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UK Integrated Security Fund (UKISF)
UK - UK Integrated Security Fund (UKISF)
The UK Integrated Security Fund (UKISF) replaced the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF), with a wider remit, funding projects both in the UK and internationally to tackle some of the most complex national security challenges facing the UK and its partners. The UKISF combined the CSSF with the National Cyber Programme and the Economic Deterrence Initiative (EDI). The latter tackling sanctions evasion across the UK’s trade, transport, and financial sanctions. Like the CSSF, the UKISF budget includes Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) funds and non-ODA funds.
Carbon Initiative For Development (Ci-Dev)
UK - Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
The Carbon Initiative for Development (Ci-Dev) aims to increase the flow of international carbon finance, primarily into Least Developed Countries (LDCs). It launched in 2013 and supports climate change mitigation in pursuit of the Paris Agreement’s goals and facilitates access to cleaner energy and other poverty reducing technologies. It guarantees a revenue stream if projects deliver their expected benefits, builds local capacity to develop projects and monitor carbon emissions, and pilots projects that could serve as blueprints to increase LDC access to the international carbon market
UK contribution to the World Bank Group PROBLUE Programme to facilitate sustainable finance for healthy oceans
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
PROBLUE is the World Bank’s leading multilateral mechanism for leveraging and disbursing blue finance towards sustainable ocean sectors and activities. It is a multi-donor trust fund that supports the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, Life Below Water, and the Bank’s twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. PROBLUE aims to do this by reducing the existing blue finance gap by creating the necessary enabling environment for public and private sectors to shift from unsustainable to sustainable activities.
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) phase III
UK - Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
The UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) funds outstanding global health research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR provides funding to the Global Health European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 3 (Global Health EDCTP3) Joint Undertaking which works to deliver new solutions to reduce the burden of poverty-related infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa and to strengthen research capacities to prepare and respond to re-emerging infectious diseases. Global Health EDCTP3 builds on EDCTP Phase 2, which NIHR has been contributing to since 2016 (GB-GOV-10-EDCTP2). As EDCTP transitions to Global Health EDCTP3, calls under the new work packages will support further clinical research and training in sub-Saharan Africa.
A combination efficacy study in Africa of two DNA-MVA- or DNA- Env protein HIV-1 vaccine regimens with pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
MRC supplementary funding to support the extension of a European & Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership funded HIV efficacy vaccine trial
Medical Research Council (MRC) Towards Leadership Programme with the African Research Excellence Fund (AREF)
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
The Medical Research Council (MRC) and the African Research Excellence Fund (AREF) are putting funding together to deliver a research leadership development programme for African researchers – MRC Towards Leadership Programme. Funding provided to support 2 cohorts.
Multi-Stage Malaria Vaccine Consortium (MMVC)
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
With exciting progress being made in vaccine development at all stages of the life cycle – pre-liver, liver, red blood cell and bloodstream stages – MMVC has ambitious plans to combine them in a single formulation, maximising the benefits of the individual vaccines. The four-stage vaccine will include a next-generation version of RTS,S, known as R21, a liver-stage vaccine that has shown positive results in EDCTP-funded trials, a promising vaccine targeting a key protein involved in red blood cell invasion, PfRH5, and a vaccine targeting a key protein in the final bloodstream form, Pfs25. Results from a series of controlled human infection studies – using new capacity in Africa – and pilot trials will inform the design of an appropriate vaccination strategy. This will be tested in a phase II trial in infants in sites of different levels of malaria transmission. The project will also build capacity to test the vaccine in adults as a possible way of blocking transmission to mosquitoes in malaria elimination campaigns.
Royal Academy of Engineering Innovation & Commercialisation - Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation Alumni
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
By focusing on building engineering capacity in Sub Saharan Africa, this programme will have a primary focus on some of the poorest countries in the developing world and will help strengthen their resilience and response to crisis and help promote global prosperity. COVID-19
Royal Academy of Engineering Innovation & Commercialisation - Africa Prize CARE
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Project CARE aims to support African Engineering entrepreneurs to make and supply PPE which is effectively used in hospitals and clinics in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as to respond to other COVID-19 related challenges in their communities. COVID-19
The Reproductive Health Supplies Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To meet the contraceptive needs of over 20 million women per year; to reduce unintended pregnancies and maternal deaths; to improve maternal, newborn and child health, and to contribute to universal health coverage. This will be achieved by funding activities to improve the availability, quality, supply and access to key reproductive health commodities, including for those in hard to reach areas. This will support women's rights and the 2030 agenda.
