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Supporting Peaceful Settlement of Disputes This project aims to contribute to strengthening of the rules-based international system (RBIS) through a roundtable with senior Chinese, UK, and global experts. This contributes to the skills development of Chinese legal capabilities and strengthens the foundation for Chinese attitudes to the RBIS.
Supporting women's right against harmful cultural practices The project supports the human rights of women in the Zambezi area. It will challenge harmful sexual practices which are not only detrimental to women's empowerment but which lead to increased rates of teenage pregnancy and HIV-AIDS.
Improved access to functional rehabilitation services for DPRK citizens outside Pyongyang. This project will provide refresher physiotherapy training/mentorship to six health facilities of South Hamgyong and North Pyongan province of the DPRK.
Protecting human rights defenders in the Middle East This project will support freedom of expression in the Middle East by creating a protected on line platform for human rights defenders
Strengthening Sri Lanka's Computer Emergency Response Team to better respond to cyber crime This project will enhance the operational capabilities of Sri Lanka's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination Centre by updating its computer equipment and providing additional training to its staff .
Prevent sexual violence in Colombia and providing support to women survivors This project will build partnerships to prevent sexual violence in Colombia and provide support to women survivors.
Promoting energy sustainability in China through an offshore wind strategy This project will help to create a common strategy which will speed up the role out of offshore wind in China, enabling lower technology costs for this key renewable energy technology.
Strengthening Peru's capacity to deal with complex cases and tackle the threat from serious and organised crime A project to support the design and implementation of an Office of Risk Analysis and Strategic Policy within the Peruvian Prosecution Service through the sharing of international best practice in order to enhance the governance of Peru's response to serious and organised crime.
Reduce Conflict in Syrian Refugee Communities in Egypt This project will promote stability and reduce conflict by raising awareness on Sexual Gender Based Violence and child protection in communities for Syrian refugees.
Death penalty prevention in China This project aims to provide training and guidance to Chinese judges on dealing with the media and victims in death penalty cases, and to draw up legislative recommendations on victims' rights.
Limiting use of death sentence in Indonesia in the revised Penal Code This project aims to Influence the Indonesian Government and Parliament to limit the death sentence provisions in the current work on revising the Indonesian Penal Code.
Investigating and documenting sexual violence in conflict in Uganda Promoting uptake of the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict in Uganda
Sharing UK expertise to ensure the sustainability of financial and healthcare reforms in Shangdong, China This project uses UK expertise to develop financial and healthcare services in Shandong to deliver cost savings for local government and follow up opportunities for domestic and foreign companies.
Defending Human Rights through the Indonesian Parliament This project seeks to embed human rights principles in the development and oversight of parliamentary human rights legislation.
Support for the relaxing of restrictions of Malaysia's engineering services sector through the sharing of UK best practices To support the relaxing of restriction of engineering services sector in Malaysia through an outward mission for UK engineering experts to Malaysia to share UK best practices in engineering sector.
Leadership training for civil society in the Alexandria region This project provides leadership training to civil society organisations contributing to social and economic development and stability in Alexandria. The project aims to create a network of organisations to facilitate mutual learning, understanding, exchange and cooperation.
Promoting the Human Rights of the Roma Minority. Promoting UK values by raising public awareness of the human rights of disadvantaged Roma communities in Turkey to encourage both equality of treatment and economic opportunity
Building a vocational training model for Vietnam using British expertise, enabling Vietnam to develop a better trained workforce and helping to increase prosperity in Vietnam This project aims to enhance economic prosperity in Vietnam by creating a transferable skills training model for the garment and textile industries that will be applicable across multiple sectors.
Promoting women's rights in Cameroon This project will empower women to defend their rights to decision making on health, economic issues and politics through educational interventions.
Preventing sexual violence in Nepal This project aims to increase public awareness of sexual violence against women and possible means of support through producing radio dramas.
Improving maritime security in West Africa This project will provide a liaison officer to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in order to help improve regional maritime security awareness.
Improving capabilities of Pakistan's Ministry of Interior to process cases Mutual Legal Assistance project - will help tackle backlog of cases and will also support UK prosecutions
Promote religious freedom in Indonesia by strengthening the capacity of strategic legal aid advocates. Improve the standard of advocacy for the right to religious freedom of religious minorities both at policy and litigation levels to support and promote human rights and freedom of religion or belief in Indonesia.
Promoting efficiency in Chinese emissions trading This project will reduce emissions by introducing best practice to the Yangtze River Delta Emissions Trading Scheme.
