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Pioneering a Holistic approach to Energy and Nature-based Options in MENA for Long-term stability - PHENOMENAL
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To tackle water scarcity, build adaptation and resilience and scale up International Climate Finance in the Middle East and North Africa.
Mozambique Demographic Transition - Waala - Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To contribute to a more favourable enabling environment for the demographic transition in Mozambique, through coordinated action with others. The FCDO will use programming, evidence and diplomacy to influence decision-makers to increase investments towards cost-effective interventions that will accelerate changes in the population structure. These interventions will help young people to fulfil their potential by preventing unintended pregnancies and improving the literacy and numeracy skills among girls. The Government’s systems will be strengthened to include population issues in planning and budgeting. Over 130,000 unintended pregnancies will be averted resulting in 427,000 users of modern contraceptives. These investments should help to offset deteriorating human capital outcomes because of COVID-19.
Hunger Safety Net Programme (HSNP Phase 3)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To reduce poverty, hunger and vulnerability by providing 133,000 of the poorest households (approximately 798,000 people) in Kenya's arid and semi-arid lands with cash transfers and up to an additional 750,000 households (approximately 4,500,000 people) during drought emergencies. In addition, this final phase of the programme will ensure a transition of the Hunger Safety Net Programme to full Government of Kenya ownership and financing to guarantee the sustainability of the programme after a UK exit. The programme aims to graduate targeted HSNP households out of poverty and improve the nutrition status of pregnant mothers and children below 1,000 days of age.
Reducing Insecurity and Violent Extremism in the Northern Territories (Re-INVENT)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To improve safety and security institutions at national level and in 6 counties that provide more effective, accountable and responsive services to a public that is actively engaged in improving safety and security in Kenya.
UK - Ghana Partnership for Jobs and Economic Transformation (JET)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To promote Ghana as an investment destination of choice in West Africa; to support investment into job-creating sectors, particularly through UK investment, partnering development partners including CDC; to support Global Britain objectives across HMG, on trade, prosperity, bilateral cooperation with China on investment issues; to support the UK Ghana Chamber to meet wider UK objectives around responsible development and trade.
Modern Slavery - Supporting Global Action to End Modern Slavery
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To develop new approaches to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking across a range of sectors in high prevalence countries. This programme focuses on thematic priorities of eradicating forced labour in supply chains, tackling the worst forms of child labour, and ending the exploitation of women and girls, and it will support and empower survivors of modern slavery across all these priorities. The programme supports bilateral programmes in high prevalence countries and contributes to multilateral organisations on global policy and advocacy work. The programme will also develop research and evidence on different forms of modern slavery to inform future interventions. This programme contributes toward SDG 8.7 to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour.
Security and Justice Programme 2
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Security and Justice Programme (SJP) ultimately aims to help to enhance public safety in Nepal and improve people’s trust in a key institution: the police. It will contribute to increased responsiveness of security and justice providers, particularly gender-based violence (GBV) and increased prevention of GBV and wider public safety problems. Understanding and influencing different social and organisational norms will run through the whole programme to address the prevalence of violence against women and girls. The programme also has a particular focus on the organisational development of the Nepal Police, investigation capability, problem-solving community policing and better climate-resilient solar-powered infrastructure for service delivery, notably police women and children service centres (WCSCs).
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.
African Union Conflict and Governance Support Programme (AUCG)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
AUCG will work to strengthen the conflict prevention, conflict management and governance capabilities of the African Union (AU). In doing so, it will help tackle emerging threats to the UK and Africa earlier and before they result in violent conflict. Emphasis will be put on strengthening the AU’s early warning, analysis and early response capacity and capability, including the AU’s ability to effectively mediate in situations before or during conflict. AUCG will also support the AU’s ability to effectively monitor elections across the African continent, helping to promote open societies and create a more democratic world, and will increase women’s meaningful participation in political and peace processes.
UK-Jamaica Violence Prevention Partnership
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To assist the Government of Jamaica to manage extreme levels of violence to stem gang violence using the public health model.
