devinitorg/iati-policy-markers huggingface dataset:
R2F Flexible Facility Fund - Colombia Title: Strengthening the space for the #Movement for the Defense of Life, Territory, Peace, and the Survival of Ethnic Peoples by broadening current alliances# in Colombia
With all eyes on Brazil and Venezuela, and waning international attention to Colombia#s ongoing peace process, Colombia is in crisis. Indigenous, peasant, and Afro-descendant communities across the country have taken to thestreets to call out the government for failing to follow through on promises made in the peace agreement, complywith 1,500+ legal agreements that protect the rights of indigenous and ethnic groups, and address the growing death toll of community leaders. A total of 584 killings occurred between January 2016 and January 2019, with 50 percent perpetrated against indigenous or Afro-descendant communities, according to data from the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC).
Indigenous communities have been calling for a meeting with the administration of President Ivan Duque since he took power in August 2018. Communities want to address a series of issues, including: the government#s failure to take systematic steps toward curbing violence and the targeted killings of land, human rights, and women human rights defenders; suspension of peace talks with theNational Liberation Army (ELN); insufficient implementation of the peace accord and agrarian reform; and efforts by the Duque administration to roll back parts of the peaceaccord. So far, the government has refused to meet with them or issue a response to their demands.
In the face of government silence and inaction, activists have started a social movement they are calling the #Minga for the defense of life, territory, democracy, justice, and peace.# The goal of the #Minga##a Quechua word that means #collective work##is to push for dialogue with the government to address the lagging implementation of the peace agreement and other agreements signed to resolve issues of territorial protection and land rights, and to protect the lives of indigenous and local communities.

Rather than responding to calls from indigenous and Afro-descendant leaders for negotiation, the Colombian government has responded by labelling the protesters #terrorists# and ordering a military crackdown. Although President Duque eventually agreed to meet community representatives on August 9, he failed to attend last minute, citing security concerns.
The Colombian government#s response, and its efforts to fragment the indigenous movement, has threatened civil society spaces and mirrors the reaction of governments around the world who call indigenous and community leaders #terrorists# when they defend their rights. The government#s refusal to addressthese critical issues is a threat to both national stability and the larger peace process, as conflict over community land rights was a driving force behind the armed conflict. Many of the areas with the largest number of killings and attacks against land and human rights defenders overlap with the granting of new land concessions for mining and other infrastructure projects by the government.
NGO National Platform Project The National Platform hosted by the Uganda National NGO Forum in this ELNHA phase II project has four objectives they are focusing in supporting the national local actors' implementation.  They are going to strengthen coordination within local and national organisations and enhance engagement with other stakeholders.  They will also strengthen the institutional and technical capacities of local and national organisations.  They will promote information sharing, learning and knowledge management for better humanitarian preparedness, first and post recovery response.  They will also act as a collective voice for local and national organisations to influence policy, and practice in the humanitarian agenda at different levels and mobilize domestic resources and advocate for unlocking national and global resources for humanitarian response.

Among the activities the local and national actors have cocreated to implement are:
- Conducting quarterly steering committees.
-  Virtual steering committee meetings.
-  Come up with one position paper on role of local humanitarian leadership in humanitarian response from each region.
-  Organize a donor dialogue with LNHAs to convergearound compliance and risk.
-  conduct Bi-Monthly meetings with Regional Coordinators.
-  convene Platform Annual Members Forum
-  Support development of safe guarding policies for LNHAs who are members of the Platform.

-  Supporting participation of at least 10women leaders in humanitarian courses.
-  Continuous Updating of the Membership Directory.
-   Identify LNHAs involved in CTP and recommend them to the CTP working group.
-  Organize a private sector engagement meeting on CTP to lobby for one friendly and less costly approaches to cash Voucher assistance. (In collaboration with Cash Working Group).
-  Conduct QuAM clinics to disseminate information about the mechanism.
-  Publish quarterly newsletter, Monthly update of the NHP website.
-   Dissemination of the report Analyzing of the Performance of the Contingencies Fund.
-  Petition to the speaker of Parliament on operationalization of the Contingency fund.
-   Popularizing Charter for Change among LNNGOs (more details from the C4C Co-Chairs (Webinar).
-   Conduct a research study to build a case on Pool funding for locally led humanitarian organisations.
FRA- Amplify seeds & land rights voices Food Rights Alliance-FRA is a coalition that was constituted in 1999 to bring together Civil Society Organizations working in the field of sustainable agriculture and food security in Uganda. FRA has over the years grown to more than  60 national, international and local organizations, four regional food security networks in central, western and eastern Uganda with many individual membership subscriptions. Because of her national experience in her mandate of coordinating activities of its alliance against hunger and malnutrition of the Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO) in eastern Uganda in 2013, the Right to Food Program in Uganda will leverageon FRA experience and expertise. Specifically, FRA will perform the following tasks; Amplifying voices of the consortium CSOs and small-scale food producers in relation to secure seeds and land rights at national level for effective engagements on policy issues by both government and private sector. FRA will be a national convener responsible for identifying and creating platforms for Right to Food Partners at all levels and advising, supporting, participating and representing them in fora that advance small scale and women food producers# rights to seeds and land. FRA will also strengthen the program mediaengagements and presence, collaborations and linkages with key government entities, private sector players to voice key concerns related to seeds and land rights.
RSTF- Yes We Can Project Royal School of Education Therapy Foundation (RSTF) Project Summary:

