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The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl)

The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) stimulates entrepreneurs in sustainable, agricultural, innovative and international business. It aims to improve opportunities for entrepreneurs, strengthen their position and help them realise their international ambitions with funding, networking, know-how and compliance with laws and regulations.

The Netherlands Enterprise Agency is a government agency which operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. Its activities are commissioned by the various ministries and the European Union.

The international department of RVO.nl supports private and public organizations with funding, international business partners, knowledge, and regulations. This support is mainly focused on international business in emerging markets and developing countries and is commissioned by the Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs. Different teams within RVO.nl support food security activities to maximize impact on SDG 2.

Team Global Public Goods, is responsible for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals Partnership (SDGP) Facility. With the SDGP facility we aim to help to achieve the following SDGs in developing countries: SDG 2; SDG 8; SDG 17. One of the SDGP themes is ‘nutrition value’, to contribute to reduction of malnutrition as set by SDG 2.  SDGP has launched the Impact Accelerator (IA) which aims to contribute to the visibility and the increase of impact of PPPs. The IA will pro-actively contribute to shared learning, generation and dissemination of knowledge, providing input for policy development and executing activities to support strategic initiatives

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