devinitorg/iati-policy-markers huggingface dataset:
2014 Planning Program - Well-being Strategy Operational Plan Development 2014 Planning Program - Well-being Strategy Operational Plan Development
2012 The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program The Program provides young people who are academically talented yet from economically disadvantaged circumstances, particularly from Africa, with access to quality and relevant secondary and university education. Students in the Program will receive holistic financial, academic, and social support throughout their education, and are able to access job opportunities in Africa. The Program aims to build a network of an estimated 15,000 Scholars who will contribute to economic growth and social transformation in their communities.
2020 CRRP - COVID-19 Prevention, Response and Recovery in Refugee and Host Communities in Uganda 2020 CRRP - COVID-19 Prevention, Response and Recovery in Refugee and Host Communities in Uganda
2008 Program Scholarships for individuals from developing countries to participate in the Global Youth Enterprise Conference and the Youth Financial Services Education Course. 
The Educational Course Fund shall be disbursed for the provision of developing a Youth Fin.
2018 Program - MF Scholars Enable up to 20 microfinance practitioners from sub-Saharan Africa to attend Harvard University’s ‘Rethinking Financial Inclusion’ program and, in turn, equip them to address critical problems in financial inclusion.
2018 Management Project To support the establishment and launch of Kigutu International Academy (KIA), a grade 7-12 boarding school that will use student-centered and active instruction, including project-based and experiential learning, to equip young people with the skills they will need to create jobs and to serve as ethical and responsible leaders for Burundian society.
2015 Management Project - Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2015 Management Project - Global Entrepreneurship Summit
2015 Program - MF Scholars This program provides training and development of microfinance practitioners from Asia, Africa, North-West Europe and the Middle East. Scholarships are provided based on financial need.
2019 Project - Young Africa Works-Kenya: TVET Institution Support 2019 Project - Young Africa Works-Kenya: TVET Institution Support
2019 Mgmt Project - iWorker Research This project will aim to build coherent scenarios of how e-commerce platforms may help to address the challenges of expanding youth employment in Africa over the next decade. Part 1 of the Digital Commerce+ project made a compelling case for the linkage of digital commerce to employment and also proposed the concept of the iWorker as a framing categorization. Part 2 of this project will disseminate and test that message more widely by preparing a country diagnostic case study, and translating those insights to actionable country level diagnosis and engagement.   This work will help to connect the emerging research and knowledge around the employment effects of e-commerce platforms in China and the US with the realities of e-commerce in Africa today. The project will produce information to allow African policy makers to make informed choices about digital commerce as a pathway to job creation.
2011 Planning Program To support the design of a detailed proposal narrative and budget. The proposed program will focus on vulnerable young people aged 12-18 in hazardous agricultural work across multiple countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Key members of Save the Children Canada, US and Denmark as well as country office staff will participate in a regional workshop; refine country-level program plans; and, benefit from an external facilitator and technical writer who will co-develop the proposal.
2019 Innovation Fund Project - Athena AI 2019 Innovation Fund Project - Athena AI
2016 Director's Project - Jim Leech To support Queen's University Smith School of Business  undergraduate participation in conferences and case competitions related to microfinance and student learning.
2016 Mgmt Project - Young African Researchers in Agriculture (YARA) Network Inaugural Conference
2014 Management Program - EOY Due Diligence and Workshop Facilitation To conduct the due diligence process for all individual potential consortia partners and collective consortia teams who are proceeding to the Concept Note stage for the EOY RFP and support in facilitating proposal development workshop.
2012 - The MasterCard Foundation Global Scholarships Program Provide scholarships to financially disadvantaged students to complete university education.
2018 Mgmt Project - CSAF - Prosper Africa Share insights on the financing of agribusinesses that serve smallholder farmers. This will reveal market trends and performance benchmarks that can catalyze increased investment and contribute to the development of responsible practices.
