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Strengthening UK-China infrastructure investment in developing countries as part of the Belt and Road Initiative The project will include a High-Level stakeholder engagement roundtable and a Belt and Road Financing Workshop, to discuss obstacles to and recommendations for progressing infrastructure project delivery and financing along the Belt and Road, leveraging international expertise, best practices and methodologies. The project is designed to contribute to the sustainable development of infrastructure projects in developing countries, primarily along the Belt and Road (BRI) region. The overall programme will lead to more productive, higher quality and greener overseas infrastructure investment that delivers social and economic benefits and contributes to poverty alleviation. It will also generate opportunities for international business, Bringing benefits to British business in sectors where they are well placed to compete including; Rule of Law, Energy and Low Carbon, Financial Services and Infrastructure.
Building Intellectual Property (IP) capacity and networks in South East Asia through technical assistance, capacity building and knowledge sharing. The project is designed to support the improvement of the Intellectual Property (IP) environment in South East Asia through capacity building, knowledge sharing and technical assistance. It aims to enhance in-country regulations and frameworks on IP legislation, practice and enforcement. An improved IP environment will assist in enhancing sustainable economic growth which will help reduce poverty. It will also generate opportunities for international business, including UK companies. [Following a methodology change, from financial year 19/20 costs under this activity will be reported against a new activity line.  You can find the new IATI identifier by looking up “other identifier information”.]
Maximising impacts and benefits of future low carbon and energy projects in India Enhance the impact of future Prosperity Fund projects in India by increasing awareness of, and access to, knowledge generated and lessons learned for the government, project implementers and businesses.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations Economic Reform Programme - Business Environment Support to the business environment strand of the ASEAN Economic Reform Programme. This programme is designed to boost inclusive and sustainable economic growth in the region by helping the target countries improve their business environments and further develop their financial markets.  As a secondary benefit, the programme will aim to increase opportunities for international business, including for the UK, in areas where the UK is well placed to compete.
Supporting solar market growth in India. Accelerate the deployment of roof-top solar in Maharashtra and Punjab with a focus on government and institutional buildings by sharing UK best practices with India's solar market.
Supporting Yangtze Delta Region cities with their climate change risk adaption plan The project is designed to develop a climate change self-assessment tool to help Yangtze River Delta Region cities draw up climate change adaptation plans, supporting the efforts of these cities to be among China's National Development and Reform Commission's 30 demonstration cities for climate change adaptation. As the project is implemented, UK expertise on infrastructure policy and services may be accepted by Chinese policy makers, potentially generating opportunities for international businesses, including UK ones.
Administrative costs of Prosperity Fund ODA projects in India Project facilitation costs covering planning, implementation and resources as part of ODA projects in India.
Building capability and capacity in Mexico's oil and gas sector to maximise benefits of energy reform The project aims to build a comprehensive workforce development framework to address the skills gaps identified by the Ministry of Energy of Mexico (SENER). Using British expertise and experiences to ensure an improved business environment in the energy sector.
Improving Mexico's low carbon transportation systems The project will assist Mexico City's Government will improve the delivery of effective and efficient low carbon urban mobility solutions through adoption of smart transport innovations and data use, such as Integrated Transport Systems (ITS), real time traffic control centres, traffic safety interventions, passenger information systems and open data. This will open the market to UK and other technology providers for this sector.
Administrative Costs of ODA Projects in Mexico Project facilitation costs covering planning, implementation and resources as part of ODA projects in Mexico.
Developing Future Cities in Mexico through UK-Mexico Knowledge Exchange Hubs, boosting businesses through match-making platforms for UK and Mexican SMEs This project establishes Knowledge Exchange Hubs between Mexico and the UK working with King's College London, the National University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Mexico City government organisation LabCDMX. The programme will improve social behaviour and quality in education in line with Smart Cities best practices within Mexico City by March 2017, as well as linking UK and Mexico SMEs in the priority areas of road traffic safety, mobility and air quality. In turn this is designed to open new opportunities for UK and other businesses to introduce new services and technology to this sector.
Collaborating with Municipal Governments on Public-Private Partnerships to improve the effective delivery of infrastructure projects in China This project is designed to support key municipal governments in China to develop Public-Private Partnership programmes and projects that enable the effective delivery of infrastructure projects. Infrastructure is vital to China's economic growth and poverty reduction. Through pilots, the project will identify opportunities for international, including UK, companies to partner with Chinese counterparts to deliver major projects, also laying the groundwork for the Infrastructure pillar of the China prosperity programme.
