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Online Academy for Craftmanship and Entrepreneurship for teaching women and youth to become an entrepreneur in Iraq and MENA region (Phase II) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in Developing Markets.Digital solutions to improve access to healthcare and education services for remote groups in the Middle East and North Africa.Phase II: Prototype development for local context and (large-scale) practical tests.
Sustainable and resilient pro-poor water supply project in Cebu The sustainable and resilient pro-poor water supply project Cebu was located in the central, typhoon-prone part of the Philippines and had a pro-poor approach to provide both improved and new connections to the urban poor of Metro Cebu, including the city's Low-Income Communities (LICs).The partnership also addressed the resilience of poor communities through WASH activities and Disaster Risk Reduction. This was realized through close collaboration between Dutch drinking water companies (VEI), the local water operator Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD), an NGO (Eau et Vie), and the Netherlands and Philippines Red Cross.The project realized its two main results:1.	providing people with access to safe water and sanitation, and2.	improving the resilience of the water supply and communities to natural disasters.The project has provided access to water for over 130,000 urban poor people. The project has provided applicants with four options for connecting to MCWD water depending on their financial circumstances – the most significant being the fee spread over 12-monthly payments at no extra cost. Secondly, MCWD procured 27 mobile generators that were matched to the ratings of 126 deep wells. This allowed them to rotate coverage across Metro Cebu and supply a lifeline volume of water during the subsequent 6-week power outage caused by the typhoon.The Red Cross executed the practiced Disaster Risk Reduction Plans and safely evacuated vulnerable communities to safe havens such as sports centers and shopping malls. Regarding the pandemic, the Red Cross trained 230 Community Health Volunteers, who immediately started to work in mitigating the effects of COVID-19 in the vulnerable communities. This was boosted by the project providing hand-washing stations, PPE, test kits, hygiene packs and food parcels. The project goals are to extend the water network, improve network resilience and provide access to clean water for an additional 80,000 people in Metro Cebu.
New water rights for basin management and inclusivity in spate irrigated areas of Pakistan Spate irrigation is a unique water resource system that makes productive use of short duration floods in dry river beds. It is common in Pakistan, covering an area of 1 million ha.The project aims to contribute towards the re-setting of water distribution rules in target command areas, thereby promoting efficient water use in agriculture for better livelihood opportunities. It is envisioned that the systems are brought up to date after changes made to main headworks and resource use, thereby optimizing their overall productivity and promoting their inclusivity, especially for the weakest downstream users. In addition a whole range of improvements – related to crop agronomy, livestock keeping, small mechanization and water storage, based on proven experiences elsewhere in similar water systems  will be introduced through farmer groups.The project also aims to contribute towards the re-setting of water distribution rules in target command areas, thereby promoting efficient water use in agriculture for better livelihood opportunities.The following are the anticipated project outcomes:• Outcome 1: Improved and equitable utilisation of productive floodwater, by building partnership among upstream and downstream water engaging communities;• Outcome 2: Higher and more equitable returns from flood flows between command areas of selected river basins, as a result of water productivity increases; • Outcome 3: Expanded profitable business opportunities for floodwater users as a result of increased production of commercial crops (guar, sorghum, oil seeds);• Outcome 4: Creating new livelihood opportunities and increase the productivity of flood-based agriculture and livestock rearing in the two sub-basins;• Outcome 5: Approach and methods shared and introduced in other basins that depend on flood flows.
Bemo demonstration two-way vehicle, Indonesia Bemo wants to prove to potential customers in Indonesia that it is possible to successfully deploy a two-way vehicle in those conditions.In addition, Bemo wants to convince potential customers of the effectiveness of this technique for shunting yards there. Bemo sees Indonesia as a growth market for rail equipment.Bemo wants to convince the potential customers of the potential of shunting between two tracks as a means of road transport.
Agricultural Scoping Study Senegal Senegal offers excellent opportunities for sustainable agribusiness cooperation. It is a stable country with a steady annual economic growth of 6% and perfect conditions for high-quality production of fruit, vegetables and nuts for year-round or early export season. Also, animal and fishery products have good potential for local and regional markets. The Netherlands embassy in Dakar and RVO jointly operate a market study to identify promising subsectors and define concrete opportunities for agribusiness cooperation with Dutch technology companies and institutes in a value chain approach. It includes all challenges and opportunities of the physical and knowledge infrastructure, government policies, land use, supply of inputs and technology, farm management, training and education, storage, processing and marketing. The projects and opportunities identified by the study will contribute to sustainable food production and circular economy practices, food security, job creation and entrepreneurship, especially for youth and women.
