Projects

Summary: MoU between VDAB - WDA on employment and vocational training. Signed: 02/11/2018 pdf file1246_MoU in English.pdf (1.42 MB)

Summary: MoU on scientific cooperation between FWO and Taiwan Signed: 28/08/2019 pdf file1245_MoU in English.pdf (119 KB)

Project: Agriculture Sector Wide Approach (ASWAp) in Malawi Beneficiary: Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) supervised by the World Bank Duration: 2017 - 2022 Budget: 5.500,000 euros In its policy paper, Flanders explicitly opts for an effective agricultural policy and the right to food security in Malawi.

Project: extension project fast TB detection to COVID-19 detection in Mozambique Beneficiary: APOPO asbl Amount: 599,970 euros Duration: 15 months (from October 2020) APOPO has been a partner of the Flemish development cooperation in Mozambique since 2009. The organization has been working on TB detection in Maputo since 2013 and has an extensive network of local partners, a good infrastructure and experienced staff. An important problem in the fight against Covid-19 is the very limited testing capacity in the African region. More laboratory capacity is also urgently needed.

Project: protection staff of AfriCoVER project  Beneficiary: Institutio Nacional de Saude Mozambique (INS)  Amount: 87,000 euros  Duration: 12 months The AfriCoVER project aims to better understand the transmissibility and epidemic spread of COVID-19 in Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa. This way, medical and preventive resources and strategies can be used more effectively and efficiently. For Sub-Saharan Africa, it is important that the role of other infectious diseases such as TB and AIDS, of specific social interactions and of asymptomatic infections is also examined.

Project: provision of legal assistance and updating and distributing of citizens' rights manual Organisation: Public Legal Aid - Belarus Budget: EUR 52,920 Duration: 3 years The Belarusian Human Rights Centre 'Public Legal Aid' provides free legal assistance to citizens, informs citizens about their rights and monitors the observance of human rights by the authorities.  With this grant, the centre will update and further distribute the manual drawn up in 2018 to provide citizens with accessible information on their rights and how to defend them.  The resources will also be used to suppo

Summary: The IPA will replace the 20 existing bilateral investment agreements between Vietnam and 21 EU Member States. The agreement includes a new investment court system (ICS), comprising an Investment Tribunal and Appeal Tribunal to resolve disputes between EU investors and Vietnamese authorities (and vice-versa). Signed: 30/06/2019 pdf file1243_Agreement in English.pdf (11.13 MB)  

Summary: The termination agreement implements the March 2018 European Court of Justice judgment (Achmea case), where the Court found that investor-State arbitration clauses in intra-EU bilateral investment treaties (“intra-EU BITs”) are incompatible with the EU Treaties. Signed: 05/05/2020 pdf file1242_Agreement in English.pdf (4.12 MB)

Beneficiary: Rode Kruis Vlaanderen Amount: 200.000 euros Duration: 12 months (august 2020 - 2021) On 4 August 2020, an explosion occurred in the port area of Beirut, Lebanon. This sent a shock wave through the city, causing more than 200 deaths and 6,000 injured. 300,000 people from Beirut became homeless as a result of the explosion. The Red Cross Lebanon (RCL) launched an emergency appeal for USD 19 million.

Summary: MoU Mozambique PROSAUDE III Signed: 24/08/2017 pdf file1207_MoU in English.pdf (1.45 MB)

Summary: This Agreement creates an initial framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Signed: 26/11/2008 (Abidjan) and 22/01/2009 (Brussels) Sanctioned and promulgated: 03/07/2020 pdf file1223_Agreement in English.pdf (1.76 MB) pdf file1223_Decreet.pdf (72 KB)    

Project: Building Markets for Prosperity (BM4P) Beneficiary: Agricultural Commodity Exchange for Africa (ACE) Duration: 2020 - 2024 Amount: 1.500.000 euros ACE operates as a trade facilitator bringing together sellers, warehouse managers, banks and buyers to create structure and order in the agricultural market, which is predominantly in the informal economy. A context in which small-scale farmers are easily exploited. The project builds on the previous project "Strengthening Farmer Organisations and Rural Structured Trade Mechanisms in Malawi" carried out by ACE and WFP (2014).

Project: Improving the functioning of agricultural extension services, agricultural markets and agricultural cooperatives in Malawi Beneficiary:  International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Duration: 2020 - 2023 Amount: 999.841 euro The project follows on from IFPRI's previous project financed by Flanders 'Assessing and enhancing the capacity, performance and impact of the pluralistic agricultural extension system in Malawi' (2016).

Project: Scaling up Radio and ICTs in Enhancing Extension Delivery II (SRIEED II) Beneficiary: Farm Radio Trust Amount: 1.695.866 euros Duration: 2020 - 2025 The objective of the project is to increase access and coverage of agricultural extension services for small-scale farmers through the use of radio and other communication tools.

Summary: Stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part Signed: 28/07/2016 Sanctioned and promulgated: 03/07/2020 pdf file1224_Agreement in English.pdf (3.37 MB) pdf file1224_Decreet.pdf (71 KB)

Summary: The supplemenatry Agreement clearifies  the privileges and immunities necessary for the functioning of the Agency and for the successful accomplishment of the official mission of its staff. Signed: 24/05/2017 Sanctioned and promulgated: 03/07/2020 pdf file1170_Agreement in English.pdf (663 KB) pdf file1170_Decreet.pdf (72 KB)

Summary: The purpose of this agreement is establishing air services between and beyond their respective territories. Signed: 04/10/2009 pdf file1231_Agreement in English.pdf (453 KB) pdf file1231_Decreet.pdf (72 KB)  

Project: Building climate adaptation capacities at natural World Heritage sites - especially in Africa - with a focus on communication, training and fundraising. Beneficiary: Unesco Amount: USD 99,951 Duration: 2020 - 2022 Studies show that more than half of all natural World Heritage sites are threatened by large-scale industrial projects, with adverse effects on the ecosystem.

Project: Building climate adaptation capacities at natural World Heritage sites - especially in Africa - with a focus on communication, training and fundraising. Beneficiary: Unesco Amount: USD 404,000 Duration: 2020 - 2022 This project supports the start-up of Unesco's climate programme for natural World Heritage, which is led by the Flemish Fanny Douvere. The ultimate goal of this project is to strengthen the resilience of natural World Heritage sites in developing countries - and in Africa in particular - by building capacities for climate adaptation and developing a sustainable financing

Beneficiary: Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) Amount: 600.000 euro (annual funding)  Duration: 2020 The Central Emergency Response Fund of the United Nations provides support to victims of armed conflicts and natural disasters in a timely and reliable way. By increasing the advanced financing, CERF can react swift and flexible when humanitarian disasters occur.  Since 2011, Flanders has been annually contributing to the emergency fund.