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COMPASS - ICF MEL International climate fund The MEL programme is working to catalyse the flow of credible knowledge around the Iinternational Climate Fund network; enriching understanding and decision-making at all levels from policy to practice on the ground. PROGRAMMES WHICH RECEIVE FUNDING FROM INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FUND (ICF)
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Report on the Mutual Benefits of Trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan The UK Government is heavily engaged on trade issues between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the context of support to the development of connectivity and trade corridors in Western Asia. DFID have been asked to make a clearer case for the gains that could be achieved through improved trade between the two countries focused on their primary interests.
EACDS: Indonesia Design and Delivery Consultant IMC is providing support to the FDCO on the design, delivery and coordination of projects under the Digital Access Programme in Indonesia.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Annual, Programme Completion and Final Cross-GEMS Reviews 2017/18 IMC carried out reviews of the DFID Growth and Employment in States programme, considering both individual components and the wider programme to draw out challenges, successes and lessons learned to inform future programming.
Project Management Unit for an Applied Research Programme into High Volume Transport The high level objective of the PMU is to achieve cost-effective, efficient and timely delivery of the research and uptake, capacity building and knowledge management programmes for HVT. The contract split into two parts; Part 1, lasting 15 months, will involve procurement of a review of the literature and evidence available under the four identified research areas and will deliver a series of state of knowledge papers, that will be used to identify and prioritise what future primary research might be undertaken in Part 2 and its scope. A detailed research plan will be proposed for Part 2 based on outcomes from Part 1. Part 2 is expected to run for 4 years. This high level objective aims to optimise design, operational and maintenance options for high volume road and rail passenger transport in Low Income Countries (LIC) considering strategic road and rail infrastructure links between cities, towns and regionally.
Frontier Technologies: Livestreaming, Futures and Fore Sighting Managing a challenge fund and providing technical assistance to support the application of Frontier Technologies in International Development.
EACDS: Kenya Design and Delivery Consultant IMC is providing support to the FDCO on the design, delivery and coordination of projects under the Digital Access Programme in Kenya.
EACDS: End-Term Review of Accelerating Investment and Infrastructure in Nepal The End-Term Review will carry out its own independent assessment of AIIN, including interviews with experts and government stakeholders. The ETR should also build on the Annual Reviews conducted since the start of the programme and be informed by the 2018 independent Mid-Term Review (MTR) as appropriate. The ETR will inform the Project Completion Report of the programme.
Mugu Humla Link Road Project The Mugu Humla Link Road is to be implemented through RAP3. The road will connect Humla, the last unconnected district in Nepal, to neighbouring Mugu which is already connected to a strategic road. The objectives of the RAP3 - Mugu Humla Link Road (MHLR) project are to carry out the detailed engineering design and construct approximately 67 km of engineered fair-weather earth road in accordance with Nepal Rural Road Standards, including all associated stabilization and drainage works
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - System's Integrity Review of the ESP II Programme The overall purpose of this assignment is to provide assurance about ESP's operational environment, with a view to strengthening controls where necessary and to ensure the strongest possible mitigation against fiduciary risk, The impact of the programme is Poverty reduced and life chances improved for poor women, men and children in Uganda. The main outcome is Sustainable national social protection systems institutionalised and financed and reaching beneficiaries at national level. The specific objective is to review systems, identify gaps and potential loopholes for fraud and/or inefficiences, if any, and propose feasible recommendations to strengthen them. An example of this is - Post Bank Cash Delivery System: with a focus on the chain of delivery from the PMU to the beneficiaries.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Development of Kigali City Integrated Development Strategic Plan IMC supported DFID with the development of a Kigali City Integrated Development Strategy (IDS) including its implementation plan, resources mobilisation and communication strategies as well as the M&E framework to support the City to delivery its mandate.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Economic Analysis to Support Global Anti-Corruption Programme Development The cross-Government Prosperity fund was created in 2015 to promote economic growth in developing countries and therefore create opportunities for UK businesses. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is seeking short-term analytical support to deliver an economic analysis of the impacts of a proposed global programme of work to tackle corruption. The analytical support will make clear, robust, evidenced recommendations to assist in the design and development of this programme.