Strengthening rule of law in Vanuatu through support to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions To provide direct funding to the Government of Vanuatu for the sole purpose of employing an expatriate Director of Public Prosecutions to increase transparency in the Justice sector, address issues of corruption and build local capacity.
Tertiary education for Syrian refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt This project aims to alleviate pressures for Syrian refugees and migrants to seek irregular migration by providing 25 Syrian refugees with reason to remain in Egypt through funding their tertiary education. This will enhance opportunities for them to find gainful employment in Egypt after completion of their degrees.
Empowering Maldivian citizens to hold their politicians to account, exercising their democratic and civic rights, and protect universal freedoms of expression, association and good governance Increasing citizen participation in standing up against corruption and injustice, and in demanding political accountability from their government
UK-India expert exchanges on radiological security. UK-India expert exchanges on Radiological Security and Incident Response Procedures in the Indian Healthcare Sector.
Improved protection of Forest and Water Resources for Communities in the Disputed Belize/Guatemala Border A project to promote cross border cooperation and conflict prevention in the disputed Belize/Guatemala border, through impact awareness on deforestation and shared water resources.
Building capacity of Thailand's prison system to improve conditions and to meet international human rights standards to the benefit of both Thai and foreign, including British nationals in prison in Thailand To work with the Thai authorities to improve prison conditions in a way that better provides respect and humane conditions for prisoners while also meeting international human rights standards
Promoting community mental health This project will support the development of mental health services in the Seychelles by increasing the provision of mental health services at a rehabilitation centre to allow more people to benefit. It will also bring a currently unused part of the Centre's grounds into use which staff and patients will then maintain for the benefit of patients.
Supporting efficiency improvements in the Brazilian livestock supply chain This project will improve efficiency in the Brazilian livestock supply chain by mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production. This project will use UK expertise on policies and programmes.
Combating stigma against rape survivors and children born of rape in armed conflict in DRC, South Sudan, and Uganda This project will tackle the stigma associated with sexual violence in conflict and support survivors and children born of rape in reconciling with families and communities through in-country workshops.
Protecting the Rights of Workers in Bangladesh To ensure the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are applied in the Bangladeshi Garment, Leather and Tannery Industries, thereby protecting UK consumers /importers from complicity in abuse of human rights and modern slavery.
Education and Engagement on the Death Penalty in Belarus To educate the public in Belarus about the death penalty and engage with the authorities to encourage them to impose a moratorium
Encourage low carbon development in China A project to improve the urban environment in Guangdong through introducing an advanced UK urban design concept and corresponding best practice. This will help Guangdong develop its own regulations on urban design to achieve low carbon development.
Somali Maritime Police Training Programme UN training and support to Somali Maritime police in interdiction of suspicious vessels and to support Somali Coast Guard to effectively police its territorial waters.
UK Lebanon TechHub – Strengthening Lebanese Stability through Job Creation in the Knowledge Economy High levels of unemployment amongst young and tertiary-educated Lebanese are major drivers of instability in Lebanon. Risks to economic security are also high, and increasing. This project supports UK objectives through job creation in the Knowledge Economy sector. It does this by supporting the UK-Lebanon TechHub’s plan to establish an R&D Centre to bolster Lebanon’s knowledge creation, and to boost foreign investment and international trade with Lebanon.
Development of Container Ports intelligence gathering and targeting capabilities through UK subject experts This project will fund UK experts to develop Panama's container ports intelligence gathering and targeting capabilities, in order to strengthen Panama's response to illicit trade and reduce the trafficking of illicit goods.
Strengthening Cybersecurity in the Americas: Provision of technical training to information security technicians, critical infrastructure operators, and law enforcement officers This project aims to enhance cyber-crime prevention by enhancing the technical skills of information security technicians, critical infrastructure operators and law enforcement officers in detecting, preventing, responding, and recovering from cyber incidents, and in investigating and combating cybercrime in OAS member states.
Promoting sustainable economic development through renewable energy sources in a small, poor, agricultural community- La Gracia. Poverty alleviation through provision of electrical energy from renewable sources in small, poor, rural communities not connected to the national grid
Promoting low carbon development in Indonesia through implementation of a waste cooking oil management policy framework This project will implement a waste cooking oil program in Jakarta. The project will contribute to national Government targets on energy mix and fuel blending and will create opportunities for a new green economy sector in Jakarta.
