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Commonwealth Connectivity Agenda and Trade Ministers Meeting The project will support the delivery of the Connectivity Action Plan by (1) convening the Trade Ministers Meeting, Senior Trade Officials, and technical cluster meetings as platforms for the exchange of knowledge and experiences (2) evidence for policymaking and (3) action to build capacities and reform the policy and regulatory environment. The project will continue the delivery of the Connectivity Action Plan (CAP).?
Commonwealth Sustainable Urbanisation Programme On 25 June 2022, Commonwealth Heads of Government adopted the ?Commonwealth Declaration on Sustainable Urbanisation? (CDSU). The Commonwealth Secretariat, alongside our development partners, are looking to develop a comprehensive work plan to support countries to implement the commitments of the CDSU, facilitate greater knowledge sharing and capacity building on urban sustainability issues, and support access to finance for resilient and sustainable cities in conjunction with achieving the Call to Action on Living Lands (CALL) and accelerate member state action on climate change.
Resources are required to develop Secretariat?s urbanisation project portfolio, engage constructively to meet member country requests, and support policy development and on-ground implementation. The CDSU specifies four key areas of action. Heads of Government will:

Acknowledge the need for integrated strategies for safe and sustainable urban development that enhance community wellbeing and security;
Support cities, municipalities, and other urban authorities to mobilise resources to develop comprehensive, scalable programmes to address key challenges of sustainable urbanisation and build climate resilience to reduce risk and vulnerability;
Encourage cities to create an enabling environment that support local economic development, job creation, and attract investment; and
Encourage sharing of knowledge and experience including through Commonwealth dialogue; twinning of cities, and increased opportunities for professional training in urban development, including town planning.
Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transitions Agenda The project contributes to the Paris Agreement and SDG 7 by enhancing intra-Commonwealth cooperation on sustainable energy transition. Intra-Commonwealth cooperation on low carbon development will require concerted efforts by member countries to accelerate the energy transition at the lowest economic and social cost while achieving universal access to clean and affordable energy. This will be realised through: the establishment of member-led action groups, capacity building, international cooperation and collaboration, development of knowledge products and technical assistance in respect of sustainable energy transitions.?
Political Analysis, Advice and Engagement The project has three main deliverables: 
(i) the organising of regular consensus-building meetings for member states, including the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM), Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Guyana (CMGG) and Commonwealth Ministerial Committee on Belize (CMCB);???? 
(ii) coordinating with divisions across the Secretariat and where applicable, external partners, to ensure projects are grounded in political analysis;
(iii) provision of ongoing research and monitoring to identify emerging issues and trends, leverage synergies within and across regions to support member countries in achieving developmental and other goals and providing advisory and political support to the SG and all Secretariat directorates.??
Commonwealth Call to Action on Living Lands The project will support the programme by providing evidence-based analysis to influence policy, provide expertise for financing, technical assistance, and capacity building to enhance climate change adaptation and mitigation in member countries. By leveraging the array of knowledge and expertise within the Commonwealth through the Commonwealth Call to Action on Living Lands (CALL) thematic working groups, the Secretariat will support member countries in achieving their Rio conventions targets and wider sustainable development ambitions.?
International Trade Policy The project aims to enhance the capacity of member countries in effective trade policy. This includes research and knowledge products, training and workshops, and global advocacy and consensus-building on intra-Commonwealth, regional and global trade and investment; trade, SDGs and economic resilience; multilateral trade; and trade support for Least Developed Countries. The project will also address new and emerging trade issues, including digital trade, climate change and environment, global and regional supply chains and related development issues.??
Effective Justice Frameworks This project supports member countries through the provision of judges to help in the reduction of case backlogs; capacity building to judges, magistrates, and prosecutors; development of model laws on a broad range of legal matters. The project will also build consensus, raise awareness and develop knowledge products to strengthen civil and criminal justice systems.?
Ocean Governance and Maritime Boundaries This project provides sustained technical assistance to member countries, for example building capacity to implement policies and laws. This support will build on previous work to reach agreements on maritime boundaries and ocean policy development by continual support to guide national and regional ocean development. Where the Secretariat has supported the negotiation of international treaties it will continue to provide technical assistance to inform domestic legislation and policy to leverage the opportunities afforded by the treaties. The project will also provide capacity building of government officials through knowledge exchanges and online training modules.??
