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Kenya Elections Support Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To Improve democratic governance and stability, including increasing women’s political representation, which will provide an enabling environment for Kenya’s prosperity, development and poverty reduction. This programme seeks to promote an enabling environment for women political participation through legal, policy and capacity building interventions.
Strengthening Foundations of Federalism in Nepal
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To strengthen local democracy in Nepal by supporting political devolution and the transition to federalism following promulgation of a new Constitution in 2015.
Transparency and Accountability to improve economic development and service delivery(TRACTION)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To improve accountability responsiveness in the delivery of public goods (including business environment) and services at local and national levels. This will be achieved through changes in the way government does business such as improvements in oversight in use of public finances, improvements in how budgets are allocated to reflect needs and more politicians seeking to legitimise themselves based on the delivery of public goods - both at election time and between elections.
Good Governance Fund: Supporting Economic and Governance Reform in Armenia
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Good Governance Fund seeks to tackle corruption, improve the business environment, make governments more responsive to citizens, enhance media and civil society freedoms, and promote overall reform.
Partnerships for Development
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Partnerships for Development (formerly known as GREAT for Partnership) will multiply the UK’s development impact by boosting partnerships between UK’s institutions and their counterparts in the developing world. It will leverage the skills and expertise from a range of UK institutions and supply them initially to DFID partner countries, based on tailored demand. It will initially prioritise the Extractives, Financial Accountability and Anti-Corruption sectors.
Improving the management of public funds for the benefit of people in Myanmar
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To improve the use of public finances so that they benefit the people of Myanmar. The expected results include contributing to increasing tax collection from large tax payers by 40% by 2020. The UK will fund a World Bank led programme to work with the Ministry of Planning and Finance to improve their ability to manage public funds and the capacity of parliament to provide oversight of public spending. The programme will also separately support tax administration, fiscal decentralisation, social accountability, and Myanmar’s involvement in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
Good Governance Fund - Supporting governance and economic reform in Georgia
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Through a range of partners including International Financial Institutions, multilateral organisations, private sector and CSOs, the Good Governance Fund supports a series of governance and economic reform initiatives, aimed at building stability, reducing poverty and increasing prosperity in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Armenia and North Macedonia. This programme is comprised of a number of projects operational in Georgia, where support will focus on areas including business environment reform, addressing the skills mismatch, public administration reform and promoting inclusive and participatory governance.
Western Balkans – Freedom and Resilience Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will address long-term, structural issues across the region, including ethno-nationalist division, and support transparency and accountability in government, as well as underlying society challenges such as discrimination and violence against women and girls. The Programme will comprise a portfolio of interventions in three areas: reconciliation and peacebuilding in conflict-affected communities; empowering women and girls and tackling Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) and gender-based violence; and strengthening government capacity, transparency and accountability. Programming will be country-led, with Posts able to bid for funds in support of projects in line with their priorities.
Good Governance Fund (Phase 3) Eastern Neighbourhood: Supporting Governance and Economic Reform
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Good Governance Fund seeks to tackle corruption, improve the business environment, make governments more responsive to citizens, enhance media and civil society freedoms, and promote overall reform.
Kenya Anti-corruption Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme seeks to strengthen accountability through partnership and evidence to prevent corruption in the public and private sector. It seeks to enhance demand-driven and bottom-up engagement in the policy making and oversight in public service delivery including developing tools and levers that can lead to improved ease of doing business and strengthen frameworks on asset recovery from proceeds of crime domestically and overseas.
Bangladesh-Collaborative, Accountable and Peaceful Politics (B-CAPP) Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will protect civic space, foster political collaboration, reduce corruption, and mitigate tensions that lead to violence. Specifically, the programme will: Mobilise civil society and media coalitions to bring local issues to the attention of government and work towards policy solutions. Provide citizen groups with tools to monitor public service delivery. Improve decision-making within political parties and promote women and youth leaders. Strengthen community mediation to prevent political and social tensions becoming violent.
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