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Good Governance Fund (Phase 3) Eastern Neighbourhood: Supporting Governance and Economic Reform
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Good Governance Fund Phase 3 will deliver demand-led support to governance reforms that allow open societies and economies to flourish. The Good Governance Fund will focus on improving democratic and economic governance, primarily through strategically targeted technical assistance. The Good Governance Fund programme will deliver interventions on a flexible basis, based on identified needs and/or requests from government counterparts or civil society in beneficiary countries (Armenia, Georgia and Moldova) in support of governance and economic reforms. This will support delivery and seek to prevent/reverse democratic backsliding. The Good Governance Fund is part of an integrated portfolio of programmes operating in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate region and supports the delivery of four National Security Council strategies and the Integrated Review.
Stability and Security Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Stability and Security Programme will work to build stability in Somalia. It will do so by deepening understanding of the core underlying causes and drivers of conflict and instability. It will address them in ways that help widen and deepen the political settlement (agreements between different political actors), at multiple levels, and help build resilience to conflict and violence when these political settlement processes inevitably come under stress.
Promoting Equalities Regional Programme (PEP-Regional)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme will build capabilities on gender and equalities through scaling up provision of practical advice, technical expertise, and support to posts and regions. The programme will strengthen bridges between posts and central teams, sharing evidence, lessons and best practice. It will support posts to identify and act on opportunities through policy, ODA programmes, and diplomacy to meet our raised ambition. Posts will be better able to navigate available FCDO resources, including centres of expertise and Helpdesk facilities, including those covering disability, violence against women and girls and LGBT+ rights. By bringing together UK influence, investment, expertise and evidence, this programme will strengthen progress on tackling gender and equalities and bring about wider benefits through investing in people and in capabilities. The programme will be delivered predominantly through additional regional gender and equality advisory roles.
Amplifying Movements, Organisations and Activism to end violence and support gender Equality in Sierra Leone.
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
MOVE will resource and strengthen the women's rights movement and girls’ activism in Sierra Leone to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). It will work through the Survivor Solidarity Fund (SSF) run by women’s rights organisation (WRO) Purposeful – to provide onward flexible grants to grassroots WROs and adolescent girls’ groups. The programme is intended to shift resources and decision-making power to women and girls ‘closest to the ground’ to deliver effective solutions to tackle SGBV.
Support to Social Protection Programme 2 (SSPP2)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To support the Government of Mozambique to develop a bigger, better and more shock responsive social protection system. SSPP2 will help poor and vulnerable people meet their basic needs and cope better with crises through social protection. It will expand the Government of Mozambique’s social protection programmes to deliver more cash transfers to the most vulnerable. It will provide technical assistance to improve social protection programme delivery and value for money, making government programmes more efficient, effective and equitable. It will develop government capacity to respond to crises quickly and effectively through the national social protection system. The programme will leverage additional donor and government resources of about £70m per year. Ultimately, SSPP2 will support the creation of a sustainable, nationally owned system to redistribute revenues from gas that Mozambique is expected to start earning in the next decade.
Advancing gender equality through support to Women's Rights Organisations and Women’s Movements
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To provide funding for women’s organisations, movements and networks working to advance women's rights and gender equality at the regional, national, and grassroots levels in the Global South.
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.
Climate Investment Fund for Pakistan (CIFPAK)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
CIFPAK will mobilise private climate finance to support Pakistan’s green growth and climate resilience ambitions. Currently the 8th most climate vulnerable country in the world, the World Bank estimates that Pakistan will require US$348 billion of investment to become climate resilient and make the transition to a low-carbon economy by 2030. CIFPAK aims to crowd in private climate finance using a blended finance approach (public/private, concessional/non-concessional), supported by targeted technical assistance. It will have a specific focus on mobilising private investment for climate adaptation. The programme will support delivery of Pakistan’s National Adaptation Plan and also aims to deepen Pakistan’s capital markets. Programme’s approved budget is £108m (£70m fiscal CDEL and £38m RDEL) over seven years (April 2024 – March 2031).
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
Disability Capacity Building Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To promote the rights of people with disabilities in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by supporting the delivery of small grants, training and partnership building between UN agencies, governments, private sector and disabled persons organisations.
Ghana Revenue Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To support reform of Ghana’s domestic revenue collection, including strengthening accountability mechanisms and providing the foundation for long term sustainable revenue generation.
Good Governance Fund (Phase 3) Ukraine: 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 civil society freedoms, and promote overall reform.
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.
Investing in Human Capital through Partnerships Beyond Aid in the Social Sectors Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To improve governance and accountability in education, health and social protection sectors and contribute to policy and research which will inform interventions to improve equity and reduce poverty.
Revenue Mobilisation, Investment and Trade Programme - ReMIT
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme, through provision of high quality technical assistance, aims to support Pakistan to implement reforms that lock in macroeconomic stability and improve conditions for high and sustained growth, mutual prosperity, job creation and poverty reduction. The TA will be provided to; • Strengthen tax revenue mobilisation, helping to raise Pakistan’s tax to GDP ratio from 13 percent to 18 percent by increasing the number of tax payers; • Address the investment environment challenges faced by local and UK businesses, moving Pakistan towards being one of the top 50 countries to do business in; • Facilitate trade and drive competitiveness, addressing barriers to trade in order to reduce Pakistan's trade deficit; • Modernise macroeconomic policy making and implementation process.
TradeMark East Africa - Strategy 2 (Regional)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme aims to increase sustainable and shared prosperity in East Africa by increasing trade within the region and with the rest of the world. Specifically, it supports three intermediate outcomes that contribute to reducing barriers to trade (1) improved sustainable efficiency and capacity of transport infrastructure (2) effective trade systems and procedures, and (3) improved trade regulatory environment. The programme is implemented by TradeMark East Africa (TMEA), which is an aid-for-trade organisation established by the UK in 2010. ARD co-funds TMEA with Kenya (300137), Uganda (205164), Tanzania (300529), and Rwanda (204495). Ultimately it intends to indirectly alleviate poverty by increasing trade and economic growth in such a way that improves the the well-being of poor people, particularly those working in sectors and geographic areas most affected by international trade.
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.
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.
Empowering Palestinian Institutions and Civil Society in Palestine - EPICS
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
EPICS aims to improve the viability, legitimacy and inclusion of governance and service delivery, to protect and support civic space, and to empower women, in the OPTs. It will provide technical assistance to PA institutions across governance sectors, with a particular focus on financial viability and provision of essential services, in order to protect the fiscal viability and legitimacy of the PA in a declining context. EPICS will protect and support Palestinian civic space by supporting CSOs to hold the PA and other local duty bearers to account for governance and service delivery. EPICS will strengthen women’s empowerment, primarily through supporting coalition building among local and grassroots organisations. Through improving PA viability and legitimacy, it will help reduce the drivers of instability and extremism.
Conflict Resolution Department (CRD) Conflict Resolution Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme primarily funds key mediation organisations delivering against the UK’s negotiation, mediation and peace process ambitions, specifically on bringing about negotiated political settlements that govern and end violence and refocusing peace processes as a central tool for conflict resolution, working with a range of national and international partners.
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