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Emergency initiative for vulnerable and displaced populations affected by the Ukrainian crisis in Poltavska Oblast Iniziativa di emergenza per le popolazioni vulnerabili e sfollate colpite dalla crisi ucraina a Poltavska Oblast The intervention aims to provide winterisation and primary health assistance to 22,419 people, including vulnerable people from host communities and displaced women, men and children in Poltavska Oblast. L’intervento mira a fornire un’assistenza di winterisation e di salute primaria a 22.419 persone, tra donne, uomini e bambini vulnerabili delle comunità ospitanti e sfollati nell’Oblast di Poltavska. | Significant |
Activity under preparation Regional dimension and management of the Team Europe Initiative (TEI) on Manufacturing and Access to Vaccines, Medicines and Health Technologies (MAV+) in Africa. Part III. The intervention logic of this third regional Action (MAV+ III) focuses on two specific objectives:1.Enhanced financial inclusion of African operators along the pharmaceutical value chain, innovators and manufacturers of essential vaccines, medicines or health technologies that supply African markets and local health systems.2.Improved ecosystem for private sector¿s full engagement in the development and manufacturing of essential vaccines, medicines and health technologies in Africa. | Significant |
Projeto de fortalecimento das OSC para a boa governa¿¿o e desenvolvimento na Guin¿-Bissau Contract related to: Projeto de fortalecimento das OSC para a boa governa¿¿o e desenvolvimento na Guin¿-Bissau - The proposed Action intents to contribute to Specific-Objective 1.3: Support CSOs as actors of good governance and development in partner countries and to the achievement of the related result 1.3: Civil Society Organisations¿ (CSOs) ability to engage as actors of good governance and development at country level is improved.The Action rolls out the EU support to country-level CSO initiatives aimed at implementing priorities reflected in the NDICI-GLOBAL Europe, Annex III CSO Thematic Programme and the subsequent draft Multiannual Indicative Plan for the same. In line with the policy of geographisation, a majority of funds under the CSO MAAP 2021-2024, will be allocated under the Action to support civil society in partner countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and in Neighbourhood countries and Russia. Activities funded under the Action will support a broad range of civil society actors including and prioritising, but not limited to, women and youth organisations, In the framework of the Country Roadmaps for EU and Member States engagement with civil society (CSO Roadmaps), all initiatives under the Action will aim at and contribute to strengthening civil society partner¿s institutional and operational capacity through a comprehensive approach; enabling and ensuring their participation; and on improving the environment in which they operate. Particular attention will be paid to CSOs capacities to benefit from the digital transformation which will pay attention to accessible digital technology and reduce the gap on access to ICT. | Significant |
Activity under preparation Monitoring and advocacy for the continuous improvement of the social assistance programmes Contract related to: Monitoring and advocacy for the continuous improvement of the social assistance programmes - The Overall Objective (Impact) of this action is to improve the socio-economic living conditions of poor and vulnerable social groups in Lebanon.The Specific Objectives (Outcomes) of this action are: 1. The socio-economic insecurity of Syrian refugees and host communities facing poverty and life-cycle vulnerabilities is reduced2. The development of an inclusive national social assistance system with gender sensitive focus linking social assistance with complementary services and programmes is supported under the framework of the National Social Protection Strategy. | Significant |
Somalia Crisis 2021 - Church of Sweden´s Humanitarian Programme utfasning Under 2017 fortsatte de globala humanitära behoven att öka, där långvariga och utdragna konflikter fortsatte att dominera det humanitära landskapet tillsammans med storskaliga flyktingkriser, naturkatastrofer och allvarliga hälsokriser. Antalet människor i behov av humanitärt stöd och skydd beräknades till 128,6 miljoner i slutet av 2017 - detta var en ökning med 16,4 miljoner människor jämfört med början av året. För att svara upp mot de globala humanitära behoven genomför Sida varje år en analys av de största humanitära/regionala kriserna i världen vilket mynnar ut i en humanitär allokering för det kommande året. Analysen ger en översikt av den humanitära situationen och identifierade sektorprioriteringar, samt vilka partnerorganisationer som har kapacitet att svara upp mot identifierade behov i respektive kris. Svenska kyrkans (Svk) humanitära program bedöms av Sida som relevant i förhållande till målen i Strategin för Sveriges humanitära bistånd genom Sida 2017-2020, och i detta beslut föreslås därför att stöd ges till programmet för perioden 1 januari 2018 - 31 mars 2021.
2018 ansöker SvK om 116 900 000 kr från Sida varav 79 600 000 kr avser år 2018. Svk ansökte om finansiering för 1) landinsatser i Djibouti, Etiopien, Irak, Kenya, Sudan, Sydsudan, Syrien och Uganda, 2) insatser i form av s.k. RRM (Rapid Response Mechanism) som möjliggör snabbt stöd till nya kriser som kan komma att inträffa under året samt 3) metod- och kapacitetsstärkande stöd för Svks partners. Totalt arbetar SvK med 4 olika partnerorganisationer i ovannämnda 8 länder. Dessa är: LVF (Lutherska världsförbundet), NCA (Norwegian Church Aid), DCA (DanChurchAid) samt EECMY-DASCC (Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Development and Social Services Commission). Dessa partnerorganisationer genomför i sin tur i vissa fall samarbete med lokala organisationer.
För 3 landinsatser ansöker Svk om flerårigt stöd; LVFs 2 projekt i Etiopien respektive Uganda samt ett NCA-projekt i Sudan. Sida hade 2018 tre kategorier av insatser som kunde söka flerårig humanitär finansiering; stöd i långvariga kriser i enlighet med fleråriga HRPs; stöd till utfasning av det humanitära stödet; och insatser i områden med begränsade tillträdesmöjligheter. Båda LVF projekten stöttar utfasning av humanitärt stöd, och NCA-projektet bidrar till den fleråriga HRPn. LVF i Etiopien omfattar 4 miljoner SEK per år, under 3 år, och LVF i Uganda 10 miljoner SEK per år i 3 år. För NCA i Sudan gavs en budget om 3,2 miljoner SEK 2018 och 2,3 miljoner SEK för 2019. Utbetalning för år 2 och 3 är villkorat på godkänd årsrapportering samt årsplaner och budgets.
Inom landsinsatserna ges humanitärt stöd inom ett antal områden, ex. skydd av barn, psykosocialt stöd, utbildning, insatser mot könsbaserat våld, vatten och sanitet, livsmedelssäkerhet genom självhushållning och inkomstgenererande aktiviteter, miljöinsatser mm.
Under 2018 så sökte SvK för ett RRM projekt som skulle ge akut, humanitär, assistans till befolkningen drabbad av tyfonen Mangkut i Filipinerna.
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För 2019 beräknades ca 131 miljoner människor vara i behov av humanitärt stöd i 42 länder, med en finansieringsgrad av ca 60% i slutet på 2019. Som svar på detta beslutades det att lägga till 59 300 000 SEK för Svenska kyrkans (Svk) humanitära program 2018 till 2021 som då uppgick till 176 200 000 SEK, med 79 600 000 SEK budgeterade för 2019. Dessa inkluderade 20 300 000 SEK för fleråriga anslag och metodutvecklingsstöd från beslutet 2018 (beslut 2018-000743). Därtill medel för 8 ettåriga projekt (två i Kenya och ett i Djibouti, Etiopien, Sydsudan, Irak, Mali och Syrien) och ett stöd om 20 000 000 SEK till Sidas snabbmekanism för humanitära insatser (RRM). Av de ettåriga projekt som fick medel 2019 så hade alla förutom det i Mali varit finansierade under 2018. De fleråriga insatserna från beslutet 2018 avser projekt i Sudan, Etiopien och Uganda samt ett metodstöd för psykosocialt stöd.
RRM medel söktes för att ge humanitärt stöd till drabbade av cyklonen Idai i Moçambique och Zimbabwe.
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Under 2020 var 168 miljoner människor i behov av humanitärt bistånd inklusive skydd med en finansieringsgrad som stannade vid 60%. Sida beslutade därför att lägga till 55 900 000 SEK till Svenska kyrkans (Svk) humanitära program 2018 till 2021 så att den totala budgeten uppgick till 240 100 MSEK med 72 900 000 SEK för 2020. Dessa inkluderade 17 000 000 SEK för fleråriga anslag från beslutet 2018. Därtill medel för 7 ettåriga projekt (två i Kenya och ett i Djibouti, Etiopien, Sydsudan, Irak och Colombia) och ett stöd om 20 000 000 SEK till Sidas snabbmekanism för humanitära insatser (RRM). Av de ettåriga projekt som fick medel 2020 var alla fortsättningar av program som finansierades 2019, förutom projekten i Colombia och Irak. I Irak gav Sida under 2019 stöd till Norwegian Church Aid men 2020 gavs medel istället till Danish Church Aid. Stödet riktades då om till skydd av barn och psykosocialt stöd, istället för vatten. I Colombia fick LVF medel för att förse konfliktdrabbade samhällen i Chocó med ökat skydd och assistans. De fleråriga från beslutet 2018 avser projekt i Etiopien och Uganda samt ett metodstöd för psykosocialt stöd.
Senare 2020 lades 4 000 000 SEK extra till för årets verksamhet vilka allokerades till SvKs verksamhet i Venezuela.
RRM medel utnyttjades för att ge humanitärt stöd till drabbade av Cyclone Kenneth i Moçambique, för krisen i Venezuela och för översvämningar i Sydsudan.
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År 2021 förlängdes insatsen Church of Sweden´s Humanitarian Programme 2018-2020 med två (2) år samt en utökad aktivitetsperiod till 31 december 2022. För 2021 fick SvK 38 000 000 SEK i stöd, och för 2022 fick de 19 000 000 SEK. Den totala budgeten uppgick då till 293 100 000 SEK. Svenska Kyrkan fick inga medel för RRM under 2021 eller 2022.
Denna förlängning var ett resultat av att Sidas humanitära enhets beslut 2020 att fasa ut SvK som strategisk partner för den humanitära verksamheten, se beslut 2021-000057. I syfte att säkerställa en ansvarsfull utfasning avsåg Sida därför att ge stöd till SvK under en tvåårsperiod. Detta gav Svk möjlighet att planera och genomföra nödvändiga förändringar i sin verksamhet inför att det strategiska partnerskapet med Sidas humanitära enhet helt upphör 2023.
