devinitorg/iati-policy-markers huggingface dataset:
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Audit of ECF Compliance w Key Soc and Env Regs Ethiopia IMC is supported DFID in assessing national laws, standards and regulations relating to the social and environmental impacts of private companies in Ethiopia.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Fiduciary Risk Assessment 2019 IMC was contracted to classify and assemble Ghanaian business regulations into an electronic database that can be used for and uploaded into the onto an e-Registry to support businesses.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Report on the Wider Economic Benefits of Europe's Speed Train Projects The participating organisations agreed to produce a joint Flagship Report that will provide a conceptual framework to think about the economic corridors and to enable a holistic appraisal of large corridor projects. The framework will extend beyond developing transport corridors and focus on the ultimate goals of having positive impacts on national and local economic activity, jobs, inequality, gender empowerment, and poverty.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - DCP Ghana 692 - Business Enabling Environment Programme (BEEP) - Policy Advisor and TA for Implementation of the Private Sector Policy Facility (PSPF) Component The UK will provide up to £10 million over 2015-2018 through the BEEP to help improve the Business Enabling Environment in Ghana. Funding will support targeted institutions within the Government of Ghana to enact reforms; build the evidence base for reform through independent analysis and research; and support Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) to enhance the demand for and effectiveness of reform. DFID support will be provided to targeted Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that show a strong commitment to enacting reform, with tight financial controls. Additionally the support seeks to improve evidence leading to better regulation and promote effective Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) through implementation of the Private Sector Policy Facility work plan.
EACDS: South Africa In-Country Project Management Consultant Support to HMG Digital Access Programme IMC is providing support to the FDCO on the management of projects under the Digital Access Programme in South Africa.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Global Skills Programme Gender and Inclusion Study - Prosperity Fund IMC supported the Prosperity Fund Global Skills programme with a baseline studyand scoping report on gender and inclusion in Higher Education (HE) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) across nine Middle Income programme countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Mexico and Brazil.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - MADE II Independent Review Independent Review of the MADE project, following the M4P approach to assess the programme's overall impact and contribution to poverty reduction, capture lessons learned, and examine the extent of pro-poor systemic change achieved.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Learning Review of Global Climate Innovation Centres Network IMC undertook the final Learning review of the Global Climate Technology Programme (CTP).
Implementation of Certified Invoicing System in Ghana Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) (herein after referred to as system sponsor) is in the process of establishing and implementing the Certified Invoicing Management Software (CIMS) in Ghana. The system shall enable GRA have access to sales transactions and invoice data in real time and have control to the sales turnover declared on Value Added Tax (VAT) and Corporate Income Tax (CIT) returns prior to the submission of declaration process. For the effective implementation of CIMS, GRA is looking for individual consultant with expertise in the implementation of similar system in Africa, particularly someone with track record in Revenue Administration in Africa to provide technical and strategic quality assurance to GRA management and the CIMS project team. The consultant will be expected to work as part of a collaborative team, including a specialist IT technical consultant who will work on the systems design and provide a QA/QC function. 2. SCOPE OF PROJECT The Consultant will support in the implementation of the project in the following aspects: 1. Organisational design, 2. Communication 3. Overall strategy He (she) will support in both the pre-and post-implementation aspects of the project.
EACDS: FCDO ASEAN Country Development Diagnostics (Vietnam & Myanmar) Part of a portfolio producing a set of ten country development diagnostics (CDDs), one for each ASEAN member state. A CDD is an evidence-based assessment of the barriers and opportunities for development in a particular country, which is then used to inform UK decisions on future development cooperation.
Ideas to Impact Programme Innovation Prize progrramme which seeks solutions to poor peoples' access to affordable clean energy, safe drinking water & other climate and environmental services.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Commercial Agriculture Portfolio Review IMC worked with DFID and DAI to undertake a portfolio review of DFID's 2018 commercial agriculture programming.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Scoping HMG support to strengthening Transparency, Accountability and Anti-Corruption Scoping for entry points for HMG support to strengthening Transparency, Accountability and Anti-Corruption in South Sudan and providing HMG with a set of practical options for how to address the Transparency and Accountability agenda in South Sudan in both the short and medium term.
