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Fair Water Footprints Building on its historic leadership at COP26, the UK Government has declared tackling climate change and biodiversity loss the number one international development priority in its new Strategy for International Development. Water is an essential element in addressing these interlinked crises, as well as making progress on the SDGs. Water is a critical factor in all aspects of security, including economic and food security, conflict management, health, education, and migration patterns. The increasing unpredictability of the hydrological cycle due to climate change and other stressors threatens to undermine or even reverse progress on the SDGs and related water security goals, as well as broader objectives related to the protection and restoration of nature and biodiversity. Current investment in the water sector is nowhere near the level needed to improve water security, while existing governance systems, regulatory instruments, investment incentive structures, and public and private finance models are ill equipped to protect against compounding water-related risks or to provision the water necessary to safeguard human health and wellbeing, sustainable livelihoods, and resilient ecosystems. 

Creating a more water-secure world for the billions facing water insecurity, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable, cannot happen by taking a business-as-usual approach to aid or investment. It requires transformational change to public institutions and private markets. Integrated, whole-of-government policy and finance solutions operating at multiple governance scales and across supply chains are needed to ensure that gains made in one area (such as agriculture) do not significantly undermine progress in others (such as energy access). 

Twentieth century water management models based on the efficiency and optimization of a given water system or piece of infrastructure are not designed for rapid or uneven changes to the water cycle. For UK sustainable development investments to be effective in supporting people and nature over the long-term, new approaches to water security are needed. For these investments to be effective, water security solutions must be both robust against changing hydrological futures as well as flexible so that they can adapt as needed when water conditions or needs change. It is in this context that the UK’s new Strengthening Governance for Transformational Change in Water Security (SGWC) programme has been initiated, and under which the initiatives included in this proposal — the Water Tracker for National Climate Planning, Resilient Water Accelerator, and the Glasgow Declaration for Fair Water Footprints — were developed.
Unlocking the power of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to build sustainable, no-deforestation commodity supply chains in Brazil The project addresses the key underlying obstacles to sustainable agriculture in Pará, Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais states in Brazil, with a strong focus on GhG emissions reduction as well as a robust approach to reducing deforestation while acknowledging that this is a global problem requiring action at local, regional, and global levels, especially along global supply chains.
CHIFUNDO By mid-2021, 9,965 families (59,790 people) in catchments of 26 rural or hard-to-reach health facilities and all 4 central hospitals of Malawi, receive holistic palliative care and are referred to relevant help with food provision. These health facilities in all 27 mainland districts give patients with life-limiting illness and their families free care as in the National Palliative Care Policy, including pain relief, food supplements, disease information, legal aid, spiritual support, farm training and practical social help.
PROG 2017-2021_Outcome_OS2 Renforcement des acteurs de l’éducation formelle et informelle pour qu’ils intègrent ou améliorent dans leurs pratiques éducatives l’éducation à la citoyenneté mondiale et solidaire Il s'agit de former des acteurs de l'éducation formelle et informelle (enseignants, animateurs bénévoles et professionnels) impliqués dans la formation des jeunes, à des méthodes et des outils pédagogiques développés par l'ONG pour sensibiliser et mobilité des jeunes et adultes à la solidarité mondiale et solidaire.
Citoyenneté mondiale et engagement Le programme se déroule exclusivement en Belgique, en particulier dans les régions wallonne et bruxelloise et vise à former et mobiliser un public de jeunes adultes et adultes afin de les rendre acteurs, agents multiplicateurs, pour une société plus solidaire, entre Nord et Sud. Le programme est exclusivement orienté vers l’Education à la citoyenne mondiale et solidaire (ECMS). A travers d’une part des activités de sensibilisation (incluant des rencontres entre personnes du Nord et du Sud, au Nord et au Sud), de formation et des propositions concrètes de mobilisation, et d’autre part par des activités de renforcement d’acteurs éducatifs, bénévoles ou professionnels, le SCI veut favoriser l’émergence d’espaces collectifs, des collaborations entre individus, entre groupes sociaux (associations, écoles, diverses structures), entre individus et groupes sociaux. Ce afin de renforcer individus et structures dans l’exercice d’actions de solidarité, de sensibilisation d’un large public, en vue de promouvoir un changement social. Ce changement social, en rupture avec le modèle dominant, vise une transition écologique, une société multiculturelle - vivant en harmonie et jetant des ponts entre groupes, culturels, sociaux - et un système démocratique donnant toute sa place au citoyen, de manière égale, quelle que soit sa position sociale, économique, culturelle, homme ou femme.
