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WaterHealth Ghana WASH Project - 2 In Ghana, over 40% of 9 million inhabitants have no access to safe drinking water facilities. The Water Health Ghana WASH Project wants to establish 85 Water Health Centres (WHCs) in 85 districts, municipalities and metropolitan areas throughout the country and provide 650 thousand inhabitants of underserviced communities with clean and reliable drinking water, improving hygiene with WASH practices in communities and at schools. The drinking water supply in Ghana is much under pressure due to lack of sufficient water resources, limited infrastructure, irregular supply and unreliable, underperforming or even non-operating water facilities and services. With a considerably large proportion of the population lacking access to safe drinking water and faced with poor sanitation, child mortality and waterborne diseases are much more prevalent. The project addresses essential challenges to improve access to safe and purified drinking water in rural and peri-urban underserved communities, with the construction of community-based water service facilities, so-called Decentralised Water Health Centres (DWHCs). The centres include drinking and portable water taps, an office, a filtration system, storage tanks and toilet facilities, mainly for personnel. The project wants underserved communities to be strongly involved and gradually take over the control and ownership of the DWHCs. The goal of the project is to provide safe drinking water to over 0.65 million people in various communities of Ghana and educate/sensitize the communities on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices.
Continuous development of sustainable innovations for the aquaculture sector in the Mekong Delta In Vietnam, the aquaculture sector started in the early 1960s with small scale extensive culture systems such as rice-cum-fish, livestock-cum-fish and earthen ponds production systems. The rapid growth the sector has achieved during the last two decades has been a direct result of adapting intensive production practices for mostly exportable species. Vietnams aquaculture production increased to 500,000 tons in 2000. Afterwards, with the development of the pangasius and shrimp industries, production increased fivefold in eight years, to just under 2.5 million tons. Despite this enormous success of the aquaculture sector in Viet Nam, there are a number of challenges to achieve a more sustainable growth of the sector. The main challenges are:a) Reduction of negative environmental impacts. b) Control of diseases outbreak. c) Improvement of cost efficiency and productivity.d) Risks linked to monoculture and crowding out other species.e) Build a strong international reputation for Vietnamese aquatic products with regards to product quality and sustainability.A project consortium consisting of De Heus Animal Nutrition B.V., De Heus LLC, Wageningen University, Can Tho University and Fresh Studio Innovations Asia Ltd will carry out this project. The project consortium aims to develop an alternative approach in the aquaculture sector: an applied aquaculture R&D services farm. This newly to be developed professionally managed farm, will provide R&D services to a wide range of companies and public research programs. The consortium envisage that this will eventually lead to economies of scale in applied R&D, the development of a critical mass in knowledge and so called R&D alliances.
Port Evolution Conference From 17 to 19 October 2016, the African Port Evolution Conference will be held in Durban, South Africa.This conference is the largest seaport-related conference on the African continent. With SANEC, the Netherlands embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, will organise a mission for Dutch companies to participate.The aim is to gain maximum exposure to Dutch expertise in this sector.To do so, the embassy will ‘sponsor’ the conference and will gain the following:1.	Conference programme speaker presentation slots will be allocated in the main conference for a senior representative from the delegation.2.	Exclusive Holland hospitality lounge:•	The networking lounge will offer the opportunity to host key delegates and facilitate conversations between Dutch suppliers and delegates from across the African continent (e.g. matchmaking).•	Exclusive Holland branding of the networking lounge.•	Soft drinks (served all day), drinks and canapes served daily between 4:00 pm and 5:30 pm.•	Press releases highlighting trade between the Netherlands and Africa leading up to and during the event to be sent to the database.•	Invitations designed and distributed to all VIP`s key delegates and participating companies.•	Lounge will be open to all delegates and essential guests.•	Opportunities for delegation to present technical workshops and seminars to raise the Netherlands profile before and during the event among a targeted audience.
Young Professional Programme In one year, 30 Myanmar and 7 Dutch young professionals increased their capacity in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). This first batch of Young Water Professionals consisted of young professionals from various government departments working on IWRM, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and universities related to water issues. The YWPs received lectures from Myanmar and international experts and worked on water issues in a learning-by-doing mode, coached on the job by each other and experts.
Scoping Mission Panama (DRR15PA04) The Panama Bay Wetlands is a Ramsar site since 2003, and protected area since 2009. The area has a very high vulnerability to disasters related to water. This bay is a natural barrier to water-related disasters such as floods. Pollution, poor sanitation and inadequate planning exacerbates the situation. In this context, DRR-Team received an official request for support from Panama City. Topics are flooding, water pollution and water supply.
