devinitorg/iati-policy-markers huggingface dataset:
Asia / Pacific Group On Money Laundering (APG) Phase II The first phase laid important foundations for sustainable AML/CFT progress. A second phase would build on these foundations, focussing on activities that imbed best practices and lift capability long term. In particular, one-on-one mentoring during operational activities, the creation of knowledge repositories and reference materials, and the use of interactive training are intended to have longer term benefits that have traditionally been achieved through one-off training exercises.
Story Time and Play: Children's Media Project This Activity will deliver an integrated media and community-led early childhood education project in Niue, Samoa and Solomon Islands.
Multi-country - Partnerships Fund Design Cost Contributions Contributions to Activity design costs for successful New Zealand Partnership for International Development fund applicants.
Pacific 2023 Diplomatic Training Short Course This Activity seeks to deliver introductory level diplomatic training to cohorts of up to 35 scholars consisting new recruits or junior-level staff from Pacific Foreign Ministries or related agencies. Training modules include
<ul>  <li>Introduction to international diplomacy, tradecraft, protocol, and consular services</li>  <li>Trade policy, bilateral trade agreements</li>  <li>Pacific regional architecture </li>  <li>Climate change and natural resource diplomacy </li> </ul>
among other important topics related to international diplomacy.
NP: ChildFund New Zealand including Grant Contribution Letter for design and implementation Deliver a design for ChildFund New Zealand (CFNZ)-MFAT Negotiated Partnership for a 5-year multi-country, multi-sector programme of work.
English Language Training for Officials - Strengthening Resilience: Intake 56 This Activity aims to develop the English language capabilities of Officials from Mongolia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Viet Nam and Timor-Leste. It is themed around Strengthening Resilience and consists of preparation in-country, followed by a 13 week programme in New Zealand to cement language skills and relationships.
New Zealand Tertiary Scholarships - General New Zealand provides a wide range of scholarships to people from more than 112 countries around the world; including multi-year and single-year academic awards at postgraduate and undergraduate level in New Zealand and at Pacific tertiary institutions, through to short-term training awards for vocational and skills-based training.
First 1000 days (A12919) The Activity specifically targets newborn health and nutrition specific issues, using a three-pronged approach of policy strengthening, health service delivery and behaviour change.  UNICEF will coordinate its work with other UN specialised agencies and acknowledge newborn and child health and nutrition issues through its role as chair of the Nutrition sub-cluster and co-chair of the Health cluster in times of humanitarian emergencies.
Fisheries: Fiji Fisheries Video Surveillance This activity contributed to improved monitoring and surveillance of Fiji's tuna longline fishery
MPI Pacific Biosecurity Programme - Regional Pest Identification Provision of technical assistance and resources to Pacific Island countries' biosecurity authorities to improve their capability in identifying pests and diseases that threaten their horticulture sector.
Pacific Regional Livelihoods Programme Working with Oxfam New Zealand to provide training to farmers and rural training college students in Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu, and to assist them obtain organic certification. This Activity will also support and strengthen the local NGO partners to provide on-going support for this work.
Regional Pacific Fairtrade Development The Regional Pacific Fairtrade Programme will support Pacific producers to gain Fairtrade Certification and develop market opportunities through capacity development, linking producers to buyers and raising both market and consumer awareness.
2023 Türkiye Earthquakes Response [Turkiye Turkey] Emergency Response to address humanitarian needs in Türkiye as a result of the 6 February 2023 earthquakes.
Pacific Private Sector Window, Partnerships Fund Rounds 8 - 11 Responsible and sustainable business ventures assisted by MFAT create jobs, improved incomes, spin off businesses and/or increased export earnings for Pacific Island countries and pacific peoples.
DevNet Conference 2018 The Aotearoa New Zealand Development Studies Network (DevNet) runs a biennial development studies conference to enhance development knowledge, policy and practice among practitioners in New Zealand.
NP: Tearfund New Zealand (TFNZ) Design Negotiated Partnership between Tearfund New Zealand (TFNZ) and MFAT to fund a multi-year, multi-country programme in the Pacific and South East Asia.
Hakili Matagi - Immigration Support 2019 - 23 <span style="font-size: 12px;"><em>Hakili Matagi</em> is a five year programme 2019-2023 delivered by Immigration NZ, that provides a comprehensive programme of bilateral support in Niue, Tokelau, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa and Kiribati. This includes capacity development in immigration legislation and policy, intelligence gathering and compliance, data capture and analysis, profiling and risk assessments, operationalising joint border activities, and organisational management and professional development.</span>
External Procurement Specialist (A12908) The Activity is providing the mechanism to procure and contract delivery of two of the five major scholarships schemes offered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) – the New Zealand Scholarships and the New Zealand Short Term Training Scholarships.
