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Agrochemical reduction study Vietnam Vietnam struggles with pesticide overuse and toxicity in horticulture despite government efforts. With hardly any domestic pesticide production, Vietnam has experienced exponential growth in the quantity and value of imported pesticides in recent years. Increasing imports of newly formulated (and safer) pesticides have not yet replaced or reduced highly toxic pesticides with low efficacy. Improper use of pesticides by farmers (too high dosages, cocktailing of pesticides, inadequate pre-harvest intervals, among others) has further contributed to environmental and health problems.The project aims to reduce residue and contamination risks in the horticulture industry of Vietnam through the use of knowledge, technology, and innovation. It will achieve this by gaining a comprehensive understanding of biological crop protection in Vietnam, assessing the interest of private sector players to collaborate with the horticulture industry in the Netherlands, presenting the findings to a mixed Vietnamese-Dutch audience in seminars, and providing recommendations for further development of a common approach to improve the crop protection sector in Vietnam.
Accelerating the uptake of affordable Solar Home Systems in the Matam, Tambacounda and Kédougou regions of Senegal VITALITE Senegal is a company whose mission is to improve the living conditions of low-income households by making quality products, services and renewable energies accessible. VITALITE Senegal was created in 2018 as a merger from the Senegalese company Sénérgie with the Vitalite group. Under the SDG7 facility, the company aims to provide rural households in the remote Eastern provinces of Senegal with basic access to electricity. Vitalite plans to reach 5.000 households in rural Senegal within four years.
Fighting Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone (DSS15EB009) Deployment of DSS in the fight against Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Ho Chi Minh City Bicycle Initiative In Ho Chi Minh City, while motorcycle remains the most popular means of transportation, the Department of Transport launched the first public bicycle service in December 2021. Implementing the public bicycle model will diversify urban transport modes in the city centre and create favourable health benefits for users. Moreover, it is more affordable, reduces traffic and air pollution and introduces new tourism products, contributing to the economic recovery and development of the city. In this context, the Netherlands Consulate General in HCMC will stimulate the process of strengthening the local government's knowledge of cycling and also explore the opportunities for collaboration and cooperation between the Netherlands and Ho Chi Minh City. That could be made possible by knowledge exchange from the Dutch cities that have been through similar developments. The Netherlands Consulate General plays a facilitating role in initiating potential connections with relevant local and international partners.
Public Financial Management 2023 The objective of this annual course is for civil servants working in the field of PFM to share their knowledge and skills enabling them to lead and inspire the modernisation of PFM in their home countries. The course also aims to strengthen participants ties with the Netherlands and the Dutch government, especially between Dutch government service and their counterparts in the target countries.
Participation of the Agence Senegalaise de Promotion Touristique in 'de Vakantiebeurs' The Agence Senegalaise de Promotion Touristique (ASPT) participated in 'de Vakantiebeurs' in Utrecht, the Netherlands, to promote Senegal as a holiday destination to the Dutch market.
Study visit on horticulture in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra and Larache region Through this study visit, a Moroccan delegation of decision makers in the agricultural sector will be informed about the organization of the horticultural sector in the Netherlands and its current development and working methods.The mission includes visits to (government) institutions and companies active in different value chains of the horticultural sectors, research institutions, clusters and branche organisations.The aim is to introduce climate- and water smart and sustainable growing techniques from the Netherlands and contribute to efficient water use and sustainable energy to make food production more sustainable.Moreover, the visit will enable the participants to establish direct contacts with the representatives in the Dutch horticultural sector and enable both parties to discuss and develop joint proposals for creation of Dutch-Moroccan horticultural activities in the regions of Rabat-Sale-Kenitra-Larache region. Goal of this study visit is for the Moroccan participants to get acquainted with the Dutch horticultural sector and the triple helix approach. This will be done by knowledge exchange and making the MAR government familiar with the  Dutch combi-track approach in Morocco. As a result, the collaboration between Dutch and Moroccan stakeholders during the implementation of the combi-track activities will be strengthened.