Under 2021 fick Svenska Kyrkan medel för att fortsätta implementera 6 ettåriga insatser i Irak, Colombia, Kenya (två insatser), Etiopien och Sydsudan, samt för en utvärdering av det treåriga metodstödprogrammet för samhällsbaserat psykosocialt stöd (Community Based Psycho-social Support - CBPSS) som avslutades 2020. Under 2022 fick Svenska Kyrkan medel för att fortsätta implementera 4 av dessa 6 ettåriga insatser. Dessa var Irak, Colombia, Kenya, och Sydsudan.
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I sin humanitära respons är Svk inte själv en genomförandeorganisation utan arbetar uteslutande genom partnerorganisationer. I likhet med Svk är alla dessa partners medlemmar i ACT-alliansen - den senare koordinerar arbetet hos totalt 143 kyrkor och trosbaserade organisationer globalt. Svks finansierade humanitära programme 2018 till 2022 inkluderar två underprogram— East Africa Refugee Response och deras egna metod- och kapacitetsutvecklande arbete inom Community-Based Psychosocial Support (CBPS). Det första syftade till att stärka lokal skyddskapacitet samt ge tillgång till grundläggande service för flyktingar i fem länder med utdragna flyktingkriser (Djibouti, Etiopien, Sudan, Sydsudan och Uganda). Det andra för att inom ACT-alliansen och i förhållande till implementerande partners, tillhandahålla expertis och tematiskt stöd inom CBPS, och genom Svks CBPS-roster, där 25 experter finns till förfogande, ge stöd i olika humanitära insatser. Totalt avsattes 4 miljoner SEK till CBPS-programmet under 2018, och 4 miljoner respektive 3 miljoner SEK för 2019 och 2020. År 2021 avsatts 1,6 miljoner SEK för en utvärdering av det treåriga metodstödprogrammet.
2018 bedömde Sida att insatserna i den ursprungliga insatsen skulle bidra till målen i Strategin för Sveriges humanitära bistånd genom Sida 2017-2020, och ingick därför ett treårigt avtal om strategiskt partnerskap. Avtalet ändrades sedan årligen för att inkorporera nästkommande års allokering.
2021 förlängdes detta avtal med en 2 årig utfasningsperiod, där allokeringen skedde utanför den humanitära enhetens generella allokeringsprocess samt att RRM stöd inte utgavs. Förutom dessa avsteg, hade utfasningsperioden liknande avtalsvillkor som tidigare verksamhetsperiod. Nedan följer viktiga utdrag av dessa:
Svk ges i avtalet flexibilitet att omallokera medel inom en projektbudget på upp till 10 %. Detta bedöms vara nödvändigt för att på ett relevant, snabbt och ändamålsenligt sätt kunna möta humanitära behov. För ändringar över 10 % eller omallokering mellan projektbudgetar, krävs Sidas godkännande.
Det bör också påpekas att ett avsteg gjorts från de Allmänna villkoren (artikel 5.3) i avtalet mellan Sida och Svk vad gäller äganderätten till utrustning, fordon och varor som belastat Svks budget: Mot bakgrund av att insatsen är humanitär behöver de senare inte överföras till lokal samarbetspart och/eller slutmottagare i slutet av programmets avtalsperiod.
Vidare bedömer Sida att merparten av de föreslagna medlen årligen ska utbetalas omgående efter det att årlig plan och budget godkänts för att möjliggöra planering och genomförande av den humanitära insatsen utan fördröjning. Ett avsteg från Sidas vanliga rutiner om uppdelade betalningar bedöms därför motiverat.
Bedömningspromemorian har skrivits på engelska med anledning av att engelskspråkig personal i fält är delaktig i beredning och uppföljning av insatsen, i enlighet med Generaldirektörens beslut om Sidas språkvalsmatris med tillämpningsanvisningar från den 1 mars 2013.
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Därtill tar SvK och dess samarbetspartners hänsyn till personer med funktionsvariationer när de utformar, genomför och utvärderar projekt inom bidraget, men främjandet av personer med funktionsnedsättning är sällan det huvudsakliga syftet med ett projekt. Vidare krävs det att alla projekt gör en konfliktanalys av kontexten och visar på hur de identifierade riskerna ska motverkas under projektgenomförandet. Vissa projekt har också direkta aktiviteter som syftar till lokal konfliktlösning (t.ex. Kakuma-lägret i Kenya), och i flyktingmiljöer finns ofta aktiviteter både för flyktingar och värdbefolkningen för att minska eventuella spänningar mellan dessa grupper. Att se till genus som en inflytande variabel i utformandet av olika projekt är även det viktigt för SvK, och lika deltagande av kvinnor, flickor, män och pojkar uppmuntras i alla projekt. Organisationen använder IASC Gender Marker för att säkerställa inkludering av genus i interventioner. Generellt sett får projekt höga poäng när det gäller könsinkludering och en majoritet av projekten har tilldelats en könsmarkör på 2a, och i Ugandas fall 2b.
Organisationen har även en lång erfarenhet av att integrera miljö och klimat i sin verksamhet, ända sedan 980-talet, särskilt i relation till hållbart jordbruk. Sidas helpdesk 2018 gjorde ett stickprov i SvKs verksamhet och konstaterade dock att miljömässig hållbarhet inte prioriteras på strategisk nivå och att miljöfrågor inte integreras på ett systematiskt sätt i alla projekt och program. Vi har haft detta som en kontinuerlig dialogfråga med organisationen under hela avtalsperioden.
CBPS-metoden är dessutom kärnan i organisationens humanitära arbete, och detta tillvägagångssätt är väl förankrat i den drabbade befolkningars egen förmåga till återhämtning och motståndskraft, såväl som potentialen för samhällen och individer att spela en aktiv roll i återhämtning och återuppbyggnad. Därför kommer förmågan hos deltagarna i projekten att stå i centrum med det slutliga målet att flytta makt från högre beslutsnivåer till befolkningen som påverkas. SvKs partners inkluderar även projektdeltagare i dess styrning, för att hjälpa dessa att förbereda sig på framtida katastrofer och uppmuntra dem att höja sina röster i lokal styrning. This contribution consists of support to Church of Sweden´s Humanitarian Programme for 2018-2020. The support consists of three parts: Major HUM-countries, Rapid response and support to methods- and capacity building work. In 2020 the strategic partnership with the Church of Sweden ended and to ensure a good close-out Sida agreed to provide support to the organisation for a 2 year phase-out period until 2022.
The organisation and its partners, take persons with disability into account when designing, implementing and evaluating projects within the contribution yet the promotion of person with disabilities is seldom the principle aim of a project. Furthermore, all projects are required to make a conflict analysis of the context and how the identified risks are to be mitigated in project implementation. Some projects also have direct activities aimed at local conflict resolution (e.g. Kakuma camp in Kenya), and in refugee settings the projects normally include work with both refugees and host populations to reduce any potential conflict between communities. Gendered differences are also included in project design and the equal participation of women, girls, men and boys are encouraged in all projects. The organisation uses the IASC Gender Marker to ensure inclusion of gender into interventions. Generally, CoS´ projects score high in terms of gender inclusion and a majority of projects have been assigned a gender marker of 2a, and in the case of Uganda, 2b.
Considering Environmental integration, the organization has an extensive experience since the 1980s, of working with environmental issues, especially in relation to sustainable agriculture. However, a spot-check carried out with Sidas helpdesk 2018 noted that environmental sustainability is not prioritized on a strategic level and that environmental issues are not integrated in a systematic way in all international projects and programmes. This has been a continuous dialog issue with the organisation throughout the contract period.
The CBPS approach is furthermore at the core of the organisation’s humanitarian work, and this approach is well founded in the notion of affected populations´ own capacity for recovery and resilience, as well as the potential for communities and individuals to play an active role in recovery and reconstruction. Hence, the ability of the targeted communities and individuals will be at the center of all projects with the ultimate goal of moving power from top to bottom. The projects will also aim to be truly local where the participants are empowered to steer the projects, prepare for future disasters and raise their voices in local governance. CoS´ Humanitarian Programme strives towards fulfilling the humanitarian imperative and to achieve the strategic goal to "Save lives, prevent and alleviate suffering and uphold human dignity and rights in emergency situations". | Significant |
Protecting and promoting of civil, social, economic and human rights for people with disabilities in Solomon Islands Protecting and promoting of civil, social, economic and human rights for people with disabilities in Solomon Islands - Protecting and promoting of civil, social, economic and human rights for people with disabilities in Solomon Islands | Principal |
Madagascar 2021 - Save the Children Sweden HUM RRM 2021, 2023-2025 During 2020, Sida's Unit for Humanitarian Assistance conducted an overview of ongoing strategic partnerships in order to ensure that partnerships were established with the most relevant and effective humanitarian actors to carry out Sida's Humanitarian Strategy. As a result of the overview, Sida has decided to appraise a new contribution and enter into a new strategic partnership agreement with Save the Children Sweden (SCS) for the period 2021-2025 (see archive number 2021-000057).
The total initial contribution to SCS in 2024 amounts to SEK 97 317 333.
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
1. Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
2. Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
3. Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
One of the main comparative advantages of Save the Children is its competence in addressing protection-related concerns. For this reason, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected Breakthrough particularly central for its interventions during the agreement period.
Finally, in addition to these three Breakthroughs, the proposed contribution also aligns with Sweden's newly adopted "Strategy for Sweden’s humanitarian assistance provided through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) 2021–2025". Detta beslut och tillhörande beredning avser en ny insats (Beslut om insats, Insatshanteringsregeln 2.9 §) mellan Sida och Rädda Barnens Riksförbund (Rädda Barnen) för avtalsperioden 2021-2025. Beslut och tillhörande beredningar avser dessutom stöd till Rädda Barnens humanitära verksamhet under 2021-2024 (stöd för avtalsåren 2025 är avhängligt Sidas godkännande av Rädda Barnens fullständiga ansökan för respektive år enligt att-satserna ovan).
Aktuellt beslut omfattar finansiellt stöd till Rädda Barnen om 97 317 333 SEK under 2024.
