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Strengthening the ACCESS coalition to enable implementation of SDG7 The main goal of the project is to strengthen the advocacy efforts of CSOs at national and regional levels to accelerate delivery of SDG7 on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030.

Billions of people still live without energy. One billion lack modern electricity and three billion people do not have access to clean fuels and technologies. 87% of these people live in remote areas. without access to electricity grids, in the 'last mile'. SDG 7 recognises the importance of modern energy as an enabler of poverty reduction and its links to the delivery of other SDGs.  In 2017, the Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) initiative quantified the potentially transformative benefits of this 'energy dividend' across a range of SDGs and argued that this could be delivered faster and more cost effectively in most contexts through deployment of decentralised electricity systems, mostly powered by renewables (DRE). However, SEforALL research  has also shown the significant funding gap to reach SDG7, with less than 1% of the current, insufficient flows going to DRE and even less to clean cooking access.

Within energy planning, energy access, particularly for last mile communities, is given low political priority. The Alliance of CSOs for Clean Energy Access is a global coalition of 64 such organisations  whose mission is to advocate for people living in poverty to have access to safe, reliable and affordable energy, and for environmentally sustainable and efficient energy systems globally.  It aims to address three key problems: (1)  lack of integration of the energy needs of poor communities in energy sector planning and decision-making; (2) lack of understanding/uptake by governments and investors of the evidence-based and innovative approaches needed to deliver SDG 7; and (3)  lack of participation by communities and civil society in national and regional energy planning and decision making.
Jubilee Debt Campaign (UK) Maintain pressure on UK Government for debt cancellation, to ensure that it is delivered, and that it contributes towards poverty reduction.
Make public the UK's continued commitment to campaign on debt.
To produce better quality servicing to JDC's members
Enabling more accountable and effective humanitarian action through core humanitarian standards The goal of this project is to promote more accountable and appropriate humanitarian action for people affected by crises through common humanitarian standards and a coherent overall standards framework. This ‘harmonisation’ will ensure that standards are more easily and frequently used by aid workers and organisations in delivering their programmes. Three outcomes will help to achieve this goal:

i) Development and delivery of a verifiable Core Humanitarian Standard that captures the fundamental issues at the heart of humanitarian work in a clear and concise way.
ii) Provision of awareness-raising activities and support to humanitarian actors to ensure successful use and implementation of the Core Humanitarian Standard.
iii)Proposition of a more coherent standards architecture that will link the various humanitarian standards together to promote stakeholders’ ease of use of a variety of standards, with the core humanitarian standards at the centre.
CAFOD contribution to NHRPII Phase 2 CAFOD is the lead agency in Ethiopia for the NGOs and Humanitarian Reform Project Phase 2 (NHRP2), and hosts a project manager (currently a consultant) to work with the NGO humanitarian community in country and liaise on policy and advocacy internationally.

The project aims to identify and address challenges in the implementation of the humanitarian reform agenda at the country level in 5 project implementation countries as well as at the international policy level.

Enhancing and influencing the UN-led humanitarian reform agenda has been a policy priority  theme for CAFOD’s humanitarian policy and advocacy since 2008. The agency participated in the first phase of the NHRP, but did not have an opportunity to play a more central role until this project, which represents an exciting opportunity for CAFOD to raise its influence and profile by leading the project in Ethiopia. 

 Ethiopia was one of four countries benefiting from the NHRPI, during which a Humanitarian NGO Forum (HINGO) was established. 44 international humanitarian agencies are members of the HINGO with the active participation of some 20 INGOs. The HINGO was established to develop a structured and collaborative NGO engagement with humanitarian partners, including with the Ethiopia Humanitarian Country Team, the HRF and Government of Ethiopia. CAFOD has been a prominent member of the HINGO and is among the lead agencies in the country on implementing global initiatives such as LEGS, Sphere and the Good Enough Guide. Unfortunately national NGOs have no representation through HINGO as its ToRs state membership is exclusively for international NGOs.
CI WASH Working Group Annual Meeting - 2018 This project will provide subsidies for members of the CI WASH Working Group (WG) that can not afford to attend the annual meeting in Rome (25 - 27 June 2018). International members that have general funds for such occasions (CAFOD, CRS, Trocaire, Cordaid) are not eligible for such assistance.  Those expected to apply are Caritas Bangladesh, Caritas Uganda, Caritas Congo, and possibly Caritas India, Caritas Nepal, and Caritas Rwanda.
Called to Care The Called to Care project aims to produce and distribute a toolkit of 10 practical, action-oriented handbooks on issues related to HIV and AIDS, designed for church leaders, especially (but not only) in sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of the project is to empower church leaders and congregations with the knowledge, attitudes, skills and strategies they need to plan and implement effective responses to the challenges of the HIV epidemic in their communities.
Dialogue & Peace Centre Plateau State has experienced outbreaks of ethno-political violence since 1994. There has been repeated violent conflict in 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011 leading to displacement of over 150,000 people, death of over 1000 people and destruction of property worth millions of pounds. The violence has tended to take the form of fighting between Christians and Muslims; however, despite their religious coloration the causes of the conflict are more complex and deep- rooted. Violence has often been the result of the long standing battle for control of political power and economic rivalry between different ethnic groups and between those labelled as “indigenes” and “non indigenes” or “settlers”.

