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Middle East and North Africa Regional Humanitarian Response.
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This project will provide support to the MENA region to respond to crises in order to: Save lives and prevent suffering via humanitarian support, including to international partners. Facilitate the enabling environment of the humanitarian response in country, through close engagement with national authorities and humanitarian partners, and advocacy towards effective coordination. Maximise impact, promote UK leadership and strengthen bilateral relations with partner Governments.
Strengthening Humanitarian Access in Nigeria (SHAN) Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme aims at strengthening existing platforms that enable humanitarian access to North East Nigeria
Humanitarian Assistance, Recovery and Protection (HARP) Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The HARP programme will provide lifesaving assistance to the most vulnerable people in Ukraine and Moldova, delivering in line with commitments set out in the UK humanitarian framework. The programme will prioritise humanitarian assistance to the areas of most severe needs, protect civilians, particularly those who may face barriers to accessing assistance, with a focus on gender-based violence and promotion of International Humanitarian Law and prevent the deterioration of households into humanitarian need through preparedness efforts to mitigate impact of shocks.
North Africa Migration and Development (NAMAD)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The North Africa Migration and Development Programme aims to support vulnerable migrants, refugees, and host communities in North Africa to harness migration as a tool for development, to protect vulnerable people and to disincentivise onward, irregular migration. This programme is ODA eligible and compliant as activities are implemented in ODA eligible countries (Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt) and the ODA primary purpose test is met. The primary purpose of NAMAD is to protect vulnerable individuals and boost their economic development. Additionally, NAMAD also meets ODA migration requirements. Criterion 6 for ODA Migration programming relates to reintegration programmes. NAMAD is compliant with this ruling, as the primary focus of any reintegration activities for returned or returning migrants is their welfare and economic development.
Empowering Survivors of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment (ES-SEAH)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme will strengthen support to victim-survivors of SEAH by engaging Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) and include action research so that evidence on 'what works' is generated. It will also fund UN mechanisms that support the survivors of SEAH perpetrated by UN personnel.
Building organisational capability to safeguard against sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Programme aims: 1. To provide essential support to less-resourced Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to reach international safeguarding standards via: direct capability-building activities, learning from the Safeguarding Resource and Support Hub (RSH) programme; supporting organisations which own and assess against the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS); and outreach and communication activities, learning from the work of the Interagency Community Outreach and Communication Fund (ICOF); 2. To support wider best-practice training by investing in specific, pioneering offers to drive up both prevention and response practices and standards, such as building organisational safeguarding expertise including in conducting SEAH investigations; 3. To fund research to address gaps in evidence on what works to prevent and respond to SEAH in the aid sector, which can inform capability building initiatives we invest in.
UK Regional Support to the most vulnerable Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank (UKRSP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The “UK Regional Support to the most vulnerable Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank” programme aims to save lives, reduce suffering and improve resilience during the current crisis and prevent a further deterioration of the humanitarian situation until a more durable political solution is reached. While reaffirming HMG’s ongoing support to Palestinians and to neighbouring host countries, and in conjunction with the OPTs bilateral programme, it will provide humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as support for those displaced to neighbouring countries. Given the uncertainty and regional volatility, this programme is designed to be flexible to respond to needs arising.
UK Humanitarian Support in Palestine.
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The “Humanitarian Support in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs)” programme aims to improve the resilience of households to mitigate the consequences of the protracted protection crisis in the OPTs; save lives during emergency spikes, for example a flare up in violence; and prevent a further deterioration in the humanitarian situation until a more durable political solution is reached.
Climate Resilience in the Sahel Programme (CRiSP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
CRiSP will help vulnerable people in protracted crisis live a dignified life in displacement and be less reliant on humanitarian assistance. It will achieve this through 1) improving short-term food and nutrition security for refugees, returnees and host communities in protracted crises in the Sahel, 2) increasing household resilience to crises and shocks through rehabilitated and better managed ecosystems, and 3) building local capacity and generating evidence and lessons learnt on resilience programming in humanitarian contexts. The programme will support the World Food Programme (WFP)’s Sahel Integrated Resilience programmes. It will ensure critical short-term interventions required to help vulnerable communities support efforts to build systemic resilience over the short, medium and long terms.
Building Resilience and adapting to climate change in Malawi
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme aims to strengthen the resilience of poor households in Malawi to withstand current and projected weather and climate-related shocks and stresses. This will in turn halt the annual cycle of humanitarian crises that blights people’s lives, harms poverty reduction efforts and swallows up resources. The UK will invest up to £90.5 million over eight years [2018-2027] to provide direct benefits to 1.7 million poor and vulnerable people in Malawi [approximately 300,000 households].The programme also supports environmental and resilience outcomes through reducing deforestation directly and indirectly.