DIAgnosis and MONitoring of Disease Core activities of Dutch Medical Devices B.V. (DMD) are co-development, medical certification and exploitation of medical devices for point of care use and home monitoring. DMD’s first product is the PC100. The device counts the number of platelets in a single drop of blood. When the blood platelet count is below 150,000, the platelet count is considered to be low, and the condition is referred to as thrombocytopenia, a common complication of malarial infections. A platelet count below 150,000 is indicative of malaria. Dengue is usually suspected when the platelet counts fall below 10,000 platelets per microliter of blood. The objective of the demonstration project is to demonstrate that the PC100 is suitable for diagnosis and monitoring of tropical diseases (Malaria, Dengue fever) by medical personnel who are not highly trained and work outside of the laboratory environment. The PC100 has an accuracy of 97.5% and it only requires a single drop of blood, is accurate, cheap, portable and robust.
Study visit urban water management (Part I) This incoming study visit of 10-12 municipal officers and stakeholders of education institutes from South African (SA) cities Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg will introduce these officials to the Dutch triple helix cooperation in the water sector. The selected officials are related to the Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) proposal on urban water technology under development by SA officials with Dutch education institutes. This study visit will also enhance the connections of these officials with Dutch educational and knowledge institutions and business partners within the Dutch Triple Helix. This visit will also aid in developing the eventual OKP proposal, which will be formulated concurrently. Additionally, it will allow them to engage with Dutch water technology experts identified in the technology needs assessment of PSD Apps, establish new collaborations, and initiate potential pilot projects in SA.
Services for the benefit of Dutch-Colombian government cooperation in the field of biomass Colombia is 4th producer of palm oil in the world, and 12th producer of sugarcane, with a planted area of over 400,000 hectares of palm oil and over 450,000 hectares of sugarcane. The demand for bio-based products as chemicals, feedstock for power & heat or biofuels, is increasing worldwide.However, it is important to develop the sector in a sustainable manner, valorising all available components, optimizing the production of biomass, minimizing environmental impact and closing the nutrient cycles. In order to bring about the sustainable development of the biomass sector, capacities need to be strengthened (in both, the public and the private sector) and suitable policies and regulations need to be developed. This goal needs to be realized in a step by step approach and by fine-tuning the interests of research institutes and private sector.However, the government has expressed the need to cooperate on the further development of policies and actions on sustainable valorisation of (residual) biomass in general, in a broader environmental and sustainability legislation and renewable energy policy.The Ministry of Agriculture has asked the Dutch government to start cooperation in the field of biomass. The aim of this G2G project, carried out by GMSP B.V., is to support the Colombian Government by direct cooperation with the Colombian Ministério de Agricultura y Desarollo Rural (MADR) and involve, where needed, other relevant governmental bodies and identified non-governmental stakeholders in the development of capacity building to draft sustainable biomass policies, practices and instruments. The project will focus on palm oil and sugarcane, due to the huge volumes of residual biomass and their further valorisation potential.
Matchmaking visit program Rang Dong Matchmaking project to help entrepreneurs from developing countries to get in contact with new trade partners.
Manufacturers Trade Fair The Netherlands embassy in Kampala, Uganda, would like to support a Holland pavilion at the 2019 Uganda International Trade Fair (UGTIF). This year’s fair will be held from the 2nd to the 10th of October 2019. The fair expects to attract over 350,000 visitors. The theme for the fair is “Promoting Job Creation Through Industrialization”.
DRRS Yemen 2024 – WHO IPC/WASH Specialist Assignment at the request of the WHO Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)/Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH).In the northern governorates of Yemen, an Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) has been declared with, and rapid increase in cases over the last 2 weeks (more than 2,000 suspected cases in week 11 and 12, 2024 with 28 associated death). There is also an increase in confirmed cholera cases in the Southern governorates and response will be scaled up.WHO WASH response needs to scale up quickly, to given the rapid increase of cases and weak WASH capacities in the country. An experienced international WASH officer is urgently required to support development detailed and prioritized WASH response plan for the North and supervise the implementation of WHO WASH response. The outbreak response is significantly underfunded and no funds for surge support consultants are available.
Financial inclusion improves health and sanitation One major focus of Kenyan policy on sanitation is to reach Open Defecation Free (ODF) areas and improvement of sanitation facilities in order to improve public health. The proposed project wants to contribute to this by using the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS+) approach to sensitize trigger communities to build (improved) sanitation facilities, in combination with offering micro finance products to be able to pay for the required investments. This proposal is based on a similar approach which was successful in India (Finish India). By the end of this project, the partnership will have made 840,000 people aware of the importance of proper sanitation. 40,000 household will have improved sanitation facilities (i.e. 280,000 people with safe sanitation) and thus increased economic potential. Approximately 20,000 households will have taken a sanitation loan and 20,000 will build their sanitation facility without a loan. Moreover, fifty sanitation enterprises will have been formed through increased demand for sanitation. On the long term, sanitation loan products will be an integral part of the micro financing market.