The “indigenes” are considered the original inhabitants of the area, where as the “settlers” are newcomers to the state, although many have lived there for generations. Those considered as indigenes are Berom, Afizere, and Anaguta who are predominantly Christian by religion while Islam is the main religion among the Hausa-Fulani “settlers”. The widespread poverty and lack of education and employment in the state also play into the hands of politicians and leaders who wish to manipulate perceived injustices for their own benefit.

These conflicts which have been analyzed to be as a result of complex issues of political, socio-economic, ethnic and religious causes, have further widened the gap between the two major religious adherence and the various ethnic groups across the state. These crises have often led to untold hardship for women and children as well as the youths who form the bulk of the foot soldiers. The mental trauma and physical damage to houses and looting left a lot of communities in Jos seriously scarred by the experience. Many previously mixed neighborhoods; towns and villages are now either exclusively Christian or Muslim. The segregation of settlements according to religious lines has further heightened the suspicion and fear among the groups each suspecting the other side to be preparing to launch an attack.

The decision to establish a Dialogue and Peace Centre in Jos is to create a space where various religious and ethnic groups will use as a rallying point for organized dialogue fora for different stakeholders in peace building efforts.
Promoting gender equality with church partners - general Research and learning exchange:
A pivotal element of the overall programme is to support exchange of learning between partners to increase quality of gender work through engaging with church structures effectively. This will involve the exchange and documentation of experience of all participating partners. Initial research and documentation will be undertaken with the Philippines partner Sabakan to identify learning, effective strategies and recommendations which will be shared with the other participating partners during the learning exchange workshop and within CAFOD to inform the ongoing programme. The exchange and learning event between the participating partners and faith leaders from each country will take place in Kenya in June 2013. Partners will be attending from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Philippines and Kenya.  The workshop is for 3 days: the first 2 days focused on church and gender resource partners learning and discussion and the third day will be a practical visit to a selected Kenya partner for peer review.
Reallocate GAP partner costs for 2023 This is a retrospective exercise to reallocate a number of 2023 costs of scoping and delivering the Global Advocacy Programme on Local Leadership of Crisis Response from the Humanitarian Policy team budget, to the correct budget for GAP activities (as proposed by James Steel).

Costs include:
- Charter4Change East Africa regional and global meeting in Kenya; linked to scoping East Africa regional and global GAP priorities (November 2023)
- Workshop and conference participation for partners in Colombia; contributing to shaping GAP plan for Colombia as priority context (November 2023)
- Workshop in Thailand for Myanmar partners to scope GAP Myanmar country-specific plan (December 2023)
DEC Appeals Pooled Income for Payment to the DEC to return pooled income collected by CAFOD during various DEC appeals.
Global Integral Ecology Peacebuilding Programme Peacebuilding is a key component of the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andes and South Sudan strategies and will remain a focus of core programmes. Building on programming experience and on synergies which exist between the country programmes, the proposed initiative will apply an integral ecology lens to peacebuilding and explore the role of the environment in peacebuilding. The overall aim of the project is to facilitate innovation in peacebuilding programming at CAFOD. To do this, the project will create spaces for partners and project participants to implement pilot projects, to share experiences and will encourage a culture of encounter which can lead to an increased sense of hope and solidarity for young people in situations of protracted crisis as well as an openness to new ideas. The project will seek to draw out learning and disseminate this through stories of successes and the exchange of methodologies which have proven to have impact. The project will include:

1) Pilot initiatives: partners will implement innovative pilot projects which enable an exploration of how applying an Integral Ecology lens can contribute to more effective Peacebuilding programmes. 

2) Peer to peer learning:
a) Between CAFOD partners: through virtual exchanges and sharing of methodologies, case studies and success stories.
b)Between project participants: Participants will exchange stories of successes and challenges and of the ways in which they have been able to contribute to positive changes  in their communities. 
c)Between CAFOD staff: The project will create opportunities for colleagues across CAFOD to collaborate and learn from proven approaches in order to promote and strengthen peacebuilding work.