Målet med insatsen (2021-2025) är att bidra till tre "Förändringar" (Breakthroughs) som identifierats inom Save the Children-rörelsen som del av dess vision för 2030. Dessa är att barn ska:
1. Överleva - inga barn dör av orsaker som kan förebyggas innan de fyllt fem år.
2. Lära - alla barn får del av kvalitativ grundläggande utbildning.
3. Vara skyddade - våld mot barn tolereras inte längre.
I ljuset av Sveriges "Strategi för Sveriges humanitära bistånd genom Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete (Sida) 2021-2025" kommer särskilt den tredje Förändringen - vara skyddade - att vara central, eftersom ett av strategins huvudmål är "Förbättrad förmåga att tillgodose skydd och assistans för krisdrabbade människor". Rädda Barnen kommer dessutom i hög utsträckning att integrera skyddskomponenter i sin multisektoriella assistans inom ramen för insatsens tema "Centrality of Protection". Detta tema syftar till att på ett holistiskt sätt minska skyddsrelaterade risker och svara upp mot skyddsrelaterade behov hos barn i kombination med andra projektkomponenter, snarare än att betrakta skydd som isolerat från andra delmål. Vision, Humanitarian Policy and Humanitarian Plan
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
For the upcoming agreement period 2021-2025, SCS has identified several aims under each breakthrough that it seeks to promote with Sida's humanitarian funding.
All Country Offices within Save the Children are to be held accountable for their contribution to the Breakthroughs through a combination of programming, promotion, advocacy, funding and public mobilization. This is assessed to require integrated expertise in health, nutrition, education, child protection, child poverty and child rights governance. The work will be undertaken by SCS as part of both its development and humanitarian programming.
The humanitarian sphere of work related to the Breakthroughs is anchored in the Save the Children movement's Humanitarian Policy - Our Approach to Humanitarian Action, adopted in 2019. It stipulates that Save the Children aims to deliver humanitarian assistance that is timely, appropriate, effective and accountable to the most vulnerable children, their families and communities. Furthermore, during 2021, the work is guided in particular by its Humanitarian Plan 2021 - Children Cannot Wait. The plan is structured around four pillars, of which the first three align with the three strategic Breakthroughs: Child Survival, Access to Education, and Child Protection. The fourth pillar is Avoid Negative Coping Mechanisms, which sets out the aim for Save the Children to promote increased income opportunities, CVA for basic needs, in-kind food when CVA is not appropriate, as well as government social protection schemes. The overarching ambition of the Plan is for Save the Children to respond to the humanitarian needs of 15.7 million people, including 9.4 million children, in 2021.
Finally, to achieve the Breakthroughs, Save the Children emphasizes the importance of standards in its programming. For this reason, its Humanitarian Policy commits the organization to ensure that its programming consistently aligns with and integrates the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), the Sphere standards, the Inter- Agency Network for Education In Emergencies (INEE) minimum standards, and the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS).
Centrality of Protection
In 2019, a Centrality of Protection policy and strategy was endorsed in line with the Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) Principles Statement on the Centrality of Protection in Humanitarian Action (2013). Through the statement, protection became recognized as the purpose and intended outcome of humanitarian action. For Save the Children, the commitment to Centrality of Protection is built around six policy statements:
1. Ensure capacity of humanitarian staff to understand, recognise and respond to violations of International Humanitarian Law/International Human Rights Law/International Refugee Law/International Criminal Law and uphold humanitarian principles in humanitarian crises.
2. Adopt a conflict-sensitive approach to the centrality of protection.
3. Systematize the approach to child protection analysis and integration in humanitarian crises.
4. Commit to the identification, response, monitoring and reporting of grave and other serious child rights violations.
5. Define the organizational position and develop an appropriate response when identifying the erosion of the international legal framework for upholding child rights in humanitarian contexts.
6. Strengthen interagency collaboration, including as a Cluster Lead agency, and use that to promote child rights within the humanitarian protection architecture.
For SCS's Sida-funded Humanitarian Program 2021-2025, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected breakthrough particularly central for its interventions. It would entail a broader conceptualization of protection than during the agreement period 2017-2020, which had the thematic frame Children and Armed Conflict, with a specific focus on Protecting Children in Conflict. The key difference would be moving beyond preventing protection risks faced by children through child protection-focused interventions, towards integrating the mitigation of protection risks into all SCS's sectors of work whenever relevant. The ambition is to promote a more comprehensive and holistic approach to addressing child protection concerns in contrast to doing so in isolation.
Initial Allocation 2021
In alignment with Save the Children's ambitions related to its Vision for 2030 and the three strategic Breakthroughs, its Humanitarian Policy, its Humanitarian Plan, as well as Sida's Humanitarian Strategy, SCS has submitted a Full Project Proposal to Sida for 2021. Sida has reviewed these proposals and drawn the conclusion that they align well with the abovementioned priorities as well as the proposed Centrality of Protection thematic frame. Below, a short description is provided for the proposed projects to be supported by Sida as part of the initial allocation 2021. The activity period for each project is 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022, which corresponds to the 2021 work year.
I. Annual Projects (in line with the most recent Humanitarian Response Plans)
Iraq - SEK 15,000,000
Three years after the end of Iraq’s conflict against ISIS, the impacts of fighting remain high. In 2020, more than 4.1 million people were in need of some form of humanitarian assistance, and it is estimated that over 2.3. million individuals will be in need of protection services in 2021. Moreover, 1.3 million people are estimated to be internally displaced, many of whom facing additional vulnerabilities as a result of the Government of Iraq's announcement in October 2020 that all camps and informal locations for Internally Displaced People (IDP) are to be closed.
Save the Children has significant experience of addressing humanitarian needs in Iraq. In their activities, they include capacity strengthening for the Department of Labour and Social Affairs and other local actors working with child protection-related issues. Furthermore, Save the Children has a strong localization focus, with 40 % of the funds designated for the proposed intervention planned for to be forwarded to the three local implementing partners: Harikar; Al Sorouh for Sustainable Development Foundation; and Sahara Economic Development Organization.
Save the Children has previously reported good results from their interventions in Iraq and has contributed to the reduction of protection risks that vulnerable girls and boys and their caregivers face. Moreover, Save the Children is co-lead in the Child Protection sub-cluster and has a role to play in the future transition to development interventions in this area of work.
The project would be implemented in Ninewa (Mosul), Diyala (Mugidadia) and Dohuk (Sakho) with IDPs, recent returnees and vulnerable host communities as the targeted groups. The overall objective is to support the most vulnerable conflict-affected and displaced to survive and be protected through integrated protection, mental health and psychosocial support services, livelihoods and health actions. In alignment with the three Strategic Objectives of the draft HRP for 2021, this would be done by, inter alia, providing case management and positive parenting support services (benefitting 3,420 children and youth), multipurpose cash grants (1,320 children and 660 adults), life skills trainings (300 youth), promoting health awareness (3,000 children and 10,000 community members) and capacitating local actors to lead protection-oriented responses (520 persons).
Mali - SEK 7,000,000
Of the estimated 13.5 million crisis-affected Malians, around 7.1 million are projected to be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2021 - an increase of 39 percent compared to 2020. Of these people, 3.5 million are estimated to be children. The worst affected region is Mopti, where approximately 42 % of the country's 311,193 IDPs reside (55 % of whom are women), food insecurity is pervasive and severe protection risks exist. The dire situation is mainly a result of different types of ongoing armed violence, but is compounded by poverty, weak state presence and climate change.
In alignment with the first three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 HRP, the proposed intervention targets 8,940 people living in Koro and Bankass circles in Mopti region (4,700 children and 3,790 adults). It is an integrated protection intervention with a strong focus on promoting sustained outcomes. The objective is to restore the psychosocial well-being and addressing the basic needs of populations affected by the armed violence as well as to strengthen the protective environment in the region. This would be done through the provision of protection and education services, cash assistance during the lean season, and the implementation of the protection cluster's Centrality of Protection action plan.
Of the budget, 60 % is designated for direct implementation by Save the Children, and the remainder for a planned partnership with a local organization. The partner organization is yet to be identified, and Sida is currently in dialogue with SCS related to this risk and potential contingency planning.
Capacity building and material support is also planned for to local state actors and community groups for them to sustain the protection support structure in Mopti following the finalization of the project. This includes developing an exit plan to be implemented during the last three months of the project (January to March 2022).
Mozambique - SEK 6,000,000
Ever since cyclone Kenneth struck the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique in April 2019 causing widespread destruction, humanitarian needs have continued to increase. The main reason for this has been the parallel escalation of an armed conflict in the province that dawned in 2017. Between March and November 2020 alone, the number of IDPs quadrupled from around 110,400 to nearly 530,000. In total, over 1.3 million people are projected to be in need of humanitarian support in the province during 2021.
Sida has provided support to Save the Children for responding to humanitarian needs in Cabo Delgado since cyclone Kenneth in 2019 and is diversifying its partner portfolio from 2021. The proposed support for Save the Children aligns specifically with the third strategic objective of the 2021 HRP - addressing protection risks and needs of crisis-affected people. As such, it is foremostly a focused rather than an integrated intervention, and targets 33,346 people (13,338 children) in the districts of Chuire, Metuge, Montepuez and Pemba.
The intervention is planned for to be implemented in partnership with CARE International throught he COSACA consortium, which has been operating in Mozambique since 2007. It is focused around two Outcomes: child protection (led by Save the Children) and gender-based violence (led by CARE International. The overarching aim is to ensure crisis-affected people are protected and better able to withstand protection risks of current and future crises. Activities include case management support for unaccompanied and separated children as well as children exposed to Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and the provision of Psychosocial Support Services at Child Friendly Spaces.
South Sudan - SEK 10,000,000
In South Sudan, approximately 80 % of the population of 11.8 million live on less than USD 1 per day, with an estimated 8.3 million to be in need of humanitarian assistance and 7.7 million to experience food insecurity (IPC 3 or worse). One of the worst affected states is Jonglei where the armed conflict intensified in 2020, and where needs were compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as floods. The latter in particular, and volatile weather and climate change in general, pose significant threats to many South Sudanese as the majority of the population rely on subsistence farming.
