Business Finance for the Poor in Bangladesh (BFP-B)

Nathan Associates London Ltd

BFP-B is a Nathan managed financial inclusion project in Bangladesh that uses a Making Markets Work for the Poor approach to generate Value for Money in ensuring an increased private sector credit to GDP ratio and an increase in the value-added output of micro and small enterprises (MSMEs) in Bangladesh. The principal recipient of these services will be the Government of Bangladesh (GoB), through the Central Bank, and MSEs will be the ultimate beneficiaries of implementation phase of the programme.

China Green Finance Programme

City of London Corporation

The grant was awarded through the ICF Technical Assistance Programme in China, following a call for proposals in summer 2018. The programme has four overarching themes: • Harmonisation – harmonising green finance guidelines and standards that align with international practices. • Transparency: more transparent and responsible investment approaches that take account of climate-related financial risks and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment. • Innovation: increased innovation in green finance products and practice models. • Capacity Building: furthering the UK-China green finance partnership, accelerating practical implementation of national green finance policies, and promoting wider stakeholder engagement and knowledge sharing at regional/city/local levels in China. Five key workstreams are funded under the Programme: 1) The formal set-up of a UK-China Green Finance Centre. This builds on existing engagement between the GFI and China Green Finance Committee to provide a formal platform to improve data access and usage, build capacity and improve knowledge amongst issuers and investors. 2) A UK-China TCFD climate and environmental information disclosure pilot. Announced at the 9th Economic and Financial Dialogue in December 2017, this required additional resourcing to match the extended duration (from 1 to 3 years) and deepening of scope, including additional Chinese participants. This workstream is coordinated by UN PRI. 3) UK-China GreenTech - The UK and China are recognized as world leaders in sustainable finance and innovative green and sustainable technology. To build on the UK-China FinTech bridge and support green technology solutions, funding was secured to explore setting up a green tech incubator to support the delivery of green outcomes to the real economy and financial services industry. 4) Green Belt & Road - China's Belt and Road Initiative Belt and Road developments will have a huge environmental impact on countries along its route. To future-proof these investments, the City of London Corporation set up a Greening the Belt and Road Investor Alliance (GBRIA) in 2017 to harmonise green infrastructure standards along the Belt and Road and optimise capital efficiency in green Belt and Road projects. Funding was focused on harmonising green BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) standards and principles and capacity-building. This workstream led to the launch of the Green Investment Principles for the Belt and Road (GIP). An institution that at March 2020 numbers 37 signatory institutions from 14 countries and regions, (primarily international banks) and 11 supporting organisations. 5) Greening long-term investment (insurance and pensions). While China has so far very successfully mobilised the banking sector on the green finance agenda, continued engagement with long term investors is important to fulfil the $90 trillion funding gap on green economy transition. Special focus is on the insurance and pension sectors, which, from an international perspective, are key to provide long term momentum for the entire investment chain to deepen ESG practices.

UK Public Health Rapid Support Team - Research

UK - Department of Health (DH)

""Created in 2016, the UK-PHRST is the primary arm of Her Majesty’s Government to provide and coordinate the UK’s public health response to outbreaks in LMICs. The UK-PHRST is a unique collaboration between Public Health England and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with input from a number of academic partners. The UK-PHRST’s remit covers outbreak response, research, and capacity building, as components of its integrated triple mandate: • Rapidly investigate and respond to disease outbreaks at their source in LMICs eligible for UK Official Development Assistance (ODA), with the aim of stopping a public health threat from becoming a broader health emergency • Conduct research to generate an evidence base for best practice in epidemic preparedness and response • Build capacity for improved and rapid national response to disease outbreaks in LMICs and contribute to supporting implementation of IHR at the request of national governments or international stakeholders such as WHO. The UK-PHRST rapidly deploys a standing team of multidisciplinary public health professionals and researchers as required in countries that are a priority for the UK’s ODA programme. The UK-PHRST full-time Core Deployable Team consists of specialists in epidemiology, laboratory microbiology, infection prevention and control, clinical case management and clinical research, social science, data management and logistical support who are available to deploy within 48 of an approved request. Reservists and Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP) Fellows complement this team, providing surge capacity and specialist expertise when needed. The UK-PHRST is financed through UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding through the Department of Health and Social Care. The UK-PHRST Director is the accountable person to the UK Government, through PHE, for delivery of the UK-PHRST objectives.""