A solar-powered agro-processing facility in Malawi One of the core activities of aQysta B.V. is to support small farmers with crop selection, seeds, irrigation, training, financing and gaining market access. This service package is called the GROWN farm incubator. aQysta offers these free services, but operates on a profit-sharing model, where farmers and the company both receive income from the sale of the crops. Crucial in this model is access to reliable market partners and the price at which the agricultural goods can be sold, because this determines both aQysta's gross margin and the farmers' income.aQysta is currently working with hundreds of smallholder farmers in Malawi.aQysta now aims to add more value to local harvested produce, by setting up a processing facility in Malawi that processes fresh agricultural products into dried products. To ensure stable income and to set up a sustainable business model, aQysta not only wants to sell the dried products on the local market, but also export and sell them to customers and market players outside Malawi.The aim of aQysta is therefore to establish an export value chain to customers in Europe, who are willing to sign a multi-year contract for the supply of dried products from Malawi.
Incoming mission female entrepreneurs From November 2015 until June 2016, 21 female entrepreneurs from Zimbabwe participated in a training and mission programme. The training programme focused on personal development and improvement of the companies.The mission to the Netherlands was a learning journey and a trade mission. Some participating entrepreneurs have secured export leads and are preparing to export their products to the Netherlands. Others purchase technologically advanced and efficient equipment from the Netherlands, which significantly reduces their production costs.Most of them have benefited from ideas on new product development and are currently experimenting with research institutions on developing new products for the local market.
PDP III – Breaking the cycle in malaria: prevention and protection for all This project was implemented under the PDP III programme by the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). MMV's mission is to reduce the burden of malaria in disease-endemic countries by discovering, developing and delivering new, effective and affordable antimalarial drugs to cure and protect vulnerable populations.
Pilot private provision of primary health Care (PHC+) Regarding new demographic and economic realities and existing constraints in the private provision of healthcare services, there is an urgent need to revisit the state policy and create an enabling environment for broader inclusion of the private sector in healthcare services delivery to the population, as well as strengthen the capacity of new policy's implementers on the national, regional and local level. Therefore, this project aims to facilitate building such an enabling environment and pilot it in selected communities.SDG 8: inclusive and sustainable economic growth: support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation.
Assessment of mango value chain in Moundou region This project, “Route de la Mangue”, focuses on an assessment of the mango value chain in the Moundou region, conducted by experts involved in the development of the mango sector in Burkina Faso and the sub-region. The objective is to describe the essential steps in the value chain, identify key stakeholders, advise on improvements in the value chain in the short term – next mango season – and advise on opportunities to professionalise the mango value chain in the Moundou region in the long term of approximately a three to five years’ time-span. Based on the assessment, a follow-up project to further develop the mango value chain in the Moundou region is elaborated.
Waste-to-Energy in Sierra Leone feasibility study for establishing a hybrid waste-to-energy model in Freetown The Waste Transformers enable organic (food) waste producers to recycle their organic waste streams into clean energy, heat and natural fertilizer all on their own site, in an anaerobic digester aka, a Waste Transformer.The aim of the study is to gain insight into whether an innovative logistics plan is feasible and financially viable, and that it contributes sufficiently to the position and continuity of ICL's business activities. The aim of the study is to gain insight into whether an innovative logistics plan is feasible and financially viable, and that it contributes sufficiently to the position and continuity of ICL's business activities.
WASH Expert Lebanon UNICEF (DSS16LB03) UNICEF has been requested by the Ministry of Energy and Water of Lebanon to find alternative technical solutions and to propose a global strategy on UNICEF response in providing wastewater services in Informal Settlement. The purpose of the mission Is to produce this document in close collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Water and the Ministry of Environment. Because the UNICEF WASH team does not have the specific competence and therefore external support has helped with the strategy to the Lebanese Government.
Capacity building of women entrepreneurs in vegetable and medical plant production and processing, Kosovo Kosovo has a high unemployment rate, particularly among women. It hampers economic prospects. On the other hand, women contribute significantly to farm activities as family workers and entrepreneurs but still lack the knowledge to improve their productivity. This project aims to strengthen the capacity of women in rural entrepreneurship by providing targeted training on entrepreneurship and vegetable and medicinal plant production and processing. The project will benefit a minimum of 120 female entrepreneurs. The project will be implemented in the municipalities of Rahovec and Prizren in Kosovo. The project duration is 18 months.
Preparation Dairy Mission Pakistan This mission aims to prepare Pakistani participants for the dairy visit in September 2016 and to verify, specify and discuss with them both their ambitions to be engaged in the dairy production chain and challenges and obstacles.
