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BBC World Service
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Increasing the provision of, and access to, impartial news and information that responds to audience needs in English and local languages in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, South America & Central America
Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF)
Official Development Assistance (ODA): international subscriptions
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
United Kingdom's core core contributions to the several organisations
FCDO Prosperity Fund: Overseas Development Assistance (ODA)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
FCDO Prosperity Fund: Overseas Development Assistance (ODA)
ASEAN Low Carbon Energy Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The programme promotes inclusive economic growth in south east Asia through increased green finance flows for low carbon energy and more energy efficiency.
Brazil Prosperity Fund programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Programme aims to increase productivity in Brazil to renew economic growth and reduce poverty, by reducing costs and stimulating competition and innovation. Through the UK’s £56 million investment over 3 years, the Prosperity Fund will work in energy, green finance, future cities, and trade to support Brazil. Energy A single UK-Brazil energy partnership will deliver the programme. It will provide a focal point for the UK support on energy regulation, policy making, research and development, and innovation. The programme will support Brazil to: meet international standards and best practices make regulatory reforms to enable the transition to a low carbon economy promote diversification and tackle market failures to boost investment It will increase institutional capacity of regulators, policy makers and operators and improve integration between them. Green Finance The programme will support the establishment of Brazil’s first ‘green investment vehicle’ within a Brazilian development bank, like the UK’s Green Investment Bank (GIB). It aims to develop a new Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) framework for development banks in Brazil to design sustainable infrastructure projects to attract private investment. Future Cities The programme aims to advance sustainable urban development through smart city technologies in mobility and water, areas in which the UK excels. The programme will support transport and water management innovations through a smart city approach to reduce poverty and increase sustainable economic growth. Trade The programme builds on Brazil’s efforts to facilitate trade and integrate into global markets as a source of growth. It aims to support Brazil’s economic development and create jobs. It will do this by reducing the costs of trade and time of transactions, and increasing participation of Brazilian smaller businesses in global value chains.
China Prosperity Fund programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Through the Prosperity Fund the UK works with China to address big global challenges, and promote sustainable economic growth while creating business opportunities. In line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Prosperity Fund enables the UK to work with China in addressing the biggest global challenges, such as climate change. The Prosperity Fund is also used to promote the conditions for sustainable and inclusive economic growth, while creating opportunities for international business, including UK companies. The China Prosperity Fund programme covers 4 areas: China’s business environment The programme will support progress towards a stronger rule of law including clearer judicial processes, dispute resolution and protection of intellectual property. This ultimately aims to lead to an improved, fairer business environment in which UK firms can operate. Financial services The programme will promote financial sector reform, employing policy and private sector expertise to: better regulate the Chinese financial sector build a more gender and socially inclusive economy enable UK and international businesses to enter the growing Chinese pensions and insurance markets Energy and low carbon The programme will match China’s specific areas for reform and change with UK energy and low carbon strengths, reducing global emissions by accelerating China’s energy transition. Infrastructure in third countries The programme will support and raise environmental and social standards in growth-enhancing Chinese-led infrastructure projects in developing countries in Africa and Asia, through promoting UK and international best practice in design, engineering, financial, professional and legal services.
Better Health programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Global Better Health programme aims to address the growing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease and diabetes. It also aims to strengthen local health system structures by creating systems to improve quality of care. The partner countries are Lower or Middle Income (LMI) countries working towards, or aspiring to, universal health coverage: - Mexico - Brazil - South Africa - Malaysia - Myanmar - The Philippines - Thailand - Vietnam
Global Anti-Corruption programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Prosperity Fund’s Global Anti-Corruption Programme includes 9 projects delivered bilaterally, regionally and globally until March 2022. The programme supports activity at regional and global levels and operates in 5 Prosperity Fund priority countries: - Colombia - Indonesia - Malaysia - Mexico - South Africa
Global Business Environment programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
This programme aims to improve the business environment in middle-income economies by stimulating growth and creating jobs, helping to lift people out of poverty. It is worth £30 million over 4 years, and aims to support reforms that improve the business environment in a range of middle-income countries.
Global Infrastructure programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Global Infrastructure Programme will adapt and disseminate world-leading UK infrastructure methodologies, in order to produce sustainable and lasting change in partner countries. The programme operates in 3 Prosperity Fund priority countries: Colombia, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Global Trade programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
This programme aims to increase market access for international and UK business, and build bilateral partnerships on trade related issues with emerging markets, supporting UK trade strategy. The target countries of the programme have large and emerging economies, and face continued development challenges, such as high levels of poverty and inequality: - Brazil - China - India - Indonesia - Mexico - Nigeria - South Africa - Turkey - Vietnam, and wider South East Asia
Indonesia Regulatory Reform and Renewable Energy programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Indonesia Regulatory Reform programme will strengthen the regulatory environment, to overcome obstacles including: - a complicated regulatory environment, which can deter investors - difficulty securing finance for energy infrastructure projects The Renewable Energyprogramme will deliver poverty reduction, economic development and gender equality by developing the renewable energy sector to best support poor communities, with a focus on eastern Indonesia, which has the poorest provinces of Indonesia. The programme will create commercial opportunities for international business, including British business, in the renewable energy sector.
Mexico Prosperity Fund programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Mexico Prosperity Fund Programme supports sustainable development and promotes economic reform and business innovation.
Digital Access programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Prosperity Fund cross-HMG 'Digital Access Programme' is a DFID-led partnership with FCO and DCMS. It aims to catalyse more inclusive, affordable, safe and secure digital access for excluded and underserved communities in - Kenya - Nigeria - South Africa - Brazil - Indonesia.
Global Future Cities programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Global Future Cities Prosperity Fund programme will carry out targeted interventions in 19 selected cities across 10 countries to address barriers to prosperity and trade.
Global Skills programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Skills for Prosperity Programme tackles this global challenge by supporting education and skills systems across nine middle income countries in South East Asia, Latin America and Africa. Working hand in hand with national governments, industry and the education and skills sector,
India Prosperity Fund programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The programme focuses on where the UK’s expertise and strengths match India’s reform priorities and development needs. These include climate and green growth (including working with India on taking a sustainable, low carbon approach to urbanisation) and advocating free and fair trade through work on ease of doing business, skills, and financial services.
Colombia Prosperity Fund programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The UK Prosperity Fund for Colombia is designed to support economic development, unlock economic opportunities and drive growth in the country’s post-conflict and conflict-affected regions.
Turkey Prosperity Fund programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The programmes primary purpose is to provide economic opportunities to drive inclusive growth in Turkey. It will do this through reforming key components of the Financial Services industry which underpin the Turkish economy, and in turn promote inclusive growth to decrease the poverty levels that exist in country. The key components are: · Financial inclusion and access · Capital markets development · Strengthening the Financial Technologies (Fintech) ecosystem. A more inclusive, productive and prosperous Turkey has a significant global benefit. Targeted interventions can guide and amplify Turkey’s Financial Services reform agenda by promoting and delivering inclusive sustainable economic reform. This would have secondary benefits through the increased trade and investment opportunities to local and international companies including British business.
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