Rural Access Programme 3 RAP3 is a continuation of the RAP1 and RAP2 with a focus on in rural road maintenance, short-term job creation, and poverty reduction and market led economic development.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Enhancing Socio-Economic and Livelihood Impacts of the “Port Modernisation Project" UKCIF The objective of this assignment is to gather data and provide information and analysis to the GoSVG to support them in determining an appropriate and sustainable approach to manage the livelihood and income-generation impacts of the Port Modernisation Project on PAPs through human capital development. The approach should mitigate key risks and enhance the socio-economic and gender effects upon the PAPs in the Project Impact Zone.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Rapid Evidence Assessment on Civil Society monitoring of business and trade practices IMC provided an assessment and synthesis of the evidence base on civil society monitoring of business and trade practices, to improve understanding and inform decision making at DFID.
EACDS: Somaliland Development Fund Phase 2 (SDF2) Mid-Term Review The main purpose of this work is to review the implementation of the SDF2 programme since
its inception in September 2018.
EACDS: Annual Review of Jobs & Economic Transformation (JET) Programme IMC is undertaking an Annual Review of the JET Programme to assess the programme’s performance over the last year against the outputs and outcomes outlined in the programme log frame.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Digital Access – South Africa In-Country Project and Stakeholder Coordination Consultant IMC provided a consultant to support the work of the various Departments through the British High Commission in Pretoria in areas of project coordination and reporting and stakeholder engagement relating to the development of Digital Access programmes in South Africa.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Consultancy support for the design of the Development Bank of Ghana IMC conducted a detailed study to provide evidence-based recommendations and an action plan to inform the establishment of an effective and sustainable Development Bank of Ghana.
Ideas to Impact Q1 2017 January - March Innovation Prize programme which seeks solutions to poor peoples' access to affordable clean energy, safe drinking water & other climate and environmental services
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - TA for Ministry of Finance & Local Government PFM Reforms under the PFMRP-V IMC, working with Ecorys, provided Short Term Technical Assistance to the Government of Tanzania’s Public Financial Management Reform Programme Phase V. Contributing to ensuring that staff in local government have the skills they need to design, implement, operate and evaluate PFM reform.
What Works to Prevent Violence A research and evaluation programme which seeks to undertake performance evaluation of the design, implementation, outputs and outcomes of DFID's what Works Programme.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Conducting an Economic Appraisal: Economic Reform Programme in SE Asia Economic apprisal to inform the design of a programme on economic reform in SE Asia. The work involved an economic appraisal and backed up by economic evidence.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Prosperity Fund Education & Skills Programme Design DFID, DIT and FCO together commissioned a scoping study in order to design a business case which would allow for the creation of a program, funded by the Prosperity Fund, which will seek to address gaps in developing countries between the provision of skills and technical training and the requirements of industry and business.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - BEEP - Programme Coordination, Technical Advisory services and Research IMC provided Technical Assistance and Quality Assurance services in some some of the key areas of the Business Enabling Environment Programme in Ghana.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Ghana Industrial Transformation Agenda Assistance IMC provided an embedded economist to support the Ghanaian Ministry of Trade and Industry with their industrial development strategy.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - TA for the implementation of a Workplan for the Streamlining of local level licenses, IMC provided technical support to the Government of Ghana to assist with defining the focus of agencies that would engage with the newly constituted Government approach to regulatory reforms.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Review of DFID's tri-lateral cooperation with China IMC and Landell Mills undertook a review of DFID's tri-lateral cooperation model with China. This helped identify findings and lessons to inform policy discussion with the UK and Government of China on future collaboration models.
EACDS: Innovation and Investment Fund (I2F) Morocco - Greening the Mohammed VI Fund for Investment Delivered between November 2021 and March 2022, the assignment will support the design and structuring of M6FI, embedding the ESG criteria required to ensure it realises its ambition to further mobilise development and commercial capital and act as a vehicle to deliver Morocco’s clean & resilient recovery.
Evaluation Advisory Support to DFID-CDC Evaluation Learning Programme IMC is providing experts to the CDC Evaluations Steering Group providing guidance and support to the implementation of the DFID-CDC Evaluation and Learning Programme.
South Africa Design and Delivery Consultant The Digital Access Programme is financed under the UK Government Prosperity Fund and delivered by the Department for International Development in partnership with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The programme aims to catalyse inclusive, affordable, safe and secure digital access for excluded or underserved populations; and promotes increased digital inclusion as a basis for a more thriving digital ecosystem that stimulates innovations for local development challenges, creates local skilled jobs and generates opportunities for business partnerships. The consultant will support the work of the DFID-led component of the programme focused on models and enablers for driving digital inclusion, with an emphasis on affordable last-mile connectivity, basic digital literacy, locally-relevant digital content and services for underserved communities. The consultant may also be required to provide ad hoc advice and support to the work of the other two components of the programme, respectively focused on cybersecurity capacity building and digital entrepreneurship, as directed by the Digital Access Programme country lead and in particular instances of cross-component collaboration within the Programme.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Mid Term Review of Economic Policy and Prosperity Partnership IMC undertook an independent mid-term review (MTR) to assess the early impacts of the interventions made so far, measure whether these interventions have provided good value for money (VfM) and recommend options of how EPPP can deliver greater impact for India.