2018 LIT Project - Strengthening Pre-Service Training 2018 LIT - Strengthening Pre-Service Training
2016 Management Project - Asante Final Evaluation 2016 Management Project - Asante Final Evaluation
2018 Management Project - Study Group on the Future of Work The study group will aim to provide context and direction for global policymaking designed to ensure that the benefits of advances in AI, automation, and ICT are shared across the development spectrum. The ultimate mission of the project is to elevate the current dialogue around future development prospects and the future of work by grounding it in an evidence-driven and poverty-reducing framework.
2012 Management Program To engage program staff to produce a strategic blueprint that will create opportunities for African youth to participate in holistic financial education which includes  social and life skills.
2016 Project - Phase II The Program will provide economically disadvantaged young people with technical and employability skills, as well as support to access job opportunities or start small businesses.
2015 Management Project - Africa Agriculture Status Report: Youth in Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa This publication will consolidate learning about youth and agriculture and contribute a comprehensive body of knowledge for distribution to a wide range of stakeholders.
2015 Elevating Scholar Alumni Voice (Sensemaker) 2015 Elevating Scholar Alumni Voice (Sensemaker)
2008 Director's Program - Nigel Wright Operate education programs for children and/or youth in the Regent Park area in Toronto, including mentorship programs and other activities to increase both retention in high school and academic success, to encourage them to pursue post-secondary education.
2018 Management Project - Africa SME Finance Forum The project will enable key stakeholders, partner organizations and the Foundation to convene for the Africa Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Finance Forum 2018. The Africa SME Finance Forum will examine key challenges faced by SMEs in Africa, as well as innovative solutions that promote youth entrepreneurship and enhance access to financing and training. The aim is to use the Forum as a means to share learnings that can benefit the SME ecosystem in Africa. The project will also support special tracks, including on the topic of youth entrepreneurship, as well as the participation of individuals who would not otherwise be able to attend. These areas relate back to the Foundation’s strategic priority of youth employment, and more specifically, on scaling access to finance
2014 Program - STRYDE 2.0 Adapt and scale the STRYDE model to provide life, employment and enterprise development skills for disadvantaged youth in rural Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.
2020 CRRP - Relief, Resilience and Recovery for African MSMEs AMI will support 2,500 MSMEs with a virtual learning approach. The two main programs in this approach will consist of the “Business Survival Bootcamp” and the” Survive to Thrive” programs
2017 Mgmt Project - Youth Entrepreneurship in Service to Seniors and Society To empower intergenerational partnership through entrepreneurial activities to drive youth economic opportunities in Nigeria and South Africa.
2012 Management Program - National Youth Services in Sub-Saharan Africa For a research project to increase the knowledge base about National Youth Service (NYS) programs in Sub-Saharan Africa in order to provide more opportunities for development practitioners to better design and implement NYS programs that will enable African youth to access employment and entrepreneurial opportunities and improve their livelihoods. The project also enables NYS policy-makers to network, learn and innovate as well as opportunities for greater private sector and public engagement.
2015 Director's Project - Phillip Clay Provide scholarship funds to support the tuition costs of an incoming first-year student in the Master of Social Work program.
2016 Project - Kiva Labs Innovative financial services and products for the most vulnerable households, especially smallholder farmers in Africa, to improve their productivity and standard of living.
2010 Management Program To support the engagement of a group of financial service providers, youth serving organizations, and other industry actors in a process of learning, through action research, what changes are possible and necessary to reach a higher level of inclusion for youth by financial service providers.
2011 Management Program To support the 2012 Global Monitoring Report on Youth and Skills Development, with a particular focus on engaging youth voices and allowing them to have a stake in the content of the Report and to take an active role in the dissemination of the main lessons and policy messages.
2016 Management Project - Focus on: Youth 2016 Management Project - Focus on: Youth
2010 Program To establish an Entrepreneurship Center, develop its curriculum and  launch a pan-African prize to promote entrepreneurship among youth.
