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Scholarships Africa ADS - 2011 Intake The Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) in Africa for the 2011 supports the delivery of 250 long-term awards including: 239 masters-level ADS, 2 undergraduate ADS and 9 PhD level ADS (now known as Australia Awards) to selected candidates in 24 countries in Africa.  This funding covers all costs related to the ADS, including tuition fees and stipends for awardees while studying in Australia. The total value of this multi-country initiative is $31.1 million over 7 years, starting 2010-11.
West Africa Ebola HPA Emergency Response 2014 Funding under this investment provides support to the Humanitarian Partnership Agreement (HPA) Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The HPA is a group of six Australian NGOs. The partnership is the primary mechanism for humanitarian funding for Australian NGOs and enables a rapid and coordinated response in an emergency. This funding will be used to support frontline medical assistance, provide essential public health support and train health workers. The total value of this initiative is $2.5 million expensed during the 2014-15 financial year.
International Mining for Development Centre The International Mining for Development Centre aims to strengthen the capacity of targeted developing partner countries to translate resource richness into significant and sustainable economic and social benefits. The Centre provides a range of practical and tailor-made advisory, education, training and capacity building services to developing country governments and other key stakeholders in developing partner countries, across a broad range of mining issues relevant to the development context. The Centre also conducts applied research to support the provision of its program of work such as the preparation and dissemination of material and best practice advice. The total value of this initiative is $31.0 million over 4 years, starting 2011-12.
Human Rights Small Grants Scheme 2009-10 Human Rights Small Grants Scheme 2009-10 provides small grants to non-government organisations and human rights institutions in developing countries for activities aimed at promoting and protecting human rights. The total value of this initiative is $2.9 million, over 2 years, starting 2009-10.
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) is a multi-donor trust fund established by the World Bank to scale-up agricultural assistance to low-income countries. The focus of GAFSP is to improve the income and food security of poor people in developing countries through more and better country-led public and private sector investment by raising agricultural productivity; linking farmers to markets; reducing risk and vulnerability; improving non-farm rural livelihoods; and supporting technical assistance, institution building and capacity building. GAFSP will provide grants to developing countries and regional organisations that have demonstrated their commitment to a comprehensive approach for increasing agricultural growth and lasting improvements in food security. It will also include a private sector financing window providing loans and equity investments to stimulate private sector investment in agriculture and food security. The total value of this initiative is $100
Scholarships Africa ADS - Initial 2010 Intake Funding under this initiative supports the Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) in Africa for the 2010 intake of awardees. The funding will be used to deliver a total of 200 long-term awards offered through the Australia Scholarships for Africa (ASA) program. The funding covers all costs related to the delivery of the scholarships program including but not limited to: selection and mobilisation of awardees; costs of maintaining and updating alumni records; tuition and stipends for awardees whilst in Australia; and costs of running a range of alumni events. The scholarship will be provided to mostly public-sector recipients from countries across Africa (with a focus on East and Southern Africa), with the expectation that these students will return to their public sector jobs where they are able to influence policy, reform and implementation of development changes in target sectors. The total value of this multi-country initiative is $17.1 million over 7 years, starting 2009-10.
Australia Awards in Africa The Australia Awards in Africa contributes to African leadership and human capacity development through the delivery of scholarships and short course awards. The funding covers costs associated with the managing contractor to implement the program on behalf of DFAT. This includes the selection and mobilisation of awardees, Africa short course awards, alumni engagement and monitoring and evaluation. The value of this investment is $96.5 million over six years, from 2009-10.
UNDP BCPR Activities in Liberia and Burundi The United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery helps countries prevent armed conflict, alleviate the risk and effects of disasters from natural hazards and build back better and stronger when crises happen. Funding under this initiative represents Australia's contributions to UNDP's Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery's activities: strategic reconstruction and development of the justice and security institutions in Liberia; and the consolidation of peace, stability and security through delivery of livelihood and local economic recovery activities in Burundi. The total value of this initiative is $1.5 million to be expensed during the 2010-11 financial year.
Sierra Leone Peacebuilding Support The Australian Civilian Corp will provide civilian expertise from the ACC register to undertake peace building advisory support for a 12 month period. The deployment continues Australia's engagement with the United Nations Peace building Commission and supports the recovery and development needs of Sierra Leone, Liberia and possibly other countries in the West Africa region. This ACC deployment in peace building is a practical contribution to stability and development in Sierra Leone and demonstrates Australia's commitment to the region. The total value of this initiative is $1.0 million over 3 years, starting 2011-12.