The objective of the proposed intervention is to improve food and income security of crisis affected people - including IDPs - in Bor South and Nyirol Counties of Jonglei State. The total number of people targeted is 52,183. The intervention would be integrated with an ongoing education project with the aim of building a safe and protective environment for children, which is currently receiving development support from Sida. This would foremostly be done by preventing dropout rates through cash assistance and livelihoods trainings, and by meeting nutritional needs of children under the age of five in order to prevent them from suffering physical or cognitive damages ahead of enrolling in school. The humanitarian project would be multisectoral - food security and livelihood, nutrition, child protection, mental health and psychosocial support, and with indirect links to education.
The project would contribute to the three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 South Sudan HRP: reducing morbidity and mortality; facilitating safe, equitable and dignified access to basic services; and enabling vulnerable people to recover from crisis, seek solutions to displacement and build resilience to acute shocks and chronic stresses. Save the Children would partner with the local organization Christian Recovery and Development Agency (CRADA) in Nyirol for part of the food security and livelihood component, and cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, County Health Department, and Ministry of Gender.
Syria - SEK 10,000,000
About to enter its tenth year, the war in Syria has devastated the country, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to live in overcrowded camps with insufficient services and imminent protection risks. In two of these camps located in northeast Syria - Al Hol and Roj - over 64,400 people live. In Al Hol, 94 % of the residents are women and children, and 53 % are below the age of 12. Around 60 % of children are not receiving education, with Covid-19 having further exacerbated this situation. In Roj, 64 % of the residents are below 18 years old, many similarly missing out on education opportunities.
A barrier analysis conducted by Save the Children in mid-2020 indicated lacking access to services as a major concern, in particular for vulnerable groups such as girls and children with disabilities. The proposed intervention would address this issue through the provision of integrated protection, mental health, psychosocial, and education support reaching a targeted 1,700 children, 140 caregivers and 22 education facilitators. Activities include providing case management and psychosocial support services, making referrals, supporting child protection committees and promoting protective education opportunities.
The intervention would contribute specifically to Strategic Objective 2 - enhance protection and Strategic Objective 3 - increase resilience and access to services, of the 2020 HRP for Syria, published in late 2020. Being one of few NGOs with access to operate in the camps, Save the Children would be conducting all implementation, while seeking to advocate with camp authorities on child-related issues and strengthen community structures such as child protection committees and parent teachers associations to promote resilience.
Yemen - SEK 15,000,000
OCHA estimates that 24.1 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance (as of December 2020), which corresponds to around 80 % of the entire population. One of the governorates most severely affected by the war is Hajjah, with frontlines in Abs, Mustaba and Aslem where people suffer from severe deprivations and increased protection risks. In February 2019, for example, 62 % of cases of recruitment and use of children and 37 % of child casualties verified across the country were from Hajjah. In addition to the hostilities, displacement and lack of access are the main drivers of humanitarian needs, in particular food insecurity. Moreover, 5.5 million children were estimated to be in need of education assistance in 2020, with 161 schools in Hajjah unfit for use and girls being two times more likely th be withdrawn from school than boys.
The proposed support is for an integrated food security and livelihoods, child protection and education intervention to 7,800 people (no double counting) in Abs district and Hajjah city. This will be done by, inter alia, providing multipurpose cash grants to adolescents and caregivers to cover basic needs, most of whom would also receive complementary vocational training with the aim to improve their livelihoods resilience. With regards to child protection, moreover, support services would complement education efforts by targeting children attending temporary learning spaces with psychosocial support and case management when needed.
Save the Children's operations have previously suffered severely from restricted access - in 2019, merely 13 % of targeted beneficiaries for a Sida-funded project were reached in four northern provinces (including Hajjah), prompting Save the Children to shift its operations to southern Yemen in 2020. The outlook is currently that Save the Children would be able to conduct the intervention as planned for 2021, but Sida will need to engage in close dialogue with SCS during the year to ensure operations are running smoothly and that Sida is promptly informed otherwise.
Finally, Ansar Allah, largely in control of north Yemen, has been subjected to a terrorist designation by the US as of 19 January 2021. Sida, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance is therefore in close contact with its partners on the potential impact of the designation on the humanitarian situation in the country, as well as the SCS’s specific activities and presence. Moreover, a risk analysis is being developed by each partner to identify challenges and mitigation measures.
II. Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) - SEK 25,000,000
Part of the annual humanitarian budget is set aside for sudden onsets of humanitarian crises and as well as deteriorations of major ongoing ones. For these situations, Sida has a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) that makes it possible to allow for the release of disbursed (but unallocated) funds for SPOs within 24 hours in order for them to swiftly respond when humanitarian needs suddenly emerge or severely deteriorate.
SCS has been assessed by Sida to have a strong capacity to respond to sudden onset crises in complex humanitarian contexts. For this reason, it is proposed that SCS receives SEK 25 million in RRM support for 2021.
III. Capacity Building and Method Development Support
Strengthening Humanitarian Access - SEK 3,409,000
As raised above, the latest Annual Report of the UN Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict outlined an increase of 453 percent in incidents of denial of humanitarian access in 2019, representing a total of more than 4,400 incidents. In recent years, the respect for norms governing armed conflict and humanitarian action has eroded, which undermines the ability of humanitarian organizations to reach people in need of assistance and places the onus on communities themselves to ensure access to assistance and services. Moreover, access restrictions are sometimes further compounded by counterterrorism and sanction measures preventing engagement with actors that might be in partial or direct control over areas where humanitarian needs exist.
The objective of this intervention is to address these issues by strengthening access for humanitarians and communities in hard-to-reach areas. It is divided along three objectives:
1. Promote systematization of how Save the Children staff and partners engage in dialogue with armed actors. This includes providing, inter alia, capacity-building support for field workers and frontline teams in structuring their humanitarian negotiations.
2. Facilitate communities to access services. 2021 would be the first year of a two-year effort to assemble knowledge and understanding and develop guidance to promote community-led child protection. The ambition is for this to then be piloted in selected constituencies during 2022 (no such funding for year two proposed for in this Appraisal Memo).
3. Measuring the impact of denial of humanitarian access to children, including the effects of counterterrorism legislation. This would be done as a research project in partnership with Watchlist and the Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) and be used for advocacy purposes.
This proposed project aligns with several objectives of Sida's Humanitarian Strategy's, in particular "Humanitarian assistance and protection activities reach people in hard-to-reach areas" and "Humanitarian actors have safe, unhindered and sustained humanitarian access to reach crisis-affected people".
Interagency Child Protection Programming - SEK 2,184,000
In a constantly evolving humanitarian landscape there is a need to ensure humanitarian actors respond to crises with quality and reach. To this effect, humanitarian standards are central instruments. Departing from this notion, the project aims to strengthen quality, accountability and efficiency in interagency child protection programming. It is based on two components: the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS) and Cash and Voucher (CVA) assistance.
First, together with the Sphere Protection Principles, the CPMS provide for a foundation of advancing Centrality of Protection in humanitarian programming, which was incorporated in the CPMS during 2019. However, funding for child protection is limited and prioritization of Centrality of Protection across sectors is oftentimes lacking. The proposed project seeks to address this by supporting innovation and local leadership through the CPMS Innovation Fund - granting financial support to national and local actors to lead implementation of the CPMS. Moreover, advocacy is planned for at the global level on how multi-sectoral actors' commitment to the Centrality of Protection can be realized and trickle down to programming at the country level.
The second component seeks to strengthen the use and evidence base for CVA in interagency child protection programming, which in part is a continuation of activities funded by Sida in 2020. It includes (i) the finalization and dissemination of an integrated CVA and Child Protection Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment and Learning (MEAL) toolkit, (ii) undertaking a desk review on CVA for child-headed households and unaccompanied children, and (iii) finalizing guidance on conditions and capacities required to work with child protection using CVA.
This proposed project also aligns with several objectives of Sida's humanitarian Strategy's, including "Reduced risk of violence, threats and abuse for crisis-affected people", and "Increased effectiveness and efficiency of the humanitarian system in line with Grand Bargain commitments".
IV. Global Surge Deployments - SEK 800,000
In 2017, a review was undertaken of the surge structure across the Save the Children movement, which resulted in a decision to transition it from a decentralized model where surge teams were hosted by different Members, to a centralized model hosted by SCI under what is called a Global Humanitarian Surge Platform (GHSP). The purpose was to increase the quality, speed and effectiveness of the global surge capacity, reducing the complexity of deployment procedures and increasing the visibility of supply and demand of staff. The GHSP was formally established in 2019, and managed 342 deployments in 2020.
The objective of Sida's proposed support to the GHSP is to ensure that Save the Children's humanitarian responses have access to rapidly deployable skilled and experienced staff needed to deliver high quality and timely humanitarian responses. During 2021, an estimated ten deployments of four weeks respectively are expected to be funded through Sida's support.
V. Operational and Technical Support - SEK 5 000 000
This support is provided to SCS's HQ in Stockholm in order to engender high-quality management of - and compliance with - the draft Agreement during 2021. The support is divided between "Operational Support", "Thematic and Quality Support", "Grants Management & Monitoring", and "Financial Management and Donor Relations".