Better Understanding Complementary Basic Education in Ghana An evaluation of the DFID and USAID funded complementary basic education programme in Ghana, which aims to provide accelerated numeracy and literacy skills to previous out-of-school children.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Women Empowerment in Agriculture Index Study (WEAI) The core objectives of WEAI include the following: - To conduct a baseline study on the status of women in Agriculture using the standardised WEAI study model - To provide in depth analysis of the WEAI results around the roles and extent of women's engagement in the agriculture sector - To provide recommendations on possible actions to implement for closely monitoring women empowerment factors across programmes under PSTA IV.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Online Electronic-Registry of Business Regulations in Ghana Supporting the Government of Ghana with the design, development and launch the e-Registry which provide businesses with an easily accessible, one-stop repository of up-to-date information on all business regulations (laws, directives, procedures, forms and fees) in force in Ghana.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Monitoring of the Business Integrity Initiative pilot activities in Kenya IMC Worldwide is working with GovRisks to monitor and document how HMG can effectively deliver business integrity support in-country through the BII Kenya Initiative.
ASEAN Low Carbon Energy Programme (LCEP) The ASEAN Low Carbon Energy Programme (LCEP) is an aid programme of the UK’s Prosperity Fund. In close
collaboration with local and international entities from both the public and private sectors, the programme will help ASEAN harness the  benefits from the deployment of low carbon energy by leveraging the UK’s extensive and proven expertise in green finance and energy efficiency.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Technical Assistance to MOTI In Formulating Policy Framework for Automotive Assembly IMC assisted the Government of Ghana with the development of their automotive sector policies.
EACDS: CMEP Maritime Economy Plans Part 3 To continue the development, and finalisation, of national Maritime Economy Plans for Belize and Guyana; and  to implement key recommendations (to be determined) in the national Maritime Economy Plans for Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Belize and Guyana.
EACDS: Supporting Ethiopia’s Transition (SET)  Public Financial Management IMC is managing Konung in the delivery of a new GoE PFM Reform Strategy and
 corresponding engagement including workshops; and a Theory of Change that identifies strategic PFM reforms that would benefit from UK support where FCDO Ethiopia has a comparative advantage.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Study to Investigate the Market for Solar Home Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa The study investigated the current market for solar home systems in Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Kenya and Tanzania.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Assembling, Classification and Digitisation of all Business Related Regulations IMC was contracted to classify and assemble Ghanaian business regulations into an electronic database that can be used for and uploaded into the onto an e-Registry to support businesses.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Jordan Partnership: Private Sector Engagement Consultant To support a new long-term UK-Jordan Partnership IMC and Adam Smith International were contracted by the UK Department of International Development to establish intensive engagement with the international private sector.
EACDS: Procurement Agent for Ethiopian Ministry of Revenues The GoE asked the BE to contract a Procurement Agent to provide Technical Assistance to MOR in procuring the new ITAS and E-Invoicing systems as per the IT strategy. This TOR has been developed in collaboration with the MOR and MOR Tax Transformation Office. The objective of this contract is to assist MOR, the Steering Committee for the IT Strategy and in particular the Finance and Procurement Directorate in MOR in procuring ITAS and the new E-Invoicing System by the end of 2022.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Short-term Support to Debt Recording of State-Owned Enterprises in Ethiopia IMC provided Ethiopia’s Ministry of Finance with a comprehensive picture of guaranteed state-owned enterprise foreign debt and other contingent liabilities of the central government and recommended strategies to manage associated costs and risks.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Support to Land Administration Reform To support the Oromia Regional Government Bureau of Land Administration and Use to: a. Identify key areas to support the recent reform underway in the land sector; b. Identify gaps in the current land bureau structure; c. Provide options of restructure that will help effectively implement land sector reform; and d. Explore options for short term land policy adviser/s placement and make recommendations.
Study on Assistive Technologies and Economic Opportunities for People with Disabilities in South Asia This research would ensure six DFID country offices in the region
(Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, India, Nepal and Pakistan) have
evidence to develop programmes for improving opportunities for people..
These areas have been regionally identified as priorities. This research
could also form an evidence base for mainstreaming in programmes
initiatives that are inclusive of people with disabilities. With a focus on six countries of South Asia, this research would bring
evidence in each of the six countries on:
a. Effective interventions for creating economic opportunities for people
with disabilities
b. The current status of access to ATs and the diversity of policies and
practices that enable its availability and accessibility
International Climate Fund Monitoring Evaluation & Learning (MEL) The Compass programme is conducted by a consortium led by IMC Worldwide and Itad. It is assisting DFID, BEIS and Defra to support the improved generation, dissemination and uptake of results data, evidence and knowledge from across the UK International Climate Finance (ICF). The overall strategic objectives of UK ICF are defined as follows: •Change facts on the ground, delivering results that demonstrate that low carbon, climate resilient development is feasible and desirable. •Improve the international climate architecture and finance system to increase the scale, efficiency and value for money of climate spend. •Test out new approaches to delivering climate finance that have the potential to achieve bigger and better results in the future The immediate recipient of the required services will be the ICF HMG management team comprising policy officials from DFID, BEIS and Defra who are responsible for delivering and managing the ICF programme portfolio. Deliverables will be used by the team to inform decision-making and the development of appropriate policies and programmes. International partners and donors, developing country governments and civil society organisations will also be primary beneficiaries of the results, knowledge, lessons learned, and best practice generated by this programme. Again, it is envisaged that the deliverables from this programme and their dissemination will help inform decision-making and the development of appropriate policies and programmes.