2014 Management Program - Centers of Worth Needs Assessment To conduct a need assessment in Kenya and South Africa for the implementation of WomenOne’s Centers of Worth model.
2020 Ghana CRRP: Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator Accelerate inclusive digital commerce companies, to support the growth and resilience of informal MSEs in a post COVID-19 world and create a more inclusive e-commerce ecosystem for all Ghanaians
2019 Project - YAW-K Moringa Project Moringa is at a critical juncture with 4 years of proven impact. Moringa is at a tipping point to rapidly grow and train 200,000 knowledge workers by 2030. To accomplish these ambitious goals, aligned with Mastercard Foundation’s aim for young people across Africa to secure dignified and fulfilling employment, Moringa needs support to design its model for scale and answer critical questions to shape its scale-up strategy. Moringa and Mastercard Foundation’s partnership in Year 1 will 
1) build a sustainability model for reaching low-income students 
2) build a model for scaling and marketing existing courses and new courses with quality, and 
3) support government programs like Ajira to equip their students with relevant skills for jobs. 
As part of this engagement with Mastercard Foundation, Moringa School will also leverage relationships with employer partners to contribute to the Foundation’s YAW in Kenya project.
2010 Program - Transfer Support This program provides support for the expansion of a well-respected microfinance training program, the Sustainable Microenterprise and Development Program (SMDP), at the Carsey Institute at the UNH.
2013 Program - Promoting Opportunities for Women's Economic Empowerment in Africa (POWER- Africa) Enhance economic opportunities for excluded populations, primarily women and girls, through scaling Village Savings and Loan Associations.
2015 PSIPSE Scale-up - ADSI Develop a teacher training model that leverages the use of computers and online resources to improve Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics instruction in secondary schools in Kenya, Tanzania and Côte d’Ivoire.
2008 Program The program is to develop a next-generation Web platform (MIX Market 2.0) for sharing reliable, comparable and publicly available information on the financial strength and performance of microfinance institutions, investors, networks and service providers associated with the industry. The MIX Market 2.0 Web platform has been launched and it improves the speed, accuracy and usability of the current MIX Market Web platform, serving more than 25,000 visitors per month.
2020 CRRP - Leading Through Crisis Build the resilience of 2,000 young women, and 50 young women-led businesses in Benin as they face the COVID-19 pandemic
2012 Management Program - Mobiles for Youth and Workforce Development mEducation Alliance To establish the Mobiles for Youth Workforce Development Working Group (mYWD WG) to enhance the research and evidence base and share knowledge related to the use of mobile technologies for youth workforce development.
2014 Management Program - Capacity building for smallholder farmers Customize and deliver FAST's capacity building program to 20 cooperatives and SMEs in Tanzania and improve their capacity to effectively extend credit to 300 smallholder farmers.
2013 Program - Expanding Financial Inclusion in Africa Scale up savings groups in rural Zambia, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Uganda. Core activities include: train local trainers, form savings groups, pilot mobile payment service linkages, and document learnings.
2015 Management Project - Final Evaluation Support the final evaluation of Camfed's Financial Literacy Training and Innovation Bursary Programs in Ghana, including recommendations for future interventions.
2018 Scholars Program - Transitions - Building the Scholars Brand into the Future 2018 Scholars Program - Transitions - Building the Scholars Brand into the Future
2015 Planning Project - Alternative Delivery Channels 2015 Planning Project - Alternative Delivery Channels
2011 Management Program - Vehicle To support the facilitation of outreach in rural Ghana. The Camfed Ghana team is facing significant challenges operating across large and remote areas. An additional vehicle and driver in Ghana will help the team to conduct their program more effectively in terms of time and cost. A vehicle will also facilitate easier compliance with Foundation financial requirements, by reducing the time it takes to collect receipts in rural communities where Camfed operates.