EACDS: UK-SA Skills Programme IMC is overseeing the Tetra Tech Delivery team which is providing support to the SA Presidency’s Project Management Office (PMO), in partnership with the BHC Pretoria in delivering and operating an agile, enabling, flexible and responsive project contract. The contract is ‘demand driven’, responding to the need for technical engagement within the PYEI to contribute towards the strategic objectives and aims.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Business Case Development – Albena Lake Hodge Comprehensive School Anguilla To support the Government of Anguilla’s Ministry of Education by developing the Outline Business Case and securing UKG approval for it.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Improving Yangon Sewage Systems IMC Worldwide completed a condition survey and analysis of Yangon's downtown sewerage network, assessing options to refurbish, replace or expand the city's sewage system.
Assessment of Sustainability and Targeting of DFID’s Water and Sanitation Portfolio, 2011-2015 The purpose of this assessment is to generate quality evidence about the outcomes of DFID’s water and sanitation portfolio (2011-2015), assessing the sustainability of the water supply and sanitation services we have supported, and how effective our programmes have been in targeting poor and vulnerable people. The assessment is made up of two consecutive components – a quantitative assessment of continued use of services based on a representative survey, and a qualitative assessment designed to investigate underlying factors relating to sustainability and targeting. Prior to undertaking the quantitative assessment, the supplier will confirm the availability of results data. The assessment will fulfil a commitment made by DFID to the International Development Committee (IDC) to establish whether the water supply and sanitation facilities established with DFID support between 2011 and 2015 are still being used. The assessment addresses specific recommendations made by the International Committee on Aid Impact (ICAI) in its 2016 review of DFID’s work in water supply and sanitation. The findings of the assessment will be used to inform on-going and future DFID programming.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Long Term Technical Expert to support Myanmar's Internal Revenue Department IMC is providing an embedded technical expert to support the Myanmar Internal Revenue Department for a year.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Improving investment and productivity of small-holder farmers Ethiopia To support DFID and the Government of Ethiopia to: a. Identify key areas to support that will enable farmers in Ethiopia improve productivity and earnings from their land b. Identify what sort of land related economic empowerment interventions will have the greatest impact on maximising their incomes and building their resilience given the changes that have been happening to the economy and private/ public sector in the last 5 years c. Think through the theory of change and results chain of the interventions.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Accra Plastics Management Pilot The supplier will be responsible for managing this pilot, working with the Government of Ghana, a private sector alliance (the Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprises, GRIPE) and other key actors, to address shortcomings in waste collection and management systems and mobilise investment in recycling and processing facilities. The pilot will also contribute to the aims of the Global Plastic Action Partnership, an ambitious public-private partnership which the UK has established in partnership with the World Economic Forum, and which aims to engage governments, regional bodies, international organisations, and business, as well as innovators and civil society organisations, to catalyse action at scale to tackle global plastic pollution. The pilot will build a public-private partnership aimed at tackling plastic pollution in Ghana. Action will focus on improving waste management and increasing recycling capacity in Accra by catalysing private sector investment in infrastructure and developing an evidence base for policy makers. As the partnership progresses, it will enable learning and the gathering of evidence on what works when building public private partnerships in the plastics sector, with a view to replicating the action elsewhere.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Value for Money Assessment of Policy Development Facility Programme The aim of this consultancy is to assess the impact of the Policy Development Facility Phase II (PDF II) programme as a key input to DFID Nigeria's business case for third phase of PDF III. The VfM assessment will be used by the DFID Economic Development team for the development of a full business case.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - TA support to City of Kigali to support Masterplan Review IMC provided a consultant to support the City of Kigali (CoK) to ensure that its revised Masterplan aligns with its strategic objectives, as well as responds to requirements arising through stakeholder engagement.
EACDS: UK Science and Innovation Network Australia Research Database The aim of this project is to support UK Sin (Science and Innovation Network) Australia create a database of Australian Universities and Research Institutes which could help UK SIN explore future opportunities for UK- Australia collaborations across the bilateral Research and Development (R&D) landscape.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Fiduciary Risk Assessment in Ethiopia IMC undertook a Fiduciary Risk Assessment to inform DFID Ghana about its financial aid operations in the country.