Institutionalise Commonwealth Meridian to support public finance management through effective debt management and improved debt data transparency The project monitors progress towards providing member countries with access to Commonwealth Meridian, a debt management software tool to facilitate and promote effective debt management. The project will monitor and analyse Commonwealth- wide debt statistics through the tool enabling the Secretariat to provide more targeted technical assistance. Debt managers will also be trained to effectively use Commonwealth Meridian to accurately record and analyse debt data to ensure the debt portfolio remains within a country?s risk tolerance limits and minimise risks of debt distress.???
Promoting sport, quality of life and health This project focuses on the intentional use of sport as a tool to advance health outcomes and socio-economic development. The project will support low and middle-income countries in the Commonwealth through the adoption of a multi-sectoral approach for policy development and implementation, identifying and addressing barriers to physical activity and a healthy diet. Specific attention will be given to the prevention of Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs).?
Human Rights Frameworks This project provides technical assistance to member countries to strengthen human rights protection and provision. The project will build capacity and consensus around pertinent human rights issues with a view to strengthening national human rights frameworks. This will involve enabling national human rights obligations and member countries? effective participation with international human rights mechanisms and assisting with the implementation of subsequent outcomes.???
Countering Violent Extremism This project strengthens member countries' ability to counter violent extremism. It will achieve this by providing technical assistance to identified member countries with a view to a) incrementally strengthening good governance and the rule of law in the policies and practices applied to the management of terrorism; b) build the capability and the relationships required to prevent or manage violent extremism, including a systematic CVE policy and measures that activate one or more of the mechanisms to prevent and counter violent extremism; c) systematic pro-social steps to rehabilitate and reintegrate individuals that radicalised and/or joined violent extremist groups.
Inclusive Dialogue and women?s political participation The purpose of this project is to engage in inclusive and constructive dialogue with national stakeholders in Commonwealth member countries, with a view to resolving political impasses, achieving consensus on major issues affecting the credibility of elections, and engaging in conflict prevention throughout the electoral cycle and assisting member countries to develop and implement strategies. National stakeholders will be consulted, drawing on good practices, to address the barriers limiting the participation of women in politics and addressing election-based gender violence. This project provides for the delivery of bespoke national programmes to deliver technical assistance, capacity building workshops and other stakeholder engagement as identified in the country strategies. An online Community of Practice platform will be developed for each of the components, to enable member countries to share experiences, expertise and lessons learned with other Commonwealth member countries.
Natural Resources The project works with member countries on a bilateral and multi-lateral basis to improve the management and governance of natural resources. The Secretariat will support member countries through technical assistance to develop national policies, laws, fiscal regimes, institutional and contractual arrangements to ensure they reflect international best practices and are context appropriate; strengthen institutional capacity; and shape global action in a way that benefits member countries especially small states and least developed countries.?? 

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Strengthening Public Debt Management Framework and developing government bond market?in Bahamas The project strengthens and reforms the governance structure for public debt management, the policy framework and development of government securities market in The Bahamas. Building on the progress made in 2021-22 with the finalisation and enactment of the Public Debt Management Act 2021, the establishment of the Debt Management Office and the development of the First Medium Term Debt Management Strategy (MTDS) the project will continue to work with The Bahamas to achieve sound debt management practices. ???
Improved Access Climate Finance This project contributes to the programme by enhancing access to financial resources for climate action. The project will support small and other vulnerable states to improve their access to various sources of climate funding by providing technical assistance on the development and submission of climate finance project pipelines, concept notes and proposals, institutional strengthening including accreditation and readiness support, capacity building through dedicated training activities, knowledge management and learning as well as mainstreaming of youth and gender considerations.  By leveraging diverse sources of climate funding, the Secretariat will support member countries to accelerate climate action.
Advocacy for Small States The project aims to mobilise global action and support for small states to tackle development challenges. The Secretariat has developed an advocacy strategy in close collaboration with the UN. In the process, countries have nominated advocacy champions whose main mandate is to advocate for international recognition and action in addressing issues facing small and vulnerable states, particularly the reduction of poverty and vulnerabilities. The advocacy strategy seeks to leverage joint actions, leadership, and unwavering commitment to achieve set goals, inability small states to be mobilisers of global efforts and facilitators of engagements and partnerships.