2012 DCED Membership Program Annual membership fee. DCED membership will enable the MasterCard Foundation to network, convene and coordinate with key bi- and multi-lateral donors, foundations and research institutions. This will ensure young people are recognized as an integral part of any private sector donor strategy- advancing the objectives of the Youth Learning program to connect young people to the private sector and employment opportunities. It will also ensure Youth Learning partners have up-to-date information on best practices and approaches to engaging private sector actors in youth employment and entrepreneurship projects.
2012 Project "Beyond Education / Africa Careers Network" - MCF Scholars Program ALA seeks to transform Africa by fostering the development of young, entrepreneurial, ethical African leaders through training, practical experience, mentoring, and career connections.ALA will develop and test a university matching service that prepares and places competitive yet economically disadvantaged African students with universities wanting to increase representation from students of this profile. It will also help with the orientation and leadership training among scholars and graduates.
2014 Anzisha Prize - Phase III Stimulate, nurture, celebrate, and scale a generation of entrepreneurial role models. Improve the existing Anzisha program by improving entrepreneur support; evolving from an event to a year-round story; leveraging the application process to gather data; focus on economic sectors that matt for youth employment; and make better decisions through robust performance planning/M&E.
2017 REEDI Project - Youth Employment Accelerator powered by Harambee Identify, screen and test a network of 100,000 young people and place 25,000 into training and employment opportunities, while coordinating with stakeholders to insitutionalize an employment accelerator that operates beyond the life of the program.
2012 Program Create employment opportunities for young people as qualified nurses and midwives in Zambia.
2010 Management Program For the publication of a report by the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance
2019 Mgmt Project - Additional Funds for YFI Learning Partner MTE Travel payment (supplementary request) for Advisem
2014 Management Project - Secondary Education and Transferable Skills: Evidence Gap Map and Round Table The project will provide The MasterCard Foundation and other actors in the education space with a strong understanding of the state of evidence on the impact of transferable skills programming in low and middle-income countries. The core activity of the project is the production of an Evidence Gap Map, which will serve as the basis for a white paper, an expert roundtable, and a final report.
2016 Scholars Program - Phase II Provide comprehensive scholarships and wrap-around support to 150 academically bright, but economically disadvantaged students from Ghana, through an innovative “3+1+1” International Accelerated Master’s Degree Program. In addition, the project will strengthen the capacity of 42 faculty at two Ghanaian partner universities, to provide effective support and mentorship to these Scholars through a Partner Capacity Building Program.
2015 Project (AFR) Increase the access to and usage of financial services by agriculture entrepreneurs. Test innovative digital and agent banking channels that can facilitate low-cost distribution of financial services nationally. Generate and share knowledge.
2018 Mgmt Project - Industries Without Smokestacks •	Develop a core framework for researching industries without smokestacks in the African context.
•	Conduct a country case study in South Africa to examine growth industries without smokestacks that are poised for rapid employment growth.
•	Convene a workshop to gather key feedback on the framework and case study from experts.
2010 Program To scale secondary and financial literacy education in Ghana and Malawi for 270,000 adolescent girls and young women and pilot internships to introduce new enterprises into rural areas.
2014 - YALI - West Africa (Francophone) Regional Leadership Centre The YALI partnership seeks to provide high-quality training in business and entrepreneurship, public management, and civic engagement to 12,000 young Africans aged between 18-35 years at four Regional Leadership Centers (RLCs) across Africa.  The RLCs are located in Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, and South Africa. The training will act as catalyst for transformational learning and leadership through interactive, experiential education, group projects and simulations, and mentored individual project development..
Amount approved by MCF Board in September 2014.