EACDS: Design of Phase 2 of the Public Resource Management in Somalia Programme (PREMIS 2) Supporting the design of a new joint FCDO/World Bank public resource management project in Somalia
Analysis of determinants and constraints of foreign investments to Tanzania The Government of Tanzania have committed to increasing competitiveness to attract more investment, create jobs and boost productivity. Reforming the investment and business environment is increasingly a political priority with Senior Government figures referencing the importance in speeches but also actions such as the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.
The objective of this assignment is to assess factors that either attract or impede foreign investment to Tanzania.
EACDS: ATAF Institutional Reform IMC has contracted ECORYS to conduct an Institutional Review of the ATAF secretariat to ensure that it is aligned with the Strategic plan for the next 5 years. They will will ensure this alignment by setting out the practical steps that ATAF needs to take to resource and implement the Strategic Plan. ATAF needs to use the outcomes of the project to enhance its internal effectiveness and efficiency to improve in the delivery of its mandate and to achieve institutional sustainability.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Ghana Business Consultations Portal IMC and its partner IndexCom created a free and easily accessible medium for online interaction and consultations with the Government of Ghana.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Digital Access Kenya in-country “Expert and Facilitator” consultant IMC provided a consultant to support the Prosperity team in the UK High Commission in Kenya and the HMG network in Kenya undertake diagnostic and scoping work for proposed Digital Access programmes.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Business consultation for a UK offer on Import Promotion IMC worked with DFID to consult with the private sector, industry bodies and relevant Government stakeholders to: - Test the main constraints for developing country firms to export to the UK, and businesses to import from these markets. - Provide recommendations, based on the demands and opinions of businesses in the UK and developing countries, on what package of support HMG could offer.
Frontier Technologies 2 (FT2) The Frontier Technologies Phase 2 (FT2) programme was originally a 4-year programme, that has now had a no-cost time extension for two years (December 2019 - March 2025) FCDO-funded programme which is part of FCDO’s broader Ideas to Impact portfolio. Frontier Technologies Phase 2 (FT2) is implemented through a Hub of partners led by Results for Development (R4D). 
FT2 builds upon a number of existing initiatives from Phase 1 of the programme, including Frontier Technologies Livestreaming and Frontier Technologies Futures, as well as incorporating some new components to support learning and thought leadership, exploration of early-stage ideas and catalyse scaling of promising solutions. 
Broadly, the programme aims to work with FCDO staff, technology specialists, and local delivery organisations all over the world to explore how frontier technologies can help address development challenges.

New technologies such as UAVs, machine learning, blockchain and the Internet of Things are disrupting economies, reshaping communities, and have the potential to dramatically shape FCDO’s work.
We equip FCDO staff to be better commissioners and users of frontier tech and innovative methods by fostering learnings on and enabling experimentation with frontier technologies. 
Through our work, FCDO will gain knowledge and insights about frontier technologies and apply these technologies to their own work across a range of contexts and use cases, drawing on innovative methodologies. 
This will enable FCDO to foster and lead the responsible, impact-first use of frontier technologies within their policies and programmes, in order to advance social impact and values-driven diplomacy.
EACDS: FCDO ASEAN Country Development Diagnostics (Indonesia & Brunei) Part of a portfolio producing a set of ten country development diagnostics (CDDs), one for each ASEAN member state. A CDD is an evidence-based assessment of the barriers and opportunities for development in a particular country, which is then used to inform UK decisions on future development cooperation.
Rehabilitation of Freetown Water Supply The main objective of the Freetown Water Supply Rehabilitation project is to improve the living situation for the citizens of Freetown, through rehabilitation of the water infrastructure for improved public service delivery of water.
The expected impact of the programme will be to reduce morbidity and mortality rates associated with incidences of diarrhoea, malaria and other water-borne and vector-linked diseases. The expected outcome will be increased sustainable access to safe water in Freetown.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Digital Access - Nigeria in-country Analyst and Facilitator Consultant Supporting HMG in support and facilitation in the siagnostic, scoping and engagement work relating to catalysing digital inclusion in Nigeria.
Independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Unit for DFID's Investment in the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery The MELU is designed to: - Support the generation of high quality evidence throughout the programme, and support use of this evidence in the programme and by wider stakeholders - Complement and strengthen the monitoring and learning processes of GFEMS and DFID; - and feed the evidence and learning into programme governance and its decision-making framework
EACDS: FCDO ASEAN Country Development Diagnostics (Thailand) Part of a portfolio producing a set of ten country development diagnostics (CDDs), one for each ASEAN member state. A CDD is an evidence-based assessment of the barriers and opportunities for development in a particular country, which is then used to inform UK decisions on future development cooperation.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Project Completion Review of the West Africa Food Markets (WAFM) Programme IMC, in partnership with Wasafiri, are undertaking a Project Completion Review of the West Africa Food Markets Programme.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Automobile Policy Short-Term Technical Advisory Panel IMC supported the Ghana Ministry of Trade and Industry with technical advice and inputs towards the design, development and execution of an implementation mechanism for the Ghana Automotive Manufacturing Development Programme.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Support to conduct an in-depth study on production and market demand for clothes and footwear IMC undertook a study of the Leather and Textiles sectors in Rwanda providing data and information for investors interested in the sector and reviewing current action plans.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Developing Rwanda's CHOGM 2020 Trade Agenda (Phase I -2019-2020) IMC has provided an expert to support the development of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting CHOGM 2020 Trade Agenda.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Independent Review of Federal, Provincial and Municipal Fiduciary Risk Assessments IMC delivered an independent review of the FRA assessment already conducted by the Improving Public Financial Management and Accountability Programmes (PFMS-2) at the federal, provincial and local levels.
APPIIC Bridging Contract Technical Assistance to the Office of Investment Board of Nepal (OIBN) on the following:
1. Capacity support to progress infrastructure projects (of value over USD 60 million) throughput the project cycle through embedded team and experts
2. Institutional Development support to OIBN
3. Institutional Sustainability Support to achieve greater autonomy in finance and human resources

For Enhancing Private Investment, we are working primarily through the Investment Board of Nepal (IBN) and FCDO providing logistical and technical advisory support to the IBN. We have taken on the role of Fund Manager, Technical Skills Pool Manager, and Staff Performance Quality Assurer. We have the lead responsibility for quality assurance oversight of the use of FCDO funds including liaising with IBN’s leadership to report on the performance of FCDO-funded IBN staff and of the technical pool of short term experts.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Secondary Benefits Study Prosperity Fund Turkey IMC provided short-term economic analysis services to assess the Turkey £20 mn inclusive economic growth bilateral programme Business Case primary and secondary benefits approaches and outcomes, and to identify best practice methodology to calculate primary and secondary benefits, and to replace current calculations and methodology in the business case as necessary.
EACDS: Refresh of the Berbera Corridor Diagnostic Study  with Recommendations for Trade and Transit The study will assess investments and progress made over the past four years and identify priority gaps that remain for a continued phased approach towards achieving a competitive and inclusive Berbera Development Corridor that benefits the citizens of Somaliland and Ethiopia.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Third Party Monitoring approaches used in Somalia There are two main reasons for the review: a) to learn lessons about what does or does not work for different programmes or contexts; b) to identify whether there is potential to be more joined up across DFID and wider (HMG and other donors) for example through sharing TPM findings, coordination or complete harmonisation; "
EACDS: Fiduciary Risk Assessment of Ghana’s Health and Education Sectors The FRA will review National level information to understand the fiduciary risk environment within the Health and Education sectors in Ghana; and assess progress of the government of Ghana in improving Public Financial Management (PFM) (including fiscal transparency), strengthening domestic financial accountability, and fighting corruption in these sectors.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Strengthening Public Financial Management for Social Protection Component of SGSP The contract provides Technical Assistance (TA) to build the capacity of the Finance Division, Ministry of Finance and six other Line Ministries to: develop evidenced-based budgets which improve the targeting of social welfare payments, reduce leakages and avoid duplication; establish an efficient social protection expenditure monitoring system; and create more efficient cash transfer technologies. At this late stage most of the remaining activity is around MIS remaining skills transfer to Government. All required outstanding activities are listed below.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - The Implementation of the Zimbabwe Business Enabling Programme (BEEP) The programme will work at national level, supporting national organisations and their provincial chapters where appropriate. In addition it will provide Technical Assistance to state organisations and media in the main economic hubs of the country. The Business Enabling Environment Programme (BEEP) aims to improve the business advocacy process in Zimbabwe by assisting key participants in advocacy market. The programme willl work at national level supporting national organisations and their provincial chapters where appropriate. In addition it will provide Technical Assistance (TA) to state organisations and media in the main economic hubs of the country.