PEP-Z Reimbursables

Nathan Associates London Ltd

PEP Zambia is a six-year (2014-2020) UKaid-funded private sector development programme designed to encourage and support investment and job creation. We work through intervention partnerships across the programme's four sectors to achieve specific development objectives in each sector: 1) Food and agriculture: Increased competitiveness and value of Zambian food products in end consumer markets. 2) Mines and mining services: Increased sustainable and inclusive economic impact of mining in Zambia. 3)Tourism and hospitality: Increased value and proportion of tourist revenues captured by local businesses. 4) Business Services for Investment and Growth: Increased access to business services and sources of finance that support growth-oriented businesses. PEP Zambia helps intervention partners to introduce business innovations (new products, services or business models) that deliver profitable growth for our partner and open up new market opportunities for Zambian micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs). The core of the PEPZ value offer to potential partners is formulated under four headings: 1) Capital: Our cost-sharing financial intervention mechanisms designed to incentivise business innovation that will benefit Zambian SMEs and micro-enterprises; 2) Capacity: Our internal expertise and our network of external specialist consultants who can help intervention partners design and implement solutions; 3) Connections: Our networks and contacts that allow us to facilitate business connections and transactions; and 4) Compliance: Our understanding of the formal and informal rules of focus sector markets means that we can help businesses to meet legal/regulatory requirements and client/consumer needs.

PEP-Z Interventions

Nathan Associates London Ltd

PEP Zambia is a six-year (2014-2020) UKaid-funded private sector development programme designed to encourage and support investment and job creation. We work through intervention partnerships across the programme's four sectors to achieve specific development objectives in each sector: 1) Food and agriculture: Increased competitiveness and value of Zambian food products in end consumer markets. 2) Mines and mining services: Increased sustainable and inclusive economic impact of mining in Zambia. 3)Tourism and hospitality: Increased value and proportion of tourist revenues captured by local businesses. 4) Business Services for Investment and Growth: Increased access to business services and sources of finance that support growth-oriented businesses. PEP Zambia helps intervention partners to introduce business innovations (new products, services or business models) that deliver profitable growth for our partner and open up new market opportunities for Zambian micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs). The core of the PEPZ value offer to potential partners is formulated under four headings: 1) Capital: Our cost-sharing financial intervention mechanisms designed to incentivise business innovation that will benefit Zambian SMEs and micro-enterprises; 2) Capacity: Our internal expertise and our network of external specialist consultants who can help intervention partners design and implement solutions; 3) Connections: Our networks and contacts that allow us to facilitate business connections and transactions; and 4) Compliance: Our understanding of the formal and informal rules of focus sector markets means that we can help businesses to meet legal/regulatory requirements and client/consumer needs.

Cetacean Strandings around the UK coast.

Zoological Society of London

Scientific research on Cetacean strandings around the coast of the United Kingdom

Ghana MADE Interventions

Nathan Associates London Ltd

The Market Development (MADE) Programme for Northern Ghana is a six-year programme funded by the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) driving changes in the way agribusinesses operate and engage with smallholder farmers (SHFs) in the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone (NSEZ) of Ghana. Since March 2014, MADE has worked directly with over 100 agribusiness and support enterprises to help build the productivity and resilience of over 70,000 smallholder farmers (SHFs). MADE’s market systems approach has been to pioneer annual cycles of interventions with agribusiness partners (input suppliers and aggregators) to validate the commercial case for delivering comprehensive packages (bundles) of inputs and services to SHFs. It has encouraged agribusinesses to introduce a farm enterprise advisory service to ensure farmers enjoy the “seven rights” with respect to receiving the right quality of inputs and services, in the right quantity, at the right time, at the right price, in the right place, in the right form and, crucially, using these inputs and services in the right way. The employment of Farm Enterprise Advisors (FEAs) by agribusinesses to work with their outreach farmers has proved to be a key element of this business model, improving relationships, raising farming yields and standards, allowing effective monitoring and delivering faster growth. MADE has supported partner firms with their management systems for this approach and encouraged partnerships with specialist service providers, wholesalers and end-users to maximise commercial and financing opportunities across the value chains. MADE has also encouraged the introduction of new technologies such as water capture and drip irrigation, improved mechanisation systems, climate smart agriculture and has worked with the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) to improve post-harvest handling and storage

