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The Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) and Holland House Colombia, in close cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Colombia and with the support of Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), will put together a Netherlands Lounge for the joint Dutch participation.

Exhibitors at the Netherlands Lounge

• Aquatech

Aquatech is the world’s leading platform on technology and solutions for a sustainable water future. Aquatech Mexico, leading business event for water treatment, purification and wastewater in Mexico. The exhibition has a unique concept, with a 100% focus on water and offers a prominent platform for companies within the water technology industry from around the world that want to develop and secure business opportunities in Mexico.

• Bluecon International

Dutch water technology company that enables the reuse of domestic wastewater for sustainable development by resolving the issues around small scale wastewater treatment worldwide. The company has developed an innovative and robust wastewater treatment technology to physically treat domestic wastewater into reusable water.

• Hermana Project (Deltares, FutureWater, Hydrologic)

HERMANA is an integrated online solution created to assist water resources managers and specialists in taking critical actions, based on recent observations and predictions, that allow them to achieve sustainable and equitable management of water resources.

• IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education is the largest international graduate water education facility in the world. It confers fully accredited MSc degrees and PhD degrees in collaboration with Dutch partner universities. The Institute conducts research and supports capacity development to address the world's water challenges.

• Inspiragua 

Cooperation and exchange for clean, safe and sufficient water in Colombia and the Netherlands. InspirAgua aims to improve water conditions for 15 million Colombians in the Rio Magdalena basin by 2030.

• Led Illumination Concepts Sustainable Solutions

LIC is specialised in designing, producing, and implementing innovative high-tech solutions for smart cities, including modular water treatment plants for municipal and industrial water purification. It is specialised in small, custom-built, semipermanent plug-and-play installations. 

• Paques/Ecopreneur

For more than 40 years, Paques has been the world’s leading company in the field of development and construction of cost-effective purification systems for water, wastewater and gases, based on innovative biotechnology. Paques helps companies reduce their water and carbon footprints and reclaim valuable resources. 

Paques is represented in Colombia by its licensed partner Ecopreneur which specialises in solution for water transformation: wastewater treatment, potable water production, water conditioning and water reuse in general.

• Prodeing/Econvert Water & Energy

Prodeing is a company founded on principles of caring for the environment and treating water is at their core. Through our experience we have helped our clients comply with environmental standards and take care of water resources, treating more than 26 million m3 of water with the treatment plants that we have built and installed to date.

• Rainmaker Holland

Rainmaker produces water on location where needed, using renewable energy. Their water production systems use thermal energy and can run completely stand alone. They can produce the water from air as well as from local water sources such as sea water, brackish water and wastewater.

• Terberg Matec

Terberg Matec is dedicated to producing rear, side and front loading RCV vehicles, container lifting systems and recycling vehicles.

• Wequips

Wequips represents several brands in the construction sector that focus on five different segments: drilling, driving, concrete, water, and geotechnical research. With their extensive portfolio of products and services, they provide provide the best alternative for projects regardless of their complexity or location.

• Wavin/PAVCO

A provider of innovative solutions for the global construction and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, the company is tackling one of the world's toughest challenges by pioneering water and sanitation management, HVAC technologies, and durable, adaptable, and efficient rural and urban infrastructure solutions.

• Witteveen+Bos

A firm of engineering consultants with numerous completed international projects. They are creative and innovative in they integrated, sustainable, circular and cost-effective solutions. They provide a broad range of services, ranging from studies and engineering, inspections, supervision, implementation studies, due diligence, environmental and social impact assessment to institutional strengthening and support.

Existing cooperation between Colombia and the Netherlands

The Dutch Government set up the Water as Leverage programme in Cartagena to support the city in the formulation and implementation of environmentally, socially and financially sustainable infrastructure projects that strengthen climate adaptation and urban resilience. The programme, in its second year, has already led to ideas for possible projects and has built a strong positioning of the Netherlands among relevant stakeholders.

For many years, Colombia has been one of the priority countries for the Netherlands, its international cooperation programmes and its water and energy sectors. Prominent master plans were developed using Dutch knowledge and expertise, and embraced by Colombia. Dutch water companies are active in the country through the involvement of VEI in the IDB Compass programme and the bilateral Blue Deal-InspirAgua programme. In addition, increased energy demand combined with recent developments in wind and solar energy projects offer opportunities for Dutch companies in the energy sector.

Business opportunities for the Dutch organisations

Most of the more complex water, waste and energy technology is imported. The growing market and the lack of domestic suppliers offer many opportunities for the Dutch water, waste and energy sectors, such as:

• Improving water supply in rural areas through decentralised systems.
• Implementing technological innovations for urban WWTP.
• Improving the quality and coverage of drinking water networks.
• Implementing innovative technologies, concepts and solutions for waste management.
• Providing hardware and software solutions for renewable energy and energy efficiency.
• Promoting cross-sectoral information and control systems for evidence-based decision making.
• Promoting the use of sustainable infrastructure, adapted to the differential needs of the territories and the implementation of innovative and efficient technologies.
• Articulating public policies and planning for the drinking water and basic sanitation sector between different levels of government and with the private and academic sectors.