PROG 2017-2021_Outcome_OS1 Mobilisation de jeunes et jeunes adultes dans des actions d’éducation, de sensibilisation et de solidarité en vue d’un changement social pour une société plus solidaire Il s'agit de proposer au public cible; jeunes et jeunes adultes, des activités de sensibilisation, de formation, des structures collectives permettant le développement de projets, des terrains d'action, afin d'en faire des acteurs de changement social.
African Rivers Fund LLC The project entails an IFC equity investment of up to US$10.0 million, not to exceed 20% of total commitments, in the African Rivers Fund (ARF or the Fund), a 10 year closed-end fund seeking to raise US$50.0 million.   The key objective of ARF is to construct a portfolio of small business investments diversified across low-income countries in Central and Eastern Africa, which collectively capture the underserved SME and FCS investment segment in those two regions. The Fund will seek to provide (i) risk capital and (ii) management guidance to small businesses in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Burundi and Uganda.   ARF will continue the business model established by the Central African SME Fund, which has had a business model that has achieved proof of concept, demonstrated by (i) establishment of a functional effective team; (ii) sourcing of a healthy pipeline of investments; (iii) execution and value addition; and (iv) the Fund Manager making four cash distributions to investors to date. CASF has managed to achieve this even with the significant setback brought on by the political disorder in CAR, and the Fund Manager has proven the ability to ring-fence investments and safeguard capital in such environment, a critical ability for a FCS investor. -	Access to finance for SMEs: The Fund is expected to provide much needed equity and quasi-equity financing to at least 25 SMEs in Central Africa to support their growth and expansion.  -	Job Creation: The Fund is expected to generate employment in low-income communities (as confirmed by pipeline investments in the health, education and agriculture sectors) and help support over 8,000 direct jobs from its investee companies and investments ranging from $250,000 to $5 million. Job creation impact is being demonstrated by CASF, which has generated 450 new jobs over a 4-year period from its 26 investments ranging from $100,000 to $500,000. -	Private Sector Development: The Fund is expected to promote sustainable growth in companies that have very little or no access to other sources of capital. Further, there will be significant value add to the portfolio companies through capacity building, improved ESG, as well as operational and financial expertise through a technical assistance facility that ARF is raising for investee and prospective SME companies. -	Poverty Alleviation: All target countries with the exception of Uganda, are fragile and low-income countries. IFC's investment will have impact in supporting business growth and generating job income. -	Expansion of Financial Markets in Central Africa: the Fund's successful investments and exits are expected to help develop a new asset class and provide much needed long term capital financing for high-growth SMEs in these markets.
Central Africa SME Fund The IFC Board approved the IFC Ventures proposal on Thursday, May 29, 2008 (IFC/R2008-0114).  The program reaches frontier markets post-conflict countries- and creates a new asset class SME private equity (PE) funds that use risk capital and business support services to remove obstacles from the portfolio companies growth path.  The IFC Ventures program proposes the establishment of eight PE funds to expand access by SMEs in high risk IDA countries to risk capital, by (among other things) supporting and leveraging the expertise of locally based fund managers and by providing advisory support to SMEs.  IFC went through an RFP at the end of which six fund managers were selected. The proposal presented by a new joint venture that will bring together professionals from Extra Small Medium and Large (XSML), an Amsterdam based fund manager that has raised a global fund for SMEs, and Cenainvest, a local African PE team with over 10 years of PE experience in Africa, was selected to raise the Central Africa SME Fund (The Fund).  The Fund will focus in two countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Central African Republic (CAR). The Funds average investment size will range $100K-500K and portfolio companies are expected to require substantial handholding from the fund manager. The Fund will be registered in the Netherlands as a Dutch limited liability company (CV), and will be structured with best standards of the PE funds industry. 1. Encourage economic development of SMEs all of which will be located in IDA countries by investing in 50 high-growth companies which is expected to lead to above average rates of job creation, capacity development and higher tax revenue;
2. Improve companies sustainable development by helping implement best practice corporate governance and environmental and social standards;
