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Partnership for Action on Green Economy Partnership for Action on Green Economy The objective of the PAGE Capacity Development Programme is to meet the demand of governments that demonstrate high-level commitment to lead transformative change towards an inclusive green economy. Reframing economic policies and practices around sustainability, creating an enabling macroeconomic environment, greening sectoral policies and projects, the aligning financial regulations and markets with sustainable development planning, and strengthening individual and institutional capacity are foundational elements of an inclusive green economy transition. The concept of inclusive green economic policymaking fits well into the overarching framework of sustainable development and more specifically the 2030 Agenda. Målet med kapacitetsutvecklingsprogrammet PAGE är att möta efterfrågan från regeringar som visar på högt engagemang för att leda ett transformativt förändringsarbete mot en inkluderande grön ekonomi. Att omformulera ekonomisk politik och praxis för att nå hållbarhet och att anpassa finansregler och marknader till principer för hållbar utveckling och stärka den individuella och institutionella kapaciteten utgör grunden PAGE:s arbete. PAGE har hittills inlett landsamarbeteten i 18 länder och antalet länder ökar årligen. Modellen bygger på nationellt ägarskap och prioriteringar och ämnesområdet liksom arbetsformerna går väl i linje med Sidas prioriteringar och Strategin för Kapacitetsutveckling, partnerskap och metoder som stöder Agenda 2030 för hållbar utveckling, 2018-2022 samt med Agenda 2030. Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) seeks to put sustainability at the heart of economic policymaking. The objective of PAGE is to meet the demand of governments that demonstrate high-level commitment to lead transformative change towards an inclusive green economy. Reframing economic policies and practices around sustainability, creating an enabling macroeconomic environment, greening sectoral policies and projects, the aligning financial regulations and markets with sustainable development planning, and strengthening individual and institutional capacity are foundational elements of an inclusive green economy transition. The concept of Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) policymaking fits well into the overarching framework of sustainable development and more specifically the 2030 Agenda.
Hence, the Vision of PAGE is that Partner countries are transforming their economies to eradicate poverty, increase jobs and social equity, strengthen livelihoods and environmental stewardship, and sustain growth in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. The Mission is that the countries reframe economic policy around sustainability and put in place enabling policy conditions, reforms, incentives, business models, and partnerships, to catalyse greater action and investment in green technologies and natural, human, and social capital.
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Programme d'appui ¿ la mise en ¿uvre de la r¿forme de la protection sociale selon une approche int¿gr¿e et inclusive, et sensible aux enfants <p>accompagner la mise en ¿uvre implique les produits liés à l¿objectif spécifique 3 <strong><em>l¿accès à une action sociale de qualité pour toutes les personnes vulnérables est assuré</em></strong>, en particulier les résultats liés au développement des capacités de l¿action sociale, le développement de la territorialisation (une ou deux régions seront ciblées) de l¿action sociale et l¿inclusion des personnes vulnérables</p>
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UNICEF- Resilience inom Vatten och Sanitet för bättre hälsa 2018-2020 UNICEF- Resilience WASH for Health 2018-2020 - UNICEF Resilience WASH for Health 2018-2020 Den växande befolkningen boende i slumområden, som följd av den snabba urbaniseringstakten av Harare, samt avsaknaden av statlig vatten-, sanitet- och hygienreglering kombinerat med svaga leverantörer inom sektorn, ökar befolkningens sårbarhet mot vattenburna sjukdomar och andra miljörelaterade risker. Bristerna inom vatten och sanitet har också en stor negativ inverkan på nutrition, hälsa och utbildning. Dessa specifika utmaningar som drabbar den fattiga befolkningen i urbana slumområden kräver lösningar på individ-, kommunal-, institutionell- och politisk nivå.
I september 2018 utbröt en kolera epidemi i de fattig förorterna Glen View och Budiriro. I FNs senaste situationrapport, daterad den 21 september 2018, informerar Zimbabwes hälsoministerium och WHO att sammanlagt 38 människor avlidit, varav blott två utanför huvudstaden Harare. Enligt rapporten handlar det nu om ca 100 patienter varav 76 fall av kolera bekräftats, av dessa finns 54 i Harare och återstoden i övriga landet. Under perioden har sammanlagt 4600 människor sökt vård för kolerarelaterade symtom, åter med en överväldigande majoritet i huvudstaden och då i förorterna Glen View och Budiriro. Läget är kritiskt och om situationen blir värre befaras 50 000 eller flera bli smittade. Dessutom har flertalet dött av tyfoid under samma period.
UNICEF har i egenskap av ledarorganisation for vatten och sanitetsfrågor (WASH) tillsammans med regeringen och civilsamhället redan kunnat komma igång med att förbättra saniteten och installera mobila latriner. Dessutom har de två kontaminerade vattenbrunnarna stängts av för bruk och sanering pågår. Ambassaden bedömer det av vikt att fort förstärka UNICEF:s insats inom WASH. In Zimbabwe, poor women, children and men live in a multi-risk environment, facing both slow and rapid onset emergencies. An erosion of coping mechanisms in an increasingly uncertain and unpredictable socio-economic environment has exacerbated vulnerabilities, coupled with economic uncertainties and high inflation reducing the coping capacity of communities. Floods and drought (exacerbated by climate change), high rates of disease all contribute to increased levels of risk. Beginning in 2000, the country experienced a protracted humanitarian crisis that manifested in frequent outbreaks of water borne diseases such as cholera. The crisis occurred due to a culmination of factors such as a declining economy which affected the provision of basis services such as WASH and Health services in both urban and rural areas.
Despite some progress, humanitarian challenges remain; these include recurrent outbreaks of waterborne diseases (Typhoid and cholera) in both urban and rural areas; sporadic internal displacements due to flash and riverine flooding; and, the existence of a wide range of highly vulnerable groups such as the chronically ill mainly due to a high prevalence of HIV (13.9%) , returning migrants, asylum seekers and child headed households. Access to safe water supply, sanitation and hygiene in Zimbabwe has been eroded due to the general economic decline, reduced institutional and community capacity and effects of climate change. Decline in WASH service provision has been particularly significant in high-density and unplanned urban areas, which now face continual water shortages and rationing due to lack of investment and maintenance. UNICEF continues to serve as the co-chair to the government for the Emergency Strategic Advisory Group (ESAG) of the WASH sector for strengthened coordination of the WASH response although challenges exist in coordination between City of Harare and the Ministry of Health. Outputs of the meetings include plans for a detailed WASH assessment of hot spots, sector immediate response plan and 4W matrix mapping collation. This proposed intervention will focus on activities that can quickly build community resilience around WASH and improved health. It is expected to have an immediate impact and that can be quickly replicated among the communities. Approaches that can have longer term implications (such as the water supply by City of Harare availability, solid waste management, sanitation, sewerage systems) are being strongly advocated for through robust technical advice to the Government and local authorities to ensure that those issues are being addressed through proper planning and by-laws and strengthening implementation. Pillar 1. Strengthen coordination and leadership of the response through the existing sectoral and inter-sectoral coordination mechanisms by • Strengthening the WASH technical working group for the duration of the outbreak and strengthen inter-pillar/thematic group coordination to ensure that identified gaps/issues are tackled in a holistic manner.• Advocacy for and participate in bi-monthly joint health and WASH cluster meetings at the national level for the duration of the outbreak.• Implementation of the WASH sector responsibilities matrix, including information management and reporting and monitoring of partner’s cholera response in the field.
Pillar 2. Reduce the spread of the epidemic by:• Develop integrated WASH interventions to prevent the spread of the disease, mainly through the following: access to safe drinking water, through provision of water treatment products; drilling and motorizing 4 boreholes (solar powered) in the affected areas to augment water supply; support to City of Harare on rehabilitation existing piped water and sewers networks as needed; targeted regular water quality testing• Promote the adoption of key hygiene practices, namely through ? safe water chain household water treatment, transportation and safe storage? safe disposal of waste? Handwashing with Soap at critical times during the day (i.e. before touching, preparing and/or eating food, after defecation and after clean excreta of infants.? Training and formation of community health clubs (focusing on those not usually reached, i.e. males and under 15 year olds) that will be leading discussions on health and hygiene issues at community level, in schools, health centers and market places • Supporting the piloting of alternative sanitation options for scaling up• Supporting the elimination of Open Defecation and proper use of latrines through the provision of alternative sanitation mechanisms. The project will explore how to pilot alternative sanitation options like the Ecological sanitation (Ecosan), the Fossa alterna version in consultation with relevant stakeholders and ensure the technical solution chosen is compatible with Government guidance and local community preferences. The Fossa alterna is a simple alternating shallow pit toilet system designed specifically to make humus suitable for agriculture. It is based on a twin pit system - the use of the toilet itself alternating between two permanently sited shallow pits. This has been implemented before in similar set ups in Kuwadzana extension, Dzivarasekwa extension and Caledonia areas. The project will target construction of 150 demonstration units of the chosen technology targeting the most vulnerable areas of Stoneridge and other unserved areas. • Strengthening community engagement through enhancing local networks for social mobilization, including community health clubs: ? Increased engagement with religious and local leaders, schools, health centres and other institutions and key influencers amongst all affected groups including nomadic pastoralists and others.? Intensified messaging through appropriate media (posters, radio, social media, schools and sms-texts).? Integration and harmonization of messages from different sectors (education, health, nutrition, WASH) for maximum impact.? Increased institutional/facility based by hygiene promotion interventions through schools, churches, health centers etc.?Pillar 3. Reduce vulnerability to cholera outbreaks in susceptible areas• Prepositioning of emergency stocks where necessary and conduct contingency planning at all levels and associated capacity building as needed
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Empowering Afghan Women and Youth through Media Contract related to: Empowering Afghan Women and Youth through Media - Human rights and democracy are founding values of the EU. Protecting and promoting HR&D is therefore a key priority of the EU¿s external action. It is also a precondition for sustainable development and for building more inclusive, open and resilient societies.Yet, recent data show that globally, most countries are far from having acceptable human rights and democracy track records. In this context, worsened by the COVID crisis, the EU re-affirmed its commitment to support human rights and democracy worldwide by adopting the `Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024¿. The Action Plan identifies priorities and key actions, to ensure that the EU plays a greater role in promoting and defending human rights and democracy throughout its external action. The Regulation (EU) 2021/947 (Global Europe) establishes the legal basis for the human rights and democracy actions. Particularly, its annex III details the areas of intervention for human rights and democracy.The overall objective of the present action is to contribute to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law worldwide. The action will achieve this objective by supporting and strengthening civil society organisations (CSOs), democracy activists and human-rights defenders working on critical human rights and democracy issues in non-EU countries. It may also cover, where relevant, the promotion of international humanitarian law. Consequently, it will contribute to the 5 priorities of the Multiannual Indicative programme 2021-2027 as well as the specific priorities set out for the additional funding coming from the cushion.This action will mainly be implemented by EU Delegations in-country so as to: (i) better respond to the country-specific contexts; (ii) be as close as possible to the needs of the rights holders; and (iii) promote a sense of `ownership¿ of the action among local actors. The actions financed at country level will be in line with: (i) the EU action plan for human rights and democracy; (ii) EU guidelines on human rights; and (iii) the respective Human Rights and Democracy country strategies or priorities under the EU accession process. All actions will follow a human rights based approach putting people at the centre of actions and also focusing on promoting gender equality.
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EU-Egypt Cooperation Facility 2022-2024 The EU-Egypt Association Agreement in force since 2004 has provided the legal frame for EU-Egypt bilateral cooperation. The EU-Egypt Partnership Priorities, set the political framework of the partnership until 2027. Deriving from the Partnership Priorities, a multi-annual indicative programme sets the priorities for EU-Egypt cooperation from 2021 to 2027.The action seeks to promote and operationalise the commitments outlined in the EU-Egypt Partnership Priorities, through one dedicated cooperation facility, which will aim to sustain and deepen Egypt¿s reforms towards a sustainable and inclusive growth pathway.The Overall Objective (Impact) of this action is to contribute to enhancing cooperation and mutual understanding between the EU and Egypt. The outcome aims to increase the pace and quality of implementation of policy reforms and policy convergence in the areas outlined in the EU-Egypt partnership priorities.
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Costed extension of Sawasya II (Promoting the rule of law in Palestine) Contract related to: Costed extension of Sawasya II (Promoting the rule of law in Palestine) - This action aims to promote Democracy, Rule of Law and Human Rights as foundations of state-building in the pursuit of a two-state solution and as conditions for inclusive growth and sustainable development. It will do so by contributing to improve access to justice and conditions for fair trial through enhanced services, legal aid, legal and judicial specialisation as well as strengthened judicial capacity. It also aims to promote fundamental Rule of Law reforms and enhance the protection of rights through improved institutional accountability as well as evidence-based planning and policy-making in the justice sector. Furthermore, it aims to strengthen democratic institutions and promote civic participation, with a particular focus on youth, women and people in marginalised areas. By targeting the different state and societal elements that contribute to and are affected by a functioning rule of law and democratic system, the action aims to achieve three outcomes that are mutually reinforcing and contributing to fulfil the SDGs 16. on Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, 5. on Gender Equality; and 10. on Reduced Inequalities. The priority areas are also in line with those under Pillar 1- Democracy, Rule of Law and Human Rights of the European Joint Strategy in support of Palestine, 2021 ¿ 2024 to be adopted. The three outcomes are: 1. Enhanced accountability, independence, integrity and transparency of the justice system.2. Strengthened administration of justice in line with fair trial standards and improved access to justice for all, including women, children and vulnerable groups;3. Strengthen Democratic institutions and promote civic participation, with a particular focus on youth, women and people in marginalised areas.
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Supporting Civil Society¿s Role in Nutrition This action is part of the complementary measures of the MIP, in favour of civil society. It will also contribute to reinforce the nutrition intervention part of the MIP priority 2 area (human capital development) and particularly to its Specific Objective 1 ¿In line with the National Development Plan, to support inclusive and equitable quality education, to promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, and to support quality and equitable nutrition services¿. It will support the third phase of Nepal¿s Multi-Sector Nutrition Plan (MSNP-III: 2023 - 2030), which frames nutrition as the foundation of human rights and sustainable development and has as its goal `to improve nutrition status throughout the life cycle by ensuring universal access to quality nutrition-specific and sensitive services and strengthening enabling environment for nutrition¿ with an explicit focus on the most vulnerable areas and groups. With this support measure, grant(s) will be awarded to CSOs to support advocacy and accountability on equity and inclusion. The complementarity of the different implementing modalities will reinforce the EU policy dialogue at federal, provincial and local level with the support of the technical assistance and in partnership with the CSO. This support measure will target political dialogue, advocacy and inclusion complementing the budget support intervention, with a focus on supporting transformative approaches to tackle inequalities relating to socio-economic, disability, gender, disadvantaged castes and indigenous communities so as to address the drivers of malnutrition in all its forms. This will be achieved by strengthening the participation of civil society, including women¿s rights organisations and those representing the rights of people living in vulnerable situations, in advocacy and awareness activities, inclusive and participatory planning processes and accountability mechanisms. The focus will be on inclusiveness of the nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive services and the good governance in the sector, using the comparative advantage of the CSO in supporting the implementation of the new Multi Sector Nutrition Plan (MSNP-III, 2023-2030).The Overall Objective of this action is to increase the inclusion and effectiveness of the Multi-Sector Nutrition Plan 2023-2030 (MSNP III) and its implementation processes.
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Sustainable Outreach for Multi-dimensional Opportunities and community Upliftment & Development (SOMOUD) Contract related to: Sustainable Outreach for Multi-dimensional Opportunities and community Upliftment & Development (SOMOUD) - Yemen is experiencing a deep and multi-layered crisis where violent conflict compounds pre-existing fragilities and persistent economic decline. Conflict is the immediate cause of the overwhelming humanitarian needs in Yemen; however, the major drivers of humanitarian needs and development deficits are of a structural or economic nature. To address this complexity, the international response to the Yemen crisis balances humanitarian assistance with targeted development and peace interventions, requiring a high degree of coordination between different actors. This action aims at positioning the EU at the heart of this nexus coordination. The overall objective is to create sustainable pathways to resilience for vulnerable Yemenis who face prolonged acute food insecurity and/or displacement.
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Supporting Persons with Disabilities in Tanzania and Burundi to enjoy full and equal human rights, fundamental freedoms and experience respect for their inherent dignity Contract related to: THESE RIGHTS ARE MINE: Supporting Persons with Disabilities in Tanzania and Burundi to enjoy full and equal human rights, fundamental freedoms and experience respect for their inherent dignity - 2017 Global Call + reserve - Supporting Human Rights Prioritie
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Regenera: Reactivaci¿n econ¿mica juvenil sostenible con una gobernanza articuladora y ambiental Contract related to: Regenera: Reactivaci¿n econ¿mica juvenil sostenible con una gobernanza articuladora y ambiental - The proposed Action intents to contribute to Specific-Objective 1.3: Support CSOs as actors of good governance and development in partner countries and to the achievement of the related result 1.3: Civil Society Organisations¿ (CSOs) ability to engage as actors of good governance and development at country level is improved.The Action rolls out the EU support to country-level CSO initiatives aimed at implementing priorities reflected in the NDICI-GLOBAL Europe, Annex III CSO Thematic Programme and the subsequent draft Multiannual Indicative Plan for the same. In line with the policy of geographisation, a majority of funds under the CSO MAAP 2021-2024, will be allocated under the Action to support civil society in partner countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and in Neighbourhood countries and Russia. Activities funded under the Action will support a broad range of civil society actors including and prioritising, but not limited to, women and youth organisations, In the framework of the Country Roadmaps for EU and Member States engagement with civil society (CSO Roadmaps), all initiatives under the Action will aim at and contribute to strengthening civil society partner¿s institutional and operational capacity through a comprehensive approach; enabling and ensuring their participation; and on improving the environment in which they operate. Particular attention will be paid to CSOs capacities to benefit from the digital transformation which will pay attention to accessible digital technology and reduce the gap on access to ICT.
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Centre for Independent Life (CIL) - 2023 - 2027 Strategy Contract related to: Centre for Independent Life (CIL) - 2023 - 2027 Strategy - The overall objective of the Action is to strengthen participatory democracy and the EU integration and approximation process in Kosovo, through an enhanced contribution by civil society and media. The Programme will foster participatory democracy and inclusion of Kosovo civic actors in decision making through a mix of funding modalities (operating, action grants, small grant schemes). It will strengthen the capacities of civil society and media to play the role of independent watchdogs of democracy and institutions. The programme will equally support civil society participation in sector reforms, social development as well as cooperation with institutions for governance, economic development and recovery programmes. Furthermore, the programme will strengthen the resilience and sustainability of quality journalism and independent media actors.
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Make the Growth Inclusive toward EU integrations - Empowering Civil Society to Effectively Contribute to Inclusive Local Growth Contract related to: Make the Growth Inclusive toward EU integrations - Empowering Civil Society to Effectively Contribute to Inclusive Local Growth - The overall objective of the action is to strengthen participatory democracy and the EU integration and approximation process in Montenegro through an enhanced contribution by civil society and media.The action will focus mainly on increasing capacities and effectiveness of the Montenegrian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to monitor and participate in reform processes and to strengthen the overall capacities of less developed organisations as well as other actors of the civil society such as grassroots movements, through flexible financial support to third parties in all fields relevant to Montenegrian¿s accession to the EU including rule of law, democracy and human rights, agriculture,consumers rights, green agenda and economic and social development.The action also aims at triggering local development, by promoting informal education, social innovation and job creation with a particular focus on the most vulnerable groups, including the Roma communities.The intervention will improve the cooperation and dialogue between the civil society and the government, as well as, reinforce inclusive civic participation in public policy processes and complementary services to the most disadvantage population. These achievements will benefit Montenegrin citizens in general.The action will also support professional, independent media in the COVID-19 aftermath, enabling them to operate in a sustainable way, while providing opportunities for free, fair, professional and investigative reporting.
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Stärkung der Resilienz marginalisierter Gemeinschaften zur Bewältigung des Klimawandels Strengthening the resilience of marginalised communities to cope with climate change Stärkung der Resilienz marginalisierter Gemeinschaften zur Bewältigung des Klimawandels Strengthening the resilience of marginalised communities to cope with climate change Indien mit seinen 1,4 Milliarden Einwohner*innen ist nach China und den USA der drittgrößte CO2-Emittent weltweit und gleichzeitig eines der Länder, die am stärksten die Folgen des Klimawandels spüren und spüren werden. Besonders betroffen sind die vulnerablen Gruppen. Das Projekt soll die Resilienz dieser Gruppen stärken, damit ca. 72.000 marginalisierte Menschen vor Schocks und Stress aufgrund der Klimakrise geschützt sind. Maßnahmen sind Kapazitätsausbau zu nachhaltiger Landwirschaft und Schutz von Biodiversität. India, with its 1.4 billion inhabitants, is the third largest CO2 emitter in the world after China and the USA and at the same time one of the countries that is and will be feeling the consequences of climate change the most. Vulnerable groups are particularly affected. The project aims to strengthen the resilience of these groups so that around 72,000 marginalised people are protected from shocks and stress caused by the climate crisis. Measures include capacity building for sustainable agriculture and the protection of biodiversity.
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AlimentAcción - Towards food security in rural and indigenous Maya communities by increasing the availability, access, use AlimentAcción - Verso la sicurezza alimentare nelle comunità rurali e indigene maya, aumentando la disponibilità, l’accesso, il consumo The initiative aims to end hunger and promote the achievement of food security in rural and indigenous Mayan rural communities. In particular, the project contributes to increasing the availability, access, consumption and adequate utilisation of healthy, nutritious and varied food in rural households with high vulnerability to chronic malnutrition, with particular attention to women, children and persons with disabilities in the Departments of Totonicapán and Sololá. L’iniziativa mira a porre fine alla fame e a favorire il raggiungimento della sicurezza alimentare nelle comunità rurali. In particolare, il progetto contribuisce ad aumentare la disponibilità, l’accesso, il consumo e l’utilizzo adeguato di cibo sano, nutriente e variegato nelle famiglie rurali con alta vulnerabilità alla malnutrizione cronica, con particolare attenzione a donne, bambini e persone con disabilità nei Dipartimenti di Totonicapán and Sololá.
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Twubake umuryango twita ku bana bafite ubumuga <p>The specific objective is: improving the living conditions of children and young people with disabilities in Rwanda.</p>
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BBC Media Action - National Phase 5 - Tanzania BBC Media Action - Phase nationale 5 - Tanzanie The immediate challenges of regulatory restrictions and censorship have compounded pre-existing shortcomings in the media sector (including poor editorial skills and generally low capacity), as a result of which the media is unable to meet its duty to hold the government to account and create a platform for citizens to discuss, debate and make informed decisions about important issues. At the national and local level, media houses are financially fragile and generally under-skilled in areas such as management, distribution, editorial decision-making, marketing and production. Gaps also exist in diversity and representation, with most media content unable to reflect accurately the voices and perceptions of marginalised groups such as young women, rural youth and people with disabilities, let alone develop specific content targeting these groups. Access to media is a human right, as it supports the freedom to information and freedom of expression. Substantial evidence also points to the role of media as an effective institution in holding government and other power-holders within society to account. The overall objective of this project is to support Tanzanian peoples to enjoy greater freedom of
expression and meaningful participation on decisions that affect their lives, especially the provision of better public services. The overall objective of this project is to support Tanzanian men and women to enjoy greater freedom of expression and meaningful participation on decisions that affect their lives, especially the provision of better public services. i) Citizens experience increased participation and freedom to freely express views and opinions by engaging in local and national public discussions about decision making processes that affect their lives.
ii) Government officials have awareness and responsiveness to citizens freedom of expression, priorities, and needs for different public services.
iii) Local partner stations have enhanced editorial and production skills and capacity to produce quality content around governance and gender, and act as a platform for a diversity of Tanzanians to express their views. To achieve the project’s objectives, BBC Media Action’s work will focus on three key target groups – our audience, our radio partners and the government. In total, we aim to reach 5,500,000 listeners, primarily rural listeners, aged 15-50.
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Project to support the national resilience policy of vulnerable groups with respect to the pandemic COVID-19 PAREM Progetto di sostegno alla politica nazionale di resilienza dei gruppi vulnerabili rispetto alla pandemia Covid-19 – PAREM The overall objective of the initiative is to support the government of Senegal in its fight against the pandemic linked to the COVID-19 virus. The specific objective is to support the resilience of vulnerable groups (poor families, women, disabled people, young people) in the regions of Dakar, Louga, Thiès, Ziguinchor, Kolda. In particular, the project aims to achieve the following results: - Strengthen the resilience of vulnerable groups; - Guarantee the information / communication of vulnerable groups; - Coordinate, manage and monitor and evaluate the program. L’iniziativa è finalizzata a sostenere il governo del Senegal nel fronteggiare la diffusione dell’epidemia legata al virus Coronavirus-19. In particolare le azioni intraprese permetteranno di sostenere i gruppi maggiormente vulnerabili (donne, giovani, disabili) attraverso il sostegno alla politica nazionale delle “rafforzamento della resilienza sociale delle popolazioni” attraverso il finanziamento del programma “Borse di Sicurezza Famigliare/PNBSF”, alla fornitura di materiale sanitario di base, alla realizzazione di campagne di sensibilizzazione e comunicazione ed alla promozione di attività di sostegno economico.
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Women, Peace and Security promoting an inclusive agenda - KtK in Southern Caucasus, new strategy Kvinnor, fred och säkerhet, för en inkluderande agenda i Södra Kaukasus The initiative involves supporting the local women's movement in Armenia and Georgia. Organisations receive support for projects that promote peace and that include women's perspectives in community building and peace building work.
The project consists of three parts:
- Strengthen the women's movement by creating space for exchange of experiences and networking
- Counteract sexual and gender-based violence by addressing norms, social structures and legislation
- Increase women's economic empowerment by, for example, highlighting women's perspectives in work-life. Insatsen innebär stöd den lokala kvinnorörelsen i Armenien och Georgien. Organisationer får stöd till insatser som främjar fred och som inkluderar kvinnors perspektiv i samhällsbyggande och fredsbyggande arbete.
Projektet består av tre delar:
- Stärka kvinnorörelsen genom att skapa utrymme för erfarenhetsutbyte och nätverksbyggande
- Motverka sexuellt och genusbaserat våld genom att adressera normer, sociala strukturer och lagstiftning
- Öka kvinnors ekonomiska egenmakt genom att lyfta kvinnors perspektiv i t e x arbetslivet Vision: Kvinna till Kvinna and partners supports locally-owned conflict transformation and holistic WPS approaches through diverse and inclusive womens movements who contribute to a feminist peace.
Change Area 1: The programme actors have addressed structural violence by advocating for inclusive policies and practices for protection from GBV, and the advancement of SRHR, and Womens Economic Rights and Justice;
Change Area 2: A holistic Women, Peace and Security Agenda, embracing a human security and conflict transformation that is locally owned and advances gender sensitive decision making at multiple levels
Change Area 3: Operational, inclusive, and diverse feminist (queer) spaces and movements come together, strategise, build resistance, and influence the agenda setting towards safety, rights, and justice.
The expected outcomes are;
1.Movement building,
2.Improved legislation, norms and social structures preserving sexual- and genderbased violence , (SGBV) are addressed and prevented.
3. Partners and KtK foster women's economic empowerment of women, supportive of conflict transformation
The Theory of change as described in the results framework and The Regional Strategy of KtK for Southern Caucasus include 6 outputs that will facilitate results related to the above outcomes.
1.Empowering women's organisations through capacity building and looking for ways of opening doors for sustainable participation of women's organisations in transformational processes.
2. Support to Participation of Women in policy dialogue, advocacy, decision-making and conflict transformation processes.
3. Strengthening of the analytical framework by research that can help contextualization of the Women, peace and Security agenda.
4. Support to capacity development that will be carried out through building of networks and platforms at regional level. Less known organisations and initiatives will be encouraged and supported to come forward and their capacities will be developed through the linking of them to more establish networks and platforms, as well as and joint training events, organized together with other more established organisations.
A call for proposal approach will be used to complement other ways to find new and relevant partners.
5. Support to improved Safety and Security for marginalized groups through support to partners' interventions to counter sexual- and gender-based violence, SGBV and improve sexual and reproductive health and rights,SRHR.
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Violence against Women second phase - Violence against Women second phase 2022 Våld mot kvinnors andra fas The overall goal of the project is to support further development of the social and institutional environment which will contribute to zero tolerance and the eradication of violence against women in Serbia.
The project aims to reach out to women and girls, but also men and boys in, possible or already registered victims of violence but also perpetrators of violence. Individuals, government, NGOs and people in local communities will be mobilized to act in concerted efforts to eliminate violence against women, girls and children.
The contribution aims to provide an integrated response to violence against women and girls (VaWG) in Serbia. VaWG is a complex social problem that occurs as a result of inequality which are deeply rooted in patriarchal norms and unbalanced power relations. Exposure to various forms of harm and life in fear prevent women from fully realizing their own opportunities, reduce their well-being, but also reduce their contribution to development of the society they live in. Prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls is from a humanistic and development perspective, the responsibility for the whole society.
The project will work to change the normative framework, institutional methods and behaviors involving violence against women and girls at state, community and individual levels. Det övergripande målet med projektet är en vidareutveckling av en social och institutionell miljö som kommer att bidra till nolltolerans och utrotning av våld mot kvinnor i Serbien. Det föreslagna programmet är en tvåårig insats (oktober 2020 – september 2022) med en totalt budget av 14 000 000 SEK. Sida kommer att vara den enda givaren till projektet. Deltagande organisationer bidrar inte med egna medel. Cirka 9 MSEK (934 322 USD) kommer att skickas från UNDP till de tre FN-organisationerna: UNFPA (185 323 USD), UNICEF (321 000 USD) och UNWOMEN (428 000 USD). Cirka 5 MSEK (565 386 USD) kommer att hanteras av UNDP inom en komponent som är under deras ansvar.
Projektet syftar till att nå ut till kvinnor och flickor, men även män och pojkar i Serbien, som är möjliga eller redan registrerade våldsoffer men också dömda våldsverkare. Individer, regering, icke-statliga organisationer och människor i lokala samhällen kommer att mobiliseras för att agera i gemensamma ansträngningar och avskaffa våld mot kvinnor, flickor och barn.
Insatsen syftar till att ge ett integrerat svar på våld mot kvinnor och flickor (VaWG) i Serbien. VaWG är ett komplext socialt problem som uppträder som en följd av bristande jämställdhet. Denna bristande jämställdhet är djupt rotad i patriarkala normer och obalanserade maktförhållanden. Exponering för olika former av skada och ett liv i rädsla hindrar kvinnor att till fullo förverkliga sina egna möjligheter, minska deras välbefinnande samt också att minska deras bidrag till utvecklingen av samhället. Förebyggande och eliminering av alla former av våld mot kvinnor och flickor är både från ett humanistiskt och utvecklingsperspektiv ett ansvar för hela samhället.
Projektet kommer att verka för att ändra normativa ramar, institutionella metoder och beteenden som rör våld mot kvinnor och flickor på statlig, samhällelig och individuell nivå. The project will contribute to the following outcome: State institutions and other relevant actors enhance gender equality and enable women and girls, especially those from vulnerable groups, to live lives free from discrimination and violence.
The project builds upon the existing interventions and results undertaken by the Government of Serbia and the UN agencies, particularly the achievements of the joint project “Integrated Response to Violence against Women and Girls in Serbia II” also funded by Sida. Due to the complexity of gender-based violence as the outcome of interaction among many factors at four levels: individual, relationship, community and society, the joint project of UN agencies and relevant national institutions, civil society organizations and media working at all levels proved to be a good practice contributing to changes and improvement of practices related to VaW.
The project will be implemented using a three-tier approach reflected in the three key results, ensuring interconnection between the different levels to address the factors that put women and men at risk or protect them from experiencing or perpetrating violence:
Key result 1: Legal and institutional measures effectively address the complexity of domestic violence, intimate partner violence and gender-based violence.
Key Result 2: General and specialist service providers capacitated to effectively reduce the risks of repetition and escalation of domestic violence and deliver integrated service for protection of women and children survivors of violence.
Key result 3: Perception of gender-based violence and dominant gender norms changed and increased understanding of general public on violence against women and girls.
The project will consist of three components, following above-mentioned key project results structure.
The First Component will focus on ensuring that all human rights and fundamental freedoms for women and girls, guaranteed by the ratified international conventions and national legislation are respected, protected and fulfilled. Specifically, UNDP will further support the Coordination Body for Gender Equality to inform relevant stakeholders and duty bearers on the GREVIO evaluation report and measures to be implemented to improve implementation of the Istanbul Convention. This will include gaps in the content of the laws and weaknesses in its implementation, barriers to protection, access to justice and services for women survivors of violence; investments and budget allocations as well as monitoring mechanisms for enforcement of the laws. National Council for Suppression of Domestic Violence, coordinated by the Ministry of Justice, will be supported by UNDP to promote effective implementation of national legislation, reinforce accountability of the institutions responsible through clear delineation of their roles and time-bound targets that can be monitored.
The Second Component will focus on ensuring that national level agreements on comprehensive and coordinated protection of victims are transferred to the local level, implemented by capacitated professionals who exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and punish acts of violence and provide adequate support to all victims. This will be achieved through encouragement of coordinated community response (involving health, police, judicial and legal services, shelters and protection services, schools and other education institutions, and CSOs) as an important strategy to ensure survivors of violence, their children and other dependents receive comprehensive and timely support.
The Third Component will address the socio-cultural norms and harmful practices regarding the roles and status of men and women within the home and community, with the aim to ensure far-reaching changes in attitudes and, ultimately, behaviors that will reduce gender-based violence. UNDP will support the group Journalists against Violence to implement media-based interventions to promote greater gender equality and awareness of gender-based violence against women. The interventions will be oriented towards increasing the number of media reports and content on VaW in accordance with the standards for ethical media reporting; encouragement of cross-sectoral collaboration, communication and learning, including professionals dealing with violence against women and journalists, in order to ensure accurate and ethical informing of public on VaW. The project will continue to support monitoring and evaluation of media reporting on GBV, including acknowledgment of quality reporting practices on VaW. Within this Component, the project will also address the exposure to violence of the female journalists, due to ethical and brave reporting on VaWG.
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UN-Habitat 2020-2025 - UN-Habitat 2020-2023 covid-19 UN-Habitat 2020-2025 New/additional funds to mitigate the impact of COVID-19
This is a cooperation with the United Nations Human Settlement Programme. UN-Habitat was established in 1978 as an outcome of the First UN Conference on Human Settlements and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat I) in 1976. It is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially-, environmentally- and economically- sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. It is a member of the United Nations Sustainable
Development Group (UNSDG), a consortium of 36 UN funds, programs, specialized
agencies, departments and offices that play a role in development.
The normative-operational mandate of UN-Habitat derives from the Habitat Agenda,
adopted by the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) in 1996
and renewed in 2016 (Habitat III). The twin goals of the Habitat Agenda are adequate
shelter for all and the development of sustainable human settlements in an urbanizing
world. UN-Habitat's mission is to advance sustainable urbanization as a driver of
development and peace to improve living conditions for all.
The agency is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with four main regional offices covering
Africa, the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. UN-Habitat also has liaison and information offices in New York, Brussels, Beijing, Moscow
and Geneva and project offices in 76 countries across the world. As part of its comparative advantage, UN-Habitat is able to directly engage and sign agreements with
sub-national entities (cities, local and regional governments), not just national
governments which is the usual case for UN entities.
Through this Program Cooperation Agreement (PCA), Sida will continue to focus its support on UN-Habitat's core programmatic mandate by aligning to the agency's 4-year Strategic Plan 2020-2025 and ongoing institutional reform initiatives. This PCA has a total budget of SEK 277 million, and is proposed to be organised into 3 components where funds will be soft-earmarked as follows:
Component 1: Soft-earmarked funding to selected domains of change/subprogrammes
and result areas of the Strategic Plan 2020-2025, and the implementation of UN-Habitat's organisational reform.
These domains of change are:
1. Reduced spatial inequality and poverty in communities across the urban-rural continuum.
2. Enhanced shared prosperity for cities and regions.
3. Strengthened climate action and improved urban environment.
4. Effective urban crisis prevention and response.
Component 2: Funding to the area of land ownership and tenure rights in least-developed
countries, including post-conflict. This allocation to be managed through the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), a program of UN-Habitat.
Component 3: Funding to UN-Habitat's COVID-response and rehabilitation strategy during June 2020 to May 2021. Nya medel/medeltillägg för att lindra konsekvenserna av covid-19
UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) är FN:s organ för boende, bebyggelse och hållbar stadsutveckling vars arbete syftar till att främja ekonomiskt, socialt och miljömässigt hållbara bostäder, samhällen och städer. UN-Habitats vision är "En bättre livskvalitet för alla i en urbaniserad värld". Dess uppdrag (mission statement) är "att främja transformativa förändringar i städer och samhällen genom kunskap, policyrådgivning, teknisk hjälp och samarbete för att inte lämna någon och ingen plats utanför".
Det normativa-operativa mandatet för UN-Habitat härrör från Habitat-agendan, som antogs under FN:s konferens om bostäder och hållbara samhällen (Habitat II) 1996 och förnyades 2016 (Habitat III). I samband med Habitat III antogs ett flertal beslut som ledde till ett förstärkt mandat och specialist roll för UN-Habitat inom FN-systemet. I samma konferens antog medlemsländerna slutdokumentet New Urban Agenda (NUA), som fokuserar på hållbar stadsutveckling inom ramen för Agenda 2030, främst delmålet SDG 11 (Hållbara städer och samhällen). UN-Habitat är ansvarig för stadsfrågor inom FN-systemet, är förvaltare för SDG-11 och fokalt organ för genomförandet av NUA som syftar till att hållbar stadsutveckling ska bidra till att möta de utmaningar världen står inför som klimatförändringar, fattigdom, miljöförstöring, växande slumområden, flyktingströmmar, utanförskap och diskriminering i olika former.
UN-Habitat arbetar på global, regional, nationell och stadsnivå. UN-Habitat har sitt huvudkontor i Nairobi, Kenya, och totalt fyra regionala kontor som täcker Afrika, Arabstaterna, Asien och Latinamerika. UN-Habitat har också representantskontor i New York, Bryssel, Peking, Moskva och Genève samt projektkontor i 76 länder runt om i världen. UN-Habitat är ett av få FN-organ som kan underteckna avtal med lokala och regionala myndigheter. UN-Habitat arbetar också i partnerskap med andra FN- och multilaterala organisationer som exempelvis UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), UNEP (United Nations Environment Program), UN WOMEN, UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR samt Världsbanken.
Den strategiska planen 2020-2023 och den tillhörande förändringsteorin samt resultatramverket är de viktigaste referenserna för detta Programme Cooperation Agreement (PCA), liksom grunden för att rikta fördelningen av Sidas medel till följande resultatområden:
"Sub-programme 1: Reduced spatial inequality and poverty in communities across the urban - rural continuum
• Increased and equal access to basic services, sustainable mobility and public space;
• Increased and secure access to land, and adequate and affordable housing;
• Effective settlements growth and regeneration.
Sub-programme 2: Enhanced shared prosperity of cities and regions
• Improved spatial connectivity and productivity of cities and regions;
• Increased and equitably distributed locally generated revenues.
Sub-programme 3: Strengthened climate action and improved urban environment
• Reduced greenhouse emissions and improved air quality;
• Improved resource efficiency and protection of ecological assets;
• Effective adaptation of communities and infrastructure to climate change.
Sub-programme 4: Effective urban crisis prevention and response
• Enhanced social cohesion and inclusive planning for conflict prevention and recovery;
• Enhanced resilience of the built environment and infrastructure."
Följande komponenter:
Komponent 1: Mjukt öronmärkt finansiering till de ovannämnda resultatområdena i den strategiska planen, och för genomförandet av UN-Habitats organisationsreform.
Komponent 2: Finansiering till markfrågor (land ownership and tenure rights) i utvecklingsländer, inklusive post-konflikt, koordinerad av UN-Habitats Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)-program.
Komponent 3: Finansiering av stöd till UN-Habitats COVID-19 respons och rehabiliteringsstrategi under 2020. UN-Habitat är FN:s organ för boende, bebyggelse och hållbar stadsutveckling och ska på uppdrag från FN:s Generalförsamling främja socialt, ekonomisk och miljömässigt hållbara städer med målet att tillhandahålla adekvat boende för alla. UN-Habitats vision är "En bättre livskvalitet för alla i en urbaniserad värld. UN-Habitat har ett normativt mandat men är också en organisation med operativ verksamhet som genomför program och projekt. UN-Habitat är exempelvis ansvarig för stadsfrågorna inom FN-systemet och arbetar för att göra städer och bosättningar inkluderande, säkra, motståndskraftiga och hållbara, bland annat som förvaltare av det globala målet om hållbara städer och samhällen (SDG11) samt som fokalt organ för genomförandet av New Urban Agenda (NUA).
Det övergripande syftet med insatsen är att stödja genomförandet av UN-Habitats strategiska plan (SP) 2020-2023. SP ger en detaljerad analys av hur hållbar urbanisering kopplar till och bidrar till att uppnå en övergripande hållbar utveckling. SP tydliggör också UN-Habitats åtagande och strategi för hur organisationen, med hjälp av sitt normativa/operativa mandat och sin roll inom FN-systemet, ska bidra till Agenda 2030 och målen för hållbar utveckling, Parisavtalet, Sendai-ramverket och andra globala utvecklingsagendor såsom genomförandet av "New Urban Agenda" (NUA). SP tar särskilt upp löftet i Agenda 2030 "att inte lämna någon utanför".
Det övergripande målet för UN-Habitats strategiska plan 2020-2023 är att främja hållbar urbanisering som en drivkraft för utveckling och fred för att förbättra levnadsvillkoren för alla (Sustainable urbanisation is advanced as a driver of development and peace, to improve living conditions for all in line with the SDGs.). För att uppnå huvudmålet har UN-Habitat formulerat fyra sammanlänkade resultatområden (Domains of Change);
1. Minskad ojämlikhet och fattigdom i samhällen och städer. (Reduced spatial inequality and poverty in communities across the urban-rural continuum)
- Ökad och lika tillgång till grundläggande tjänster, hållbar mobilitet och till offentliga platser.
- Ökad och säker tillgång till mark samt säkra och ekonomiskt överkomliga bostäder.
- Effektiv bosättningstillväxt och förnyelse.
2. Ökad fördelning av välstånd i städer och regioner.(Enhanced shared prosperity of cities and regions)
- Förbättrade förbindelser och produktivitet i städer och regioner.
- Ökade och rättvist fördelade lokalt genererade intäkter.
- Utökad användning av ny teknik och innovationer för stadsutveckling.
3. Stärkt hantering av klimatförändringar och förbättrad stadsmiljö. (Strengthened climate action and improved urban environment)
- Minskade utsläpp av växthusgaser och förbättrad luftkvalitet.
- Förbättrad resurseffektivitet och skydd av ekologiska tillgångar.
- Effektiv anpassning av samhällen och infrastruktur till klimatförändringar.
4. Effektivt förebyggande och hantering av kriser och katastrofer i urbana områden. (Effective urban crisis prevention and response)
- Ökad social sammanhållning och inkluderande planering för konfliktförebyggande och återuppbyggnad.
- Förbättrad levnadsstandard och inkludering av migranter, flyktingar, internflyktingar och återvändande genom effektiv krishantering och återuppbyggnad.
- Ökad resiliens av bebyggd miljö och infrastruktur.
Under UN-Habitatstödet ingår också en komponent med specifikt stöd till Global Land Tool Network (GLTN). Komponenten finansieras och handläggs av enheten för global ekonomisk hållbar utveckling (GLOBEC). En kort analys av GLTN-komponenten kommer att ingå under denna sammanfattande resultatuppdatering, som görs av ansvarig handläggare från GLOBEC.