West Africa Ebola Emergency Response 2014 On the 8th August 2014 the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced the Ebola outbreak in West Africa (affecting Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria). The outbreak is the largest the world has ever seen and WHO estimates up to 20,000 cases over the next six to nine months without intensified control measures. Following the announcement the WHO formally requested Australian support to assist with the WHO consolidated appeal to respond to the outbreak. Through the WHO Ebola response roadmap which identifies immediate needs and priorities, funding under this investment contributes to Australia's response to the Ebola outbreak and will provide support for human resources and medical expertise, logistics, supplies and equipment and food and water for those in affected regions. The total value of this investment is $12.0 million expensed in the 2014-15 financial year.
Africa Regional Small Activities Scheme 2009-10 The Africa Regional Small Activities Scheme (ARSAS) is a small grants program that provides support for community-based activities being implemented by non-government organisations to promote sustainable economic and social development. The objectives of ARSAS are to: help meet the basic humanitarian needs of disadvantaged communities in target countries; complement other activities running as part of the wider development assistance program to Africa; and promote Australia's role as a development partner in Africa. The total value of this multi-country initiative is $3.5 million expensed during the 2009-10 financial year.
Australia-Africa Community Grants Scheme The Australia-Africa Community Grants Scheme (AACGS) will enable support to community-level partnerships that target progress towards the MDGs while maintaining flexible sector coverage. The total value of this multi-country initiative is $10.6 million over 3 years, starting 2010-11.
Bilateral Climate Change Mitigation Funding under this initiative will support: a multi-country Measurement, reporting and Verification (MRV) program; the South African bilateral climate change partnership; and the design and operationalization of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The total value of this initiative is $2.0 million over 2 years, starting 2011-12.
UNCDF Mobile Money for the Poor In Least Developed Countries (LDCs) approximately only 14% of the adult population have access to financial services and growth is stagnant whereas around 25% of the population own mobile phones and ownership is growing by 23% annually. Mobile phones can be used by poor people to access financial services and banking. The UNCDF Mobile Money for the Poor will facilitate access to financial services through mobile phone technology bringing those services to a large number of poor people. The role of Mobile Money for the Poor is to help Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), banks and other organisations with information, ideas, incentives and initial investments to provide financially sustainable mobile banking services to low-income clients in developing countries. The Mobile Money for the Poor goal is to provide four million additional individuals and small microenterprises in LDCs with access to one or more branchless financial services by the end of 2017. This will include 1.2 million peop
Regional Water and Sanitation - UNICEF &#38;#38;#38; WSSCC Funding under this initiative provides support for two regional water and sanitation programs in Africa, specifically: the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Program to provide strategic support for WASH programs in Africa, with a focus on school WASH programs and sanitation; and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), to primarily support the Global Sanitation Fund which assists government and community efforts in helping large numbers of poor people attain safe and sustainable sanitation services and adopt good hygiene practices. The total value of this multi-country initiative is $5.5 million over 2 years, starting 2009-10.
UN Trust Fund - Department of Field Support Funding under this investment represpents Australia's contribution to the United Nations (UN) Trust Fund managed by the UN's Department of Field Support to provide support for the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse in communities in conflict zones. The total value of this investment is $0.2 million to be expended during the 2017-18 financial year.
Australia Awards - Africa 2015-2020 The Australia Awards program to Africa 2016-2020 contributes to African leadership and human capacity development through the delivery of approximately 1,200 scholarships and short course awards in sectors where Australia has acknowledged expertise, such as extractives, agricultural productivity and public policy. The funding covers costs associated with the managing contractor to implement the program on behalf of the Australian Government and includes the selection and mobilisation of awardees, Africa short course awards, alumni engagement and monitoring and evaluation. The total value of this investment is $114.3 million over 6 years, starting 2014-15.
Australia-Africa Partnerships Facility The Australia-Africa Partnerships Facility provides a flexible and responsive way to meet the development assistance requests of up to 53 African countries. Under this facility Australia is providing modest capacity building assistance for mining, agriculture and public policy requests in the form of deployments of people, exchanges of people between Australian and African organisations, training, workshops, seminars and grant funding. The total value of this multi-country initiative is $125.0 million over 6 years, starting 2009-10.
