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Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund Round 4
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is the fifth most lucrative transnational crime, worth up to £17bn a year globally. As well as threatening species with extinction, IWT destroys vital ecosystems. IWT also fosters corruption, feeds insecurity, and undermines good governance and the rule of law. The UK government is committed to tackling illegal trade of wildlife products. Defra manages the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, which is a competitive grants scheme with the objective of tackling illegal wildlife trade and, in doing so, contributing to sustainable development in developing countries. Projects funded under the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund address one, or more, of the following themes: • Developing sustainable livelihoods to benefit people directly affected by IWT • Strengthening law enforcement • Ensuring effective legal frameworks • Reducing demand for IWT products Over £23 million has been committed to 75 projects since the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund was established in 2013; five projects were awarded in 2014 (via applications to the Darwin Initiative), fourteen in 2015, fifteen in 2016, thirteen in 2017, fourteen in 2018 and in the latest round in 2019. This round of funding includes the following projects (details of which can be found at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/811381/iwt-project-list-2019.pdf): IWT048, IWT049, IWT050, IWT051, IWT052, IWT053, IWT054, IWT055, IWT056, IWT057, IWT058, IWT059, IWT0760, IWT061.
Project identifier:
GB-GOV-7-IWTCF-R4
Start Date:
2018-07-01
Activity Status:
Implementation
Total Budget:
£4,505,210
Feronia Inc
CDC Group plc
Feronia is a palm oil farming and processing business operating in the DRC. The investment will support the ongoing rehabilitation of an existing 105 year old plantation, which provides the livelihoods to thousands of families in some of the most remote parts of the country.
Project identifier:
GB-COH-03877777-F306201
Start Date:
2013-11-08
Activity Status:
Implementation
Total Budget:
£0
Royal Academy of Engineering Core - Higher Education Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa
UK - Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
The Higher Education Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa Programme (HEP SSA) – supported by the Anglo American Group Foundation and the UK Government through the Global Challenges Research Fund – was established by the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2016, following the successful pilot scheme, Enriching Engineering Education Programme. COVID-19
Project identifier:
GB-GOV-13-RAENG-GCRF-05
Start Date:
2016-07-01
Activity Status:
Implementation
Total Budget:
£78,852.39
Royal Academy of Engineering Core - Frontiers of Engineering for Development
UK - Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Frontiers of Engineering for Development is a series of interdisciplinary symposia that facilitates national and international collaboration to tackle global development challenges. The event brings together a select group of around 60 emerging UK and global engineering and international development leaders from industry and academia to discuss pioneering technical work and cutting-edge research for international development from a diversity of engineering fields. Seed funding is available to progress some of the best ideas coming out of the event. COVID-19
Project identifier:
GB-GOV-13-RAENG-GCRF-07
Start Date:
2016-12-01
Activity Status:
Implementation
Total Budget:
£2,028,324.76
Royal Academy of Engineering Core - Africa Catalyst
UK - Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
GCRF Africa Catalyst aims to strengthen professional engineering bodies in sub-Saharan Africa so that they can effectively promote the profession, share best practice and increase local engineering capacity, to help drive development. This is supported by high-quality research focusing on expanding the evidence base for the importance of robust engineering institutions and the role they play in delivering sustainable growth, and mapping engineering capacity and diversity in sub-Saharan Africa.
Project identifier:
GB-GOV-13-RAENG-GCRF-01
Start Date:
2016-10-01
Activity Status:
Implementation
Total Budget:
£2,943,489.17
Private Sector Development programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foster sustainable economic activities to support the private sector to be an engine of green growth, job creation and poverty alleviation thus improving the lives of 1 million poor people in DRC by 2023..
Project identifier:
GB-1-203161
Start Date:
2012-07-04
Activity Status:
Implementation
Total Budget:
£101,467,357
Programme pilote pour l'education des filles (PPEF)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
To pilot approaches on girls education. Education is recognized as a fundamental right in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). However, despite the launch of a free basic education policy in 2019 many Congolese children are still unable to access education. This programme directly contributes to the Prime Minister’s commitment to 12 years of quality education for girls and the Strategic Framework for ODA’s global commitment to get 40 million girls into education and 20 million more girls reading by the age of 10.