GLTN rapporterar resultat under fyra övergripande målområden:
1. En accelerad marksektorsreform i organisationer, regioner och länder ("Reform of the land sector accelerated across organizations regions and countries")
- Stärkta internationella och nationella markpolicyer, program och praxis
-Stärkt internationell och nationell koordinering av marksektorn
- Ökad kunskap hos internationella och nationella markaktörer om viktiga markrättighetsfrågor och möjlig lösningar, och deras koppling till bredare utvecklingsresultat
2. Inkluderande, jämställda och ändamålsenliga markrättighetsmetoder och tillvägagångssätt som institutionaliserats av internationella och nationella markaktörer för att stärka och ytterliga skydda markrättigheter ("Inclusive, gender responsive and fit-for-purpuse land tools and approaches instituzionalised by international and national land actors to scale up tenure security interventions")
- Prioriterade markrättighetsmetoder för kvinnor, unga och sårbara grupper utvecklas och implementeras
- Ökad kapacitet hos internationella och nationella markaktörer för att främja och implementera ändmålsenliga markrättighetsmetoder
3. Förbättrad uppföljning av åtaganden kopplade till markrättigheter för ändamålsenlig planering och politiska beslut("Improved monitoring of land-related commitments for planning and policy decisions")
- Förbättrade metoder för uppföljning av markrättigheter på nationell nivå
- Förbättrad kapacitet för att samla in och analysera data för relevanta nationella och internationella landorgansationer
- Etablering av en globala mekanism för säkrade markrättigheter
4. Kapacitet, kunskap och resurser om marksäkerhet delas och utvecklas mellan internationella och nationella aktörer Capacities, knowledge and resources on land tenure security shared and developed among international and national actors ("Capacities, knowledge and resources on land tenure security shared and developed among international and national actors")
- Etablering av effektiva samarbetsmekanismer för program utveckling och implementering
- Etabelerade och förbättrade kunskapsplattformar
-Stärkt partnerkapacitet för att sprida kunskap och medvetenhet om GLTNs arbete till andra internationella och nationella partners.
2021: The overall aim of the intervention is to support the implementation of UN-Habitat's Strategic Plan for 2020-2023, which was approved and adopted by Member States in May 2019 during the first session of the UN-Habitat Assembly, the organization's main decision-making body. This document provides a detailed analysis of how sustainable urbanization links directly to, and helps achieve, overall sustainable development. It is also a commitment and strategy for how the agency, using its normative/operational mandate and focal point role, will contribute to Agenda 2030 and SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Sendai framework and other global development agendas, and will accelerated progress in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda (NUA). It particularly addresses the pledge in the 2030 Agenda "to leave no one behind".
The overall vision is "A better quality of life for all in an urbanizing world".
The mission is that "UN-Habitat promotes transformative change in cities and human settlements through knowledge, policy advice, technical assistance and collaborative action to leave no one and no place behind."
The overall strategic objective is "Sustainable urbanization is advanced as a driver of development and peace , to improve living conditions for all."
A host of persistent and new development problems have been identified by this intervention, including extreme poverty, socioeconomic inequality, slums, social exclusion and marginalization, gender-based discrimination, humanitarian crises, conflict, air pollution, climate change and high unemployment, all of which are increasingly concentrated in urban areas. At the end of the intervention, UN-Habitat intends to realise the following changes:
1. Reduced spatial inequality and poverty in communities across the urban-rural continuum (Domain of Change 1) through
- Increased and equal access to basic services, sustainable mobility, and public space;
- Increased and secure access to land, and adequate and affordable housing; and
- Effective settlements growth and regeneration.
2. Enhanced shared prosperity for cities and regions (Domain of Change 2) through
- Improved spatial connectivity and productivity of cities and regions;
- Increased and equitably distributed locally generated revenues; and
- Expanded deployment of frontier technologies and innovations for urban development.
3. Strengthened climate action and improved urban environment (Domain of Change 3) through
- Reduced greenhouse emissions and improved air quality;
- Improved resource efficiency and protection of ecological assets; and
- Effective adaptation of communities and infrastructure to climate change.
4. Effective urban crisis prevention and response (Domain of Change 4) through
- Enhanced social cohesion and inclusive planning for conflict prevention and recovery;
- Improved living standards and inclusion of migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons and returnees through effective crisis response and recovery; and
- Enhanced resilience of the built environment and infrastructure.
The cross-cutting thematic areas are: Resilience and Safety. The social inclusion issues are: Human rights; Gender; Children, youth, and older persons; and Disability.
An additional organisational outcome is UN-Habitat as a global Centre of Excellence and Innovation for urbanisation issues. UN-Habitat aspires to increase its presence as a global actor in "setting the global discourse and agenda on sustainable urban development, driving political discussion, generating specialised and cutting-edge knowledge, shaping technical norms, principles and standards, and acting as a multiplier in the exchange of knowledge, experience and best practice in getting cities and other human settlements right".
Working through the urban spectrum assumes that UN-Habitat will engage with, affect and impact on a very broad range of actors. UN-Habitat has what is known as Habitat Agenda Partners (HAPs) which groups stakeholders around 15 different partner constituency groups and facilitate engagement at policy, strategy, program and project levels. In a sense, all will benefit from the successful implementation of the strategic plan. However, the main stakeholders whose situation will improve for the better if the program outcomes are achieved, and who will benefit from access to norms, tools and increased capacity development are primarily: national governments, local and sub-national authorities, civil society organisations, grassroot organisations (including organised groups of the urban poor), and urban communities, particularly their women, children and youth.
In addition to the support to the Strategic Plan, the Sida PCA will have two more specific components:
Support to land rights and secure tenure issues, implemented through the Global Land Tool Network program
GLTN was formed by UN-Habitat and a network of partners in 2006, with seed and development funding from Sweden and Norway. The objective is to overcome the challenges and obstacles in delivering land tenure security at scale and to fill critical gaps in land governance and administration approaches, tools and systems. Today, GLTN is a UN-Habitat program that provides a dynamic multi-stakeholder alliance of more than 85 land institutions and actors committed to increasing access to land and tenure security for all, with a focus on the poor and women. GLTN uses an inclusive approach to the development of land tools, builds knowledge on land tenure and broader development outcomes, and develops the capacity of land actors to use the tools.
GLTN has a program strategy for 2018-2030 and is implementing its 3rd phase during 2019-2023. The program objective - "improved tenure security" - directly contributes to all domains of change in the UN-Habitat strategic plan, and specifically the outcome area on "Increased and secure access to land and adequate and affordable housing". Through this PCA, Sida intends to continue to support GLTN core program activities which will help enable scaling up its work at country level. In addition to delivering improved land tenure in countries such as Zambia, Uganda, DRC, Nepal, etc., GLTN has contributed to greater consistency in the use of land tenure concepts and approaches by the international land community. It is contributing to monitoring 12 indicators of the SDGs related to land, land indicators of the NUA, and in pursuance of the guidance note of the UN Secretary-General on land and conflict.
Support to UN-Habitat's COVID-19 Response Plan
UN-Habitat recently shared its COVID-19 Response Plan with Member States and a range of partners as well as launched its COVID-19 Campaign. The response plan focuses on three main thematic areas of action: i) supporting local governments and community-driven solutions in informal settlements; ii) providing urban data mapping and knowledge for informed, evidence-based, decision-making, and iii) mitigating economic impact and initiating recovery and longer term policy change to build greater resilience. Sida assesses that UN-Habitat's planning and development approach will complement the humanitarian activities of other actors. At the moment, many humanitarian actors are unable to reach slum settlements or work with slum communities. UN-Habitat, together with its local networks, will facilitate the inclusion of slums in city-level responses.
The PCA with UN-Habitat is relevant to the Swedish strategy for globally sustainable environment, climate and oceans 2018-2022. It will contribute to the specific outcome areas on "Environmentally sustainable cities and communities" and "Increased access to basic social services and housing for people living in poverty in urban areas".
The PCA is also relevant to the Swedish strategy for global development cooperation on sustainable economic development 2018 2022, specifically the outcome areas on "Strengthened ownership and tenure rights for land and natural resources", "Strengthened women's economic empowerment"and "More effective domestic resource mobilization, increased financial stability and counteracting corruption".
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Emergency and Early Recovery on protection, food security and livelihoods, health and education of vulnerable population in Syria Intervento di emergenza ed early recovery nei settori della protezione, sicurezza alimentare e livelihoods, salute e istruzione in Siria The Program seeks to: i) provide life-saving and life-sustaining humanitarian assistance; ii) enhance the prevention and mitigation of protection risks, and support the protective environment in Syria; iii) improve access to livelihood opportunities and basic services to the IDPS and most vulnerable households and communities in the education, health and food security and livelihoods sectors . In particular the program aimed to improve Rehabilitation activities and strengthening of basic health services, first aid services, reproductive health services, maternal and child health services and paediatric services; Il Programma mira a: i) fornire assistenza umanitaria salvavita e di sostegno alla vita; ii) migliorare la prevenzione e la mitigazione dei rischi di protezione e sostenere l'ambiente protettivo in Siria; iii) migliorare l'accesso alle opportunità di sostentamento e ai servizi di base per le famiglie e le comunità più vulnerabili nei settori dell'istruzione, della salute e della sicurezza alimentare e dei mezzi di sussistenza. IL programma inlcude azioni su empowerment economico delle donne e PSEAH.
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DRC crisis 2021 - MPTFO CBPF 2021-2023 De humanitära landfonderna, Country Based Pooled Funds, härefter CBPFs, är en av de viktigaste kanalerna för snabba och effektiva humanitära insatser baserade på de humanitära principerna. Därför föreslås att Sida under 2021 bidrar till finansieringen i 16 CBPFs i länder med stora humanitära och komplexa behov.
CBPF’s främsta mervärde är att säkerställa ett effektivt humanitärt stöd genom att fonderna är landbaserade. CBPF gör det möjligt att möta humanitära behov med en hög grad av kunskap om de lokal förhållandena och ger de som finns närmast kriserna inflytande över prioriteringar och beslut.
Fonderna stärker också den humanitära samordningen genom att de har som strategiskt mål att säkerställa genomförandet av den humanitära responsplanen (HRP). Den humanitära samordnaren, som beslutar om insatser som finansieras genom fonden, kan därmed rikta finansiering till kritiska insatser inom HRP.
Den humanitära samordnaren kan också när som helst rikta humanitär finansiering till plötsligt uppkomna kriser eller snabbt försämrade kriser, genom den snabba finansieringsmekanismen ”Emergency Reserve Allocation”. CBPFs har dessutom goda möjligheter att nå de aktörer som har bäst förutsättningar att genomföra effektiva insatser. De lokala aktörerna har förutom den lokala expertisen som behövs ofta också tillträde till områden som inte är tillgängliga för internationella aktörer. Under 2020 fördelade CBPF 28 % av finansieringen direkt till lokala aktörer och i vissa länder tilldelas lokala partners upp till 50 %.
Dessutom arbetar CBPF med att säkerställa att olika behov och hinder bland kvinnor och män, flickor och pojkar tas i beaktning genom att främja jämställdhetsanalyser och integrerering av jämställdhet i alla projekt. Inom CBPF finns en arbetsgrupp som säkerställer inkludering av människor med funktionsnedsättning i samtliga CBPF-processer och allokeringar. Vissa insatser som fonderna finansierar syftar till att stärka människors motståndskraft mot framtida kriser, även om detta inte är det huvudsakliga målet med fondernas verksamhet.
OCHA är en central aktör i det humanitära systemet och har därmed god förståelse för de humanitära kontexterna, vilket inkluderar kunskap om konflikters dynamik och grundorsaker. Fonderna kräver av alla projekt att påvisa förståelse för kontexten och de humanitära konsekvenserna för projektdeltagarna baserat på en multi-sektoriell behovsbedömning, vilket inkluderar do-no-harm.
Sida har bidragit till de humanitära landfonderna sedan den allra första fonden inrättades i Angola 1999. Sedan dess har Sida varit en av de största givarna till CBPF. Under 2020 fick CBPF’s globalt 863 miljoner USD i finansiellt bidrag för att möta humanitära behov i 18 länder.
CBPF’s finansierar humanitära insatser som genomförs av FN, icke-statliga organisationer samt Röda korset / Röda halvmånen. Under åren har CBPF’s ökat sin finansiering till lokala aktörer. Idag uppgår finansieringen till lokala aktörer till 28% vilket är en betydande ökning från endast 11% år 2014.
CBPF’s förvaltas lokalt av FN: s kontor för samordning av humanitära frågor (UN OCHA) under ledning av den humanitära samordnaren och i samråd med det humanitära landteamet. Varje fond har en rådgivande styrelse (Advisory Board, AB) som ger råd om viktiga beslut och säkerställer en effektiv förvaltning av fonderna. Den dagliga förvaltningen sköts av en chef för varje landfond samt operationell- och finansiell personal. På global nivå finns arbetsgruppen ”Pooled Funding Working Group (PFWG)”, där nyckelintressenter så som givare, FN och NGOs finns representerade. I PFWG förs strategiska diskussioner kring CBPF’s. Sida has supported the CBPFs since the establishment of the very first fund in Angola, already back in 1999. Since then, Sida has been one of the largest donors to the CBPFs. During 2019, the CBPFs received 956 million USD in financial contributions to respond to humanitarian needs in 18 countries.
The CBPFs fund UN, NGOs and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Society. During the years, the CBPFs has increased its funding to local actors. In 2014 they reached 11% with direct funding, compared to todays 31 %.
CBPFs are locally managed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) under the leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator and in consultation with the humanitarian community. Advisory Boards oversee the Funds, providing advice on key decisions, and ensuring efficient and effective management. The daily management of the funds is overseen by a Fund Manager, monitoring officers and financial officers. At the global level, the Pooled Fund Working Group brings together key stakeholders (representing donors, NGOs and UN agencies) to provide policy guidance.
The main value added of the CBPF will be ensuring an efficient humanitarian response due to the specific strengths the fund entails:
1) Proximity to the response: The CBPFs aims to address humanitarian needs through a structure with high degree of local expertise of both the humanitarian situation and the humanitarian actors on the ground.
2) Humanitarian Coordination: The CBPF has a strategic objective of ensuring the implementation of the Humanitarian Response Plan and its various components/ programmes. The Humanitarian Coordinator can hence direct funding to critical components in the HRP that are underfunded. The Humanitarian Coordinator can also at any time direct humanitarian funding to sudden onset emergencies or quickly deteriorating crises, through the quick funding mechanism called “Emergency Reserve”. The overall coordination is naturally strengthened by the fact that the ultimate authority of the mandate lies with the Humanitarian Coordinator who is the overall coordinator of the UN lead humanitarian response in any given country.
3) Reach the best placed actors, which in many cases are local actors who has the expertise and humanitarian access. The CBPF can support local actors in responding to the humanitarian needs. This has been particularly useful when local actors have shown to have the local expertise needed to adequately formulate smaller local responses and also having humanitarian access to areas not accessible by international actors. During 2019, the CBPF allocated 25% directly to local actors and in some countries up to 50% is allocated directly to local partners.
Moreover, the CBPFs aim to ensure that projects consider the specific needs and constraints faced by women, girls, boys and men. The CBPFs do so by promoting sound gender analysis and gender integration in all projects. The Pooled Fund Disability Inclusion Contact Group composed of independent experts advise on how to improve the funds' work with people with disabilities. This is to ensure that disability inclusion is taken into account in all CBPF processes. Some of the funded projects aim to strengthen resilience of affected population, although this is not the main objective of the contribution.
OCHA as a central actor in the humanitarian system has a good understanding of the contexts OCHA and the CBPFs work in, including good understanding of the conflict, power dynamics, root causes and drivers of conflict. At CBPF level there is a mandatory part in the project template that implementing partners needs to show an understanding of the context and analyse the humanitarian consequences for the beneficiaries, including do-no-harm, based on multi-sectoral needs assessments. The United Nations Humanitarian Reform initiative (2005) and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Transformative Agenda (2012) put increased emphasis on humanitarian financing as a critical component towards resourcing principled humanitarian action in a predictable and consistent manner. More specifically, the IASC Transformative Agenda focuses on improving the timeliness and effectiveness of the collective humanitarian response through stronger leadership, more effective coordination structures, and improved accountability. In this context, CBPFs provide a link between the pillars of the Transformative Agenda and humanitarian activities on the ground by supporting humanitarian response planning, mobilizing resources, promoting accountability and serving as a vehicle for setting strategic funding priorities for coordinated humanitarian action. The CBPFs are instrumental in delivering OCHAs mandate to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors.
CBPFs are guided by the fundamental humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence. CBPFs are also in line with recognized international standards as determined by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) and humanitarian financing principles as codified under the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) Initiative.
The CBPFs allocate funding based on identified humanitarian needs and priorities at the country level in line with the Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC). Allocations go to UN agencies, national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Red Cross/Red Crescent organizations. To avoid duplication and ensure a complementary use of available CBPF funding, allocations are made taking into account other funding sources, including bilateral contributions. In addition to the fundamental humanitarian principles that guide CBPFs and all humanitarian action, CBPFs are grounded in four specific principles that underpin their functioning:
1) Inclusiveness: A broad range of humanitarian partner organizations (UN agencies and NGOs) participates in CBPF processes and receive funding to implement projects addressing identified priority needs.
2) Flexibility: The programmatic focus and funding priorities of CBPFs are set at the country level and may shift rapidly, especially in volatile humanitarian contexts. CBPFs are able to adapt rapidly to changing priorities and allow humanitarian partners to identify appropriate solutions to address humanitarian needs in the most effective way.
3) Timeliness: CBPFs allocate funds and save lives as humanitarian needs emerge or escalate.
4) Efficiency: Management of all processes related to CBPFs enables timely and strategic responses to identified humanitarian needs. CBPFs seek to employ effective disbursement mechanisms, minimizing transaction costs while operating in a transparent and accountable manner.
Together with these principles, CBPFs have three expected outcomes:
1) Improve effectiveness of the humanitarian response by directing funding towards priority humanitarian needs. Priority needs are identified through an inclusive and participatory process, which includes national actors (e.g. NGOs).
2) Strengthen the leadership of the HC, while leveraging his/her humanitarian coordination role.
3) Mobilize resources and support coordination in support of the humanitarian planning framework (HRP/HPC).
These outcomes lead to the overall operational impact of CBPFs, i.e., the provision of timely, coordinated, principled assistance to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain human dignity.
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ILO Entrepreneurship & Skills Development through Green enterPRIZE 2017-2020 - Entrepreneurship & Skills Development through the Green enterPRIZE ILO Entreprenörskap och kompetensutveckling genom Green EnterPRIZE 2017-2000 ILO har inkommit med projektförslaget "Green enterPRIZE Innovation & Development in Zimbabwe". Den föreslagna insatsen relaterar till resultatområde 3.1 -Förbättrade möjligheter till hållbar försörjning med fokus på hållbar livsmedelssäkerhet, produktiv sysselsättning med anständiga arbetsförhållanden, särskilt för kvinnor och ungdomar, i strategin för Sveriges utvecklingssamarbete med Zimbabwe 2017-2021. Det övergripande målet med strategin lägger tonvikt på hållbar försörjning och en hållbar utveckling ur ett miljö- och klimatperspektiv.
Insatsen knyter an till flertalet av FNs globala mål för en hållbar utveckling. Framförallt är insatsen förankrad i mål 8 (inkluderande och långsiktig hållbar ekonomisk tillväxt, full och produktiv sysselsättning med anständiga arbetsvillkor för alla) men relaterar även till mål 1 (avskaffa all form av fattigdom överallt), mål 12 (främja hållbara konsumtions- och produktionsmönster) och mål 5 (uppnå jämställdhet, och alla kvinnors och flickors egenmakt). Andra globala mål som insatsen är i linje med är mål 7 (hållbar energi för alla), mål 9 (hållbar industri, innovationer och infrastruktur), mål 11 (hållbara städer och samhällen) och mål 13 (bekämpa klimatförändringen).
Syftet med insatsen är att bidra till att små och medelstora företag växer och skapar fler och bättre jobb för kvinnor och män genom jämställdhetsutveckling och hållbara företag. Tre andra målsättningar insatsen har är (1) ökat antal unga män och kvinnor som med gröna tekniska kunskaper och entreprenörsförmåga startar ekonomisk verksamhet, (2) ökad tillgång till affärsutvecklingstjänster som syftar stärka verksamheten för mikro-, små- och medelstora företag (MSME) inriktade på grön innovation och tillväxt, (3) Grönare förvaltningspraxis och förbättrad jämställdhet och samarbete på arbetsplatsen hos små och medelstora företag.
Den föreslagna insatsen relaterar bra till den nuvarande kontexten i Zimbabwe, med en stigande fattigdom, hög arbetslöshet och brist på anständig och produktiv sysselsättning. Arbetslösheten är särskilt stor bland ungdomar, och i synnerhet bland unga kvinnor. Majoriteten av de unga människor som går ut gymnasiet och högskola är inriktade på att arbeta inom den formella sektorn. Dock är det endast ett fåtal som erbjuds formell anställning på grund av den svaga ekonomi som råder. Avindustrialiseringen tillsammans med den ökade nedläggningen av företag, har resulterat i en bred men stillastående sektor för små och medelstora företag som i stor utsträckning är informell. Den hårda makroekonomiska miljön som råder påverkar främst de små och medelstora företag, som på grund av deras storlek är mer sårbara.
Den zimbabwiska ekonomin är, precis som många andra utvecklingslängders, övervägande brun. Ekonomin är bland annat påverkad av föroreningar, dålig avfallshantering, avskogning, markförstöring, bränder, tjuvjakt och förlust av biologisk mångfald. Det saknas en medvetenhet, kapacitet och lagstiftningsramar som möjliggör en övergång från en brun till en grön ekonomi. Utan ökad kunskap och lämpliga investeringar kommer den zimbabwiska ekonomin sannolikt att fortsätta att göra billiga, snäva och kortsiktiga investeringar, vilka sett ur långsiktigt perspektiv är enormt dyra och ohållbara.
Det 3-åriga projektförslaget på 28.5 miljoner SEK är i linje med Zimbabwes nationella ansträngningar, så som the Zimbabwe National Budget Statement 2016, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Monetary Policy Statement 2016, the Zimbabwe National Financial Inclusion Strategy 2016 - 2020, ZIMASSET (vilken framhäver små och medelstora företags betydelse i en utvecklande ekonomi), the National Climate Change Response Strategy, samt utkastet för Solid Waste Management Plan som tar itu med frågor som föroreningar, avfallshantering och motståndskraft mot klimatförändringar. Ambassaden bistår med 26.5 miljoner SEK. De resterande två miljoner SEK bidrar ILO med.
Den föreslagna insatsen är relevant och det är värt att investera tid och resurser för att bedöma eventuellt stöd. International Labour Organisation (ILO) has applied to Sida for funding of 26 million SEK to carry out the " ILO Green enterPRIZE Innovation & Development in Zimbabwe" during the period November 2017 - October 2020 (36 months).
The intervention's overall objective is to 'contribute to SMEs growing and creating more & better jobs for women and men through gender equal skills development and sustainable Enterprises'. It has three immediate objectives, namely; (1) Increased number of young men and women with green technical and entrepreneurial skills start economic activities in the green economy, (2) Innovative green and growth oriented male and female owned micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) access financial and non-financial business development services and grow their businesses and (3) SMEs have greener management practices and improved gender equality and work place cooperation.
ILO will liaise closely with Stimulus, a local non-profit business mentorship/incubation outfit and the Business Council for Sustainable Development of Zimbabwe (BCSDZ), an affiliate of World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Stimulus will help the project incorporate young women entrepreneurs, while BCSDZ will be a good link to the business sector to implement the ‘Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE)’ program of converting brown business operations to green.
The intervention’s total budget is 28.5 million SEK, out of which the Organization’s own funding is approximately 2 million SEK (313 475 USD) - 9,2% of total budget. The intervention is also expected to mobilise corporate support for the enterprise challenge. The Green EnterPRIZE Innovation and Development in Zimbabwe Project 2017 - 2020's overall objective is to contribute to Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) growth and creation of more and better jobs for women and men through gender equal skills development and sustainable Enterprises.
The intervention has three immediate objectives, namely:
(1) Increased number of young men and women with green technical and entrepreneurial skills start economic activities in the green economy;
(2) Innovative green and growth-oriented male and female owned micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) access financial and non-financial business development services and grow their businesses; and
(3) SMEs have greener management practices and improved gender equality and work place cooperation.
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Reso Climat Phase 2 Reso Climat Mali Phase 2 - Technical assistance Mali-Folkecenter on behalf of Reso Climat has applied to the Embassy's for funding of 42,5 MSEK to carry-out the project "Local Sustainable Adaptation Initiatives to the effects of climate change for vulnerable rural communities in Mali Climate Change Adaptation Initiatives (PIL-ADCC)" during the period 2015-2018.
The intervention aims at improving the living conditions of rural communities in Mali by 1) strengthening
the resilience of rural communities and 2) better supporting resilience issues in the municipalities covered by the programme. Mali-Folkecenter Nyetaa (MFC) will implement the intervention together with the members of Reso Climat Mali (RCM).
Of the total budget of 44,8 MSEK, the Embassy will withhold 2,3 MSEK for the monitoring consultant (maximum 1,2 MSEK), a sytem-based audit (maximum 100 000 SEK) and a final external evaluation (1 MSEK). 42,5 MSEK will be forwarded to the cooperation partner. The intervention is supported solely by Sweden and it is planned that MFC will forward funds to the members of Reso Climat Mali upon call for proposals and a selection process according to the project document. Insatsen syftar till att förbättra levnadsvillkoren för samhällen på landsbygden i Mali genom att 1) stärka deras motståndskraft och 2) förbättra arbetet med motståndskraft i de kommuner som täcks av programmet.
Mali-Folkecenter Nyetaa (MFC) kommer genomföra insatsen tillsammans med Reso Climat Malis (RCM) medlemsorganisationer.
Mali-Folkecenter har för Reso Climat:s räkning inkommit med en ansökan till ambassaden gällande en finansiering om 42,5 MSEK för att genomföra "Local sustainable adaptation initiatives to the effects of climate change for vulnerable rural communities in Mali (PIL-ADCC)” under perioden 2015-2018.
Av insatsens totala budget om 44,8 MSEK, kommer ambassaden att kvarhålla 2,3 MSEK för en uppföljningskonsult (max 1,2 MSEK), en systemrevision (max 100 000 SEK) och en slututvärdering (1 MSEK). Insatsen finansieras helt av Sverige och MFC planerar att vidareförmedla medel till Reso Climat Malis medlemmar.
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Sudan 2022 - Save the Children Sweden HUM Project 2021-2025 During 2020, Sida's Unit for Humanitarian Assistance conducted an overview of ongoing strategic partnerships in order to ensure that partnerships were established with the most relevant and effective humanitarian actors to carry out Sida's Humanitarian Strategy. As a result of the overview, Sida has decided to appraise a new contribution and enter into a new strategic partnership agreement with Save the Children Sweden (SCS) for the period 2021-2025 (see archive number 2021-000057).
The total initial contribution to SCS in 2024 amounts to SEK 97 317 333.
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
1. Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
2. Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
3. Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
One of the main comparative advantages of Save the Children is its competence in addressing protection-related concerns. For this reason, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected Breakthrough particularly central for its interventions during the agreement period.
Finally, in addition to these three Breakthroughs, the proposed contribution also aligns with Sweden's newly adopted "Strategy for Sweden’s humanitarian assistance provided through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) 2021–2025". Detta beslut och tillhörande beredning avser en ny insats (Beslut om insats, Insatshanteringsregeln 2.9 §) mellan Sida och Rädda Barnens Riksförbund (Rädda Barnen) för avtalsperioden 2021-2025. Beslut och tillhörande beredningar avser dessutom stöd till Rädda Barnens humanitära verksamhet under 2021-2024 (stöd för avtalsåren 2025 är avhängligt Sidas godkännande av Rädda Barnens fullständiga ansökan för respektive år enligt att-satserna ovan).
Aktuellt beslut omfattar finansiellt stöd till Rädda Barnen om 97 317 333 SEK under 2024.
Målet med insatsen (2021-2025) är att bidra till tre "Förändringar" (Breakthroughs) som identifierats inom Save the Children-rörelsen som del av dess vision för 2030. Dessa är att barn ska:
1. Överleva - inga barn dör av orsaker som kan förebyggas innan de fyllt fem år.
2. Lära - alla barn får del av kvalitativ grundläggande utbildning.
3. Vara skyddade - våld mot barn tolereras inte längre.
I ljuset av Sveriges "Strategi för Sveriges humanitära bistånd genom Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete (Sida) 2021-2025" kommer särskilt den tredje Förändringen - vara skyddade - att vara central, eftersom ett av strategins huvudmål är "Förbättrad förmåga att tillgodose skydd och assistans för krisdrabbade människor". Rädda Barnen kommer dessutom i hög utsträckning att integrera skyddskomponenter i sin multisektoriella assistans inom ramen för insatsens tema "Centrality of Protection". Detta tema syftar till att på ett holistiskt sätt minska skyddsrelaterade risker och svara upp mot skyddsrelaterade behov hos barn i kombination med andra projektkomponenter, snarare än att betrakta skydd som isolerat från andra delmål. Vision, Humanitarian Policy and Humanitarian Plan
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
For the upcoming agreement period 2021-2025, SCS has identified several aims under each breakthrough that it seeks to promote with Sida's humanitarian funding.
All Country Offices within Save the Children are to be held accountable for their contribution to the Breakthroughs through a combination of programming, promotion, advocacy, funding and public mobilization. This is assessed to require integrated expertise in health, nutrition, education, child protection, child poverty and child rights governance. The work will be undertaken by SCS as part of both its development and humanitarian programming.
The humanitarian sphere of work related to the Breakthroughs is anchored in the Save the Children movement's Humanitarian Policy - Our Approach to Humanitarian Action, adopted in 2019. It stipulates that Save the Children aims to deliver humanitarian assistance that is timely, appropriate, effective and accountable to the most vulnerable children, their families and communities. Furthermore, during 2021, the work is guided in particular by its Humanitarian Plan 2021 - Children Cannot Wait. The plan is structured around four pillars, of which the first three align with the three strategic Breakthroughs: Child Survival, Access to Education, and Child Protection. The fourth pillar is Avoid Negative Coping Mechanisms, which sets out the aim for Save the Children to promote increased income opportunities, CVA for basic needs, in-kind food when CVA is not appropriate, as well as government social protection schemes. The overarching ambition of the Plan is for Save the Children to respond to the humanitarian needs of 15.7 million people, including 9.4 million children, in 2021.
Finally, to achieve the Breakthroughs, Save the Children emphasizes the importance of standards in its programming. For this reason, its Humanitarian Policy commits the organization to ensure that its programming consistently aligns with and integrates the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), the Sphere standards, the Inter- Agency Network for Education In Emergencies (INEE) minimum standards, and the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS).
Centrality of Protection
In 2019, a Centrality of Protection policy and strategy was endorsed in line with the Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) Principles Statement on the Centrality of Protection in Humanitarian Action (2013). Through the statement, protection became recognized as the purpose and intended outcome of humanitarian action. For Save the Children, the commitment to Centrality of Protection is built around six policy statements:
1. Ensure capacity of humanitarian staff to understand, recognise and respond to violations of International Humanitarian Law/International Human Rights Law/International Refugee Law/International Criminal Law and uphold humanitarian principles in humanitarian crises.
2. Adopt a conflict-sensitive approach to the centrality of protection.
3. Systematize the approach to child protection analysis and integration in humanitarian crises.
4. Commit to the identification, response, monitoring and reporting of grave and other serious child rights violations.
5. Define the organizational position and develop an appropriate response when identifying the erosion of the international legal framework for upholding child rights in humanitarian contexts.
6. Strengthen interagency collaboration, including as a Cluster Lead agency, and use that to promote child rights within the humanitarian protection architecture.
For SCS's Sida-funded Humanitarian Program 2021-2025, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected breakthrough particularly central for its interventions. It would entail a broader conceptualization of protection than during the agreement period 2017-2020, which had the thematic frame Children and Armed Conflict, with a specific focus on Protecting Children in Conflict. The key difference would be moving beyond preventing protection risks faced by children through child protection-focused interventions, towards integrating the mitigation of protection risks into all SCS's sectors of work whenever relevant. The ambition is to promote a more comprehensive and holistic approach to addressing child protection concerns in contrast to doing so in isolation.
Initial Allocation 2021
In alignment with Save the Children's ambitions related to its Vision for 2030 and the three strategic Breakthroughs, its Humanitarian Policy, its Humanitarian Plan, as well as Sida's Humanitarian Strategy, SCS has submitted a Full Project Proposal to Sida for 2021. Sida has reviewed these proposals and drawn the conclusion that they align well with the abovementioned priorities as well as the proposed Centrality of Protection thematic frame. Below, a short description is provided for the proposed projects to be supported by Sida as part of the initial allocation 2021. The activity period for each project is 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022, which corresponds to the 2021 work year.
I. Annual Projects (in line with the most recent Humanitarian Response Plans)
Iraq - SEK 15,000,000
Three years after the end of Iraq’s conflict against ISIS, the impacts of fighting remain high. In 2020, more than 4.1 million people were in need of some form of humanitarian assistance, and it is estimated that over 2.3. million individuals will be in need of protection services in 2021. Moreover, 1.3 million people are estimated to be internally displaced, many of whom facing additional vulnerabilities as a result of the Government of Iraq's announcement in October 2020 that all camps and informal locations for Internally Displaced People (IDP) are to be closed.
Save the Children has significant experience of addressing humanitarian needs in Iraq. In their activities, they include capacity strengthening for the Department of Labour and Social Affairs and other local actors working with child protection-related issues. Furthermore, Save the Children has a strong localization focus, with 40 % of the funds designated for the proposed intervention planned for to be forwarded to the three local implementing partners: Harikar; Al Sorouh for Sustainable Development Foundation; and Sahara Economic Development Organization.
Save the Children has previously reported good results from their interventions in Iraq and has contributed to the reduction of protection risks that vulnerable girls and boys and their caregivers face. Moreover, Save the Children is co-lead in the Child Protection sub-cluster and has a role to play in the future transition to development interventions in this area of work.
The project would be implemented in Ninewa (Mosul), Diyala (Mugidadia) and Dohuk (Sakho) with IDPs, recent returnees and vulnerable host communities as the targeted groups. The overall objective is to support the most vulnerable conflict-affected and displaced to survive and be protected through integrated protection, mental health and psychosocial support services, livelihoods and health actions. In alignment with the three Strategic Objectives of the draft HRP for 2021, this would be done by, inter alia, providing case management and positive parenting support services (benefitting 3,420 children and youth), multipurpose cash grants (1,320 children and 660 adults), life skills trainings (300 youth), promoting health awareness (3,000 children and 10,000 community members) and capacitating local actors to lead protection-oriented responses (520 persons).
Mali - SEK 7,000,000
Of the estimated 13.5 million crisis-affected Malians, around 7.1 million are projected to be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2021 - an increase of 39 percent compared to 2020. Of these people, 3.5 million are estimated to be children. The worst affected region is Mopti, where approximately 42 % of the country's 311,193 IDPs reside (55 % of whom are women), food insecurity is pervasive and severe protection risks exist. The dire situation is mainly a result of different types of ongoing armed violence, but is compounded by poverty, weak state presence and climate change.
In alignment with the first three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 HRP, the proposed intervention targets 8,940 people living in Koro and Bankass circles in Mopti region (4,700 children and 3,790 adults). It is an integrated protection intervention with a strong focus on promoting sustained outcomes. The objective is to restore the psychosocial well-being and addressing the basic needs of populations affected by the armed violence as well as to strengthen the protective environment in the region. This would be done through the provision of protection and education services, cash assistance during the lean season, and the implementation of the protection cluster's Centrality of Protection action plan.
Of the budget, 60 % is designated for direct implementation by Save the Children, and the remainder for a planned partnership with a local organization. The partner organization is yet to be identified, and Sida is currently in dialogue with SCS related to this risk and potential contingency planning.
Capacity building and material support is also planned for to local state actors and community groups for them to sustain the protection support structure in Mopti following the finalization of the project. This includes developing an exit plan to be implemented during the last three months of the project (January to March 2022).
Mozambique - SEK 6,000,000
Ever since cyclone Kenneth struck the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique in April 2019 causing widespread destruction, humanitarian needs have continued to increase. The main reason for this has been the parallel escalation of an armed conflict in the province that dawned in 2017. Between March and November 2020 alone, the number of IDPs quadrupled from around 110,400 to nearly 530,000. In total, over 1.3 million people are projected to be in need of humanitarian support in the province during 2021.
Sida has provided support to Save the Children for responding to humanitarian needs in Cabo Delgado since cyclone Kenneth in 2019 and is diversifying its partner portfolio from 2021. The proposed support for Save the Children aligns specifically with the third strategic objective of the 2021 HRP - addressing protection risks and needs of crisis-affected people. As such, it is foremostly a focused rather than an integrated intervention, and targets 33,346 people (13,338 children) in the districts of Chuire, Metuge, Montepuez and Pemba.
The intervention is planned for to be implemented in partnership with CARE International throught he COSACA consortium, which has been operating in Mozambique since 2007. It is focused around two Outcomes: child protection (led by Save the Children) and gender-based violence (led by CARE International. The overarching aim is to ensure crisis-affected people are protected and better able to withstand protection risks of current and future crises. Activities include case management support for unaccompanied and separated children as well as children exposed to Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and the provision of Psychosocial Support Services at Child Friendly Spaces.
South Sudan - SEK 10,000,000
In South Sudan, approximately 80 % of the population of 11.8 million live on less than USD 1 per day, with an estimated 8.3 million to be in need of humanitarian assistance and 7.7 million to experience food insecurity (IPC 3 or worse). One of the worst affected states is Jonglei where the armed conflict intensified in 2020, and where needs were compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as floods. The latter in particular, and volatile weather and climate change in general, pose significant threats to many South Sudanese as the majority of the population rely on subsistence farming.
The objective of the proposed intervention is to improve food and income security of crisis affected people - including IDPs - in Bor South and Nyirol Counties of Jonglei State. The total number of people targeted is 52,183. The intervention would be integrated with an ongoing education project with the aim of building a safe and protective environment for children, which is currently receiving development support from Sida. This would foremostly be done by preventing dropout rates through cash assistance and livelihoods trainings, and by meeting nutritional needs of children under the age of five in order to prevent them from suffering physical or cognitive damages ahead of enrolling in school. The humanitarian project would be multisectoral - food security and livelihood, nutrition, child protection, mental health and psychosocial support, and with indirect links to education.
The project would contribute to the three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 South Sudan HRP: reducing morbidity and mortality; facilitating safe, equitable and dignified access to basic services; and enabling vulnerable people to recover from crisis, seek solutions to displacement and build resilience to acute shocks and chronic stresses. Save the Children would partner with the local organization Christian Recovery and Development Agency (CRADA) in Nyirol for part of the food security and livelihood component, and cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, County Health Department, and Ministry of Gender.
Syria - SEK 10,000,000
About to enter its tenth year, the war in Syria has devastated the country, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to live in overcrowded camps with insufficient services and imminent protection risks. In two of these camps located in northeast Syria - Al Hol and Roj - over 64,400 people live. In Al Hol, 94 % of the residents are women and children, and 53 % are below the age of 12. Around 60 % of children are not receiving education, with Covid-19 having further exacerbated this situation. In Roj, 64 % of the residents are below 18 years old, many similarly missing out on education opportunities.
A barrier analysis conducted by Save the Children in mid-2020 indicated lacking access to services as a major concern, in particular for vulnerable groups such as girls and children with disabilities. The proposed intervention would address this issue through the provision of integrated protection, mental health, psychosocial, and education support reaching a targeted 1,700 children, 140 caregivers and 22 education facilitators. Activities include providing case management and psychosocial support services, making referrals, supporting child protection committees and promoting protective education opportunities.
The intervention would contribute specifically to Strategic Objective 2 - enhance protection and Strategic Objective 3 - increase resilience and access to services, of the 2020 HRP for Syria, published in late 2020. Being one of few NGOs with access to operate in the camps, Save the Children would be conducting all implementation, while seeking to advocate with camp authorities on child-related issues and strengthen community structures such as child protection committees and parent teachers associations to promote resilience.
Yemen - SEK 15,000,000
OCHA estimates that 24.1 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance (as of December 2020), which corresponds to around 80 % of the entire population. One of the governorates most severely affected by the war is Hajjah, with frontlines in Abs, Mustaba and Aslem where people suffer from severe deprivations and increased protection risks. In February 2019, for example, 62 % of cases of recruitment and use of children and 37 % of child casualties verified across the country were from Hajjah. In addition to the hostilities, displacement and lack of access are the main drivers of humanitarian needs, in particular food insecurity. Moreover, 5.5 million children were estimated to be in need of education assistance in 2020, with 161 schools in Hajjah unfit for use and girls being two times more likely th be withdrawn from school than boys.
The proposed support is for an integrated food security and livelihoods, child protection and education intervention to 7,800 people (no double counting) in Abs district and Hajjah city. This will be done by, inter alia, providing multipurpose cash grants to adolescents and caregivers to cover basic needs, most of whom would also receive complementary vocational training with the aim to improve their livelihoods resilience. With regards to child protection, moreover, support services would complement education efforts by targeting children attending temporary learning spaces with psychosocial support and case management when needed.
Save the Children's operations have previously suffered severely from restricted access - in 2019, merely 13 % of targeted beneficiaries for a Sida-funded project were reached in four northern provinces (including Hajjah), prompting Save the Children to shift its operations to southern Yemen in 2020. The outlook is currently that Save the Children would be able to conduct the intervention as planned for 2021, but Sida will need to engage in close dialogue with SCS during the year to ensure operations are running smoothly and that Sida is promptly informed otherwise.
Finally, Ansar Allah, largely in control of north Yemen, has been subjected to a terrorist designation by the US as of 19 January 2021. Sida, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance is therefore in close contact with its partners on the potential impact of the designation on the humanitarian situation in the country, as well as the SCS’s specific activities and presence. Moreover, a risk analysis is being developed by each partner to identify challenges and mitigation measures.
II. Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) - SEK 25,000,000
Part of the annual humanitarian budget is set aside for sudden onsets of humanitarian crises and as well as deteriorations of major ongoing ones. For these situations, Sida has a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) that makes it possible to allow for the release of disbursed (but unallocated) funds for SPOs within 24 hours in order for them to swiftly respond when humanitarian needs suddenly emerge or severely deteriorate.
SCS has been assessed by Sida to have a strong capacity to respond to sudden onset crises in complex humanitarian contexts. For this reason, it is proposed that SCS receives SEK 25 million in RRM support for 2021.
III. Capacity Building and Method Development Support
Strengthening Humanitarian Access - SEK 3,409,000
As raised above, the latest Annual Report of the UN Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict outlined an increase of 453 percent in incidents of denial of humanitarian access in 2019, representing a total of more than 4,400 incidents. In recent years, the respect for norms governing armed conflict and humanitarian action has eroded, which undermines the ability of humanitarian organizations to reach people in need of assistance and places the onus on communities themselves to ensure access to assistance and services. Moreover, access restrictions are sometimes further compounded by counterterrorism and sanction measures preventing engagement with actors that might be in partial or direct control over areas where humanitarian needs exist.
The objective of this intervention is to address these issues by strengthening access for humanitarians and communities in hard-to-reach areas. It is divided along three objectives:
1. Promote systematization of how Save the Children staff and partners engage in dialogue with armed actors. This includes providing, inter alia, capacity-building support for field workers and frontline teams in structuring their humanitarian negotiations.
2. Facilitate communities to access services. 2021 would be the first year of a two-year effort to assemble knowledge and understanding and develop guidance to promote community-led child protection. The ambition is for this to then be piloted in selected constituencies during 2022 (no such funding for year two proposed for in this Appraisal Memo).
3. Measuring the impact of denial of humanitarian access to children, including the effects of counterterrorism legislation. This would be done as a research project in partnership with Watchlist and the Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) and be used for advocacy purposes.
This proposed project aligns with several objectives of Sida's Humanitarian Strategy's, in particular "Humanitarian assistance and protection activities reach people in hard-to-reach areas" and "Humanitarian actors have safe, unhindered and sustained humanitarian access to reach crisis-affected people".
Interagency Child Protection Programming - SEK 2,184,000
In a constantly evolving humanitarian landscape there is a need to ensure humanitarian actors respond to crises with quality and reach. To this effect, humanitarian standards are central instruments. Departing from this notion, the project aims to strengthen quality, accountability and efficiency in interagency child protection programming. It is based on two components: the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS) and Cash and Voucher (CVA) assistance.