2019 Project - Supporting the Implementation of ADEA’s 2018-2022 Strategic Plan and Business Model 2019 Project - Supporting the Implementation of ADEA’s 2018-2022 Strategic Plan and Business Model
2020 CRRP - Kw'umet Lelum Child and Family Services 2020 CRRP - Kw'umet Lelum Child and Family Services
2016 Consultative Meeting on Higher Education in Africa 2016 Consultative Meeting on Higher Education in Africa
2016 Transitions Strategy Planning Project The project will prepare high school graduates from Rwanda and the neighbouring conflict-torn countries for admission and scholarships to international universities. The students will be selected based on their academic performance, financial need, leadership potential and commitment to give back to Rwanda and Africa in general. In addition to a year-long in-country preparatory program, the project will provide support to students while they are studying abroad including placement with host families, mentoring, counselling, and career services. 
The project will expand its network of employers committed to offering opportunities to young Africans, and build out a more comprehensive program to help students with career counselling, internship and job placement in Africa. 
The project will also document important data and learnings in the effort to create opportunities to replicate this model in other countries.
2010 Management Program To develop guidelines and standards for strengthening human capacity in microfinance.
2019 Project - MOYESH This partnership intervention will be implemented by a current partner, icipe. In this new proposed intervention, icipe will go from working with 12,500 youth in the current Youth Employment in Silk and Honey (YESH) project to enabling 100,000 youth to secure dignified and fulfilling work under the new YAW- Ethiopia strategy. The intervention will expand into four regional states of the country and create spin-off employment opportunities for local and surrounding communities to provide inputs to and use the outputs from the beekeeping and silkworm value chains. This project will leverage the learnings, successes, and relationships built under YESH to achieve MOYESH’s objectives.
2017 Director's Project - Jendayi Frazer The project ensures funding for three doctoral research fellowships.
2015 YALI Regional Leadership Centres - Learning Partner (Inception Phase) YALI RLC Learning Partner - Inception Phase
2020 Project - Transforming Markets for Youth 2020 Project - Transforming Markets for Youth
2012 Management Program - Education First Convening To organize the convening to celebrate the launch of the United Nations Secretary-General's Education First Initiative, attended by the UNSG and Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Special Envoy for the Initiative.
2017 Mgmt Project - Indigenous Initiative Planning 2017 Mgmt Project - Indigenous Initiative Planning
2014 Program - Expand and Support Agricultural Financial Services Deliver programs looking at different models and products of ag finance.
2020 Innovation Fund Project - Fishing for Work (phase 2) 2020 Innovation Fund Project - Fishing for Work (phase 2)
2020 CRRP - Emergency Health Care Worker Support  & Protection Project 2020 CRRP - Emergency Health Care Worker Support  & Protection Project
2020 CRRP - Emergency Economic Recovery for Women Refugee Owned Micro-Enterprises In partnership with Kytabu, a Kenyan Ed-Tech company, RefuSHE will design and develop an E-Learning Platform to deliver their tailored curriculum remotely and provide education, psychosocial counseling and business advisory services virtually.
2015 Management Project Produce and disseminate a report that fosters expansion of transferable skills training within and outside fomal education systems.
2012 Director's Program - Hutham S. Olayan To provide scholarships through the Teta Endowed Scholarship Fund to academically qualified and financially disadvantaged undergraduate female students earning degrees in education or nursing at the American University of Beirut.
2019 Research Fund Project - Industries Without Smokestacks II 2019 Research Fund Project - Industries Without Smokestacks II
2020 CRRP - SMEs Resilience Facility The Mastercard Foundation SMEs Resilience Facility key objective is to rescue over 40,000 jobs by supporting 12,000 MSEs (10,000 Micro, 2,000 Small Enterprises). The facility will create access to grants and microcredit, soft loans and establishing credit guarantee scheme to ensuring MSEs remain solvent, retain their employees, and create more innovative and timely jobs.
2015 Management Project: MIT Legatum Evaluation To serve as a midterm analysis of the program to date. The evaluation will provide both the Foundation and the Legatum Center with details and analyses that will allow for them to assess the performance of the program against its intended goals and objectives, as well as offer evidence that will shape the program moving forward. It is expected that the contents of the evaluation will allow for a review of program design, achievements, and challenges in order to generate key lessons for future strategic and programming decisions.