3. Provide much needed business services support funding to help companies become stronger, and
4. Provide support to a new fund manager that is launching a private equity fund.
HCFC PHASE-OUT MANAGEMENT PLAN HCFC PHASE-OUT MANAGEMENT PLAN HCFC phase-out strategy The Government of Bahrain is proposing to follow the Montreal Protocol schedule and to adopt a staged approach in order to achieve complete phase-out of HCFCs by 2030, except for a service tail to 2040. This submission only contains stage I of the HPMP to meet a 35 per cent reduction in consumption, as compared to the baseline, by 2020.  Specific activities: Activities realted to compliance Conversion of central AC line to HFC-410A/HFC-407C (UNIDO) Incremental operating cost for central AC calculated at US $6.3/kg for 6 months (UNIDO) Setting up a pre-production line for the conversion of small window AC units to HC-290 or HFC-32 (UNIDO) Conversion of small AC line to HFC-32 or HC-290 and training for servicing network (UNIDO) Incremental operating cost for split AC calculated at US $6.3/kg for six months (UNIDO)  Updating policy and regulations (UNEP) Technical assistance to the servicing sector, including updating vocational curriculum, developing standard, training of technicians (UNEP) National HCFC reclamation programme (UNIDO)  Activities not related to compliance Conversion of HCFC-141b in pre-blended polyols to cyclopentane at AGM (UNIDO) Technical assistance to the small consumers in the foam sector (UNIDO)  Co-ordinating activities Project impleme
Survey of ODS alternatives at the national level Preparation of a survey on the availability of alternative technologies to ozone depleting substances (ODSs) in Bahrain.
Establishment of an agro-industrial park within a smart city in the Southern Governorate in Bahrain The Kingdom of Bahrain has requested UNIDO's Technical assistance in master planning, engineering planning and execution of an agro- industrial park to be established within a smart city with industrial focus in the Southern Governorate of the Kingdom.
HCFC phase-out management plan (stage II) (refrigeration servicing and foam) The Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (MLF) assists the Government of Bahrain to comply with its phase-out target of ozone-depleting substances. The sectors involved are the foam manufacturing, refrigeration and air-conditioning servicing sectors. At the 68th meeting, in December 2012, the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol approved in principle Stage I of the HCFC phase-out management plan (HPMP) for the Government of Bahrain for the period 2012 to 2020. At its 84th Meeting in November 2019, the ExCom approved the funding for the preparation of the HPMP Stage II for the Government of Bahrain. The HPMP Phase-out commitment is 67.5% for the stage II for the period 2021 to 2025. UN Environment (lead implementing agency) and UNIDO (co-operating implementing agency) are implementing the project. The activities to be undertaken for the preparation of the investment component mainly focus on the foam sector.  The Supreme Council for Environment is the national body to implement the Montreal Protocol in the country. Bahrain Society of Engineers is responsible for implementing all activities under the supervision of the Supreme Council for Environment and is essentially the Project Management Unit. The project is in conformity with all relevant
The organization of the International Entrepreneurs Forum in Bahrain in April 2014 The Supreme Council for Environment of the Kingdom of Bahrain has requested UNIDO through its ITPO office in Bahrain to organize an International Entrepreneurs Forum, to be held in April 2014, in Bahrain, in parallel to the Bahrain International Green Technology Expo. The International Entrepreneurs Forum is to be organized by ITPO Bahrain with the support of PTC/BIT/OD and the Government of Bahrain, the Kaufman foundation, Islamic Development Bank, Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, INSME, MENA OECD Investment Center and possibly others partners. The proposed International Entrepreneurs Forum will focus on entrepreneurship development through self-employment and growth and development of MSMEs, with a focus on clean technology, renewable energy and green lifestyle. In order to facilitate business opportunities, the conference will also have a matchmaking function by bringing together the several stakeholders such as entrepreneurs from around the world, development organizations, international financial institutions and banks, chambers of commerce, economic associations, specialized SME agencies, universities and technology providers.
Support Human Capital Development and Research /Serbia Innovation Project The development objective of the project is to assist in building the institutional capacity to stimulate innovative activities in the enterprise sector by: i.Supporting  the operationalization of the Serbia Innovation Fund (SIF);ii. Piloting financial instruments for technological development and innovation in enterprises; and iii. Encouraging selected research and development institutes (RDIs) to engage in technology transfer and commercialization, and assisting in formulating RDI sector reform policy.
YF Innovation Serbia The development objective of the project is to assist in building the institutional capacity to stimulate innovative activities in the enterprise sector by:i.	Supporting the operationalization of the Serbia Innovation Fund (SIF);ii.	Piloting financial instruments for technological development and innovation in enterprises; andiii.	Encouraging selected research and development institutes (RDIs) to engage in technology transfer and commercialization, and assisting in formulating RDI sector reform policy.