Terms Of References for Youth entrepreneurship programming Zimbabwe Based on a study, the Dutch Embassy in Zimbabwe has asked for the development of Terms of References for three project proposals to strengthen youth entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe, on the following subjects:1.	Capacity building on financial literacy, mentorship and lobby and advocacy support, especially concerning the start-up act; 2.	Institutional support of a youth organization, institutional support in Mutare and Bulawayo to effectively represent the youth in business in policy dialogue; 3.	Incubation of youth-owned business with an inclusion of market linkages activities.
Senegal follow-up mission The Senegal River ends in an estuary near the city of Saint Louis. In 2003, exceptional rainfall in the Sahel zone and in Guinea resulted in significantly high water levels in the Senegal River. In order to prevent collapse of the Diama dam an opening was made in the sand barrier. This opening was quickly eroded and the gap grew to 2.5 km width. This had major impact on the environment, through salt intrusion in an area where fresh river water was previously used for gardening.  The DRR-Team was requested for support in this regard. After the scoping mission in November 2014 a follow-up mission took place in March 2015. The focus was on writing a ToR for temporary measures and strengthen follow-up funding.
Shiraka Training Programme and E-Government 2021 E-government and digitization are essential developments for every field of government. In this annual course, civil servants can share and further develop their topical knowledge and skills to enable them to lead and inspire the implementation and modernization of e-government in their home countries. The course also aims to strengthen participants' ties with the Netherlands and the Dutch government, especially between Dutch civil servants and their counterparts in the target countries.
Netherlands Wash Programme workshop The Netherlands embassy in Accra, Ghana (further the Embassy) and the government of Ghana have embarked on a multi-annual programme on Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH). The Ghana-Netherlands WASH Programme (GNWP) focuses on integrated urban water and sanitation in five selected municipalities. The purpose of the project is to strengthen the individual WASH projects and increase the impact of the combined projects by thoroughly explaining all aspects of the programmes and strengthening the WASH network, sharing experiences and looking for synergy.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.
Stakeholder mapping and analysis LSH Kisumu and Homa Bay This study fits in the new multi-annual strategy of the Netherlands embassy in Nairobi, Kenya as Life Science & Health (LSH) is one of the 'combi-tracks' under the new strategy.There are already several market studies carried out on the LSH sector, but a deep understanding of the dynamics between public and private stakeholders is still missing.Therefore, the outcomes of this study will support the combi-track development to define interventions that are based on the real bottlenecks and incentives in the domain of primary healthcare in the county of Kisumu.
Value Chain Analysis (VCA) and Business Opportunities Report potato sector Tunisia The purpose of this intervention is to analyse the Tunisian potato chain to gain better insight into one of the focus sectors of the Netherlands Embassy in Tunisia and to identify the weak points in the chain. A chain analysis will result in concrete proposals to strengthen these weak points whilst indicating at what junctions the Dutch private sector could participate in making chains more sustainable.
Mali 2015 Mali 2015.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.
Pragati! Towards a living income for turmeric farmers In Andhra Pradesh, business partners Nedspice and Fuchs Gruppe work on strengthening the position of turmeric farmers within the international value chain, together with NGO Woord en Daad and social enterprise Job Booster India.In the first phase of the project, the partners made a thorough analysis of farmers' incomes and the factors and value chain dynamics that enable or block realizing a living income for turmeric farmers. They also did research on the prevalence of child labour and gender inequalities.In the current phase, running from mid-2024 to mid-2026, the partners invest in capacity-building and training of farmers, awareness raising on child labour and gender inequality, and address value chain obstacles to increase farmers' incomes, prevent child labour and promote gender equality. By doing so, the business partners aim to implement improved due diligence mechanisms in line with their own sustainability strategies and legislation. Living income
Ghana-Netherlands WASH Programme Workshop 2018 The Netherlands Embassy in Accra, Ghana, and RVO engaged a (local) contractor to arrange a workshop, which brings the partners of 20 projects in Ghana, five administered by the Embassy and fifteen by RVO, together in a stakeholders' dialogue with sixty to seventy participants. This workshop is the third meeting, with similar meetings held in Accra in February 2017 and November 2015. Participants appreciated these meetings as they brought together all stakeholders (project representatives, RVO advisors and representatives from the Dutch Embassy). The meetings allow time and space to discuss the projects' progress, learn from each other's experiences and find cross-linkages and their synergy. The meeting reinforces the commitment among all partners to make a sustainable and significant impact in Ghana.