Kenya Integrated Refugee and Host Community Support Programme (PAMOJA)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To promote social and economic integration between approximately 400,000 refugees and 50,000 people living in host communities in Kenya by supporting the provision of basic humanitarian assistance and livelihood.
Mozambique Humanitarian Response Programme 2022-2027
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To provide lifesaving assistance to people in Mozambique affected by conflict and by climate disasters. MHRP is based on evidence of need and gaps across the humanitarian sector. It will reach 350,000 people with interventions in food security, nutrition, and protection. Additionally, MHRP will reach 100,000 people each year with prepositioning of emergency stocks to respond to climatic events.
Indo-Pacific Humanitarian Mechanism Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Indo-Pacific Humanitarian Mechanism (IPHM) will strengthen FCDO agility in preparing and responding quickly to new disasters in the Indo-Pacific. It will deliver one of the International Development Strategy’s top priorities: providing life-saving humanitarian assistance and preventing the worst forms of human suffering and the International Development White Paper’s emphasis on better preparedness in disaster response.
UK Support to Palestinian Refugees(UKSPR) 2022-2028
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To provide predictable, multi-year funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the Near East which will help the Agency deliver basic education including to girls, health services including family planning, vaccines and pre-natal and anti-natal services, relief services and humanitarian aid to more than 5.9 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Lebanon Humanitarian Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Lebanon Humanitarian Programme has three main objectives: i) address growing humanitarian needs across the country; ii) improve educational outcomes for the most vulnerable and marginalised out of school children in Lebanon; and iii) support more inclusive, sustainable, and accountable support systems for all vulnerable population groups. The LHP will provide critical and flexible humanitarian assistance to households across Lebanon, according to vulnerability rather than nationality. Recognising the need to ensure sustainability, the programme will also take a patient development approach as far as possible: providing technical assistance to support national systems and improve the efficiency of aid delivery.
Sudan Humanitarian Preparedness and Response (SHPR)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Sudan’s Humanitarian Preparedness and Response will contribute to reducing excess mortality and morbidity resulting from conflict, climate related hazards, disease outbreaks and economic shocks by: 1. Providing life-saving humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable people facing ongoing crisis, with a focus on protection services, cash transfers and community management of acute malnutrition. 2. Preparing for and responding to sudden crises and spikes in need through country-based contingency funds. A flexible internal crisis risk facility will strengthen UK preparedness to respond to major disasters in Sudan. 3. Strengthening the effectiveness of in-country humanitarian preparedness and response. A flexible Enabling Facility will provide third-party services and technical assistance to improve gathering and analysis of data on risks and needs and early warning systems, monitoring and accountability mechanisms, and a shift to locally led interventions.
European Union Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To work through the EU Emergency Trust Fund to promote stability in three regions of Africa and enable better migration management. This will be achieved by tackling the root causes of forced displacement and irregular migration through creating job opportunities, improving food security and access to health and education services. It will work to improve regional migration management processes including fighting human trafficking and other trans-border crimes, helping people return to their countries of origin and dealing with human rights abuses. This UK contribution will support programmes in development in the Horn of Africa: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. This project was approved before the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. Work is now under way to understand the implications of leaving the EU for the UK’s development work.
Sahel Humanitarian Assistance and Protection Programme 2021-2028
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The SHAPP will provide assistance and protection for the most vulnerable in geographic hotspots of most acute need in the Sahel. Hotspots are found across the region where consequences of conflict, including violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, are making pre-existing food insecurity and malnutrition worse. The SHAPP will address as many basic needs as possible of the most vulnerable including child protection, support to victims or survivors of gender based violence, food, nutrition, water and sanitation. Human rights and international humanitarian law will remain at the centre of the new programme by informing and driving SHAPP design and priorities.
Jordan Compact Economic Opportunities Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To promote economic development and opportunities in Jordan for the benefit of both Jordanians and Syrian refugees. This programme will attract new inward investment and open up economic markets for Jordanian goods and services, creating new jobs for Jordanians and Syrian refugees as set out in the Jordan Compact. The programme will also help Jordanian hosts maintain their resilience and economic stability.
Building Resilience and an Effective Emergency Refugee Response (BRAER)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme will provide emergency life-saving assistance to the large influxes of refugees arriving in Uganda, build resilience among refugees and their host communities to reduce Uganda’s humanitarian burden, and deliver on UK Humanitarian Reform priorities. It will support the UK in its leadership role to develop new approaches to protracted crises and in delivering on the New York Declaration’s Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework, with regional and global impact.
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