Sida's assessment of this support is provided in more detail in section 5.1. below. | Significant |
Activity under preparation Strengthening Decentralized Disaster Risk Management in Somali National Regional State of Ethiopia Contract related to: Strengthening Decentralized Disaster Risk Management in Somali National Regional State of Ethiopia - Ethiopia is currently facing a complex crisis due to prolonged drought and internal conflict, impacting the well-being of millions of households. Within the framework of the third set of Individual Measures, this action focuses on strengthening the capacity of vulnerable communities and local authorities to manage and adapt to natural and man-made disasters with the following two specific objectives: · Improve water resources management at basin level by strengthening institutional capacity on data collection, and preparation and execution of water basins master plans.· Increase resilience capacity of vulnerable population to cope with climate induced disasters, including food security crises, by enhancing capacity of local Disaster Risk Management (DRM) institutions in the early warning system, planning, and implementation of timely responses. The action will support the Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) projects of Italy and Netherlands; focussing originally on building the capacity of water river basin institutions, our action will promote an integrated water resources management, so to reduce the effects of climate change (drought and floods), and ensure sustainable and equal access to water, mitigate conflicts between communities, and support biodiversity. The water management component will be coordinated also with activities supported by Denmark, in a Team Europe spirit. Decentralised disaster risk management (DRM) support will cover drought and conflict affected regions of the country, with a focus on enabling an early response system, and managing disasters related displacements. This support will cover regions at high risk of disaster, and regions where a DRM strategy is not yet implemented (Tigray, Afar, Benishangul and Gambella). The Regional DRM institutions will commit 50% of the (matching) funds to the early response and preparedness actions. EU support will be coordinated with Spanish support to the development of Woreda Disaster Risk profiles, and Mitigation and Adaptation plans. The action will contribute to the Great Green Wall initiative, and is aligned with European Green Deal, the European Consensus for Development, the Gender Action Plan III, the EU vision of the future Africa-EU partnership as per its Communication ¿Towards a Comprehensive Strategy with Africa¿. It will directly respond to the 26th April 2022 ¿EU Food security in Horn of Africa Initiative¿ that aims to provide a substantial response to the devastating climate-induced drought affecting the Horn of Africa, and also to the IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI) strategy, recognising the need to empower vulnerable groups and individuals, including refugees and IDPs, in building resilience in general, and to drought in particular. The action is also aligned with the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction and the 2030 Agenda and will mainly contribute to SDG 1 (no poverty), SDG 2 (zero hunger), to SDG 5 (Gender equality), and SDG 13 (Climate action). | Significant |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2021 - IRC HUM 2021-2025 International Rescue Committee, IRC, is a non-profit international organisation, working with humanitarian and development work in more than 40 countries world-wide. As per IRC’s mission statement, their goal is “to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, including by the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control of their future” in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Their focus is on activities with the sectors of health, safety/protection, education, livelihoods and ensuring people have the power to influence decisions that affect their lives. Their main target group is people who flee from war, conflict and disaster, and the host communities that support them.
Currently, IRC is mainly a self-implementing organisation who conduct the bulk of their work through their 17 000 global staff members. However, IRC is striving to increase their cooperation with local partners (authorities, organisation, community groups) to reach a goal of sub-granting 25 % of their means through third party, and will continue to work towards achieving this target during 2024 and 2025.
In 2024, the IRC will receive humanitarian programme-based support in 17 countries, as well as funding for the IRC's Rapid Response Mechanism, whose function is to rapidly channel funds to emerging or worsening crises. In addition to the ongoing methodology and capacity projects, the IRC is starting two new 2-year projects this year, focusing on protection for one, and localisation for the other. International Rescue Committee (IRC) är en enskild internationell organisation, aktiv i humanitär respons och resiliens i mer än 40 länder globalt. Deras huvudsakliga syfte är att bistå människor vars liv och försörjningsmöjligheter slagits i spillror till följd av konflikter, naturkatastrofer och klimatförändringar genom att erbjuda överlevnadsstöd och aktiviteter för återhämtning. Fokus ligger på aktiviteter inom hälsa, skydd, utbildning, försörjningsmöjligheter samt människors stärkta egenmakt och beslutsförmåga. Huvudsaklig målgrupp är människor som flyr från krig och katastrofer, samt de värdsamhällen som bistår dem.
I dagsläget är IRC huvudsakligen självimplementerande och utför sitt arbete med hjälp av sina 17 000 medarbetare världen över. IRC har däremot ett mål om att utöka sitt samarbete med lokala partners (myndigheter, organisationer, organiserade samhällsgrupper) för att på sikt kanalisera 25 % av finansiella medel genom tredje part, och kommer under 2024 och 2025 att försätta arbeta för att detta ska bli verklighet.
År 2024 får IRC humanitärt programbaserat stöd i 17 länder, samt medel till IRCs snabbfinansieringsmekanism ”Rapid Response Mechanism” vars funktion är att snabbt kunna kanalisera medel till hastigt uppkomna eller kraftigt förvärrade kriser. Utöver de pågående metod och kapacitet projekt börjar IRC två nya 2-åriga projekt i år, med fokus på skydd för den ena, och lokalisering för den andra. IRC respond to the worlds worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic well being and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Their mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods have been shattered by conflict and disaster, including the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control of their future.
IRC consider their interventions successful when their clients see improvement in their safety from physical, sexual and psychological harm; in their health status, including physical and mental well-being; in education, including literacy and numeracy, social-emotional, and life skills (including safe schools); in economic well-being, including ability to provide basic material needs and income asset growth; and in power to have influence over the decisions that affect their lives. IRC strive to reach these goals while continuously trying to tackle gender inequalities in and through all of their work.
As Sida supports IRC in a variety of countries, not one specific objective can be identified for the whole contribution, but for the sake of exemplifying, a number of country specific goals are outlined below:
Ukraine: People are safe in their homes and receive support when they experience harm, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of gender-based violence, adolescents and adults are physically and mentally healthy, people meet their basic needs and protect livelihoods during emergencies, people develop their livelihoods and recover from shocks.
Myanmar: People are safe in their communities and receive support when they experience harm, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of
gender-based violence, women and girls achieve their sexual and reproductive health and rights, adolescents and adults are physically and mentally healthy, people access water, sanitation and hygiene services and live in an enhanced environment, people meet their basic needs and protect livelihoods during emergencies, people lead their recovery and development.
Central African Republic: People are safe in their communities and receive support when they experience harm, children survive and are healthy, women and girls achieve their sexual and reproductive health and rights, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of gender-based violence, people develop their livelihoods and recover from shocks, people lead their own recovery and development.
Across the country programmes relevant for Sida funding in 2024, IRC will engage i formal and informal partnerships with local and national actors. The cash modality will be explored in all contexts. | Significant |
EU Civil Society Facility and Media Programme for the Republic of North Macedonia 2024-2025 (2024-2025CSF) The overall objective of the action is to strengthen participatory democracy in North Macedonia and the EU integration and approximation process through reinforcing capacities and systematic contribution of civil society and media organisations. The action will support civil society involvement in inclusive policy formulation and decision-making and the enabling environment for civil society and media organisations. The action aims to strengthen the capacities of CSOs of being effective voice of citizens needs in influencing, monitoring and advocating the sector reforms through structured cooperation with public institutions The action will increase the capacities of media/journalists to contribute to public debate and democratic reforms and for better-informed society for the accession negotiations.In terms of support to specific sectors, this action will address the strategic priorities of Window 1 - Rule of Law, Fundamental Rights and Democracy -Thematic Priority 5: Fundamental rights; Thematic Priority 6: Democracy; Thematic Priority 7 Civil Society; and Window 2: Good Governance EU acquis alignment, good neighbourly relations and strategic communication - Thematic Priority 1: Good governance. By focusing on these sectors, the action is in line with the EU-Western Balkans Strategy and the Flagship Initiative on Rule of Law. This action is not directly linked to the preparation of the Economic Reform Programmes (ERPs) for North Macedonia for strengthening the economic governance and participation in the EU¿s economic policy coordination procedures in the European Semester. However, the ERPs being a key element of the `fundamentals first¿ approach in the EU¿s enlargement strategy, fostering civil society support through this action may indirectly contribute at improving economic policy planning and steering relevant reforms, including improved conditions for inclusive growth, job creation and social inclusion. In particular, the action could contribute to the implementation of ERP Policy Guidance for enlargement countries[1], through grants¿ implementation, related to the ERP priorities.Apart from support to civil society in general, this action will focus on a number of specific policy areas in which meaningful and systemic consultation with civil society is important to the EU integration and accession negotiations and/or where the role of civil society and media organisations is fundamental to increase transparency and integrity and/or where the civil society involvement has been weak. Since 2017, North Macedonia has made significant progress in introducing the sector approach. Civil Society for the parts related to fundamental rights and media is embedded in the Sector Working Group (SWG) on Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights, while for all the other aspects is spread in all the other SWGs. | Significant |
The Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand - Resilient and Sustainable Eye Care in the Pacific This Activity will support resilient and sustainable eye health care in the Pacific through a focus on addressing the impacts of COVID-19 on eye care treatment; strengthening eye care planning and delivery to be more inclusive (including more reliable and comprehensive data); and building the platforms required for developing sustainable national eye health systems. | Principal |
Climate Finance for Community Resilience: Leprosy Mission New Zealand This Activity aims to increase resilience to climate change and disasters in Papua New Guinea for vulnerable communities focusing on women and people with disabilities. This includes increasing the resilience and adaptability of vulnerable communities to climate change, and protecting biodiversity. | Significant |
Activity under preparation Support for women and girls affected by war in Ukraine <p>Provide comprehensive services to women victims of war (including victims of conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence), including medical and specialized mental health services, legal aid and livelihood support.</p> | Significant |
Enhancing social cohesion in Egypt through livelihoods and resilience building amongst the refugees, Sudanese newcomers, and host communities <p class="ql-align-justify"><span style="color: black;">The overall objective of the project is to enhance socioeconomic stability and promote social cohesion in Egypt through building resilience and providing sustainable livelihood opportunities amongst the and Sudanese-refugee and Egyptian host communities. The expected outcome and outputs are as below:</span></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><span style="color: black;">·</span><strong style="color: black;">Outcome</strong><span style="color: black;">: Enhanced self-reliance of refugees and host communities through livelihoods support and social cohesion strengthening in low-income and underprivileged areas</span></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><span style="color: black;">·</span><strong style="color: black;">Outputs:</strong></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><span style="color: black;">1. Employability of refugee and Egyptian young women and men improved through vocational and skill building programmes.</span></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><span style="color: black;">2. Increased access to decent jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities that meet labour market needs, while also facilitating linkages with the private sectors.</span></p><p class="ql-align-justify">WFP is adopting a two-pronged approach to cover the diverse needs and profiles of the refugee and host community. This approach combines a) increasing employability of vulnerable groups to better access job opportunities vocational and skills building trainings, and b) facilitating access to income generating activities through entrepreneurship training and micro-grants for establishing MSMEs. </p><p><br></p> | Significant |
OHCHR Guatemala, Honduras och El Salvador 2017-2021 OHCHR Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador 2017-2021 - OHCHR Guatemala 2017-2021 OHCHR has a unique mandate to promote and protect all human rights for all people. OHCHR provides assistance, in the form of technical expertise and capacity-development, to support the implementation of international human rights standards on the ground. It assists governments, which bear the primary responsibility for the protection of human rights, to fulfil their obligations, supports individuals to claim their rights and speaks out objectively on human rights violations.