The UK's Contribution to ATscale, the global partnership for assistive technology
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To improve access to assistive technology, also known as AT, by contributing to ATscale, the global partnership for assistive technology. This funding and funding from other donors will be used to catalyse access to AT for 500 million people by 2030, through ATscale's two strategic objectives as follows. 1. Develop an Enabling Environment for increased access to high-quality, affordable AT by growing political will, advocating for and informing policy reform, mobilising investment, and strengthening systems and service delivery at global, regional, and country levels. 2. Identify interventions required to Shape Markets and overcome supply and demand-side barriers for priority AT. ATscale already works at global level and is choosing countries for in-depth support. The priority products for ATscale are wheelchairs, glasses, hearing aids, prosthetics and orthotics, and digital devices. This delivers on a commitment at the Global Disability Summit in July 2018.
Africa Technology and Innovation Partnerships - ATIP
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme will strengthen innovation ecosystems in Africa, with a focus on Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, in order to stimulate inclusive economic growth and the scaling of technology enabled businesses to solve development challenges.
Global Risk Financing Programme [GRiF]
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To save lives and reduce the impacts of shocks, like droughts, hurricanes and floods through enabling earlier and more effective response and faster recovery. It provides finance to support governments and humanitarian agencies to use risk financing instruments, like insurance and contingent credit, to access more rapid finance in emergencies, and to strengthen preparedness of local systems for disaster response and recovery. It will focus on disasters, but will develop over time to cover a wider range of risks, including famine.
Capacity for Economic Research and Policy making in Africa (CERPA)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To increase the number and quality of MSc and Phd Economics graduates in developing countries involved in research and policy activities, and to improve ability of developing country researchers to undertake high quality economic research. This will enable developing countries to manage their economies better, which should help them to achieve higher economic growth.
MECS - Modern Energy Cooking Services
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
MECS is the FCDO research and innovation programme that accelerates the uptake of clean and modern energy cooking practices in Africa, South Asia, and the Indo-Pacific, in alignment with the objectives of Sustainable Development Goal 7. Targeting the 2.1 billion people who still lack access to clean cooking solutions in developing countries (especially women), MECS develops research around modern energy cooking, funds pilots to scale up new clean cooking technologies and business models in developing countries, and conducts policy research to inform and influence national strategies and planning. MECS is delivered via two lead organisations - Loughborough University and the World Bank ESMAP – in collaboration with hundreds of regional and local downstream partner organisations (including 16 other universities). It contributes to International Climate Finance (ICF) objectives and is one of the main FCDO programmes contributing to the £1b Ayrton Fund for clean energy innovation.
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Systems for Health
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
WASH Systems for Health will support governments in up to five developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to strengthen the systems needed to establish reliable, resilient and inclusive WASH services over five years. The programme will contribute to better health, nutrition and education, especially for poorer households and communities, and for women and girls in particular - and will be core to the UK’s approach to ending the preventable deaths of mothers, young children and infants (EPD). The programme’s focus on systems marks a fundamental shift in FCDO’s approach to WASH. Our new approach will enhance the sustainability of WASH services; it will ensure that women are empowered to take informed decisions about the services they receive; and it will attract new public and private finance to accelerate progress towards SDG 6 WASH targets – including universal access to safely managed WASH services.
CLARE - CLimate And REsilience Framework Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
CLARE is a flagship research programme on climate adaptation and resilience, funded mostly (about 90%) by UK Aid through the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and co-funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. CLARE is bridging critical gaps between science and action by championing Southern leadership to enable socially inclusive and sustainable action to build resilience to climate change and natural hazards. Through long-term commitments and partnerships worldwide, and needs-driven, action-focused research, CLARE links up short-and long-term issues, enabling long-term, sustainable, and fair economic and social development in a changing climate whilst supporting action to reduce impacts now and providing a better understanding of climate risks.
The Evidence Fund - 300708
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Evidence Fund procures and manages research and evaluations that primarily benefit ODA eligible countries. Most research and evaluations paid for by the Evidence Fund are country-specific, and all respond to requests for evidence to inform programme or policy decisions. Primarily serving research requests from HMG’s Embassies and High Commissions in ODA eligible countries, and from HMG policy and strategy teams, the Evidence Fund strengthens the evidence behind the UK’s priority international development investments and development diplomacy. The Evidence Fund also invests modest amounts of non-ODA, to strengthen the evidence behind wider UK foreign policy.
Unlocking Digital Impact for Development.
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will help to deliver the strategic goals of DFID’s Digital Strategy, which aims to harness digital technology to deliver on the SDGs. The programme budget is £18.5 million between 2019-20 to 2023-24. Delivery will primarily be through the Digital Impact Alliance, housed within the UN Foundation. There is a separate pillar to finance complementary policy research and advice activities with other partners, including Digital Pathways at Oxford, as well as a learning and evaluation pillar. The programme will identify, trial and institutionalise good practice and common standards for digital development work. It will deliver sustainable and reusable digital products which create new or improved services; replicable business and partnership models to increase the use of digital products and data; data-driven policy-making tools and products to inform and advance transformation; and training offerings and skills-building tools to improve investments in digital technologies.
Medical Research Council Concordat 2018-2028 for the funding of a portfolio of global health research
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
High quality research on priority health issues to help reduce the burden of disease & improve health care in LMICs