There are over 200,000 children with disabilities who are out-of-school in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the limited number of schools providing services to pupils with special needs.To reduce the number of out-of-school children in the FCT, the Royal School of Educational Therapy Foundation (RSETF), a non-profitorganization, set up a Learning Centre in Lifecamp, Abuja, FCT. RSETF offers Educational Therapy and related services including Speech and Language, Occupational and Physio therapies for children and adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Down Syndrome, Mental Retardation, Intellectual Disabilities, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Dyslexia, Aphasia, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and more.

The goal of RSETF, which is in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4, to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, is to provide students with the tools to achieve their greatest potential academically and socially by boosting their self confidence and self-esteem, and empowering them to become productive citizens who can gain maximum societalinclusion.
RSETF aims to provide students with neurodevelopmental disabilities and other learning challenges a wide range of intensive, individualized educational therapy interventions designed to remediate learning problems and develop skilled members of society.

RSETF is committed to addressing #all forms of exclusion and marginalization, disparities and inequalities in access, participation and learning outcomes. No education target should be considered met unless met by all. RSETF therefore commits to making the necessary changes in education policies and focusing its efforts on the most disadvantaged, especially those with disabilities, to ensure that no one is left behind#.
ON Impact Investment Unit The pilot project Oxfam Novib Investment Unit offers a portfolio of funds, with different risk/return profiles in the following countries; Vietnam, Nigeria, Uganda. Oxfam Novib Impact Investments by definition guarantees for all funds relevant social impact.
Our finance is structured according to each businesss needs and its cash flow projections on a case-by-case basis. It can take the formof debt, quasi-equity or equity (including mezzanine, subordinated debt and profit-related structures).  The interest rates on our loans are in conformity to the market rates. Finance provided is for a term of up to 8 years, depending on the assets and projected cash flows. Loans are provided in local currency as far as possible, and collateral is not a pre-requisite, but will be determined based on the nature of the SME.
Study climate change to Agri Aqua Project Title: #Study on climate change impacts to agriculture and aquaculture in Mekong Delta provinces for improving and promoting adaptively inclusive business models by Agribusiness targeting to small scale producers# benefits#
The Mekong Delta (MRD) is the main agriculture and aquaculture producing region in Vietnam. However, with the terrain lower than sea level and adjacent to both theeast and west sea, the MRD is currently facing many challenges, especially the impact of climate change and sea level rise, threatening agriculture <(>&<)> aquaculture production, people#s livelihood and food security.
Development of inclusive and sustainable value chain model has been considered as an appropriate adaptation measure to climate change impacts. It reducesthe constraints of linking commodity-dependent smallholders and small actors to markets by stimulating local business partnership, and hence, helping to improve adaptation and resilience capacity of smallholder groups. However, a number of recent studiesshowed that the linkage in most aquaculture / agriculture value chains in the MRD is very loose and ineffective.
In this context, it is necessary to perform a study on climate change impacts to agriculture and aquaculture in MRD provinces for improving and promoting adaptively inclusive business models in agribusiness, targeting to small scale producers# benefits
Overall objectives
Improving and promoting adaptively inclusivebusiness models by agri-business targeting to small scale producers# benefits that help them to better adaptation to climate change.
Main Activities:
In influencing agriculture and aquaculture companies to improve and adopt appropriate inclusive investment models, securing small-scale food producers' benefits, three main activities will be carried out including:
(1) Perform a study on climatechange impacts to the aquaculture and agriculture for Mekong delta provinces and recommendation for appropriate inclusive investment models by PS against climate change. This activity will be focus on assessment of climate change impacts on rice, fruit (agriculture) and shrimp (aquaculture) production in Vinh Long, An Giang, Soc Trang, Ca Mau and Bac Lieu.
(2) Hold a consultation workshop on the study report and recommended adaptively inclusive business models. The workshop will be held in Can Tho.
(3) Organized multi-stakeholder dialogue to create awareness of PS on the CC impacts and inclusive business models. The multi-stakeholder dialogue will be organized in Can Tho
Expected outcome:
At least 30 targeted agriculture and aquaculture companies in the dialogues comprehensively understand and express their interests in reviewing and improving their policies to promote inclusive and sustainable value chains
CO-Saving for Change for VSO Over the last 10 years Oxfam and partners have established Saving for Change (SfC) as an effective pro-poor Savings-Led Microfinance (SLM) product in Cambodia. In 2017 over 140,000 people directly benefited from SfC and saved up to 5.7 million USD. 40 local organizations were trained by Oxfam and were capable to provide the product. The SfC groups are simple in set-up and management: groups of people come together to pool their savings in a joint savings box. Group members save small amounts of money together regularly, often weekly, and this money not only builds their own savings (giving a safety net in times of need) but is used to make loans to other group members. These loans are typically for income-generating purposes, or paying for health and education costs. Interest or a#service charge# is paid on the loans at rates determined by the group itself. At the end of the savings cycle (which typically lasts 12 months) the members receive a #share-out# of their savings, including dividends from interest paid on loans. Most SfC group also have a #social fund# which acts as a small insurance fund; members make small weekly contributions into the fund and the group can vote to give an emergency grant to any of its members from the fund.
In addition, the SfC group enhances economic security and resilience, achieve economic and social empowerment for members and their households, and therefore is an effective tool for economic development. The SfC group serves as platforms to discuss about other community issues such as economic, agriculture, livelihood, health, education, disaster risk reduction etc.