The intended outcome of the support to OHCHR in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador is to increase the respect for human rights, to decrease levels of discrimination and impunity and to strengthen accountability and the rule of law. OHCHR will work to improve legislation and its implementation in line with international standards on human rights, it will work to build capacity of both duty bearers and rights holders, and will work to raise awareness and to strengthen protection mechanisms. Insatsen omfattar stöd till OHCHR i Guatemala, Honduras och El Salvador. OHCHR has a unique mandate to promote and protect all human rights for all people. OHCHR provides assistance, in the form of technical expertise and strengthening of capacities, to support the implementation of international human rights standards on the ground. It assists governments, which bear the primary responsibility for the protection of human rights, to fulfil their obligations, supports individual rights holders and civil society to claim their rights and speaks out objectively on human rights violations.
The intended outcome of the support to OHCHR in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua is to increase the respect for human rights, to decrease levels of discrimination and impunity and to strengthen accountability and the rule of law. OHCHR will work to improve legislation and its implementation in line with international standards on human rights, it will work to build capacity of both duty bearers and rights holders, and will work to raise awareness and to strengthen protection mechanisms. | Significant |
Urban Eye Health Programme - Rajasthan Improved eye health for urban poor and other vulnerable groups in Jaipur through improved health systems. | Significant |
Somalia Crisis 2021 - MPTFO CBPF 2021-2023 De humanitära landfonderna, Country Based Pooled Funds, härefter CBPFs, är en av de viktigaste kanalerna för snabba och effektiva humanitära insatser baserade på de humanitära principerna. Därför föreslås att Sida under 2021 bidrar till finansieringen i 16 CBPFs i länder med stora humanitära och komplexa behov.
CBPF’s främsta mervärde är att säkerställa ett effektivt humanitärt stöd genom att fonderna är landbaserade. CBPF gör det möjligt att möta humanitära behov med en hög grad av kunskap om de lokal förhållandena och ger de som finns närmast kriserna inflytande över prioriteringar och beslut.
Fonderna stärker också den humanitära samordningen genom att de har som strategiskt mål att säkerställa genomförandet av den humanitära responsplanen (HRP). Den humanitära samordnaren, som beslutar om insatser som finansieras genom fonden, kan därmed rikta finansiering till kritiska insatser inom HRP.
Den humanitära samordnaren kan också när som helst rikta humanitär finansiering till plötsligt uppkomna kriser eller snabbt försämrade kriser, genom den snabba finansieringsmekanismen ”Emergency Reserve Allocation”. CBPFs har dessutom goda möjligheter att nå de aktörer som har bäst förutsättningar att genomföra effektiva insatser. De lokala aktörerna har förutom den lokala expertisen som behövs ofta också tillträde till områden som inte är tillgängliga för internationella aktörer. Under 2020 fördelade CBPF 28 % av finansieringen direkt till lokala aktörer och i vissa länder tilldelas lokala partners upp till 50 %.
Dessutom arbetar CBPF med att säkerställa att olika behov och hinder bland kvinnor och män, flickor och pojkar tas i beaktning genom att främja jämställdhetsanalyser och integrerering av jämställdhet i alla projekt. Inom CBPF finns en arbetsgrupp som säkerställer inkludering av människor med funktionsnedsättning i samtliga CBPF-processer och allokeringar. Vissa insatser som fonderna finansierar syftar till att stärka människors motståndskraft mot framtida kriser, även om detta inte är det huvudsakliga målet med fondernas verksamhet.
OCHA är en central aktör i det humanitära systemet och har därmed god förståelse för de humanitära kontexterna, vilket inkluderar kunskap om konflikters dynamik och grundorsaker. Fonderna kräver av alla projekt att påvisa förståelse för kontexten och de humanitära konsekvenserna för projektdeltagarna baserat på en multi-sektoriell behovsbedömning, vilket inkluderar do-no-harm.
Sida har bidragit till de humanitära landfonderna sedan den allra första fonden inrättades i Angola 1999. Sedan dess har Sida varit en av de största givarna till CBPF. Under 2020 fick CBPF’s globalt 863 miljoner USD i finansiellt bidrag för att möta humanitära behov i 18 länder.
CBPF’s finansierar humanitära insatser som genomförs av FN, icke-statliga organisationer samt Röda korset / Röda halvmånen. Under åren har CBPF’s ökat sin finansiering till lokala aktörer. Idag uppgår finansieringen till lokala aktörer till 28% vilket är en betydande ökning från endast 11% år 2014.
CBPF’s förvaltas lokalt av FN: s kontor för samordning av humanitära frågor (UN OCHA) under ledning av den humanitära samordnaren och i samråd med det humanitära landteamet. Varje fond har en rådgivande styrelse (Advisory Board, AB) som ger råd om viktiga beslut och säkerställer en effektiv förvaltning av fonderna. Den dagliga förvaltningen sköts av en chef för varje landfond samt operationell- och finansiell personal. På global nivå finns arbetsgruppen ”Pooled Funding Working Group (PFWG)”, där nyckelintressenter så som givare, FN och NGOs finns representerade. I PFWG förs strategiska diskussioner kring CBPF’s. Sida has supported the CBPFs since the establishment of the very first fund in Angola, already back in 1999. Since then, Sida has been one of the largest donors to the CBPFs. During 2019, the CBPFs received 956 million USD in financial contributions to respond to humanitarian needs in 18 countries.
The CBPFs fund UN, NGOs and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Society. During the years, the CBPFs has increased its funding to local actors. In 2014 they reached 11% with direct funding, compared to todays 31 %.
CBPFs are locally managed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) under the leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator and in consultation with the humanitarian community. Advisory Boards oversee the Funds, providing advice on key decisions, and ensuring efficient and effective management. The daily management of the funds is overseen by a Fund Manager, monitoring officers and financial officers. At the global level, the Pooled Fund Working Group brings together key stakeholders (representing donors, NGOs and UN agencies) to provide policy guidance.
The main value added of the CBPF will be ensuring an efficient humanitarian response due to the specific strengths the fund entails:
1) Proximity to the response: The CBPFs aims to address humanitarian needs through a structure with high degree of local expertise of both the humanitarian situation and the humanitarian actors on the ground.
2) Humanitarian Coordination: The CBPF has a strategic objective of ensuring the implementation of the Humanitarian Response Plan and its various components/ programmes. The Humanitarian Coordinator can hence direct funding to critical components in the HRP that are underfunded. The Humanitarian Coordinator can also at any time direct humanitarian funding to sudden onset emergencies or quickly deteriorating crises, through the quick funding mechanism called “Emergency Reserve”. The overall coordination is naturally strengthened by the fact that the ultimate authority of the mandate lies with the Humanitarian Coordinator who is the overall coordinator of the UN lead humanitarian response in any given country.
3) Reach the best placed actors, which in many cases are local actors who has the expertise and humanitarian access. The CBPF can support local actors in responding to the humanitarian needs. This has been particularly useful when local actors have shown to have the local expertise needed to adequately formulate smaller local responses and also having humanitarian access to areas not accessible by international actors. During 2019, the CBPF allocated 25% directly to local actors and in some countries up to 50% is allocated directly to local partners.
Moreover, the CBPFs aim to ensure that projects consider the specific needs and constraints faced by women, girls, boys and men. The CBPFs do so by promoting sound gender analysis and gender integration in all projects. The Pooled Fund Disability Inclusion Contact Group composed of independent experts advise on how to improve the funds' work with people with disabilities. This is to ensure that disability inclusion is taken into account in all CBPF processes. Some of the funded projects aim to strengthen resilience of affected population, although this is not the main objective of the contribution.
OCHA as a central actor in the humanitarian system has a good understanding of the contexts OCHA and the CBPFs work in, including good understanding of the conflict, power dynamics, root causes and drivers of conflict. At CBPF level there is a mandatory part in the project template that implementing partners needs to show an understanding of the context and analyse the humanitarian consequences for the beneficiaries, including do-no-harm, based on multi-sectoral needs assessments. The United Nations Humanitarian Reform initiative (2005) and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Transformative Agenda (2012) put increased emphasis on humanitarian financing as a critical component towards resourcing principled humanitarian action in a predictable and consistent manner. More specifically, the IASC Transformative Agenda focuses on improving the timeliness and effectiveness of the collective humanitarian response through stronger leadership, more effective coordination structures, and improved accountability. In this context, CBPFs provide a link between the pillars of the Transformative Agenda and humanitarian activities on the ground by supporting humanitarian response planning, mobilizing resources, promoting accountability and serving as a vehicle for setting strategic funding priorities for coordinated humanitarian action. The CBPFs are instrumental in delivering OCHAs mandate to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors.
CBPFs are guided by the fundamental humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence. CBPFs are also in line with recognized international standards as determined by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) and humanitarian financing principles as codified under the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) Initiative.
The CBPFs allocate funding based on identified humanitarian needs and priorities at the country level in line with the Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC). Allocations go to UN agencies, national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Red Cross/Red Crescent organizations. To avoid duplication and ensure a complementary use of available CBPF funding, allocations are made taking into account other funding sources, including bilateral contributions. In addition to the fundamental humanitarian principles that guide CBPFs and all humanitarian action, CBPFs are grounded in four specific principles that underpin their functioning:
1) Inclusiveness: A broad range of humanitarian partner organizations (UN agencies and NGOs) participates in CBPF processes and receive funding to implement projects addressing identified priority needs.
2) Flexibility: The programmatic focus and funding priorities of CBPFs are set at the country level and may shift rapidly, especially in volatile humanitarian contexts. CBPFs are able to adapt rapidly to changing priorities and allow humanitarian partners to identify appropriate solutions to address humanitarian needs in the most effective way.
3) Timeliness: CBPFs allocate funds and save lives as humanitarian needs emerge or escalate.
4) Efficiency: Management of all processes related to CBPFs enables timely and strategic responses to identified humanitarian needs. CBPFs seek to employ effective disbursement mechanisms, minimizing transaction costs while operating in a transparent and accountable manner.
