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Participatory and Accountable Security Sector Governance (SSG) in Mali 2021-2024 DCAF’s programme “Participatory and Accountable Security Sector Governance (SSG) in Mali 2021-2024” seeks to contribute to the restoration of conditions favorable to build trust between the population and the security sector.
To this end, the programme is supporting local security sector governance structures, as well as internal and external oversight actors, and the security institutions themselves in order to create democratically governed, effective and accountable security institutions.
Decentralization Policy and Woman Participation in Decision Making Conducting a research to know more about the challenges and obstacles faced by women participation in decision making in Indonesia and Cambodia.
East Asia Economic Justice Campaign This project is the operational grant of Oxfam GB East Asia Regional Centre for its contribution to the development and implementation of the Economic Justice (EJ) Campaign in coordination with other Oxfam affiliates in East Asia. Through advocacy and public campaigns, the project seeks to contribute to make social and economic policies and practices – including trade rules, agriculture policies and climate change solutions – fair and equitable so that they contribute to sustainable rural livelihoods of women and men small producers in developing countries in the region.
Enhanced Women political Participation and leadership through youth engagement This research project seeks to test a MEL approach that will allow women's voices and perspectives on change to be documented, analyzed and integrated into project management and learning.  The project will test the use of mobile phones (used by partner organization staff) in gathering multimedia -based input and data (audio, video, images and text) from and with women and men who are involved in the REECAL project in Northern Bangladesh. Through the project, we aim to learn more about how mobile technology can be used for monitoring, accountability and learning   - beyond quantitative surveys.
Programme Support and Development in East Asia This PIP covers the support costs of the Regional Programme Reference Group and funds to support external consultants who are providing programme development support to country and regional programmes in East Asia.
Inception and Elaboration of Civil Society Partnership Modalities in the AADMER This project, initiated by the ASEAN Partnership Group (OGB, Mercy Malaysia, Save the Children UK, Plan International, HelpAge, ChildFund International, and World Vision), is to support the implementation of the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) in the areas of partnership and resource mobilisation as well as training framework and knowledge management system components of AADMER Work Programme.
Digital Vision 2009-2015 Overview:    Oxfam Great Britain aims to be a leader in Digital Vision in the next 3 years. Regional Centre in East Asia was selected to be the lead in Digital Vision. One way to make all of us to be aware and use Digital Vision as part of our day to day work is incorporated Digital Vision into our work and lifestyle..
Poverty monitoring - impact of economic crisis and integration in Vietnam This is a revision of the ongoing project of post -WTO poverty monitoring initiative, taking into account emerging issues of economic crisis impact, expansion of the project focus and new funding from AusAID.                                        This is a joint initiative with Action Aid, to undertake regular assessments of poverty outcomes linked with changes in livelihoods of vulnerable groups in selected communities, in the context of economic integration and economic crisis, in order to provide analysis and recommendations for policy discussion at the national level and for initiatives at the regional and international level.
Knowledge managment and learning on Governance theme in East Asia region The project is developed to capture knowledge from our past experiences in ‘good governance" work in East Asia and share it widely within Oxfam and externally. This project will also help to facilitate cross learning, exchange of experience among programme staff as well as to support the application and adoption of good practice and models in programme work. The outcome of this project will directly help to improve the quality and effectiveness of Oxfam's Governance programme to create eanabling enviroment  for the disadvantaged and vulnarable group to exercise their rights.
Women's Empowerment for Leadership in Development and Peace in the Bangsamoro 2 Outcome: Women representing diverse groups influencing the peace and development processes  Rationale: This outcome recognises the significant role women have played in peace processes in many different countries and contexts. These women and their groups will be supported to bolster the credibility of the peace process making sure that the process is inclusive and representative of the common aspirations of the Bangsamoro people, including women, Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and non -Moros, These women will contribute to the wider support of the general public for the peace process from the local to national levels as well as contribute to the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) through congress.    Intermediate outcome 1.1: Women leaders demonstrated leadership in shaping the BBL, the transitional Bangsamoro authority, and, associated policies and plans.  This recognises the importance of ensuring that there is sufficient gender analysis in the crafting of the BBL, and the policies and plans that impinge on the political transition to the new Bangsamoro authority so that the actions that will be taken will be responsive to the different realities affecting women, children, and indigenous peoples.    