Conducting a scoping study to inform future work for the China Prosperity Fund Skills programme. This project is designed to identify barriers to and opportunities for addressing China's skills gap, and to propose recommendations and interventions in specific sectors. The project will inform the design of the Skills programme of the China Prosperity Portfolio. The overall programme will support reforms across China's skills sector that deliver social and economic benefits and contribute to poverty alleviation. The Skills programme will generate opportunities for international business and bring benefits to UK companies in sectors where they are well placed to compete, including Education and Training. [Following a methodology change, from financial year 19/20 costs under this activity will be reported against a new activity line.  You can find the new IATI identifier by looking up “other identifier information”.]
Researching population ageing to support the design of medical reimbursement policies in Shanghai The project is designed to draw on UK expertise to reveal the relationship between age and medical expenses, and the characteristics of end-of-life expenses among the elderly in Shanghai. Through undertaking a ‘value for money' analysis to identify inappropriate resource use on elderly care in Shanghai, and learning lessons from the UK context, this project will provide a reference for policy design and implementation in Shanghai, both under the 13th Five-Year Plan and through guidance that the Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau is due to issue on the Elderly Care Social Security System by the end of 2016. Chinese adoption of UK proposals in the study has the potential to generate opportunities for international businesses, including UK ones.
Supporting China to further develop and open up its commodities derivatives market, through an initial focus in Guangdong province The project is designed to support China to further develop and open up its commodities derivatives market, though an initial focus on Guangdong province. It is intended that, by December 2017, Guangdong government will introduce practical plans aimed at the further opening of commodities futures, especially precious metals and non-ferrous metals, to international markets as part of the wider strategy of internationalising the RMB. This will benefit China and provide better access to Chinese capital markets for international (including UK) investors.
Global Anti-Corruption Programme Support to improving transparency and integrity and global forum on asset recovery (GFAR) pillars of the Anti-Corruption Programme.  The programme is designed to combat corruption and promote a better global environment for business, helping to promote inclusive sustainable growth and increase global prosperity. As a secondary benefit, the programme will aim to increase opportunities for international business, including for the UK, in areas where the UK is well placed to compete.
Development of the Renewable Energy and Regulatory Reform Programme in Indonesia The programme aims to support regulatory reform and development of the renewable energy sector in Indonesia. It will carry out targeted interventions to encourage sustainable development, increase prosperity, and reduce poverty by improving access to energy and the ease of doing business. [Following a methodology change, from financial year 19/20 costs under this activity will be reported against a new activity line.  You can find the new IATI identifier by looking up “other identifier information”.]
Strengthening the Energy Service Company market for energy efficiency in Turkey The project will help develop a well-functioning Energy Service Company (ESCO) market in Turkey, in line with the UK model. This will lead to improved energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emission reductions, job creation and increased competitiveness.
Pursuing reforms at Indian ports to improve the trading environment for international business. To improve India's trading environment by pursuing action points on bottlenecks in processes and procedures that increase the cost and time of doing trade, which were identified in the previous project on infrastructural deficiencies in Indian ports.
Health Accelerator Programme: re-balancing primary healthcare policy in Recife This project will support reform of primary care services in the city of Recife, improving access, responsiveness, quality and range of services, to make healthcare in Brazil more cost-effective and also attractive to foreign investment. This is through supporting local commissioners and clinicians by bringing together data collected in the city of Recife to accelerate the development of unplanned / urgent care services so that citizens can have their care provided locally.
Argentina: Promote the adoption of open data practices to improve competitiveness in public procurement tenders at the Buenos Aires city government To increase transparency, competitiveness and efficiency in the Buenos Aires City Government Procurement Process, increasing opportunities for businesses.
Producing a scoping study for a rule of law programme in China The project is designed to scope the opportunities for use of future Prosperity Fund resource for a Prosperity Fund programme on supporting and strengthening the rule of law in China.
Scoping study for the future Global Trade Programme interventions relating to developing standards and quality of infrastructure A scoping study to support the development of a programme that will help with the adoption of standards and quality infrastructure in targeted ODA eligible countries and to improve conditions and capability for international trade.