Together with these principles, CBPFs have three expected outcomes:
1) Improve effectiveness of the humanitarian response by directing funding towards priority humanitarian needs. Priority needs are identified through an inclusive and participatory process, which includes national actors (e.g. NGOs).
2) Strengthen the leadership of the HC, while leveraging his/her humanitarian coordination role.
3) Mobilize resources and support coordination in support of the humanitarian planning framework (HRP/HPC).
These outcomes lead to the overall operational impact of CBPFs, i.e., the provision of timely, coordinated, principled assistance to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain human dignity. | Significant |
SAWA: Towards equitable access to quality education and health services in Egypt for women, children and other members of migrant and host communities SAWA: Verso un accesso equo a servizi educativi e sanitari di qualità in Egitto per le donne, i bambini e altri membri delle comunità migranti e ospit The project aims at mainstreaming migration into national systems by influencing government policy and promote the inclusion of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in government plans relating to health and education. At the same time, the intervention will cater to the immediate needs of these groups through enhanced access to education and improved health, with a focus respectively on basic education and women’s health. Il progetto mira a integrare la migrazione nei sistemi nazionali, influenzando le politiche governative e promuovendo l'inclusione di migranti, rifugiati e richiedenti asilo nei piani governativi relativi a salute e istruzione. Allo stesso tempo, l'intervento risponderà ai bisogni immediati di questi gruppi attraverso un maggiore accesso all'istruzione e al miglioramento della salute, con particolare attenzione all'istruzione di base e alla salute delle donne. | Significant |
Urgent Action Fund Urgent Action Fund Omprogrammerade medel för att lindra konsekvenserna av covid-19
Ökande konservatism, nationalism och extremism krymper det demokratiska utrymmet i stora delar av världen idag. Kvinnor och organisationer som främjar jämställdhet och alla kvinnors fulla åtnjutande av de mänskliga rättigheterna lever ofta under press och hot. Våld och hot mot kvinnors rättighetsförsvarare, kvinnliga journalister och aktivister för miljörätt är vanliga.
I Frontline Defenders rapport för 2018 kan vi läsa det år 2018 var 321 människorättsförsvarare i 27 länder som blev dödade för sitt arbete - det är det högsta antalet någonsin. Vidarestår det i rapporten att läsa att förutom de hot som också manliga kollegor upplever, möter kvinnliga människorättsförsvarare särskilda utmaningar och ytterligare hot just för att de är kvinnor. Sådana brott omfattar bortpetning från offentliga eller höga positioner i civilsamhällesorganisationer, fackföreningar och politiska partier, smutskastningskampanjer, ifrågasättande av deras roll som mödrar, sexuella övergrepp och våldtäkt, militariserat våld och trakasserier som också riktas mot deras barn.
URGENT Action Sister Funds är en global federation av fyra oberoende fonder som är verkar för att stärka motståndskraften och säkerheten hos kvinnliga människorättsförsvarare (WHRD) och deras organisationer och rörelser. Systerfonderna är; Urgent Action Fund - Afrika, Urgent Action Fund för kvinnors mänskliga rättigheter, Urgent Action Fund - Asien och Stillahavsområdet, och Urgent Action Fund - Latinamerika.
UAF-systerfonderna tillhandahåller tre typer av snabba bidrag (rapid response grants):
1) Security Grants - När säkerhet och säkerhet för kvinnor eller trans människorättsförsvarare / aktivister / organisationer hotas på grund av deras arbete för mänskliga rättigheter. Dessa bidrag ger omedelbara och flexibla resurser vid säkerhetshot som upplevs av WHRD, inklusive övervakning, våld, förtal och godtyckligt kvarhållande. Den genomsnittliga svarstiden är bara 24-48 timmar och de gör brådskande support tillgängligt via online, säkra, enkla applikationer som finns tillgängliga på flera språk 24/7/365. Dessa bidrag används ofta för att förbättra den digitala säkerheten, stödja tillfällig omlokalisering, rehabilitera ett vandaliserat kontor, sätta upp säkerhetskameror eller annan infrastruktur. Samt till att tillhandahålla traumarådgivning eller finansiera rättshjälp. Sammantaget tillhandahåller systerfonderna över 300 snabba bidrag, årligen och når tusentals kvinnor och transgenderaktivister över hela världen. UAF-systerfonderna accepterar ansökningar på alla språk som är specifika för de länder de tjänar (och UAF accepterar ansökningar på vilket språk som helst) med hjälp av online-, text- och mobilfinansieringsansökningar 365 dagar om året.
2) Opportunity Grants - När ett oväntat tillfälle eller möjligthet uppstår för påverkansarbete eller mobilisering som kan leda till framsteg för kvinnors och LGBTQI-personers rättigheter, såsom förändringar i rättsliga beslut, politik och lagar eller en förändring av offentliga attityder och praxis i ett lokalt sammanhang. Dessa bidrag stöder ofta engagemang i strategiska rättstvister, presskonferenser och kampanjer i sociala medier.
3) Resiliensbidrag: När mäniskorättsförsvarare vill genomföra ett initiativ som svarar på en oförutsedd möjlighet - på egen hand eller i samarbete med andra - som skulle bidra till stärkt motståndskraft för kvinnors mänskliga rättigheter och aktivister som försvarar mänskliga rättigheter.
Systerfonderna har gemensamt ansökt om finansiering från den globala strategin för jämställdhet och kvinnors och flickors mänskliga rättigheter. Programmet omfattar 1) Tillhandahållande av Rapid respons grants 2) Gemensamt påverkansarbete med och för kvinnliga människorättsförsvarare 3) Uppbyggnad av allianser och partnerskap för kvinnliga människorättsförsvarare 4) stärkt samarbete mellan de 4 systerfonderna.
Stöd till funktionshindrade integrerades under projektets gång, genom stöd till organisationer som främjar funktionshundrades rättigheter. Reprogrammed funds to mitigate the impact of COVID-19
Increasing conservatism, nationalism and extremism are shrinking the democratic space in most parts of the world today. Women and organizations that promote gender equality and all women's full enjoyment of human rights often live under pressure and threats. Violence and threats to women's rights defenders, female journalists and environmental law activists are common.
In Frontline defenders report for 2018 we can read that; "In 2018, 321 human rights defenders in 27 countries were targeted and killed for their work – the highest number ever on record". And "in addition to the threats experienced by male colleagues, WHRDs face gendered and sexualized attacks from both state and non-state actors, as well as from within their own human rights movements. Such violations include removal from public or high-ranking positions in NGOs, trade unions, and political societies; smear campaigns questioning their commitment to their families; sexual assault and rape; militarized violence; and the harassment and targeting of their children."
The Urgent Action Fund Sister Funds (the UAFs) comprise a global federation of four independent funds each dedicated to strengthening the resilience and security of women human rights defenders (WHRDs) and their organizations and movements.
The Sister Funds are; Urgent Action Fund – Africa, Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights, Urgent Action Fund – Asia and Pacific, and Urgent Action Fund – Latin America.
The UAF Sister Funds provide three types of rapid response grants:
1) Security grants – When the safety and security of women or trans human rights defenders/activists/organizations is threatened due to their human rights work. These grants provide immediate, flexible resources in response to security threats experienced by WHRDs, including surveillance, violence, defamation and arbitrary detention. The average response time is just 24-48 hours and they make urgent support accessible via online, secure, simple applications that are available in multiple languages 24/7/365. These grants are often used to improve digital security, support temporary relocation, rehabilitate a vandalized office, add security cameras or other infrastructure, provide trauma counseling, or fund legal aid.
2) Opportunity grants – When an unexpected moment or opportunity arises for advocacy or mobilization that may result in advancements for women’s and LGBTQI rights, such as changes in legal decisions, policy and laws, or a shift in public attitudes and practices in a local context. These grants often support strategic litigation, press conferences, community organizing, social media campaigns, and other forms of rapid advocacy.
3) Resourcing resilience grants: When defenders seek to implement an initiative responding to an unanticipated opportunity - on their own or in collaboration with others - that would contribute towards resourcing resilience for women’s human rights and human rights activism.
The Sister funds have jointly approached Sida with a request for funding from the Global Strategy on Gender Equality and Women's and girls human rights.The program includes 1) provision of rapid response grants 2) joint advocacy with WHRDs 3) Building of alliances and partnerships in which WHRDs are consulted, respected and celebrated 4) strengthened alignment across the UAF Sister Funds.
Disability was integrated successfully at a later stage in the project, through support to disability rights organisations. Expected results
UAF Sister Funds support the work of WHRDs in the areas of security and well-being, advocacy, and access to convening spaces and solidarity networks. By fostering these capacities, the shared goals of the UAF Sister Funds include sustained resilience and efficacy of the feminist movements that WHRDs lead and their success in changing laws, policies, and social norms to realize equity and justice for all.
The objectives of the intervention are;
Objective 1: UAF Sister Funds provide increased and more accessible resources, through rapid response grant-making, to support and protect WHRDs
Goal 1 Each UAF Sister Fund maintains a 24/7/365 open, accessible, and secure application process for WHRDs.
Goal 2 Each UAF Sister Fund awards rapid security and opportunity or resourcing resilience grants to WHRDs that are more responsive to WHRDs needs.
Goal 3 Develop shared learning and aligned frameworks for the security and well-being of WHRDs. .
Objective 2: Advocate in partnership with WHRDs in philanthropic and policy spaces to foster an enabling environment for the defenders we support
Goal 1 Each UAF Sister Fund undertakes learning, listening, and capacity-building activities to create space for and gather perspectives of WHRDs.
Goal 2 Each UAF Sister Fund undertakes and/or supports regional or international advocacy with WHRDs.
Objective 3: Build alliances and partnerships in which WHRDs are consulted, respected, and celebrated
Goal 1 Joint UAF Sister Funds participation in selected philanthropic and human rights policy spaces..