Strengthening Electoral Process Through Full Cycle Approach The Strengthening Electoral Process Through Full Cycle Approach project  supports member states improve their electoral processes through Commonwealth Observer Group report recommendations, technical assistance, training, thought leadership and the promotion of good practices, and peer-to-peer learning.???
Youth Skills Development and Economic Empowerment This project will promote economic and social empowerment and participation of young people addressing issues of youth employment and skills development, ensuring young people are equipped with the tools to effectively contribute to the development of their countries.? The project will focus on the emergence of new sectors, particularly those driven by advances in digital technology and in response to climate change.? The project will enhance employability by prioritising soft skills such as self-confidence, teamwork, and communications. The project will also address the prevailing issue of skills mismatching by promoting on-the-job learning through quality apprenticeships as well as better aligning educational systems, technical vocational and education and training (TVET) and industries to ensure young people are being provided the skills required to secure employment. In addition, through the promotion of entrepreneurship skills and training, the project aims to increase job creation and promote the livelihoods of young people.???
Cyber Frameworks This project supports member countries to implement the 2018 Commonwealth Cyber Declaration. The project strengthens national efforts to combat cybercrime through awareness raising, knowledge sharing, and the provision of technical assistance.
Effective rule of law frameworks This project promotes and strengthens the rule of law at national and international levels by: (a) promoting the implementation n of the Latimer House Principles; (b) strengthening legislative drafting and law reform capacity; (c) establishing of a Commonwealth Pro Bono Centre to enable Qualifying Commonwealth Countries to access free legal services from international law firms in support of their efforts to realise their SDG targets ; and (d) promoting law reform to end discrimination against women and girls and other vulnerable persons.??
Office of Civil and Criminal Justice Reform This project seeks to ensure equal access to justice in the Commonwealth. To leverage limited resources, this project works in close collaboration with teams across the Secretariat to increase access to justice in areas such as climate change, anti-corruption, and civil procedure law reform. In addition, the Secretariat will scope potential work on military justice reform.???
Commonwealth Blue Charter The project supports member countries to meet their national and international ocean related commitments. Member countries are supported to implement the goals of the Commonwealth Blue Charter (CBC) through the transfer of technology and best practices through action groups; capacity building through knowledge sharing; international cooperation and collaboration; development of pilot projects; and technical assistance.???
Commonwealth Virtual Centre for Small States As a 2022 CHOGM mandate, The Commonwealth Virtual Centre for Small States (VCSS) is intended to connect the Commonwealth Small States with the Secretariat and other accredited and partner organisations by means of a virtual platform for small states. The VCSS is meant to facilitate information and knowledge exchange as well as to access technical trainings based on toolkits developed by the Secretariat. In the medium term to encourage more joint collaboration of activities among the Commonwealth member Small States.
Commonwealth Anti-Corruption Centre and Networks This project improves the delivery of services by the Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACAs) in Africa and the Caribbean. Improvements to ACAs will lead to reduced corruption, and in turn improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and equability public governance. Capacity building will be provided both through training, research and networking. Capacity building will take place through in country and regional training centres in Africa and the Caribbean. The project?s outputs will be delivered through the Commonwealth Africa Anti- Corruption Centre (CAACC) in Botswana established in partnership between the Secretariat and the Government of Botswana and the Centre of Excellence established between the Secretariat and the Government of Grenada. The Secretariat has established two associations of ACAs in Africa and the Caribbean. These networks will continue to build the capacity of the community of practice for corruption control. In addition, research and publication of anti-corruption related issues will be produced to share best practices of member countries doing well in the fight against corruption.
Trade Competitiveness This project aims to increase trade competitiveness of member states.?Targeted, demand driven, and specialised technical assistance will be provided in the core thematic areas of export diversification, trade policy reform, e-commerce and digital trade advancement, and investment facilitation. The Secretariat will also provide support for the adoption of sustainable markets and circular economy principles.???
Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting (CFMM) This project convenes the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting (CFMM), a platform for Ministers of Finance to deliberate on emerging economic issues which are of interest to the membership particularly small and vulnerable states. The deliberations are solution-based with the ultimate goal of advocating agreed positions at the global level.?