2) Learning: development of case studies, toolkits and learning synthesis highlighting successful approaches and methodologies to different elements of peacebuilding programming.

3) Engage with supporters in E&W and to conduct effective global advocacy on peacebuilding.
Fair Share Membership FairPensions calls for responsible investment by UK pension funds. As owners of about a fifth of the UK stock market, pension funds have the power to challenge companies to improve their behaviour. FairPensions believes that pension funds should consider their members' values - instead many pension funds invest in companies that undermine human rights and damage the environment.
Eco-Congregations Eco-Congregations is part of the Christian environmental organisation A Rocha. 
Re A Rocha discussion, there were  two key elements to our discussion,  one was the succession plan for David Hughes who is retiring, which feeds into the replacement livesimply award co-ordinator and the other is the more general changes to strategy and are for general interest as there are some major changes coming up. 
A Rocha has 15-20 paid staff and 60-70 key volunteers most but not all based in West London working with Christian churches and individuals. Their role is to inspire and equip individuals and groups to work on sustainability issues within a Christian church context. In December 2013, three people will be replacing David Hughes, the Eco-Congregations E&W Coordinator and livesimply award coordinator. First Ruth Valerio will work will work part time as Theology director and be part of A Rocha Management team. Ruth will be responsible for major changes to the programme and overall promotion of both schemes.  Ruth will link into EIN. Second an Eco-Congregation England and Wales Coordinator/livesimply award coordinator will be appointed 3 days a week. And also Maria, the office administrator will continue to provide back office support from West London. Maria works full time and so is always available for routine assessment and support.
Charter for Change and Localisation of Humanitarian Aid As a partnership organisation, CAFOD's Humanitarian Policy has for a long time highlighted the role that effective partnerships with local organisations play in humanitarian response and called for greater localisation of humanitarian aid, such as increased direct funding to national and local NGOs. These calls have been reflected in CAFOD's positions feeding into the World Humanitarian Summit. A recurring theme throughout the World Humanitarian Summit Consultations has been the need to better enable locally-led humanitarian response.  To ensure that such calls are implemented CAFOD, in consultation with southern-based national actors and other INGOs has developed the Charter for Change Initiative to begin to make some of these changes within the INGO community. This initiative is supported by on-going research and consultations to identify practical ways through which the localisation of the humanitarian system can be realised.
Contribution to costs for Caritas Internationalis Special Advisor on HIV/AIDS and Health Contribution to staffing and operational costs for CI Special Advisor on HIV/AIDS and Health.
IPMWG (Interagency Protection Mainstreaming Working Group) hosted by Caritas Australia CAFOD contribution to the Group Co-Ordinator post employed by CARITAS AUSTRALIA for the years 20/21 and 21/22.
Case for Development Campaign (BOND) BOND are leading the research and work on a campaign to make a good case for the positive impact of international aid and development work. The project hopes to raise the profile of aid work and educate people on the reasons why aid and international development work is vital.
Technical assistance to EU Volunteers PEOPLE project by CRS CRS’s MEAL team will provide technical support on the development of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) plan and will be involved in the mid and end term evaluation of the programme. CRS is also responsible for delivering training and support on facilitation skills, volunteer motivation and management. CRS will support partners with the development of their volunteer management policies

This support is critical for the success of the project. It is also important for the partnership with CRS on capacity strengthening and their engagement in the project. 

This sum was included in the PEOPLE budget but is ineligible to submit to the donor as CRS are deemed by the EU as a different category of partner which cannot receive a grant.

CRS will be asked to draw up a budget for this amount.

50% to be transferred up front and the remaining 50% to be transferred upon receipt of a financial report for the first part of the budget and a cash forecast for the remaining funds.