Strengthening the UN systems' approach to comprehensive womens access to justice Addressing the shortfalls in the UN system's response to discriminatory personal laws by establishing inter-agency working groups, creating a comprehensive report on this shortfall, conducting country-level situation analyses, and expanding UN training syllabus' to include a module on this topic.
Promoting diversity and HR This project will promote inclusive societies, equality, diverse perspectives and human rights values by showcasing best of UK filmmaking through screenings, post screening facilitated discussions and workshops
Supporting the performance of Parliament in Fiji To enhance the capabilities of Parliament by making the Standing Committee system more effective in scrutinising government activity and processes, thereby strengthening democracy in this Commonwealth country.
Improving the investigative capacity of the Honduran police force. Build criminal investigative capacity of the Honduran police forces to support an evidence-based criminal justice system, addressing all aspects of the police investigative process to manage complex criminal cases. Help establish investigative policies and procedures that facilitate investigations and case management.
Strengthening human rights in Fiji Supporting Fiji to become compliant with the United Nations Convention Against Torture through the development of a first hour procedure to include recording Police interviews with suspects.
Empowering human rights defenders to speak freely, protect democratic space and universal human rights in Maldives To facilitate the empowerment of human rights defenders who come under violent and political pressure, by offering a program of physical, digital and legal security.
Promoting gender equality and diversity through cooperation with Chinese civil society. A combination of educational conferences, workshops and personnel exchanges to promote women's rights and diversity in China. The project enables the greater participation of marginalised groups in Chinese society in line with the UK's commitment to supporting the better protection of human rights. We will educate on the positive role that diversity and inclusion can play in supporting sustainable economic development. This takes place in the context of tightening space for civil society and the introduction of restrictive foreign NGO law. Gender equality and diversity are UK priority objectives.
Strengthening asset recovery and anti-bribery awareness training in South Africa This project will promote awareness of international anti-bribery standards and increase understanding of these in South Africa. The project will then enhance the capacity of law enforcement to trace and recover the proceeds of financial misconduct.
Using UK expertise to improve healthcare in Guangdong province. This project will organise knowledge-sharing seminars in Guangdong, delivered by UK experts from the NHS and/or RCGP to encourage future China-UK collaboration in health policy, social care and employment.
SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF SAFE SPACES FOTR WOMEN AND GIRLS VICTIMS OF SEXUAL AND GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN RWANDA This project will increase the capacity, opportunities and resilience of the poorest women and most vulnerable women and girls to escape stigma and poverty and be able to take control of their lives. The project will train 70 people (30 Rwanda Women Network staff and 40 women victims of sexual and gender based violence) at the Rwanda Women Network centers in Bugesera, Gasabo and Nyarugenge districts to equip them with counselling and trauma response skills.
Sri Lanka Unites - Youth organisations engagement to work in diverse partnerships This project aims to engage youth to work in diversed partnerships using the youth network of Sri Lanka Unites, to create a culture that stimulate positive change through social action and build value based youth leadership for reconciliation.
Chevening Scholarships This project provides access to education through Chevening scholarships to students from ODA eligible countries, enabling them to pursue postgraduate study in the UK. This allows the UK to engage with and invest in future leaders at an early stage of their career, helping us to work better together in the future.
Supporting human rights in Colombia This project delivers a protocol with specific and appropriate measures to protect human rights defenders in rural Colombia, jointly designed by human rights defenders and the Colombian state.
Monitoring Parliamentary Elections in Georgia Strengthening democracy and transparency through monitoring of pre-election and election day environment of parliamentary elections on 8th of October, 2016.
Administrative costs of ODA projects in Pakistan Project facilitation costs covering planning, implementation and resources as part of ODA projects in Pakistan
Promoting development of financial services in Latin America A seminar attended by business, Latin American diplomats and UK officials to discuss with the Lord Mayor of London his analysis of the challenges and opportunities for the development of financial services
Training junior journalists in Azerbaijan This project will improve the professional skills and knowledge of 15 junior journalists with an aim of bolstering Azerbaijan's diminishing independent media sector.
Increasing Malaysian expertise in Crisis Management The project will establish a partnership between the UK's Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College (EPC) and the Malaysian National Defence University (NDU) to advise and educate Malaysian authorities on the development of their national and regional resilience capability. This project will support UK national security and prosperity objectives and further promote the UK as Malaysia's partner of choice in the security sector.
Indonesia Capacity Building Supporting the Rule of Law in Indonesia - This project will strengthen Indonesia's ability to successfully investigate crimes based on the application of human rights and international law by identifying where legal reform is needed.