Capability Partner Costs for the Global Future Cities Programme Programme support costs covering planning, implementation and resources as part of the Future Cities Programme.
Development and design of the Mexico Prosperity Fund ODA programme. Development and facilitation costs related to activities (design, research, consultations and preparations) of the Mexico Prosperity Fund ODA programme [Following a methodology change, from financial year 19/20 costs under this activity will be reported against a new activity line.  You can find the new IATI identifier by looking up “other identifier information”.]
Administrative Costs of the Prosperity Fund Brazil Portfolio Programme Programme support costs covering planning, implementation and resources as part of Prosperity Fund Brazil programme.
Administrative Costs of ODA eligible projects for Prosperity Fund Global Infrastructure Programme. ODA eligible project facilitation costs covering planning, implementation and resources as part of Prosperity Fund programme in Indonesia [Following a methodology change, from financial year 19/20 costs under this activity will be reported against a new activity line.  You can find the new IATI identifier by looking up “other identifier information”.]
Support technical education in rural Peru across Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education To increase demand in technological careers in Lima and Ica regions in Peru by delivering innovative and inspirational technology training based on STEM Education Programme to poorest and rural zones high school's students via the design, delivery and management of a mobile laboratory, based on UK expertise and promoting UK best practice.
Supporting Southern-Vietnam Solar Photovoltaic Development to enable improved energy efficiency and reduced costs for business The project is designed to provide assistance and technical support for industrial and commercial businesses to increase rooftop solar capacity in Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, and Long An to 1,200kW by December 2018. This is expected to generate opportunities for international businesses, including UK ones.
Improving intellectual property and regulatory standards in Brazil Activity designed to promote strengthening of the Brazilian Intellectual property processes and improve regulatory standards. This sectoral programme will learn lessons from the focus countries and apply these to other parts of the portfolio to advance the SDGs and wider HMG objectives. This project will bring benefits to International and British business in sectors where they are well placed to compete. [Following a methodology change, from financial year 19/20 costs under this activity will be reported against a new activity line.  You can find the new IATI identifier by looking up “other identifier information”.]
Increasing transparency in Mexico through the use of an open data start-up hub The project will help deliver economic growth and transparency through data driven innovation. It will create simultaneous data innovation competitions in Mexico and the UK and connect businesses.
Capacity Building and Networking to Support UK –Turkey Partnerships in Agricultural Technology This project aims to increase innovative capacity and network formation in the agricultural technology sector in Turkey, by mobilising universities, research institutes, technoparks, technology transfer offices and the business community to develop a Turkish-British agricultural technology community.
Mexico Prosperity Fund Programme - Energy and Low Carbon Support to the energy and low carbon strand of the Mexico Prosperity Fund programme.  The programme is designed to support Mexico’s economic modernisation through increasing productivity and facilitating increased sustainable economic growth leading to poverty reduction.  As a secondary benefit, the programme will aim to increase opportunities for international business, including for the UK, in areas where the UK is well placed to compete.
Administrative costs of Prosperity Fund Economic Reform Programme in South East Asia Project facilitation costs covering planning, implementation and resources as part of ODA projects in South East Asia [Following a methodology change, from financial year 19/20 costs under this activity will be reported against a new activity line.  You can find the new IATI identifier by looking up “other identifier information”.]
Supporting the research and development of a UK-style pension annuities system in China This project will support China to improve its annuity policy and explore the feasibility of introducing an auto-enrolment mechanism in China to incentivise participation in occupational pensions.  It will help reduce poverty and support China's ongoing transition to a more inclusive and sustainable economy. This will also generate opportunities for international businesses in the Financial Services sector, bringing potential benefits to British companies in a sector where they are well placed to compete. [Following a methodology change, from financial year 19/20 costs under this activity will be reported against a new activity line.  You can find the new IATI identifier by looking up “other identifier information”.]
Administrative Costs of ODA Projects in Brazil Programme facilitation costs for the design, management, implementation and communication of the Brazil PF Programme [Following a methodology change, from financial year 19/20 costs under this activity will be reported against a new activity line.  You can find the new IATI identifier by looking up “other identifier information”.]
Enhancing urban planning capability in Myanmar The project is designed to draw on UK expertise to build an urban planning capability within Myanmar's Ministry of Construction to provide a framework for sustainable urban development and hence to enable economic growth. This is expected to generate opportunities for international businesses, including UK ones.