EACDS TA (Energy) under the FCDO funded Cities and Infrastructure for Growth (CIG) IMC is supporting the FCDO, the Accra Metropolitan Authority and the Energy Commission of Ghana to boost access to reliable, affordable and clean electricity in Ghana and its capital, through improved asset planning and management, to support an improved enabling environment for inclusive, economic growth.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Advise on Rwanda’s Approach for Mobilising New Sources of Development Finance Technical Assistance to Advise Rwanda’s Approach for Mobilising New Sources of Development Finance
JCEP AAI External Audit FCDO Jordan wishes to contract a Service Provider for a review of its funding to the Government of Jordan Ministry of Education Accelerating Access Initiative 2.0 ‘Special Account’. The purpose of the review is to identify, understand, address and manage the major governance, management and financial risks in the Accelerating Access Initiative 2.0 (AAI) ‘Special Account’ only.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - M&E Agent for B I I Pakistan Pilot IMC was contracted to monitor and facilitate learning around an ambitious set of pilot Business Integrity activities in Pakistan
Evidence and Learning Facility South Sudan ELFSS supports DFID’s Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience Programme in South Sudan (HARISS) through better use of high quality evidence. DFID’s Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience in South Sudan (HARISS) Programme is a five-year (2015-2020) humanitarian and resilience-building programme. It aims to save lives, alleviate suffering of those populations affected by the country’s alarming humanitarian crisis, and support vulnerable people’s capacities to prepare, withstand and recover from conflict, natural disasters and disease outbreaks It has three components: Life-saving assistance that aims to lessen the risk of mortality and morbidity amongst displaced populations and vulnerable host communities. Resilience-building that aims to help vulnerable people to prepare for, withstand and recover from conflict, disasters and stresses – the focus is on 1) food security and livelihoods, (2) protection and gender-based violence, and (3) emergency preparedness and response. Enhanced monitoring and evaluation to better measure the impact of interventions and of multi-year programming, and to make tangible progress in priority areas such as accountability to affected populations and Value For Money. This component is ELFSS.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Jobs Measurement and Implementation Support Programme Developing a new Jobs Measurement Framework and accompanying guidance for use by DFID Advisers, at both the design and implementation programme phases, looking to capture employment impacts through DFID programmes.
EACDS: End of Programme Completion Review of GRRP The primary objective of this assignment is to complete the PCR for GRRP. This external assessment is to provide an independent review of the performance of GRRP over its full project cycle
Myanmar-UK Partnership for Education (MUPE) - Evaluation, Evidence & Learning Component (EELC) The Burma-UK Partnership for Education (BUPE) is a 5 year DFID programme that aims to support more relevant learning for all Myanmar’s children, equipping them for life after school. The programme will support Government of Burma, Ministry of Education and local/ethnic authorities and other non-state actors to make the education system in Burma more accessible, better in quality and more inclusive. The aims of the Evaluation, Evidence and Learning component (EELC), Component 5 of BUPE, are to provide a robust evaluation of the delivery components of BUPE and to generate evidence and learning to inform component delivery and associated policy implementation. This will contribute to support BUPE components and BUPE’s expected impact of supporting more relevant learning for all Myanmar’s children to equip them for life after school. It is also expected that BUPE-EELC will support achievement of Myanmar’s National Education Strategic Plan’s (NESP)2 transformational shift on management, capacity development and quality assurance, and contribute evidence on the achievement of the NESP’s impact goal and other transformational shifts. BUPE-EELC expected outcomes include: i.To produce high quality evaluation and research that can demonstrate BUPE’s results; ii.To build the evidence-base to inform lesson learning and decision-making on programme delivery, through delivery of relevant research and evaluation within the main BUPE programme; iii.To develop the capacity of researchers to generate evidence, and policy-makers and implementing partners to use evidence to inform delivery of education reforms
COVID-19 CEPI has moved with great urgency and in coordination with WHO in response to the emergence of COVID-19. CEPI has initiated multiple vaccine development partnerships to develop vaccines against the novel coronavirus. The programmes are leveraging rapid response platforms already supported by CEPI as well as new partnerships. The aim is to rapidly progress COVID-19 vaccine candidates through clinical testing, while supporting scale-up of manufacturing capacity so that vaccines can be made available to those who need them as soon as possible after they have been proven to be safe and effective.