Multilateral climate change mitigation Funding under this initiative supports the multilateral climate change financing budget measure and provides funding to multilateral organisations to conduct climate change mitigation activities, specifically: Global Green Growth Institute; Partnership for Market Readiness; Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Program; and UNDP Low-Emission Capacity Building Programme. This forms part of Australia's fast-start climate change finance package. The total value of this multi-country initiative is $43.2 million over two years, starting 2011-12.
Eau rurale Isingiro - CUG1065 - OUGANDA - Eau et assainissement création d'un système d'AEP dans le district d'Isingiro
Construction de l'express-way entre Kampala et Jinja Construction de l'express-way entre Kampala et Jinja
Financement de la seconde phase du projet d'eau et d'assainissement de Kampala - lac Victoria Seconde phase du programme d'amélioration du système d'adduction en eau de Kampala.  Le projet prévoit de sécuriser l'approvisionnement en eau potable : remise à niveau des stations de pompage et de traitement, extension et restructuration des réseaux de transport et de distribution, des réservoirs et des stations de pompage,
Financement de l'accès à l'eau potable et à l'assainissement dans le sud-ouest de l'ouganda Financement de l'accès à l'eau potable et à l'assainissement dans le sud-ouest de l'ouganda
Effective engagement with other United Nations agencies and non-State actors in building a common health agenda that responds to Member States&apos; priorities Effective engagement with other United Nations agencies and non-State actors in building a common health agenda that responds to Member States&apos; priorities Greater coherence in global health, with WHO taking the lead in enabling the different actors to play an active and effective role in contributing to the health of all people
Trends in, and progress on, action on social determinants of health and health equity monitored, including under the universal health coverage framework and the proposed sustainable development goals Trends in, and progress on, action on social determinants of health and health equity monitored, including under the universal health coverage framework and the proposed sustainable development goals Strengthened intersectoral policies and actions to increase health equity by addressing social determinants of health
Policy options, tools and technical support provided to promote research for health and address ethical issues in public health and research Policy options, tools and technical support provided to promote research for health and address ethical issues in public health and research All countries having well-functioning health information, eHealth, research, ethics and knowledge management systems to support national health priorities
Public Private Development Partnership: Social Entrepreneurship Catalytic Impact Financing for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC-IMPACT) Social entrepreneurs (SE) find innovative, effective and efficient solutions to social problems with a private sector, entrepreneurial approach. ODA funds are scarce and need to be used with leverage. This intervention will leverage social enterprises efforts, impact investors’ capital and local government funds for poverty reduction and improved livelihood of low income households.
Education and care in a neighbourhood shared by Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians The inhabitants of Hay el Gharbé in southern Beirut live in a very precarious situation. Since 2012, a number of Syrian refugees have joined their neighbourhood. The SDC supports the Lebanese NGO Tahaddi, which has made a real difference in people’s lives here – such as with its education centre, helping a large number of children to (re)discover schooling and escape their daily hardships.
Crédit global pour petites actions Les crédits globaux pour petites actions permettent le financement d’opérations ponctuelles, peu coûteuses, significatives en termes de développement, à composantes diverses (techniques, sociales, organisationnelles et de gestion, politique, économique, informative, etc.)
Provincial and Local Governance Support Program (PLGSP) Nepal’s new federal constitution addresses the long-standing root causes of conflict related to poverty, gender inequality and social exclusion. The Provincial and Local Governance Support Program is the government’s nationwide framework capacity building initiative to enable the newly elected provincial and local governments to assume their constitutional rights and duties. Switzerland led the planning for the development partners, The program will strengthen subnational institutions and service delivery, and contribute to peace and stability.
Prog Ap à la Sécurisation des EF PASEFA No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
Rural Water and Sanitation Support Programme in Kosovo Since 2005, the Swiss Rural Water and Sanitation Support Programme has provided better access to safe drinking water and sanitation to 474’000 people living in rural areas. By further strengthening the capacities of the water companies and their oversight bodies and with targeted infrastructure investments, the RWSSP exit phase will contribute to a sustainable and socially inclusive provision of high-quality water and sanitation services. For the first time the program will include the Northern municipalities of Kosovo.
Inclusive Economic Development Program Territorial Region 13 Gulf of Fonseca The program contributes to generate 5'000 new jobs and to increase the income of 10’000 vulnerable families living in the watersheds of Choluteca, Goascorán and Nacaome by 10% annually. The program promotes public-private partnerships taking into account the challenges and potentials of smallholder families producing cashew, sustainable livestock and eco-tourism. It also facilitates territorial dialogue to establish rules that foster a business climate that combines financial benefits with social and environmental sustainability.
