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Westminster Foundation for Democracy: Official Development Assistance (ODA): budgets & payments
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Funding for the Westminster Foundation for Democracy to promote legitimate and effective, multi-party democracy in developing countries
Joint Health Systems Research Initiative 2017- 2022
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Joint funder programme - supports high-quality research on evidence-based interventions to optimise health systems in LMICs
Anti Corruption Evidence ' ACE' Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
ACE delivers new practical research about what works to tackle corruption, illicit financial flows and serious organised crime. The approach is problem-led, not starting with preconceived ideas about the ‘right’ solutions, it focuses on real world priorities, and it takes politics seriously, developing politically viable reforms and approaches.
Medical Research Council Concordat 2018-2023 for the funding of a portfolio of global health research
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
High quality research on priority health issues to help reduce the burden of disease & improve health care in LMICs
PIDG2 - Second phase of FCDO's Support to the Private Infrastructure Development Group .
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The aim of PIDG is to mobilise private investment in infrastructure, in order to increase service provision for the poor, boost economic growth, trade and jobs to alleviate poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
African Development Fund 14th Replenishment (AfDF14)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The AfDF contributes to the economic and social development of Africa’s poorest countries through investment in infrastructure, regional integration, private sector development, governance and accountability, and skills and technology, to promote inclusive and green growth, with special attention to fragile states and girls, youth and women. The AfDF is the concessional lending and grants arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB) that operates in the 38 poorest, vulnerable and fragile countries to promote economic and social development.
The Democratic Republic of Congo - Green Growth Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This five-year, £38m, International Climate Finance (ICF) programme will support the development of a climate-smart agricultural sector in DRC focusing on rural areas to deliver both climate and economic development objectives. There will be four elements to this programme: • Work to improve the business environment for agricultural businesses in the DRC which will be delivered in partnership with the Government of DRC. • Support to help grow climate-smart agriculture businesses. • Increasing access to finance for established agriculture businesses. • Monitoring and evaluation.
Somalia Stability Fund III
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Somalia Stability Fund III 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.
The Amazon Catalyst for Forest Communities (AMCAT)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Amazon Catalyst for Forest Communities (AMCAT) will invest up to £94 million of UK ODA over six years (2025-2030) to strengthen the forest governance and forest tenure security of Indigenous People and local communities (IPLC) across the Amazon Basin. It will work directly with IPLC organisations in up to eight Amazon countries, and catalyse further action across the region strengthening knowledge and influence and enabling groups to secure additional finance to magnify impact regionwide.
Malawi Trade and Investment Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
MTIP aims to stimulate a step change in Malawi’s growth by promoting higher value export sectors, cutting time and costs of trade and logistics, and raising international and domestic investment in new exports. Underpinning this will be a focused effort to improve the business enabling environment. Higher economic growth is expected to translate into sustained poverty reduction, creating new jobs and income generating opportunities and much needed revenue to fund the public services needed for a fast-growing population. Specifically, programme aims include reducing the costs of trade for Malawi by 10% and converting over 5,000 hectares of land to more productive high value export crops.
UK Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To alleviate poverty by working with partner countries to accelerate climate change mitigation by supporting them to improve the capacity and capability of key institutions (public, private, and civil society), addressing barriers and constraints to clean growth, pursue opportunities for greater climate ambition and enable access to climate finance
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
Public Resource Management in Somalia - Phase II
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To build on progress achieved in PREMIS I by improving the capacity of Somalia’s new federal system of government by establishing and improving systems for tax, spend and civil service management at all levels including Public finance management , Public administration and work on decentralisation federalism.
Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Programme II (SSEIP II)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To improve primary and secondary schooling for 1.5 million children and will also improve English and maths results for 400,000 students in secondary school, make schools safer for 150,000 adolescent girls, and target support for disabled students. Would help Sierra Leone achieve its ambition (as one of three country pilots) to improve its standing on the Human Capital Index – it is currently 151st out of 157 countries.
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.
Strengthening Public Financial Management in Tanzania
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This project will improve public financial management in Tanzania by enabling better allocation of public resources and more efficient and effective public expenditure. This will be achieved through supporting government to improve fiscal and tax policies, enhance public capital spending and strengthen budget management, financial accountability and oversight. The project will support key government entities in Tanzania including the Ministry of Finance & Planning, National Audit Office, Tanzania Revenue Authority, Parliamentary Oversight Bodies, President’s Office – Regional and Local Government, Regional Administrations and Local Government Authorities. It will also support research and policy advocacy think tanks working on economic governance issues. The ultimate beneficiaries will be citizens and businesses in Tanzania who will benefit from improved services that may result from more efficient and effective use of financial resources.
M4D - Mobile for Development Strategic Partnership
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To work jointly with the industry group representing mobile phone operators worldwide, the GSMA, and its subsidiary Mobile for Development, to identify and support the development and use of new, innovative ways in which mobile phone technologies and mobile network infrastructure can be used to improve the reach, delivery and affordability of life-enhancing services to poor people in Africa and Asia. As a result of this work some 14 million poor people are expected to benefit from improved access to life enhancing services by 2020.
Somaliland Development Fund (SDF) Phase II Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To improve governance, accountability and public service delivery by the Government of Somaliland. This will promote long-term stability in the region and improve the lives of poor Somalilanders. This programme contributes to our SDGs by delivering public services, and building core government capacity and functions and will result in improved planning and delivery for development priorities by 2022.
Trade and Investment Advocacy Fund (TAF2 Plus)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Trade and Investment Advocacy Fund aims to improve the skills of the world’s poorest developing country governments so they can effectively participate in international negotiations on the global platform. Our support will help developing countries to secure deals that are pro-development and act in their own interests which should led to transformative economic development and in turn poverty reduction, including for women and girls. The Fund will also provide additional support to FCDO Posts seeking support, to ensure they are able to take advantage of secured deals, such as through government strategy planning. The Fund will deliver this support through external technical and legal advice, skills training and some logistical support to developing country governments.
TEA - Transforming Energy Access
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
TEA is the flagship FCDO research and innovation platform supporting early-stage testing and scale-up of innovative technologies and business models that accelerate access to affordable, clean, and modern energy in developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the Indo-Pacific, enabling sustainable and inclusive growth. TEA seeks to improve clean energy access for 25 million people, create 170,000 green jobs, and leverage £1.3 billion of additional investment into clean energy technology research, innovation and scale-up. It contributes to International Climate Finance (ICF) objectives and it is the main FCDO platform for delivery of the £1 billion UK Ayrton Fund for clean energy innovation between 2021 and 2026. TEA is delivered by four lead FCDO partners - Carbon Trust, Innovate UK, Shell Foundation, and ESMAP – and a network to date of more than 750 downstream partners delivering research and innovation activities in more than 60 countries.
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