With the help of the local partner Kampot Pepper Promotion Association (KPPA), the project aims to support small-scale pepper farmers and to increase their export potential. Supporting small farmers in processing and exporting pepper from Cambodia to the EU markets contributes to creating sustainable income and provides necessary jobs for the operating machinery equipment. The project provides technologies for sorting, drying and vacuum-packaging of Kampot pepper and transfers know-how for maintaining product quality and improves marketing skills. It also contributes to internationalization of the first Cambodian geographic indication protected by the EU and registered in the Lisbon System (WIPO). It also involves aid to poor families, dealing with economic hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Czech Development Agency

Cambodian s.r.o.

Kampot Pepper Promotion Association

Public funding (partnership of public and private sector)

CZK 3 million overall public funding support (2019-2021)

Food processing and packaging

Increased export of high-quality products, supporting small-scale farmers and improving their skills

Current or in progress

2019-2021

http://www.czechaid.cz/en

Czech Development Agency Nerudova 3, 118 50 Prague 1 info@czechaid.cz

Shallow groundwater resources (SGWR) for household irrigation has been mapped in Ethiopia since 2013 with results being transferred to regions and districts for implementation. However, the challenge remains as there is no monitoring system of SGWR that documents potential negative decline of groundwater level caused by overpumping and/or deterioration in groundwater quality through increased salinity. The project aims to establish the first group of monitoring wells for SGWR by drilling of shallow monitoring wells, optimization of monitoring networks and training of experts in the region. This should accelerate future large-scale monitoring programme and contribute to the sustainable agricultural development and climate change mitigation.

Czech-UNDP Partnership for the SDGs

AQUATEST a.s.

Agricultural Transformation Agency of Ethiopia (ATA)

Public funding

USD 36,000 (USD 48,000 incl. co-funding by Aquatest and ATA)

Water monitoring

Drilling test wells and installing monitoring equipment - potential for further scaling-up (positive impact on environment and sustainability of agriculture)

Completed

2020-2021

https://undp.cz/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Final-Report_CFCS_AQUATEST-1.pdf

Czech-UNDP Partnership for SDGs, cup.applications@undp.org

Many people in poor communities in developing countries, including Ethiopia, currently lack access to even basic vision care. There are currently only 150 ophthalmologists in whole Ethiopia, roughly 1 ophthalmologist per 700,000 people. Hence new distribution channels are needed to deliver at least basic vision care such as glasses to correct refractive errors to the poor Ethiopians. The key innovation of low-cost, adjustable DOT Glasses is improving access to vision care. To support entrepreneurship and create jobs, the project plans to leverage and expand existing non-vision care distribution networks to test vision and dispense glasses – be it last-mile retailers, healthcare clinics, or community extension workers, to create a sustainable value chains while delivering the needed basic vision care in Ethiopia. The project is led by DOT Glasses, a Czech social start-up which markets low-cost, adjustable glasses using non-vision care networks in developing countries.

Czech-UNDP Partnership for the SDGs

DOT Glasses

Mesele Kitabo (Local partner / Country director DOT Glasses)

Public funding

USD 40,000 (USD 58,400 incl. co-financing by DOT Glasses)

Low-cost vision improvement

Creating sustainable local networks aimed at improving vision, and indirectly, quality of life and productivity, through low-cost non-specialist solutions.

Current or in progress

2020-2021

http://undp.cz https://www.dotglasses.org/home/

Czech-UNDP Partnership for SDGs, cup.applications@undp.org