India Tech Clusters – Innovation challenge fund budget only Support to the Tech Clusters of the UK-India Tech Partnership (UKITP) programme. This programme aims to award competitive grants for funding research into tech solutions to social and environmental issues. As a secondary benefit, the programme will aim to increase opportunities for international business, including for the UK, in areas where the UK is well placed to compete.
Administrative Costs of ODA Projects in Abuja, Nigeria Project facilitation and administrative costs covering planning implementation and resources as part of ODA projects in Abuja, Nigeria.
Teacher Training for Technical and Vocational Education in Brazil This project will help strengthen delivery of vocational and technical education in Brazil's Federal Institutes in order to deploy a more skilled workforce to address the needs of industry, making Brazil more attractive for international companies.
Collecting and analysing data across environmental resilience, and safe and efficient trade The data collection will inform management of the marine environment and resilience of ODA eligible Small Island Developing States.
Supporting China's development of standards for Smart Cities. The project is designed to use UK expertise to support China's development of standards (compatible with UK ones) for Smart Cities. It is intended that China will draw upon UK expertise to set up strategic standards, encompassing a concept model, reference framework and applicable information communication technology indicators, supporting economic reform and growth in China, and generating opportunities for international businesses, including UK ones.
Building capacity and empowering health and safety regulators in the Mexican energy sector. Through the use of UK regulatory expertise, this project will work closely with Mexican energy regulatory institutions in order to empower them with increased capacity and knowledge to support the adequate enforcement of health and safety regulations in the new energy Market. Bringing benefits to British business in sectors where they are well placed to compete including Energy, Future Cities, Business Environment and Financial Services.
Increasing Guangdong's competitiveness by supporting investment along the Maritime Silk Road The project is designed to draw upon UK expertise to enhance Guangdong's overall competitiveness in overseas investment through: firstly, learning from models of industry regulation and risk control; and secondly, deeper collaboration with UK professional service providers.
Promoting best practice sharing in deepwater oil and gas exploration and development in Mexico Showcase UK capabilities across the supply chain in developing oil & gas deepwater projects which Mexico is starting to carry out as a result of their Energy Reform programme.
Improving Mexico's capital markets by promoting new models in the crowdfunding markets Adopting UK models and using UK expertise into the Mexican crowdfunding market will increase access to finance for SME's building a more robust economy to meet new global challenges. The new financial solutions created will help improve the broader private capital markets in Mexico by March 2017.
Improving the quality of public spending in Brazil through structured policy evaluation methodologies The project will contribute to improved quality of public spending in Brazil by increasing its ability to evaluate the impact of fiscal policies and government spending policies on the private sector.
Brazil Prosperity Fund Programme - Energy Support to the energy strand of the Brazil programme. The programme is designed to support Brazil’s economic modernisation through increasing productivity and facilitating increased sustainable economic growth leading to poverty reduction.  As a secondary benefit, the programme will aim to increase business opportunities for international business, including for the UK, in areas where the UK is well placed to compete.
Administrative Costs of the Prosperity Fund China Portfolio Phase 1 Programme Programme support costs covering planning, implementation and resources as part of the Prosperity Fund China Portfolio Phase 1 Programme.
China Prosperity Fund Portfolio Phase 1 Programme - Infrastructure Support to the infrastructure strand of the China Prosperity Fund Portfolio Phase 1 Programme expected to lead to increased and more sustainable investment in China and ODA-eligible third markets.  This programme is designed to address market failures and weaknesses that impede China’s inclusive economic growth and will help China’s ongoing transition to an inclusive, sustainable and productive economy. As a secondary benefit, the programmes will also produce commercial benefits for international companies through an improved business environment in China for firms and investors, as well as through additional trade and investment opportunities in these sectors, in which the UK is well placed to compete.
Administrative Costs of ODA Projects in Nairobi, Kenya Project facilitation costs covering planning, implementation and resources as part of ODA project in Kenya.
Improving Mexico's economic potential through greater understanding and use of Public-Private-Partnerships A diagnostic analysis of Mexico's Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) environment and guidelines to increase institutional awareness and capacity to support this financing method at regional, state and municipal levels. The project will showcase regional examples and UK expertise with a view to opening opportunities for international companies, including from the UK.
Administrative costs of the Indonesia ODA Programme Project facilitation costs covering planning, implementation and resources as part of the Indonesia ODA programme