Market Development (MADE) Programme for Northern Ghana

Nathan Associates London Ltd

The Market Development (MADE) Programme for Northern Ghana is a six-year programme funded by the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) driving changes in the way agribusinesses operate and engage with smallholder farmers (SHFs) in the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone (NSEZ) of Ghana. Since March 2014, MADE has worked directly with over 100 agribusiness and support enterprises to help build the productivity and resilience of over 70,000 smallholder farmers (SHFs). MADE’s market systems approach has been to pioneer annual cycles of interventions with agribusiness partners (input suppliers and aggregators) to validate the commercial case for delivering comprehensive packages (bundles) of inputs and services to SHFs. It has encouraged agribusinesses to introduce a farm enterprise advisory service to ensure farmers enjoy the “seven rights” with respect to receiving the right quality of inputs and services, in the right quantity, at the right time, at the right price, in the right place, in the right form and, crucially, using these inputs and services in the right way. The employment of Farm Enterprise Advisors (FEAs) by agribusinesses to work with their outreach farmers has proved to be a key element of this business model, improving relationships, raising farming yields and standards, allowing effective monitoring and delivering faster growth. MADE has supported partner firms with their management systems for this approach and encouraged partnerships with specialist service providers, wholesalers and end-users to maximise commercial and financing opportunities across the value chains. MADE has also encouraged the introduction of new technologies such as water capture and drip irrigation, improved mechanisation systems, climate smart agriculture and has worked with the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) to improve post-harvest handling and storage.

Ghana MADE Reimbursables

Nathan Associates London Ltd

The Market Development (MADE) Programme for Northern Ghana is a six-year programme funded by the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) driving changes in the way agribusinesses operate and engage with smallholder farmers (SHFs) in the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone (NSEZ) of Ghana. Since March 2014, MADE has worked directly with over 100 agribusiness and support enterprises to help build the productivity and resilience of over 70,000 smallholder farmers (SHFs). MADE’s market systems approach has been to pioneer annual cycles of interventions with agribusiness partners (input suppliers and aggregators) to validate the commercial case for delivering comprehensive packages (bundles) of inputs and services to SHFs. It has encouraged agribusinesses to introduce a farm enterprise advisory service to ensure farmers enjoy the “seven rights” with respect to receiving the right quality of inputs and services, in the right quantity, at the right time, at the right price, in the right place, in the right form and, crucially, using these inputs and services in the right way. The employment of Farm Enterprise Advisors (FEAs) by agribusinesses to work with their outreach farmers has proved to be a key element of this business model, improving relationships, raising farming yields and standards, allowing effective monitoring and delivering faster growth. MADE has supported partner firms with their management systems for this approach and encouraged partnerships with specialist service providers, wholesalers and end-users to maximise commercial and financing opportunities across the value chains. MADE has also encouraged the introduction of new technologies such as water capture and drip irrigation, improved mechanisation systems, climate smart agriculture and has worked with the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) to improve post-harvest handling and storage

PEP-Z

Nathan Associates London Ltd

PEP Zambia is a six-year (2014-2020) UKaid-funded private sector development programme designed to encourage and support investment and job creation. We work through intervention partnerships across the programme's four sectors to achieve specific development objectives in each sector: 1) Food and agriculture: Increased competitiveness and value of Zambian food products in end consumer markets. 2) Mines and mining services: Increased sustainable and inclusive economic impact of mining in Zambia. 3)Tourism and hospitality: Increased value and proportion of tourist revenues captured by local businesses. 4) Business Services for Investment and Growth: Increased access to business services and sources of finance that support growth-oriented businesses. PEP Zambia helps intervention partners to introduce business innovations (new products, services or business models) that deliver profitable growth for our partner and open up new market opportunities for Zambian micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs). The core of the PEPZ value offer to potential partners is formulated under four headings: 1) Capital: Our cost-sharing financial intervention mechanisms designed to incentivise business innovation that will benefit Zambian SMEs and micro-enterprises; 2) Capacity: Our internal expertise and our network of external specialist consultants who can help intervention partners design and implement solutions; 3) Connections: Our networks and contacts that allow us to facilitate business connections and transactions; and 4) Compliance: Our understanding of the formal and informal rules of focus sector markets means that we can help businesses to meet legal/regulatory requirements and client/consumer needs.

