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Innovative Ventures & Technologies for Development (INVENT)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To encourage innovation amongst the private sector by provision of investment capital and business development services. To innovative enterprises in low income states of India for enterprises in developing countries by 2024. This will contribute to MDGs by benefitting 1 million individuals with improved access to affordable and efficient services in the Low Income States of India and Developing Countries.
Invest Salone: Private Sector Development, Trade and Job Creation in Sierra Leone
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To increase investment in Sierra Leone's exporting sectors, including agriculture, tourism, and fisheries leading to economic diversification, household income growth and job creation. The programme will help Sierra Leone meet the economic aspirations of its growing young population, tackling the drivers of instability and illegal migration. It will also make Sierra Leone more competitive in global markets putting put it on a pathway to becoming a future trading partner for the UK.
Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience in South Sudan (HARISS) 2015 - 2024
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To help approximately three million South Sudanese by providing critical life-saving support and helping people to better cope with shocks from conflict, drought and flooding. This programme aims to save the lives of an estimated two million people who will receive at least one form of humanitarian assistance; and build the capacity of an estimated one million people to recover and cope better with shocks. Over six years this programme will provide food, shelter and access to water and health services to millions of vulnerable people, including women and children.
Sustaining Action on Nutrition
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Building the foundations for sustainable government and business action on nutrition by strengthen the role of civil society, government and business accountability, by improving government food systems policy and helping leverage business investments in nutrition.
Child Wasting Innovation Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme will strengthen the resilience of services to treat and prevent child wasting in the face of climate change. The objective is to. 1. Reduce mortality associated with child wasting 2. Help reduce the prevalence of child wasting in target countries 3. Avoid permanent damage to the growth and development of young children that results in them doing less well at school, less economically productive as adults and less resilient to the effects of climate change This will be achieved by. 1. Integrating treatment for child wasting into health systems 2. Optimising treatment services to reduce cost, improve coverage and enable services to be scaled up to deal with climate shocks and other crises effectively 3. Generating evidence of what works to prevent wasting in the face of climate change
Tackling Maternal and Child Undernutrition Programme- Phase II
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To contribute towards improved health and nutrition status for children under two years measured primarily by a reduction in stunting by 2023.
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.
T-WASH II - Transforming Access to WASH and Nutrition Services in Mozambique
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To deliver sustainable, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and nutrition services to the poor in Mozambique. It will focus in areas of high child malnutrition, and address the specific needs of women and adolescent girls. It will build on the success of the current WASH programme, using performance indicators to drive the sustainability and equity of government and private sector service delivery at sub-national level. The project will use evidence to influence policies and strategies that will lead to better health and nutritional outcomes for the poor. The programme will also build human capital for longer term economic development.
Pathways to Prosperity for Extremely Poor People in Bangladesh (PPEPP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Enable 1 million people to exit extreme poverty and access a sustained pathway to prosperity, while actively promoting public and private provision of the core services required to eradicate extreme poverty.
LAFIYA -UK Support for Health in Nigeria
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To save lives, reduce suffering and improve economic prospects for the poorest and most vulnerable in Nigeria through: i. Encouraging Government of Nigeria to increase resources invested in health (through advocacy, community accountability; and data to inform government prioritisation using a “delivery” approach, as used successfully in Pakistan) ii. Improving effectiveness and efficiency of public and private basic health services (through innovative financing mechanisms, strengthening health systems and working with private sector to deliver affordable health services for the poorest populations) iii. Reducing total fertility rate (through addressing social norms, demographic impact analysis, and support to family planning commodities and services).
Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience Programme ( HARP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
In line with the G7 Famine Prevention Compact, Nigeria’s Humanitarian and Resilience Programme (HARP) will provide life-saving support to the most vulnerable and strengthen resilience, opening pathways to livelihoods. HARP will enhance overall effectiveness of the UN-led humanitarian response, including a focus on building Nigerian ownership.
Congo Humanitarian, Resilience and Protection (CHRESP) Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
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.
Global Financing Facility - Phase 2
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To enable innovative and efficient financing of family planning and broader sexual and reproductive health; increasing private sector and domestic resource allocations in countries, focussing initially in Nigeria and Mozambique and mainly to increased access to quality, comprehensive family planning and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health in at least 3 countries. The lessons learnt from it will help many more countries to increase financing for these services in the longer term.
Supporting Afghanistan's Basic Services
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The proposed programme will work concurrently with the Afghanistan humanitarian response to deliver immediately required essential services. With a particular focus on women and girls, it will support citizen access to health, education and livelihoods services to meet their daily needs. -To support delivery of education services by sustaining and expanding access to primary education and providing education opportunities for adolescent girls currently out of school. - To sustain access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) services and increase availability of community-based health interventions. - To increase the capacity of Afghans to meet their basic daily needs and, where possible, increase resilience to shocks. The programme will deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals 1-6 as well as the International Development Strategy.
Humanitarian Response Pakistan - 2022 Floods
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Immediate relief and recovery through shelter assistance, WASH, multi-purpose cash and in-kind support to reduce adverse impact of Pakistan 2022 floods and strengthen the rehabilitation capacities of affected communities
Essential Services for Maternal and Child Health [Services Essentiels de Santé Maternelle et Infantile en RDC (SEMI)]
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
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.
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