Projects

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: 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.

Project: Reducing food and income insecurity among vulnerable households in Malawi through climate services and integrated risk management Beneficiary: World Food Programme  Amount: 2.500.000 euro Duration: 2017-2019 Flanders supports the World Food Programme (WFP) in protecting farmers in Malawi against the increasing climate challenges. Recent months WFP has paid food and / or cash transfers to 5.8 million Malawians who can not meet their food needs as a result of the drought by the weather phenomenon El Niño. Now, El Niño is over, La Niña will be introduced.

Project: Strenghening the climate resilience of vulnerable communities in Malawi Beneficiary : UNDP Duration: 2019 - 2022 Budget: 2.500.000 euro The general objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of district councils to respond to climate change in the districts of Mzimba and Kusunga. The project works on three specific objectives: improving the capacity of district councils to integrate climate adaptation into the district development plans; developing an integrated protection of water extraction areas; reducing the exposure of communities to climate-related risks an

Project: Strengthening sub-regional cooperation and national capacities in seven Southern African countries for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the intangible Cultural Heritage Beneficiary: UNESCO Amount: 117.467 USD Duration: 2018 – 2019 This project is designed within the framework of UNESCO’s global capacity-building strategy to assist countries with effectively implementing the provisions of the 2003 Convention on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (ICH).

Project: Promoting decent work in tea plantations in Malawi's Thyolo District Beneficiary: ILO (via Flanders - ILO Trustfund) Amount: 275.442 euro Duration: March 2018 – March 2020 The project aims to promote sustainable, rural livelihoods and decent work through improved employment and working conditions in the tea sector in Malawi.

Project: First Aid Initiative - FAI II for southern Africa: consolidation, activation and capitalisation Beneficiary: Red Cross Flanders Amount: 1.000.000 euro Duration: 2018  With this initiative, Red Cross Flanders wants to contribute to solving the regional challenges in developing countries in the field of first aid. In 2013, Red Cross Flanders and the Government of Flanders set up a large-scale study in ten countries in Southern Africa. The study revealed a number of shortcomings.

Project: Agriculture Sector Wide Approach (ASWAp) in Malawi Beneficiary: Multi Donor Trust Fund Duration: 2017-2018 Amount: 5.000.000 euro Together with several donors, the agricultural sector in Malawi  will be supported through the Agriculture Sector Wide Approach (ASWAp). The Support Project (ASWAp-SP) provides technical and financial support to the Ministry of Agriculture for the implementation of this ASWAp. Funding is provided through the Multi-Donor Trust Fund and is supervised by the World Bank.

Project: Strengthening subregional cooperation and national capacities in seven southern African countries to implement the 2003 Convention for the preservation of intangible cultural heritage (PART I)  Beneficiary: Unesco Amount: 250 000 USD Duration: 2014 This project aims to establish a subregional cooperation platform to help seven southern African countries in their efforts to protect the heritage living within their borders. This platform consolidates the results of previous projects funded by Flanders.

Project: Strengthening subregional cooperation and national capacities in seven southern African countries to implement the 2003 Convention for the preservation of intangible cultural heritage (PART II)  Beneficiary: UNESCO Amount: 250.000 USD Duration: 2016-2017 This follow-up project pays special attention to ensure adequate institutional environment, the ability to develop legislative and policy frameworks or improve and the availability of national expertise. Part I

Beneficiary: Red Cross-Flanders Amount: 2.500.000 euro Period: 2018 - 2020 Mozambique and Malawi are one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change due to extreme droughts, flooding and storms,... Climate change has a strong impact on the quality of peoples’ lives and the socio-economic conditions of the population are under pressure. International Red Cross-Flanders will focus on strengthening local Red Cross and Red Crescent sections in Malawi and Mozambique. Red Cross wil cooperate directly with local institutions.

Beneficiary: World Health Organization (WHO) Budget: 2.000.000 euros Duration: 2018 - 2021 The disease burden in Mozambique is characterized by a large proportion of climate-sensitive diseases. Malaria (6.2 million cases in 2016) and HIV / AIDS (13.2% prevalence in 2015) make up more than half of the mortality in Mozambique. Recurrent epidemics of climate-sensitive diseases (such as cholera, measles, dengue fever, chikungunya, West Nile and yellow fever) put pressure on the already over-health system.

Project: "Enhancing Capacity for Marketing Organisations" Begunstigde: Tradeline Corporation Limited Budget: 1.609.295,45 euro Periode: 2018 – 2023 With the support of Flanders, Tradeline Corporation wants to empower 30 marketing organisations in Kasungu and Mzimba with business development services, financial services and markets for their competitiveness in the commercial sector. At the end of the project, companies will be able to independently assume their market function and will have the skills, tools, network and resources to maintain a sustainable trade relationship with small-sca

Project: the participation of smallholder farmers in decision-making processes regarding agricultural policy and in the planning of agricultural services Beneficiary: Farmer Union of Malawi (FUM) Duration: 2013-2014 Budget: 200.000 euro The Government of Flanders decided to make a contribution to the Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) for the project "Integrating and Strengthening Capacity of Farmers into District Stakeholder Panels".

Project: One UN Window for the Right to Food in Malawi Partner: One UN Fund (managed by United Nations Development Programme) Grant: 1.250.000 euros Duration: 2014-2019 Flanders’ support to the Right to Food Window strengthens the role of non-state actors in policy implementation and overcoming policy barriers to the achievement of the right to food in Malawi (in terms of adequate availability, accessibility and adequacy of food).

Project: Identifying and enhancing the capacity, performances and effects of the pluralist agricultural extension system in Malawi Beneficiary: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Grant:  450,000 euros Duration: August 2016 - July 2019 On 8 July 2016, the Government of Flanders decided to allocate a grant of €450,000 to the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Malawi. IFPRI will use these funds in the coming three years to assist the Malawi Ministry of Agriculture in the development of a coordinated agricultural extension policy.

Project: technical asistance for the financial management of the Ministry of Health Malawi Beneficiary: DFID (Department for International Development - British development cooperation) Duration: 2013-2014 Budget: 516.710 euro Just like in Mozambique, the Government of Flanders invests in the health sector through an annual contribution to the SWAp. This sectoral budget support enables the Malawi Government to implement the Health Sector Strategic Plan in close consultation with the donors.

Project: support to entrepreneurs in the South by making experts available Beneficiary: Ex-Change Duration: 2011-2016 Budget: 3.000.000 Ex-Change gives support to entrepreneurs in the South by making experts available to them. During short expertise assignments they provide assistance to SMEs in the South. Within the framework of the cooperation with the partner countries Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa, the reinforcement of local enterprises, and especially SMEs, is focused on as well. Many small enterprises in the South invest in their own region and create jobs.