Workshop for the implementation of the strategy “Towards a Water Sensitive Mexico City" Workshop for the implementation of the strategy “Towards a Water Sensitive Mexico City".
Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) Iraq 2021 (OCIF21IQ05) The Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) provides young entrepreneurs in the Orange Corners programme with access to funding of up to €50,000. This allows the entrepreneurs to develop their idea in a product/proposition that can enter the market.As OCIF aims to stimulate innovation, the innovative-aspect of the business will be an important criterion for the selection of participants in the programme. It will be a condition that each business idea will have positive social or ecological impact and addresses at least one SDG.Furthermore, each entrepreneur will have to commit him/herself fully for the period of the incubation programme. If a business idea fits within the circular economy, this will be a big plus.
Fighting Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone (DSS15EBL54) Deployment of DSS in the fight against Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Study production facility belting Ghana Derco B.V. wants to invest in setting up a complete production facility in Ghana . From this production will be not only serve the Ghanaian market but also export to other (West) African countries. New customers include local branches of multinationals , local retail chains , local businesses (logistics, production , etc.) and the mining companies. The aim of the study is to demonstrate that in Ghana can be made sufficient revenues and profits to make the investment in the local plant back within the desired timeframe and demonstrate that the project strengthens the position and continuity of the pa
Building with Nature Indonesia: Securing eroding delta coastlines Large-scale implementation of a Building with Nature pilot provides coastal security and supports revitalization of at least 6,000 ha of aquaculture ponds along a 20 km shoreline in Demak district (Central Java), thus enhancing the resilience of 70,000 vulnerable people. Further, the Building with Nature approach is mainstreamed in policies, plans and budget allocations for lowland development, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and water safety in Indonesia. Northern Javas deltaic shorelines suffer from severe erosion and related flooding hazards, caused by mangrove conversion for aquaculture, groundwater extraction and infrastructure development. Over 30 million people in Java are at risk. The agri and aquaculture sectors, two engines to economic growth, have suffered multi-billion losses. Conventional hard-infrastructure solutions have been found to be ineffective, expensive and unable to adapt to climate change. Furthermore, they fail to bring back the economic, environmental and social benefits that healthy mangrove coastlines offer. The project introduces Building with Nature to accomplish resilience along eroding delta coastlines. This innovative approach combines civil engineering with mangrove rehabilitation to build safe and adaptive coastlines, while simultaneously introducing sustainable land use. First, through a large scale Building with Nature project in Demak district, we provide coastal security and support sustainable revitalization of 6,000 ha of aquaculture ponds along a 20 km shoreline. This enhances safety, inclusive economic growth and self-reliance of 70,000 vulnerable people. Technical measure to protect the coastline in Demak include restoration of the sediment balance using permeable dams and mud nourishments, alongside mangrove rehabilitation. This project aims to enhance the resilience of 70,000 vulnerable people by implementing a building with nature pilot project, which provides coastal security and supports revitalization of at least 6,000 ha of aquaculture ponds along a 20 km shoreline.
#CoCreateMyCity Dakar The #CoCreateMyCity DAKAR project aims to demonstrate how a practical student competition around local challenges can stimulate and facilitate fruitful collaboration between the private sector, the government and the knowledge institutes in building an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Dakar towards the transition to a circular economy. In this project, a student challenge with a contribution by and benefits for all players in the ecosystem will demonstrate how to achieve this goal. The student challenge consists of innovative business solutions by Senegalese and Dutch student teams to solve real urban challenges set by Senegalese authorities related to the waste problem and the transition to a more sustainable and circular economy.