Multi-country - Sustainable Development Fund Independent Monitoring This activity involves independent monitoring for Sustainable Development Fund Activities.
New Zealand Medical Treatment Scheme 2022 - 2027 (MTS) This activity increases access to lifesaving medical and surgical treatment for people in Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa and builds health workforce capacity in countries through training and the provision of vital equipment.
New Zealand Red Cross Partnership 2018-2024 (A13126) This Activity will build preparedness, response and recovery capacity in response to humanitarian crises, including natural disasters. With a primary focus on the Asia/Pacific region, this activity supports the deployment of skilled professionals overseas via the Delegates programme, commercial and community-based First Aid Training, management of the IT and Telecommunications Emergency Response Unit, as well as professional development within Pacific Island Red Cross National Societies.
Monitoring and Evaluation Framework New Zealand Aid Programme This activity will develop a framework to collect an evidence base for the 20 year strategies and 4 Year Plans to monitor and evaluate the progress of the New Zealand Aid Programme towards achieving its outcomes.
PacificTA - Local Government Technical Assistance Facility - Phase 3 (2023-2028) This Activity (Phase 3) is a continuation of the successful Local Government Technical Assistance Facility for Pacific Island Countries.  The Activity funds services provided by Taituara and Local Government New Zealand to support technical capability in Pacific Island Countries (PICs) local governments.
World Bank Pacific Facility 4 Funding to support the World Bank’s  technical assistance, staffing, analytical and advisory services, and implementation capacity in the Pacific region through the Pacific Facility (PF4).
Volunteer Service Abroad 2018 - 2023 (A13101) This is a five-year activity with VSA which seeks to place New Zealand volunteers within Pacific and Timor Leste communities, organisations and institutions, to build local capacity and help bring greater development impact. This activity will deliver 200 volunteer assignments per annum supporting over 150 state, Non-Government Organisation (NGO) and private sector organisations across 12 Pacific countries and Timor Leste.
Negotiated Partnership: TearFund New Zealand (TFNZ) Implementation Negotiated Partnership between TearFund New Zealand and MFAT to fund a multi-year, multi-country protection and livelihoods focused programme in the Pacific (Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu) and South East Asia (Myanmar, Sri Lanka)
Polynesia New Zealand Health Dialogue A high-level dialogue between New Zealand and Tokelau, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu - with the objective of understanding how New Zealand can better support Pacific Health outcomes through partnerships between institutions, individuals and government departments.
Climate Finance for Community Resilience: Habitat for Humanity New Zealand Habitat for Humanity New Zealand’s activity increases resilience to climate change and disasters in Fiji and Samoa for vulnerable communities focusing on women and people with disabilities. This includes increasing the resilience and adaptability of vulnerable communities to climate change through improved habitability, and basic services.
Climate-Smart Pacific Food Systems - Plant and Food Research (PFR) Strategic Partnership A long term strategic partnership with PFR to build the resilience of Pacific food systems. It will have a focus on root crops, fruit and vegetables, and includes food production, storage/ preservation and distribution. Long term outcomes includes improved food and nutritional security and livelihoods in the face of climate change.
Strategic Research 2021 - 2024 This focus of this Activity is to identify and undertake pieces of strategic research or knowledge work that aims to increase the Pacific Development Group understanding of priority areas of work when considering and developing aid programmes.
Regional: Pacific Island Chiefs of Police Secretariat The Pacific Island Chiefs of PoliceSecretariat provides services and supports the 20 member Chiefs of Police. The secretariat organises the annual chiefs of police conference; represents Pacific police forces at regional and international fora; builds Pacific police force capacity through harmonising regional training; delivers projects identified and agreed by member countries; and supports the Pacific Women's Advisory Network.
Private Sector Development: Growing Pacific Businesses This activity will contribute to sustained economic growth in the Pacific through targeted interventions aimed at mobilising private sector investment, improving access to finance and basic infrastructure service and developing an equitable business environment that encourages new business formation.
English Language Training for Officials - Renewable Energy - Intake 58 This Activity aims to develop the English language capabilities of Officials from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Viet Nam and Timor-Leste. It is themed around Renewable Energy and consists of preparation in-country, followed by a 13 week programme in New Zealand to cement language skills and relationships.
Partnerships Monitoring and Evaluation This Activity encompasses monitoring, evaluation, research and learning activities to support work done with the Partnering for Impact approach.
Pacific Country Flexible Finance - Climate investment Capacity Support Capacity support and capability building interventions in 15 Pacific countries. Specifically, in disciplines related to Public Financial Management and Public Investment Management for Climate-related priorities. For example, public financial management systems, support to strengthen national planning, sectoral planning, investment planning, investment proposals, and supplementation of specialist skills (e.g. procurement, monitoring, and reporting) to address capacity constraints.