First, together with the Sphere Protection Principles, the CPMS provide for a foundation of advancing Centrality of Protection in humanitarian programming, which was incorporated in the CPMS during 2019. However, funding for child protection is limited and prioritization of Centrality of Protection across sectors is oftentimes lacking. The proposed project seeks to address this by supporting innovation and local leadership through the CPMS Innovation Fund - granting financial support to national and local actors to lead implementation of the CPMS. Moreover, advocacy is planned for at the global level on how multi-sectoral actors' commitment to the Centrality of Protection can be realized and trickle down to programming at the country level.
The second component seeks to strengthen the use and evidence base for CVA in interagency child protection programming, which in part is a continuation of activities funded by Sida in 2020. It includes (i) the finalization and dissemination of an integrated CVA and Child Protection Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment and Learning (MEAL) toolkit, (ii) undertaking a desk review on CVA for child-headed households and unaccompanied children, and (iii) finalizing guidance on conditions and capacities required to work with child protection using CVA.
This proposed project also aligns with several objectives of Sida's humanitarian Strategy's, including "Reduced risk of violence, threats and abuse for crisis-affected people", and "Increased effectiveness and efficiency of the humanitarian system in line with Grand Bargain commitments".
IV. Global Surge Deployments - SEK 800,000
In 2017, a review was undertaken of the surge structure across the Save the Children movement, which resulted in a decision to transition it from a decentralized model where surge teams were hosted by different Members, to a centralized model hosted by SCI under what is called a Global Humanitarian Surge Platform (GHSP). The purpose was to increase the quality, speed and effectiveness of the global surge capacity, reducing the complexity of deployment procedures and increasing the visibility of supply and demand of staff. The GHSP was formally established in 2019, and managed 342 deployments in 2020.
The objective of Sida's proposed support to the GHSP is to ensure that Save the Children's humanitarian responses have access to rapidly deployable skilled and experienced staff needed to deliver high quality and timely humanitarian responses. During 2021, an estimated ten deployments of four weeks respectively are expected to be funded through Sida's support.
V. Operational and Technical Support - SEK 5 000 000
This support is provided to SCS's HQ in Stockholm in order to engender high-quality management of - and compliance with - the draft Agreement during 2021. The support is divided between "Operational Support", "Thematic and Quality Support", "Grants Management & Monitoring", and "Financial Management and Donor Relations".
Sida's assessment of this support is provided in more detail in section 5.1. below.
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DIA+ Tool -Contract related to: DIA+ Tool - INTPA/G/04 - Social Inclusion and Protection, Health and Demography Contract related to: DIA+ Tool - INTPA/G/04 - Social Inclusion and Protection, Health and Demography
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ECOUTEZ-NOUS ! Participation à la vie politique et civique des personnes vivant avec handicap à travers une organisation spécialisée et autonome en RDC (Phase 2) Ce projet vise à contribuer à améliorer l'inclusion scolaire et sociale des populations vulnérables en RDC (OG). D´un côté, le projet veut promouvoir l'intégration de l'EVH dans les écoles, d´autre coté, il vise à contribuer à la réduction de la pauvreté et à la défense des droits des Personnes Vivants avec Handicap (PVH) par une implication renforcée des Organisations de la Société Civile (OSC) dans le débat politique/civique pour un développement durable et égal en RDC
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Emergency Initiative in favor of vulnerable sectors of the population living in Sudan to fosterdurable solutions with the aim of social inclusion and Iniziativa di Emergenza a favore delle fasce vulnerabili della popolazione in Sudan per favorire soluzioni durevoli ai fini dell’inclusione sociale The Initiative intends to assist internally displaced persons, refugees, communities of Sudan affected by conflicts, tribal and intercommunal clashes and natural disasters, with a Disaster Risk Reduction approach, favoring durable solutions and the social inclusion of populations in movement, with a conflict prevention perspective. The initiative will include emergency and, where necessary, first emergency interventions as integrated as possible, in order to address both the needs of the host communities and those of the populations in movement. Among the main beneficiaries of the initiative are pregnant women and mothers with children under 5 years of age, women and minors at risk of vulnerability. L'Iniziativa intende assistere gli sfollati interni, i rifugiati, le comunità del Sudan colpite da conflitti, scontri tribali e intercomunitari e disastri naturali, con un approccio di riduzione del rischio di disastri, favorendo soluzioni durature e l'inclusione sociale delle popolazioni in movimento, in un'ottica di prevenzione dei conflitti. L'iniziativa prevede interventi di emergenza e, laddove necessario, di prima emergenza il più possibile integrati, per rispondere sia alle esigenze delle comunità ospitanti che a quelle delle popolazioni in movimento. Tra i principali beneficiari dell'iniziativa ci sono donne incinte e madri con bambini sotto i 5 anni, donne e minori a rischio di vulnerabilità.
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DR Congo 2024 - UNICEF Humanitarian Support 2022-2025 Insatsen avser stöd till FN:s barnfond (UNICEF) i syfte att svara upp humanitärt. UNICEF:s arbete fokuserar på att rädda liv, minska lidande, bibehålla mänsklig värdighet och skydda rättigheter för befolkningen där det råder humanitära behov till exempel på grund av konflikt, naturkatastrofer eller hälsokriser. UNICEF spelar vidare en central roll i den humanitära responsen globalt och leder kluster inom WASH och nutrition samt leder tillsammans med Rädda Barnen utbildningsklustret. Inom skyddsklustret, leder UNICEF banskyddsklustret. Det är inte endast barn som är mottagare av humanitärt stöd utan också kvinnor och funktionshindrade individer. Inom hälsa arbetar UNICEF också t.ex. med reproduktiv, mödravård, nyfödda samt barnhälsa. Sida beviljade extra stöd till UNICEF i februari 2022 med anledning av Rysslands anfallskrig mot Ukraina. Sida har finansierat UNICEF under ”UNICEF Humanitarian Support 2018-2021”. The proposed contribution aims to support United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) humanitarian programmes globally through the UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) appeals which are in line with the UNICEF Strategic Plan for 2022-2025 and the Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) in Humanitarian Action. UNICEF’s humanitarian work is focused on interventions that saves lives, alleviates suffering, maintains human dignity and protects the rights of affected populations, wherever there are humanitarian needs due to e.g. armed conflicts, natural disasters, public health emergencies. UNICEF plays a central role in the global humanitarian response and leads the clusters of WASH and nutrition and co-leads the cluster of education. Within protection, it leads the child protection cluster. Children are not the only beneficiaries of UNICEF but also women and disabled persons, as examples. Within health, UNICEF e.g. more specifically works on Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH). In February, a major amendment to the agreement was conducted to provide UNICEF with additional funds to be able to respond to the crisis in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s aggression. Sida funded UNICEF under previous contribution ”UNICEF Humanitarian Support 2018-2021”. The Strategy Plan 2022-2025 of UNICEF applies an approach that supports programming across the humanitarian-development nexus, where it systematically applies a humanitarian lens to the theories of change underlying work on all Goal Areas, cross-cutting programmes, change strategies and enablers, and reflects UNICEF humanitarian work throughout the plan itself and in the Integrated Results and Resources Framework of the SP 2021-2025. The result areas of the SP include:
Goal Area 1: Every child, including adolescents, survives and thrives with access to nutrition diets, quality primary health care, nurturing practices and essential supplies.
a. Strengthening primary health care and high-impact health interventions.
b. Immunization services as part of primary health care.
c. Fast-track the end of HIV/AIDS.
d. Health and development in early childhood and adolescents.
e. Mental health and psychosocial well-being.
f. Nutrition in early childhood.
g. Nutrition of adolescents and women.
h. Early detection and treatment of malnutrition.
Goal Area 2: Every child, including adolescents, learns and acquires skills for the future.
a. Access to quality learning opportunities.
b. Learning, skills, participation and engagement.
Goal Area 3: Every child, including adolescents, is protected from violence, exploitation, abuse, neglect and harmful practices.
a. Protection from violence, abuse and exploitation.
b. Promotion of care, mental health and psychosocial well-being and justice.
c. Prevention of harmful practices.
Goal Area 4: Every child, including adolescents has access to safe and equitable water, sanitation and hygiene services and supplies, and lives in a safe and sustainable climate and environment.
a. Safe and equitable water, sanitation and hygiene services and practices.
b. Water, sanitation and hygiene systems and empowerment of communities.
c. Climate change, disaster risks and environmental degradation.
Goal Area 5: Every child, including adolescents, has access to inclusive social protection and lives free from poverty.
a. Reducing child poverty.
b. Access to inclusive social protection.
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EDU'KAS: Action d'appui au syst¿me EDUcatif dans la province du KASa¿ Central Contract related to: EDU'KAS: Action d'appui au syst¿me EDUcatif dans la province du KASa¿ Central - La République démocratique du Congo, pays fragile, se classe 175ème sur 189 selon l¿indice de développement humain des Nations Unies. Le pays ne réalisera pas ses objectifs de développement en lien avec les ODD 4 (Accès à une éducation de qualité), ODD5 (Egalité entre les sexes) et ODD10 (Réduction des inégalités) sans réformes profondes accompagnées par une forte mobilisation des ressources internes et des appuis extérieurs conséquents. Les cibles des objectifs de développement durable en matière d¿éducation sont loin d¿être atteintes, malgré certains progrès engrangés ces dernières années, comme l¿objectif de la gratuité de l¿éducation mis en place en 2019. Cet objectif est d¿autant plus ambitieux que de nombreuses réformes sont nécessaires, aussi bien au niveau central, intermédiaire que périphérique dans le secteur de l¿éducation et des autres secteurs contribuant au développement humain. Jusqu¿ici,en RDC, l¿UE appuie l¿éducation à travers les initiatives globales auxquelles elle contribue (Partenariat mondial pour l¿Education, l¿Initiative Education Cannot Wait), et à travers des actions dans le domaine éducatif en tant que déterminant de la santé, financées entre autres via le NDICI Global Europe à travers son programme 2021 « Unis pour la Santé et l¿Education ». Le programme « Unis pour l¿Education » est le premier entièrement dédié à l¿intervention de l¿Union Européenne dans le secteur éducatif en RDC. Dans une situation où le système éducatif n¿arrive pas à absorber l¿entièreté des enfants en âge d¿être scolarisés, et les garder jusqu¿à la fin du cursus scolaire obligatoire, et ce spécialement pour les filles, et les enfants handicapées, les différents obstacles dans les zones de crises sont exacerbés. Les enfants qui y vivent ont besoin d¿une approche coordonnée et intersectorielle afin de profiter d¿un apprentissage de qualité et inclusif. Ainsi la présente action vise à renforcer le système éducatif dans deux provinces considérées en zone de crise et post- rise (Ituri et Kasai Central) via trois axes : assurer l¿accès et l¿achèvement du cycle primaire des enfants vulnérables impactés par les déplacements de population (filles et garçons) dans les zones de crise (OS1), méliorer la qualité de l¿enseignement primaire via le renforcement de capacités des enseignants et formateurs du cycle primaire (OS2), et renforcer les capacités des adolescents et adolescentes affectés par les crises t les déplacements de population en vue de leur insertion sociale et économique (OS3). Une attention particulière sera donnée à l¿éducation des filles, pour qui les obstacles à la scolarisation sont plus tenaces et nombreux. L¿action tiendra compte de l¿approche Nexus : le caractère récurrent, prolongé et complexe des crises en RDC renforce en effet l¿importance de mettre en place des interventions à plus long terme, qui répondent aux besoins humanitaires ainsi qu¿aux défis en matière de développement et de consolidation de la paix, dont la scolarisation des enfants déplacés est un exemple emblématique. La région des Kasaï est une one prioritaire de l¿application de l¿approche Nexus par un groupe de bailleurs en RDC (c¿était notamment l¿objet de la mission conjointe du Groupe de Coordination des Partenaires dans le Kasaï en 2021). Cette action ermettra à l¿UE de consolider sa position dans ce groupe auquel elle participe. Ces actions seront menées par des organisations non gouvernementales internationales spécialisées dans le domaine de l¿éducation en one de crise en RDC et potentiellement pourvues d¿une expérience avec l¿Union Européenne dans des projets complémentaires.
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Contribution to the Central Africa Humanitarian Fund - CAR HF Contributo al Fondo umanitario per la Repubblica Centrafricana - RCA HF Through this support to the Humanitarian Fund of the Central African Republic (CAR HF), the AICS intends to provide a contribution to face the humanitarian emergency that still exists in the country despite the peace agreements recently signed. The crisis recently developed in the northeast of the country, and still ongoing, has not only increased the need for humanitarian assistance and protection interventions in favour of vulnerable populations, but also amplified the risk of spreading instability to neighbouring provinces. Tramite il sostegno al Fondo umanitario della Repubblica centrafricana (CAR HF) l'AICS vuole fornire un contributo nel fronteggiare l'emergenza umanitaria tuttora esistente nel Paese nonostante gli accordi di pace recentemente siglati. La recente crisi sviluppatasi nel nord-est del Paese, tuttora in corso, non ha che aumentato la necessità di assistenza umanitaria e interventi di protezione a favore delle fascie vulnerabili della popolazione, oltre ad aumentare il rischio di diffusione dell'instabilità nelle province limitrofe. Tramite il sostegno al Fondo umanitario della Repubblica centrafricana (CAR HF) l'AICS vuole fornire un contributo nel fronteggiare l'emergenza umanitaria tuttora esistente nel Paese nonostante gli accordi di pace recentemente siglati. La recente crisi sviluppatasi nel nord-est del Paese, tuttora in corso, non ha che aumentato la necessità di assistenza umanitaria e interventi di protezione a favore delle fascie vulnerabili della popolazione, oltre ad aumentare il rischio di diffusione dell'instabilità nelle province limitrofe. Tramite il sostegno al Fondo umanitario della Repubblica centrafricana (CAR HF) l'AICS vuole fornire un contributo nel fronteggiare l'emergenza umanitaria tuttora esistente nel Paese nonostante gli accordi di pace recentemente siglati. La recente crisi sviluppatasi nel nord-est del Paese, tuttora in corso, non ha che aumentato la necessità di assistenza umanitaria e interventi di protezione a favore delle fascie vulnerabili della popolazione, oltre ad aumentare il rischio di diffusione dell'instabilità nelle province limitrofe.
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Economic Empowerment To increase labour force participation rate of women and men with disabilities in Zambia.
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The influence of Executive Function on Mental Health in vulnerable adolescents: a multi-site low and middle income country approach Executive function (EF) regulates emotions, thoughts and behaviours, and difficulties in EF have been strongly implicated in mental health problems in high income countries (HICs). EF includes a set of cognitive skills such as working memory, cognitive flexibility, selective attention and inhibition which form the building blocks for higher order cognitive functions such as reasoning, planning every day activities and problem solving. EF is therefore critical in emotional, behavioural, cognitive, and social functioning and interpersonal relationships. Poor EF has wide ranging implications in a number of important areas; in particular, it is associated with increased rates of mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. There are two periods during which development of EF is rapid; childhood and adolescence. These are critical time points to intervene and prevent impairments in EF. Poor EF can result from biomedical factors, such as poor nutrition or exposure to HIV and malaria or from exposure to poverty, particularly when this occurs during periods of rapid EF development. These risk factors will affect both individuals' performance on EF tasks as well as the neural substrates of EF. The high level of socioeconomic adversity and the presence of multiple risk factors will have a strong influence on adolescents' achieving their potential and will impact their contributions to society through employment, social functioning, mental and physical health. Investigators across multiple Departments at the University of Oxford have over a number of years concentrated on the relationship between EF, mental health and risk taking behaviours such as (unprotected sex, alcohol or drug use). Research in this area is being carried out in collaboration with investigators in multiple Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC): by Abubakar and Newton in Kenya; Kahn, Scerif, Demeyere and Stein in South Africa; Favara, Sanchez and Pankhurst in Ethiopia and Peru. This proposal will create a platform for UK and LMIC researchers working on EF and mental health, the harmonisation of EF tools currently used across sites and it will enable the piloting of a new EF measure to allow for the comparison of EF and its association with mental health data across sites. A number of studies have shown that EF can be improved in children and adolescents either through direct stimulation (e.g. EF-specific training tasks) or through enhancing their psychosocial environment, but not all these interventions may be financially viable or culturally acceptable in LMICs. A necessary step before intervening is to ensure we have accurate tools which reliably measure EF across settings and cultures, and that the cultural acceptability of relevant interventions is assessed. As part of this proposal, we will refine our measurement tools and investigate contextually appropriate interventions to improve EF, during one of the critical periods of EF development i.e. adolescence. Improving EF in adolescence will ensure they will be able to take advantage of school education and it will allow for informed relational and occupational choices, as well as reduce the risk of high-risk sexual and substance use behaviours and promote physical and mental health. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
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Kenya Social Protection Support - UNICEF & WFP - UNICEF Child & Social Protection from 2021 Kenya Social Protection Support - UNICEF & WFP Reprogrammed funds to mitigate the impact of COVID-19
Support to UNICEF/WFP Social Protection in Kenya
UN WFP and UNICEF have submitted a joint programme proposal to Sweden for support to the Government of Kenya to provide assistance towards equitable access to social and child protection for a total of 78 MSEK.
The long-term vision for change is an integrated, child-sensitive and shock-responsive social protection system that links beneficiaries to basic social services, so as to benefit an increased number of men, women, boys and girls; from the poorest and most vulnerable households.
The proposal aims at
i) Support Technical Assistance to review, develop and implement legislation, processes and strategies on Social Protection(SP) and Child Protection (CP), systems strengthening,
ii) Enhanced capacity and increased efficiencies in the delivery of social protection programmes and to
iii) strengthen intersectoral coordination linkages at the national and county level.
The proposed programme will use already existing models and focus on linking cash transfers beneficiaries to child protection services through integrated case management.
There will be one contribution with two agreements (one with WFP and another with UNICEF). It is expected that the appraisal, reviews, field missions and evaluations will be conducted jointly. SE in Kenya has worked previously with support to social protection via both WFP over the last 3 years and UNICEF to both social and child protection over the last 14 years in the development and implementation of different aspects of social protection.
The current assessment is for 78MSEK for 3 years distributed as follows - UNICEF 66MSEK and WFP 34MSEK. However, due to the fact that currently there is no government formed in Sweden and the aid budget for 2019 is not yet decided, the Embassy will sign with both UNICEF and WFP a one year agreement in 2018 for a total of 40 MSEK - 30MSEK for UNICEF and 10MSEK for WFP. However, should funds be available after the government appropriation, Sweden can then take a decision to avail more funds and prolong the activity period. Omprogrammerade medel för att lindra konsekvenserna av covid-19
FN:s WFP och UNICEF har lämnat ett gemensamt programförslag till Sverige gällande ett stöd på totalt 78 MSEK till den kenyanska staten. Syftet är att bygga upp ett system som ger rättvis tillgång till sociala skyddssystem och barnskyddssystem.
Den långsiktiga visionen är ett socialt skyddssystem som är integrerat, tar hänsyn till barn och fungerar i nödsituationer, som ger förmånstagarna tillgång till ett grundläggande socialt skydd samt att ett ökat antal män, kvinnor, pojkar och flickor från de fattigaste och mest sårbara hushållen får tillgång till detta.
Förslaget går ut på att ge teknisk assistans vid revidering, utveckling och införande av lagar, rutiner och strategier gällande socialt skydd och barnskydd, att förstärka system, öka kapaciteten och effektiviteten i de sociala skyddsprogrammen samt stärka koordinationen mellan olika sektioner på nationell och regional nivå. Det föreslagna programmet kommer att utgå från befintliga modeller och fokusera på att koppla kontantöverföringsmottagare till barnskyddstjänster med hjälp av integrerad ärendehantering.
Det kommer att vara en insats med två avtal (ett med WFP och ett med UNICEF). Planen är att bedömningar, revisioner, fältuppdrag och utvärderingar ska utföras gemensamt. Sverige har de senaste tre åren arbetat med att stödja sociala skyddssystem i Kenya tillsammans med WFP samt under de 14 senaste åren tillsammans med UNICEF arbetat med socialt skydd, barnskydd och utveckling och genomförande av olika sorters sociala skyddsmekanismer.
Det nuvarande förslaget är 78 MSEK under tre år, fördelade enligt följande – UNICEF 66 MSEK och WFP 34 MSEK. Eftersom det inte bildats någon ny regering i Sverige efter valet och biståndsbudgeten för 2019 ännu inte är beslutad kommer ambassaden att teckna ettåriga avtal på totalt 40 MSEK med UNICEF (30 MSEK) och WFP (10 MSEK) för 2018. Om den nya regeringen anslår mer medel kan Sverige besluta att avsätta mer medel och förlänga aktivitetsperioden. The proposed programme has an overall goal to ensure that people in Kenya, especially the most vulnerable groups, live in dignity, are free from poverty, hunger, violence, abuse and exploitation, to be able to exploit their full human capabilities and contribute to the national development.
The original assessment of the objectives and contribution's theory of change still stands save for the current Covid-19 pandemic which has brought in positive aspects of testing the shock-responsiveness of the Social Protection system in Kenya and how to enhance the system to address varying types of shocks which will affect Kenya in future.
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BREACH - Boosting Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change Somalia is very susceptible to climate change and extreme weather events and its population is highly vulnerable to its effects including loss of livestock, crop failure, food and water shortages, hunger and malnutrition, disease. In combination with pervasive instability and conflict, the consequences of climate change and related recurrent shocks, put the livelihoods of millions of Somalis at risk, which in turn causes further conflict of limited resources and the deterioration of the fragile state building development. Inadequate coping and recovery mechanisms worsen household vulnerability. With resources lost to hazards and/or utilized to cope, the capacities of most households and communities to re-establish their livelihoods are impaired and therefore unable to recover. In addition, due to unsustainable practices and poor management of natural resources such as river basins, forests and rangelands, traditional livelihoods in rural areas are eroding quickly which aggravates the possibility of conflict and internal displacement.As part of the Team Europe Initiative on a Green Deal and the implementation of the Great Green Wall Accelerator in Somalia, the Action will focus on climate change adaptation measures for both rural, urban and peri-urban populations in Somalia. The Action will support the development of sustainable food systems, enhancing the sustainability of consumption and production systems while simultaneously strengthening the resilience of target communities to the effects of climate change and supporting reforestation, renewable energy production and biodiversity. In addition, by strengthening the access to basic services and livelihood opportunities the Action will contribute to durable solutions to displacement, as displacement often increases the pressure on scarce resources and sensitive ecosystems. Consequently, the Action corresponds to Priority Area 2: ¿Inclusive and green economic growth¿ and Priority Area 3 ¿ Resilience Building and Social Inclusion¿ of the European Union¿s Multiannual Indicative Programme for Somalia for 2021-2027 and contributes to the implementation of SDG 13 on climate action and will have gender equality and women empowerment as a significant objective. This Action will overall contribute to support the acceleration of the Great Green Wall Initiative in Somalia, namely its Pillar 1 (Green value chains and farmers¿ support), Pillar 2 (Sustainable management of ecosystems and land restoration) and Pillar 3 (Climate resilience and renewable energy).
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Publication of a joint call for proposals: NDICI Human Rights, CSO thematic programme and Capacity building of CSOs - Support Measures under the bilateral Programme Contract related to: Publication of a joint call for proposals: NDICI Human Rights, CSO thematic programme and Capacity building of CSOs - Support Measures under the bilateral Programme - Human rights and democracy are founding values of the EU. Protecting and promoting HR&D is therefore a key priority of the EU¿s external action. It is also a precondition for sustainable development and for building more inclusive, open and resilient societies.Yet, recent data show that globally, most countries are far from having acceptable human rights and democracy track records. In this context, worsened by the COVID crisis, the EU re-affirmed its commitment to support human rights and democracy worldwide by adopting the `Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024¿. The Action Plan identifies priorities and key actions, to ensure that the EU plays a greater role in promoting and defending human rights and democracy throughout its external action. The Regulation (EU) 2021/947 (Global Europe) establishes the legal basis for the human rights and democracy actions. Particularly, its annex III details the areas of intervention for human rights and democracy.The overall objective of the present action is to contribute to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law worldwide. The action will achieve this objective by supporting and strengthening civil society organisations (CSOs), democracy activists and human-rights defenders working on critical human rights and democracy issues in non-EU countries. It may also cover, where relevant, the promotion of international humanitarian law. Consequently, it will contribute to the 5 priorities of the Multiannual Indicative programme 2021-2027 as well as the specific priorities set out for the additional funding coming from the cushion.This action will mainly be implemented by EU Delegations in-country so as to: (i) better respond to the country-specific contexts; (ii) be as close as possible to the needs of the rights holders; and (iii) promote a sense of `ownership¿ of the action among local actors. The actions financed at country level will be in line with: (i) the EU action plan for human rights and democracy; (ii) EU guidelines on human rights; and (iii) the respective Human Rights and Democracy country strategies or priorities under the EU accession process. All actions will follow a human rights based approach putting people at the centre of actions and also focusing on promoting gender equality.
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Improved Access to Public Services (IAPS) through Civil Registry Reform <p>The impact or overall objective of this project is to improve the accessibility of basic public services for rights-holders. The outcome or specific objective is a public administration offering digitalised and integrated public services, ensuring transparency and accountability for all rights-holders.</p>
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Zambia Tusambilile Chapamo project Developing a Zambian model of low cost inclusive education that spans early childhood to secondary and vocational education.
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Disability and Start up. When civil society becomes the protagonist of inclusive development in Liberia Disabilita e Start up. Quando la societa civile diventa protagonista dello sviluppo inclusivo in Liberia strengthening OPD role in the country rafforzamento ruolo OPD nel Paese
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Activity under preparation Education for all The Government of Jordan is committed to the provision of free quality education for all children, regardless of their registration status or nationality. The most recently adopted education policies, strategies and plans ¿ notably the Human Resources Development (HRD) Strategy 2016-2025, the Education Strategic Plan (ESP) 2018-2025 and the Economic Modernization Vision ¿ reflect the Government of Jordan¿s commitment towards increased quality of service delivery and accountability, while also reforming the national education system.This overall objective of this action is to improve literacy and numeracy of the population in Jordan. Built on previous experiences and results of current EU programmes in the sector, the programme supports the implementation of the Education Strategic plan 2018-2025[1].The action may envisage two distinctive and intertwined specific objectives (Outcomes):1. Enhanced inclusiveness of the education system;2. Enhanced quality of education.The action will contribute first and foremost to SDG 4, Quality Education, but will also support implementation of other significant SDGs, such as SDG 5 Gender Equality, SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, and SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities. As to markers, participation/development/good governance; gender equality and women¿s and girls¿ empowerment and inclusion of persons with disabilities are significant objectives (DAC). The action is in line with the priorities of the new, ambitious and innovative Agenda for the Mediterranean, set out in the Joint Communication from the Commission and the High Representative on the Southern Neighbourhood of 9 February 2021 and in the subsequent Council conclusions on a renewed Partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood of 16 April 2021 , especially the flagship 1 ¿Support to social sectors, education, skills and health ¿, as well as the EU-Jordan MIP 2021-2027 priorities (Priority Area 3 : Human Development).This actions is complementary to the action ¿Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) for all in Jordan is technical education at tertiary level will be targeted .In the absence of a generalised free higher education system, the EU will support equitable access to higher/technical education through a scholarship scheme targeting vulnerable Jordanian students in specific higher education tracks, contributing to social inclusion and increasing participation of young people in the labour market. With a view to ensuring a comprehensive response from emergency to resilience and development, the proposed action is complementary to the action ¿Education for All ¿ Inclusive and Quality Education for Refugees and Vulnerable Children and Youth in Host Communities in Jordan 2024-2027¿ under the ¿Response to the Syrian crisis special measure for 2023 & 2024¿, that aims at supporting the completion of a full-cycle of quality education for refugees, particularly in camp environments, and the most vulnerable host communities. Considering the Syrian crisis is in its second decade, the push for more inclusion into the national education system and long-term sustainability will get a more central place. Joint policy dialogue, joint targeted and synergetic Technical Assistance and a better leveraged leading role in the existing donor coordination mechanisms will be critical to support the Ministry of Education in the overall implementation of the ESP and other relevant policies.
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Empowering Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities to Fight for their Rights: an implementation of the CRPD and QualityRights principles in Ghana, Lebanon, and Armenia <p>The general objective of Lot 4 is to promote the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity. People with psychosocial disabilities are often discriminated and experience violations of their human rights. Poor quality is a feature of many mental health services, where people with psychosocial disabilities are exposed to inhuman treatments and have no right to make their own decisions.</p>
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INCLUSIVE: Strengthening prevention, equitable and inclusive care for all INCLUSIVE: Rafforzare la prevenzione, le cure eque e inclusive per tutti The project INCLUSIVE: Strengthening prevention, equitable and inclusive care for all aims to contribute to the improvement of the health and well-being of the population in Ethiopia, with particular attention to people at risk of and with disabilities in the Gambella Region. Over three years, the INCLUSIVE project will support nine health facilities: two hospitals (Gambella General Hospital, which is the referral hospital for all obstetric, neonatal and paediatric emergencies for all health facilities in the Region, and Gambella Primary Hospital) and seven health centres in the woredas of Gambella Zuria, Gambella Town and Abobo (about 118,400 people, including refugees). Here, the project will improve access to quality health services of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of physical-motor, cognitive and sensory disability (specific objective). The project operates on three strategic axes, which correspond to the same number of expected results. To improve the effectiveness of reproductive, paediatric and neonatal health services in preventing disability, the rehabilitation and equipment of the operating theatre, surgical ward, laboratory and paediatrics of the Gambella Primary Hospital, as well as the upgrade of the electrical and plumbing systems of the Gambella General Hospital, is foreseen. Moreover, a stock of consumables and medicines will be ensured in all health facilities. Training of local staff on maternal, neonatal and child health will be carried out in order to improve capacities to prevent birth-related deaths and disabilities [ER 1 - Primary prevention]. The demand for health services by people with (or at risk of) disabilities will be strengthened by sensitizing and improving the capacities of key community actors (i.e., health and educational service providers such as health workers, health extension workers and teachers; caregivers and families; regional authorities; community activists and Organizations of People with Disabilities). The same key community actors will also be involved in the development and implementation of a system for the identification and referral of people with (or at risk of) disabilities to appropriate health services [ER 2 - secondary prevention]. In order to expand the provision of eye care and physical and motor rehabilitation, the Orthopaedic and Physiotherapy units of Gambella General Hospital will be strengthened by investing in new equipment and human resources, and outreach and CBRehabilitation services will be available in rural areas [ER 3 - tertiary prevention]. Il progetto “INCLUSIVE: Rafforzare la prevenzione, le cure eque e inclusive per tutti” intende contribuire al miglioramento delle condizioni di salute e benessere di tutta la popolazione in Etiopia, con particolare attenzione alle persone a rischio e con disabilità nella Regione di Gambella. Nell’arco di tre anni, INCLUSIVE supporterà nove strutture sanitarie: due ospedali (il Gambella General Hospital, che è l’ospedale di riferimento per tutte le emergenze ostetriche, neonatali e pediatriche per tutte le strutture sanitarie nella Regione, e il Gambella Primary Hospital) e sette centri di salute nelle woreda di Gambella Zuria, Gambella Town e Abobo (circa 118.400 persone, tra cui rifugiati) per aumentare l'accesso a servizi sanitari di qualità di prevenzione primaria, secondaria e terziaria della disabilità fisico-motoria, cognitiva e sensoriale (obiettivo specifico). Il progetto agisce su tre assi strategici, cui corrispondono altrettanti risultati attesi. Per migliorare l'efficacia dei servizi di salute riproduttiva, pediatrica e neonatale nel prevenire la disabilità saranno riabilitati ed equipaggiati sala operatoria, reparto di chirurgia, laboratorio e pediatria del GPH e gli impianti elettrico e idraulico del GGH, e sarà assicurato uno stock di materiali di consumo e farmaci in tutte le strutture sanitarie. Si lavorerà alla formazione del personale locale su salute materna, neonatale e infantile nell’ottica di evitare le morti e le disabilità legate al momento della nascita [RA 1 – prevenzione primaria]. La domanda di servizi sanitari da parte delle persone con (o a rischio di) disabilità sarà rafforzata sensibilizzando e rafforzando le capacità degli attori chiave della comunità (fornitori di servizi sanitari e educativi come operatori sanitari, health extension worker e insegnanti; caregiver e famiglie; autorità regionali; attivisti comunitari e Organizzazioni di Persone con Disabilità), che saranno coinvolti nello sviluppo e nell’implementazione di un sistema di identificazione e riferimento delle persone con (o a rischio di) disabilità verso servizi sanitari adeguati [RA 2 – prevenzione secondaria]. Per ampliare l’offerta di cure oculistiche e di riabilitazione fisica e motoria, saranno infine rafforzati i reparti di Ortopedia e Fisioterapia del Gambella General Hospital, investendo in nuove attrezzature e risorse umane, e saranno resi disponibili servizi di outreach e community based rehabilitation nelle aree rurali [RA 3 –prevenzione terziaria].
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Mozambique 2021 - Save the Children Sweden HUM Project 2021-2025 During 2020, Sida's Unit for Humanitarian Assistance conducted an overview of ongoing strategic partnerships in order to ensure that partnerships were established with the most relevant and effective humanitarian actors to carry out Sida's Humanitarian Strategy. As a result of the overview, Sida has decided to appraise a new contribution and enter into a new strategic partnership agreement with Save the Children Sweden (SCS) for the period 2021-2025 (see archive number 2021-000057).
The total initial contribution to SCS in 2024 amounts to SEK 97 317 333.
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
1. Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
2. Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
3. Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
One of the main comparative advantages of Save the Children is its competence in addressing protection-related concerns. For this reason, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected Breakthrough particularly central for its interventions during the agreement period.
Finally, in addition to these three Breakthroughs, the proposed contribution also aligns with Sweden's newly adopted "Strategy for Sweden’s humanitarian assistance provided through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) 2021–2025". Detta beslut och tillhörande beredning avser en ny insats (Beslut om insats, Insatshanteringsregeln 2.9 §) mellan Sida och Rädda Barnens Riksförbund (Rädda Barnen) för avtalsperioden 2021-2025. Beslut och tillhörande beredningar avser dessutom stöd till Rädda Barnens humanitära verksamhet under 2021-2024 (stöd för avtalsåren 2025 är avhängligt Sidas godkännande av Rädda Barnens fullständiga ansökan för respektive år enligt att-satserna ovan).
Aktuellt beslut omfattar finansiellt stöd till Rädda Barnen om 97 317 333 SEK under 2024.
Målet med insatsen (2021-2025) är att bidra till tre "Förändringar" (Breakthroughs) som identifierats inom Save the Children-rörelsen som del av dess vision för 2030. Dessa är att barn ska:
1. Överleva - inga barn dör av orsaker som kan förebyggas innan de fyllt fem år.
2. Lära - alla barn får del av kvalitativ grundläggande utbildning.
3. Vara skyddade - våld mot barn tolereras inte längre.
I ljuset av Sveriges "Strategi för Sveriges humanitära bistånd genom Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete (Sida) 2021-2025" kommer särskilt den tredje Förändringen - vara skyddade - att vara central, eftersom ett av strategins huvudmål är "Förbättrad förmåga att tillgodose skydd och assistans för krisdrabbade människor". Rädda Barnen kommer dessutom i hög utsträckning att integrera skyddskomponenter i sin multisektoriella assistans inom ramen för insatsens tema "Centrality of Protection". Detta tema syftar till att på ett holistiskt sätt minska skyddsrelaterade risker och svara upp mot skyddsrelaterade behov hos barn i kombination med andra projektkomponenter, snarare än att betrakta skydd som isolerat från andra delmål. Vision, Humanitarian Policy and Humanitarian Plan
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
For the upcoming agreement period 2021-2025, SCS has identified several aims under each breakthrough that it seeks to promote with Sida's humanitarian funding.
All Country Offices within Save the Children are to be held accountable for their contribution to the Breakthroughs through a combination of programming, promotion, advocacy, funding and public mobilization. This is assessed to require integrated expertise in health, nutrition, education, child protection, child poverty and child rights governance. The work will be undertaken by SCS as part of both its development and humanitarian programming.
The humanitarian sphere of work related to the Breakthroughs is anchored in the Save the Children movement's Humanitarian Policy - Our Approach to Humanitarian Action, adopted in 2019. It stipulates that Save the Children aims to deliver humanitarian assistance that is timely, appropriate, effective and accountable to the most vulnerable children, their families and communities. Furthermore, during 2021, the work is guided in particular by its Humanitarian Plan 2021 - Children Cannot Wait. The plan is structured around four pillars, of which the first three align with the three strategic Breakthroughs: Child Survival, Access to Education, and Child Protection. The fourth pillar is Avoid Negative Coping Mechanisms, which sets out the aim for Save the Children to promote increased income opportunities, CVA for basic needs, in-kind food when CVA is not appropriate, as well as government social protection schemes. The overarching ambition of the Plan is for Save the Children to respond to the humanitarian needs of 15.7 million people, including 9.4 million children, in 2021.
Finally, to achieve the Breakthroughs, Save the Children emphasizes the importance of standards in its programming. For this reason, its Humanitarian Policy commits the organization to ensure that its programming consistently aligns with and integrates the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), the Sphere standards, the Inter- Agency Network for Education In Emergencies (INEE) minimum standards, and the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS).
Centrality of Protection
In 2019, a Centrality of Protection policy and strategy was endorsed in line with the Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) Principles Statement on the Centrality of Protection in Humanitarian Action (2013). Through the statement, protection became recognized as the purpose and intended outcome of humanitarian action. For Save the Children, the commitment to Centrality of Protection is built around six policy statements:
1. Ensure capacity of humanitarian staff to understand, recognise and respond to violations of International Humanitarian Law/International Human Rights Law/International Refugee Law/International Criminal Law and uphold humanitarian principles in humanitarian crises.
2. Adopt a conflict-sensitive approach to the centrality of protection.
3. Systematize the approach to child protection analysis and integration in humanitarian crises.
4. Commit to the identification, response, monitoring and reporting of grave and other serious child rights violations.
5. Define the organizational position and develop an appropriate response when identifying the erosion of the international legal framework for upholding child rights in humanitarian contexts.
6. Strengthen interagency collaboration, including as a Cluster Lead agency, and use that to promote child rights within the humanitarian protection architecture.
For SCS's Sida-funded Humanitarian Program 2021-2025, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected breakthrough particularly central for its interventions. It would entail a broader conceptualization of protection than during the agreement period 2017-2020, which had the thematic frame Children and Armed Conflict, with a specific focus on Protecting Children in Conflict. The key difference would be moving beyond preventing protection risks faced by children through child protection-focused interventions, towards integrating the mitigation of protection risks into all SCS's sectors of work whenever relevant. The ambition is to promote a more comprehensive and holistic approach to addressing child protection concerns in contrast to doing so in isolation.
Initial Allocation 2021
In alignment with Save the Children's ambitions related to its Vision for 2030 and the three strategic Breakthroughs, its Humanitarian Policy, its Humanitarian Plan, as well as Sida's Humanitarian Strategy, SCS has submitted a Full Project Proposal to Sida for 2021. Sida has reviewed these proposals and drawn the conclusion that they align well with the abovementioned priorities as well as the proposed Centrality of Protection thematic frame. Below, a short description is provided for the proposed projects to be supported by Sida as part of the initial allocation 2021. The activity period for each project is 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022, which corresponds to the 2021 work year.
I. Annual Projects (in line with the most recent Humanitarian Response Plans)
Iraq - SEK 15,000,000
Three years after the end of Iraq’s conflict against ISIS, the impacts of fighting remain high. In 2020, more than 4.1 million people were in need of some form of humanitarian assistance, and it is estimated that over 2.3. million individuals will be in need of protection services in 2021. Moreover, 1.3 million people are estimated to be internally displaced, many of whom facing additional vulnerabilities as a result of the Government of Iraq's announcement in October 2020 that all camps and informal locations for Internally Displaced People (IDP) are to be closed.
Save the Children has significant experience of addressing humanitarian needs in Iraq. In their activities, they include capacity strengthening for the Department of Labour and Social Affairs and other local actors working with child protection-related issues. Furthermore, Save the Children has a strong localization focus, with 40 % of the funds designated for the proposed intervention planned for to be forwarded to the three local implementing partners: Harikar; Al Sorouh for Sustainable Development Foundation; and Sahara Economic Development Organization.
Save the Children has previously reported good results from their interventions in Iraq and has contributed to the reduction of protection risks that vulnerable girls and boys and their caregivers face. Moreover, Save the Children is co-lead in the Child Protection sub-cluster and has a role to play in the future transition to development interventions in this area of work.
The project would be implemented in Ninewa (Mosul), Diyala (Mugidadia) and Dohuk (Sakho) with IDPs, recent returnees and vulnerable host communities as the targeted groups. The overall objective is to support the most vulnerable conflict-affected and displaced to survive and be protected through integrated protection, mental health and psychosocial support services, livelihoods and health actions. In alignment with the three Strategic Objectives of the draft HRP for 2021, this would be done by, inter alia, providing case management and positive parenting support services (benefitting 3,420 children and youth), multipurpose cash grants (1,320 children and 660 adults), life skills trainings (300 youth), promoting health awareness (3,000 children and 10,000 community members) and capacitating local actors to lead protection-oriented responses (520 persons).
Mali - SEK 7,000,000
Of the estimated 13.5 million crisis-affected Malians, around 7.1 million are projected to be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2021 - an increase of 39 percent compared to 2020. Of these people, 3.5 million are estimated to be children. The worst affected region is Mopti, where approximately 42 % of the country's 311,193 IDPs reside (55 % of whom are women), food insecurity is pervasive and severe protection risks exist. The dire situation is mainly a result of different types of ongoing armed violence, but is compounded by poverty, weak state presence and climate change.
In alignment with the first three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 HRP, the proposed intervention targets 8,940 people living in Koro and Bankass circles in Mopti region (4,700 children and 3,790 adults). It is an integrated protection intervention with a strong focus on promoting sustained outcomes. The objective is to restore the psychosocial well-being and addressing the basic needs of populations affected by the armed violence as well as to strengthen the protective environment in the region. This would be done through the provision of protection and education services, cash assistance during the lean season, and the implementation of the protection cluster's Centrality of Protection action plan.
Of the budget, 60 % is designated for direct implementation by Save the Children, and the remainder for a planned partnership with a local organization. The partner organization is yet to be identified, and Sida is currently in dialogue with SCS related to this risk and potential contingency planning.
Capacity building and material support is also planned for to local state actors and community groups for them to sustain the protection support structure in Mopti following the finalization of the project. This includes developing an exit plan to be implemented during the last three months of the project (January to March 2022).
Mozambique - SEK 6,000,000
Ever since cyclone Kenneth struck the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique in April 2019 causing widespread destruction, humanitarian needs have continued to increase. The main reason for this has been the parallel escalation of an armed conflict in the province that dawned in 2017. Between March and November 2020 alone, the number of IDPs quadrupled from around 110,400 to nearly 530,000. In total, over 1.3 million people are projected to be in need of humanitarian support in the province during 2021.
Sida has provided support to Save the Children for responding to humanitarian needs in Cabo Delgado since cyclone Kenneth in 2019 and is diversifying its partner portfolio from 2021. The proposed support for Save the Children aligns specifically with the third strategic objective of the 2021 HRP - addressing protection risks and needs of crisis-affected people. As such, it is foremostly a focused rather than an integrated intervention, and targets 33,346 people (13,338 children) in the districts of Chuire, Metuge, Montepuez and Pemba.
The intervention is planned for to be implemented in partnership with CARE International throught he COSACA consortium, which has been operating in Mozambique since 2007. It is focused around two Outcomes: child protection (led by Save the Children) and gender-based violence (led by CARE International. The overarching aim is to ensure crisis-affected people are protected and better able to withstand protection risks of current and future crises. Activities include case management support for unaccompanied and separated children as well as children exposed to Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and the provision of Psychosocial Support Services at Child Friendly Spaces.