Key activities include:   1.1.1. Continued support for women leaders. This includes those women supported under BASIC START as well as new women leaders that emerge from within the target barangays/municipalities. Support includes training and awareness raising on the peace process, conflict resolution, participatory governance, social accountability and management of community organisations. Women leaders will be supported to network and provide peer support and where relevant engage with the implementation of the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (NAPWPS). Particular attention will be paid to updating analysis of the continuing barriers to the participation of women in the peace process based on the experiences of BASIC START and developing clear str
Humanitarian Capacity Building Investment in East Asia This project aims to enhance Oxfam's ability to deliver timely and effective assistance. The project covers the salary for Reg Logistics Coordinator (50%), Regional EFSL Coordinator (50%), Archipelago PHE Technical Office (50%), and Reg Emergency Capacity Building Coordinator (supported by OxAus).  It also covers regional humanitarian capacity building initiatives, such as the OI EA ERT Fundamentals and Advanced Training, Humanitarian Leadership Training with South Asia etc.  The project is partially supported by HD Capacity Building Fund.
East Asia GROW Campaign The project will change the way land, water and climate change is managed in the region so that poor people can grow or buy enough food to eat, now and in the future.  The project will support claim -making of small scale women and men agricultural producers,  contribute to a global climate deal, and develop regional responses to food price volatility. The regional GROW campaign will focus on changing private sector policies and practices that drive rural poverty and insecurity, and redirect their investments towards policies and practices that supports productivity and resilience of small scale agricultural producers.
Building women's resilience through women's rights Oxfam sets a challenge to tackle inequality, poverty and gender injustice with the belief that putting women's rights at the heart of our work will transform the lives and futures of the most socially excluded and poorest in the region.  This project is to build women's resilience by integrating women's rights and mainstreaming gender into humanitarian program works.  The activities include applying gender analysis in refining the crunch model, documenting the best practices, conducting regional research and follow -up workshop with staffs and partners. 10k will funded by HD for followup workshop on Women's Rights and 13 k from RC UR fund.
East Asia gender Training This Project outlines the Gender training which will be provided for East Asia Programme staff in FY 2009/10 and FY 2010/11.
Meso-scale Insurance for Disaster Readiness and Recovery Project - Phase 2 MINDER Project II shall use the following theory of change presented in the following page. In essence, it seeks to make local communities resilient as an outcome, with the goal of using local insurance/risk transfer as a means of ensuring financial resilience. Risk transfer or local insurance here is sought as an instrument to absorb the shock of economic loss by a local government in the aftermath of a disaster. Without such a financial instrument, local government will have to absorb or shoulder the financial burden of recovery by dipping into its local DRR funds. Absorbing the said loss and damage is termed as risk retention. Hence, based on the following theory of change, MINDER Project II seeks to assist local governments in tilting the financial burden by shifting it to external sources of financing thru risk transfer mechanisms such as insurance.
Support costs to East Asia Regional Centre - Typhoon Ketsana This project is to cover the support costs for the regional centre in supporting the Typhoon Ketsana response, this will include appropriate staff costs, administration costs (including flights, per diems etc.) and any recharges that can be made to the regional centre for RC staff time. The budget for this project is allocated from the Appeal for Ketsana Response.
Regional Research for the East Asia Region This research project seeks to identify and institutionalise research and development methodologies and appropriate approaches that lead to pro -poor and/or pro -women policy outcomes.   The project is necessary to support the core programme in order to increase the impact, efficiency and effectiveness of the research work. Emphasis has been put on a need for Oxfam GB in the region to become more policy and campaigns focused and to be more prominent and effective in influencing policy and in mobilizing public opinion.
Facilitating Partnerships of National & ASEAN DRR Authorities and Civil Society National DRR/DM government authorities, ASEAN DRR/DM bodies and civil society are working together to reduce risks for vulnerable groups, using AADMER, its Work Programme, flagship projects and national DRR/disaster preparedness laws as the basis and framework for cooperation and collaboration.
BCI FOMENTO-II The project consists of a line of credit of up to $30 million to Banco Comercial e de Investimentos, SARL (BCI or the Bank), one of the largest banks in Mozambique. The projects main objective is to: (i) provide the Bank with the scarce long term funding to increase its lending activities to the underserved segments in Mozambique; and (ii) assist BCI to diversify its funding base and better manage its asset-liability maturity mismatch.