Bangladesh Climate and Environment Programme (BCEP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To help deliver a more climate resilient, less carbon intensive and cleaner Bangladesh. The programme will help tackle adaptation, energy, environmental management and climate governance challenges at national and local level, in communities across Bangladesh.
Empowering Survivors of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment (ES-SEAH)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme will strengthen support to victim-survivors of SEAH by engaging Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) and include action research so that evidence on 'what works' is generated. It will also fund UN mechanisms that support the survivors of SEAH perpetrated by UN personnel.
Central Asia Small Projects Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will provide the mechanism for embassies to develop small projects to further the aims of the Country Business Plans and develop learning to support wider programming initiatives, with the overall aim of supporting development in the region.
Ethiopia – Human Rights and Peacebuilding Programme (HARP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Human Rights and Peacebuilding (HARP) programme will support the UK’s strategic response to conflict in Ethiopia. The programme will support peacebuilding initiatives in areas where the UK has a comparative advantage. This will build the capacity of local peace actors (particularly women and youth), provide safe spaces for dialogue and engage with government to respond to community needs. The UK has proven success in investing in these areas in Ethiopia – particularly through the CSSF Funded work of Conciliation Resources in Somali Regional State. HARP will look to continue this activity, as well as supporting further peacebuilding activity in other conflict areas.
What Works to Prevent Violence: Impact at Scale
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will reduce violence against women and girls globally through innovative project delivery, taking successful interventions to scale, and using evidence to influence others to programme at scale.
Partnership for Agile Governance and Climate Engagement (PACE)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The PACE is designed to support more accountable and inclusive institutions to respond to Nigeria’s governance and climate change challenges. This is a governance programme, seeking to address the governance challenges that undermine development and perpetuate social exclusion in Nigeria.
Accelerating Action to End Child Marriage Programme Phase 2
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This will be the UK’s second global, multi-sectoral programme to tackle child marriage and respond to its consequences. This programme will provide £18 million to deliver interventions across high prevalence countries, including fragile and conflict affected states, to prevent child marriages, lower global prevalence rates and support already married girls to have improved life outcomes. The programme will enable girls to take greater control over their lives and bodies. It will contribute to increased access to education for girls, reduced adolescent pregnancy and maternal deaths and a range of broader development outcomes. In addition, the programme will strengthen the international evidence base on what works to prevent child marriage and increase use of this evidence by a range of actors. This will in turn increase the effectiveness and efficiency of wider interventions aiming to end child marriage.
Refugee Support, Empowerment and Transformation (Re-SET)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme is targeting to provide refugee support in Uganda that is beyond an emergency framing onto a longer-term more sustainable footing. This will be delivered through three pillars below. Acute humanitarian needs will be provided but to the most highly vulnerable based upon an up-to-date needs assessment. Self-Reliance and Resilience will be prioritised, supporting refugees and host communities to transition from poverty and vulnerability by building livelihoods and income generating opportunities using market-led approaches and private sector linkages System Change targeting impactful areas of transformation. This could include technical support for the transition of services, Refugee Engagement Forums, and establishment of a data and learning facility
Sub-National Governance Programme -II (SNG-II)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
SNG-II supports improved public financial management to enhance basic service delivery for the poorest and most vulnerable populations, including women, girls, and persons with disabilities. It also aims to strengthen citizen perceptions of government performance. The programme operates across four thematic areas: Planning and Reform Budgeting and Transparency Fiscal Space Innovations Implementation spans the federal level and the provinces of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and Sindh.
HOPE-S, Healing, Outreach, Protection, Empowerment
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
HOPE-S is a five-year UK-funded programme designed to address the widespread gender-based violence (GBV) and conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in Sudan’s conflict-affected areas. Building on two decades of UK partnerships with civil society, the programme will deliver a holistic response that combines survivor-centred services, social norm transformation, and locally led risk mitigation. It aims to strengthen women-led organisations and grassroots actors through flexible funding and technical support, improve access to essential health and psychosocial services, and reduce stigma and harmful practices that perpetuate violence. By empowering communities, supporting reintegration of survivors, and tackling root causes of GBV, HOPE-S contributes to Sudan’s long-term resilience and aligns with UK priorities on Women, Peace and Security and the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative.
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