South Sudan - SEK 10,000,000
In South Sudan, approximately 80 % of the population of 11.8 million live on less than USD 1 per day, with an estimated 8.3 million to be in need of humanitarian assistance and 7.7 million to experience food insecurity (IPC 3 or worse). One of the worst affected states is Jonglei where the armed conflict intensified in 2020, and where needs were compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as floods. The latter in particular, and volatile weather and climate change in general, pose significant threats to many South Sudanese as the majority of the population rely on subsistence farming.
The objective of the proposed intervention is to improve food and income security of crisis affected people - including IDPs - in Bor South and Nyirol Counties of Jonglei State. The total number of people targeted is 52,183. The intervention would be integrated with an ongoing education project with the aim of building a safe and protective environment for children, which is currently receiving development support from Sida. This would foremostly be done by preventing dropout rates through cash assistance and livelihoods trainings, and by meeting nutritional needs of children under the age of five in order to prevent them from suffering physical or cognitive damages ahead of enrolling in school. The humanitarian project would be multisectoral - food security and livelihood, nutrition, child protection, mental health and psychosocial support, and with indirect links to education.
The project would contribute to the three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 South Sudan HRP: reducing morbidity and mortality; facilitating safe, equitable and dignified access to basic services; and enabling vulnerable people to recover from crisis, seek solutions to displacement and build resilience to acute shocks and chronic stresses. Save the Children would partner with the local organization Christian Recovery and Development Agency (CRADA) in Nyirol for part of the food security and livelihood component, and cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, County Health Department, and Ministry of Gender.
Syria - SEK 10,000,000
About to enter its tenth year, the war in Syria has devastated the country, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to live in overcrowded camps with insufficient services and imminent protection risks. In two of these camps located in northeast Syria - Al Hol and Roj - over 64,400 people live. In Al Hol, 94 % of the residents are women and children, and 53 % are below the age of 12. Around 60 % of children are not receiving education, with Covid-19 having further exacerbated this situation. In Roj, 64 % of the residents are below 18 years old, many similarly missing out on education opportunities.
A barrier analysis conducted by Save the Children in mid-2020 indicated lacking access to services as a major concern, in particular for vulnerable groups such as girls and children with disabilities. The proposed intervention would address this issue through the provision of integrated protection, mental health, psychosocial, and education support reaching a targeted 1,700 children, 140 caregivers and 22 education facilitators. Activities include providing case management and psychosocial support services, making referrals, supporting child protection committees and promoting protective education opportunities.
The intervention would contribute specifically to Strategic Objective 2 - enhance protection and Strategic Objective 3 - increase resilience and access to services, of the 2020 HRP for Syria, published in late 2020. Being one of few NGOs with access to operate in the camps, Save the Children would be conducting all implementation, while seeking to advocate with camp authorities on child-related issues and strengthen community structures such as child protection committees and parent teachers associations to promote resilience.
Yemen - SEK 15,000,000
OCHA estimates that 24.1 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance (as of December 2020), which corresponds to around 80 % of the entire population. One of the governorates most severely affected by the war is Hajjah, with frontlines in Abs, Mustaba and Aslem where people suffer from severe deprivations and increased protection risks. In February 2019, for example, 62 % of cases of recruitment and use of children and 37 % of child casualties verified across the country were from Hajjah. In addition to the hostilities, displacement and lack of access are the main drivers of humanitarian needs, in particular food insecurity. Moreover, 5.5 million children were estimated to be in need of education assistance in 2020, with 161 schools in Hajjah unfit for use and girls being two times more likely th be withdrawn from school than boys.
The proposed support is for an integrated food security and livelihoods, child protection and education intervention to 7,800 people (no double counting) in Abs district and Hajjah city. This will be done by, inter alia, providing multipurpose cash grants to adolescents and caregivers to cover basic needs, most of whom would also receive complementary vocational training with the aim to improve their livelihoods resilience. With regards to child protection, moreover, support services would complement education efforts by targeting children attending temporary learning spaces with psychosocial support and case management when needed.
Save the Children's operations have previously suffered severely from restricted access - in 2019, merely 13 % of targeted beneficiaries for a Sida-funded project were reached in four northern provinces (including Hajjah), prompting Save the Children to shift its operations to southern Yemen in 2020. The outlook is currently that Save the Children would be able to conduct the intervention as planned for 2021, but Sida will need to engage in close dialogue with SCS during the year to ensure operations are running smoothly and that Sida is promptly informed otherwise.
Finally, Ansar Allah, largely in control of north Yemen, has been subjected to a terrorist designation by the US as of 19 January 2021. Sida, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance is therefore in close contact with its partners on the potential impact of the designation on the humanitarian situation in the country, as well as the SCS’s specific activities and presence. Moreover, a risk analysis is being developed by each partner to identify challenges and mitigation measures.
II. Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) - SEK 25,000,000
Part of the annual humanitarian budget is set aside for sudden onsets of humanitarian crises and as well as deteriorations of major ongoing ones. For these situations, Sida has a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) that makes it possible to allow for the release of disbursed (but unallocated) funds for SPOs within 24 hours in order for them to swiftly respond when humanitarian needs suddenly emerge or severely deteriorate.
SCS has been assessed by Sida to have a strong capacity to respond to sudden onset crises in complex humanitarian contexts. For this reason, it is proposed that SCS receives SEK 25 million in RRM support for 2021.
III. Capacity Building and Method Development Support
Strengthening Humanitarian Access - SEK 3,409,000
As raised above, the latest Annual Report of the UN Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict outlined an increase of 453 percent in incidents of denial of humanitarian access in 2019, representing a total of more than 4,400 incidents. In recent years, the respect for norms governing armed conflict and humanitarian action has eroded, which undermines the ability of humanitarian organizations to reach people in need of assistance and places the onus on communities themselves to ensure access to assistance and services. Moreover, access restrictions are sometimes further compounded by counterterrorism and sanction measures preventing engagement with actors that might be in partial or direct control over areas where humanitarian needs exist.
The objective of this intervention is to address these issues by strengthening access for humanitarians and communities in hard-to-reach areas. It is divided along three objectives:
1. Promote systematization of how Save the Children staff and partners engage in dialogue with armed actors. This includes providing, inter alia, capacity-building support for field workers and frontline teams in structuring their humanitarian negotiations.
2. Facilitate communities to access services. 2021 would be the first year of a two-year effort to assemble knowledge and understanding and develop guidance to promote community-led child protection. The ambition is for this to then be piloted in selected constituencies during 2022 (no such funding for year two proposed for in this Appraisal Memo).
3. Measuring the impact of denial of humanitarian access to children, including the effects of counterterrorism legislation. This would be done as a research project in partnership with Watchlist and the Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) and be used for advocacy purposes.
This proposed project aligns with several objectives of Sida's Humanitarian Strategy's, in particular "Humanitarian assistance and protection activities reach people in hard-to-reach areas" and "Humanitarian actors have safe, unhindered and sustained humanitarian access to reach crisis-affected people".
Interagency Child Protection Programming - SEK 2,184,000
In a constantly evolving humanitarian landscape there is a need to ensure humanitarian actors respond to crises with quality and reach. To this effect, humanitarian standards are central instruments. Departing from this notion, the project aims to strengthen quality, accountability and efficiency in interagency child protection programming. It is based on two components: the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS) and Cash and Voucher (CVA) assistance.
First, together with the Sphere Protection Principles, the CPMS provide for a foundation of advancing Centrality of Protection in humanitarian programming, which was incorporated in the CPMS during 2019. However, funding for child protection is limited and prioritization of Centrality of Protection across sectors is oftentimes lacking. The proposed project seeks to address this by supporting innovation and local leadership through the CPMS Innovation Fund - granting financial support to national and local actors to lead implementation of the CPMS. Moreover, advocacy is planned for at the global level on how multi-sectoral actors' commitment to the Centrality of Protection can be realized and trickle down to programming at the country level.
The second component seeks to strengthen the use and evidence base for CVA in interagency child protection programming, which in part is a continuation of activities funded by Sida in 2020. It includes (i) the finalization and dissemination of an integrated CVA and Child Protection Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment and Learning (MEAL) toolkit, (ii) undertaking a desk review on CVA for child-headed households and unaccompanied children, and (iii) finalizing guidance on conditions and capacities required to work with child protection using CVA.
This proposed project also aligns with several objectives of Sida's humanitarian Strategy's, including "Reduced risk of violence, threats and abuse for crisis-affected people", and "Increased effectiveness and efficiency of the humanitarian system in line with Grand Bargain commitments".
IV. Global Surge Deployments - SEK 800,000
In 2017, a review was undertaken of the surge structure across the Save the Children movement, which resulted in a decision to transition it from a decentralized model where surge teams were hosted by different Members, to a centralized model hosted by SCI under what is called a Global Humanitarian Surge Platform (GHSP). The purpose was to increase the quality, speed and effectiveness of the global surge capacity, reducing the complexity of deployment procedures and increasing the visibility of supply and demand of staff. The GHSP was formally established in 2019, and managed 342 deployments in 2020.
The objective of Sida's proposed support to the GHSP is to ensure that Save the Children's humanitarian responses have access to rapidly deployable skilled and experienced staff needed to deliver high quality and timely humanitarian responses. During 2021, an estimated ten deployments of four weeks respectively are expected to be funded through Sida's support.
V. Operational and Technical Support - SEK 5 000 000
This support is provided to SCS's HQ in Stockholm in order to engender high-quality management of - and compliance with - the draft Agreement during 2021. The support is divided between "Operational Support", "Thematic and Quality Support", "Grants Management & Monitoring", and "Financial Management and Donor Relations".
Sida's assessment of this support is provided in more detail in section 5.1. below.
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Social Support for Resilience Programme (SoSuRe): Linking Communities under Social Protection to Resilience - MLUMIKIZI The Overall Objective of this project is to reduce poverty through enhancing resilience among the most vulnerable households in Malawi. The Component 3 of SoSuRe is designed to complement EU investments made through Component 1 (Contribution to National Social Cash Transfers Programme) in a Cash+ approach
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Technical assistance (TA) for the Cross-border cooperation Programme Bosnia and Herzegovina - Montenegro 2022 Contract related to: Technical assistance (TA) for the Cross-border cooperation Programme Bosnia and Herzegovina - Montenegro 2022 - The programme for cross-border cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro will be implemented under the framework of the 2021-2027 Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA III) with a view to promoting good neighbourly relations, fostering Union integration and promoting socio-economic development through joint local and regional initiatives.The legal provisions for the implementation of the programme are stipulated in the following EU legislation: Regulation (EU) 2021/1529 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 September 2021 establishing the Instrument for Pre-Accession assistance (IPA III).The programme area is the same as in the period 2014-2020 and comprises territories in the southeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the northwestern part of Montenegro and stretches over 30 022 km2 with over 1.4 million inhabitants. It is characterised by agriculture and forestry, coal mining, energy production, processing industries, construction and services. COVID-19 crisis negatively affected the regions¿ economy and employment. Tourism and travel sector were most hit. The area is one of the most biodiverse areas in Europe but also one of the most sensitive to climate change and increasingly vulnerable to natural hazards: droughts, heat waves, heavy precipitation, landslides, fires and floods. Overall objective: To promote good neighbourly relations, foster Union integration and contribute to social, economic and territorial development of the programme cross-border area by addressing climate change challenges and developing sustainable nature-and-culture tourism.
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Accelerating Ethiopia's Economic Transformation(Accelerate) This programme will support the Ethiopian Government’s vision of export-led manufacturing growth through foreign and domestic investments to become a reality more quickly and in a sustainable and inclusive way.
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Activity under preparation CONTRAT APPUI BUDGETAIRE ESRIM Contract related to: CONTRAT APPUI BUDGETAIRE ESRIM - Le programme d¿appui au Plan d'Accélération de la Transformation de l'Enseignement Supérieur, de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Innovation (Pacte ESRI) est conçu dans une perspective d¿ouverture, d¿intersectorialité et d¿internationalisation du secteur dans son écosystème. Il vise en effet à faire de « l¿Université un acteur intégré de développement socio-économique des territoires » et à relever le « défi de la compétitivité structurelle pour insérer le Maroc dans les chaînes de valeur mondiale » en répondant à plusieurs objectifs de développement durable, notamment l¿accès à tous à une éducation de qualité (ODD 4).En s¿appuyant sur la réforme relative à la loi-cadre 51-17, l¿intervention vise ainsi à promouvoir les opportunités pour les étudiants, les diplômés, les chercheurs et les enseignants du Maroc en :Soutenant les réformes nationales, et notamment le Pacte ESRI du Ministère de l¿enseignement supérieur, la recherche scientifique et l¿innovation adossé au Nouveau Modèle de Développement (NMD). À valoriser l¿employabilité des sortants de l¿enseignement supérieur à travers des formations permettant à l¿Université de répondre aux besoins des secteurs et entreprises.En mettant au c¿ur de la réforme l¿inclusion des étudiants, des diplômés, des chercheurs et des enseignants dans le monde et les opportunités de demain, l¿intervention place ces acteurs comme instrumentaux pour répondre aux défis liés aux mutations économiques et sociales du Maroc. Le programme soutient l¿approche intégrée de la réforme dans une perspective intersectorielle et territoriale. Il vise à appuyer la structuration de la gouvernance de l¿écosystème ESRI, les modalités pédagogiques et d¿insertion et de mobilité des étudiants et doctorants, ainsi que la promotion de la recherche et de l¿innovation, ses financements et la valorisation de ses résultats.Dans cette logique, ce programme s¿articulera autour de quatre objectifs spécifiques : Renforcement de la gouvernance du secteur ESRI à travers l'autonomie de la gestion administrative et financièreAccompagnement de la mise en place de la réforme pédagogique globale et intégrée Internationalisation d¿un écosystème de la recherche et de l¿innovation performantElargissement des opportunités professionnelles des diplômés et étudiants en cours et en fin de parcours
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Rädda Barnen Sydsudan Save the Children South Sudan - Repayment due to Non compliance Save the Children Norway has applied to Sida for funding of 90 million SEK to carry out the programme "Support for education and successful transitions among vulnerable children in South Sudan" in South Sudan during the period 2019-2022.
The intervention aims at providing continued access to protective, quality and equitable education services for South Sudanese boys and girls. This will be achieved through: 1) an increase in the number of suitable facilities offering children and young people upper-primary and non-formal education services; 2) enhanced quality and inclusiveness of teaching methods and school-based protection mechanisms; and 3) efforts to engage communities and institutions in school governance and quality education delivery.
In accordance with Save the Children International overall organizational structure Sida will sign the agreement with Save the Children Norway that will have the financial oversight and administrative responsibility for the programme. Save the Children Norway will forward 83.3 million SEK to Save the Children South Sudan, the remaining funds will be used for overhead costs such as methodological development, administrative costs and staff costs for people not directly involved in the programme. Save the Children South Sudan will be responsible for implementation of the programme together with four technical and frontline partners: University of Juba, Light for the World, Support for Peace and Education Development Program (SPEDP) och Organization for Peace, Relief and Development (OPRD). Save the Children South Sudan will pay invoices for activities organized by partners and be responsible for forwarding of funds to partners. Rädda Barnen Norge har ansökt om 90 miljoner svenska kronor i stöd i syfte att genomföra programmet "Support for education and successful transitions among vulnerable children in South Sudan" under perioden 2019-2022.
Insatsen syftar till att erbjuda Sydsudanesiska pojkar och flickor tillgång till säker och jämlik utbildning av hög kvalitet. Det kommer att åstadkommas genom: 1) en ökning av antalet funktionella klassrum och utbildningscentrum som kan erbjuda barn och unga fullständig primärutbildning; 2) stärka utbildningens kvalitet genom vidareutbildning av lärare i framför allt inkluderande pedagogik och andra aktiviteter för att skolan ska bli en trygg och säker plats för lärande; 3) åtgärder för att engagera lokala samhällen och inkludera samhällsinstitutioner i styrandet av skolan samt öka lokalsamhällens förståelse för skolan och vikt av utbildning.
I enlighet med Internationella Rädda Barnens organisation ingår Sida avtal med Rädda Barnen Norge som kommer att ha det övergripande finansiella och administrativa ansvaret för insatsen. Rädda Barnen Norge kommer att vidareförmedla 83.3 miljoner svenska kronor till Rädda Barnen Sydsudan, resterande medel behålls av Rädda Barnen Norge och används till kostnader som administration, programutveckling och personalkostnader för personal som inte är direkt involverade i programmet. Rädda Barnen Sydsudan ansvarar för implementeringen av programmet tillsammans med fyra lokala partners: University of Juba, Light for the World, Support for Peace and Education Development Program (SPEDP) och Organization for Peace, Relief and Development (OPRD). Rädda Barnen Sydsudan betalar fakturor för aktiviteter utförda av partners och hanterar vidareförmedling till partners. The project aims to provide "increased and continued access to protective, quality and equitable education services through formal and non-formal education streams" for South Sudanese girls and boys in Eastern Equatoria and Jonglei States.
There are three outcomes:
1) Improved access to and completion of education or skills-based opportunities for children and youth in crisis-affected communities,
2) Enabling learning environments are supported by quality teaching, inclusive methodologies and school-based protection mechanisms,
3) Enhanced community-based and institutional system efficiency in school governance and education.
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WSSCC-Water Supply Sanit Collab Council 2016-2020 WSSCC-Water Supply Sanit Collab Council 2016-2020 WSSCC strävar efter att bidra till medlemsstaters ansträngningar att f.f.a. uppnå det nya hållbarhetsmålet 6.2 för universell tillgång till sanitet och hygien. Detta innefattar att få slut på bruket av öppen defekation, att ge människor möjlighet att förbättra sin sanitära situation genom att bidra till allmän tillgång till sanitet och hygien, samt att förstärka människors värdighet. WSSCC avser också bidra till att minska sociala ojämlikheter i samband med brist på tillgång till sanitet och hygien (f.f.a. handtvätt), vilket bedöms få positiva effekter på flera av de övriga nya hållbarhetsmålen (SDG). Mål 6.2 innefattar för WSSCC's del att främja lika tillgång till sanitet och hygien bland fattiga och socialt marginaliserade befolkningsgrupper, inklusive äldre och personer med tillfällig eller permanent invaliditet. Främjande av god menstruationshälsa (genom att bla bryta tystnaden och tabun) kommer att utgöra viktiga bidrag till att stärka flickors och kvinnors möjligheter till hälsa, utbildning och arbete. The WSSCC strives to contribute to Member States' efforts to achieve the new sustainability objective 6.2 for universal access to sanitation and hygiene. This includes ending the use of open defecation, giving people the opportunity to improve their sanitary situation by contributing to general access to sanitation and hygiene, and to enhancing human dignity. The WSSCC also intends to contribute to reducing social inequalities in connection with a lack of access to sanitation and hygiene (ie hand washing), which is believed to have positive effects on several of the other new sustainability goals (SDG). Objective 6.2 includes, for the WSSCC, the promotion of equal access to sanitation and hygiene among poor and socially marginalized communities, including the elderly and those with temporary or permanent disability. Promoting good menstrual health (by, for example, breaking the silence and taboo) will make important contributions to strengthening the opportunities for girls and women for health, education and work. The overall objective of WSSCC during 2016-2020 is to support member states to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals related to hygiene, sanitation and water supply as well as for attaining the equity elements of the various SDG targets.The intended outcomes for 2016-2020 as formulated by the WSSCC for contributing to the SDG 6.2 for universal access to improved sanitation with focus on Open defecation Free status are to ensure that by 2020:
- 16 million people living in targeted administrative areas where Open Defecation Free (ODF) status has been verified using national systems;
- 16 million people that have access to and use of an improved sanitation facility; people have access to (and use) a handwashing facility with soap;
- 16 million people have access to (and use) a handwashing facility with soap and water...
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Route of Cohesion: in the footsteps of St. Ananias, building paths of development and dialogue for inclusive and peaceful communities Rotta di Coesione: sui passi di sant’Anania, costruire percorsi di sviluppo e dialogo per comunità inclusive e pacifiche The initiative targets Christian minorities and vulnerable groups in Damascus and rural Damascus, particularly children with disabilities, women, youth, and people suffering from chronic and serious illnesses. Specifically, the project has two specific objectives: - To promote the socio-economic inclusion of Christian minorities and vulnerable groups in the Damascus area and periphery by strengthening protection, capacity building and health care activities; - To foster dialogue on inclusive policies through outreach activities, interfaith discussion and rehabilitation of an historical Christian area in Damascus and periphery. To achieve these goals, the initiative includes several activities, comprising the following components with a common denominator, inclusion: (a) Social and health care, with a focus on disability inclusion: - Distribution of medicine/non-food items (NFI) and health care, through free surgeries/medical check-ups, in cooperation with the Italian Hospital in Damascus; - Rehabilitation therapies for children/children with disabilities and psychosocial activities. (b) Economic and labor inclusion, with special attention to the gender component: - Training for practitioners/operators and local authorities on building inclusive policies; - Entrepreneurial skills development program targeting young boys and girls; - Vocational training for young boys and girls in hotel hospitality, local crafts and tourism, in nexus with the historical area to be revitalized. - Supporting skills acquired by course participants in entrepreneurship and vocational training through Life Skills training. (c) Promotion of interfaith dialogue based on inclusive and peaceful communities and rediscovery of common heritage: - Infrastructure works for the rehabilitation of 2 housing units at the historic neighborhood of St. Ananias in Damascus and the establishment of a community and training center; - Awareness raising campaign on inclusion issues as an opportunity to build community dialogue; - Implementation of a final project conference. Reflecting Pope Francis' Encyclical "Fratelli tutti”, the project thus determines a route moving from emergency and protection-type interventions, passing through economic development activities, and finally bringing the different communities involved together. The theme of inclusion becomes a trigger for fostering community-level confrontation and sets the beneficiaries and all societal actors involved on a common course toward the pursuit of equity and dialogue. L’iniziativa si rivolge alle minoranze cristiane e ai gruppi vulnerabili di Damasco e Damasco rurale, in particolare minori con disabilità, donne, giovani e persone che soffrono di malattie croniche e gravi. Nello specifico, il progetto si pone due obiettivi specifici: - Promuovere l’inclusione socio-economica delle minoranze cristiane e dei gruppi vulnerabili dell’area di Damasco e periferia, rafforzando le attività di protection, capacity building e l’assistenza sanitaria; - Favorire il dialogo su politiche inclusive, attraverso attività di sensibilizzazione, il confronto interreligioso e il recupero di un quartiere storicamente cristiano nell’area di Damasco e periferia. Per ottenere questi obiettivi, l’iniziativa prevede diverse attività, che comprendono le seguenti componenti con un denominatore comune, l’inclusione: a) Assistenza socio-sanitaria, con focus sull’inclusione della disabilità: - Distribuzione di medicine/non-food items (NFI) e assistenza sanitaria, attraverso operazioni chirurgiche/check-up medici gratuiti, in cooperazione con l’Ospedale Italiano di Damasco; - Terapie riabilitative per bambini/e con disabilità e attività psicosociali. b) Inclusione economica e lavorativa, con particolare attenzione alla componente di genere: - Formazione per operatori/operatrici e autorità locali sulla costruzione di politiche inclusive; - Programma di sviluppo delle competenze imprenditoriali rivolto a giovani ragazzi e ragazze; - Corsi rivolti a giovani ragazzi e ragazze di vocational training in ospitalità alberghiera, artigianato locale e turismo, in nesso con l’area storica da rilanciare. - Supporto alle competenze acquisite dai partecipanti ai corsi in imprenditoria e vocational training, tramite una formazione su Life Skills. c) Promozione del dialogo interreligioso basato su comunità inclusive e pacifiche e sulla riscoperta del patrimonio comune: - Lavori infrastrutturali per il recupero di 2 unità abitative presso il quartiere storico di Sant’Anania a Damasco e la creazione di un centro comunitario e di formazione; - Campagna di sensibilizzazione sulle tematiche di inclusione come occasione per la costruzione di dialogo comunitario; - Realizzazione di una conferenza finale di progetto. Riprendendo l’Enciclica “Fratelli tutti” di Papa Francesco, il progetto determina quindi una rotta che da interventi di tipo emergenziale e di tutela, passa attraverso attività di sviluppo economico, fino ad arrivare all’incontro delle diverse comunità coinvolte. La tematica dell’inclusione diventa volano per favorire il confronto a livello comunitario e pone i beneficiari e tutti gli attori della società coinvolti su una rotta comune verso la ricerca di equità e dialogo.
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ASCEND EG LSTM - DRC Accelerating the Sustainable Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ASCEND - Lot 2) is a high profile, DFID-funded, multi-partner programme, which will make a significant contribution to the control and eliminatuion of the 5 PC NTDs, health systems strengthening, and cross-sector collaboration (particularly WASH and education) across 13 countries in Western and Central Africa. ASCEND - Lot 2 is a single integrated programme across NTDs and the health system, with the following minimum results across the region: 1) provide surgeries to prevent 52,000 cases of blindness due to trachoma 2) 450 million MDA treatments and 3) reduction of morbidity and disability in 26,000 people with lymphatic filariasis.
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Ukraine 2024 - Save the Children Sweden HUM PBA 2023-2025 Detta beslut och tillhörande beredning avser en ny insats (Beslut om insats, Insatshanteringsregeln 2.9 §) mellan Sida och Rädda Barnens Riksförbund (Rädda Barnen) för avtalsperioden 2021-2025. Beslut och tillhörande beredningar avser dessutom stöd till Rädda Barnens humanitära verksamhet under 2021-2024 (stöd för avtalsåren 2025 är avhängligt Sidas godkännande av Rädda Barnens fullständiga ansökan för respektive år enligt att-satserna ovan).
Aktuellt beslut omfattar finansiellt stöd till Rädda Barnen om 97 317 333 SEK under 2024.
Målet med insatsen (2021-2025) är att bidra till tre "Förändringar" (Breakthroughs) som identifierats inom Save the Children-rörelsen som del av dess vision för 2030. Dessa är att barn ska:
1. Överleva - inga barn dör av orsaker som kan förebyggas innan de fyllt fem år.
2. Lära - alla barn får del av kvalitativ grundläggande utbildning.
3. Vara skyddade - våld mot barn tolereras inte längre.
I ljuset av Sveriges "Strategi för Sveriges humanitära bistånd genom Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete (Sida) 2021-2025" kommer särskilt den tredje Förändringen - vara skyddade - att vara central, eftersom ett av strategins huvudmål är "Förbättrad förmåga att tillgodose skydd och assistans för krisdrabbade människor". Rädda Barnen kommer dessutom i hög utsträckning att integrera skyddskomponenter i sin multisektoriella assistans inom ramen för insatsens tema "Centrality of Protection". Detta tema syftar till att på ett holistiskt sätt minska skyddsrelaterade risker och svara upp mot skyddsrelaterade behov hos barn i kombination med andra projektkomponenter, snarare än att betrakta skydd som isolerat från andra delmål. During 2020, Sida's Unit for Humanitarian Assistance conducted an overview of ongoing strategic partnerships in order to ensure that partnerships were established with the most relevant and effective humanitarian actors to carry out Sida's Humanitarian Strategy. As a result of the overview, Sida has decided to appraise a new contribution and enter into a new strategic partnership agreement with Save the Children Sweden (SCS) for the period 2021-2025 (see archive number 2021-000057).
The total initial contribution to SCS in 2024 amounts to SEK 97 317 333.
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
1. Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
2. Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
3. Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
One of the main comparative advantages of Save the Children is its competence in addressing protection-related concerns. For this reason, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected Breakthrough particularly central for its interventions during the agreement period.
Finally, in addition to these three Breakthroughs, the proposed contribution also aligns with Sweden's newly adopted "Strategy for Sweden’s humanitarian assistance provided through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) 2021–2025". Vision, Humanitarian Policy and Humanitarian Plan
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
For the upcoming agreement period 2021-2025, SCS has identified several aims under each breakthrough that it seeks to promote with Sida's humanitarian funding.
All Country Offices within Save the Children are to be held accountable for their contribution to the Breakthroughs through a combination of programming, promotion, advocacy, funding and public mobilization. This is assessed to require integrated expertise in health, nutrition, education, child protection, child poverty and child rights governance. The work will be undertaken by SCS as part of both its development and humanitarian programming.
The humanitarian sphere of work related to the Breakthroughs is anchored in the Save the Children movement's Humanitarian Policy - Our Approach to Humanitarian Action, adopted in 2019. It stipulates that Save the Children aims to deliver humanitarian assistance that is timely, appropriate, effective and accountable to the most vulnerable children, their families and communities. Furthermore, during 2021, the work is guided in particular by its Humanitarian Plan 2021 - Children Cannot Wait. The plan is structured around four pillars, of which the first three align with the three strategic Breakthroughs: Child Survival, Access to Education, and Child Protection. The fourth pillar is Avoid Negative Coping Mechanisms, which sets out the aim for Save the Children to promote increased income opportunities, CVA for basic needs, in-kind food when CVA is not appropriate, as well as government social protection schemes. The overarching ambition of the Plan is for Save the Children to respond to the humanitarian needs of 15.7 million people, including 9.4 million children, in 2021.
Finally, to achieve the Breakthroughs, Save the Children emphasizes the importance of standards in its programming. For this reason, its Humanitarian Policy commits the organization to ensure that its programming consistently aligns with and integrates the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), the Sphere standards, the Inter- Agency Network for Education In Emergencies (INEE) minimum standards, and the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS).
Centrality of Protection
In 2019, a Centrality of Protection policy and strategy was endorsed in line with the Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) Principles Statement on the Centrality of Protection in Humanitarian Action (2013). Through the statement, protection became recognized as the purpose and intended outcome of humanitarian action. For Save the Children, the commitment to Centrality of Protection is built around six policy statements:
1. Ensure capacity of humanitarian staff to understand, recognise and respond to violations of International Humanitarian Law/International Human Rights Law/International Refugee Law/International Criminal Law and uphold humanitarian principles in humanitarian crises.
2. Adopt a conflict-sensitive approach to the centrality of protection.
3. Systematize the approach to child protection analysis and integration in humanitarian crises.
4. Commit to the identification, response, monitoring and reporting of grave and other serious child rights violations.
5. Define the organizational position and develop an appropriate response when identifying the erosion of the international legal framework for upholding child rights in humanitarian contexts.
6. Strengthen interagency collaboration, including as a Cluster Lead agency, and use that to promote child rights within the humanitarian protection architecture.
For SCS's Sida-funded Humanitarian Program 2021-2025, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected breakthrough particularly central for its interventions. It would entail a broader conceptualization of protection than during the agreement period 2017-2020, which had the thematic frame Children and Armed Conflict, with a specific focus on Protecting Children in Conflict. The key difference would be moving beyond preventing protection risks faced by children through child protection-focused interventions, towards integrating the mitigation of protection risks into all SCS's sectors of work whenever relevant. The ambition is to promote a more comprehensive and holistic approach to addressing child protection concerns in contrast to doing so in isolation.
Initial Allocation 2021
In alignment with Save the Children's ambitions related to its Vision for 2030 and the three strategic Breakthroughs, its Humanitarian Policy, its Humanitarian Plan, as well as Sida's Humanitarian Strategy, SCS has submitted a Full Project Proposal to Sida for 2021. Sida has reviewed these proposals and drawn the conclusion that they align well with the abovementioned priorities as well as the proposed Centrality of Protection thematic frame. Below, a short description is provided for the proposed projects to be supported by Sida as part of the initial allocation 2021. The activity period for each project is 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022, which corresponds to the 2021 work year.
I. Annual Projects (in line with the most recent Humanitarian Response Plans)
Iraq - SEK 15,000,000
Three years after the end of Iraq’s conflict against ISIS, the impacts of fighting remain high. In 2020, more than 4.1 million people were in need of some form of humanitarian assistance, and it is estimated that over 2.3. million individuals will be in need of protection services in 2021. Moreover, 1.3 million people are estimated to be internally displaced, many of whom facing additional vulnerabilities as a result of the Government of Iraq's announcement in October 2020 that all camps and informal locations for Internally Displaced People (IDP) are to be closed.
Save the Children has significant experience of addressing humanitarian needs in Iraq. In their activities, they include capacity strengthening for the Department of Labour and Social Affairs and other local actors working with child protection-related issues. Furthermore, Save the Children has a strong localization focus, with 40 % of the funds designated for the proposed intervention planned for to be forwarded to the three local implementing partners: Harikar; Al Sorouh for Sustainable Development Foundation; and Sahara Economic Development Organization.
Save the Children has previously reported good results from their interventions in Iraq and has contributed to the reduction of protection risks that vulnerable girls and boys and their caregivers face. Moreover, Save the Children is co-lead in the Child Protection sub-cluster and has a role to play in the future transition to development interventions in this area of work.
The project would be implemented in Ninewa (Mosul), Diyala (Mugidadia) and Dohuk (Sakho) with IDPs, recent returnees and vulnerable host communities as the targeted groups. The overall objective is to support the most vulnerable conflict-affected and displaced to survive and be protected through integrated protection, mental health and psychosocial support services, livelihoods and health actions. In alignment with the three Strategic Objectives of the draft HRP for 2021, this would be done by, inter alia, providing case management and positive parenting support services (benefitting 3,420 children and youth), multipurpose cash grants (1,320 children and 660 adults), life skills trainings (300 youth), promoting health awareness (3,000 children and 10,000 community members) and capacitating local actors to lead protection-oriented responses (520 persons).
Mali - SEK 7,000,000
Of the estimated 13.5 million crisis-affected Malians, around 7.1 million are projected to be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2021 - an increase of 39 percent compared to 2020. Of these people, 3.5 million are estimated to be children. The worst affected region is Mopti, where approximately 42 % of the country's 311,193 IDPs reside (55 % of whom are women), food insecurity is pervasive and severe protection risks exist. The dire situation is mainly a result of different types of ongoing armed violence, but is compounded by poverty, weak state presence and climate change.
In alignment with the first three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 HRP, the proposed intervention targets 8,940 people living in Koro and Bankass circles in Mopti region (4,700 children and 3,790 adults). It is an integrated protection intervention with a strong focus on promoting sustained outcomes. The objective is to restore the psychosocial well-being and addressing the basic needs of populations affected by the armed violence as well as to strengthen the protective environment in the region. This would be done through the provision of protection and education services, cash assistance during the lean season, and the implementation of the protection cluster's Centrality of Protection action plan.
Of the budget, 60 % is designated for direct implementation by Save the Children, and the remainder for a planned partnership with a local organization. The partner organization is yet to be identified, and Sida is currently in dialogue with SCS related to this risk and potential contingency planning.
Capacity building and material support is also planned for to local state actors and community groups for them to sustain the protection support structure in Mopti following the finalization of the project. This includes developing an exit plan to be implemented during the last three months of the project (January to March 2022).
Mozambique - SEK 6,000,000
Ever since cyclone Kenneth struck the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique in April 2019 causing widespread destruction, humanitarian needs have continued to increase. The main reason for this has been the parallel escalation of an armed conflict in the province that dawned in 2017. Between March and November 2020 alone, the number of IDPs quadrupled from around 110,400 to nearly 530,000. In total, over 1.3 million people are projected to be in need of humanitarian support in the province during 2021.
Sida has provided support to Save the Children for responding to humanitarian needs in Cabo Delgado since cyclone Kenneth in 2019 and is diversifying its partner portfolio from 2021. The proposed support for Save the Children aligns specifically with the third strategic objective of the 2021 HRP - addressing protection risks and needs of crisis-affected people. As such, it is foremostly a focused rather than an integrated intervention, and targets 33,346 people (13,338 children) in the districts of Chuire, Metuge, Montepuez and Pemba.
The intervention is planned for to be implemented in partnership with CARE International throught he COSACA consortium, which has been operating in Mozambique since 2007. It is focused around two Outcomes: child protection (led by Save the Children) and gender-based violence (led by CARE International. The overarching aim is to ensure crisis-affected people are protected and better able to withstand protection risks of current and future crises. Activities include case management support for unaccompanied and separated children as well as children exposed to Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and the provision of Psychosocial Support Services at Child Friendly Spaces.
South Sudan - SEK 10,000,000
In South Sudan, approximately 80 % of the population of 11.8 million live on less than USD 1 per day, with an estimated 8.3 million to be in need of humanitarian assistance and 7.7 million to experience food insecurity (IPC 3 or worse). One of the worst affected states is Jonglei where the armed conflict intensified in 2020, and where needs were compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as floods. The latter in particular, and volatile weather and climate change in general, pose significant threats to many South Sudanese as the majority of the population rely on subsistence farming.
The objective of the proposed intervention is to improve food and income security of crisis affected people - including IDPs - in Bor South and Nyirol Counties of Jonglei State. The total number of people targeted is 52,183. The intervention would be integrated with an ongoing education project with the aim of building a safe and protective environment for children, which is currently receiving development support from Sida. This would foremostly be done by preventing dropout rates through cash assistance and livelihoods trainings, and by meeting nutritional needs of children under the age of five in order to prevent them from suffering physical or cognitive damages ahead of enrolling in school. The humanitarian project would be multisectoral - food security and livelihood, nutrition, child protection, mental health and psychosocial support, and with indirect links to education.
The project would contribute to the three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 South Sudan HRP: reducing morbidity and mortality; facilitating safe, equitable and dignified access to basic services; and enabling vulnerable people to recover from crisis, seek solutions to displacement and build resilience to acute shocks and chronic stresses. Save the Children would partner with the local organization Christian Recovery and Development Agency (CRADA) in Nyirol for part of the food security and livelihood component, and cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, County Health Department, and Ministry of Gender.
Syria - SEK 10,000,000
About to enter its tenth year, the war in Syria has devastated the country, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to live in overcrowded camps with insufficient services and imminent protection risks. In two of these camps located in northeast Syria - Al Hol and Roj - over 64,400 people live. In Al Hol, 94 % of the residents are women and children, and 53 % are below the age of 12. Around 60 % of children are not receiving education, with Covid-19 having further exacerbated this situation. In Roj, 64 % of the residents are below 18 years old, many similarly missing out on education opportunities.
A barrier analysis conducted by Save the Children in mid-2020 indicated lacking access to services as a major concern, in particular for vulnerable groups such as girls and children with disabilities. The proposed intervention would address this issue through the provision of integrated protection, mental health, psychosocial, and education support reaching a targeted 1,700 children, 140 caregivers and 22 education facilitators. Activities include providing case management and psychosocial support services, making referrals, supporting child protection committees and promoting protective education opportunities.
The intervention would contribute specifically to Strategic Objective 2 - enhance protection and Strategic Objective 3 - increase resilience and access to services, of the 2020 HRP for Syria, published in late 2020. Being one of few NGOs with access to operate in the camps, Save the Children would be conducting all implementation, while seeking to advocate with camp authorities on child-related issues and strengthen community structures such as child protection committees and parent teachers associations to promote resilience.
Yemen - SEK 15,000,000
OCHA estimates that 24.1 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance (as of December 2020), which corresponds to around 80 % of the entire population. One of the governorates most severely affected by the war is Hajjah, with frontlines in Abs, Mustaba and Aslem where people suffer from severe deprivations and increased protection risks. In February 2019, for example, 62 % of cases of recruitment and use of children and 37 % of child casualties verified across the country were from Hajjah. In addition to the hostilities, displacement and lack of access are the main drivers of humanitarian needs, in particular food insecurity. Moreover, 5.5 million children were estimated to be in need of education assistance in 2020, with 161 schools in Hajjah unfit for use and girls being two times more likely th be withdrawn from school than boys.
The proposed support is for an integrated food security and livelihoods, child protection and education intervention to 7,800 people (no double counting) in Abs district and Hajjah city. This will be done by, inter alia, providing multipurpose cash grants to adolescents and caregivers to cover basic needs, most of whom would also receive complementary vocational training with the aim to improve their livelihoods resilience. With regards to child protection, moreover, support services would complement education efforts by targeting children attending temporary learning spaces with psychosocial support and case management when needed.
Save the Children's operations have previously suffered severely from restricted access - in 2019, merely 13 % of targeted beneficiaries for a Sida-funded project were reached in four northern provinces (including Hajjah), prompting Save the Children to shift its operations to southern Yemen in 2020. The outlook is currently that Save the Children would be able to conduct the intervention as planned for 2021, but Sida will need to engage in close dialogue with SCS during the year to ensure operations are running smoothly and that Sida is promptly informed otherwise.
Finally, Ansar Allah, largely in control of north Yemen, has been subjected to a terrorist designation by the US as of 19 January 2021. Sida, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance is therefore in close contact with its partners on the potential impact of the designation on the humanitarian situation in the country, as well as the SCS’s specific activities and presence. Moreover, a risk analysis is being developed by each partner to identify challenges and mitigation measures.
II. Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) - SEK 25,000,000
Part of the annual humanitarian budget is set aside for sudden onsets of humanitarian crises and as well as deteriorations of major ongoing ones. For these situations, Sida has a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) that makes it possible to allow for the release of disbursed (but unallocated) funds for SPOs within 24 hours in order for them to swiftly respond when humanitarian needs suddenly emerge or severely deteriorate.
SCS has been assessed by Sida to have a strong capacity to respond to sudden onset crises in complex humanitarian contexts. For this reason, it is proposed that SCS receives SEK 25 million in RRM support for 2021.
III. Capacity Building and Method Development Support
Strengthening Humanitarian Access - SEK 3,409,000
As raised above, the latest Annual Report of the UN Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict outlined an increase of 453 percent in incidents of denial of humanitarian access in 2019, representing a total of more than 4,400 incidents. In recent years, the respect for norms governing armed conflict and humanitarian action has eroded, which undermines the ability of humanitarian organizations to reach people in need of assistance and places the onus on communities themselves to ensure access to assistance and services. Moreover, access restrictions are sometimes further compounded by counterterrorism and sanction measures preventing engagement with actors that might be in partial or direct control over areas where humanitarian needs exist.
The objective of this intervention is to address these issues by strengthening access for humanitarians and communities in hard-to-reach areas. It is divided along three objectives:
1. Promote systematization of how Save the Children staff and partners engage in dialogue with armed actors. This includes providing, inter alia, capacity-building support for field workers and frontline teams in structuring their humanitarian negotiations.
2. Facilitate communities to access services. 2021 would be the first year of a two-year effort to assemble knowledge and understanding and develop guidance to promote community-led child protection. The ambition is for this to then be piloted in selected constituencies during 2022 (no such funding for year two proposed for in this Appraisal Memo).
3. Measuring the impact of denial of humanitarian access to children, including the effects of counterterrorism legislation. This would be done as a research project in partnership with Watchlist and the Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) and be used for advocacy purposes.
This proposed project aligns with several objectives of Sida's Humanitarian Strategy's, in particular "Humanitarian assistance and protection activities reach people in hard-to-reach areas" and "Humanitarian actors have safe, unhindered and sustained humanitarian access to reach crisis-affected people".
Interagency Child Protection Programming - SEK 2,184,000
In a constantly evolving humanitarian landscape there is a need to ensure humanitarian actors respond to crises with quality and reach. To this effect, humanitarian standards are central instruments. Departing from this notion, the project aims to strengthen quality, accountability and efficiency in interagency child protection programming. It is based on two components: the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS) and Cash and Voucher (CVA) assistance.
First, together with the Sphere Protection Principles, the CPMS provide for a foundation of advancing Centrality of Protection in humanitarian programming, which was incorporated in the CPMS during 2019. However, funding for child protection is limited and prioritization of Centrality of Protection across sectors is oftentimes lacking. The proposed project seeks to address this by supporting innovation and local leadership through the CPMS Innovation Fund - granting financial support to national and local actors to lead implementation of the CPMS. Moreover, advocacy is planned for at the global level on how multi-sectoral actors' commitment to the Centrality of Protection can be realized and trickle down to programming at the country level.
The second component seeks to strengthen the use and evidence base for CVA in interagency child protection programming, which in part is a continuation of activities funded by Sida in 2020. It includes (i) the finalization and dissemination of an integrated CVA and Child Protection Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment and Learning (MEAL) toolkit, (ii) undertaking a desk review on CVA for child-headed households and unaccompanied children, and (iii) finalizing guidance on conditions and capacities required to work with child protection using CVA.
This proposed project also aligns with several objectives of Sida's humanitarian Strategy's, including "Reduced risk of violence, threats and abuse for crisis-affected people", and "Increased effectiveness and efficiency of the humanitarian system in line with Grand Bargain commitments".