The project is a follow on investment to an existing program agreed between IFC and BCI under which IFC is providing BCI a technical assistance to transfer knowledge and know-how to the Bank and extend credit to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises MSMEs.

BCI was incorporated in 1996 as a limited liability joint stock company.  Since then, BCI grew to become the second largest commercial bank in Mozambique with about 24% market share in terms of total assets.  Through its extensive network comprising more than 90 branches, 140 ATMs and 1,200 Points of Sales, BCI offers a wide range of financial services to corporate and individual clients across the country. The project is expected to accelerate the much-needed expansion of credit availability to the underserved markets in Mozambique, including the retail, SMEs, and individual customers.  Provision of long term finance to the above segments will assist in private sector development in the country, and enable BCIs clientele to improve the quality of their lives.  The Project will have a tangible impact on MSMEs access to financial services in Mozambique, thereby supporting one of GoMs key goals of reducing poverty by supporting MSMEs. 

IFCs Expected Development Contribution:
IFC has a number of important contributions in this project:
 As BCI grows its loan portfolio, and develop a new portfolio in retail and SMEs, the Bank will also have greater access to a more affordable and larger pool of funding resources;

Provision of finance, notably the long term funding to the above segments is crucial to foster the development of a robust private sector and a sustainable economic growth, in a poor country like Mozambique.

The investment will enable BCI to better manage its asset-liability maturity mismatch.
SEF Merec II Merec Industries Lda (or the company) was founded in 1998 and began producing maize meal and coconut oil in its new factory erected in the Maputo suburb of Machava in January and September 1999 respectively.  In December 2000, IFC approved and signed a guarantee to help finance the construction of the wheat mill in Machava-Maputo (Project Number: 10185). The project is successful and achieved 100% of its production capacity two years ahead of appraisal projections.

Merec II is a project for the expansion of Merec Industries Ldas wheat mill processing activities in Mozambique. Merec intends to build a new wheat mill including grain storage silos in Beira, the capital of Sofala Province and the second largest city in Mozambique.  A new 140tonne/24h Buhler mill and silos with storage capacity of 12,500 tonnes will be installed in new buildings, with production scheduled to begin in 2005. 

Following Merecs success with the first project in Maputo, the company management decided to test the market for Merecs products in the Beira region to the north of Maputo using a portion of its output from the Maputo wheat mill plant.  The good quality of the product and the reliable distribution of Africom (a distribution company owned the sponsors of Merec Industries Lda) have contributed towards the success of this experiment in Beira.  Merec is now selling 12,000 tonnes of flour per year in this area but is experiencing demand for this in the South so that once the Beira project is complete there will be no problem switching back.  The opportunity in Central Mozambique will be fully exploited through this expansion project.
Merec Grp Expn Merec Industries Lda (Merec) was established in 1998 and is today the largest wheat miller in Mozambique. IFC provided partial guarantees for the establishment of the companys first mill in 2000 and for the acquisition of a second mill in 2003 followed up by a US$7 million loan in 2008 to finance the establishment pasta plant in FY2008  The proposed project would allow Merec group to expand and optimise their operations through the establishment of:  a new wheat mill in the north of the country in Nacala; and   a port based discharge and storage facility at the port of Maputo. (i) Strengthening the wheat procurement logistics and improving the group''s production infrastructure; (ii) Employment creation; (iii) SME development as the company''s new projects would entail increased demand for locally produced maize and increased business for retailers; (iv) Increase domestic food production in Mozambique; (v) import substitution which will save the country foreign currency outflows; and (iv) Increased tax revenues to government
SEF Merec Industries, Lda The project is for the establishment of a new plant for the processing of imported wheat, with a capacity of 140 tonnes per day or 30,000 tonnes per annum; and construction of silos with a storage capacity of 15,000 tonnes. The equipment will be supplied by Buhler, from whom Merec Industries has already imported a complete maize milling plant that is already in operation at the same complex at Machava. The sponsors have selected Machava for their industrial activities because of its good infrastructure; a railway line from the port, electrical power, easy access to land and labour, and proximity to the market. The main products will be: (a) wheat flour for bread; and (b) cake flour, bran and wheatgerm, which are used as ingredients in animal feed.       Although the sponsors have significant experience in the food processing industry in Africa, IFC has helped structure the deal and contributed to optimization of project planning and implementation and will co-ordinate a security sharing agreement with BCM the local co-financier.  IFC will facilitate the sponsors obtaining finance.     The project will create about 55 direct jobs.  While the managerial staff will initially be expatriates, part of the skilled and unskilled labor will be hired locally.  Merec will provide necessary on-the-job training for supervising and technical staff in order to improve skills levels continuously. Merec will also increase competition in the market which may retard wheat flour price rises and therefore those in the price of bread.  Bran will be exported to earn foreign exchange.  Given Africoms strong distribution network, wheat flour will reach the most remote areas of the country facilitating the provision to poor Mozambicans of the most affordable, ready-to-eat food, bread.
Banco Internacional de Mocambique - Investimentos Summary Of Project Information (SPI)       Project Name    Mozambique: BIM-Investimento              Region    Sub-Saharan Africa        Sector       Project No009081   Projected Board DateJune 15, 1998   Company NameBIM-Investimento   Technical Partner and/or Major Shareholders    	Banco Internacional de Moçambique    	Banco Cisf    Project Cost Including proposed IFC investment    	US$2.0 million, including an IFC equity investment of up to US$300,000.     Location of project and Description of site    	Maputo (Mozambique)    Description of Company and Purpose of Project    	The project consists of establishing BIM-Investimento, an investment bank in Mozambique the activities of which will primarily focus on arranging financing for local corporates; underwriting and managing debt and equity issues; and providing short-term financing/bills discounting.  The establishment of BIM-Investimentos should achieve several developmental effects in Mozambiques economy including the direct support of medium and long term investment projects, the assistance to private and public entities through financial advisory services, the improvement of the efficiency of resource allocation in the country through the mobilization and channeling of resources from foreign and domestic sources.  As an investor in BIM-Investimento, IFC will play the important role of a neutral broker between local and foreign shareholders.  Furthermore, this transaction will strengthen the relationship between IFC and an innovative local financial institution.     Environmental Category and Issues    	This is a Category C project according to IFCs environmental review procedure.  No further environmental review is required.       Date SPI sent to PIC     May 4, 1998      This Summary of Project Information is prepared and distributed to the public in advance of consideration of the proposed transaction by the Corporations Board of Directors.  It is provided for the purpose of enhancing the transparency of IFCs activities and should not be construed as presuming the outcome of IFC Board consideration.    For Additional Information contact:  Corporate Relations Unit -   telephone: (202) 473-7711   facsimile: (202) 974-4384
CEN EBL Project The proposed IFC investment consists of an equity bridge loan (EBL) facility for the development of Namaacha, a greenfield 120MW wind power project, located 57km west of Maputo in Mozambique. The Project will be the countrys first wind Independent Power Producer (IPP) and will sell its generation to the state-owned offtaker Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The Project will include a new 35km transmission line (T-line) connecting the Project to the existing Boane substation, and a 27MVar STATCOM system (together, the Transmission Connection Equipment or TCE). The construction of the TCE will fall under the responsibility of the Project Company, with the TCE to be transferred to EDM upon completion and governed by a Connection and Operation Agreement (COA).    The Turbine Supply Agreement and Balance of Plant contract (together, the EPC Contracts) are being tendered, with the selection of the turbine supplier and EPC Contractor expected in May-2024. The selected turbine supplier will provide a 25-year Long-Term Services Agreement (LTSA), whilst maintenance services for the BoP will be provided by Globeleq Energia Moçambique (GEM), Globeleqs subsidiary providing O&M services on Globeleq-owned assets in Mozambique. The Project is expected to (i) provide clean, efficient, and reliable electricity to help meet growing domestic demand and support the countrys position as a regional exporter, with important economy wide effects; (ii) contribute to power market competitiveness by attracting private sector participation in the financing of Mozambiques first wind IPP; and (iii) enhance the power sectors resilience by diversifying the countrys energy mix away from hydro and thermal generation.
Merec Expansion Merec Industries Lda (Merec) was established in 1998 and is today the largest wheat miller in Mozambique. IFC provided partial guarantees for the establishment of the companys first mill in 2000 and for the acquisition of a second mill in 2003.

