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UK-INDIA Partnership on National Investment and Infrastructure Fund -Green Growth Equity Fund
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The NIIF sub-fund will use UK government finance to catalyse private sector investments from global UK investors, through the City of London to infrastructure projects in India. To help India address a key constraint to inclusive growth by boosting investment into infrastructure - which will lead to growth, job creation and poverty reduction in India. The fund is fully attributed to climate change mitigation - ie low carbon development, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The fund will primarily invest in sectors like Renewable Energy, Clean Transportation, Water Treatment, and Waste Management. The success of this intervention will lead to follow on private investment that will have a transformational impact on India's economic development.
South Sudan Health Pooled Fund Phase III
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To provide a government led effective health system that will deliver improved access to quality health services across seven states in South Sudan with a specific focus on reducing maternal and child mortality. The Health Pooled Fund (HPF3) will reduce maternal and under-five mortality rates in South Sudan, through (i) the delivery of a basic package of health and nutrition services; (ii) promoting community engagement in health as a public good and (iii) supporting local health systems stabilisation.
Delivering Accelerated Family Planning in Pakistan (DAFPAK)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To increase access in Pakistan to qualtiy family planning information and services by those who would like to use it, particualrly underserved groups such as rural women. It will directly contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being, as well as to the FP2020 target of reaching additional users of family planning.
CPFAR - Catalysing Private Finance for Adaptation and Resilience.
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Private and public sector collaboration which co-creates and pilots practical tools, solutions and financial instruments which identify, price and manage physical climate risks in investments, particularly infrastructure, to incentivise a shift towards more resilient design. Formerly CCRI.
Women and Girls Health: The Ending Preventable Deaths of Mothers, Babies and Children support programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme provides technical assistance (TA) to FCDO teams to complement all UK investments that support the manifesto commitment to End the Preventable Deaths of mothers, babies and children by 2030 (EPD). The FCDO EPD approach paper (2021) is central to women and girls’ health, encompassing aspects of policy and programme work in health systems, sexual reproductive health and rights, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, climate resilient health and research.
Green Urban Growth in Somalia (GUG)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To support prosperity and reduce risks to stability across East Africa by pursuing, with our partners, a Somalia (including Somaliland) that is increasingly free, secure, resilient and stable. This cross-cutting programme supports Country Plan delivery and achievement against two campaign goals, to promote resilient and productive economies through green growth and adaptation to climate change (Goal 4) and to build resilience of communities most vulnerable to conflict, climatic and environmental risks (Goal 6).
Building Resilience and Addressing Vulnerability to Emergencies (BRAVE)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
BRAVE aims to improve community resilience to climate change and the capacity of key government institutions responsible for delivering climate resilience, including systems for adaptive and shock responsive social protection.
Evidence for Health - E4H
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme builds on earlier UK investments in Pakistan. It will strengthen the ability of Pakistan’s health system to recover from COVID-19 pandemic as well as building resilience for future pandemics. It will strengthen evidence-based decision making in the health sector and support the implementation of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and build climate resilient health systems including for vulnerable communities. It will focus technical assistance on the provincial governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), with support for the Federal government as well support flood recovery.
The Growth Gateway programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To establish a coordinated and improved service to businesses exporting to, importing from and investing in developing markets and businesses from developing markets to access UK Government trade, investment and finance services that increases trade and investment to developing markets. The programme will prioritise for support businesses who through their operations and products can deliver positive environmental and development impact, and support for businesses and governments will include promoting climate sensitive approaches and international standards on environmental practice, and identifying and supporting opportunities for climate smart investment.
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.
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
Medical Research Council Concordat 2018-2028 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
Centre for Disaster Protection (CDP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To protect poor and vulnerable people, save lives and help developing countries to get back on their feet more quickly after a disaster by working with governments to strengthen planning, embed early action, and use “risk financing” tools like insurance and contingent credit to finance more cost-effective, rapid and reliable response to emergencies. It aims to empower governments to build resilience to natural disasters and climate change, and take ownership of their risks, with more assistance delivered through pre-financed government-led systems. Funded by the UK Government Prosperity Fund until April 2021.
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.
Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy (K4DD)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
FCDO makes the most difference to the lives of poor women, girls, men, and boys when its decisions are informed by evidence. K4DD will make four important contributions to FCDO’s use of evidence to inform development and diplomatic decision-making: rapid evidence reviews (and related learning products), emerging issues reports, expert challenge sessions, and evidence and policy clinics. K4DD will both complement and supplement FCDO’s in-house expertise and capacity, and service unmet demand, such as in geographies not covered by embedded expertise including advisers. It will develop internal capability by bringing academic expertise and perspective to refresh and widen our knowledge, to challenge and to provide CPD support across FCDO.
Jordan Investment & Economic Reform Advisory Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Technical support to enable the Government of Jordan to conduct reforms designed to stimulate equitable economic growth, increase jobs and investment and reduce poverty.
GFP - Global Finance Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Leverages the UK’s unique position as the world’s leading financial centre to increase access to finance for firms and individuals where beneficiaries are in developing countries, promoting shared prosperity through inclusive economic growth overseas, and the development of new markets in developing countries.
Climate Adaptation Water and Energy Infrastructure Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This project will support the development of climate resilient multiple use water and renewable energy infrastructure in vulnerable rural districts of Zimbabwe. Targeted communities will have continued access to water for productive and household use, including during droughts and floods and improved access to clean and affordable energy to support economic activities. The project will also provide technical assistance to the government and other key stakeholders to support the wider use of climate science in designing and delivering resilient water and energy infrastructure. Evidence generated through this project will be used to influence climate policy reforms and support the national climate adaptation plan.
Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria (SPRiNG)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
SPRiNG is to support a more stable and peaceful Nigeria in which citizens benefit from reduced violence, and increased resilience to the pressures of climate change (Impact). It will do this by supporting, and shifting incentives of, Nigerian stakeholders so they are more willing and able to respond to conflict, security, justice and natural resource management challenges in target areas (Outcome). SPRiNG is 15-20% International Climate Finance (ICF) eligible.
Taxation and development
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This research will help to address major operational evidence gaps on how to make tax systems more equitable, efficient and conducive to poverty reduction, stable economic growth, and better governance. The supplier will work closely with tax specialists and tax administrations in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to i) deliver a high quality set of research findings, ii) build tax research capacity in low income countries, and iii) engage with policy makers, including HMG, and other stakeholders, to facilitate the uptake and impact of this new research
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