IV. Global Surge Deployments - SEK 800,000
In 2017, a review was undertaken of the surge structure across the Save the Children movement, which resulted in a decision to transition it from a decentralized model where surge teams were hosted by different Members, to a centralized model hosted by SCI under what is called a Global Humanitarian Surge Platform (GHSP). The purpose was to increase the quality, speed and effectiveness of the global surge capacity, reducing the complexity of deployment procedures and increasing the visibility of supply and demand of staff. The GHSP was formally established in 2019, and managed 342 deployments in 2020.
The objective of Sida's proposed support to the GHSP is to ensure that Save the Children's humanitarian responses have access to rapidly deployable skilled and experienced staff needed to deliver high quality and timely humanitarian responses. During 2021, an estimated ten deployments of four weeks respectively are expected to be funded through Sida's support.
V. Operational and Technical Support - SEK 5 000 000
This support is provided to SCS's HQ in Stockholm in order to engender high-quality management of - and compliance with - the draft Agreement during 2021. The support is divided between "Operational Support", "Thematic and Quality Support", "Grants Management & Monitoring", and "Financial Management and Donor Relations".
Sida's assessment of this support is provided in more detail in section 5.1. below.
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Rescuing the 2030 Agenda through a New Social Contract based on SDG 8 <p>Support of capacity building and policy development for advocacy and partnerships through regional development networks.</p><p>Strengthening of advocacy at international level, especially towards the UN system, to secure sustainable and inclusive development in Agenda 2030 and beyond.</p><p>Increase the influence of trade unions on development policies at national, regional and global levels.</p><p>Improvement of trade union partnerships based on the trade union principles on development effectiveness, shared approaches and common objectives.</p><p>Strengthen the capacity of national organisations who are members of ITUC</p>
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Enhancing rule of law and people's access to justice in Sudan Contract related to: Enhancing rule of law and people's access to justice in Sudan - The Action seeks to promote and protect human rights in Sudan and support a human rights-based approach to the peace building and democratisation process.It intends to uphold Human Rights and Peace in Sudan by increasing monitoring and reporting of human rights abuses, promoting the protection of civilians, fostering respect for the rights to freedom of assembly and expression and media freedom, protecting human rights defenders, supporting Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) survivors, and ensuring access to justice as well as gender equality and human rights in detention.First, it will support UN Human Rights in its efforts to protect and advance human rights in Sudan, enhance the implementation of international human rights standards on the ground, and bring a human rights-based approach to the peace building process. To this end, it will focus on the engagement with civil society and relevant stakeholders in the areas of civic and democratic space, rule of law and accountability, and promote women¿s equal participation in decision-making. It will also support the inclusion of human rights-based approaches to conflict prevention, through human rights protection, and capacity building of relevant stakeholders for a post conflict Sudan based on human rights and rule of law.Considering the current conflict in Sudan, erupted on 15 April 2023, the Action will strongly contribute to monitoring and reporting human rights abuses perpetrated by the warring parties in order to inform international accountability mechanisms. Support and reinforcement of the CSOs human rights network and protection of Human Rights Defenders will be paramount.Secondly, it will look at improving the conditions for prisoners as well as access to justice and right to legal representation for individuals in contact with the law, by strengthening the capacities of local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and community-based organisations (CBOs) in the delivery of these services, in accordance with human rights and gender based approach.The two components are closely interrelated and will contribute to mitigating the sense of impunity and unequal access to rights, justice, and civic participation.The proposed action will contribute to Sudan¿s progress towards SDGs 5, 10, and 16. It will promote sustainable and inclusive development in Sudan and human rights accountability, with a commitment to leave no one behind.
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¿ Acc¿s ¿ l'information sur les risques de la migration, et les opportunit¿s ¿conomiques pour les jeunes Mauritaniens et les migrants en Mauritanie ¿ Contract related to: ¿ Acc¿s ¿ l'information sur les risques de la migration, et les opportunit¿s ¿conomiques pour les jeunes Mauritaniens et les migrants en Mauritanie ¿ - The aim of the proposed intervention ¿ the Flexible Mechanism, hereinafter ¿the Mechanism¿ ¿ is to maximise EU leverage in migration discussions vis-à-vis Sub-Saharan African counterparts, based on a flexible and incentives-based approach while also respecting policy coherence for development, as well as foreign policy objectives of the Union. Through the financing of migration-related cooperation projects, the EU aims to expand its external engagement with African partners on migration and forced displacement. In line with the most recent developments in both internal and external EU migration policy, including the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, the Mechanism will support the development and reinforcement of strong, balanced, comprehensive and mutually beneficial partnerships and programs with relevant countries of origin, transit and destination of migrants and forcibly displaced people. The action will also contribute to the Team Europe Initiative for a Comprehensive migration approach in the Maghreb, Sahel and West African countries in the Atlantic / Western Mediterranean route and to the Team Europe Initiative on Central Mediterranean migration route.Interventions will be weighed against the specific migration and/or forced displacement situation of each partner country or region, the nature of the overall dialogue with the EU, and the partner country¿s level of engagement with the EU on migration. This assessment will be done in coordination with EU Member States. In this regard, several factors, inter alia, can be taken into consideration, notably whether : (i) the country is engaging or showing willingness to engage in fighting against migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, as well as stemming irregular migration; (ii) the country is stepping up its efforts to host migrants and/or displaced people, and people in need of international protection, in a dignified way, in line with international and EU standards; (iii) the country/region is reinforcing capacities on migration management and governance, including on management of forced displacement flows, in the context of its partnership with the EU ; (iv) the country is showing a substantial and sustained cooperation with the EU and its MS on return, readmission and sustainable reintegration; (v) and/or the country/region is willing to cooperate with the EU and its MS to support well-managed legal migration or the implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees (or durable solutions for refugees).The action implementation modalities will depend on the concrete intervention agreed for each country. The action foresees that a mix of direct and indirect management will be used.
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Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) IV TR2022 This action is the continuation and adaptation of a key intervention started under the umbrella of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey[1], which has been supporting refugees with unconditional monthly cash assistance since 2015, as part of the European Union¿s humanitarian response to the refugee crisis in Turkey. In line with the need for a shift from humanitarian to development assistance and in the framework of additional support to refugees made available following the European Council conclusions of June 2021, the proposed action entitled ¿Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) IV¿ will take forward the management of this response from DG ECHO to DG NEAR. The programme in its fourth phase is adapted to reflect the increased focus that shall be put on supporting refugees exiting their reliance on cash assistance, while gradually entering the labour market. The new funding made available via this Action should on the one hand continue the provision of cash assistance and on the other strenghten the linkages to pathways for the labour market and adapt the targeting and eligibility criteria to reflect this shift. This action is complementary to the on-going and future action implemented by DG NEAR entitled ¿Complementary ESSN (C-ESSN)¿, which supports the most vulnerable refugees through cash assistance, in alignment with the Turkish social assistance scheme where possible. The specific objective of this action (Regular resource transfers to the eligible refugees are provided in an effective and efficient manner as to support meeting their basic needs, while enabling pathways to protection responses and referrals to sustainable livelihoods opportunities) will contribute to the general objective of improving the ability of vulnerable refugees to meet their basic needs. Therefore, the action contributes to the specific SDG ¿ No poverty - as it aims at supporting refugees to meet their basic needs by providing financial support, as well as to the SDGs of Reduced inequality and No hunger.The whole action is implemented with the Turkish authorities in the lead role, in line with the transition strategy to ensure a higher degree of participation, ownership and involvement of the authorities in the management of assistance to refugees in the country.[1] For more information on the Facility for Refugees in Turkey, please refer to https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/enlargement-policy/turkey-0/eu-facility-refugees-turkey_en
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We are able! South Sudan The activities in South Sudan are part of the We are able! program in DR Congo, Burundi, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. Food security in these countries is low. People with disabilities (PWDs) are even more likely to live in food insecure households. We are able! wants to see PWDs improving their right to food and food security by creating an enabling environment for right-to-food action at grassroots level. While PWDs are the core target group of the We are able! program, we create benefits for other excluded groups like vulnerable women, youth in general, marginalised ethnic groups and internally displaced persons (IDPs), as applicable per context. By 2025, through engagement with public authorities (formal and informal powerholders), men, women and youth with disabilities and other excluded groups, through resilient and capable local CSOs/DPOs in this fragile and conflict-affected country, are successfully influencing laws, policies, practices and norms for improved food security for all. The We are able! program targets people (including women, men, and youth) with a disability, while, as spin-off, the program will also create opportunities for other excluded groups,3 such as vulnerable women, persons affected by leprosy, youth in general, excluded ethnic groups, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees, as much as possible or necessary in the specific context. Intersectional traits often make people particularly vulnerable. Refugees with disabilities or disabled women and men of particular ethnic backgrounds often face the most severe forms of food insecurity. We are able! identifies and targets groups and individuals with particular vulnerabilities while creating synergies that allow others to benefit as well.
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Iraq 2022 - Church of Sweden´s Humanitarian Programme utfasning Under 2017 fortsatte de globala humanitära behoven att öka, där långvariga och utdragna konflikter fortsatte att dominera det humanitära landskapet tillsammans med storskaliga flyktingkriser, naturkatastrofer och allvarliga hälsokriser. Antalet människor i behov av humanitärt stöd och skydd beräknades till 128,6 miljoner i slutet av 2017 - detta var en ökning med 16,4 miljoner människor jämfört med början av året. För att svara upp mot de globala humanitära behoven genomför Sida varje år en analys av de största humanitära/regionala kriserna i världen vilket mynnar ut i en humanitär allokering för det kommande året. Analysen ger en översikt av den humanitära situationen och identifierade sektorprioriteringar, samt vilka partnerorganisationer som har kapacitet att svara upp mot identifierade behov i respektive kris. Svenska kyrkans (Svk) humanitära program bedöms av Sida som relevant i förhållande till målen i Strategin för Sveriges humanitära bistånd genom Sida 2017-2020, och i detta beslut föreslås därför att stöd ges till programmet för perioden 1 januari 2018 - 31 mars 2021.
2018 ansöker SvK om 116 900 000 kr från Sida varav 79 600 000 kr avser år 2018. Svk ansökte om finansiering för 1) landinsatser i Djibouti, Etiopien, Irak, Kenya, Sudan, Sydsudan, Syrien och Uganda, 2) insatser i form av s.k. RRM (Rapid Response Mechanism) som möjliggör snabbt stöd till nya kriser som kan komma att inträffa under året samt 3) metod- och kapacitetsstärkande stöd för Svks partners. Totalt arbetar SvK med 4 olika partnerorganisationer i ovannämnda 8 länder. Dessa är: LVF (Lutherska världsförbundet), NCA (Norwegian Church Aid), DCA (DanChurchAid) samt EECMY-DASCC (Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Development and Social Services Commission). Dessa partnerorganisationer genomför i sin tur i vissa fall samarbete med lokala organisationer.
För 3 landinsatser ansöker Svk om flerårigt stöd; LVFs 2 projekt i Etiopien respektive Uganda samt ett NCA-projekt i Sudan. Sida hade 2018 tre kategorier av insatser som kunde söka flerårig humanitär finansiering; stöd i långvariga kriser i enlighet med fleråriga HRPs; stöd till utfasning av det humanitära stödet; och insatser i områden med begränsade tillträdesmöjligheter. Båda LVF projekten stöttar utfasning av humanitärt stöd, och NCA-projektet bidrar till den fleråriga HRPn. LVF i Etiopien omfattar 4 miljoner SEK per år, under 3 år, och LVF i Uganda 10 miljoner SEK per år i 3 år. För NCA i Sudan gavs en budget om 3,2 miljoner SEK 2018 och 2,3 miljoner SEK för 2019. Utbetalning för år 2 och 3 är villkorat på godkänd årsrapportering samt årsplaner och budgets.
Inom landsinsatserna ges humanitärt stöd inom ett antal områden, ex. skydd av barn, psykosocialt stöd, utbildning, insatser mot könsbaserat våld, vatten och sanitet, livsmedelssäkerhet genom självhushållning och inkomstgenererande aktiviteter, miljöinsatser mm.
Under 2018 så sökte SvK för ett RRM projekt som skulle ge akut, humanitär, assistans till befolkningen drabbad av tyfonen Mangkut i Filipinerna.
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För 2019 beräknades ca 131 miljoner människor vara i behov av humanitärt stöd i 42 länder, med en finansieringsgrad av ca 60% i slutet på 2019. Som svar på detta beslutades det att lägga till 59 300 000 SEK för Svenska kyrkans (Svk) humanitära program 2018 till 2021 som då uppgick till 176 200 000 SEK, med 79 600 000 SEK budgeterade för 2019. Dessa inkluderade 20 300 000 SEK för fleråriga anslag och metodutvecklingsstöd från beslutet 2018 (beslut 2018-000743). Därtill medel för 8 ettåriga projekt (två i Kenya och ett i Djibouti, Etiopien, Sydsudan, Irak, Mali och Syrien) och ett stöd om 20 000 000 SEK till Sidas snabbmekanism för humanitära insatser (RRM). Av de ettåriga projekt som fick medel 2019 så hade alla förutom det i Mali varit finansierade under 2018. De fleråriga insatserna från beslutet 2018 avser projekt i Sudan, Etiopien och Uganda samt ett metodstöd för psykosocialt stöd.
RRM medel söktes för att ge humanitärt stöd till drabbade av cyklonen Idai i Moçambique och Zimbabwe.
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Under 2020 var 168 miljoner människor i behov av humanitärt bistånd inklusive skydd med en finansieringsgrad som stannade vid 60%. Sida beslutade därför att lägga till 55 900 000 SEK till Svenska kyrkans (Svk) humanitära program 2018 till 2021 så att den totala budgeten uppgick till 240 100 MSEK med 72 900 000 SEK för 2020. Dessa inkluderade 17 000 000 SEK för fleråriga anslag från beslutet 2018. Därtill medel för 7 ettåriga projekt (två i Kenya och ett i Djibouti, Etiopien, Sydsudan, Irak och Colombia) och ett stöd om 20 000 000 SEK till Sidas snabbmekanism för humanitära insatser (RRM). Av de ettåriga projekt som fick medel 2020 var alla fortsättningar av program som finansierades 2019, förutom projekten i Colombia och Irak. I Irak gav Sida under 2019 stöd till Norwegian Church Aid men 2020 gavs medel istället till Danish Church Aid. Stödet riktades då om till skydd av barn och psykosocialt stöd, istället för vatten. I Colombia fick LVF medel för att förse konfliktdrabbade samhällen i Chocó med ökat skydd och assistans. De fleråriga från beslutet 2018 avser projekt i Etiopien och Uganda samt ett metodstöd för psykosocialt stöd.
Senare 2020 lades 4 000 000 SEK extra till för årets verksamhet vilka allokerades till SvKs verksamhet i Venezuela.
RRM medel utnyttjades för att ge humanitärt stöd till drabbade av Cyclone Kenneth i Moçambique, för krisen i Venezuela och för översvämningar i Sydsudan.
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År 2021 förlängdes insatsen Church of Sweden´s Humanitarian Programme 2018-2020 med två (2) år samt en utökad aktivitetsperiod till 31 december 2022. För 2021 fick SvK 38 000 000 SEK i stöd, och för 2022 fick de 19 000 000 SEK. Den totala budgeten uppgick då till 293 100 000 SEK. Svenska Kyrkan fick inga medel för RRM under 2021 eller 2022.
Denna förlängning var ett resultat av att Sidas humanitära enhets beslut 2020 att fasa ut SvK som strategisk partner för den humanitära verksamheten, se beslut 2021-000057. I syfte att säkerställa en ansvarsfull utfasning avsåg Sida därför att ge stöd till SvK under en tvåårsperiod. Detta gav Svk möjlighet att planera och genomföra nödvändiga förändringar i sin verksamhet inför att det strategiska partnerskapet med Sidas humanitära enhet helt upphör 2023.
Under 2021 fick Svenska Kyrkan medel för att fortsätta implementera 6 ettåriga insatser i Irak, Colombia, Kenya (två insatser), Etiopien och Sydsudan, samt för en utvärdering av det treåriga metodstödprogrammet för samhällsbaserat psykosocialt stöd (Community Based Psycho-social Support - CBPSS) som avslutades 2020. Under 2022 fick Svenska Kyrkan medel för att fortsätta implementera 4 av dessa 6 ettåriga insatser. Dessa var Irak, Colombia, Kenya, och Sydsudan.
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I sin humanitära respons är Svk inte själv en genomförandeorganisation utan arbetar uteslutande genom partnerorganisationer. I likhet med Svk är alla dessa partners medlemmar i ACT-alliansen - den senare koordinerar arbetet hos totalt 143 kyrkor och trosbaserade organisationer globalt. Svks finansierade humanitära programme 2018 till 2022 inkluderar två underprogram— East Africa Refugee Response och deras egna metod- och kapacitetsutvecklande arbete inom Community-Based Psychosocial Support (CBPS). Det första syftade till att stärka lokal skyddskapacitet samt ge tillgång till grundläggande service för flyktingar i fem länder med utdragna flyktingkriser (Djibouti, Etiopien, Sudan, Sydsudan och Uganda). Det andra för att inom ACT-alliansen och i förhållande till implementerande partners, tillhandahålla expertis och tematiskt stöd inom CBPS, och genom Svks CBPS-roster, där 25 experter finns till förfogande, ge stöd i olika humanitära insatser. Totalt avsattes 4 miljoner SEK till CBPS-programmet under 2018, och 4 miljoner respektive 3 miljoner SEK för 2019 och 2020. År 2021 avsatts 1,6 miljoner SEK för en utvärdering av det treåriga metodstödprogrammet.
2018 bedömde Sida att insatserna i den ursprungliga insatsen skulle bidra till målen i Strategin för Sveriges humanitära bistånd genom Sida 2017-2020, och ingick därför ett treårigt avtal om strategiskt partnerskap. Avtalet ändrades sedan årligen för att inkorporera nästkommande års allokering.
2021 förlängdes detta avtal med en 2 årig utfasningsperiod, där allokeringen skedde utanför den humanitära enhetens generella allokeringsprocess samt att RRM stöd inte utgavs. Förutom dessa avsteg, hade utfasningsperioden liknande avtalsvillkor som tidigare verksamhetsperiod. Nedan följer viktiga utdrag av dessa:
Svk ges i avtalet flexibilitet att omallokera medel inom en projektbudget på upp till 10 %. Detta bedöms vara nödvändigt för att på ett relevant, snabbt och ändamålsenligt sätt kunna möta humanitära behov. För ändringar över 10 % eller omallokering mellan projektbudgetar, krävs Sidas godkännande.
Det bör också påpekas att ett avsteg gjorts från de Allmänna villkoren (artikel 5.3) i avtalet mellan Sida och Svk vad gäller äganderätten till utrustning, fordon och varor som belastat Svks budget: Mot bakgrund av att insatsen är humanitär behöver de senare inte överföras till lokal samarbetspart och/eller slutmottagare i slutet av programmets avtalsperiod.
Vidare bedömer Sida att merparten av de föreslagna medlen årligen ska utbetalas omgående efter det att årlig plan och budget godkänts för att möjliggöra planering och genomförande av den humanitära insatsen utan fördröjning. Ett avsteg från Sidas vanliga rutiner om uppdelade betalningar bedöms därför motiverat.
Bedömningspromemorian har skrivits på engelska med anledning av att engelskspråkig personal i fält är delaktig i beredning och uppföljning av insatsen, i enlighet med Generaldirektörens beslut om Sidas språkvalsmatris med tillämpningsanvisningar från den 1 mars 2013.
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Därtill tar SvK och dess samarbetspartners hänsyn till personer med funktionsvariationer när de utformar, genomför och utvärderar projekt inom bidraget, men främjandet av personer med funktionsnedsättning är sällan det huvudsakliga syftet med ett projekt. Vidare krävs det att alla projekt gör en konfliktanalys av kontexten och visar på hur de identifierade riskerna ska motverkas under projektgenomförandet. Vissa projekt har också direkta aktiviteter som syftar till lokal konfliktlösning (t.ex. Kakuma-lägret i Kenya), och i flyktingmiljöer finns ofta aktiviteter både för flyktingar och värdbefolkningen för att minska eventuella spänningar mellan dessa grupper. Att se till genus som en inflytande variabel i utformandet av olika projekt är även det viktigt för SvK, och lika deltagande av kvinnor, flickor, män och pojkar uppmuntras i alla projekt. Organisationen använder IASC Gender Marker för att säkerställa inkludering av genus i interventioner. Generellt sett får projekt höga poäng när det gäller könsinkludering och en majoritet av projekten har tilldelats en könsmarkör på 2a, och i Ugandas fall 2b.
Organisationen har även en lång erfarenhet av att integrera miljö och klimat i sin verksamhet, ända sedan 980-talet, särskilt i relation till hållbart jordbruk. Sidas helpdesk 2018 gjorde ett stickprov i SvKs verksamhet och konstaterade dock att miljömässig hållbarhet inte prioriteras på strategisk nivå och att miljöfrågor inte integreras på ett systematiskt sätt i alla projekt och program. Vi har haft detta som en kontinuerlig dialogfråga med organisationen under hela avtalsperioden.
CBPS-metoden är dessutom kärnan i organisationens humanitära arbete, och detta tillvägagångssätt är väl förankrat i den drabbade befolkningars egen förmåga till återhämtning och motståndskraft, såväl som potentialen för samhällen och individer att spela en aktiv roll i återhämtning och återuppbyggnad. Därför kommer förmågan hos deltagarna i projekten att stå i centrum med det slutliga målet att flytta makt från högre beslutsnivåer till befolkningen som påverkas. SvKs partners inkluderar även projektdeltagare i dess styrning, för att hjälpa dessa att förbereda sig på framtida katastrofer och uppmuntra dem att höja sina röster i lokal styrning. This contribution consists of support to Church of Sweden´s Humanitarian Programme for 2018-2020. The support consists of three parts: Major HUM-countries, Rapid response and support to methods- and capacity building work. In 2020 the strategic partnership with the Church of Sweden ended and to ensure a good close-out Sida agreed to provide support to the organisation for a 2 year phase-out period until 2022.
The organisation and its partners, take persons with disability into account when designing, implementing and evaluating projects within the contribution yet the promotion of person with disabilities is seldom the principle aim of a project. Furthermore, all projects are required to make a conflict analysis of the context and how the identified risks are to be mitigated in project implementation. Some projects also have direct activities aimed at local conflict resolution (e.g. Kakuma camp in Kenya), and in refugee settings the projects normally include work with both refugees and host populations to reduce any potential conflict between communities. Gendered differences are also included in project design and the equal participation of women, girls, men and boys are encouraged in all projects. The organisation uses the IASC Gender Marker to ensure inclusion of gender into interventions. Generally, CoS´ projects score high in terms of gender inclusion and a majority of projects have been assigned a gender marker of 2a, and in the case of Uganda, 2b.
Considering Environmental integration, the organization has an extensive experience since the 1980s, of working with environmental issues, especially in relation to sustainable agriculture. However, a spot-check carried out with Sidas helpdesk 2018 noted that environmental sustainability is not prioritized on a strategic level and that environmental issues are not integrated in a systematic way in all international projects and programmes. This has been a continuous dialog issue with the organisation throughout the contract period.
The CBPS approach is furthermore at the core of the organisation’s humanitarian work, and this approach is well founded in the notion of affected populations´ own capacity for recovery and resilience, as well as the potential for communities and individuals to play an active role in recovery and reconstruction. Hence, the ability of the targeted communities and individuals will be at the center of all projects with the ultimate goal of moving power from top to bottom. The projects will also aim to be truly local where the participants are empowered to steer the projects, prepare for future disasters and raise their voices in local governance. CoS´ Humanitarian Programme strives towards fulfilling the humanitarian imperative and to achieve the strategic goal to "Save lives, prevent and alleviate suffering and uphold human dignity and rights in emergency situations".
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CAR 2022 - UNICEF Humanitarian Support 2022-2025 Insatsen avser stöd till FN:s barnfond (UNICEF) i syfte att svara upp humanitärt. UNICEF:s arbete fokuserar på att rädda liv, minska lidande, bibehålla mänsklig värdighet och skydda rättigheter för befolkningen där det råder humanitära behov till exempel på grund av konflikt, naturkatastrofer eller hälsokriser. UNICEF spelar vidare en central roll i den humanitära responsen globalt och leder kluster inom WASH och nutrition samt leder tillsammans med Rädda Barnen utbildningsklustret. Inom skyddsklustret, leder UNICEF banskyddsklustret. Det är inte endast barn som är mottagare av humanitärt stöd utan också kvinnor och funktionshindrade individer. Inom hälsa arbetar UNICEF också t.ex. med reproduktiv, mödravård, nyfödda samt barnhälsa. Sida beviljade extra stöd till UNICEF i februari 2022 med anledning av Rysslands anfallskrig mot Ukraina. Sida har finansierat UNICEF under ”UNICEF Humanitarian Support 2018-2021”. The proposed contribution aims to support United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) humanitarian programmes globally through the UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) appeals which are in line with the UNICEF Strategic Plan for 2022-2025 and the Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) in Humanitarian Action. UNICEF’s humanitarian work is focused on interventions that saves lives, alleviates suffering, maintains human dignity and protects the rights of affected populations, wherever there are humanitarian needs due to e.g. armed conflicts, natural disasters, public health emergencies. UNICEF plays a central role in the global humanitarian response and leads the clusters of WASH and nutrition and co-leads the cluster of education. Within protection, it leads the child protection cluster. Children are not the only beneficiaries of UNICEF but also women and disabled persons, as examples. Within health, UNICEF e.g. more specifically works on Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH). In February, a major amendment to the agreement was conducted to provide UNICEF with additional funds to be able to respond to the crisis in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s aggression. Sida funded UNICEF under previous contribution ”UNICEF Humanitarian Support 2018-2021”. The Strategy Plan 2022-2025 of UNICEF applies an approach that supports programming across the humanitarian-development nexus, where it systematically applies a humanitarian lens to the theories of change underlying work on all Goal Areas, cross-cutting programmes, change strategies and enablers, and reflects UNICEF humanitarian work throughout the plan itself and in the Integrated Results and Resources Framework of the SP 2021-2025. The result areas of the SP include:
Goal Area 1: Every child, including adolescents, survives and thrives with access to nutrition diets, quality primary health care, nurturing practices and essential supplies.
a. Strengthening primary health care and high-impact health interventions.
b. Immunization services as part of primary health care.
c. Fast-track the end of HIV/AIDS.
d. Health and development in early childhood and adolescents.
e. Mental health and psychosocial well-being.
f. Nutrition in early childhood.
g. Nutrition of adolescents and women.
h. Early detection and treatment of malnutrition.
Goal Area 2: Every child, including adolescents, learns and acquires skills for the future.
a. Access to quality learning opportunities.
b. Learning, skills, participation and engagement.
Goal Area 3: Every child, including adolescents, is protected from violence, exploitation, abuse, neglect and harmful practices.
a. Protection from violence, abuse and exploitation.
b. Promotion of care, mental health and psychosocial well-being and justice.
c. Prevention of harmful practices.
Goal Area 4: Every child, including adolescents has access to safe and equitable water, sanitation and hygiene services and supplies, and lives in a safe and sustainable climate and environment.
a. Safe and equitable water, sanitation and hygiene services and practices.
b. Water, sanitation and hygiene systems and empowerment of communities.
c. Climate change, disaster risks and environmental degradation.
Goal Area 5: Every child, including adolescents, has access to inclusive social protection and lives free from poverty.
a. Reducing child poverty.
b. Access to inclusive social protection.
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Fondo COVID-19_AID_011892 - Para Todas as Criancas - Integrated approache to inclusive early child development in Gaza Province, Mozambique Fondo COVID-19_AID_011892 - Para Todas as Criancas Fondo COVID-19_AID_011892 - The project, designed by Save the Children, CREI and other partners, aims at ensuring that all children, including children with disabilities or special learning needs have the opportunity to reach their potential at school and in life thanks to an improved physical, socio-emotional, cognitive and linguistic development. The project will be realized in the Districts of Limpopo Chongoene and Manjacaze in Gaza Province and intends to promote a favourable environment for early child development within his/her community, thanks to an improved attitude, especially towards children with disabilities and special learning needs, infrastructural interventions to improve access and inclusiveness of the schools and at institutional level, by increasing the coordination among local authorities in charge of preschool education. In addition the project aims at supporting physical well-being of children, promoting periodical medical and nutritional evaluations, providing means of compensation and correction to children in need, and conducting trainings and awareness raising activities at different levels. The quality of preschool education and services provided will be improved through trainings and exchange activities among educators, teachers and other experts. Fondo COVID-19_AID_011892 - Il progetto, ideato da Save the Children (STC), CREI e gli altri partner, mira, attraverso un approccio integrato e più livelli, a far si che tutti bambini in età prescolare, compresi quelli con bisogni speciali, riescano a sviluppare il loro potenziale a scuola e nella vita (Obiettivo Generale) grazie ad un migliorato sviluppo fisico, emotivo, linguistico e cognitivo (Obiettivo Specifico). Il progetto verrà realizzato nei Distretti di Limpopo Chongoene e Manjacaze nella Provincia di Gaza in Mozambico ed intende promuovere un ambiente favorevole allo sviluppo del bambino all'interno della propria comunità, grazie ad una migliorata attitudine, in particolare nei confronti di bambini con disabilità e bisogni speciali, interventi infrastrutturali che migliorino l'accesso e l'inclusività della scuola, e a livello istituzionale, grazie ad un migliorato coordinamento tra le autorità incaricate dell'educazione prescolare in Mozambico. Il progetto intende, inoltre, supportare il benessere fisico del bambino, promuovendo la realizzazione periodica di valutazioni mediche e nutrizionali, fornendo dispositivi di supporto e correzione ai bambini che ne hanno bisogno, e realizzando attività di formazione e sensibilizzazione a tutti i livelli. La qualità dell'educazione prescolare e dei servizi forniti sarà migliorata attraverso intense attività di formazione e di scambio tra educatori, insegnanti ed esperti del settore.
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Strengthening Civic Space and CSO's role at all levels of the Federal Governance System in Nepal - Civic Space Contract related to: Strengthening Civic Space and CSO's role at all levels of the Federal Governance System in Nepal - Civic Space - The proposed Action intents to contribute to Specific-Objective 1.3: Support CSOs as actors of good governance and development in partner countries and to the achievement of the related result 1.3: Civil Society Organisations¿ (CSOs) ability to engage as actors of good governance and development at country level is improved.The Action rolls out the EU support to country-level CSO initiatives aimed at implementing priorities reflected in the NDICI-GLOBAL Europe, Annex III CSO Thematic Programme and the subsequent draft Multiannual Indicative Plan for the same. In line with the policy of geographisation, a majority of funds under the CSO MAAP 2021-2024, will be allocated under the Action to support civil society in partner countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and in Neighbourhood countries and Russia. Activities funded under the Action will support a broad range of civil society actors including and prioritising, but not limited to, women and youth organisations, In the framework of the Country Roadmaps for EU and Member States engagement with civil society (CSO Roadmaps), all initiatives under the Action will aim at and contribute to strengthening civil society partner¿s institutional and operational capacity through a comprehensive approach; enabling and ensuring their participation; and on improving the environment in which they operate. Particular attention will be paid to CSOs capacities to benefit from the digital transformation which will pay attention to accessible digital technology and reduce the gap on access to ICT.
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Strengthening national Child Rights data and evidence generation capacities and systems in Turkmenistan Contract related to: Strengthening national Child Rights data and evidence generation capacities and systems in Turkmenistan - Human rights and democracy are founding values of the EU. Protecting and promoting HR&D is therefore a key priority of the EU¿s external action. It is also a precondition for sustainable development and for building more inclusive, open and resilient societies.Yet, recent data show that globally, most countries are far from having acceptable human rights and democracy track records. In this context, worsened by the COVID crisis, the EU re-affirmed its commitment to support human rights and democracy worldwide by adopting the `Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024¿. The Action Plan identifies priorities and key actions, to ensure that the EU plays a greater role in promoting and defending human rights and democracy throughout its external action. The Regulation (EU) 2021/947 (Global Europe) establishes the legal basis for the human rights and democracy actions. Particularly, its annex III details the areas of intervention for human rights and democracy.The overall objective of the present action is to contribute to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law worldwide. The action will achieve this objective by supporting and strengthening civil society organisations (CSOs), democracy activists and human-rights defenders working on critical human rights and democracy issues in non-EU countries. It may also cover, where relevant, the promotion of international humanitarian law. Consequently, it will contribute to the 5 priorities of the Multiannual Indicative programme 2021-2027 as well as the specific priorities set out for the additional funding coming from the cushion.This action will mainly be implemented by EU Delegations in-country so as to: (i) better respond to the country-specific contexts; (ii) be as close as possible to the needs of the rights holders; and (iii) promote a sense of `ownership¿ of the action among local actors. The actions financed at country level will be in line with: (i) the EU action plan for human rights and democracy; (ii) EU guidelines on human rights; and (iii) the respective Human Rights and Democracy country strategies or priorities under the EU accession process. All actions will follow a human rights based approach putting people at the centre of actions and also focusing on promoting gender equality.
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Världsbanken Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership 2022-2025 World Bank Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership 2022-2025 - GWSP WASH 2022-2025 "The Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership 'is a collaboration between Sida (and other donors) and the World Bank's Water Global Practice in order to help create a" water-secure world for all", and to reach its dual goals of both eliminating the extreme poverty as well as to promote greater prosperity for the 40% poorest in each country.
Sida gives a non-earmarked program funding anticipated to go to both drinking water supply, sanitation and hygiene and also to water security and water resource management, with a specific focus on sustainability, inclusiveness, institutions, financing and resilience. The support for the partnership is ia. envisaged to help shape the Bank's investment loans (IDA) for various water-related programs so that these will be designed based poor peoples needs. Världsbanken genomgick 2014 en omfattande omorganisation där de olika sektorer som banken arbetade med samlades i sk. Global practices, av vilka vatten var en: Water Global Practice. Genom att samla i princip all vattenrelaterad verksamhet, med undantag för investeringslånen (IDA), inom en enhet kan banken ta ett större helhetsgrepp och bättre än tidigare koppla kunskaper och erfarenheter från de fattigdomsinriktade programmen Water & Sanitation Program (med stöd från Sida mfl givare 2012-2016) samt Water Partnership Program (med stöd av andra givare) till bankens låneverksamhet inom vattensektorn som helhet. 'The Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership' (GWSP) är ett samarbete mellan Sida och andra givare och Världsbankens organisatoriska entitet Water Global Practice i syfte att bidra till att skapa en "vattensäker värld för alla", och till att uppnå bankens dubbla mål om att dels elliminera den extrema fattigdomen och dels till att främja ökat välstånd för de 40% fattigaste i varje land till 2030. Genom Sidas stöd till partnerskapet förväntas banken därmed på ett väsentligt sätt kunna bidra till genomförandet av Agenda 2030 och ett flertal av de 17 globala utevcklingsmålen, men med fokus framför allt på mål 6 för vatten.
Sida föreslår att ett icke-öronmärkt programstöd beviljas med ett speciellt uppföljningsfokus på dels dricksvattenförsörjning, sanitet och hygien och dels för vattensäkerhet och vattenresursförvaltning, men också utifrån bankens prioriterade teman för hållbarhet; inkludering av fattiga, sårbara och marginaliserade grupper; stärkta institutioner; innovativ/alternativ finansiering samt ökad grad av resiliens och minskad sårbarhet hos partnerländer. Sidas stöd till partnerskapet kommer främst att utgöras av finansiering av teknisk expertis för att utforma bankens investeringslån (IDA) för olika vattenrelaterade program i partnerländerna, utifrån fattiga människors behov för att därigenom kunna lyfta framför allt de mest utsatta grupperna ut fattigdom och samtidigt skapa möjligheter för att bidra till utveckling av ländernas ekonomier.
Sida har under ca två års tid tillsammans med andra givare, bl.a. UK, Holland, Norge, Finland, Schweiz, Gates Foundation samt USAID varit aktiv i dialogen kring utformningen av GWSP's projektdokument och resultatramverk. GWSPs fem 'affärsområden' bl.a. - vattenförsörjning och sanitet samt vattensäkerhet och vattenresursförvaltning - bygger på de ansatser och metoder som bla. utvecklats under Sidas stöd 2012-2015 till Water & Sanitation Programme, men också genom andra givares stöd till Water Partnership Programme.
Särskild vikt har vid förhandlingarna med banken lagts på partnerskapets resultatramverk. Sida avser att vara aktiv i partnerskapets råd och delta i dialog och uppföljning av bl.a. uppdateringar av budget och resultatramverk i konsultation med övriga berörda givare, i samband med det första rådsmötet som planeras till början av 2017.
Programmets totala budget beräknas för perioden 2017-2021 uppgå till ca 1 776 MSEK (200 MUSD). Sidas bidrag för 2016-2019 föreslås uppgå till 210 MSEK.
Under förutsättning att banken erhåller full finansiering (dvs 200 MUSD) för GWSP förväntas det föreslagna programmet under 2017-2021 bidra till att, på basis av partnerskapets finansiering av tekniskt stöd för fattigdomsanpassning av investeringslånen, uppnå följande resultat:
För vattenförsörjning och sanitet
• 70 miljoner fler människor får tillgång till förbättrad vattenkällor
• 80 miljoner fler människor får tillgång till förbättrad sanitet
• 25 000 ton föroreningsbelastning har avlägsnats genom reningsverk
• 13 miljoner fler människor har utbildats om handhygien
• 90 vattenverk har förbättrat sin funktionalitet
För vattensäkerhet och integrerad vattenresursförvaltning
• Genomförande av riskreducerande åtgärder, bla. avsende torka eller översvämningar, som direkt påverkar 16 miljoner och och indirekt 60 miljoner människor
• 140 flodavrinningsområden med förvaltningsplaner och mekanismer för att engagera berörda intressenter
• 120 institutioner med uppföljnings- och övervakningssystem för vattenresursförvaltning
• 1,3 miljoner hektar mark och/eller vattenområden förvaltas på ett hållbart sätt.
Dessa förväntade resultat kan dock komma att skrivas ned om den nuvarande underfinansieringen kommer att kvarstå. Idagsläget har banken säkrat ca 55% av den planerad budgetramen. Finland, Danmark, Österrike, USAID samt UK har ännu inte heller meddelat om stöd kommer att ges och ej heller om möjlig omfattning. Om underfinansieringen bedöms fortsätta under 2017 och framåt behöver Sida resa krav på att banken presenterar en reviderad budget utifrån nödvändiga prioriteringar av aktiviteter/verksamheter samt nedskrivning av förväntade resultat.
Sidas bedömning är dock att det kommer att finnas tillräckligt med medel i fonden för att den ska kunna bli operationell från 2017-01-01.
Det bilagda avtalsutkastet bygger på en av Sida ny beslutad och med banken förhandlad mall för multigivarfonder. The overall objective of the GWSP, expressed in their newly updated strategy Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership Strategy update 2022, is to aid governments to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6, a water secure world for all, by sustaining water resources, delivering services and building resilience.
Through generating relevant knowledge and analytics and strengthening the sectors enabling environment, the GWSP aims to contribute to the World Banks twin goals to "end extreme poverty and promote shared growth". The focus lies on providing technical support and strengthen systems while leveraging World Bank Group resources, domestic resources as well as other private investments for well-designed investments and efficient implementation of WASH-services, Water Resource management and climate resilient agriculture. The expectation is impacts from the supporting work of GWSP together with financing of infrastructure from other sources.
The GWSP aims to influence three thematic areas (referred to as business lines) of the Water GP; Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS), Water Resource Management (WRM), and Water in Agriculture (WiA).
The thematic areas are addressed by focusing on one or more of these five priority themes (sustainability, inclusion, institutions, financing and resilience). Work is carried out on global, regional, national and sub-national level.
A comprehensive results framework that measures different types of step wise improvements have been developed. The full results framework is presented in the annual report published on the World Banks/GWSP's webpage.
Expected results are partly the type/amount of knowledge products och technical assistance that GWSP will produce or provide. For example, outputs in the form of development of policies, strategies, regulatory frameworks, development of knowledge products, strengthening of water sector actors etc.
The knowledge products and technical assistance is then to contribute to improved and financed projects. Expected results also includes impact of GWSP on these projects, measured both as amount of funds that are leveraged and the design of the projects, such as for example inclusion of gender consideration, projects that promote sustainable and efficient water use or projects with an explicit focus on leveraging private finance.
The above expected results are then in their turn expected to contribute to the following targets: (Cumulative target range for 2023-2030):
People with access to improved water sources: 103.2 - 119.1 million
People with access to improved sanitation: 67.38 - 77.6 million
Area with new/improved irrigation services: 5.84 - 7.62 million hectares
People in areas covered by water risk mitigation measures (flooding/drought): 33.1 - 40 million
Institutions with WRM monitoring systems: 176 - 192
Area under sustainable land/water management practices: 8 - 9.4 million hectares
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SNV Opportunities for Youth Employment & Enterprise 2019-2023 SNV Opportunities for Youth Employment & Enterprise 2019-2023 - SNV Opportunities for Youth Employment & Enterprise The proposed overall goal of the OYE project in Zimbabwe is to improve livelihoods for young people and contribute towards creation of an enabling environment for youth and women to thrive through creation of enterprises and jobs. Over the four-year project activity period, a total of 5 000 youths is proposed to be reached directly under the Sida support and an additional 25 000 youth will benefit indirectly from Sida funds. Half of the stated figures will be women who will be reached through targeted mobilization. Co-funding from SDC will help to also reach out to the equal number of both direct and inderect beneficiaries. The SNV proposal has three specific objectives:
a) Out of school rural and urban youths acquire market-relevant in technical, business, leadership and life skills to exploit any available market opportunities
b) Public, private and civil service providers develop youth-inclusive capacities and create opportunities to employ youth as well as facilitate enterprise-creation
c) OYE contributes to learning and policy-making on youth employment at national levels and regional level through SADC structures.
The proposed contribution is aligned to Sweden's strategy for Zimbabwe mainly under the key support area of Livelihoods, Environment, Climate Change and Renewable Energy. These first two objectives above respond to the strategy goal 3.1: Improved opportunities for sustainable livelihoods, with a focus on sustainable food security, productive employment with decent working conditions, especially for women and young people. The third object relates to the proposal to establish a regional Centre of Excellence to be based in Harare to share regional OYE lessons learnt, knowledge developmentand robust evidence-generation to influence policy advocacy around youth employment at SADC level. As a cross-cutting objective, the proposed project also speaks to the goal 1.3 of the strategy that relates to Strengthened conditions for equality and respect for human rights, with a focus on women and girls.
The proposed Zimbabwe OYE model shall be a replica and a scaling up of the OYE project that was successful on the pilot countries of Rwanda, Tanzania and Mozambique. In all the three pilot countries, 29 183 youths were enrolled under the programme and 27 245 of these completed the basic training and coaching while 9 536 went further to complete advanced business skills and mentoring. A total of 18 975 entered formal employment and 1 408 created enterprises. Målet med den föreslagna insatsen - SNV Opportunities for Youth Employment & Enterprise 2019-2023 - är att bidra till förbättrade möjligheter till en hållbar försörjning och produktiv sysseltättning för unga kvinnor och män i Zimbabwe. Insatsen kommer att bidra till att omkring 5000 unga kvinnor och män kommer att nås direkt av projektet, och ytterligare cirka 25 000 kommer att gynnas indirekt. Hälfen av målgruppen kommer att vara kvinnor. Swiss Developmen Cooperation (SDC) kommer att matcha Sidas bidrag med samma belopp vilket kommer att fördubbla antalet som nås av projektet.
Insatsen har tre huvudsakliga mål:
a) Att ge ungdomar som inte går i skolan, samt unga i städer, yrkeskunskaper som är anpassade till den rådande marknaden, med fokus på teknisk kunskap, företagande, och ledarskap, för att kunna tillgodogöra sig möjligheter på arbetsmarknaden.
b) Offentliga institutioner, privata aktörer och aktörer inom civilsamhället erbjuder kapacitetsutveckling och anställning för unga, samt möjliggör egenföretagande och entreprenörskap.
c) Projektet bidrar till lärande och policyutveckling för jobb för unga båda på nationell nivå och regionalt genom SADC-strukturer.
