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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) UK Capital Investment
HM Treasury
UK investment in the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to assist in addressing the shortage of infrastructure investment across the Asia-Pacific region. The UK’s membership will deepen economic ties with Asia and create opportunities for British businesses. The AIIB will support economic growth in the region and drive up living standards. The AIIB aims to help bridge the gap and improve economic growth in Asia. The establishment of the AIIB supports access to finance for infrastructure projects across Asia using a variety of support measures including loans, equity investments and guarantees to boost investment. Supporting infrastructure investment in Asian will support economic growth in the region and give benefits for the whole global economy.
UK contribution to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Special Fund
HM Treasury
At the ninth UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) in Beijing on 16 December 2017, the Chancellor of the Exchequer signed a Contribution Agreement with the AIIB, formalising the UK’s commitment, made at the previous EFD in 2016, to provide US$50m to the AIIB’s Special Fund for Project Preparation. This fund provides grant support to developing Asian countries to prepare infrastructure projects for the Bank to finance. The UK's contribution is through the Prosperity Fund.
Global Environment Facility (GEF) 7th Replenishment
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
To support developing countries to implement international agreements on climate change, biodiversity, land degradation and harmful chemicals as integral elements of sustainable development. GEF’s other activities include sustainable forest management, international waters and protecting the ozone layer.
UK Annual Contributions to the Montreal Protocol Trust Fund, Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund and Vienna Convention Trust Fund
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
This activity supports an annual UK contribution to The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer which is a multilateral environmental agreement with universal ratification. It regulates the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances (ODS). Protection of the ozone layer is vital in preventing increased UV radiation, resulting in higher incidence of skin cancers and eye cataracts, more-compromised immune systems, and negative effects on watersheds, agricultural lands and forests. The Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol was established in 1991. The Fund's objective is to provide financial and technical assistance to developing country parties to the Montreal Protocol whose annual per capita consumption and production of ODS is less than 0.3 kg to comply with the control measures of the Protocol. The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer is a multilateral environmental agreement signed in 1985 that provided frameworks for international reductions in the production of chlorofluorocarbons due to their contribution to the destruction of the ozone layer, resulting in an increased threat of skin cancer.
Global Programme for Sustainability
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
The programme supports sustainable economic growth that is both long-lasting and resilient to climate-related stressors. It does this through the integration of natural capital into decision making by governments, the private sector and financial institutions. The inability to value natural capital can undermine long-term growth and critically, the livelihoods of the poorest people dependent on ecosystems for their livelihoods. This programme directly addresses this challenge by (i) investing in data and research on natural capital; (ii) assisting countries to integrate this analysis into government policy making; and (iii) integrating these data and analysis into financial sector decision making.
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.
Evaluation Quality Assurance and Learning Service 2 - EQUALS 2
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will provide independent, high quality efficient and effective advice and assurance throughout the programme cycle to ensure that Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds are used for undertaking high quality monitoring, evaluation and learning that meets the evolving needs in development. Other ODA spending government departments can access it to ensure evaluations of their programmes are of a high enough quality to be published. Monitoring and evaluations can provide accountability for tax-payers money and enable learning and new evidence generation to inform current and future policy and programming across UK and other Governments. It will additionally be open to some Non ODA evaluations within FCDO for the same quality assurance and assistance.
Asian Development Fund 13 Replenishment
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This is the UK’s contribution to the 12th replenishment of the Asian Development Bank’s Asian Development Fund (ADF), creating ADF13. The ADF provides grants to the poorest and most vulnerable countries in Asia and the Pacific to help them achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. In particular, financing is used to improve prosperity, strengthen health care, and help countries to both reduce and adapt to climate change by replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy and ensure infrastructure is designed and built to withstand future climate changes.
Democratic Resilience Platform
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To provide a platform to enable programmes to be developed to improve the governance and democracy of FCDO priority countries.
LGBT+ Rights Programme – supporting LGBT+ rights organisations
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will transform the lives of millions of LGBT+ people around the world by reducing violence and discrimination against the LGBT+ community and by improving access to services and legislative reform. This will be achieved through the provision of technical and legal support , learning, evidence and advice and support for grassroots LGBT+ organisations
Enhancing Gender Outcomes through Social Services Systems Strengthening (Samartha)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will focus on improving the systems and capacity of local government to deliver its social service mandates with a specific focus on improving access to quality health and education services, especially by women, girls and excluded groups. This will be complemented with national policy support in the Health and Education sectors to ensure sector policies and resource allocations align to support Nepal in building responsive and resilient Health and Education systems.
Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy (K4DD)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
FCDO makes the most difference to the lives of poor women, girls, men, and boys when its decisions are informed by evidence. K4DD will make four important contributions to FCDO’s use of evidence to inform development and diplomatic decision-making: rapid evidence reviews (and related learning products), emerging issues reports, expert challenge sessions, and evidence and policy clinics. K4DD will both complement and supplement FCDO’s in-house expertise and capacity, and service unmet demand, such as in geographies not covered by embedded expertise including advisers. It will develop internal capability by bringing academic expertise and perspective to refresh and widen our knowledge, to challenge and to provide CPD support across FCDO.
Supporting Moldova's Resilience
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme will support the resilience of Moldova, particularly its governance and economic reforms, including in the energy sector. This programme supports wider efforts to help deliver on that commitment and helps the Moldovan economy and society to be more resilient to the effects of crisis and the shock caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Integrated Review Refresh committed to stepping up our engagement with Moldova to boost its prosperity, security and resilience to hostile state actors. These aims are also aligned with the direction of the Eastern Neighbourhood NSIG strategy, with objectives on reform. This is an opportunity for the UK to provide key support towards longer term resilience building. The programme aims to assist the Moldovan economy and society become more resilient to future shocks and malign influence. This could be seen through increased opportunities for formal employment, improved human capital and increased resilience to climate change and crisis.
UK Investment in Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (2021-2025)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) supports vaccine delivery in 57 of the world's poorest countries. Gavi immunises children against vaccine preventable diseases including measles, rubella, meningitis, cervical cancer, pneumonia and diarrhoea. Gavi has played a significant role in the recent halving of global child mortality. Gavi targets reaching those in hard to reach areas, the poorest, and the most marginalised. It has a major global market shaping role for vaccines to negotiate lower prices for low-income countries and incentivising new vaccines.
Women Peace and Security (WPS) National Action Plan (NAP) and Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) Delivery Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
‘This programme covers activity to deliver progress against UK commitments and priorities across the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) agendas. This includes activity supporting implementation of the UK’s WPS National Action Plan through driving women’s meaningful participation in conflict prevention and resolution efforts, and activity across the CAAC agenda to protect children from the six grave violations.
UK Support to The Lifeline Embattled CSO Assistance Fund
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The funding will support the Lifeline Embattled CSO Assistance Fund to provide small, emergency grants to civil society organizations (CSOs) which are at risk because of their work.
Support to the humanitarian response to Nagorno-Karabakh
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
UK EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT. FCDO’s humanitarian objectives for this initial allocation are: 1) to save lives and prevent suffering via humanitarian support to national authorities and international partners. 2) to maximise impact, promote UK leadership in support of the affected Government-led humanitarian efforts. 3)supporting our strategic goal in Azerbaijan and Armenia to de-escalate tension and agree a sustainable peace agreement. 4)supporting an enhanced international presence inside Nagorno-Karabakh to contribute to monitoring. 5)to show solidarity with Armenia’s democratic, reformist government and illustrate the value of partnerships with the UK and the wider West at a time where domestic feeling in response to events is intense.
UK Voluntary Contribution to the International Solar Alliance in 2023 and 2024
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The UK commits to pay a voluntary annual contribution for two years to the International Solar Alliance (ISA), for 2023 and 2024. This will support HMG climate objectives by increasing the deployment of solar energy globally, supporting the world’s poorest and most climate vulnerable countries and giving the UK first-mover advantage in terms of support of a key Prime Minister Modi initiative.
Expertise to Support Economic Reform in Sierra Leone
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme aims to support sustainable economic development and improved Public Financial Management by building the capacity of the Government of Sierra Leone to harness private sector interest and make investment opportunities feasible
Iraq Catalytic Economic Diversification (ICED) programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme seeks to catalyse economic development and diversification in Iraq, focussing on creating a thriving private sector and removing barriers to entrepreneurship. This programme supports stability in Iraq, increasing job opportunities (with a focus on female economic empowerment and green jobs) for the rapidly growing population and fiscal space for increased investment in basic services. It will reinforce the Government of Iraq’s (GoI’s) ambitious economic reform agenda – supporting diversification of the oil dependent economy, whilst also providing direct support to the private sector to catalyse investment and growth. Through improving the business environment and create better functioning markets the programme aims to mobilise investment (both domestic and foreign), in particular commercial capital for non-oil sectors.
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