Farming crickets for food and business There is not sufficient affordable protein food available in Kenya and Uganda. Insects can provide these proteins for low costs. The intervention aims at the development of a sustainable value chain, including rearing, processing, packaging, distribution and retail. In Uganda the target area is the Masaka region in the southern part of the country and in Kenya the target area is the Nyabza region in the western part of the country. About 4,000 small-scale cricket farms will be established in Kenya and Uganda. The Dutch parties have experience with insect rearing, but not for human consumption, since there is not much market for insect consumption in the Netherlands. In East Africa, grasshopper consumption is common, but the insects are gathered in the wild, instead of rearing them. Because of this, they are only available one season a year.When the cricket rearing farms are established, the insects will be available whole year round. The insects will be eaten and will also be processed into flour as ingredient for other products. Since grasshoppers are not suitable to rear, crickets are targeted for the project, they are easy to maintain.
Feasibility development organic oil palm plantation Natural Habitats Group B.V. (NHG) plans to invest in the phased development of a large-scale oil palm plantation and associated palm oil mill in Sierra Leone. The feasibility study should address: (1) development of the master plan for phased investment in organic oil palm plantation and palm oil processing development, (2) demonstration of commercial feasibility, and (3) drafting of a bankable business plan to raise funding complementary to NHG’s own resources for the first investment phase.
Horticulture Centre of Excellene in Kenya This project aims to identify if there is enough common ground to start setting up a “Centre of Excellence” (CoE) for horticulture in Kenya, what such a CoE should look like and which players, public and private, should be involved.
Port, Transport and Logistics Centre of Excellence A Centre of Excellence for the inland transport sector has been found in Barranquilla, Colombia by STC and Universidad del Norte. The inauguration of the Centre took place on 2 September 2015.The Centre of Excellence provides educational programmes at a practical, tactical and strategic level and technical assistance in the field of port, transport, and logistics to participants (students), public and private organizations as well as branch organizations and industry associations in Colombia and the surrounding region.Education by the Centre of Excellence provides participants with increased career and employment possibilities, while at the same time contributing to the improvement of the operational efficiency of the Colombian transport and logistic system. This also benefits the port, transport and logistics industries in the region.Enhanced logistic operations in Colombia improves commercial relations and strengthen the economic ties between the Netherlands and Colombia.The Centre of Excellence exists for an unlimited period of time and delivers life-long learning education with dual STC and UniNorte certification.
Corporate Social Responsibility Scoping Mission The objective of the assignment is to draft a study on possible CSR interventions for the Netherlands Embassy in Ethiopia in the Ethiopian private sector. The aim in the longer term is to promote sustainable trade between Ethiopia and the Netherlands.
Development of floating structures in Colombia The aim of the feasibility study is to gain insight into the possibilities, consequences and expected results of the investment, with the aim of contributing to an appealing development of a remarkable recreational area along the popular Colombian coast, Puerto Velero. The investment project focuses on the development of 100 floating holiday homes, with approximately 3,500m2 of built surface. The intended investor is Marinas de Colombia S.A.S., Puerto Velero's development organization.Sub-objectives of the research are to determine the technical feasibility, the economic and legal feasibility, the manufacturability and the ecological and social feasibility for both the holiday homes and the production environment. It results in a business plan and an implementation plan.
Installing the IMPALA monitoring system at St Luke's This project aims to demonstrate that GOAL 3 B.V. can effectively install the IMPALA monitoring system at St Luke's hospital in Malawi.The monitoring system has been developed for low resource settings. With the system, health professionals can diagnose critical illnesses in newborns earlier and better.GOAL 3's implementation service includes the device, training, and use support to improve the clinical care processes in the High Dependency units.
Sustainable and Inclusive Business Sri Lanka This project aims to strengthen the capacity of CSR Sri Lanka and simultaneously identify sustainable and inclusive business opportunities in Sri Lanka to improve sustainable and inclusive business practices and relations between Dutch and Sri Lankan entrepreneurs in the agriculture, garment and tourism sectors. At the end of the mission, findings will be compiled in a report that describes at least three sustainable and inclusive business opportunities focused on the three selected sectors.