health for the youth in Karonga The project is aimed at integrating Rice Value Chain work and Sexual and Reproductive Health project in Karonga area in Malawi. Over the years ICCO has been supporting rice vale chain work under FED in isolation with health interventions. With the development of the 3 thematic areas and also to build on the successes and lessons learnt under health, it has become imperative to integrate the two FED thematic areas  with Health. This project is therefore replicating the Health Young people project A majority of young people at the age of 10-19 years in Malawi are at risk for a broad range of health problems. Among these problems are early sexual debut, unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortion, pregnancy-related complications, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS. Youth are especially vulnerable to these problems because they are more likely to engage in unplanned and unprotected sex, they lack the skills necessary to negotiate for safer sex, they engage in sexual activity with multiple partners, and they have limited awareness of STI prevention.  Building on the positive results of the Rice Value Chain Development projectÂ started in 2011 in Karonga, there have been considerations about providing reproductive health for the youths residing in RVCD project areas.
Innovation in harvesting vegetables Introduction of Carrot Harvesting Equipment with Traction - Capinota The Innovation Project aims to change the carrot cultivation system from the implementation of technified harvest. In the territory of Capinota, with the introduction of the mechanical harvester, the carrot management system was changed in perspective of the use of the new technology of harvesting and sowing, which will lower labor costs, increase in yields and decrease losses due to timely harvest. The Carrot is integrated into the dynamic market of vegetables. Capinota is the most competitive and important area of production in Bolivia. By increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the carrot harvest, in addition to lowering labor costs, the perspective to replicate the acquisition by other farmers in the region and other parts of Bolivia, will allow community and geographic scaling.
Cooperation for Women's Economic Empowerment (CWEDII) Women Economic Empowerment through Agricultural Cooperative Not available
WISE 20152016 Delivering loans to  rural entrepreneurs in Burundi WISE s.a was created January 30th, 2007 by AFAB, a Business women's association in Burundi dedicated to fighting against poverty through entrepreneurship for disadvantaged categories especially women. Total amount of shares at creation is owned by 366 shareholders especially women entrepreneurs. WISE is delivering loans to women entrepreneurs from urban zones, small traders, individuals from AFAB (the mother organization of WISE) and to solidarity groups from rural areas. WISE is a member of the National network of MFIs (RIM) and is  committed to alleviating poverty of low income people from remote rural areas through accessibility of financial services where classical Banks are not serving. Solidarity group lending basis is promoted by Terrafina MF  and WISE has adopted this methodology to expand outreach to the rural entrepreneurs that are its target clients in Kayanza and Rumonge at present. 
WISE started to deliver loans to associations of  women farmers engaged in rice growing  in surrounding slums of Bujumbura(like Kinama)since 2010. WISE has promoted solidarity group lending methodology initiated by Terrafina for the period 2010-2011.Social target is poor women entrepreneurs of rural areas in Kayanza and Rumonge. WISE is delivering solidarity group loans for small trade; for rice farmers; for women entrepreneurs; for members of AFAB ); and individual loans to employees(salary loans); to individual traders; to members of AFAB; to businessmen. Individual loans for employed people (salary loans), individual loans to small traders, to farmers…There are also savings products such as current account, saving account; compulsory savings account; fixed deposit accounts for 3months-6months-12 months.
Through the MAVC programme of ICCO, other rural new products especially agriloans, value chain finance, village savings loans associations (VSLA’s)…will be launched by WISE.
Land and Economic Security for Indigenous People (LESIP) Securing land & economic security for IP communities in Ratanakiri province The program aims to improve effective land use, production of cashew nuts and to ensure land rights for indigenous peoples in the upland area of Cambodia, in Ratanakiri province. ICCO in South East Asia (SEA) has been implementing a program on land rights and indigenous people (IP) over the past 8 years in Ratanakiri province located in Northern Cambodia. During this period, the registration of collective land titles for indigenous peoples has been advocated for and established. Currently, ICCO SEA and its partners are strengthening these legal entities to effectively use community lands. Activities include organizational strengthening on management and leadership, land rights, legal frame work and land management. Moreover, we work on multi-stakeholder resource mobilization by building partnerships between Indigenous People (IP), government institutions and companies, as well as between NGOs and financial institutions to improve farmers' access to invest in agricultural production methods. 

The first steps were set to strengthen the economic position of IPs by helping five model villages to set up and increase the sustainable production of cashew nuts. Cashew nut is a major cash crop for farmers of indigenous communities in Ratanakiri, and farming cashew nuts commercially helps these farmers to stay independent, have food security and defend their IP rights. ICCO SEA and its partners support the IP farmers with trainings and intensive coaching to gain technical knowledge and techniques that increase productivity, and to get access to input supply and good seedlings.  

Thus far, farmers have received intensive trainings and have started to adopt better organic farming techniques. Key cashew nut farmers have been identified and are expected to advise their neighboring farmers on better practices and spread their knowledge using the ''Training the Trainer'' mechanism. A collective system for agricultural produce and building partnerships with key buyers for the domestic and international market has been established.  The pilot has thus far shown positive results and impacts on the relationship between land rights and economic development for IPs and is expected to be scaled up in the future.
Programme de Gouvernance Locale Redevable- PGLR Gouvernance et Jeunesse Not available
Oportunities for Rural Youth: Peacebuilding in Colombia - Choco Oportunities for Rural Youth Mencoldes, 2017-19 EU This project will strengthen the capacities of rural youth to position themselves better in agrifood chains by entrepeneurial plans. By doing so it is expected for the rural youth to be   economic empowered, stablish relations with the private sector and have networking for advocacy in government plans and programs. After the signing of the peace agreement in Colombia, rural development offers a window of opportunity for the young population. For this is necessary improve their access to the labor market and income generation (rural youth have an income 45% lower than urban youth). Today the country explores multiple rural development options that should generate value and involve all the actors related to agrifood value chains and that represent real opportunities for the establishment and permanence of young men and women in the countryside.