Economic and vulnerability Analysis & Publications This project identifies areas that could be strengthened for countries to be more resilient and reduce vulnerabilities of countries to shocks. Commonwealth countries, of which 32 are small states, are increasingly vulnerable to external shocks such as climate change and more recently, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the pandemic had adverse effects on tourism, a contact sector that is a major contributor to Commonwealth Small States? economies. Consequently, unemployment increased, governments endured severe revenue losses leading to debt sustainability challenges, with vulnerable populations experiencing an increase in inequality and rise in poverty, further entrenching vulnerability in Commonwealth developing countries. This project will analyse and identify vulnerabilities within member countries, identify policy options and provide technical assistance aimed at strengthening resilience.
Effective Consensus Building Frameworks This project convens the biennial meetings of Senior Officials of Law Ministries (SOLM); the Commonwealth Law Ministers (CLMM); and Law Ministers and Attorneys General of Small Commonwealth Jurisdictions (LMSCJ); supporting the building of consensus and collective action on a broad range of legal matters of mutual interest to Commonwealth member states; publication of the Commonwealth Law Bulletin - a refereed journal, that produces articles reflecting the latest developments in member countries and helps foster harmonised approaches to emerging legal issues; convene think-tank type conferences (virtual and in person) raising awareness on how to address key challenges and other legal matters of interest to member countries.?
Promoting International Sound Practices in PDM Responding to requests from member countries for technical assistance to effectively manage their public debt, the project will help countries to reduce borrowing cost, mitigate risks in their debt portfolio, contribute to macroeconomic stability, preserve debt stability, and protect the government?s reputation amongst investors.???
ICRC Africa Emergency Aid Programme Switzerland’s objectives to provide financial support to the ICRC are the following: (1) To protect the lives and dignity of all persons affected by armed conflict and other situations of armed violence, (2) To respond to emergencies in a timely and effective manner, (3) To support an internationally recognized humanitarian organization which mandate as well as guiding principles have proven to be essential to preserve humanitarian space in situations of armed conflict, (4) To promote the compliance with the Geneva Conventions, the Additional Protocols and the International Humanitarian Law (IHL), (5) To support the operational division of labour established by
An attractive labour market for young Kosovars The project « Enhancing Youth Employment » is aimed at improving job opportunities for young people in Kosovo, a population segment particularly impacted by unemployment. By connecting employers and job seekers, and by training young people in the skills in demand on the labour market, the project is helping to reduce unemployment and drive economic growth.
Access Quality Justice Services (AQJS) No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
Strenghtening local communities and public officials’ capacities to manage conflicts over land and territories in seven departments in Colombia SDC has supported the implementation of Land Restitution Policy throughout institutional strengthening and context analysis by applying situational approach. Due to the land restitution process’ ongoing challenges and the requirements of the Peace Agreement (with FARC), the partners have identified the necessity to work directly with rural communities and territorial authorities to develop their capacities to manage conflicts over land, and integrate into the strategy articulated actions between the local population, the authorities and the academy for the land policy’s future in Colombia.
Accelerating F4D inter. taxation&invest No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
JOR UNICEF ER WASH service RUKBAN No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
IGAD Land Governance No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
EPFZ Stages de perfectionnement No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
Integrated Local Development (ILDP) Through the lntegrated Local Development Project (ILDP) Switzerland supports Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in establishing a modern development planning system country wide which responds to citizens‘ needs and allows efficient use of budgets and external funds. The ILDP consolidation phase will ensure coherence of development planning and management on all governmental levels, accountability towards citizens, as well as on knowledge transfer to responsible institutions, in order to improve service delivery and accelerate inclusive growth at local level.
Cuba: SDC - MINSAP Nutrition (FAC) No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
Backstopping SDC Climate Change and Environment (CC&E) Network A climate smart development cooperation requires continuous knowledge management and a sound thematic expertise. The next phase of the Backstopping Support Mandate (BSM) will help to capitalize on SDC’s key learnings, stimulate capacity building, foster mainstreaming and provide thematic support in the field of climate change and environment This will allow the SDC Climate Change and Environment Network and the Global Programme Climate Change (GPCCE) help improve the overall quality of SDC’s operational activities in this thematic field.
COL: UNDP UNMPTF No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
WFP, Multi-Bi H-AFR, FAC&CASH (ab 2017) No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
UZB - Backstopping DRR, UZNWRM No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.
Interim Capacity Support to Federalism P No description for this activity available at this point. Description indisponible pour cette activité.