Council for International Development (CID) This activity specifically relates to maintaining a coordination and liaison role by Council for International Development (CID).
Scholar Enrichment Events Tertiary Education Institutes 2023 This Activity provides an open fund for all NZ-based Tertiary Education Institutions where there are scholars of the Manaaki New Zealand Scholarships Programme to enrich those scholars’ learning and experience while studying in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Mobilising private investment in the Pacific: InvestPacific InvestPacific is a NZ$50 million Aotearoa New Zealand-based blended finance fund for the Pacific. It will offer debt and equity to mid-size investments that generate inclusive employment, sustainable development and climate resilience. While InvestPacific is open to investments across the region, it will focus initially on agriculture, fisheries, tourism, digital economy, construction and manufacturing opportunities in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.
2016-22 Fire and Emergency New Zealand (USAR) MOU The head MOU with Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) outlines and agrees to work together on the following three areas:
1) The offshore deployment of assistance, including urban search and rescue (USAR), disaster assistance and response team (DART) to a disaster affected area in the Pacific, and elsewhere on a case by case basis;
2) The establishment of a remotely piloted aircraft system programme for needs assessments (completed);
3) Technical assistance for Pacific Emergency Services.
Scholar Enrichment Events Tertiary Education Institutes 2023-2024 This Activity provides an open fund for all NZ-based Tertiary Education Institutions where there are scholars of the Manaaki New Zealand Scholarships Programme to enrich those scholars’ learning and experience while studying in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Climate Finance for Community Resilience: Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand’s activity increases resilience to climate change in Papua New Guinea and Kiribati for vulnerable communities with a focus on women. This includes increasing the resilience and adaptability of vulnerable communities to climate change through improved Wash and smart agriculture.
Climate Finance for Community Resilience: ChildFund New Zealand Through this activity ChildFund supports climate change adaptation in highly vulnerable contexts in Solomon Islands, Kiribati and Sri Lanka. It builds climate resilient water infrastructure and nature-based water solutions for household and agricultural use. It promotes climate smart agriculture strengthening biodiversity, and prioritises gender equality and child and youth participation in disaster risk reduction, including Climate Action Committees and training for climate action planning.
Mobilising private finance for climate action The initiative draws on the current climate finance commitment to identify and supports <em>private</em> finance co-investment opportunities through a “portfolio approach”, with specific approvals at the relevant delegation level once options are fully tested.
The portfolio is intended to be:<ul>  <li>Up to $60m</li>  <li>4-6 activities</li>  <li>Innovative</li>  <li>Robust reporting, monitoring, learning</li>  <li>Sound risk framework investments into intermediary activities or joint funds</li>  <li>Likely starting in Southeast Asia</li>  <li>Open sector / leverage</li> </ul>
Strategic Evaluations 2021- 2024 Strategic Evaluations of country/thematic programmes are intended to provide deeper understanding of the effectiveness of the delivery of the aid programme to identify lessons/risks and to inform future planning for stronger development outcomes.
Tertiary Scholarships Selection 2024 Tertiary scholarships aim to progress development and workforce planning objectives of partner countries.
This activity is for services to select 431 scholars from approximately 82 countries and place them in Aotearoa New Zealand and Pacific tertiary institutions.
All services will be managed by operational partner, Education New Zealand.
Pacific 2024 Public Sector Leadership Short Course This Activity seeks to deliver a Public Sector Leadership course, to cohorts of up to 30 scholars from Pacific partner countries.
This course was piloted for the Pacific via online learning in 2021 and 2022 while the New Zealand borders were closed. It has since been adapted for in-person delivery.
Polynesian Health Corridors Programme - Phase II A second five-year phase of the Polynesian Health Corridors programme, managed by the Public Health Agency, New Zealand Ministry of Health. It will assist six Polynesian countries (Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga and Tuvalu) to address Health Security, Noncommunicable Diseases (Mental Health, Cancer Control), and Access to Essential Medicines, by building and deepening connections between New Zealand health system partners and Polynesian countries' health systems.
Climate Change Programme - Reduce risk of water scarcity through improved sustainable water resource Pacific Communities are vulnerable to the risks of water scarcity due to the impacts of climate change.  This activity will provide at-risk communities improvements to their water infrastructure, infrastructure maintenance, training and tools to enable the communities to adapt to the impacts of climate change through effectively managing water resources, managing water demand and supply, and mitigating risks.
Building Better Brains (A13076) Building Better Brains is aimed to ensure all young children in the Pacific have their rights to survival, protection, development and participation fully realised. A regional approach will deliver on a collective agenda for Early Childhood Development (ECD) in the Pacific. At national level, it will improve an enabling environment for ECD in 8 Pacific countries - Kiribati, Solomon Islands, RMI, Vanuatu, Fiji, FSM, Tuvalu and Tokelau. It will also develop a parenting program at community level.