See ICD974 for more information about the PEOPLE project
CIDSE/CI Task Group 3 1.  To continue the Jubilee call for cancellation of poor countries' unpayable debts, especially by urging that debt relief be expanded to non-HIPC countries, and to provide a level of debt reduction that is based on a country's human development needs.
2.  To monitor the implementation of the expanded Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative (HIPC) in order to ensure that creditor governments and institutions at least fulfill their pledges and that debt reduction directly benefits poor people.
3.  To urge officials and political leaders in developing country governments as well as those in donor/creditor governments and international lending institutions to adopt poverty reduction as a central goal in national economic policy and programs.
4.  To stimulate and support the role of civil society organisations, especially the Catholic Church, as advocates for poverty reduction in decision-making at national and international forums, including through the Poverty Reduction Strategy initiative of the World Bank and IMF.
5.  To promote processes and structures that establish fairer relationships between debtors and creditors on the resolution of debt problems, and to prevent the recurrence of future debt crises.
Contribution to Father Quaicoe's master's degree As discussed between Chris and Bishop John Arnold, CAFOD has agreed to contribute to the education for Fr Quaicoe given the extraordinary circumstances surrounding his previous funding arrangement.
MINORITY RIGHTS  GROUP PUBLICATIONS - SUBSIDIES Project Objectives:
· develop understanding of existing laws and mechanisms for protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples
· examine specific situations of indigenous peoples, disparities between policies/laws and practices and propose local solutions.
· develop plans of action at local and regional level.
SPHERE To develop Sphere Technical Training Modules in order to 
1. Ensure familiarity with the scope and the content of the health and nutrition chapters of the Sphere handbook and 
2. To ensure understandinng of the minimum standards and key indicators, and the scientific/practical rationale behind these.
ICT Coordinator Project Human rights abuses and environmental problems in the electronics sector are endemic and need to be addressed with a more integrated approach that will breach the gap between social and environmental approaches as well as making links between consumers and electronics workers from different continents. In 2006 a group of environmental, human rights and development NGOs, union representatives and grassroots organisations agreed to set up a coordination point with a dedicated electronics campaigns coordinator to improve information sharing and facilitate a network working to improve standards in the electronics industry (ICT, mobile phones, televisions.) Organisations in the network will support workers through dialogue with electronics companies, organising and community based activities, sharing of research and information, lobbying for regulation, campaigning, and other efforts, aimed at improving labour, environmental conditions and human rights in the sector.

The aim of the coordinating structure is that it will be a light and flexible tool to increase the impact of national and international campaigns and support organising and networking at grassroots level. SOMO which is hosting the coordination point will provide line management of the coordinator post on a day to day basis. The Advisory Committee will ensure that the coordinator’s work reflects the right balance of strategic priorities and that the coordinator is linked in to key on-going activities and campaigns globally.
Evaluation of Humanitarian Capacity Development Programme Phase 1 This project is for the evaluation of Phase 1 of the HCD programme which aims to strengthen partners capacity to prepare and respond to emergencies. The project started in 2012 and ended in December 2015. The programme is working with 15 partners in 8 countries. The evaluation includes visits to Kenya, DRC. It will be completed by March 2016.
Accelerating Localisation through Partnerships (ALTP) - 5 month extension Following the completion of the ECHO-funded, 2-year consortium programme Accelerating Localisation though Partnerships, the consortium  (Christian Aid, CARE, Tearfund, ActionAid, CAFOD, Oxfam) agreed to fund an additional 5 months to build on the momentum started at national and global level, further disseminate the project outputs, conduct an evaluation of the programme, and seek follow-on funding.  The agreement was to allow flexibility for the national-level activities to be relevant for the context and progress, rather than one global approach.  

Goal:  Accelerate localisation through the strengthening of local and national leadership of humanitarian response with a focus on partnerships.

Global objectives:
1.	Increased understanding and awareness of localisation and National Localisation Frameworks (and Pathways to Localisation) in 4 programme countries (and globally).
2.	Localisation agenda is advanced in 4 programme countries through context-specific discussions (e.g. risks of partnerships in conflict-affected areas in Myanmar, the role of government in Nigeria and Nepal, and best practice of localisation in South Sudan).
3.	Quality reporting and evaluation of Accelerating Localisation through Partnerships 2017-19 is completed.
Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development & Caritas Internationalis  COVID-19 Response Fund To meet the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Caritas Internationalis are establishing a COVID-19 Response Fund (CRF).

The fund will prioritise the provision of health care related services by Catholic organizations and Caritas. It will focus on: 
• Infection prevention and control (IPC) 
• Community case management 
• Water and Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) in healthcare SETTINGS 
• Procurement of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other supplies 

The CRF will also consider proposals that aim to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 by: 
• working with communities on Risk Communication and Community Engagement for behavioural change; 
• reinforcing community services, including ensuring food security of the most vulnerable through in-kind or cash-based programming, child protection, psycho-social assistance
CI Post 2015 Working Group The MDGs set out in 2000 are due to expire in 2015. There is currently an international process of discussing, influencing and negotiating for a successor global development framework. This project seeks to strengthen the Catholic voice in the post 2015 development agenda through a CI international post 2015 working group. By engaging CI members on the creation of the post-2015 process, members will be better able to ensure that governments and other important actors deliver on their commitments. While the Post 2015 Agenda is a very broad agenda with multiple actors, it is vital for a strong faith-based voice to influence the debate and ensure the views of the poor and marginalised are represented.