Project identifier:
GB-GOV-1-301324
Start Date:
2021-11-01
Activity Status:
Implementation
Total Budget:
£4,500,000
Essential Services for Maternal and Child Health [Services Essentiels de Santé Maternelle et Infantile en RDC (SEMI)]
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
To support essential maternal, child and infant health services to end preventable deaths in one of the poorest provinces in DRC and strengthen the health system at national and provincial level.
Project identifier:
GB-GOV-1-301372
Start Date:
2022-04-22
Activity Status:
Implementation
Total Budget:
£37,000,000
Congo Humanitarian, Resilience and Protection (CHRESP) Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
This programme will provide urgent UK lifesaving assistance to DRC, home to one of the largest and most complex humanitarian crises in the world, with the highest number of acutely food insecure people (27.3 million) ever recorded. Operating through the UN and NGOs, CHRESP will provide cash transfers to approximately 214,000 people to tackle acute food insecurity and emergency relief (primarily cash) to 420,000 people to help them cope with a sudden conflict or disaster-related shock. It will also treat 66,000 children under five for severe acute malnutrition and provide 206,000 people with access to healthcare, water, shelter and essential household items.
Project identifier:
GB-GOV-1-301017
Start Date:
2021-11-17
Activity Status:
Implementation
Total Budget:
£39,999,999
UKAID-USAID ACCELERE! Improving access, quality and governance of primary education in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Jointly funded and managed by UKAID and USAID, ACCELERE! is the name of our joint flagship education programme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). By working together, we can support more children to access high quality education and have a shared policy voice with more influence. ACCELERE! supports the Government of DRC better to deliver universal primary education through increased access to education, and by improving learning outcomes for girls and boys. The project aims to reduce barriers to primary education by providing access to alternative/accelerated learning programmes. It will also improve the quality of primary education through teacher training and the provision of new learning/teaching materials. To build sustainable sector improvements for the long term, ACCELERE! supports better governance of the education sector at all levels. ACCELERE! targets eight provinces across DRC including those which are affected by conflict and displacement.
Project identifier:
GB-1-203154
Start Date:
2014-10-06
Activity Status:
Implementation
Total Budget:
£37,699,994
Support to the health system in the Democratic Republic of Congo - ASSR
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Provide access to healthcare to an estimated 9.4m people in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a 30 month period.
Project identifier:
GB-GOV-1-300158
Start Date:
2019-03-06
Activity Status:
Implementation
Total Budget:
£53,999,997
Democratic Republic of Congo- Humanitarian Innovation, Response and Reform programme (DRCHIRRP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The majority of the funding in this Business Case will provide lifesaving assistance in response to urgent humanitarian needs, while at the same time continuing to reform the international humanitarian response. Over five years the programme will aim to; Support over 620,000 people with food assistance, cash and voucher transfers; Provide up to 220,000 children under the age of 5 with nutrition related interventions; Provide over 1.1m people with greater access to clean drinking water and 900,000 with health care; Provide increased protection for over 195,000 children through improved access to education; Support over 12,000 trauma victims with medical, psycho-social or economic assistance; Provide safe humanitarian access through the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service. The programme will be delivered through both bilateral and multilateral partners, including the DRC Humanitarian Fund, ICRC, UN agencies, INGOs and private contractors.
Project identifier:
GB-1-204565
Start Date:
2017-08-03
Activity Status:
Implementation
Total Budget:
£331,999,991
Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
To save lives and reduce the impact of disease outbreaks and epidemics on African populations. The programme will strengthen African Health systems and institutions by supporting: (i) World Health Organisation Africa Office (WHO AFRO) reform (ii) countries' ability to achieve the International Health Regulations (IHR), (iii) better governance and accountability of public health systems, (iv) improved data and evidence, and (v) emergency response.
Project identifier:
GB-1-205242
Start Date:
2017-11-23
Activity Status:
Implementation
Total Budget:
£101,947,225
The Evidence Fund - 300708
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Evidence Fund - a demand responsive programme designed to procure and manage country and country-specific research and evaluations that will inform policy and programming decisions. The programme will strengthen the evidence base and apply lessons across a broad range of operationally relevant themes across international development priorities, working closely with customers in country offices, policy and strategy teams to achieve x-HMG objectives.
Project identifier:
GB-GOV-1-300708
Start Date:
2020-07-30
Activity Status:
Implementation
Total Budget:
£20,452,603