DRRS Peru – 2023 In 2023, massive rains due to the cyclone Yaku were followed by serious floodings in many parts of Peru.The official request comes from the Deputy Minister of Finance of Peru. It was channelled to the DRR-Team by the Netherlands embassy in Peru.The proposed DRRS Team should provide Peru with technical advice on short-, medium- and long-term flood risk management from a multilayer safety approach to reduce the risks and impacts of future floodings caused by El Niño and La Niña.
Sustainable charcoal production in Bosnia and Herzegovina ProPortion is a Dutch organization that works to set up social enterprises in developing countries where the needs of the local population are central. For these companies ProPortion makes sustainable and scalable business models.This project focuses on affordable leg prostheses for the Colombian population. For this ProPortion has founded the social enterprise LegBank. Its purpose is to increase access to affordable and comfortable prosthetic sleeves in Colombia.
Orange Corners Senegal – Start capital This intervention provides the Netherlands embassy in Dakar, Senegal, with a start capital to pay for services of the Orange Corners service providers in the first three months of the programme.
African Angel Academy Angola and DR Congo Entrepreneurship is an important mechanism to realise increases in aggregate well-being. For entrepreneurship to flourish, young entrepreneurs need to be able to start their companies, and attract the right capital to grow their company. Angel investors can play a key and formative role in the development of young startup companies. They can invest their finance, knowledge, networks, and access to markets into these young and aspiring entrepreneurs.This can have a catalytic effect and grow the young company exponentially. In doing so, the company is able to offer innovative products and services that are needed locally, while creating jobs and growing the local economy. Angel investors also have an emancipating role in their local ecosystems. They have been successful themselves and are now ready to give back to their communities.This will result in a more active ecosystem that seizes opportunities and becomes a better pipeline of support for the next generation of trailblazers. Indeed, angel investors put the fun back in fundamental change. This African Angel Academy is able to grow the capacity of both the Business Angel Networks as their member angel investors.
Business Seminar Dairy This project is a result of a previous study that has been conducted in the Armenian dairy sector.The study shows that the sector needs to be improved, which in turn can offer opportunities for Dutch companies. To make Dutch dairy companies aware of these, a business seminar was organized on 26 September 2019.
Organic cleaning of Lake Managua Short general project overviewLake Managua (Lago Xolotlan) in Nicaragua is, like many other lakes on the continent, polluted by industrial and urban wastewater discharges and an imperfect sewage system. The Ortega government has a step-by-step plan to ensure that industrial pollution has been curtailed by, among other things, legislation and a water purification installation. The problem with sewage discharges has not yet been addressed, since it is not known how to do this with conventional technology such as dredging, sedimentation, chemicals, etc, since the lake is too shallow. The vice president has authorized FONARE to find alternative methods that may work. The aim is to make the lake attractive for tourists and to be able to use the water for drinking water again.Landustrie Sneek and Wise Use International have introduced a combination of mechanical and biological aeration. The microbiological knowledge of Wise Use will be combined with the mechanics of Landustrie. The main goal of this pilot test is to demonstrate on real scale that bioremediation is a viable option for cleaning surface water.Initial activities and results of the projectThe main goal of this pilot test is to demonstrate on real scale that bioremediation is a viable option for cleaning surface water. In the start-up phase (until go-no go moment 1) Landustrie and Wise Use engineering and will execute tests in the Netherlands and will support UNAN and FONARE with the implementation of the laboratory protocols, the installation of the unit in Managua and the start-up of the small scale test. The preparation for the laboratory and small scale tests, as well as the introduction and local transport of the unit, obtaining permits, sanitary registration of the Activators, guidance and communication on site is supervised by the SouthQuest team, under the supervision and technical direction of Landustrie and Wise Use.During the second phase, the Dutch consortium will actively carry out the first tests itself with large floating units that will be shipped especially for this project. With on-the-job training, local operators are appointed by FONARE to perform the tests together with UNAN, in accordance with the protocol. A member of the Dutch project team will be on site regularly for supervision, maintenance and guidance. The role of the consortium is to provide economic insights resulting from the obtained and intended results. FONARE will engage specialists from the environmental secretariat who are currently responsible for the drinking water quality of the residential communities around the lake.
DRR-Team Peru 2023 – Technical modelling expert In 2023, massive rains due to the cyclone Yaku, were followed by serious floodings in many parts of the Peru.The official request comes from the Deputy Minister of Finance from Peru. It was channelled to the DRR-Team by the Netherlands embassy in Lima, Peru.The proposed DRRS-Team should provide Peru with technical advice on short-, medium- and long-term flood risk management, from a multilayer safety approach, to reduce the risks and impacts of future floodings caused by El Niño and La Niña.
