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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.
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.
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.
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.
Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) Debt Relief to World Bank's International Development Association (IDA)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
UK contributions to compensate IDA the costs of foregone debt service payments under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI)
Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) Debt Relief to African Development Fund (AFDF)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
UK contribution to compensate AfDF for the costs of foregone debt service payments under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI)
International Finance Facility for Immunisation
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Reduce vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) in poor countries in a sustainable way using innovative financing approach
Unitaid - market shaping for equitable access to diagnostics and therapeutics for infectious diseases.
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Unitaid is a high-performing global health initiative which drives faster and better access to new medicines, diagnostics and preventive technologies for people affected by COVID-19, HIV/AIDS and HIV co-infections, TB and malaria in lower- and middle-income countries. By bridging the gap between upstream product innovation and country-level delivery, Unitaid offers a mechanism to bring promising health innovations to scale. Since 2006, Unitaid has collaborated with the UK government to accelerate access to innovation, tackling the most pressing global health challenges in the 'big three' diseases (HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria), and in areas beyond, including fever management, cervical cancer and access to oxygen. The launched Strategy for 2023-2027 leverages Unitaid’s distinctive comparative advantage — as a pathfinder, investor, and influencer — and will maximize the impact of their interventions.
Improving Essential Equipment for aided Overseas Territories
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme will pay for essential equipment to the islands of Montserrat, St Helena and Tristan da Cunha. This includes essential healthcare screening equipment for hospital use, fire safety and sea rescue equipment as well as a new generator on Montserrat. The programme will ensure the islands are equipped with life safety equipment. In the case of Montserrat, the generator will provide energy supply on the island and is a required due to maintenance and repair of existing generators being no longer commercially viable. These Overseas Territories remains highly dependent on UK ODA support and the specified life safety equipment is not available. This programme will enhance economic development and contribute to the welfare of people on the aided Overseas Territories.
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.
ASEAN-UK Women Peace and Security Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The ASEAN-UK Women Peace and Security (WPS) Programme works with ASEAN to advance and strengthen the WPS agenda, including promoting women’s participation in conflict prevention, resolution and recovery, preventing violence against women and promoting social cohesion in the region.
Low Carbon Development Initiative 2 (LCDI 2) Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Continue to contribute to national debate on economic costs and benefits of unilateral and regional actions on mitigation and adaptation; to raise awareness about the urgency of climate change challenges and their potential socioeconomic impact on Indonesia, while informing other stakeholders (e.g., civil society, academia, media, nongovernment organizations, private sector, and aid agencies) of the same; and to indirectly support government and private sector actions in Indonesia to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Delivering Locally Led Adaptation Action (LIFE-AR) (Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will build the resilience of up to 4.5 million people in 78 locations across six self-selected countries. Over 5 years, at least six countries, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Malawi, Burkina Faso and The Gambia, will be supported to integrate climate into their national planning and financial processes, such as their growth plans and budgets, including through establishing cross-government mechanisms to coordinate action across Government departments and Ministries. This will enable those governments to establish the mechanisms to channel at least 70% of climate finance to support locally led climate adaptation actions, by 2030 and set up peer learning systems to share knowledge and best practice.
Support to establish the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The UK is supporting the establishment of a new financing mechanism for global education – the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd). IFFEd will work through the Multilateral Development Banks to provide new, additional, affordable lending to partner governments for education in Lower Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). This programme will provide seed funding to enable IFFEd to complete the final steps to start implementation with partner governments and Multilateral Development Banks.
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
Kenya El- Nino Response
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To support access to critical life-saving humanitarian assistance for 192,000 flood-affected people through WASH, Health, Nutrition and Social Protection interventions in Kenya.
Public Finance Resource Centre (PFRC)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The PFRC offers technical assistance to ODA eligible countries in the fields of tax, public financial management (PFM) and broader macro-fiscal work, including debt management. The PFRC is intended to mobilise flexible technical assistance more quickly than is currently available, responding to clear demand for such support from partner countries. The PFRC is one of 3 pillars of the UK Centre of Expertise for Public Finance to help partner countries access technical expertise.
Jordan Protection Programme (JPP) Support to Vulnerable Refugees and Jordanians
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To provide essential protection services to vulnerable refugees and members of the host community in Jordan through working with local service providers to strengthen national services and work towards sustainable service provision for the long term. The programme is delivered through a consortium led by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and includes the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) and Humanity and Inclusion (HI).
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