Production of quality disposable hospital sheets & tubes in North Macedonia The applicant is Wim Vinken Service V.O.F. (WVS).WVS sells industrial sewing machines and offers service to a broad range of companies and sectors. Examples are sewing machines for the confection industry, or the production of several product lines like furniture, car seats, sailing boats etc. Next to this, WVS is specialised in adjusting machinery, for tailor made production, to customer needs.Local partner is Vitezis Dooel in Stip, Macedonia. Vitezis is 100% daughter of WVS and is specialised in the production of a medical product, the 'sling'. The patient sits in this sling and is hanged in a mechanical lift ("ijzeren verpleegster") in order to be carried in or out of bed. Vitezis meets the very high standards set by their single and only customer (Arjo Huntleigh from Sweden).Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The CSR principles will have to be formalised.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsThe production location looks very professional.Illustrative is the fact that 3 employees went to a new large international producer of car seat covers, but within one week asked to be permitted to return to their jobs. In that other factory, production personnel had to stand during the work.They will pay 10% above average minimum wage level for the industry.Employees will receive English classes in paid hours.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe project is new for Macedonia in the sense that these products have only been produced as a test run. They are not produced elsewhere in Macedonia (or even globally). Specialised textile production is the core business of local partner. This is an expansion to another specialised kind of textile production. Vitezis will have to use new machinery for this production as the essential aspect is the sewing of circles on strips alongside the slides.•	Chain effectsImpact on local suppliers is low for the machinery that has to be imported by the applicant and adapted to the specialised production. Also, the base material of the sheets is imported from Germany. The extra materials will be locally supplied, as well as catering, accounting, transport etc. For the construction of the new building a majority of local suppliers is used.•	Impact on the sectorThere is little impact on other parties. Only the quality impulse of their way of working and standards of health and safety might be seen as an impact to the sector.•	EnvironmentWVS and Vitezis are considering solar power for the new building, but have not yet made a concrete plan for that.•	Position of womenThe majority of the production personnel is female. They get quality training and therefore are considered as medium-level. Also, part of the management (production manager and quality manager) is female. To establish a new production facility in Stip, Macedonia, for disposable hospital slides and tubes. The product is unique because it enables lateral transfer (maximum 300 kg) of patients without changing sheets and so preventing cross contamination. To p
COVID-19 Decontamination Box (Phase I) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in Developing Markets.Solutions for health, data and financial support in times of COVID-19 in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Niger and Uganda.Phase I: Feasibility study.
Aviation safety center feasibility This project increases the aviation safety promotion capacity in Rwanda and the region. It supports the development of the AviAssist Safety Promotion Centre (ASPC)-Rwanda by undertaking a feasibility study to determine the technical, financial, legal and operational viabilities of the ASPC-Rwanda. It will define the pre-conditions for Dutch organizations and companies to partner in the ASPC-Rwanda for Learning, Research, and Experiencing aviation safety promotion skills while creating knowledge exchange opportunities for institutions and companies from the Netherlands and beyond.
Niltons production in Uganda The Dutch company Araco International B.V., producer of promotional business gifts and specialized in textile, wishes to investigate the feasibility of setting up a production facility in Uganda, in cooperation with Ugandan partner Just Brand it.The production facility will create new jobs in Uganda and business opportunities for future suppliers of fabrics and other material that is used in the production process of the promotional textile products.
Sustainable Fruit South Africa – table grapes and citrus A harmonised standard has been introduced that on the one hand guarantees compliance with market demands in the Netherlands and the EU (Milieukeur) and on the other hand helps to introduce and implement minimum social standards, as formalised in the South African legislation by SIZA - Sustainability Initiative of South Africa. The Dutch foundation MilieuKeur (SMK) will develop the ‘Milieukeur’ certification schemes for grapes and citrus grown in South Africa.. Milieukeur, the Dutch environmental quality label, has an integrated approach to make products and services more sustainable. The SIZA standard is a recently developed standard applicable for the fruit industry in South Africa.The aim of the project is to assist two producers in South Africa of fresh fruit (table grapes and citrus) -  The Grape Company and A.L.G. Estate -  to produce within one year in compliance with above mentioned harmonized standards. The local producers are committed to introduce the new standards among their growers.N&S, a Dutch consulting firm specialised in food security and quality standards has been commissioned to carry out this project. N&S has been contracted by Jaguar as a service provider.Jaguar is a major importer in the Netherlands and further into the EU of fresh fruits and supplies to most of the larger retail chains in the Netherlands. Jaguar has signed a covenant with IDH in June 2012 and has openly committed to operate sustainable and to only import sustainable fruits and vegetables to the Netherlands by 2020.SIZA is a not-for-profit, membership-based organisation, open to producers, exporters, and stakeholders across the supply chain in South Africa. SIZA focuses on development and capacity building rather than audits. The SIZA programme aims to provide growers with the tools to be self-regulated. The project will address the following:1. Accreditation of the environmental and social standards.2. Introduction of and training on the standards among the selected producers.3. Audit of the producers and dissemination of results.
From blind trade to visible impact This project addresses risks in the soy supply chain from Argentina. The social and environmental risks primarily take place in the primary production process. This project focuses to avoid – and where needed restore – the impacts of soy on forests / ecosystems and people. However, the soy trade chain is a complex one due to a number of factors, among which:• Soy is produced in countries where sustainable land governance, including legal compliance to forest and labour legislation, is a challenge;• Suppliers of soy often do not sell their produce to the same customers each year;• Soy (meal) is mainly used for livestock feed, making it invisible for the end consumer, mostly requiring business to business solutions;• Soy is a low margin-high volume bulk commodity; gathered and transported in huge quantities. This makes separation of sustainable streams costly, and• The fear of additional costs in the sector is paramount, from farmers, to traders, to processors to retailers.This project will explore several temporary models/stepping stones to achieve field impact. These include "area mass balance" (supporting farmers to become certified in areas that link to the physical trade chain), and "direct trade" (companies directly supporting responsible production with credits and positive impact investments), as well as stepwise improvements and restoration of damage with farmers in risk zones.