Den föreslagna insatsen är väl i linje med Sveriges strategi för Zimbabwe, framförallt under samarbetsområde 3, Försörjning, miljö, klimat och energi. De första två målen svarar mot mål 3.1 Förbättrade möjligheter till en hållbar försörjning, med fokus på hållbar livsmedelsförsörjning, produktiv sysselsättning med anständiga arbetsvillkor, särskilt för kvinnor och ungdomar. Det tredje målet relaterar till förslaget att etablera ett regionalt Centre of Excellence, baserat i Harare för att dela de lärdomar som kommit från det regionala OYE-programmet, för att kunna påverka policy och påverkansarbete kring arbetsmarknad och jobb för unga på SADC-nivå. Insatsen kommer också bidra till mål 1.3 i strategin, Stärkta förutsättningar för jämställdhet och respekt för mänskliga rättigheter, med fokus på kvinnor och flickor.
Den föreslagna OYE-insatsen för Zimbabwe bygger på ett regionalt projekt som SNV har genomfört i Rwanda, Tanzania och Mocambique. Sammantaget har knappt 30 000 unga kvinnor och män varit del av programmen i alla tre länderna, och av dessa har 27 245 fullgjort basutbildning och coachning, medan 9 536 gick vidare till mer avancerade kurser i företagande och mentoring. Som ett resultat av projektet fick 18 975 formell anställning och 1 408 startate upp egna företag. The proposed overall goal of the OYE project in Zimbabwe is to improve livelihoods for young people and contribute towards creation of an enabling environment for youth and women to thrive through creation of enterprises and jobs. Over the four-year project activity period, a total of 5 000 youths is proposed to be reached directly under the Sida support and an additional 25 000 youth will benefit indirectly from Sida funds. Half of the stated figures will be women who will be reached through targeted mobilization. The project is co-funded by the Swiss SDC and this support will help to reach out to the equal number of both direct and indirect beneficiaries.
The target 10,000 direct beneficiaries will include both rural and urban youths and women. Peri-urban target districts are around Harare, Ruwa, Goromonzi, Seke, Bulawayo, Umzingwane, Umguza and Matobo districts. Under the urban initiative, the programme will target 5 000 youth in and around Harare and Bulawayo provinces. Under the rural initiative, the programme will target 5 000 youth in Manicaland' s Mutasa, Nyanga, Makoni and Chimanimani districts; Mashonaland East's Mutoko, Murewa and Chikomba districts and Matabeleland South's Beitbridge, Mangwe and Gwanda districts.
The SNV project has three specific objectives:
a) Out of school rural and urban youths acquire market-relevant in technical, business, leadership and life skills to exploit any available market opportunities
b) Public, private and civil service providers develop youth-inclusive capacities and create opportunities to employ youth as well as facilitate enterprise-creation
c) OYE contributes to learning and policy-making on youth employment at national levels and regional level through SADC structures.
The contribution is aligned to Sweden's strategy for Zimbabwe mainly under the key support area of Livelihoods, Environment, Climate Change and Renewable Energy. These first two objectives above respond to the strategy goal 3.1: Improved opportunities for sustainable livelihoods, with a focus on sustainable food security, productive employment with decent working conditions, especially for women and young people.
The third objective relates to the proposal to establish a regional Centre of Excellence to be based in Harare to share regional OYE lessons learnt, knowledge development and robust evidence-generation to influence policy advocacy around youth employment at SADC level. As a cross-cutting objective, the project also speaks to the goal 1.3 of the strategy that relates to Strengthened conditions for equality and respect for human rights, with a focus on women and girls.
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Consultations communautaires Port au Prince Contract related to: Consultations communautaires Port au Prince - The proposed Action intents to contribute to Specific-Objective 1.3: Support CSOs as actors of good governance and development in partner countries and to the achievement of the related result 1.3: Civil Society Organisations¿ (CSOs) ability to engage as actors of good governance and development at country level is improved.The Action rolls out the EU support to country-level CSO initiatives aimed at implementing priorities reflected in the NDICI-GLOBAL Europe, Annex III CSO Thematic Programme and the subsequent draft Multiannual Indicative Plan for the same. In line with the policy of geographisation, a majority of funds under the CSO MAAP 2021-2024, will be allocated under the Action to support civil society in partner countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and in Neighbourhood countries and Russia. Activities funded under the Action will support a broad range of civil society actors including and prioritising, but not limited to, women and youth organisations, In the framework of the Country Roadmaps for EU and Member States engagement with civil society (CSO Roadmaps), all initiatives under the Action will aim at and contribute to strengthening civil society partner¿s institutional and operational capacity through a comprehensive approach; enabling and ensuring their participation; and on improving the environment in which they operate. Particular attention will be paid to CSOs capacities to benefit from the digital transformation which will pay attention to accessible digital technology and reduce the gap on access to ICT.
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EU Emergency Support Programme in favour of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation launched a war of agression against Ukraine. The military agression has inflicted widespread suffering and casualties on the Ukrainian population, disrupted the provision of essential services, damaged civilian infrastructure and caused massive forced displacement. The European Union and the international community at large have firmly and unequivocally condemned Russia¿s war of aggression in the strongest possible terms and imposed sweeping economic sanctions as well as restrictive measures against individuals. The Action seeks to contribute to alleviating the suffering of the Ukrain¿s population caused by Russia¿s war of agression, including indiscriminate attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure by the Russian Armed Forces in blatant violation of international law, especially international humanitarian law. The Action¿s main objective is to provide infrastructure to secure access to basic goods and services as well as protection. The Action will also contribute to strengthening the country¿s resilience and resilience against hybrid threats by increasing the capacity of the government, economic actors, media and civil society to withstand the impact of the crisis and contribute to the recovery of the country. Focus will be also placed on the reconstruction of civilian infrastructure and its strategic planning as well as energy security.The Action, while contributing to advancing SDG 16 (Peace, justice and strong institutions), is in line with Priority Area 1 (A resilient, sustainable and integrated economy), Priority Area 4 (A resilient digital transformation) and Priority Area 5 (A resilient, gender-equal, fair and inclusive society) of the Multi-annual Indicative Programme (MIP) 2021-2027 for Ukraine, and is consistent with the wider European Union¿s goal of increasing the stability, prosperity and resilience of its neighbourhood, as set out in the Global Strategy for the Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union.
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Method/Capacity/Other Support 2022 - Save the Children Sweden HUM Project 2021-2025 During 2020, Sida's Unit for Humanitarian Assistance conducted an overview of ongoing strategic partnerships in order to ensure that partnerships were established with the most relevant and effective humanitarian actors to carry out Sida's Humanitarian Strategy. As a result of the overview, Sida has decided to appraise a new contribution and enter into a new strategic partnership agreement with Save the Children Sweden (SCS) for the period 2021-2025 (see archive number 2021-000057).
The total initial contribution to SCS in 2024 amounts to SEK 97 317 333.
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
1. Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
2. Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
3. Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
One of the main comparative advantages of Save the Children is its competence in addressing protection-related concerns. For this reason, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected Breakthrough particularly central for its interventions during the agreement period.
Finally, in addition to these three Breakthroughs, the proposed contribution also aligns with Sweden's newly adopted "Strategy for Sweden’s humanitarian assistance provided through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) 2021–2025". Detta beslut och tillhörande beredning avser en ny insats (Beslut om insats, Insatshanteringsregeln 2.9 §) mellan Sida och Rädda Barnens Riksförbund (Rädda Barnen) för avtalsperioden 2021-2025. Beslut och tillhörande beredningar avser dessutom stöd till Rädda Barnens humanitära verksamhet under 2021-2024 (stöd för avtalsåren 2025 är avhängligt Sidas godkännande av Rädda Barnens fullständiga ansökan för respektive år enligt att-satserna ovan).
Aktuellt beslut omfattar finansiellt stöd till Rädda Barnen om 97 317 333 SEK under 2024.
Målet med insatsen (2021-2025) är att bidra till tre "Förändringar" (Breakthroughs) som identifierats inom Save the Children-rörelsen som del av dess vision för 2030. Dessa är att barn ska:
1. Överleva - inga barn dör av orsaker som kan förebyggas innan de fyllt fem år.
2. Lära - alla barn får del av kvalitativ grundläggande utbildning.
3. Vara skyddade - våld mot barn tolereras inte längre.
I ljuset av Sveriges "Strategi för Sveriges humanitära bistånd genom Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete (Sida) 2021-2025" kommer särskilt den tredje Förändringen - vara skyddade - att vara central, eftersom ett av strategins huvudmål är "Förbättrad förmåga att tillgodose skydd och assistans för krisdrabbade människor". Rädda Barnen kommer dessutom i hög utsträckning att integrera skyddskomponenter i sin multisektoriella assistans inom ramen för insatsens tema "Centrality of Protection". Detta tema syftar till att på ett holistiskt sätt minska skyddsrelaterade risker och svara upp mot skyddsrelaterade behov hos barn i kombination med andra projektkomponenter, snarare än att betrakta skydd som isolerat från andra delmål. Vision, Humanitarian Policy and Humanitarian Plan
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
For the upcoming agreement period 2021-2025, SCS has identified several aims under each breakthrough that it seeks to promote with Sida's humanitarian funding.
All Country Offices within Save the Children are to be held accountable for their contribution to the Breakthroughs through a combination of programming, promotion, advocacy, funding and public mobilization. This is assessed to require integrated expertise in health, nutrition, education, child protection, child poverty and child rights governance. The work will be undertaken by SCS as part of both its development and humanitarian programming.
The humanitarian sphere of work related to the Breakthroughs is anchored in the Save the Children movement's Humanitarian Policy - Our Approach to Humanitarian Action, adopted in 2019. It stipulates that Save the Children aims to deliver humanitarian assistance that is timely, appropriate, effective and accountable to the most vulnerable children, their families and communities. Furthermore, during 2021, the work is guided in particular by its Humanitarian Plan 2021 - Children Cannot Wait. The plan is structured around four pillars, of which the first three align with the three strategic Breakthroughs: Child Survival, Access to Education, and Child Protection. The fourth pillar is Avoid Negative Coping Mechanisms, which sets out the aim for Save the Children to promote increased income opportunities, CVA for basic needs, in-kind food when CVA is not appropriate, as well as government social protection schemes. The overarching ambition of the Plan is for Save the Children to respond to the humanitarian needs of 15.7 million people, including 9.4 million children, in 2021.
Finally, to achieve the Breakthroughs, Save the Children emphasizes the importance of standards in its programming. For this reason, its Humanitarian Policy commits the organization to ensure that its programming consistently aligns with and integrates the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), the Sphere standards, the Inter- Agency Network for Education In Emergencies (INEE) minimum standards, and the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS).
Centrality of Protection
In 2019, a Centrality of Protection policy and strategy was endorsed in line with the Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) Principles Statement on the Centrality of Protection in Humanitarian Action (2013). Through the statement, protection became recognized as the purpose and intended outcome of humanitarian action. For Save the Children, the commitment to Centrality of Protection is built around six policy statements:
1. Ensure capacity of humanitarian staff to understand, recognise and respond to violations of International Humanitarian Law/International Human Rights Law/International Refugee Law/International Criminal Law and uphold humanitarian principles in humanitarian crises.
2. Adopt a conflict-sensitive approach to the centrality of protection.
3. Systematize the approach to child protection analysis and integration in humanitarian crises.
4. Commit to the identification, response, monitoring and reporting of grave and other serious child rights violations.
5. Define the organizational position and develop an appropriate response when identifying the erosion of the international legal framework for upholding child rights in humanitarian contexts.
6. Strengthen interagency collaboration, including as a Cluster Lead agency, and use that to promote child rights within the humanitarian protection architecture.
For SCS's Sida-funded Humanitarian Program 2021-2025, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected breakthrough particularly central for its interventions. It would entail a broader conceptualization of protection than during the agreement period 2017-2020, which had the thematic frame Children and Armed Conflict, with a specific focus on Protecting Children in Conflict. The key difference would be moving beyond preventing protection risks faced by children through child protection-focused interventions, towards integrating the mitigation of protection risks into all SCS's sectors of work whenever relevant. The ambition is to promote a more comprehensive and holistic approach to addressing child protection concerns in contrast to doing so in isolation.
Initial Allocation 2021
In alignment with Save the Children's ambitions related to its Vision for 2030 and the three strategic Breakthroughs, its Humanitarian Policy, its Humanitarian Plan, as well as Sida's Humanitarian Strategy, SCS has submitted a Full Project Proposal to Sida for 2021. Sida has reviewed these proposals and drawn the conclusion that they align well with the abovementioned priorities as well as the proposed Centrality of Protection thematic frame. Below, a short description is provided for the proposed projects to be supported by Sida as part of the initial allocation 2021. The activity period for each project is 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022, which corresponds to the 2021 work year.
I. Annual Projects (in line with the most recent Humanitarian Response Plans)
Iraq - SEK 15,000,000
Three years after the end of Iraq’s conflict against ISIS, the impacts of fighting remain high. In 2020, more than 4.1 million people were in need of some form of humanitarian assistance, and it is estimated that over 2.3. million individuals will be in need of protection services in 2021. Moreover, 1.3 million people are estimated to be internally displaced, many of whom facing additional vulnerabilities as a result of the Government of Iraq's announcement in October 2020 that all camps and informal locations for Internally Displaced People (IDP) are to be closed.
Save the Children has significant experience of addressing humanitarian needs in Iraq. In their activities, they include capacity strengthening for the Department of Labour and Social Affairs and other local actors working with child protection-related issues. Furthermore, Save the Children has a strong localization focus, with 40 % of the funds designated for the proposed intervention planned for to be forwarded to the three local implementing partners: Harikar; Al Sorouh for Sustainable Development Foundation; and Sahara Economic Development Organization.
Save the Children has previously reported good results from their interventions in Iraq and has contributed to the reduction of protection risks that vulnerable girls and boys and their caregivers face. Moreover, Save the Children is co-lead in the Child Protection sub-cluster and has a role to play in the future transition to development interventions in this area of work.
The project would be implemented in Ninewa (Mosul), Diyala (Mugidadia) and Dohuk (Sakho) with IDPs, recent returnees and vulnerable host communities as the targeted groups. The overall objective is to support the most vulnerable conflict-affected and displaced to survive and be protected through integrated protection, mental health and psychosocial support services, livelihoods and health actions. In alignment with the three Strategic Objectives of the draft HRP for 2021, this would be done by, inter alia, providing case management and positive parenting support services (benefitting 3,420 children and youth), multipurpose cash grants (1,320 children and 660 adults), life skills trainings (300 youth), promoting health awareness (3,000 children and 10,000 community members) and capacitating local actors to lead protection-oriented responses (520 persons).
Mali - SEK 7,000,000
Of the estimated 13.5 million crisis-affected Malians, around 7.1 million are projected to be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2021 - an increase of 39 percent compared to 2020. Of these people, 3.5 million are estimated to be children. The worst affected region is Mopti, where approximately 42 % of the country's 311,193 IDPs reside (55 % of whom are women), food insecurity is pervasive and severe protection risks exist. The dire situation is mainly a result of different types of ongoing armed violence, but is compounded by poverty, weak state presence and climate change.
In alignment with the first three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 HRP, the proposed intervention targets 8,940 people living in Koro and Bankass circles in Mopti region (4,700 children and 3,790 adults). It is an integrated protection intervention with a strong focus on promoting sustained outcomes. The objective is to restore the psychosocial well-being and addressing the basic needs of populations affected by the armed violence as well as to strengthen the protective environment in the region. This would be done through the provision of protection and education services, cash assistance during the lean season, and the implementation of the protection cluster's Centrality of Protection action plan.
Of the budget, 60 % is designated for direct implementation by Save the Children, and the remainder for a planned partnership with a local organization. The partner organization is yet to be identified, and Sida is currently in dialogue with SCS related to this risk and potential contingency planning.
Capacity building and material support is also planned for to local state actors and community groups for them to sustain the protection support structure in Mopti following the finalization of the project. This includes developing an exit plan to be implemented during the last three months of the project (January to March 2022).
Mozambique - SEK 6,000,000
Ever since cyclone Kenneth struck the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique in April 2019 causing widespread destruction, humanitarian needs have continued to increase. The main reason for this has been the parallel escalation of an armed conflict in the province that dawned in 2017. Between March and November 2020 alone, the number of IDPs quadrupled from around 110,400 to nearly 530,000. In total, over 1.3 million people are projected to be in need of humanitarian support in the province during 2021.
Sida has provided support to Save the Children for responding to humanitarian needs in Cabo Delgado since cyclone Kenneth in 2019 and is diversifying its partner portfolio from 2021. The proposed support for Save the Children aligns specifically with the third strategic objective of the 2021 HRP - addressing protection risks and needs of crisis-affected people. As such, it is foremostly a focused rather than an integrated intervention, and targets 33,346 people (13,338 children) in the districts of Chuire, Metuge, Montepuez and Pemba.
The intervention is planned for to be implemented in partnership with CARE International throught he COSACA consortium, which has been operating in Mozambique since 2007. It is focused around two Outcomes: child protection (led by Save the Children) and gender-based violence (led by CARE International. The overarching aim is to ensure crisis-affected people are protected and better able to withstand protection risks of current and future crises. Activities include case management support for unaccompanied and separated children as well as children exposed to Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and the provision of Psychosocial Support Services at Child Friendly Spaces.
South Sudan - SEK 10,000,000
In South Sudan, approximately 80 % of the population of 11.8 million live on less than USD 1 per day, with an estimated 8.3 million to be in need of humanitarian assistance and 7.7 million to experience food insecurity (IPC 3 or worse). One of the worst affected states is Jonglei where the armed conflict intensified in 2020, and where needs were compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as floods. The latter in particular, and volatile weather and climate change in general, pose significant threats to many South Sudanese as the majority of the population rely on subsistence farming.
The objective of the proposed intervention is to improve food and income security of crisis affected people - including IDPs - in Bor South and Nyirol Counties of Jonglei State. The total number of people targeted is 52,183. The intervention would be integrated with an ongoing education project with the aim of building a safe and protective environment for children, which is currently receiving development support from Sida. This would foremostly be done by preventing dropout rates through cash assistance and livelihoods trainings, and by meeting nutritional needs of children under the age of five in order to prevent them from suffering physical or cognitive damages ahead of enrolling in school. The humanitarian project would be multisectoral - food security and livelihood, nutrition, child protection, mental health and psychosocial support, and with indirect links to education.
The project would contribute to the three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 South Sudan HRP: reducing morbidity and mortality; facilitating safe, equitable and dignified access to basic services; and enabling vulnerable people to recover from crisis, seek solutions to displacement and build resilience to acute shocks and chronic stresses. Save the Children would partner with the local organization Christian Recovery and Development Agency (CRADA) in Nyirol for part of the food security and livelihood component, and cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, County Health Department, and Ministry of Gender.
Syria - SEK 10,000,000
About to enter its tenth year, the war in Syria has devastated the country, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to live in overcrowded camps with insufficient services and imminent protection risks. In two of these camps located in northeast Syria - Al Hol and Roj - over 64,400 people live. In Al Hol, 94 % of the residents are women and children, and 53 % are below the age of 12. Around 60 % of children are not receiving education, with Covid-19 having further exacerbated this situation. In Roj, 64 % of the residents are below 18 years old, many similarly missing out on education opportunities.
A barrier analysis conducted by Save the Children in mid-2020 indicated lacking access to services as a major concern, in particular for vulnerable groups such as girls and children with disabilities. The proposed intervention would address this issue through the provision of integrated protection, mental health, psychosocial, and education support reaching a targeted 1,700 children, 140 caregivers and 22 education facilitators. Activities include providing case management and psychosocial support services, making referrals, supporting child protection committees and promoting protective education opportunities.
The intervention would contribute specifically to Strategic Objective 2 - enhance protection and Strategic Objective 3 - increase resilience and access to services, of the 2020 HRP for Syria, published in late 2020. Being one of few NGOs with access to operate in the camps, Save the Children would be conducting all implementation, while seeking to advocate with camp authorities on child-related issues and strengthen community structures such as child protection committees and parent teachers associations to promote resilience.
Yemen - SEK 15,000,000
OCHA estimates that 24.1 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance (as of December 2020), which corresponds to around 80 % of the entire population. One of the governorates most severely affected by the war is Hajjah, with frontlines in Abs, Mustaba and Aslem where people suffer from severe deprivations and increased protection risks. In February 2019, for example, 62 % of cases of recruitment and use of children and 37 % of child casualties verified across the country were from Hajjah. In addition to the hostilities, displacement and lack of access are the main drivers of humanitarian needs, in particular food insecurity. Moreover, 5.5 million children were estimated to be in need of education assistance in 2020, with 161 schools in Hajjah unfit for use and girls being two times more likely th be withdrawn from school than boys.
The proposed support is for an integrated food security and livelihoods, child protection and education intervention to 7,800 people (no double counting) in Abs district and Hajjah city. This will be done by, inter alia, providing multipurpose cash grants to adolescents and caregivers to cover basic needs, most of whom would also receive complementary vocational training with the aim to improve their livelihoods resilience. With regards to child protection, moreover, support services would complement education efforts by targeting children attending temporary learning spaces with psychosocial support and case management when needed.
Save the Children's operations have previously suffered severely from restricted access - in 2019, merely 13 % of targeted beneficiaries for a Sida-funded project were reached in four northern provinces (including Hajjah), prompting Save the Children to shift its operations to southern Yemen in 2020. The outlook is currently that Save the Children would be able to conduct the intervention as planned for 2021, but Sida will need to engage in close dialogue with SCS during the year to ensure operations are running smoothly and that Sida is promptly informed otherwise.
Finally, Ansar Allah, largely in control of north Yemen, has been subjected to a terrorist designation by the US as of 19 January 2021. Sida, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance is therefore in close contact with its partners on the potential impact of the designation on the humanitarian situation in the country, as well as the SCS’s specific activities and presence. Moreover, a risk analysis is being developed by each partner to identify challenges and mitigation measures.
II. Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) - SEK 25,000,000
Part of the annual humanitarian budget is set aside for sudden onsets of humanitarian crises and as well as deteriorations of major ongoing ones. For these situations, Sida has a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) that makes it possible to allow for the release of disbursed (but unallocated) funds for SPOs within 24 hours in order for them to swiftly respond when humanitarian needs suddenly emerge or severely deteriorate.
SCS has been assessed by Sida to have a strong capacity to respond to sudden onset crises in complex humanitarian contexts. For this reason, it is proposed that SCS receives SEK 25 million in RRM support for 2021.
III. Capacity Building and Method Development Support
Strengthening Humanitarian Access - SEK 3,409,000
As raised above, the latest Annual Report of the UN Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict outlined an increase of 453 percent in incidents of denial of humanitarian access in 2019, representing a total of more than 4,400 incidents. In recent years, the respect for norms governing armed conflict and humanitarian action has eroded, which undermines the ability of humanitarian organizations to reach people in need of assistance and places the onus on communities themselves to ensure access to assistance and services. Moreover, access restrictions are sometimes further compounded by counterterrorism and sanction measures preventing engagement with actors that might be in partial or direct control over areas where humanitarian needs exist.
The objective of this intervention is to address these issues by strengthening access for humanitarians and communities in hard-to-reach areas. It is divided along three objectives:
1. Promote systematization of how Save the Children staff and partners engage in dialogue with armed actors. This includes providing, inter alia, capacity-building support for field workers and frontline teams in structuring their humanitarian negotiations.
2. Facilitate communities to access services. 2021 would be the first year of a two-year effort to assemble knowledge and understanding and develop guidance to promote community-led child protection. The ambition is for this to then be piloted in selected constituencies during 2022 (no such funding for year two proposed for in this Appraisal Memo).
3. Measuring the impact of denial of humanitarian access to children, including the effects of counterterrorism legislation. This would be done as a research project in partnership with Watchlist and the Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) and be used for advocacy purposes.
This proposed project aligns with several objectives of Sida's Humanitarian Strategy's, in particular "Humanitarian assistance and protection activities reach people in hard-to-reach areas" and "Humanitarian actors have safe, unhindered and sustained humanitarian access to reach crisis-affected people".
Interagency Child Protection Programming - SEK 2,184,000
In a constantly evolving humanitarian landscape there is a need to ensure humanitarian actors respond to crises with quality and reach. To this effect, humanitarian standards are central instruments. Departing from this notion, the project aims to strengthen quality, accountability and efficiency in interagency child protection programming. It is based on two components: the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS) and Cash and Voucher (CVA) assistance.
First, together with the Sphere Protection Principles, the CPMS provide for a foundation of advancing Centrality of Protection in humanitarian programming, which was incorporated in the CPMS during 2019. However, funding for child protection is limited and prioritization of Centrality of Protection across sectors is oftentimes lacking. The proposed project seeks to address this by supporting innovation and local leadership through the CPMS Innovation Fund - granting financial support to national and local actors to lead implementation of the CPMS. Moreover, advocacy is planned for at the global level on how multi-sectoral actors' commitment to the Centrality of Protection can be realized and trickle down to programming at the country level.
The second component seeks to strengthen the use and evidence base for CVA in interagency child protection programming, which in part is a continuation of activities funded by Sida in 2020. It includes (i) the finalization and dissemination of an integrated CVA and Child Protection Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment and Learning (MEAL) toolkit, (ii) undertaking a desk review on CVA for child-headed households and unaccompanied children, and (iii) finalizing guidance on conditions and capacities required to work with child protection using CVA.
This proposed project also aligns with several objectives of Sida's humanitarian Strategy's, including "Reduced risk of violence, threats and abuse for crisis-affected people", and "Increased effectiveness and efficiency of the humanitarian system in line with Grand Bargain commitments".
IV. Global Surge Deployments - SEK 800,000
In 2017, a review was undertaken of the surge structure across the Save the Children movement, which resulted in a decision to transition it from a decentralized model where surge teams were hosted by different Members, to a centralized model hosted by SCI under what is called a Global Humanitarian Surge Platform (GHSP). The purpose was to increase the quality, speed and effectiveness of the global surge capacity, reducing the complexity of deployment procedures and increasing the visibility of supply and demand of staff. The GHSP was formally established in 2019, and managed 342 deployments in 2020.
The objective of Sida's proposed support to the GHSP is to ensure that Save the Children's humanitarian responses have access to rapidly deployable skilled and experienced staff needed to deliver high quality and timely humanitarian responses. During 2021, an estimated ten deployments of four weeks respectively are expected to be funded through Sida's support.
V. Operational and Technical Support - SEK 5 000 000
This support is provided to SCS's HQ in Stockholm in order to engender high-quality management of - and compliance with - the draft Agreement during 2021. The support is divided between "Operational Support", "Thematic and Quality Support", "Grants Management & Monitoring", and "Financial Management and Donor Relations".
Sida's assessment of this support is provided in more detail in section 5.1. below.
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Venezuela, Venezuela Regional and Colombia 2022 2022 - IRC HUM 2021-2025 International Rescue Committee, IRC, is a non-profit international organisation, working with humanitarian and development work in more than 40 countries world-wide. As per IRC’s mission statement, their goal is “to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, including by the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control of their future” in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Their focus is on activities with the sectors of health, safety/protection, education, livelihoods and ensuring people have the power to influence decisions that affect their lives. Their main target group is people who flee from war, conflict and disaster, and the host communities that support them.
Currently, IRC is mainly a self-implementing organisation who conduct the bulk of their work through their 17 000 global staff members. However, IRC is striving to increase their cooperation with local partners (authorities, organisation, community groups) to reach a goal of sub-granting 25 % of their means through third party, and will continue to work towards achieving this target during 2024 and 2025.
In 2024, the IRC will receive humanitarian programme-based support in 17 countries, as well as funding for the IRC's Rapid Response Mechanism, whose function is to rapidly channel funds to emerging or worsening crises. In addition to the ongoing methodology and capacity projects, the IRC is starting two new 2-year projects this year, focusing on protection for one, and localisation for the other. International Rescue Committee (IRC) är en enskild internationell organisation, aktiv i humanitär respons och resiliens i mer än 40 länder globalt. Deras huvudsakliga syfte är att bistå människor vars liv och försörjningsmöjligheter slagits i spillror till följd av konflikter, naturkatastrofer och klimatförändringar genom att erbjuda överlevnadsstöd och aktiviteter för återhämtning. Fokus ligger på aktiviteter inom hälsa, skydd, utbildning, försörjningsmöjligheter samt människors stärkta egenmakt och beslutsförmåga. Huvudsaklig målgrupp är människor som flyr från krig och katastrofer, samt de värdsamhällen som bistår dem.
I dagsläget är IRC huvudsakligen självimplementerande och utför sitt arbete med hjälp av sina 17 000 medarbetare världen över. IRC har däremot ett mål om att utöka sitt samarbete med lokala partners (myndigheter, organisationer, organiserade samhällsgrupper) för att på sikt kanalisera 25 % av finansiella medel genom tredje part, och kommer under 2024 och 2025 att försätta arbeta för att detta ska bli verklighet.
År 2024 får IRC humanitärt programbaserat stöd i 17 länder, samt medel till IRCs snabbfinansieringsmekanism ”Rapid Response Mechanism” vars funktion är att snabbt kunna kanalisera medel till hastigt uppkomna eller kraftigt förvärrade kriser. Utöver de pågående metod och kapacitet projekt börjar IRC två nya 2-åriga projekt i år, med fokus på skydd för den ena, och lokalisering för den andra. IRC respond to the worlds worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic well being and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Their mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods have been shattered by conflict and disaster, including the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control of their future.
IRC consider their interventions successful when their clients see improvement in their safety from physical, sexual and psychological harm; in their health status, including physical and mental well-being; in education, including literacy and numeracy, social-emotional, and life skills (including safe schools); in economic well-being, including ability to provide basic material needs and income asset growth; and in power to have influence over the decisions that affect their lives. IRC strive to reach these goals while continuously trying to tackle gender inequalities in and through all of their work.
As Sida supports IRC in a variety of countries, not one specific objective can be identified for the whole contribution, but for the sake of exemplifying, a number of country specific goals are outlined below:
Ukraine: People are safe in their homes and receive support when they experience harm, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of gender-based violence, adolescents and adults are physically and mentally healthy, people meet their basic needs and protect livelihoods during emergencies, people develop their livelihoods and recover from shocks.
Myanmar: People are safe in their communities and receive support when they experience harm, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of
gender-based violence, women and girls achieve their sexual and reproductive health and rights, adolescents and adults are physically and mentally healthy, people access water, sanitation and hygiene services and live in an enhanced environment, people meet their basic needs and protect livelihoods during emergencies, people lead their recovery and development.
Central African Republic: People are safe in their communities and receive support when they experience harm, children survive and are healthy, women and girls achieve their sexual and reproductive health and rights, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of gender-based violence, people develop their livelihoods and recover from shocks, people lead their own recovery and development.
Across the country programmes relevant for Sida funding in 2024, IRC will engage i formal and informal partnerships with local and national actors. The cash modality will be explored in all contexts.
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The Netherlands Mine Action and Cluster Munitions Programme 2020-2024 - Senegal Senegal was recently granted an extension of its obligations under article 5 for a further five years (2021-2026) to complete its land clearance efforts in Casamance. With regards to the current nature and extent of the contamination, Senegal could reach its objective to be mine-free by 2026. Furthermore, there is a strong and high political commitment to restore peace and releasing land to people in an effort to support the peace process and the return of internally displaced people. Since 1996, Humanité & Inclusion (Humanity & Inclusion) has been involved in strengthening the technical capacities of national organisations. More specifically, HI has closely worked with CNAMS (Centre National d’Action Antimines au Sénégal) staff in order to achieve the objective set by the Senegalese government of a mine-free country by 2026. HI is currently the only organisation accredited to implement mine action operations. HI intends to work alongside the authorities to increase its humanitarian demining programme, by adopting an integrated approach, addressing the instruments of armed violence, its immediate effects, its long-term impacts and by supporting the actors working in the area on its root causes.
Under the Mine Action and Cluster Munitions Programme, HI has designed an 18-month HMA programme that will respond to the needs of the population of Casamance.
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Cameroun M¿dia+, M¿dias, droits et jeunesse pour une information fiable et citoyenne Contract related to: Cameroun M¿dia+, M¿dias, droits et jeunesse pour une information fiable et citoyenne - Human rights and democracy are founding values of the EU. Protecting and promoting HR&D is therefore a key priority of the EU¿s external action. It is also a precondition for sustainable development and for building more inclusive, open and resilient societies.Yet, recent data show that globally, most countries are far from having acceptable human rights and democracy track records. In this context, worsened by the COVID crisis, the EU re-affirmed its commitment to support human rights and democracy worldwide by adopting the `Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024¿. The Action Plan identifies priorities and key actions, to ensure that the EU plays a greater role in promoting and defending human rights and democracy throughout its external action. The Regulation (EU) 2021/947 (Global Europe) establishes the legal basis for the human rights and democracy actions. Particularly, its annex III details the areas of intervention for human rights and democracy.The overall objective of the present action is to contribute to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law worldwide. The action will achieve this objective by supporting and strengthening civil society organisations (CSOs), democracy activists and human-rights defenders working on critical human rights and democracy issues in non-EU countries. It may also cover, where relevant, the promotion of international humanitarian law. Consequently, it will contribute to the 5 priorities of the Multiannual Indicative programme 2021-2027 as well as the specific priorities set out for the additional funding coming from the cushion.This action will mainly be implemented by EU Delegations in-country so as to: (i) better respond to the country-specific contexts; (ii) be as close as possible to the needs of the rights holders; and (iii) promote a sense of `ownership¿ of the action among local actors. The actions financed at country level will be in line with: (i) the EU action plan for human rights and democracy; (ii) EU guidelines on human rights; and (iii) the respective Human Rights and Democracy country strategies or priorities under the EU accession process. All actions will follow a human rights based approach putting people at the centre of actions and also focusing on promoting gender equality.
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Fostering Sustainable Partnerships and Dialogue: Arts and Culture Collaboration between Kosovo and Serbia <p class="ql-align-center">Enhanced and developed sustainable, inclusive and participatory contemporary cultural collaborative practices, programs and structures between Serbia and Kosovo.</p><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p>
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Projet multi-centres d¿alimentation en eau potable de la ville de Téra à partir de Gothèye Le taux d¿accès à l¿eau potable au Niger reste très faible avec des grandes disparités ¿ en effet, environ 50% de la population rurale a l¿accès à l¿eau potable, contre un taux de desserte de 86% en milieu urbain. En plus, des disparités assez fortes sont aussi constatées entre et au sein des régions en milieu rural. L¿accès à l¿eau potable est essentiel pour le développement, et son manque a des conséquences graves sur la santé, la nutrition, l¿éducation et le développement économique. Actuellement, près de 92% de la population de la région de Tillabéri habite en milieu rural, où il y a des pénuries de l¿eau, notamment pendant la période chaude quand les températures souvent montent au-dessus de 40°C.Ce projet vise à résoudre de façon durable, le problème d¿approvisionnement en eau potable d¿une population bénéficiaire de 206 000 habitants, en pleine zone fragile des 3 frontières dans la région de Tillabéri (communes de Téra, Kokorou, Dargol et Gothèye). Conformément à la gestion intégrée des ressources en eau (et en accord avec le plan d¿aménagement du bassin du fleuve Niger), il sera fait recours à l¿eau de surface, la solution de l¿eau souterraine étant plus contraignante compte tenu du contexte géologique défavorable de la zone. Il s¿agit de construire sur le fleuve Niger à Gothèye, un ouvrage de prise, une station de pompage et une usine de traitement d'eau, puis une conduite d¿adduction d¿environ 100 km pour amener l¿eau potable jusqu¿à la ville de Téra. Cette conduite permettra aussi de raccorder 33 localités rurales situées sur le trajet entre Gothèye et Téra. Cette intervention contribuera à l¿amélioration du cadre de vie des populations, et plus particulièrement les femmes et les enfants, et leur résilience face aux incertitudes liées au changement climatique. Il est également envisagé de construire un 2ème axe de distribution de l¿usine de traitement d¿eau à Gothèye jusqu¿à Boulkagou ¿ cet axe représenterait environ 50 km et permettrait d¿accorder plusieurs autres localités. Ce projet apportera un bénéfice direct aux populations locales dans une région difficile et permettra à l¿Etat de se présenter comme un acteur actif et crédible.Le projet est aligné à la Déclaration de Politique générale du Gouvernement de la 7ème République, en particulier à ses axes : 1 - « Sécurité et quiétude sociale » ; 2 - « Bonne gouvernance et consolidation des Institutions républicaines » ; 4 - « Modernisation du monde rural » et 7 - « Solidarité et inclusion socioéconomique des catégories en situation de vulnérabilité ». Comme la totalité de financement sera dirigée vers la région d¿intervention prioritaire de Tillabéri (départements de Gothèye et Téra), le programme contribue à la Stratégie intégrée de l¿UE au Sahel en assurant un service social dans les zones fragiles en soutenant l¿approche territoriale intégrée en lien avec les domaines prioritaires n°1 « Gouvernance » et n°3 « Croissance et économie verte » du Programme indicatif multi-annuel 2021-2027 pour le Niger, et il s¿inscrit dans l¿approche Team Europe et contribue à la réalisation des TEI 1 #Gouvernance-Paix-Droits et TEI 2 #Niger Générations Futures, avec ce co-financement avec la BEI. Puisque la création des nouveaux raccordements devrait faciliter la fourniture des services sociaux de base et la dynamisation du secteur économique, cette action s¿inscrit aussi dans le cadre du Consensus européen pour le Développement, dont notamment les piliers portant sur les « Personnes » (développement humain et dignité) et « Prospérité » (croissance économique inclusive et durable).
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Multi-year Humanitarian Programme 2013 to 2017 To meet the most urgent humanitarian needs of conflict and disaster affected populations through provision of life-saving assistance which will benefit up to 200,000 people per year and provision of livelihood assistance which will benefit up to 300,000 vulnerable people per year and help them increase their level of resilience. This contributes towards our commitment to follow recommendations made in the Humanitarian Emergency Response Review and will result in fewer Somalis in need of humanitarian assistance and living in dignity with improved resilience by 2017.
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EU support to urban sustainable mobility in Mexican States <p class="ql-align-justify">The main objective is to improve smart and inclusive urban mobility planning, including the expansion of zero-emission transportation networks and digitalized services in the selected states of Mexico City, Nuevo Leon (Monterrey - Metrorrey), Estado de Mexico, Queretaro and Yucatan. </p><p>Expected outputs:</p><p>Improved technical and administrative capacity of Metrorrey (Monterrey, Nueva Leon) to exploit and expand the current fleet of electrical buses. </p><ol><li data-list="ordered"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span>Improved technical capacity of Mexico City administration for expansion of its zero-emission transport networks. </li><li data-list="ordered"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span>Improved technical and administrative capacity of Estado de Mexico to improve air quality at State level. </li><li data-list="ordered"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span>Improved technical and administrative capacity of State of Queretaro to develop sustainable mobility. </li><li data-list="ordered"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span>Improved technical and administrative capacity of Yucatan State to decarbonize the transport sector.</li></ol>
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Colombia and the Venezuela Regional Crisis 2021 - Save the Children Sweden HUM Project 2021-2025 Detta beslut och tillhörande beredning avser en ny insats (Beslut om insats, Insatshanteringsregeln 2.9 §) mellan Sida och Rädda Barnens Riksförbund (Rädda Barnen) för avtalsperioden 2021-2025. Beslut och tillhörande beredningar avser dessutom stöd till Rädda Barnens humanitära verksamhet under 2021-2024 (stöd för avtalsåren 2025 är avhängligt Sidas godkännande av Rädda Barnens fullständiga ansökan för respektive år enligt att-satserna ovan).
Aktuellt beslut omfattar finansiellt stöd till Rädda Barnen om 97 317 333 SEK under 2024.
Målet med insatsen (2021-2025) är att bidra till tre "Förändringar" (Breakthroughs) som identifierats inom Save the Children-rörelsen som del av dess vision för 2030. Dessa är att barn ska:
1. Överleva - inga barn dör av orsaker som kan förebyggas innan de fyllt fem år.
2. Lära - alla barn får del av kvalitativ grundläggande utbildning.
3. Vara skyddade - våld mot barn tolereras inte längre.
I ljuset av Sveriges "Strategi för Sveriges humanitära bistånd genom Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete (Sida) 2021-2025" kommer särskilt den tredje Förändringen - vara skyddade - att vara central, eftersom ett av strategins huvudmål är "Förbättrad förmåga att tillgodose skydd och assistans för krisdrabbade människor". Rädda Barnen kommer dessutom i hög utsträckning att integrera skyddskomponenter i sin multisektoriella assistans inom ramen för insatsens tema "Centrality of Protection". Detta tema syftar till att på ett holistiskt sätt minska skyddsrelaterade risker och svara upp mot skyddsrelaterade behov hos barn i kombination med andra projektkomponenter, snarare än att betrakta skydd som isolerat från andra delmål. During 2020, Sida's Unit for Humanitarian Assistance conducted an overview of ongoing strategic partnerships in order to ensure that partnerships were established with the most relevant and effective humanitarian actors to carry out Sida's Humanitarian Strategy. As a result of the overview, Sida has decided to appraise a new contribution and enter into a new strategic partnership agreement with Save the Children Sweden (SCS) for the period 2021-2025 (see archive number 2021-000057).
The total initial contribution to SCS in 2024 amounts to SEK 97 317 333.
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
1. Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
2. Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
3. Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
One of the main comparative advantages of Save the Children is its competence in addressing protection-related concerns. For this reason, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected Breakthrough particularly central for its interventions during the agreement period.
Finally, in addition to these three Breakthroughs, the proposed contribution also aligns with Sweden's newly adopted "Strategy for Sweden’s humanitarian assistance provided through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) 2021–2025". Vision, Humanitarian Policy and Humanitarian Plan
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
For the upcoming agreement period 2021-2025, SCS has identified several aims under each breakthrough that it seeks to promote with Sida's humanitarian funding.
All Country Offices within Save the Children are to be held accountable for their contribution to the Breakthroughs through a combination of programming, promotion, advocacy, funding and public mobilization. This is assessed to require integrated expertise in health, nutrition, education, child protection, child poverty and child rights governance. The work will be undertaken by SCS as part of both its development and humanitarian programming.
The humanitarian sphere of work related to the Breakthroughs is anchored in the Save the Children movement's Humanitarian Policy - Our Approach to Humanitarian Action, adopted in 2019. It stipulates that Save the Children aims to deliver humanitarian assistance that is timely, appropriate, effective and accountable to the most vulnerable children, their families and communities. Furthermore, during 2021, the work is guided in particular by its Humanitarian Plan 2021 - Children Cannot Wait. The plan is structured around four pillars, of which the first three align with the three strategic Breakthroughs: Child Survival, Access to Education, and Child Protection. The fourth pillar is Avoid Negative Coping Mechanisms, which sets out the aim for Save the Children to promote increased income opportunities, CVA for basic needs, in-kind food when CVA is not appropriate, as well as government social protection schemes. The overarching ambition of the Plan is for Save the Children to respond to the humanitarian needs of 15.7 million people, including 9.4 million children, in 2021.
Finally, to achieve the Breakthroughs, Save the Children emphasizes the importance of standards in its programming. For this reason, its Humanitarian Policy commits the organization to ensure that its programming consistently aligns with and integrates the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), the Sphere standards, the Inter- Agency Network for Education In Emergencies (INEE) minimum standards, and the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS).
Centrality of Protection
In 2019, a Centrality of Protection policy and strategy was endorsed in line with the Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) Principles Statement on the Centrality of Protection in Humanitarian Action (2013). Through the statement, protection became recognized as the purpose and intended outcome of humanitarian action. For Save the Children, the commitment to Centrality of Protection is built around six policy statements:
1. Ensure capacity of humanitarian staff to understand, recognise and respond to violations of International Humanitarian Law/International Human Rights Law/International Refugee Law/International Criminal Law and uphold humanitarian principles in humanitarian crises.
2. Adopt a conflict-sensitive approach to the centrality of protection.
3. Systematize the approach to child protection analysis and integration in humanitarian crises.
4. Commit to the identification, response, monitoring and reporting of grave and other serious child rights violations.
5. Define the organizational position and develop an appropriate response when identifying the erosion of the international legal framework for upholding child rights in humanitarian contexts.
6. Strengthen interagency collaboration, including as a Cluster Lead agency, and use that to promote child rights within the humanitarian protection architecture.