The proposed project would allow Merec group to expand and optimise their operations through:

- the acquisition and installation of additional intake equipment at their two Maputo plants, 
- the acquisition and building of warehouses and distribution center in Maputo and 
- the purchase of additional trailers for ship unloading and goods distribution. The project will eliminate bottlenecks, improving productivity and strengthening raw material procurement logistics by increasing intake capacity at the Mashava plant and Socimol to enable Merec to discharge larger volumes of wheat thereby reducing vessel wharfs waiting time. Furthermore, investments in additional distribution capacity will help the group increase its product offerings. The project will contribute to the government through increased corporate tax.
Central Termica de Temane Central Termica de Temane (the Project) is a 450 MW gas-fired power plant. The Project, expected to help Mozambique improve access to electricity and provide lower-cost power, will be developed, designed, constructed and operated under a 25-year Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) concession agreement. The Project will sell its power to the Government of Mozambiques (GoM) utility, Electricidade de Mocambique (EDM). The Project will be connected to the grid through a new 561 km 400 kV single-circuit power transmission line between Maputo and Vilanculos, to be developed, constructed, owned, and operated by a wholly owned subsidiary of EDM, Sociedade Nacional de Transporte de Energia (SNTE). The Project is expected to increase the supply of low-cost electricity in Mozambique which helps to meet the growing domestic demand and supports implementation of the country's ambitious electrification program, with important economy wide effects. This investment is expected to support electricity access growth, with a focus on low-income households. The Project also contributes to optimizing system power generation costs in Mozambique. At the market level, IFC's proposed investment will deepen integration of the Southern African power market by increasing supply of affordable and reliable base-load energy that will improve liquidity on the regional competitive market.