Enhanced socio-economic resilience of remote rural communities in Kenya and Nepal empowers them to join the fight against the illegal wildlife trade

Zoological Society of London

Stewardship and Rural Development for poor and marginalised frontier communities living alongside protected areas and high conservation value species.

Invest Salone

Nathan Associates London Ltd

Invest Salone (ISL) is a 6-year, FCDO-funded programme aiming to help Sierra Leone to realise the benefits of international trade, and raise the incomes of 370,000 people by 2025, by facilitating domestic and foreign investment in tradable sectors (such as agriculture, tourism, fisheries and manufacturing) through three high-level workstreams: • Investment climate reform, reducing the cost and risk of doing business in Sierra Leone, and; • Market systems development, using a spectrum of tools including brokering links between producers and buyers and technical assistance to develop innovative business models that benefit the poor. • Investment Promotion, identifying opportunities and making linkages to facilitate investment.

Driving transparent, legal and sustainable forestry practices through financial, market and governance incentives

Zoological Society of London

This project will significantly increase SPOTT’s ability to influence major producers and traders of for-est-products from FLEGT-VPA countries, major trading hubs (including China), and other high-risk are-as. This will be achieved by strengthening the alignment of SPOTT to legal and best practice reform processes (e.g. FLEGT-VPA, REDD+, SDGs); multi-year SPOTT assessments of major traders and pro-ducers; briefings, analysis and technical support delivered through a formalised network of major financial institutions (and other influencers); and improvements to SPOTT’s online platform.

Conserving Tsavo’s wildlife by building community resilience and fostering coexistence

Zoological Society of London

Engaging two key communities on the northern boundary of Tsavo West & Tsavo East to reduce wildlife crime, habitat destruction etc through establishing VSLAs, water infrastructure, HWC mitigation.

Disrupting the illegal wildlife trade in grey parrots in Cameroon

Zoological Society of London

This project will secure populations of African grey parrots in Cameroon’s TRIDOM landscape by protecting key parrot strongholds and strengthening law enforcement efforts to disrupt IWT through Cameroon at border areas and major transport hubs.

Reducing the impacts of plastic on the BIOT natural environment.

Zoological Society of London

Research and pilot campaign to reduce demand for pangolins

Zoological Society of London

Through piloting targeted and evidence-based behaviour change strategies, this project will measurably reduce demand for pangolins among key consumer groups in China.

Securing Chitwan-Sindhuli Green Corridor; strengthening community stewardship and law enforcement

Zoological Society of London

This project aims to address these challenges by: 1) strengthening capacity and improving transboundary LE coordination, and 2) building capacity of newly established provincial LE agencies by enabling data sharing and intra-agency enforcement efforts to disrupt priority IWT trafficking routes and international wildlife crime through Nepal. 3) by securing community stewardship at key pangolin source sites outside the PA network, through proven Community Management Pangolin Conservation Areas (CMPCAs) which empower communities to manage their community forests, protect pangolins and participate with LE agencies 4) improving well-being through community-led sustainable livelihood schemes, promoting gender equity and social inclusion, increasing local economic and ecological resilience, further “future-proofing” community engagement.

Protecting Mongolia’s Gobi Desert for wild camels and herder communities

Zoological Society of London

This landscape is currently threatened by a host of environmental and social issues, including: overgrazing by livestock; habitat degradation and waterhole loss, exacerbated by climate change; domestic-wild camel cross-breeding; and manmade barriers to long-distance wildlife migration. Indigenous herder livelihoods are equally vulnerable to climate change, water scarcity and rangeland degradation. Government and communities alike have lacked mechanisms and resources to collaborate across this vast landscape to share knowledge, experience, and tackle threats.

Combating Palawan pangolin trafficking; empowering community-based protection and pro-active enforcement

Zoological Society of London

Disrupt Palawan pangolin poaching and trafficking by empowering communities to tackle IWT at source, improving human wellbeing, and building knowledge and capacity to combat trafficking across the IWT chain.