Pacific 2023 Good Governance Short Course This Activity aims to deliver  Good Governance short term training scholarships to 30 scholars from Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Kiribati,  Nauru, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and PNG.
The course will be delivered November 2023 in Auckland, by the University of Auckland's Public Policy Institute.
Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access Programme (PHAMA) MFAT's contribution to the AusAID funded Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access (PHAMA) Programme focuses on the regulatory and technical aspects of market access to Australia and New Zealand, with the aim of increasing exports of high value primary products from the selected Pacific countries (Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands).
Research in Tourism Destination Differentiation of Pacific Island Countries This research is to test consumer understanding of the difference between Pacific Island countries as visitor destinations, specifically Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Samoa and Niue.  Findings would specify opportunities to amplify differentiation based on each country's unique selling point which gives greater opportunity for premium pricing, and growth in tourism markets from Australia and New Zealand.
Climate Finance for Community Resilience: Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand Fred Hollows Foundation NZ will contribute to strengthening climate change adaptation, enhancing community-level resilience to the impacts of climate change and will support inclusive locally-led climate action, funded under the Climate Finance for Community Resilience Programme. The activity will upgrade health care facilities in Papua New Guinea and assess three existing national health facilities for climate resilience and share lessons in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Trade: Pacific Fisheries Labour Mobility Initiative The Pacific Labour Mobility Initiative aims to improve opportunities for Pacific workers to benefit where there are confirmed gaps in the New Zealand labour market that cannot first be met by New Zealanders. This activity is to design a maritime/fisheries labour mobility initiative for Pacific seafarers with an initial pilot for workers from Kiribati andTuvalu.
Support for the Global Equality Fund The goal of this activity will be to strengthen the global architecture necessary for meaningful change on the rights of SOGIESC people and contribute to a global SOGIESC organization that is able raise the profile of issues to the leaders’ level, and support national, and grass roots level organisations.
Pacific Public Sector Strengthening The Public Service Fale is a five-year Pacific public service strengthening programme, managed by a Wellington-based specialist team embedded in the New Zealand Public Service Commission. The programme works with Pacific Island countries to actively support public sector reform initiatives, develop Pacific-specific solutions and support Pacific Public Service Commissions to share knowledge and experience across the region.
ASEAN 2024 Public Sector Leadership (Mid Level Officials) Short Course A course for 30 officials from across ASEAN and Timor-Leste run over 4 weeks, designed to improve public sector efficiency and effectiveness.  The course will cover strategic leadership, people leadership, delivery management and ethics and transparency, as well as communication skills, project management and information management.
ASEAN Climate Smart Agriculture Initiative with Global Research Alliance (GRA) This Activity will enable countries in ASEAN to increase their engagement with the Global Research Alliance in order to develop and implement effective technologies/practices to mitigate global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, and to build regional capability in agricultural emissions measurement.
Fisheries: Te Vaka Moana Value Chain Study A study to identify sustainable business opportunities involving the catching, processing and marketing sub-sectors of longline and other fisheries for Te Vaka Moana participants to enhance the returns to their domestic economies. (Activity completed).
Phase 2 Pacific Market Access Programme To ensure that the livelihoods of Pacific farmers and exporters involved in exporting fresh produce is sustained. It will partner with MPI and Pacific National Plant Protection Organisations to implement robust export assurance systems that meet importing countries’ biosecurity requirements. These systems will help to maintain existing exports and prevent pathway suspensions from occurring.
NB: Activity set up to separate it from the <strong>Enhanced Pacific Biosecurity Programme</strong> (Act-0101343).
Building Development Skills and Capacity: New Zealand Aid Programme Awards The activity involves providing grants to NZ-based Masters (up to $4000) and Doctorate (up to $6000) students for research in developing countries that investigates topics of relevance or interest to the New Zealand Aid Programme.
Reducing Preventable Blindness in the Pacific 2015-2020 The Activity will partner with Fred Hollows Foundation to prevent and reduce avoidable blindness and visual impairment by strengthening Pacific eye care systems. Funding will provide essential equipment, mentoring and workforce support, training in clinical service provision and public health, developing transition plans with local universities and Ministries of Health, and outreach services.
ASEAN 2023 Good Governance Short Course The course will be offered to 30 participants online, part-time over 4 weeks.  Content will cover e-governance, combatting corruption, the rule of law, inclusive and indigenous participation, gender inclusive policy-making, and climate and sustainable development.
Inclusive Education Programme Delivery This Activity will fund the Programme Delivery Team to establish and run the Inclusive Education Programme. This Programme will improve education outcomes for children and young people with disabilities in the Pacific through increasing access to high-quality, inclusive education through bilateral, regional and multi-country initiatives.