Contribution de programme de la DDC à Terre des Hommes Lausanne The SDC negotiates programme contributions as part of institutional partnerships. For the assessment and negotiation of programme contributions, which is based on the NGO's overall programme, the organisation is required to have a long-standing track record and have successfully undergone the admission procedure. Programme contributions are an investment in the competences and capacities of the NGOs and in the relevance of their programmes.
MYA: Women and Girls First No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
KOS: Social Justice for RAE No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
Strengthening cities for migration and development Cities are the main destination for migrants worldwide. They play a crucial role in ensuring migrants’ social and economic inclusion and in leveraging migration as a source of innovation and prosperity. Switzerland aims at strengthening the evidence base on how to manage urban migration to maximize its development effects and at leveraging the voice and experience of cities in shaping effective migration policies. The project will involve Swiss cities and benefit from Swiss research expertise.
Eritrea Vocational Skills Training The Swiss Development Cooperation will implement in this pilot phase 2 projects in vocational skills training in Eritrea. One project is designed as a contribution to ongoing projects of Don Bosco, the other to a project of the “Schweizerisches Unterstützungskomitee für Eritrea. The objectives of the phase are: (i) enhancing the training of teachers and increasing numbers of students having access to trainings and (ii) building a relation of trust with the Eritrean authorities in order to open a broader policy dialogue between the two countries
Support to Relief&Recovery from COVID19 No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
UNDP: Job creation Gaza No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
Lao DECIDE Info In Lao PDR, the lack of integrated information and data analysis across thematic sectors continues hindering sustainable planning and decision-making. Lao DECIDE Info has fostered the integration of information from different sectors, data analysis, and development of new policy knowledge for decision making. The final phase 4, will seek for strategic engagement with decision makers, involving them in the identification of key policy issues, development of knowledge products, and incorporation of the knowledge products into national policies.
UN Volunteers (UNV), contribution to the Special Voluntary Fund (SVF) La DDC soutient le volontariat en faveur du développement et de la paix par sa contribution générale au Programme des Volontaires des Nations Unies (VNU). La DDC permet à de jeunes universitaires suisses d’agir en faveur du développement et de la paix au sein des organisations onusiennes et d’acquérir une expérience en coopération au développement au sein d’une organisation. Elle finance chaque année en moyenne 10 postes de stagiaires volontaires VNU.
Programme d’appui aux communes urbaines du Mali (PACUM) Un des enjeux de la reconstruction du Mali se trouve dans la promotion de villes secondaires délivrant des services de base aux populations et redevables devant leurs citoyens. C’est l’objet de ce programme financé par la Banque Mondiale à hauteur de CHF 65’000'000. Sollicitée pour son savoir-faire en matière de développement local, la DDC apporte une contribution de CHF 18'200'000 (21% coût global) pour structurer la gouvernance à la base et soutenir les dotations d’investissement pour les villes de Koutiala et Tombouctou.
The Agro-Biodiversity Initiative (TABI) Maintaining high biodiversity in agro-ecosystems contributes to poverty reduction in rural livelihood. Better knowledge, tools and institutional arrangements are needed to support poverty alleviation and preserve biodiversity. Considering the current development context in Lao PDR, TABI supports the conservation and sustainable economic use of agro-biodiversity (ABD) in multifunctional landscapes, aiming at improving the livelihood of uplands farmers.
Salon Africain du Livre,  Genève Activités de communication et de sensibilisation destinées à informer le public dans le pays donneur sur les efforts de coopération pour le développement et à rendre la population plus consciente des besoins et problèmes du développement.
Tchad: ACF Réponse d'urgence Sud No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
NIA INSO sec. info serv. for hum. actors No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
Culture for Development No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
Inclusive and accountable governance In 2012, a comprehensive state-building process along federalist principles started in Somalia. Switzerland will contribute to a more inclusive, accountable and equitable governance system by focusing on the constitutional review process and strengthening the parliamentarians’ capacities. It will promote knowledge sharing, exchange of Somali, Swiss and international expertise, and public discourse to foster Somali-owned governance arrangement.
Disaster risk reduction and integrated watershed management in Muminabad Flash floods and mudslides are examples of hazards that threatens inhabitants of Muminabad district in Tajikistan. Switzerland is supporting a project to reduce the risk of natural disasters in four watersheds of the district. The project of Caritas Switzerland relies on a sustainable agriculture and livestock production with a strong involvement of local communities and authorities.
LEB Support Livelihood&Income Generation No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.