Joint Venture between ATEC and iDE Bangladesh to scale-up ATEC’s successful, world-leading biodigester technology in Bangladesh ATEC is a social enterprise that produces, sells and distributes the world’s first plug-and-play biodigester for small-scale farmers, combined with patented PAYGo technology. The partnership between ATEC Biodigesters International, iDE Bangladesh and IDCOL Partner Organisations intends to reach 1 million people in Bangladesh with clean cooking by 2030, including 100,000 people by the end of 2023. The partnership plans to sell 19.870 biodigesters in four years.
DRRS Ecuador 2023 (DRRS23EC05) The official request comes from the Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos de la República del Ecuador, the responsible ministry for disaster risk management in Ecuador. The request asks for specific assistance due to the effects of the El Niño phenomenon, and suggests to focus this assistance either on coastal erosion or flood risk. This mission will focus on coastal erosion.The specific problem of coastal erosion in Ecuador refers to the gradual loss of land and beaches, due to the action of the sea and natural processes. The experts can contribute by providing specialized advice in coastal engineering techniques and beach design, territorial planning to mitigate erosion, protect the coast and ensure the sustainability of coastal areas.
Identification of opportunities Dutch and Cabo Verdean organisations The Netherlands and Cabo Verde are working to develop more opportunities for bilateral trade and investment. This project will strengthen economic relations between the two countries and improve the quality of life for the citizens of Cabo Verde. These developments will lead to an increase in social and economic activities, as well as job creation through trade and investments.
ExpoCruz 2017 – Agro Food This participation in the ExpoCruz fair in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, will focus on agricultural technology and knowledge transfer, as the agricultural sector is an essential engine of the Bolivian economy.Introducing agricultural technology, but also knowledge about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), especially sustainable ways of producing, will help enhance the yield, add to the food security of the country and open new export opportunities for Bolivia.Fair participation will also increase business opportunities for Dutch companies, for which the identified opportunities in the agro fact-finding provide a basis and make the Netherlands more visible in Bolivia in general terms.Pictures by: Farm Agrotigre BoliviaImages by: ICI Business
Scoping Mission Panama (DRR15PA03) 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.
DRRS Ecuador 2023 (DRRS23EC02) The official request comes from the Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos de la República del Ecuador, the responsible ministry for disaster risk management in Ecuador. The request asks for specific assistance, due to the effects of the El Niño phenomenon, and suggests to focus this assistance either on coastal erosion or flood risk. This mission will focus on coastal erosion.The specific problem of coastal erosion in Ecuador refers to the gradual loss of land and beaches, due to the action of the sea and natural processes. The experts can contribute by providing specialized advice in coastal engineering techniques and beach design, territorial planning to mitigate erosion, protect the coast and ensure the sustainability of coastal areas.
Floriculture study Bangladesh This study will map the floriculture sector in Bangladesh. It will describe the overall business ecosystem for floriculture, including its key actors and linkages, trends, challenges and (business) opportunities. The study will specifically focus on key groups of actors to increase the earning capacity of local companies by focusing on input providers, growers and traders. Ideally, the outcomes will:(i)	Provide further insights into the Bangladeshi floriculture business ecosystem; (ii)	Understand the key bottlenecks that hamper growth in the floriculture sector, especially among input providers, growers and traders;(iii)	Suggest interventions to support these key actors; (iv)	Provide details for Dutch companies and institutes active in the horticulture value chain to boost the floriculture sector of Bangladesh as a whole through investments, knowledge or technology;The overall purpose is to realise growth in the floriculture sector of Bangladesh by sustainably increasing size and efficiency.
Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2022 – Visit Indian delegation As part of the bilateral cooperation between India and the Netherlands on green hydrogen developments, CERF hosted a delegation of four government officials from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and the National Institute of Wind Energy in India, during the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) 2022 in Amsterdam.Visiting OEEC, offered the delegation the opportunity to meet with other stakeholders in the sector, setting up connections to government officials, business people and innovators from the Netherlands, in order to further explore cooperation. As part of the programme, the delegation attended a two-day masterclass on offshore wind and green hydrogen organized by RVO, elaborating on these sectors with a focus on the Netherlands and the way system integration is covered there.