SUSASAN SUSASAN is a project that aims to empower the women and men, youth and marginalized groups in Nepal, in order to increase their engagement in the democratic decision making process, and enjoy and exercise their human rights, through the use of integrated technology. It is carried out by Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI) from 2007 to 2021, in partnership with Freedom Forum and Young Innovation and is implemented through local partner organizations in six districts of Nepal. It receives funding from the Government of Canada, provided through Global Affairs Canada. The objectives of SUSASAN project are: 1. Strengthen equitable and inclusive participation of citizen specially women and marginalized groups (WMGs) in democratic decision making processes. 2. Increase access of citizens using integrated technologies to participate and practice the existing mechanisms of governance and accountability in pulblic institutions. 3. Enhance responsiveness of public institutions for diverse needs of citizens.
International Poultry and Feed Production Conference This is an event for the Russian and former Soviet states poultry industries which has a major visibility, attendance and media coverage. The U.S. will benefit from such participation by high exposure of its veterinary services expertise in avian influenza (AI) prevention and response, as well as potentially help remove AI restrictions imposed by Russia in 2015
NATURE INTERPRETATION AND TRAILS IN SIBERIA INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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International Forestry Programs: Habitat Conservation for Siberian Tigers and Amur Leopards For over a decade, the U.S. Forest Service has worked closely with the Wildlife Conservation Society in Primorskii Krai in the Russi
TIMBER IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
MITIGATING ILLEGAL LOGGING AND POACHING IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
USDA Arctic Black Carbon Initiative: Technical Exchange and Cooperative Activities Under this IAA, USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service/Office of Capacity Building and Development will deliver a program of scientific exchanges between the United States and the Russian Federation to strengthen capacities for estimating, reporting and mitigating Arctic black carbon pollution from agricultural burning. The FAS activities include an Embassy Science Fellow to FAS-Moscow, two agricultural scientific exchange scholars, public outreach workshops and USDA technical consultancies.
International Forestry Programs: Salmon Habitat Conservation in Russia The U.S. Forest Service has a strong collaborative program with the Wild Salmon Center(http://www.wildsalmoncenter.org/ (link is ext
Technical Assistance for Technical Assistance for Economic Crimes - Mongolia Technical Assistance for Technical Assistance for Economic Crimes - Mongolia
Technical Assistance for Revenue Administration and Revenue Policy -Mongolia Assistance to Mongolias recently reorganized General Directorate on Taxation (GDT) focuses on: risk assessment; scope and depth of audit plans; tax liability of multi-national enterprises; review of agreed audit workload; and provision of internationally recognized audit techniques for specific economic sector -- financial services, construction, among others. The project has helped to establish a key client manager regime in taxpayer service and implement a returns submission process consistent with self-assessment. Focused shifted in 2015, at the request of the GACT to apply lessons learned from the LTO to the tax administration generally. Therefore, in 2015 and 2016, the project supported improvements to the submission processing (beyond the LTO), international taxation (beyond the LTO), functional management throughout the GDT, initially focused on audit, and improving registration and taxpayer information for small and medium sized businesses. The 2017 work plan will focus on supporting the Mongolian General Department of Taxation (GDT) priorities, particularly in establishing a strong foundation for segment based compliance management. The program, together wi
Technical Assistance for Budget and Financial Accountability -Mongolia The Advisor will support the implementation of a new standardized chart of accounts, program budgeting, and monitoring and reporting of investment projects. The advisor will: document the current classifications used for Budget, the required Financial Reporting, Management Reports and Program reporting, and analyze for commonalities and discrepancies; document the reporting needs in order for the Government to comply with laws and regulations and support effective financial analysis at both the national and sub-national levels of the government; analyze current program budgeting efforts in Health and Education programs to benchmark against best practices and develop lessons learned; ensure that account coding structure developed under Problem 1 accommodates program classifications to support program budgeting; develop a proposed structure and methodology to identify objectives and results that are tied to national and sector policy priorities; develop a program budgeting structure to be used uniformly by the government including goals, objectives, programs, activities as well as output and outcome indicators; recommend a reporting structure for capturing data on
Technical Assistance for Economic Crimes - Mongolia The goal of this project is to improve the Government of Mongolia (GoM) prevention, detection, and prosecution of money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes. Project activities will focus on (1) improving the operationalization of the Financial Investigation Unit (FIU), including its ability to carry out its core functions and (2) acting as an effective interagency coordinator; (3) strengthening the ability of regulatory authorities to carry out risk-based AML/CFT supervision of the financial and non-financial sectors, and; (4) increasing financial investigative and prosecutorial authorities' understanding of their roles, as well as their ability to prioritize and pursue financial investigations and prosecutions, including as it relates to asset forfeiture.