For SCS's Sida-funded Humanitarian Program 2021-2025, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected breakthrough particularly central for its interventions. It would entail a broader conceptualization of protection than during the agreement period 2017-2020, which had the thematic frame Children and Armed Conflict, with a specific focus on Protecting Children in Conflict. The key difference would be moving beyond preventing protection risks faced by children through child protection-focused interventions, towards integrating the mitigation of protection risks into all SCS's sectors of work whenever relevant. The ambition is to promote a more comprehensive and holistic approach to addressing child protection concerns in contrast to doing so in isolation.
Initial Allocation 2021
In alignment with Save the Children's ambitions related to its Vision for 2030 and the three strategic Breakthroughs, its Humanitarian Policy, its Humanitarian Plan, as well as Sida's Humanitarian Strategy, SCS has submitted a Full Project Proposal to Sida for 2021. Sida has reviewed these proposals and drawn the conclusion that they align well with the abovementioned priorities as well as the proposed Centrality of Protection thematic frame. Below, a short description is provided for the proposed projects to be supported by Sida as part of the initial allocation 2021. The activity period for each project is 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022, which corresponds to the 2021 work year.
I. Annual Projects (in line with the most recent Humanitarian Response Plans)
Iraq - SEK 15,000,000
Three years after the end of Iraq’s conflict against ISIS, the impacts of fighting remain high. In 2020, more than 4.1 million people were in need of some form of humanitarian assistance, and it is estimated that over 2.3. million individuals will be in need of protection services in 2021. Moreover, 1.3 million people are estimated to be internally displaced, many of whom facing additional vulnerabilities as a result of the Government of Iraq's announcement in October 2020 that all camps and informal locations for Internally Displaced People (IDP) are to be closed.
Save the Children has significant experience of addressing humanitarian needs in Iraq. In their activities, they include capacity strengthening for the Department of Labour and Social Affairs and other local actors working with child protection-related issues. Furthermore, Save the Children has a strong localization focus, with 40 % of the funds designated for the proposed intervention planned for to be forwarded to the three local implementing partners: Harikar; Al Sorouh for Sustainable Development Foundation; and Sahara Economic Development Organization.
Save the Children has previously reported good results from their interventions in Iraq and has contributed to the reduction of protection risks that vulnerable girls and boys and their caregivers face. Moreover, Save the Children is co-lead in the Child Protection sub-cluster and has a role to play in the future transition to development interventions in this area of work.
The project would be implemented in Ninewa (Mosul), Diyala (Mugidadia) and Dohuk (Sakho) with IDPs, recent returnees and vulnerable host communities as the targeted groups. The overall objective is to support the most vulnerable conflict-affected and displaced to survive and be protected through integrated protection, mental health and psychosocial support services, livelihoods and health actions. In alignment with the three Strategic Objectives of the draft HRP for 2021, this would be done by, inter alia, providing case management and positive parenting support services (benefitting 3,420 children and youth), multipurpose cash grants (1,320 children and 660 adults), life skills trainings (300 youth), promoting health awareness (3,000 children and 10,000 community members) and capacitating local actors to lead protection-oriented responses (520 persons).
Mali - SEK 7,000,000
Of the estimated 13.5 million crisis-affected Malians, around 7.1 million are projected to be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2021 - an increase of 39 percent compared to 2020. Of these people, 3.5 million are estimated to be children. The worst affected region is Mopti, where approximately 42 % of the country's 311,193 IDPs reside (55 % of whom are women), food insecurity is pervasive and severe protection risks exist. The dire situation is mainly a result of different types of ongoing armed violence, but is compounded by poverty, weak state presence and climate change.
In alignment with the first three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 HRP, the proposed intervention targets 8,940 people living in Koro and Bankass circles in Mopti region (4,700 children and 3,790 adults). It is an integrated protection intervention with a strong focus on promoting sustained outcomes. The objective is to restore the psychosocial well-being and addressing the basic needs of populations affected by the armed violence as well as to strengthen the protective environment in the region. This would be done through the provision of protection and education services, cash assistance during the lean season, and the implementation of the protection cluster's Centrality of Protection action plan.
Of the budget, 60 % is designated for direct implementation by Save the Children, and the remainder for a planned partnership with a local organization. The partner organization is yet to be identified, and Sida is currently in dialogue with SCS related to this risk and potential contingency planning.
Capacity building and material support is also planned for to local state actors and community groups for them to sustain the protection support structure in Mopti following the finalization of the project. This includes developing an exit plan to be implemented during the last three months of the project (January to March 2022).
Mozambique - SEK 6,000,000
Ever since cyclone Kenneth struck the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique in April 2019 causing widespread destruction, humanitarian needs have continued to increase. The main reason for this has been the parallel escalation of an armed conflict in the province that dawned in 2017. Between March and November 2020 alone, the number of IDPs quadrupled from around 110,400 to nearly 530,000. In total, over 1.3 million people are projected to be in need of humanitarian support in the province during 2021.
Sida has provided support to Save the Children for responding to humanitarian needs in Cabo Delgado since cyclone Kenneth in 2019 and is diversifying its partner portfolio from 2021. The proposed support for Save the Children aligns specifically with the third strategic objective of the 2021 HRP - addressing protection risks and needs of crisis-affected people. As such, it is foremostly a focused rather than an integrated intervention, and targets 33,346 people (13,338 children) in the districts of Chuire, Metuge, Montepuez and Pemba.
The intervention is planned for to be implemented in partnership with CARE International throught he COSACA consortium, which has been operating in Mozambique since 2007. It is focused around two Outcomes: child protection (led by Save the Children) and gender-based violence (led by CARE International. The overarching aim is to ensure crisis-affected people are protected and better able to withstand protection risks of current and future crises. Activities include case management support for unaccompanied and separated children as well as children exposed to Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and the provision of Psychosocial Support Services at Child Friendly Spaces.
South Sudan - SEK 10,000,000
In South Sudan, approximately 80 % of the population of 11.8 million live on less than USD 1 per day, with an estimated 8.3 million to be in need of humanitarian assistance and 7.7 million to experience food insecurity (IPC 3 or worse). One of the worst affected states is Jonglei where the armed conflict intensified in 2020, and where needs were compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as floods. The latter in particular, and volatile weather and climate change in general, pose significant threats to many South Sudanese as the majority of the population rely on subsistence farming.
The objective of the proposed intervention is to improve food and income security of crisis affected people - including IDPs - in Bor South and Nyirol Counties of Jonglei State. The total number of people targeted is 52,183. The intervention would be integrated with an ongoing education project with the aim of building a safe and protective environment for children, which is currently receiving development support from Sida. This would foremostly be done by preventing dropout rates through cash assistance and livelihoods trainings, and by meeting nutritional needs of children under the age of five in order to prevent them from suffering physical or cognitive damages ahead of enrolling in school. The humanitarian project would be multisectoral - food security and livelihood, nutrition, child protection, mental health and psychosocial support, and with indirect links to education.
The project would contribute to the three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 South Sudan HRP: reducing morbidity and mortality; facilitating safe, equitable and dignified access to basic services; and enabling vulnerable people to recover from crisis, seek solutions to displacement and build resilience to acute shocks and chronic stresses. Save the Children would partner with the local organization Christian Recovery and Development Agency (CRADA) in Nyirol for part of the food security and livelihood component, and cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, County Health Department, and Ministry of Gender.
Syria - SEK 10,000,000
About to enter its tenth year, the war in Syria has devastated the country, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to live in overcrowded camps with insufficient services and imminent protection risks. In two of these camps located in northeast Syria - Al Hol and Roj - over 64,400 people live. In Al Hol, 94 % of the residents are women and children, and 53 % are below the age of 12. Around 60 % of children are not receiving education, with Covid-19 having further exacerbated this situation. In Roj, 64 % of the residents are below 18 years old, many similarly missing out on education opportunities.
A barrier analysis conducted by Save the Children in mid-2020 indicated lacking access to services as a major concern, in particular for vulnerable groups such as girls and children with disabilities. The proposed intervention would address this issue through the provision of integrated protection, mental health, psychosocial, and education support reaching a targeted 1,700 children, 140 caregivers and 22 education facilitators. Activities include providing case management and psychosocial support services, making referrals, supporting child protection committees and promoting protective education opportunities.
The intervention would contribute specifically to Strategic Objective 2 - enhance protection and Strategic Objective 3 - increase resilience and access to services, of the 2020 HRP for Syria, published in late 2020. Being one of few NGOs with access to operate in the camps, Save the Children would be conducting all implementation, while seeking to advocate with camp authorities on child-related issues and strengthen community structures such as child protection committees and parent teachers associations to promote resilience.
Yemen - SEK 15,000,000
OCHA estimates that 24.1 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance (as of December 2020), which corresponds to around 80 % of the entire population. One of the governorates most severely affected by the war is Hajjah, with frontlines in Abs, Mustaba and Aslem where people suffer from severe deprivations and increased protection risks. In February 2019, for example, 62 % of cases of recruitment and use of children and 37 % of child casualties verified across the country were from Hajjah. In addition to the hostilities, displacement and lack of access are the main drivers of humanitarian needs, in particular food insecurity. Moreover, 5.5 million children were estimated to be in need of education assistance in 2020, with 161 schools in Hajjah unfit for use and girls being two times more likely th be withdrawn from school than boys.
The proposed support is for an integrated food security and livelihoods, child protection and education intervention to 7,800 people (no double counting) in Abs district and Hajjah city. This will be done by, inter alia, providing multipurpose cash grants to adolescents and caregivers to cover basic needs, most of whom would also receive complementary vocational training with the aim to improve their livelihoods resilience. With regards to child protection, moreover, support services would complement education efforts by targeting children attending temporary learning spaces with psychosocial support and case management when needed.
Save the Children's operations have previously suffered severely from restricted access - in 2019, merely 13 % of targeted beneficiaries for a Sida-funded project were reached in four northern provinces (including Hajjah), prompting Save the Children to shift its operations to southern Yemen in 2020. The outlook is currently that Save the Children would be able to conduct the intervention as planned for 2021, but Sida will need to engage in close dialogue with SCS during the year to ensure operations are running smoothly and that Sida is promptly informed otherwise.
Finally, Ansar Allah, largely in control of north Yemen, has been subjected to a terrorist designation by the US as of 19 January 2021. Sida, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance is therefore in close contact with its partners on the potential impact of the designation on the humanitarian situation in the country, as well as the SCS’s specific activities and presence. Moreover, a risk analysis is being developed by each partner to identify challenges and mitigation measures.
II. Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) - SEK 25,000,000
Part of the annual humanitarian budget is set aside for sudden onsets of humanitarian crises and as well as deteriorations of major ongoing ones. For these situations, Sida has a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) that makes it possible to allow for the release of disbursed (but unallocated) funds for SPOs within 24 hours in order for them to swiftly respond when humanitarian needs suddenly emerge or severely deteriorate.
SCS has been assessed by Sida to have a strong capacity to respond to sudden onset crises in complex humanitarian contexts. For this reason, it is proposed that SCS receives SEK 25 million in RRM support for 2021.
III. Capacity Building and Method Development Support
Strengthening Humanitarian Access - SEK 3,409,000
As raised above, the latest Annual Report of the UN Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict outlined an increase of 453 percent in incidents of denial of humanitarian access in 2019, representing a total of more than 4,400 incidents. In recent years, the respect for norms governing armed conflict and humanitarian action has eroded, which undermines the ability of humanitarian organizations to reach people in need of assistance and places the onus on communities themselves to ensure access to assistance and services. Moreover, access restrictions are sometimes further compounded by counterterrorism and sanction measures preventing engagement with actors that might be in partial or direct control over areas where humanitarian needs exist.
The objective of this intervention is to address these issues by strengthening access for humanitarians and communities in hard-to-reach areas. It is divided along three objectives:
1. Promote systematization of how Save the Children staff and partners engage in dialogue with armed actors. This includes providing, inter alia, capacity-building support for field workers and frontline teams in structuring their humanitarian negotiations.
2. Facilitate communities to access services. 2021 would be the first year of a two-year effort to assemble knowledge and understanding and develop guidance to promote community-led child protection. The ambition is for this to then be piloted in selected constituencies during 2022 (no such funding for year two proposed for in this Appraisal Memo).
3. Measuring the impact of denial of humanitarian access to children, including the effects of counterterrorism legislation. This would be done as a research project in partnership with Watchlist and the Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) and be used for advocacy purposes.
This proposed project aligns with several objectives of Sida's Humanitarian Strategy's, in particular "Humanitarian assistance and protection activities reach people in hard-to-reach areas" and "Humanitarian actors have safe, unhindered and sustained humanitarian access to reach crisis-affected people".
Interagency Child Protection Programming - SEK 2,184,000
In a constantly evolving humanitarian landscape there is a need to ensure humanitarian actors respond to crises with quality and reach. To this effect, humanitarian standards are central instruments. Departing from this notion, the project aims to strengthen quality, accountability and efficiency in interagency child protection programming. It is based on two components: the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS) and Cash and Voucher (CVA) assistance.
First, together with the Sphere Protection Principles, the CPMS provide for a foundation of advancing Centrality of Protection in humanitarian programming, which was incorporated in the CPMS during 2019. However, funding for child protection is limited and prioritization of Centrality of Protection across sectors is oftentimes lacking. The proposed project seeks to address this by supporting innovation and local leadership through the CPMS Innovation Fund - granting financial support to national and local actors to lead implementation of the CPMS. Moreover, advocacy is planned for at the global level on how multi-sectoral actors' commitment to the Centrality of Protection can be realized and trickle down to programming at the country level.
The second component seeks to strengthen the use and evidence base for CVA in interagency child protection programming, which in part is a continuation of activities funded by Sida in 2020. It includes (i) the finalization and dissemination of an integrated CVA and Child Protection Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment and Learning (MEAL) toolkit, (ii) undertaking a desk review on CVA for child-headed households and unaccompanied children, and (iii) finalizing guidance on conditions and capacities required to work with child protection using CVA.
This proposed project also aligns with several objectives of Sida's humanitarian Strategy's, including "Reduced risk of violence, threats and abuse for crisis-affected people", and "Increased effectiveness and efficiency of the humanitarian system in line with Grand Bargain commitments".
IV. Global Surge Deployments - SEK 800,000
In 2017, a review was undertaken of the surge structure across the Save the Children movement, which resulted in a decision to transition it from a decentralized model where surge teams were hosted by different Members, to a centralized model hosted by SCI under what is called a Global Humanitarian Surge Platform (GHSP). The purpose was to increase the quality, speed and effectiveness of the global surge capacity, reducing the complexity of deployment procedures and increasing the visibility of supply and demand of staff. The GHSP was formally established in 2019, and managed 342 deployments in 2020.
The objective of Sida's proposed support to the GHSP is to ensure that Save the Children's humanitarian responses have access to rapidly deployable skilled and experienced staff needed to deliver high quality and timely humanitarian responses. During 2021, an estimated ten deployments of four weeks respectively are expected to be funded through Sida's support.
V. Operational and Technical Support - SEK 5 000 000
This support is provided to SCS's HQ in Stockholm in order to engender high-quality management of - and compliance with - the draft Agreement during 2021. The support is divided between "Operational Support", "Thematic and Quality Support", "Grants Management & Monitoring", and "Financial Management and Donor Relations".
Sida's assessment of this support is provided in more detail in section 5.1. below.
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Local Fund for Governance and Children's Rights and Protection Fonds local pour la gouvernance et les droits et la protection des enfants The purpose of this fund is to ensure that girls, boys, and adolescents are protected from the consequences of violence and conflict and to enable them to contribute actively to the construction of peace and human security in Colombia. The fund aims to: (i) increase the capacity of both state and non-state duty bearers to fulfill Colombia’s children’s rights commitments; (ii) increase the capacity of education stakeholders at the national, departmental, and municipal levels to deliver quality, relevant education for all children and young people, without discrimination; (iii) empower girls, boys, adolescents, and young people to participate in matters affecting them; and (iv) increase awareness about children’s rights among the general public in Colombia. The fund supports medium-sized local initiatives (up to $500,000) that contribute to the achievement of the rights of Colombian children and youth. Thematic calls for proposals are launched periodically on issues such as: implementation of public policy in favour of children; children/youth and armed conflict; child labour; sexual exploitation; quality education; and reproductive health. Proposals must be presented by Colombian institutions and are expected to take into account a rights-based approach and equality between girls and boys, as well as to include measures that favour the effective participation of children and young people in issues affecting them. The fund is worth $5 million in total. Initiatives implemented by UNICEF and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are listed as separate projects. L'objectif du fonds est d'assurer une protection des filles, des garçons et des adolescents contre les conséquences de la violence et du conflit, leur permettant de contribuer activement à la construction de la paix et de la sécurité humaine en Colombie. Le fonds a pour buts de: (i) accroître la capacité des détenteurs d'obligations gouvernementaux et non-gouvernementaux en vue de réaliser les engagements de la Colombie en matière de droits des enfants; (ii) accroître la capacité des acteurs du système éducatif aux niveaux national, départemental et municipal, pour la prestation d'une éducation pertinente et de qualité pour tous les enfants et les jeunes, sans discrimination; (iii) renforcer l'autonomie des filles, des garçons, des adolescents et des jeunes pour qu'ils puissent participer aux décisions qui les concernent; (iv) sensibiliser le public colombien aux enjeux des droits des enfants. Le fonds permet d'appuyer des initiatives locales de moyenne envergure (jusqu'à 500 000 $) pour la réalisation des droits des enfants et des jeunes en Colombie. Des appels de propositions thématiques sont lancés périodiquement sur des questions telles: la mise en oeuvre des politiques publiques en faveur des enfants, les enfants et les conflits armés, le travail des enfants, l'exploitation sexuelle, l'éducation de qualité, la santé reproductive. Il est attendu que les propositions tiennent compte d'une approche axée sur les droits, de l'égalité entre filles et garçons, et qu'elles favorisent la participation effective des enfants aux questions les affectant. Le fonds a une valeur totale de 5 millions de dollars. Les initiatives mises en oeuvre par l'UNICEF et l'Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT) sont affichées séparément.
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Fondo COVID-19_AID_011875: E Paths for social reintegration of people with mental illness in Burkina Faso Fondo COVID-19_AID_011875: E Renaissance - Percorsi per il reinserimento sociale di persone con disagio psichico in Burkina Faso Fondo COVID-19_AID_011875: E The present project intends to develop the model of taking charge of people with mental illness promoted by the local counterpart Center Notre Dame de l'Esperance. This center, promoted by the Diocese and managed by the Saint Camille BF Association, is the only one in the urban and peripheral context of Bobo Dioulasso to offer hospitality, treatment and the possibility for people with abandoned and wandering psychic distress to u ndertake social reintegration pathways. The planned activities aim to strengthen the synergies between this reality and the relevant services (Bobo University Hospital, CSPS related to the Regional Health Directorate) and the community resilience capabilit y, for the progressive institutional and social governance of the phenomenon. To this end, it expects to support the take-back and social reintegration activities promoted by the local counterpart with attention to the gender approach and the target's empo werment, assigning a strategic role to the training of specialized personnel with the methodological supervision of the Asuits partner for the reference to internationally valid standards and providing for the activation of scholarships and internships in collaboration with the Bobo Hospital. At the same time, the planning strategy will contribute to strengthening synergies between services for the institutional accountability of the problem in its complexity, through processes that involve the reality of t he prison (the MAC of Bobo, where vagabonds are imprisoned in inhumane conditions) and encourage policies that are consistent with the precise analysis of the phenomenon and recommendations implemented during the initiative: it is in fact expect ed to draw up a descriptive and political document to be submitted to decision makers making recommendations based on the results of a survey coordinated by the Onlus Mlal Trentino partner in the prison field and the research of socio-cultural data related to the phe nomenon carried out in collaboration with the partner University of Trieste, as well as with the involvement of relevant stakeholders at the local level. At the same time, a n awareness action will be promoted anchored to the human rights based approach for the diffusion of a renewed culture. Fondo COVID-19_AID_011875: E Il presente progetto intende sviluppare il modello di presa in carico di persone con disagio psichico promosso dalla controparte locale Centre Notre Dame de l'Esperance. accoglienza, trattamento e possibilità di intraprendere percorsi per il reinserimento sociale a persone con disagio psichico abbandonate e vaganti. Le attività previste ambiscono a rafforzare le sinergie tra tale realtà e i servizi preposti (Ospedale Universitario di Bobo, CSPS afferenti la Direzione Sanitaria regionale) e la capacità di resilienza comunitaria, per la progressiva governance istituzionale e sociale del fenomeno. A tal fine prevede di supportare le attività di presa in carico e reintegrazione sociale promosse dalla controparte locale con attenzione all'approccio di genere e all'empowerment del target, assegnando ruolo strategico alla formazione di personale specializzato con la supervisione metodologica del partner Asuits per il riferimento a standard validi a livello internazionale e prevedendo l'attivazione di borse di studio e tirocini in collaborazione con l'Ospedale di Bobo. La strategia progettuale contribuirà nel contempo a rafforzare le sinergie tra servizi per la responsabilizzazione istituzionale della problematica nella sua complessità, attraverso processi che coinvolgano la realtà del carcere (la MAC di Bobo, ove i vagabondi vengono reclusi in condizioni disumane) e favoriscano politiche che si rivelino coerenti con l'analisi puntuale del fenomeno e raccomandazioni sistematizzate nel corso dell'iniziativa: si prevede infatti l'elaborazione di un documento descrittivo e politico da sottoporre ai decisori che formuli raccomandazioni sulla base degli esiti di un'indagine coordinata dal partner Ong PMMlal in ambito carcerario e la ricerca dati socio-culturali relativi al fenomeno operata in collaborazione col partner Università di Trieste, nonche con il coinvolgimento di stakeholder rilevanti a livello locale. Parallelamente verrà promossa un'azione di sensibilizzazione ancorata all'human rights based approach per la diffusione di una cultura rinnovata in seno alle comunità locali finalizzata al contrasto di pratiche tradizionali stigmatizzanti ed escludenti e al rafforzamento di capacità di resilienza endogene per la prevenzione e la promozione della salute mentale
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Citizens' Voice <p><strong>Overall objective</strong>: to build a resilient, inclusive and democratic society in Zambia.</p><p><strong>Specific objective:</strong> Increasing transparency and accountability of the National Assembly of Zambia.</p><p>The <strong>outcomes </strong>are:</p><p>1. Citizens, especially marginalised groups, at a national level and particularly in six provinces (Lusaka, North-Western, Southern, Eastern, Western and Luapula) have a strengthened understanding of, and involvement in governance processes relevant to their concerns</p><p>2. Constituents and Civil Society Organisations at a national level and in six provinces are better connected to their legislators</p><p>3. Citizens¿ voices, especially from marginalised groups, are heard by legislators, particularly in six provinces and at a national level.</p>
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Sierra Leone Democracy Strengthening Programme <p><span style="color: rgb(68, 114, 196);">This project seeks to facilitate conditions for inclusive, credible, transparent and peaceful electoral and political processes in Sierra Leone. In line with the achievement of the EU¿s strategic objectives in Sierra Leone. </span></p>
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Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Acting for Better Social Services <p>The Project ¿Civil Society Organisations Acting for Better Social Services¿ is aiming to empower civil society organizations (CSOs) from the social field to become strong pillars in social policy dialogue and inclusive community building for vulnerable groups.</p>
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Afghanistan 2023 - IRC HUM 2021-2025 RRM International Rescue Committee (IRC) är en enskild internationell organisation, aktiv i humanitär respons och resiliens i mer än 40 länder globalt. Deras huvudsakliga syfte är att bistå människor vars liv och försörjningsmöjligheter slagits i spillror till följd av konflikter, naturkatastrofer och klimatförändringar genom att erbjuda överlevnadsstöd och aktiviteter för återhämtning. Fokus ligger på aktiviteter inom hälsa, skydd, utbildning, försörjningsmöjligheter samt människors stärkta egenmakt och beslutsförmåga. Huvudsaklig målgrupp är människor som flyr från krig och katastrofer, samt de värdsamhällen som bistår dem.
I dagsläget är IRC huvudsakligen självimplementerande och utför sitt arbete med hjälp av sina 17 000 medarbetare världen över. IRC har däremot ett mål om att utöka sitt samarbete med lokala partners (myndigheter, organisationer, organiserade samhällsgrupper) för att på sikt kanalisera 25 % av finansiella medel genom tredje part, och kommer under 2024 och 2025 att försätta arbeta för att detta ska bli verklighet.
År 2024 får IRC humanitärt programbaserat stöd i 17 länder, samt medel till IRCs snabbfinansieringsmekanism ”Rapid Response Mechanism” vars funktion är att snabbt kunna kanalisera medel till hastigt uppkomna eller kraftigt förvärrade kriser. Utöver de pågående metod och kapacitet projekt börjar IRC två nya 2-åriga projekt i år, med fokus på skydd för den ena, och lokalisering för den andra. International Rescue Committee, IRC, is a non-profit international organisation, working with humanitarian and development work in more than 40 countries world-wide. As per IRC’s mission statement, their goal is “to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, including by the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control of their future” in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Their focus is on activities with the sectors of health, safety/protection, education, livelihoods and ensuring people have the power to influence decisions that affect their lives. Their main target group is people who flee from war, conflict and disaster, and the host communities that support them.
Currently, IRC is mainly a self-implementing organisation who conduct the bulk of their work through their 17 000 global staff members. However, IRC is striving to increase their cooperation with local partners (authorities, organisation, community groups) to reach a goal of sub-granting 25 % of their means through third party, and will continue to work towards achieving this target during 2024 and 2025.
In 2024, the IRC will receive humanitarian programme-based support in 17 countries, as well as funding for the IRC's Rapid Response Mechanism, whose function is to rapidly channel funds to emerging or worsening crises. In addition to the ongoing methodology and capacity projects, the IRC is starting two new 2-year projects this year, focusing on protection for one, and localisation for the other. IRC respond to the worlds worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic well being and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Their mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods have been shattered by conflict and disaster, including the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control of their future.
IRC consider their interventions successful when their clients see improvement in their safety from physical, sexual and psychological harm; in their health status, including physical and mental well-being; in education, including literacy and numeracy, social-emotional, and life skills (including safe schools); in economic well-being, including ability to provide basic material needs and income asset growth; and in power to have influence over the decisions that affect their lives. IRC strive to reach these goals while continuously trying to tackle gender inequalities in and through all of their work.
As Sida supports IRC in a variety of countries, not one specific objective can be identified for the whole contribution, but for the sake of exemplifying, a number of country specific goals are outlined below:
Ukraine: People are safe in their homes and receive support when they experience harm, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of gender-based violence, adolescents and adults are physically and mentally healthy, people meet their basic needs and protect livelihoods during emergencies, people develop their livelihoods and recover from shocks.
Myanmar: People are safe in their communities and receive support when they experience harm, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of
gender-based violence, women and girls achieve their sexual and reproductive health and rights, adolescents and adults are physically and mentally healthy, people access water, sanitation and hygiene services and live in an enhanced environment, people meet their basic needs and protect livelihoods during emergencies, people lead their recovery and development.
Central African Republic: People are safe in their communities and receive support when they experience harm, children survive and are healthy, women and girls achieve their sexual and reproductive health and rights, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of gender-based violence, people develop their livelihoods and recover from shocks, people lead their own recovery and development.
Across the country programmes relevant for Sida funding in 2024, IRC will engage i formal and informal partnerships with local and national actors. The cash modality will be explored in all contexts.
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Activity under preparation Increasing the competitiveness of MSMEs through enhanced digitalisation and circularity Contract related to: Increasing the competitiveness of MSMEs through enhanced digitalisation and circularity - The action seeks a transformation of the current economic model in the long term by addressing some of the structural issues currently faced. The EU will provide support in areas such as: economic integration and trade; sustainable and inclusive growth; the transition from an informal to a formal economy, taking advantage of digitalisation and supporting the transition to a greener and a sustainable economy, giving priority to innovative sectors and start-ups; supporting the creation of green and decent jobs in particular for women, indigenous communities and disadvantaged people; financial inclusion for poor people; and the design of institutional frameworks that enable investments and business environments, and ensure MSMEs competitiveness. Moreover, the action will favour entrepreneurship in rural areas promoting sustainable economic development beyond the capital or urban areas and greater equity in the distribution of economic growth in Guatemala. Promotion of green entrepreneurship and greentech could have potential for an operation under the EFSD+.
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Ukraine 2023 - NRC Humanitarian Country programmes 2021-2025 Norwegian Refugee Council - Norska flyktingrådet (NRC) - har ansökt om ett förnyat partnerskap med Sida 2021-2025.
2021
NRC har dessutom ansökt om finansiering på 364,5 miljoner SEK för att genomföra humanitära insatser i 26 humanitära krisområden under 2021: Afghanistan, Kamerun, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Demokratiska Republiken Kongo, Eritrea, Etiopien, Iran, Irak, Jordanien, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexiko, Palestina, Somalia, Sydsudan, Sudan, Tanzania / Burundi, Uganda, Venezuela och Jemen. Ansökan inkluderar även 40 miljoner kronor för den humanitära snabbmekanismen (RRM) och 20 miljoner kronor i stöd till sju projekt för metodstöd, kapacitetsuppbyggnad och samordning.
Den aktuella budgeten för NRC:s hela humanitära program 2021 uppgår till 4 263 200 000 NOK, varav Sidas del för närvarande utgör ca 8%. Sida ger NRC möjligheten att nyttja resurser flexibelt inom varje enskilt landprogram, (enligt så kallad Programme-Based Approach – PBA)
Humanitär-Utveckling-Fred Nexus
NRC bidrar i hög grad till arbetet för att sammankoppla humanitärt bistånd med freds- och utvecklingsinsatser. Organisationens strävan att effektivisera biståndet genom katalytiskt stöd till samordning och kapacitetsbyggande insatser bidrar till denna ansats. I samarbetet med andra organisationer möjliggör och bidrar NRC:s verksamhet och påverkansarbete till att stärka hållbara lösningar för flyktingar och människor som har blivit tvångsfördrivna och bidrar därmed till att på sikt minska de humanitära behoven. Även krisdrabbade människors möjligheter till självförsörjning prioriteras. NRC:s analyskapacitet är en styrka som bidrar till att programmeringen anpassas till en nexus-ansats och den analys som genomförs av NRC:s internationella center för övervakning av tvångsförflyttning (IDMC) är av stor vikt för dessa analyser. 19 av de 26 kriser i NRC:s portfölj som Sida finansierar avser länder där Sverige även bedriver utvecklingssamarbete vilket öppnar för möjligheter till synergier med humanitärt bistånd.
2022
NRC ska få totalt 455,5 miljoner kronor av Sidas humanitära finansiering, enligt följande fördelning:
- Sida kommer att stödja NRC:s humanitära program i 23 krissituationer som Sida har prioriterat genom sin behovsbaserade allokeringsmodell för 2022, med 288,5 miljoner kronor :Afghanistan, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia och
regionen (Ecuador, Panamà), Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jemen,
Jordanien, Kamerun, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria,
Palestina, Somalia, Sudan, Sydsudan, Syrien, Uganda, Venezuela.
- Flerårig finansiering för NRC :s humanitära program i Demokratiska
republiken Kongo, Mali och Nigeria inleds 2022 och Sida har för ändamålet att ta i anspråk 104 miljoner kronor från kommande års anslag från erhållen Bemyndiganderam förutsatt att Riksdagen anvisar tillräckliga medel.
- NRC:s akuta insatser vid plötsligt uppkomna kriser kommer att stödjas genom Sidas snabbinsatsmekanism (RRM) under 2022 med 50 miljoner kronor.
- NRC:s metod- och kapacitetsstärkande projekt för skydd, miljö och IDMC (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre) kommer under 2022 att få 13 miljoner kronor, varav 3 miljoner kronor från Sida/Globen för IDMC.
Sidas bidrag till NRC för 2022 kommer att täcka cirka 6,5 % av NRC:s totala finansiella behov för de stödda programmen och projekten. Det kommer att tillhandahålla humanitära tjänster till nästan 9 miljoner människor (53 % kvinnor) i Afghanistan, Kamerun, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia och regionen, Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jordanien, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria, Palestina, Somalia, Sydsudan, Sudan, Syrien, Uganda, Venezuela och Jemen.
HUM lägger till 50 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Ukraina som gynnar 90,000 människor med skydd, tak över huvudet, WaSH samt kontantbistånd. Beslut 5 April. Avtalförändring nr 5.
HUM lägger till 7,5 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Kamerun från halvsårsanslaget 2022 (livsmedelsförsörjning, juridik rådgivning för 600 husshållen/4200 individer i Logone-et-Chari, Mayo Sava och Mayo Tsanaga). Beslut 9 juni 2022. Avtalförändring nr 6.
HUM lägger till 10 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Sydsudan från slutsåranslaget. Beslut 16 november 2022, 2022-002341. Avtalförändring nr 7.
2023
NRC får totalt 659.5 miljoner kronor (2023-2025) av Sidas humanitära finansiering för att genomföra:
- humanitära insatser i 23
krisområden under 2023: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Centralafrikanska
republiken, Colombia, Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jemen,
Jordanien, Kamerun, Kenya, Libanon, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Palestina, Sudan,
Sydsudan, Syrien, Uganda, Ukraina och Venezuela.
NRC har dessutom ansökt om 244
miljoner kronor för att kunna fortsätta sina humanitära program i Jemen, Kamerun,
Sydsudan, Syria och Venezuela under 2024 och 2025.
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miljoner kronor till den humanitära snabbinsatsmekanismen (RRM)
- och 40 miljoner kronor i stöd till fyra fleråriga projekt för metodstöd och kapacitetsuppbyggnad: Miljö, Skydd, Tillträde, IDMC (18,5 under 2023, 21,5 under 2024-2025). NRC has applied as well to Sida for funding of 364.5 million SEK to carry out “the Humanitarian Programme for 2021” in 26 humanitarian crisis settings: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania/Burundi, Uganda, Venezuela, Yemen. The application includes provision of 40 million SEK to replenish the Rapid Response Mechanism funding instrument and 7 individual projects for method, capacity-building and coordination.
The intervention’s tentative total budget is 4 263 200 000 Norwegian krona (NOK), that the organisation is financing with Sida’s funding in a proportion of 8% approximately. Other donors, like the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG ECHO, UNHCR, etc. are the largest contributors, besides a dozen of other donors in agreement with NRC. Sida provides NRC with the opportunity to allocate resources flexibly within individual country programmes (Programme-Based Approach – PBA).
NRC's catalytic support for coordination and capacity building contributes greatly to the link between humanitarian aid, development and peace. NRC's advocacy work and activities enable, at least contribute to, sustainable solutions for refugees and displaced people in a significant way in cooperation with other actors. In the long run, the NRC will reduce humanitarian needs. The NRC prioritizes self-sufficiency in its programs. The NRC's analysis capability, not least through its Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC), is an advantage for relevant programming according to the nexus orientations. Among the 26 crises in NRC's portfolio that Sida prioritizes, there are 15 where Sida implements Sweden's development strategies in synergy with humanitarian aid.
Sida’s contribution to NRC for 2022 will cover around 6.5% of NRC’s total financial requirements of the supported programmes and projects. It will provides humanitarian services to almost 9 million persons (53% female). HUM adds 50 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in Ukraine benefiting 90,000 people with protection, shelter, WaSH and cash assistance. Decision 5 April. Amendment nr. 5.
HUM adds 7.5 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in Cameroon from the 2022 mid-year allocation (food security, legal advice for 600 households/4200 individuals in Logone-et-Chari, Mayo Sava and Mayo Tsanaga). Decision 9 June 2022. Contract amendment No 6.
HUM adds 10 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in South Sudan from the end-of-the-year allocation. Decision 16 November 2022 nr 2022-002341. Contract amendment No 7.
NRC targets 7.7 million unique beneficiaries in total within Sida-funded humanitarian programmes in 2023, (52% female), who will receive protection and humanitarian services from NRC: Education, WASH, Shelter and settlement, Food security and livelihoods, including multi-purpose cash assistance, Protection, Legal assistance, Humanitarian mediation (community-based peace-building). Advocacy and support to humanitarian coordination and durable solution to displacements working groups in the field are part of NRC's engagement that Sida is funding. NRC's annual budget 2023 in the settings and thematics prioritized by Sida amounts to 5620 million Norwegian crowns in total. Sida's share weighs so far 8% of it: NRC's third largest donor whose cumulated 2021-2025 grant is 80% softly earmarked (programme-based approach) and 34% multi-year.
Earlier granted multi-year funding for 2023 was disbursed in January (52 MSEK) in support to continued humanitarian operations in DR Congo, Mali and Nigeria with strong emphasis on emergency response. Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is Norway's largest international humanitarian organisation and widely recognized as a leading field-based displacement agency within the international humanitarian community. NRC is the INGO receiving the largest contribution from Sida's Humanitarian Unit to INGOs so far, based on experience of successful partnerships, NRC's capacities to respond at scale and its coverage of crises that Sida is prioritizing through the needs-based allocation approach. NRC receives approximately 8% of Sida's humanitarian unit's annual budget appropriation.
The objectives of NRC can be summarized as follows: "To protect the rights of displaced and vulnerable people during crisis, to provide assistance meeting their immediate humanitarian needs, to prevent further displacement and to contribute to durable solutions, and to provide expertise as a strategic partner to humanitarian systems and actors." NRCs main activity is delivery of humanitarian assistance through programme activities in the field. NRC specializes in six areas of expertise, or "core competencies": shelter and settlements; livelihoods and food security; information, counselling and legal assistance (ICLA); education; camp management; and water, sanitation and hygiene promotion (WASH). Protection is lifted up as a new core competency of NRC since 2021. NRC engages closely with the affected populations to understand their needs and capacities, ensuring it tailors its assistance accordingly and involve them in the entire programme cycle, from design through implementation to evaluation. NRC advocates for respect for the rights of displaced and vulnerable people.
In 2021, the NRC Board approved the Global Strategy 20222025. The strategy
sets out four sub-objectives for areas that NRC will continue to strengthen and further institutionalize, namely, 1. assistance to hard-to-reach populations, 2. humanitarian policy, 3. protection, and 4. durable solutions. It also points to four areas of work that will be accelerated through expanded engagement and investments: i) advocacy, ii) climate and environment, iii) collaboration with local actors, and iv) quality programming.
NRCs work is divided into three pillars: humanitarian assistance, advocacy and expert deployment. Sida's Humanitarian Unit funding will continue prioritizing mainly the first pillar through funding of the humanitarian country programmes in line with HRPs and the RRPs and through the RRM funding. To some extent, Sida will support as well the second pillar of advocacy which is integrated in the humanitarian country programmes and implemented by NRC's method, thematic and capacity development projects supported by Sida. Sida will provide NRC with only a punctual support to the third pillar, through funding to CashCap which is deploying experts to the field for invigorating cash assistance working groups (17 in 2020 to 16 countries).
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has applied for a renewed strategic partnership with Sida during 2021-2025.
The interventions tentative total budget is 4 263 200 000 Norwegian krona (NOK), that the organisation is financing with Sidas funding in a proportion of 8% approximately. Other donors, like the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG ECHO, UNHCR, etc. are the largest contributors, besides a dozen of other donors in agreement with NRC. Sida provides NRC with the opportunity to allocate resources flexibly within individual country programmes (Programme-Based Approach PBA).
NRC was granted funding to carry out the Humanitarian Programme for 2022 in 24 humanitarian crisis settings: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Irak, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Ukraina, Venezuela and Yemen. The grant includes provision of funding replenish the Rapid Response Mechanism funding instrument and four individual projects for method, capacity-building and coordination.
Sida's assessment on performance and results
Alike many other actors in the sector, NRC excels in reporting activities and outputs, but should be better in catching what changes and impacts its interventions have resulted to ultimately on assisted communities. The reporting of data and results does not provide necessarily an accurate and consolidated overview of what NRC has achieved. Sida has notified NRC that it should provide dis-aggregated data by age in targeting and reporting which is a norm.
It is assumed that NRC will achieve its objectives in 2023 again, but the global stress on the current resource mobilisation system supporting humanitarian action may affect NRC as well, similarly to large humanitarian actors such as the ICRC.
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UN Women South Sudan 2015-2018 - UN Women South Sudan 2015-2018 Repayment UN Women Sydsudan 2015-2018 The proposed support to the Strategic Note of UN Women South Sudan 2014-2016 is a continuation of the Sida contribution to the previous UN Women Strategic Note “Capacity Building for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in South Sudan” 2012-2013 (extended to 30 June 2015). The UN Women Strategic Note (2014-2016) focuses on four key areas; 1) Women’s Leadership and Participation, 2) Women’s Economic Empowerment, 2) Violence against Women and Girls and 4) Women’s engagement in Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action. The expected results of the programme are: 1) Women lead and participate in decision making at all levels, 2) Women, especially the poorest and most excluded, are economically empowered and benefit from development, 3) Women and girls live a life free from violence and 4) Peace and security and humanitarian actions in South Sudan are shaped by women´s leadership and participation.The intervention´s total budget is approxamatly 80 MSEK, of which Sida´s contribution is 44%. Det föreslagna stödet till "Strategic Note of UN Women South Sudan 2014-2016" är en fortsättning på till tidigare Sida finansierat "Un Women Strategic Note Capacity Building for Gender Equality and Women´s Economic Empowerment in Soutn Sudan 2012-2013" (fölängt till 30 juni 2015).
UN Women strateic note fokuserar på fyra nyckelområden; 1) Kvinnors ledarskap och deltagande 2) Kvinnors Ekonomiska Egenmakt 3) Könsbaserat våld 4) Kvinnors deltagande i fred och säkerhet och humanitära insatser. Förväntade resultat av programmet är 1) Kvinnor leder och deltar i beslutsfattande på alla nivåer 2) Kvinnor, särskilt de mest utsatta och exkluderade, är ekonomiskt stärkta och drar nytta av utvecklingen 3) Kvinnor och flickor lever ett liv fritt från våld 4) Fred och säkerhet och humanitära insatser i Sydsudan formas av kvinnligt ledarskap och deltagande.
Den föreslagna insatsen ligger i linje med ett av de två förväntade resultaten i Sveriges resultatstrategi för Sydsudan 2014-2016 som är ”stärkt förmåga hos civilsamhället att verka för ökad respekt för de mänskliga rättigheterna samt försoning mellan rivaliserande folkgrupper och därigenom bidra till stärkt demokrati.” Programmets mål är också förenligt med Sveriges humanitära strategi. UN Women South Sudan Strategic Plan 2014-2016, till vilken Sida givit stöd till under föregående fas, syftar till att öka jämställdheten och kvinnors sociala, ekonomiska och politiska egenmakt. Målet ska ta sitt uttryck i att 1) Kvinnor leder och deltar i beslutsfattande på nationell och subnationell nivå, 2) Kvinnor, framförallt de fattigaste och mest exkluderade, har en starkare ekonomisk makt och får ta del av utvecklingen, 3) Kvinnor och flickor lever ett liv fritt från våld, samt 4) Kvinnor leder och deltar i Sydsudans fred och säkerhet samt humanitära insatser.
UN Women´s program har visat goda resultat under den senaste avtalsperioden (2011-2013, förlängt till 30 juni 2015, totalt belopp 34,9 MSEK) trots den civila konflikt som Sydsudan upplevt som resulterat i över
1,6 miljoner flyktingar (varav en miljon internflyktingar). Programmet har bl a lett till att Sydsudan ratificerat Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) och antagit en nationell plan för genomförandet av FN:s säkerhetsrådsresolution 1325.
UN Women´s totala budget är ca 80 MSEK, varav Sidas stöd utgör 44%.
Sida har valt att allokera ett större belopp till UN Women Sydsudan under 2015 än vad som är planerat för 2016. Återbetalningar från insatser till Sydsudan anslaget har gjort att det finansiella utrymmet är större 2015 än 2016. Women´s social, economic and political empowerment in South Sudan enhanced.