By seeing the uniqueness of SfC model, VSO requested for collaboration with Oxfam  to provide technical assistance to VSO team to mobilize fish processor members into two SfC groups through pr-assessment, ToT to VSO and it partner team and key persons, follow up and facilitating phasing out plan.  This collaboration between Oxfam and VSO starts 01 June and ends by 30th October 2018.  This collaboration is expected to deliver as five key results:
# Result I: Key challenges and possibility of forming SfC within CFis will be assessed and confirmed on their current situation and strategy to deal with key challenges will be formulated and ready work in the next step;
# Result 2:  At least 15 participants (2 VSO PAs, I VSO PO, 2 FIAC officersand 10 key persons from CFIs) will be equipped SfC ToT on how to form SfC groups including delivering 7 weekly training to groups;
# Result 3: At least 2 SfC groups with 30 members formed or transformed within CFis with proper training;
# Result 4: 2 VSO PAs, and10 key persons from CFIs) will be refreshed trained on how to provide technical support to the groups and all groups will be strengthened on group operation including bookkeeping, group internal rules, share-out formula;
# Result 5: An exit plan will be consultedwith the two SfC members key persons and group management committee to ensure the long-run of their SfC group; the final report on the project progress will be submitted to VSO.
West African Research and Prog. Dev FCC5 Todays youth population presents society with unprecedented opportunities to accelerate economic growth, reduce poverty and improve well-being. With their, energy, skills and creativity, young people have the potential to be the driving force for change, strong economies, vibrant democracies and prosperous societies. Oxfam aims to work jointly with youth1 to challenge barriers that prevent them from enjoying their rights, their full participation in society and an effective voice in decision-making processes.

Six countries in West Africa (WAF)  Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal  have identified the need and interest to further develop their work on the thematic area of Youth Employment. To this end, an in-depth research process is envisioned to ensure knowledge-driven development of our work and maximize the added value of our actions. In West Africa, Oxfam has long-term experience in working with young women and men. Oxfam has worked across different themes, such as good governance, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and economic opportunities. A reflection is envisioned upon how and why youth employment in West Africa is currently approachedby international institutions, (I)NGOs, CSOs, government institutions, the private sector and young women and men themselves. This research is aimed to address specifically what methods and innovations have been used to improve a decent and sustainable income foryoung women and men, if and why they have worked, and, more importantly, which needs and interests of youth remain unanswered as a result of which obstacles and who are the main blockers, swingers and champions in this? Furthermore, what are youth themselves already doing as active citizens to claim their rights and improve their economic opportunities, to what extent are their voices heard, and how can they best be supported in this?
Fair Tax Monitor Bangladesh Oxfam Novib's Strategic Partnership (SP) with the Dutch government and more specifically the Theory of Change for Finance for Development (F4D) is operational in many countries.