Promoting Human Rights and Economic Viability for women in Rafah Promoting stability in OPTs, and physical viability of the two state solution. Building on UK leadership by providing vocational/professional training to disabled women in Rafah, supporting their human rights and economic viability
Supporting NGO activity in Belarus Through the provision of legal skills seminars, support the regularisation of NGO activity in Belarus, to aid development of a pluralistic society with a view to more open debate and development of freedom of association and assembly
ASEAN cultural mapping to increase individual members? capacity to use soft power in pursuing their objectives and building their prosperity Seeks to explore how ASEAN's contemporary cultural landscape contributes to a distinctive ASEAN narrative to identify and understand the ASEAN model of networked soft power. This awareness and understanding will build and strengthen the cultural capacity to use soft power of individual member States, as well of ASEAN itself. The networks created through this project will also enable each country to develop their research capability and continue to share best practice to sustain the impact of the reports and lessons learnt as their findings are implemented.
Promoting better regulation to improve the business environment in Colombia Capacity building workshop with the Colombian National Planning Department, relevant ministries, regulatory bodies and other stakeholders, focused on the identification, study and analysis of alternatives to regulation -based on the UK experience, to support better policy making and create a better business environment in Colombia, also contributing to Colombia's aspirations to OECD accession
Tackling corruption in Mongolia through business integrity and civil engagement To create a more transparent and fair business environment, and to reduce public sector corruption, by enabling whistle-blowing and training businesses on anti-corruption measures
Administrative Costs of ODA Projects in India Project facilitation costs covering planning, implementation and resources as part of ODA projects in India
Supporting transitional justice measures in Moldova Confidence building measures on both banks of the river Nistru/Dniester: follow up to the Council of Europe expert's report in the field of criminal justice
Workshop on international strategies for protecting children from sexual violence This project brought together specialists from key middle and low income countries to determine the strategic focus of action to be taken for the next decade to stop sexual violence against children.
Delivering the Women, Peace and Security agenda in developing countries in the OSCE region This project will support workshops between government and civil society practitioners from 10 developing countries in the OSCE region, which are currently implementing the UNSCR1325 designed to address human rights abuses related to the Women, Peace and Security agenda. The workshops share best practise and provide support to countries developing, implementing and updating these National Action Plans.
INTER-GENERATIONAL DIALOGUE ON GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND CHILD PROTECTION The project facilitates a platform where girls, young and older women will have the opportunity to engage in an inter-generational dialogue on Gender-Based Violence including girls and young women that have no formal education with the objective of developing an inter-generational action plan and strategic plan. The project will contribute to the reduction in prevalence of Gender Based Violence in The Gambia and create a platform for inter-generational dialogue. This concept is line with UK objectives in raising awareness on Gender Based Violence and advocating for its reduction countrywide. It is envisaged that an increased awareness level on Gender Based Violence and the recently banned Female Genital Mutilation practice, will deter dual nationals residing in UK from subjecting their children to harmful traditional practices.
Countering Extremism: Empowering Muslim youth to recognize and reject extremist ideology. To empower and strengthen the voice of Muslim youth in mainstream debate on issues related to identity and citizenship whilst rejecting extremist ideology.
UK technical support to the Sri Lankan constitutional reform process To provide expertise on plain English drafting and share comparative international experience relevant to Sri Lankan's constitutional reform process.
Shifting perspectives in Pakistan on education, women's rights and young people - and promoting UK activities within themes This project will use strategic communications to shift perspectives in Pakistan on education, women's rights and youth.
Increasing socio-economic opportunities in low income community to stimulate environmental protection and the local economy through tourism in an area classified by "Ramsar" as a wetland with numerous plant and animal species,
Promoting women's political participation and representation in Morocco The project will address the disparity and inequality between women and men in political rights by undertaking a series of activities such as training which will strengthen the participation and political representation of women in the 2015 municipal, provincial and regional elections.
Advancing the inclusion of women in Sudan's peace and transition processes Support to the Taskforce on the Engagement of Women: Advancing Women's Inclusion in Sudan's Peace and Transition Processes.
Promoting the needs of women in conflict in the Middle East and North Africa This project will contribute to making decision-makers at the national, regional and international levels more responsive to the practical needs and strategic interests of women and girls in conflict and fragile settings. This will be achieved through engagement of women's rights organisations with national governments, regional bodies, and the UN system.
Supporting the Turkish police This project provides capacity building assistance to the Serious Organised Crime division of the Turkish National Police in order to improve capability and facilitate further cooperation.