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IDAHOBIT Film Screening and Panel 14 May 2024 Contract related to: IDAHOBIT Film Screening and Panel 14 May 2024 - Human rights and democracy are founding values of the EU. Protecting and promoting HR&D is therefore a key priority of the EU¿s external action. It is also a precondition for sustainable development and for building more inclusive, open and resilient societies.Yet, recent data show that globally, most countries are far from having acceptable human rights and democracy track records. In this context, worsened by the COVID crisis, the EU re-affirmed its commitment to support human rights and democracy worldwide by adopting the `Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024¿. The Action Plan identifies priorities and key actions, to ensure that the EU plays a greater role in promoting and defending human rights and democracy throughout its external action. The Regulation (EU) 2021/947 (Global Europe) establishes the legal basis for the human rights and democracy actions. Particularly, its annex III details the areas of intervention for human rights and democracy.The overall objective of the present action is to contribute to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law worldwide. The action will achieve this objective by supporting and strengthening civil society organisations (CSOs), democracy activists and human-rights defenders working on critical human rights and democracy issues in non-EU countries. It may also cover, where relevant, the promotion of international humanitarian law. Consequently, it will contribute to the 5 priorities of the Multiannual Indicative programme 2021-2027 as well as the specific priorities set out for the additional funding coming from the cushion.This action will mainly be implemented by EU Delegations in-country so as to: (i) better respond to the country-specific contexts; (ii) be as close as possible to the needs of the rights holders; and (iii) promote a sense of `ownership¿ of the action among local actors. The actions financed at country level will be in line with: (i) the EU action plan for human rights and democracy; (ii) EU guidelines on human rights; and (iii) the respective Human Rights and Democracy country strategies or priorities under the EU accession process. All actions will follow a human rights based approach putting people at the centre of actions and also focusing on promoting gender equality.
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Partnership for Resilient Livelihoods for CHT Region Contract related to: Partnership for Resilient Livelihoods for CHT Region - Providing sustainable and innovative livelihoods support to enhance resilience of population in most vulnerable areas of Bangladesh
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SAK kärnstöd 2018-2023 SCA core support 2018-2023 - SCA 2018-2021 The intervention consists of the implementation of Strategic Plan 2018-2020 of the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA). The Strategic Plan has five overarching objectives:
- The health and nutrition conditions of SCA target groups are improved.
- All children in targeted communities have improved learning achievements.
- SCA target groups are more engaged in community-driven development and are able to secure their means of living, providing them with resilience against shocks and emergencies.
- Strengthened public and political commitment for the rights of the people in Afghanistan.
- SCA is a more credible and sustainable organisation, working together towards achieving its mission.
SCA's successful engagement in Afghanistan during the last 40 years, often under very difficult circumstances, speaks for SCA's competence and capacity to implement its Strategic Plan during the activity period. Every year, SCA reaches a large number of people with education and health services and with community development projects. A number of evaluations, both internal and external, are is performed each year. Together, these evaluations provide evidence that SCA is able to achieve good results for the target groups. Evaluation over the last few years have for example shown that women and disabled people that have been provide with loans have increased their incomes significantly. SCA’s program for Community Based Rehabilitation contributed to mobility activities of daily living improved, as did communication, participation in social and community life became enhanced, and emotional well-being improved drastically. The program also improved access to employment as well as writing and reading skills. Local level interventions for women have contributed to improved mobility for women in villages and districts. Through the capacity development training in leadership, women have enhanced their confidence started to look opportunities where they can get engaged in the community work.
Sida is SCA’s single biggest donor and provides approx. 60 percent of the financing during the activity period. The second largest source of funding is the Afghan government. Other sources of funding include membership fees, private donations, other donors and contributions from companies. SCA has gradually reduced its dependence on funding from Sida and intends continue broadening its funding base and has for example, set as a goal to double its funding from corporate sources during the activity period. Insatsen utgörs av genomförandet av Svenska Afghanistankommitténs (SAK) Strategiska Plan (SP) perioden 2018 till 2021. Planen har fem övergripande mål:
- Målgruppernas hälsa och näringsstatus har förbättrats.
- Barn i de samhällen som blivit utvalda för utbildningssatsningar uppvisar ett förbättrat lärande.
- SAK:s målgrupper är mer engagerade i sina egna samhällens utveckling och har förmågan att säkerställa sin egen försörjning vilket gör dem bättre förberedda att hantera olika typer och chocker och katastrofer.
- Ett starkare politiskt och allmänt engagemang för det afghanska folkets rättigheter.
- SAK är en trovärdig och stark organisation, engagerad för att genomföra organisations uppdrag.
SAK:s framgångsrika engagemang i Afghanistan under 40 år, ofta under mycket svåra villkor, talar för SAK:s kapacitet och kompetens att genomföra sin Strategiska Plan under insatsperioden. SAK når varje år ett stort antal människor med tjänster inom utbildnings- och hälsosektorerna och genom olika utvecklingsprojekt på lokal nivå. Varje år genomförs ett antal utvärderingar, både interna och externa, av SAK:s verksamhet. Sammantaget visar dessa att SAK åstadkommer goda resultat för målgrupperna. Utvärderingar har under senare år bl.a. visat att kvinnor och människor med funktionsnedsättningar som erbjudits lån för att utveckla produktiva verksamhet ökade sina inkomster signifikant. SAK:s program för Community Based Rehabilitation har bidragit till att deltagarna märkbart kunnat förbättra sin rörlighet, kommunikation, deltagande i det lokals samhällslivet och sitt psykiska välbefinnande. Programmet har bidragit till en positiv effekt på sysselsättning för rörelsehindrade och till förbättrad läs- och skrivkunnighet. SAK:s insatser för kvinnor på lokal nivå har bidragit till att kvinnors rörlighet inom byarna och distrikten ökat. Genom kapacitetsträning för ledarskap har kvinnor uppvisat ett ökat självförtroende och kvinnor har sökt uppgifter i lokalsamhället utanför hemmet.
Sida är SAK:s enskilt störst finansieringskälla och täcker drygt 60 procent av finansieringsbehovet under insatsperioden. Den näst största finansieringen kommer från den afghanska staten. Övrig finansiering inkluderar medlemsavgifter, privata gåvor, andra givare och bidrag från företag. SAK har gradvis minskat sitt beroende av Sida som finansiär och ämnar fortsätta att bredda sin finansieringsbas och har bl.a. som mål att dubbla finansieringen från privata företag under insatsperioden. The intervention aims to:
1. IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND NUTRITION FOR THE TARGET GROUPS
a. Improved access to quality health care and utilisation of health services
b. Improved behaviour on how to prevent disease and improve health
c. Community-based organizations in target communities and professional associations are more self-organized, representative and fulfil their responsibilities in the promotion and advocacy of accountable and responsive health services
d. Health authorities have better capacity to secure sustainable, effective and inclusive health services 2. ALL CHILDREN IN TARGETED COMMUNITIES HAVE IMPROVED LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS
a. Improved access and inclusive learning environment for all children
b. Enhanced effective teaching and quality education
c. Community-based organizations in target communities and professional associations are more self-organized, representative and fulfil their responsibilities in the promotion and advocacy of accountable and responsive education services
d. Education authorities have better capacity to secure sustainable, inclusive and effective education services
3. SCA TARGET GROUPS ARE MORE ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT AND ARE ABLE TO SECURE THEIR MEANS OF LIVING, PROVIDING THEM WITH RESILIENCE AGAINST SHOCKS AND EMERGENCIES
a. SCA target groups have enhanced existing livelihoods and/or diversified livelihood options
b. Community-based organisations in target communities are more self-organised, representative and fulfil their responsibilities in the promotion and advocacy of accountable and responsive community-driven development
c. Local government authorities have enhanced capacity to better respond to the demands of the target groups The intervention will contribute to SCA improving its capacity to pick up and channel voices of the target groups to the donors and policy-makers. The contribution will also contribute strengthen SCA as an organization to achieve its mission.
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TERRAS VIVAS: Turismo sustent¿vel no Patrim¿nio Natural, Agr¿cola e Comunit¿rio de Santo Ant¿o Contract related to: TERRAS VIVAS: Turismo sustent¿vel no Patrim¿nio Natural, Agr¿cola e Comunit¿rio de Santo Ant¿o - The proposed Action intents to contribute to Specific-Objective 1.3: Support CSOs as actors of good governance and development in partner countries and to the achievement of the related result 1.3: Civil Society Organisations¿ (CSOs) ability to engage as actors of good governance and development at country level is improved.The Action rolls out the EU support to country-level CSO initiatives aimed at implementing priorities reflected in the NDICI-GLOBAL Europe, Annex III CSO Thematic Programme and the subsequent draft Multiannual Indicative Plan for the same. In line with the policy of geographisation, a majority of funds under the CSO MAAP 2021-2024, will be allocated under the Action to support civil society in partner countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and in Neighbourhood countries and Russia. Activities funded under the Action will support a broad range of civil society actors including and prioritising, but not limited to, women and youth organisations, In the framework of the Country Roadmaps for EU and Member States engagement with civil society (CSO Roadmaps), all initiatives under the Action will aim at and contribute to strengthening civil society partner¿s institutional and operational capacity through a comprehensive approach; enabling and ensuring their participation; and on improving the environment in which they operate. Particular attention will be paid to CSOs capacities to benefit from the digital transformation which will pay attention to accessible digital technology and reduce the gap on access to ICT.
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Activity under preparation EU Support for Social Safety Net in Kebbi State <p>Supporting Social Safety Net in Kebbi State is aimed at strengthening the social protection system at the state level as part of the overall support the design of social safety net programme in Northern Nigeria. The action supports digital integrated system approach for social protection to inform policy and decision-making as well as an adaptable social safety net programme for poor vulnerable households. This particular project will strengthen, expand, and digitalize the State Social Register (NSR) as an effective management information system with improved mechanism for policy planning towards poverty reduction and concretely support vulnerable communities in the area of livelihoods, income generation, food security and capacity for development planning.</p>
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Fondo COVID-19_AID_011898: Integrated responses for communities needs affected by dangling syndrome in South Sudan Fondo COVID-19_AID_011898: Risposta integrata ai bisogni delle comunità affette da sindrome del ciondolamento in Sud Sudan Fondo COVID-19_AID_011898: Specific goal of the project is indeed to deliver integrated curative and preventive care for PLWE-NS in the health systems and promotion of sustainable food security and livelihoods for resilience of people with disabilities in target communities. NS is a neurological disorder from the family of epilepsy. However, clinical case management is just one within the four spheres tackled by this intervention. Rural communities in South Sudan often associate epilepsy with false myth, causing stigmatisation which eventually leads to isolation of the children from society. Therefore, the project promotes the central role of communities to positively switch the negative paradigm on NS/epilepsy into pathways to inclusion.Among these entry points, the project promotes improved food security and livelihood for the families of children with epilepsy/NS. With the purpose of enhancing sustainability, the project advocates for the absorption of integrated approaches for people with epilepsy/NS in the national health systems by collecting and sharing epidemiological data with national and global stakeholders and by stimulating the discussion in the framework of the National Task Force for Neglected Tropical Diseases. Lastly, the project includes several provisions for donor education action so to remove the layer of silence that makes epilepsy/NS a neglected condition among the communities of the former Western Equatoria State. Fondo COVID-19_AID_011898: Obiettivo specifico del progetto è dunque la risposta agli specifici bisogni sanitari e di sicurezza alimentare delle persone affette da epilessia e sindrome del nodding attraverso un'azione integrata e multisettoriale, finalizzata a rafforzare la loro resilienza e quella delle loro comunità.L'aspetto clinico-curativo è pero solo una di quattro dimensioni su cui il progetto interviene. Le comunità rurali del Sud Sudan attribuiscono infatti alle forme epilettiche falsi miti che causano stigmatizzazione, che a sua volta sfocia nell'isolamento dei minori con epilessia/NS dalla società. Il progetto stimola allora il protagonismo delle comunità per cambiare il paradigma negativo sull'epilessia e il NS a favore dell'inclusività delle persone colpite, favorendo l'emersione dei casi e la presa in carico degli stessi da parte dei servizi. Nell'ottica della sostenibilità futura e dell'inclusione, il progetto prevede azioni per favorire il miglioramento delle condizioni di sicurezza alimentare delle famiglie con minori con epilessia/NS in carico, insieme al rafforzamento delle proprie capacità di sostentamento. Nuovamente, nell'ambito della sostenibilità, il progetto interviene per favorire l'assorbimento di approcci integrati al problema epidemiologico dell'epilessia/NS nell'ex Equatoria dell'Ovest attraverso la generazione di informazioni regolari sull'andamento epidemiologico nelle aree target e il supporto a momenti di confronto tecnico con i principali stakeholder nazionali e globali all'interno della Task Force nazionale per le Malattie Tropicali Neglette. In questa ultima dimensione, il progetto propone azioni di cosiddetta donor education finalizzate a sollevare il velo della negazione dal problema dell'epilessia e del nodding syndrome perche la futura programmazione del sistema sanitario nazionale del Sud Sudan ne tenga conto.
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Tubakuze - Scaling-up Early Childhood Development in Rwanda Contract related to: Tubakuze - Scaling-up Early Childhood Development in Rwanda - The action aims to deliver a comprehensive support to the pre-primary sector in Rwanda (countrywide), a key priority area for education in the country. In the last 30 years, the country has established a pre-primary education (ages 3-6) sector as part of its public education system, with clear key targets enshrined in its main policy documents, to increase access and quality in this area. Several key challenges have been identified as key to address in order to uplift this sub-sector. For the expansion of access and in order to reach the government targets, there is a need to expand infrastructure, quality training for teachers, support the current national school feeding programme to reduce costs for families, and support the development and access to learning materials. As a young sub-sector, with the Early Childhood Development Policy having only been adopted in 2016, policy development, costing, curriculum, standards and assessments, still have to be further developed or implemented in order to further enhance quality. Lastly, the policy and implementation of this sub-sector also spread across several ministries and agencies, with need for further coordination. Based on the aforementioned challenges, this action will unfold into three components: a) access to pre-primary education, b) enhancing the quality of pre-primary education and c) good governance, including through promotion of integrated approaches across key sectors.In its first component, it will support classroom construction and school feeding. In its quality education component, it will support teacher-training, materials, assessments, training on inclusive education and methods, community interventions and links to key areas such as nutrition, health and parenting practices. In its good governance component, it will support better coordination amongst ministries, agencies, and better planning and strategy. Both gender equality and inclusiveness will be mainstreamed all throughout this action.This action is aligned with the European Consensus for Development, which recognises the importance of pre-primary education and quality education for long-lasting development, as well as the importance of children¿s needs, rights and aspirations, including in the context of comprehensive early childhood interventions. The intervention will also assist Rwanda to transform its education system and address deficits in teaching, training, and learning at all levels, thus contributing to implement the ¿Global Gateway¿ communication. The action will primarily contribute to SDG 4 (Quality Education), but also to 5 (Gender Equality), 10 (Reduced Inequality), 2 (Zero Hunger), 6 (Clean water and sanitation) and 3 (Good Health and Well Being). It will also contribute to OECD DAC codes 4.2.; 4.5; 4 a. and 4 c. under ¿Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all¿. This action is fully aligned to the government¿s priorities in this sub-sector and supports an overall increase of EU financing for education from 7% to 10%.This action should be delivered in a Team Europe approach through a twinning operation with the Ministry of Education for the governance part, as well as a blending operation with an EU development finance institution, further positioning the EU at the centre of this, mostly still unaddressed at scale, sub-sector.
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Bangsamoro Agri-Enterprise Programme - Inclusive Agribusiness Development for Human Security Contract related to: Bangsamoro Agri-Enterprise Programme - Inclusive Agribusiness Development for Human Security - Agri-business development in Bangsamoro Region
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Shifting the power to grassroots communities through strengthening farmer-led CSOs and improving their engagement in the sustainable development process <p>The overall objective of the Action is to contribute to enhance social capital and capacities of Federated Smallholder Farmer Led CSOs to become active actors of good governance and promote inclusive sustainable development.</p>
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Disability Inclusive Development IDA is a strategic partner of the Disability Inclusive Development programme, a consortium project led by Sightsavers and funded by DFID. The DFID Disability Inclusive Development (DID) Programme is designed to contribute to the long-term improved well-being and inclusion of all people with disabilities in low-and-middle-income countries. DID will carry out a series of small-scale interventions around increased access to health care and education, improved livelihoods and reduced stigma and discrimination, using new development approaches such as adaptive management and community-based consultation to deliver better quality of life for persons with disabilities and accelerate the realisation of their human rights. The programme will create a solid evidence base around what delivers positive results for persons with disabilities to scale up, as well as ensure this data and evidence is disseminated and informs the global community and governments. DID will run for six years and complement DFID’s current disability inclusion programming including UK Aid Connect. The DID programme is being implemented in 6 countries: Bangladesh Kenya Nigeria Tanzania Jordan/Lebanon Nepal The DID Consortium is led by Sightsavers and partners are: Action on Disability and Development (ADD) BBC Media Action (BBCMA) BRAC Humanity and Inclusion (HI) International Disability Alliance Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Leonard Cheshire Light for the World (LFTW) Sense international Social Development Direct (SDD)
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CAR 2023 - NRC Humanitarian Country programmes 2021-2025 NRC has applied as well to Sida for funding of 364.5 million SEK to carry out “the Humanitarian Programme for 2021” in 26 humanitarian crisis settings: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania/Burundi, Uganda, Venezuela, Yemen. The application includes provision of 40 million SEK to replenish the Rapid Response Mechanism funding instrument and 7 individual projects for method, capacity-building and coordination.
The intervention’s tentative total budget is 4 263 200 000 Norwegian krona (NOK), that the organisation is financing with Sida’s funding in a proportion of 8% approximately. Other donors, like the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG ECHO, UNHCR, etc. are the largest contributors, besides a dozen of other donors in agreement with NRC. Sida provides NRC with the opportunity to allocate resources flexibly within individual country programmes (Programme-Based Approach – PBA).
NRC's catalytic support for coordination and capacity building contributes greatly to the link between humanitarian aid, development and peace. NRC's advocacy work and activities enable, at least contribute to, sustainable solutions for refugees and displaced people in a significant way in cooperation with other actors. In the long run, the NRC will reduce humanitarian needs. The NRC prioritizes self-sufficiency in its programs. The NRC's analysis capability, not least through its Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC), is an advantage for relevant programming according to the nexus orientations. Among the 26 crises in NRC's portfolio that Sida prioritizes, there are 15 where Sida implements Sweden's development strategies in synergy with humanitarian aid.
Sida’s contribution to NRC for 2022 will cover around 6.5% of NRC’s total financial requirements of the supported programmes and projects. It will provides humanitarian services to almost 9 million persons (53% female). HUM adds 50 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in Ukraine benefiting 90,000 people with protection, shelter, WaSH and cash assistance. Decision 5 April. Amendment nr. 5.
HUM adds 7.5 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in Cameroon from the 2022 mid-year allocation (food security, legal advice for 600 households/4200 individuals in Logone-et-Chari, Mayo Sava and Mayo Tsanaga). Decision 9 June 2022. Contract amendment No 6.
HUM adds 10 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in South Sudan from the end-of-the-year allocation. Decision 16 November 2022 nr 2022-002341. Contract amendment No 7.
NRC targets 7.7 million unique beneficiaries in total within Sida-funded humanitarian programmes in 2023, (52% female), who will receive protection and humanitarian services from NRC: Education, WASH, Shelter and settlement, Food security and livelihoods, including multi-purpose cash assistance, Protection, Legal assistance, Humanitarian mediation (community-based peace-building). Advocacy and support to humanitarian coordination and durable solution to displacements working groups in the field are part of NRC's engagement that Sida is funding. NRC's annual budget 2023 in the settings and thematics prioritized by Sida amounts to 5620 million Norwegian crowns in total. Sida's share weighs so far 8% of it: NRC's third largest donor whose cumulated 2021-2025 grant is 80% softly earmarked (programme-based approach) and 34% multi-year.
Earlier granted multi-year funding for 2023 was disbursed in January (52 MSEK) in support to continued humanitarian operations in DR Congo, Mali and Nigeria with strong emphasis on emergency response. Norwegian Refugee Council - Norska flyktingrådet (NRC) - har ansökt om ett förnyat partnerskap med Sida 2021-2025.
2021
NRC har dessutom ansökt om finansiering på 364,5 miljoner SEK för att genomföra humanitära insatser i 26 humanitära krisområden under 2021: Afghanistan, Kamerun, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Demokratiska Republiken Kongo, Eritrea, Etiopien, Iran, Irak, Jordanien, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexiko, Palestina, Somalia, Sydsudan, Sudan, Tanzania / Burundi, Uganda, Venezuela och Jemen. Ansökan inkluderar även 40 miljoner kronor för den humanitära snabbmekanismen (RRM) och 20 miljoner kronor i stöd till sju projekt för metodstöd, kapacitetsuppbyggnad och samordning.
Den aktuella budgeten för NRC:s hela humanitära program 2021 uppgår till 4 263 200 000 NOK, varav Sidas del för närvarande utgör ca 8%. Sida ger NRC möjligheten att nyttja resurser flexibelt inom varje enskilt landprogram, (enligt så kallad Programme-Based Approach – PBA)
Humanitär-Utveckling-Fred Nexus
NRC bidrar i hög grad till arbetet för att sammankoppla humanitärt bistånd med freds- och utvecklingsinsatser. Organisationens strävan att effektivisera biståndet genom katalytiskt stöd till samordning och kapacitetsbyggande insatser bidrar till denna ansats. I samarbetet med andra organisationer möjliggör och bidrar NRC:s verksamhet och påverkansarbete till att stärka hållbara lösningar för flyktingar och människor som har blivit tvångsfördrivna och bidrar därmed till att på sikt minska de humanitära behoven. Även krisdrabbade människors möjligheter till självförsörjning prioriteras. NRC:s analyskapacitet är en styrka som bidrar till att programmeringen anpassas till en nexus-ansats och den analys som genomförs av NRC:s internationella center för övervakning av tvångsförflyttning (IDMC) är av stor vikt för dessa analyser. 19 av de 26 kriser i NRC:s portfölj som Sida finansierar avser länder där Sverige även bedriver utvecklingssamarbete vilket öppnar för möjligheter till synergier med humanitärt bistånd.
2022
NRC ska få totalt 455,5 miljoner kronor av Sidas humanitära finansiering, enligt följande fördelning:
- Sida kommer att stödja NRC:s humanitära program i 23 krissituationer som Sida har prioriterat genom sin behovsbaserade allokeringsmodell för 2022, med 288,5 miljoner kronor :Afghanistan, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia och
regionen (Ecuador, Panamà), Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jemen,
Jordanien, Kamerun, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria,
Palestina, Somalia, Sudan, Sydsudan, Syrien, Uganda, Venezuela.
- Flerårig finansiering för NRC :s humanitära program i Demokratiska
republiken Kongo, Mali och Nigeria inleds 2022 och Sida har för ändamålet att ta i anspråk 104 miljoner kronor från kommande års anslag från erhållen Bemyndiganderam förutsatt att Riksdagen anvisar tillräckliga medel.
- NRC:s akuta insatser vid plötsligt uppkomna kriser kommer att stödjas genom Sidas snabbinsatsmekanism (RRM) under 2022 med 50 miljoner kronor.
- NRC:s metod- och kapacitetsstärkande projekt för skydd, miljö och IDMC (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre) kommer under 2022 att få 13 miljoner kronor, varav 3 miljoner kronor från Sida/Globen för IDMC.
Sidas bidrag till NRC för 2022 kommer att täcka cirka 6,5 % av NRC:s totala finansiella behov för de stödda programmen och projekten. Det kommer att tillhandahålla humanitära tjänster till nästan 9 miljoner människor (53 % kvinnor) i Afghanistan, Kamerun, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia och regionen, Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jordanien, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria, Palestina, Somalia, Sydsudan, Sudan, Syrien, Uganda, Venezuela och Jemen.
HUM lägger till 50 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Ukraina som gynnar 90,000 människor med skydd, tak över huvudet, WaSH samt kontantbistånd. Beslut 5 April. Avtalförändring nr 5.
HUM lägger till 7,5 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Kamerun från halvsårsanslaget 2022 (livsmedelsförsörjning, juridik rådgivning för 600 husshållen/4200 individer i Logone-et-Chari, Mayo Sava och Mayo Tsanaga). Beslut 9 juni 2022. Avtalförändring nr 6.
HUM lägger till 10 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Sydsudan från slutsåranslaget. Beslut 16 november 2022, 2022-002341. Avtalförändring nr 7.
2023
NRC får totalt 659.5 miljoner kronor (2023-2025) av Sidas humanitära finansiering för att genomföra:
- humanitära insatser i 23
krisområden under 2023: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Centralafrikanska
republiken, Colombia, Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jemen,
Jordanien, Kamerun, Kenya, Libanon, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Palestina, Sudan,
Sydsudan, Syrien, Uganda, Ukraina och Venezuela.
NRC har dessutom ansökt om 244
miljoner kronor för att kunna fortsätta sina humanitära program i Jemen, Kamerun,
Sydsudan, Syria och Venezuela under 2024 och 2025.
- ansökan inkluderar även 50
miljoner kronor till den humanitära snabbinsatsmekanismen (RRM)
- och 40 miljoner kronor i stöd till fyra fleråriga projekt för metodstöd och kapacitetsuppbyggnad: Miljö, Skydd, Tillträde, IDMC (18,5 under 2023, 21,5 under 2024-2025). Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is Norway's largest international humanitarian organisation and widely recognized as a leading field-based displacement agency within the international humanitarian community. NRC is the INGO receiving the largest contribution from Sida's Humanitarian Unit to INGOs so far, based on experience of successful partnerships, NRC's capacities to respond at scale and its coverage of crises that Sida is prioritizing through the needs-based allocation approach. NRC receives approximately 8% of Sida's humanitarian unit's annual budget appropriation.
The objectives of NRC can be summarized as follows: "To protect the rights of displaced and vulnerable people during crisis, to provide assistance meeting their immediate humanitarian needs, to prevent further displacement and to contribute to durable solutions, and to provide expertise as a strategic partner to humanitarian systems and actors." NRCs main activity is delivery of humanitarian assistance through programme activities in the field. NRC specializes in six areas of expertise, or "core competencies": shelter and settlements; livelihoods and food security; information, counselling and legal assistance (ICLA); education; camp management; and water, sanitation and hygiene promotion (WASH). Protection is lifted up as a new core competency of NRC since 2021. NRC engages closely with the affected populations to understand their needs and capacities, ensuring it tailors its assistance accordingly and involve them in the entire programme cycle, from design through implementation to evaluation. NRC advocates for respect for the rights of displaced and vulnerable people.
In 2021, the NRC Board approved the Global Strategy 20222025. The strategy
sets out four sub-objectives for areas that NRC will continue to strengthen and further institutionalize, namely, 1. assistance to hard-to-reach populations, 2. humanitarian policy, 3. protection, and 4. durable solutions. It also points to four areas of work that will be accelerated through expanded engagement and investments: i) advocacy, ii) climate and environment, iii) collaboration with local actors, and iv) quality programming.
NRCs work is divided into three pillars: humanitarian assistance, advocacy and expert deployment. Sida's Humanitarian Unit funding will continue prioritizing mainly the first pillar through funding of the humanitarian country programmes in line with HRPs and the RRPs and through the RRM funding. To some extent, Sida will support as well the second pillar of advocacy which is integrated in the humanitarian country programmes and implemented by NRC's method, thematic and capacity development projects supported by Sida. Sida will provide NRC with only a punctual support to the third pillar, through funding to CashCap which is deploying experts to the field for invigorating cash assistance working groups (17 in 2020 to 16 countries).
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has applied for a renewed strategic partnership with Sida during 2021-2025.
The interventions tentative total budget is 4 263 200 000 Norwegian krona (NOK), that the organisation is financing with Sidas funding in a proportion of 8% approximately. Other donors, like the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG ECHO, UNHCR, etc. are the largest contributors, besides a dozen of other donors in agreement with NRC. Sida provides NRC with the opportunity to allocate resources flexibly within individual country programmes (Programme-Based Approach PBA).
NRC was granted funding to carry out the Humanitarian Programme for 2022 in 24 humanitarian crisis settings: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Irak, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Ukraina, Venezuela and Yemen. The grant includes provision of funding replenish the Rapid Response Mechanism funding instrument and four individual projects for method, capacity-building and coordination.
Sida's assessment on performance and results
Alike many other actors in the sector, NRC excels in reporting activities and outputs, but should be better in catching what changes and impacts its interventions have resulted to ultimately on assisted communities. The reporting of data and results does not provide necessarily an accurate and consolidated overview of what NRC has achieved. Sida has notified NRC that it should provide dis-aggregated data by age in targeting and reporting which is a norm.
It is assumed that NRC will achieve its objectives in 2023 again, but the global stress on the current resource mobilisation system supporting humanitarian action may affect NRC as well, similarly to large humanitarian actors such as the ICRC.
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International Disability Alliance IDA 2016-2019 - International Disability Alliance (2016-2019) New strat. International Disability Alliance IDA 2016-2019 International Disability Alliance (IDA) etablerades 1999 och arbetar för att skydda och främja mänskliga rättigheter för personer med funktionsnedsättning. IDA är ett nätverk bestående av globala och regionala organisationer för personer med funktionsnedsättning. IDA representerar uppskattningsvis en miljard människor i världen som lever med funktionsnedsättning. Sida stöder IDA under 2016-2019 med kärnstöd 24 MSEK. International Disability Alliance is a global network of disabled persons organisations working for implementation of UN Convention for the rights of persons with disabilities. Sida supports IDA through core support for 2016-2019 with 24 MSEK. The purpose of International Disability Alliance’s (IDA) work is to ensure that persons living with disabilities are meaningfully involved in, and are in a position to benefit from programs and policies related to the implementation of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Sustainable Development Agenda (SDG). IDA work towards increased synergies between human rights and development frameworks in order to ensure that these contribute to an enabling environment. This in turn is expected to enhance participation of Disabled Persons' Organizations (DPO) and strengthen political will and capacities of governments to implement the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and make development inclusive of persons with disabilities.
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Les jeunes et notamment les filles, ¿cocitoyens acteurs de paix et de coh¿sion sociale Contract related to: Les jeunes et notamment les filles, ¿cocitoyens acteurs de paix et de coh¿sion sociale - The proposed Action intents to contribute to Specific-Objective 1.3: Support CSOs as actors of good governance and development in partner countries and to the achievement of the related result 1.3: Civil Society Organisations¿ (CSOs) ability to engage as actors of good governance and development at country level is improved.The Action rolls out the EU support to country-level CSO initiatives aimed at implementing priorities reflected in the NDICI-GLOBAL Europe, Annex III CSO Thematic Programme and the subsequent draft Multiannual Indicative Plan for the same. In line with the policy of geographisation, a majority of funds under the CSO MAAP 2021-2024, will be allocated under the Action to support civil society in partner countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and in Neighbourhood countries and Russia. Activities funded under the Action will support a broad range of civil society actors including and prioritising, but not limited to, women and youth organisations, In the framework of the Country Roadmaps for EU and Member States engagement with civil society (CSO Roadmaps), all initiatives under the Action will aim at and contribute to strengthening civil society partner¿s institutional and operational capacity through a comprehensive approach; enabling and ensuring their participation; and on improving the environment in which they operate. Particular attention will be paid to CSOs capacities to benefit from the digital transformation which will pay attention to accessible digital technology and reduce the gap on access to ICT.
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Save the Children Sweden's humanitarian work during the period 2017-2019 - Repayments of unspent funds - Save the Children Sweden 2017-2020 Rädda Barnen Sveriges humanitära arbete under 2017-2020 Detta beslut är ett kompletterande insatsbeslut till avtal med Rädda Barnens Riksförbund i Sverige (RBS) om bidrag till Programmet "RBS humanitära arbete 2017-2019". Programmet syftar till att möta barns humanitära behov och att skydda barn mot våld och försummelse i humanitära krissituationer. Speciellt fokus i Programmet är "barn i väpnade konflikter".
RBS är en del av Rädda Barnen globalt (Save the Children International, SCI) som tillsammans har expertis för att svara på uppkomna krissituationer rörande skydd av barn i nära samarbete med lokala partners. RBS är en av få samarbetsparter till Sida som har ett fokus på skydd av barn och förankring av barns rättigheter i humanitära kriser.
RBS är en av Sidas tio-talet partnerorganisationer för humanitärt bistånd sedan 2013, då ett stort antal organisationer utvärderades i syfte att ingå längre ramavtal med Sida för humanitärt stöd. Sida utför årligen en humanitär allokeringsprocess som sedan ligger till grund för vilka organisationer, landprojekt och tematiska-/kapacitetsstärkande projekt som ska beviljas finansiellt stöd. I enlighet med denna process, bedömer Sida det relevant att under 2018 stödja RBS humanitära Program i 6 länder, och att bidra med RRM-medel (Rapid Response Mechanism), samt stödja ett antal tematiska-/kapacitetsstärkande områden.
Sida har i huvudsak goda erfarenheter från tidigare samarbete med RBS och dess humanitära insatser. Sida baserar detta på resultaten från en extern utvärdering (SIPU 2016), RBS resultatrapportering, samt Sidas fältuppföljningar (som genomförts i 27 länder) under 2017. RBS har också minskat sin responstid för att svara på akuta krissituationer med drygt 50% (från flera veckor till maximalt 4-7 dagar) under 2017. Detta har gjort att RBS kommer in snabbare än ett flertal andra humanitära aktörer i kriser. Genom att slussa Sidas RRM-medel, efter godkännande av Sida, genom SCIs globala katastroffond, har detta blivit möjligt, först på pilotbasis under 2017, och från 2018 på längre sikt.
Under 2013 slutfördes en omstrukturering av Rädda Barnens organisation internationellt. Omorganisationens genomförande globalt har tagit tid och i vissa kontexter pågår den fortfarande. Den har förändrat Rädda Barnens globala organisationsstruktur och styrning med syfte att harmonisera organisationens processer och system för att standardisera och kvalitetssäkra planering, programuppföljning, personalsäkerhet, finansiell kontroll med mera. Viss finjustering med att synkronisera systemen inom organisationen globalt fortsätter, bl.a. inom RBS, under 2017-2019.
Sidas relevansbedömning av de landspecifika projekten för 2018 och de två fleråriga stöden för 2018 och 2019 baseras, som tidigare sagts, på en global behovsbedömning som görs årligen av Sida/HUM. Samtliga projekt har också granskats av relevanta geografiska handläggare på Sida/HUM samt av relevanta ambassader. Sida bedömer att RBS i huvudsak uppnår Sidas krav avseende förväntade resultat, men att RBS bl.a. behöver fortsätta förbättra sin rapportering (inklusive resultatramverk med mätbara mål och tydlig förändringsteori) till Sida för att möjliggöra en bättre resultatanalys. Under 2018 föreslår RBS också att fortsätta fokusera på vidareutveckling av kvalitetssäkring och uppföljning av landkontorens genomförande av insatserna. RBS kommer också att följa innovationsfonden, HIFs (Humanitarian Innovation Fund), arbete närmare under året. HIF kommer att påbörja aktiviteter igen med Sida-finansiering under 2018. Under 2017 utbetalades inga Sida-medel till HIF då resultaten från en utvärdering och revision av tidigare samarbete inväntades. Genomförandet av rekommendationerna från dessa kommer att följas noggrannt av RBS under året.
Beslutet tas i enlighet med Sidas insatshanteringsregel paragraf 3.11.3. och avser andra året av ett treårigt avtal och omfattar totalt 80 300 000 kronor, varav 58 300 000 kronor är för nya insatser år 2018, och 22 000 000 kronor är för redan beslutade insatser år 2018. Tidigare beslutade medel för 2018 var 25 000 000 SEK. Av dessa medel kommer 3 MSEK inte att användas under 2018 (metodstöd HIF) och har därför återförts av Sida/HUM.
Programförslaget för 2018 innehåller:
- Sudan (4 000 000 kronor) som rör skydd till flickor och pojkar som påverkas av konflikten i norra och centrala Darfur.
- Irak (4 000 000 kronor) som rör skydd till flickor och pojkar i Ninewa som utsätts för våld och utnyttjande och påverkas av konflikten i landet.
- Syrien (7 000 000 kronor), vilket rör stöd till de mest utsatta barnen för skyddsinsatser i den pågående konflikten i landet.
- Jemen (15 000 000 kronor), vilken rör skydd från våld för de mest utsatta barnen i krigsområden.
- RRM (26 000 000 kronor), oallokerade medel för nya/förvärrade kriser under året.
- Metodstöd (2 300 000 kronor), vilket rör stöd till RBS arbete/sekondering till UNICEF för delat ordförandeskap i Alliance for Child Protection.
Redan beslutade fleråriga projektförslag för 2018 innehåller:
- Demokratiska republiken Kongo (7 000 000 kronor) som rör skydd av barn från våld i Sydkivu, vilket är andra året av en treårig insats.
- Libanon (5 000 000 kronor), vilken rör förbättrade nationella system för barnskydd för att bl.a. förhindra barnrekrytering till pågående konflikt i Syrien. Detta är andra året av en treårig insats.
- Tematiskt/kapacitetsstöd/surgekapacitet (10 000 000 kronor), stödet rör förstärkt tematiskt stöd inom t.ex. uppföljning och barnskydd, samt fortsatt utveckling av kvalitetssäkring inom RBS och bidrag till katastrofberedskapspool.
Totalt för 2018 att utbetala är 80 300 000 SEK.
ORGANISATION
RBS är en del av Rädda Barnen-nätverket genom SCI som består av 29 medlemsorganisationer globalt med ca 25 000 anställda, varav 250 arbetar inom RBS. SCIs huvudkontor finns i London, Storbritannien, och inom dess organisation finns 7 regionala kontor och 54 landkontor som täcker 61 landprogram. RBS bidrar också med ett flertal personer till SCIs centrala register av katastrof/surge-personer som snabbt kan kallas in i krissituationer. I huvudsak vidareförmedlas alla Sidas medel från RBS via SCI till Rädda Barnens olika genomförande landkontor. För 2018 kommer ungefär 85% att vidareförmedlas till landkontoren och resterande 15% av Sidas medel kommer att finnas kvar hos RBS för tematiskt- och kapacitetsstöd (bl.a. för förbättrad kvalitetssäkring) samt metodstöd för globala barnalliansen (8%). Resterande 7% tillkommer RBS för att täcka administrationskostnader (detta tillfaller RBS som helhet, inte enbart dess humanitära enhet).
ÖVRIGT
Sida bedömer att samtliga medel för Programmet ska betalas ut omgående för att möjliggöra planering och uppstart av projekten till början av 2018. Detta för att på bästa sätt möjliggöra planering och genomförande av den humanitära insatsen utan fördröjning. Ett avsteg från Sidas vanliga rutiner om uppdelade betalningar bedöms motiverat.
RBS ges i avtalet fortsatt flexibilitet att omallokera medel inom en projektbudget inom ett land på upp till 10%. Detta bedöms vara nödvändigt för att på ett relevant, snabbt och ändamålsenligt sätt kunna möta humanitära behov. Övrig omallokering kräver Sidas godkännande.
Det bör också påpekas att ett avsteg har gjorts från de Allmänna villkoren (artikel 5.3) i avtalet mellan Sida och RBS vad gäller äganderätten till utrustning, fordon och varor som belastat RBS budget: Mot bakgrund av att insatsen är humanitär behöver de senare inte överföras till lokal samarbetspart och/eller slutmottagare i slutet av programmets avtalsperiod.
Bedömningspromemorian har skrivits på engelska med anledning av att engelskspråkig personal i fält är delaktig i beredningen och uppföljningen av insatsen, i enlighet med Generaldirektörens beslut om Sidas språkvalsmatris med tillämpningsanvisningar från den 1 mars 2013. Humanitarian support framework 2017-2019 through Save the Children Sweden.
This decision is a supplementary action decision to the agreement with Rädda Barnens Riksförbund i Sverige (RBS) on contributions to the "RBS humanitarian work 2017-2019" program. The program aims to meet the humanitarian needs of children and to protect children from violence and neglect in humanitarian crisis situations. Special focus in the Program is "children in armed conflicts".
RBS is part of Save the Children International (SCI), which together has the expertise to respond to emerging crisis situations concerning the protection of children in close cooperation with local partners. RBS is one of the few partners to Sida that has a focus on protecting children and anchoring children's rights in humanitarian crises.
The program proposal for 2018 includes:
- Sudan (4,000,000 kroner) which concerns protection for girls and boys affected by the conflict in northern and central Darfur.
- Iraq (4,000,000 kroner) which concerns the protection of girls and boys in Ninewa who are exposed to violence and exploitation and are affected by the conflict in the country.
- Syria (SEK 7,000,000), which concerns support for the most vulnerable children for protection efforts in the ongoing conflict in the country.
- Yemen (15,000,000 kroner), which concerns protection from violence for the most vulnerable children in war zones.
- RRM (26,000,000 kroner), unallocated funds for new/worsening crises during the year.
- Method support (SEK 2,300,000), which relates to support for RBS's work/secondment to UNICEF for shared chairmanship of the Alliance for Child Protection.
Already decided multi-year project proposals for 2018 include:
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (7,000,000 kroner) relating to the protection of children from violence in South Kivu, which is the second year of a three-year effort.
- Lebanon (5,000,000 kroner), which concerns improved national systems for child protection in order to, among other things, prevent child recruitment into the ongoing conflict in Syria. This is the second year of a three-year effort.
- Thematic/capacity support/surge capacity (10,000,000 kroner), the support relates to enhanced thematic support within e.g. follow-up and child protection, as well as continued development of quality assurance within RBS and contributions to the disaster preparedness pool. Syftet med insatsen är att svara upp mot barns humanitära behov i de länder som identifierats inom ramen för avtalet mellan Sida och Rädda Barnen 2017-2020 och Sida har också gett stöd till Rädda Barnen inom ramen för snabbinsatsmekanismen RRM för att möjliggöra för Rädda Barnen att svara upp mot plötsligt uppkomna eller kraftigt förvärrade kriser under årets gång. Under avtalsperioden har det inbegripit Mozambique, Mali, Niger, Irak, Jemen, Libanon, Syrien, Etiopien, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Demokratiska republiken Kongo samt Nordkorea. Slutligen ges så kallade metod- och kapacitetsstöd till Rädda Barnen. Metodstödet syftar till att stärka det humanitära systemet i stort, bl.a. genom Rädda Barnens arbete med de så kallade minimikraven för skydd av barn. Kapacitetsstödet ges för att stärka Rädda Barnen-organisationens kapacitet att svara upp mot de humanitära behoven i de länder där de arbetar, t.ex. genom operationellt stöd.
Det tema som genomsyrar insatsen är skydd av barn - ett område inom vilket Rädda Barnen har gedigen erfarenhet och kompetens. Rädda Barnen är således en av Sidas viktigaste partners för barnskyddsfrågor.
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Parenteral interventions to support families of children with neurodisability in low resource settings There are few services to support children with neurological disabilities and their families in resource poor settings, such as those found in sub-Saharan Africa. The parents and carers report that the two main features that impair their child's and family's quality of life are difficulties with their child's behaviour and communicating with the child. Recent reviews of the literature have supported that parent interventions may be the most acceptable and feasible way to improve communication and behaviour. In particular, the Stepping Stones parenting programme, which has been developed for parents of children with disabilities was suggested as an appropriate intervention, since it does not require specialised therapists, does not involve hours of therapy and empowers the parents and carers. This programme has been used in over 23 countries, shown to be effective in improving behaviour and communication in children with disabilities; but has not been tested in low-resource settings. The World Health Organization has also recognised these interventions, and promotes them through the mental health treatment gap interventions for children with developmental disorders. In addition the WHO has developed a a parent based intervention i.e. Parent Skills Training to improve communication and behaviour, but this intervention has not been tested in the field. The objectives of this grant are to examine the cultural acceptability and feasibility of administering two interventions i.e. Stepping Stones Programme and Patent Skills Training delivered through parents or carers to improve the communication, behaviour and quality of life of children with neurological disabilities. In particular we will identify the barriers to the administration of a parent intervention. In addition we will examine the reliability, validity and responsiveness of tools to measure behaviour, communication, parenting, stress and quality of life in these settings. This data of this project will be used to develop an intervention to be tested in a randomised control trial. Testing the interventions are likely to provide some support to the children with disabilities and their families. The data will also be fed back to non-government organisations, the Ministrys of Health, Education and Social Services who support children with disabilities in Kenya. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
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