Support Ministry of Transport and Communication This project is a need assessment for the Ministry of Transport and Communication. It will be helpful to identify capacity and equip capacity development when negotiating concession contracts for the Material Offloading Facility (MOF) and LNG Maritime Terminal with future concessionaires. In addition, there is a need to identify the best implementation of the LNG Project in Mozambique.
Reducing antibiotics usage in broiler feed Reducing antibiotics usage in broiler feed in Myanmar.
Sector study food processing Food processing is one of the most promising sectors for domestic entrepreneurs and foreign investors.The Netherlands has a strong position in the international food processing sector. The Netherlands, with its knowledge and technologies, could play an important role in the future development of this sector in Bangladesh. However, to do so, the Dutch agribusiness sector needs a more detailed insight into the food processing sector of Bangladesh. The first step is to do a food processing sector study, which leads to a detailed study report. The aimed study will map the food processing sector in Bangladesh, its key actors and linkages, trends, issues, challenges and (business) opportunities. The outcome will:(i)	Provide to-the-point details for Dutch agribusiness to elevate the food processing sector of Bangladesh through investments, knowledge and technology, and (ii)	provide further insight and pave ways for interventions to relevant supervisory, facilitating and regulatory bodies and key chain actors in Bangladesh.Our objective is to promote sustainable and responsible growth in the food processing industry of Bangladesh.
Scaling BioLite clean cookstove access in Uganda BioLite is dedicated to transforming the way low-income, off-grid households cook, charge devices, and light their homes. The company designs and manufactures a select range of solar home systems and clean cookstoves. With this project under SDG7 Results, BioLite aims to contribute to achieving increased rates of clean cookstove penetration and usage across targeted areas of Uganda.
Workshops International Exhibition of agriculture in Morocco (SIAM) Fair Morocco The purpose of the thematic workshop is to mount discussion and disseminate knowledge amongst Moroccan public and private stakeholders about:•	Solutions to limit the food losses in Morocco; •	New techniques and products to overcome climate obstacles; •	To be able to develop new strategies for Morocco.
Study Visit Ethiopian Railway Corporation (Part I) The Flying Swans initiative in Ethiopia aims, with a focus on projects 1 and 2, to develop: •	Expertise on the requirements for the transport of perishables among the new business    development unit at the Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) and other Ethiopian stakeholders •	Strong relations amongst the ERC and other Ethiopian stakeholders involved in the Flying Swans projects and with the Dutch Flying Swans counterparts. The projects of the Flying Swans in Ethiopia are:1.	A cool facility,  'Coolport', will be constructed near the central logistical hub near Addis Ababa to gather fruits and vegetables.2.	Investments in the Addis-Djibouti train to enable the transport of reefers;3.	Development of a terminal in Djibouti port to quickly transport the perishable goods between rail and ship;4.	Production of sufficient and qualitative fruit and vegetables in Ethiopia.
Matchmaking mission Agri Angola The objective of this small-scale intervention is to initiate business between 5 to 10 Dutch companies and Angolan investors by having them participate in a dedicated, small-scale, intensive matchmaking event, organized in Luanda in June 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.
Miss-Collect: "Taking Children Out of The Dumpsites into The Schools" The Indian city Pune experiences a high increase in the number of child labour cases in the waste paper sector. This sector in India has been identified as high CSR-Risk due to several reasons. Primarily, waste pickers are in a vulnerable position due to a lack of skills. The packaging sector is also predominantly informal, resulting in the absence of regulations and guidelines protecting labourers. The inclusion of children in the labour force finds its causes in extreme poverty and illiteracy.Miss-Collect aims to combat child labour by tackling the above-mentioned causes of poverty and illiteracy by introducing a waste paper value chain with sustainable recycled paper. The target group includes both female waste pickers and children aged 5 to 17 years old. The improvement in income and working conditions of female waste pickers can work as an incentive to let their child go to school. Therefore, this has a positive result on the amount of children involved in child labour.The Miss-Collect project's envisioned impacts are both beneficial to individual women and children, as well as the whole packaging sector. The main goal of combatting child labour and promoting education can be achieved by empowering women and improving their position in the value chain (SDG 8). Without the necessity of extra middlemen, women can create an additional source of income (SDG 10 and 1). Simultaneously, providing an education opportunity combats child labour and enhances their life possibilities (SDG 4). The improvements in the packaging industry stem from the elimination of child labour. The production of sustainable paper products is in line with the Sustainable Development Goal 12: Sustainable consumption.
IGM Trade Matchmaking visit to the Netherlands from an entrepreneur from a developing country.