In Finance for Development, Oxfam Novib and SOMO aim to achieve that morewomen, youth and other citizens benefit from higher quality and quantity of finance for development, an enhanced fiscal system and a sustainable and inclusive financial and corporate sector, tackling extreme inequality.

To achieve the long-term outcomeof the project, we usethe following strategies: capacity building of civil society organizations, strengthening national and international coalitions, increase public pressure on governments and multinational corporations, increased media coverage, and increased political will.

Within the Fair Tax Monitor Bangladesh project the following activities have been identified:
Support tax campaigning in Bangladesh. In specific, the support will go to SUPRO (Campaign for Good Governance), a network organisations which unites over 600 CSOs/NGOs and isactive in 45 out of 64 districts in Bangladesh. SUPRO campaigns for participatory budget and accountable and transparent public financing. The support is coordinated with the Oxfam Bangladesh office, and will focus on grass root participation, mass awareness campaigns and in developing linkages between regional and national tax movements. Moreover, the support will allow SUPRO to stay part ofthe Fair Tax Monitor. Our work in Bangladesh is an example for the workwe are developing in other SP countries.
HO-503001 Ad 3. The learning questions for the third area include the following:
a. What is the potential demand for DPF among the target groups of Oxfam and Plan in the Salcedo re-gion?
b. How does the focus on preparedness influence the need for different expertise in FSPs?
c. Do existing procedures need to be adapted for an effective and efficient pre-emptive cash transfer?
d. What are the requirements in the area of ICT?
e. What are the real (explicit and hidden) costs and savings involved in the present grant-based proposal
f.How can these figures be used to develop a DPF model, based on the various micro finance modalities; is a business case feasible? what would the business case look like? Is blended finance needed?
g. What are the real costs involved for FSPs by introducing various forms of DPF?
h. What are the requirements for FSPs to reach vulnerable people in the region who are not client as yet?
CO-Food Voucher Distribution to Affected Oxfam will manage food voucher through its RedRose e-voucher system in two locations of the Gaza Strip - Gaza City and North Gaza governorates. Voucher includes grocery, fresh vegetables and fresh chicken providing through a monthly top-up for  a period of 3 months and to be redeemed through 3 types of shops. Oxfam will also carry out spot checking on the phone and through random field visitsas long as movement is permitted to ensure safety measures are in place and the Covid-19 related SoPs are being applied
Strengthening Regional EiU Coordination The OI Asia regional platform has been functional since April 2017. It has prioritized influencing as a core area to promote Oxfam#s vision and mission in the region. The regional strategy identifies inequality as one of the core development challenge inAsia where strategy will focus on.

Under the previous arrangement OGB#s Asia regional centre developed regional Even it Up campaign strategyfocussing on fiscal justice and fair wages. The Asia EiU strategy was developed in line with global EiU priority areas and aligned with FAIR programme objectives. Under the strategy, in year -1 focussed remained to create public discourse on inequality in Asia region to sensitive both citizens and policy makers about the gravity of situation and get brand recognition associated with inequality debate.

In the broader inequality discourse in Asia region, fair taxation and progressive public spending was the core element ofour strategy. Since EiU Asia campaign strategy was developed in consultation with global OIcampaigns team and aligned with global priorities, it will be continued under OI Asia regional platform structure.

The OI Asia regional platform is planning three major interventions under this project:
# Partnership and activities by Fight inequalityalliance Asia
# Public campaign on fiscal justice for women and girls
# Working with South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE)
Banks Conv. 2018-20 - Save the Children SC  is co-applicant together with the other civil society representatives.
SC  will be closely involved in the implementation of the IMVO Banking Conventions (depending on the decision-making in the steering committee), the coordination of the activities of the 5civil society organizations, participation in the 4 formal working groups (Matrix / Database, Value Chain / Due Diligence, Increasing leverage, Remedy), participation in ad hoc working groups and to the Banking Coordinating Steering Committee.
Oxfam Novib managesthe funds (Administrative Secretariat) and is also a member of the social organizations..

The activities will be undertaken by SCstaff in coordination with the other applicants. A separate budget has been defined as part of the application but most activities are joint activities undertaken in working grouops and the Steering Committee.
Capacity Building of YoungActivist (ERI) ERI has the seven-month course, students acquire a greater understanding of the link between development and human rights and an insight into the approaches and objectives of stakeholders involved in the region#s development. Through rigorous classroom and field-based training, the school fosters the development of earth rights leaders, some of whom go on to establish and lead their own organizations. Upon graduation, the students join a growing network of alumni across the region with whom they may collaborate and share knowledge in pursuit of a common goal # that the region#s development is shaped by and benefits local people, as opposed to powerfulbusiness and government actors.