Objective 4: Strengthened alignment across the UAF Sister Funds community to increase the communitys collective movement impact and resilience for WHRDs
Goal 1- Strong alignment in coordination of the program | Significant |
Community Centre for disability services (C2DS) The main objective of the project is to design and implement a well-coordinated and integrated model aiming to support both the developmental and learning outcomes for children and youth with disabilities by involving the municipality, social services directorate, local education office, schools, and a community support system lead and promoted by youth activists in the area. | Principal |
Urban Eye Care Programme - Bihar Improved Eye Health for Urban Poor and Other Vulnerable Groups through improved health Services | Significant |
Research Programme Consortia: Health research – filling the gaps in evidence in infectious diseases, health systems and vulnerable groups This programme in the Ross Fund Portfolio (which focusses on neglected tropical diseases, diseases of emerging resistance and diseases of epidemic potential) aims to build the evidence based on effective interventions and delivery mechanisms to tackle infectious diseases in low and middle income countries. The research programmes will take an integrated and multi-disciplinary approach to help DFID and the development community better understand what works most effectively to tackle infectious diseases, building upon the existing evidence base. The research addresses a number of core themes, including delivery through health systems, value for money of interventions, vulnerable groups, gender and building evidence on interventions in a range of contexts including (but not limited to) fragile and conflict affected states. | Significant |
Digital Inclusion through CSO Empowerment (DICE): Empowering CSOs to Advance Inclusive Digital Transformation Contract related to: Digital Inclusion through CSO Empowerment (DICE): Empowering CSOs to Advance Inclusive Digital Transformation - The proposed Action intents to contribute to Specific-Objective 1.3: Support CSOs as actors of good governance and development in partner countries and to the achievement of the related result 1.3: Civil Society Organisations¿ (CSOs) ability to engage as actors of good governance and development at country level is improved.The Action rolls out the EU support to country-level CSO initiatives aimed at implementing priorities reflected in the NDICI-GLOBAL Europe, Annex III CSO Thematic Programme and the subsequent draft Multiannual Indicative Plan for the same. In line with the policy of geographisation, a majority of funds under the CSO MAAP 2021-2024, will be allocated under the Action to support civil society in partner countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and in Neighbourhood countries and Russia. Activities funded under the Action will support a broad range of civil society actors including and prioritising, but not limited to, women and youth organisations, In the framework of the Country Roadmaps for EU and Member States engagement with civil society (CSO Roadmaps), all initiatives under the Action will aim at and contribute to strengthening civil society partner¿s institutional and operational capacity through a comprehensive approach; enabling and ensuring their participation; and on improving the environment in which they operate. Particular attention will be paid to CSOs capacities to benefit from the digital transformation which will pay attention to accessible digital technology and reduce the gap on access to ICT. | Significant |
Activity under preparation In Peace with the Environment The Overall Objective of this action is to advance the economic and socially sustainable use of natural resources in Colombia in line with the Integrated Rural Reform of the Peace Agreement.The Specific Objectives (SO) /Outcomes of this action are: SO1 / Outcome 1: Improved implementation of stabilisation corridors including the management of sustainable land tenure in the prioritised protected, forested and agricultural areas, ensuring gender equity and respect for indigenous people's rights. SO2 / Outcome 2. Increased effectiveness, participation, and inclusiveness of territorial governance in the prioritised stabilisation corridors ensuring the representation and protection of women (in all their diversity), youth and the most socioeconomically vulnerable groups of the population.SO3 / Outcome 3. Increased legal employment, climate action investments, and sustainable livelihoods for rural communities, women (in all their diversity), ethnic groups, youth and the most socioeconomically vulnerable groups of population. | Significant |
Appui à la Gouvernance, Inclusion et Innovation dans la Digitalisation - GOIN¿Digital L¿action proposée vise à contribuer à la gouvernance du secteur digital au Sénégal. Elle sur principalement sur : i) l'amélioration de la gouvernance, le renforcement du pilotage et la coordination et la mise à niveau du cadre juridique du secteur ; ii) la conduite d'études de faisabilité de projet de connectivité du dernier kilometre (last mile) pour promouvoir les usages numériques et éventuellement des data centres verts; et iii) la promotion de l¿innovation et de l¿entreprenariat pour améliorer l¿interface état-citoyen. | Significant |
Afghanistan 2021 - NRC Humanitarian Country programmes 2021-2025 NRC has applied as well to Sida for funding of 364.5 million SEK to carry out “the Humanitarian Programme for 2021” in 26 humanitarian crisis settings: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania/Burundi, Uganda, Venezuela, Yemen. The application includes provision of 40 million SEK to replenish the Rapid Response Mechanism funding instrument and 7 individual projects for method, capacity-building and coordination.
The intervention’s tentative total budget is 4 263 200 000 Norwegian krona (NOK), that the organisation is financing with Sida’s funding in a proportion of 8% approximately. Other donors, like the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG ECHO, UNHCR, etc. are the largest contributors, besides a dozen of other donors in agreement with NRC. Sida provides NRC with the opportunity to allocate resources flexibly within individual country programmes (Programme-Based Approach – PBA).
NRC's catalytic support for coordination and capacity building contributes greatly to the link between humanitarian aid, development and peace. NRC's advocacy work and activities enable, at least contribute to, sustainable solutions for refugees and displaced people in a significant way in cooperation with other actors. In the long run, the NRC will reduce humanitarian needs. The NRC prioritizes self-sufficiency in its programs. The NRC's analysis capability, not least through its Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC), is an advantage for relevant programming according to the nexus orientations. Among the 26 crises in NRC's portfolio that Sida prioritizes, there are 15 where Sida implements Sweden's development strategies in synergy with humanitarian aid.
Sida’s contribution to NRC for 2022 will cover around 6.5% of NRC’s total financial requirements of the supported programmes and projects. It will provides humanitarian services to almost 9 million persons (53% female). HUM adds 50 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in Ukraine benefiting 90,000 people with protection, shelter, WaSH and cash assistance. Decision 5 April. Amendment nr. 5.
HUM adds 7.5 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in Cameroon from the 2022 mid-year allocation (food security, legal advice for 600 households/4200 individuals in Logone-et-Chari, Mayo Sava and Mayo Tsanaga). Decision 9 June 2022. Contract amendment No 6.
HUM adds 10 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in South Sudan from the end-of-the-year allocation. Decision 16 November 2022 nr 2022-002341. Contract amendment No 7.
NRC targets 7.7 million unique beneficiaries in total within Sida-funded humanitarian programmes in 2023, (52% female), who will receive protection and humanitarian services from NRC: Education, WASH, Shelter and settlement, Food security and livelihoods, including multi-purpose cash assistance, Protection, Legal assistance, Humanitarian mediation (community-based peace-building). Advocacy and support to humanitarian coordination and durable solution to displacements working groups in the field are part of NRC's engagement that Sida is funding. NRC's annual budget 2023 in the settings and thematics prioritized by Sida amounts to 5620 million Norwegian crowns in total. Sida's share weighs so far 8% of it: NRC's third largest donor whose cumulated 2021-2025 grant is 80% softly earmarked (programme-based approach) and 34% multi-year.
Earlier granted multi-year funding for 2023 was disbursed in January (52 MSEK) in support to continued humanitarian operations in DR Congo, Mali and Nigeria with strong emphasis on emergency response. Norwegian Refugee Council - Norska flyktingrådet (NRC) - har ansökt om ett förnyat partnerskap med Sida 2021-2025.
2021
NRC har dessutom ansökt om finansiering på 364,5 miljoner SEK för att genomföra humanitära insatser i 26 humanitära krisområden under 2021: Afghanistan, Kamerun, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Demokratiska Republiken Kongo, Eritrea, Etiopien, Iran, Irak, Jordanien, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexiko, Palestina, Somalia, Sydsudan, Sudan, Tanzania / Burundi, Uganda, Venezuela och Jemen. Ansökan inkluderar även 40 miljoner kronor för den humanitära snabbmekanismen (RRM) och 20 miljoner kronor i stöd till sju projekt för metodstöd, kapacitetsuppbyggnad och samordning.
Den aktuella budgeten för NRC:s hela humanitära program 2021 uppgår till 4 263 200 000 NOK, varav Sidas del för närvarande utgör ca 8%. Sida ger NRC möjligheten att nyttja resurser flexibelt inom varje enskilt landprogram, (enligt så kallad Programme-Based Approach – PBA)
Humanitär-Utveckling-Fred Nexus
NRC bidrar i hög grad till arbetet för att sammankoppla humanitärt bistånd med freds- och utvecklingsinsatser. Organisationens strävan att effektivisera biståndet genom katalytiskt stöd till samordning och kapacitetsbyggande insatser bidrar till denna ansats. I samarbetet med andra organisationer möjliggör och bidrar NRC:s verksamhet och påverkansarbete till att stärka hållbara lösningar för flyktingar och människor som har blivit tvångsfördrivna och bidrar därmed till att på sikt minska de humanitära behoven. Även krisdrabbade människors möjligheter till självförsörjning prioriteras. NRC:s analyskapacitet är en styrka som bidrar till att programmeringen anpassas till en nexus-ansats och den analys som genomförs av NRC:s internationella center för övervakning av tvångsförflyttning (IDMC) är av stor vikt för dessa analyser. 19 av de 26 kriser i NRC:s portfölj som Sida finansierar avser länder där Sverige även bedriver utvecklingssamarbete vilket öppnar för möjligheter till synergier med humanitärt bistånd.
2022
NRC ska få totalt 455,5 miljoner kronor av Sidas humanitära finansiering, enligt följande fördelning:
- Sida kommer att stödja NRC:s humanitära program i 23 krissituationer som Sida har prioriterat genom sin behovsbaserade allokeringsmodell för 2022, med 288,5 miljoner kronor :Afghanistan, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia och
regionen (Ecuador, Panamà), Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jemen,
Jordanien, Kamerun, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria,
Palestina, Somalia, Sudan, Sydsudan, Syrien, Uganda, Venezuela.
- Flerårig finansiering för NRC :s humanitära program i Demokratiska
republiken Kongo, Mali och Nigeria inleds 2022 och Sida har för ändamålet att ta i anspråk 104 miljoner kronor från kommande års anslag från erhållen Bemyndiganderam förutsatt att Riksdagen anvisar tillräckliga medel.
- NRC:s akuta insatser vid plötsligt uppkomna kriser kommer att stödjas genom Sidas snabbinsatsmekanism (RRM) under 2022 med 50 miljoner kronor.
- NRC:s metod- och kapacitetsstärkande projekt för skydd, miljö och IDMC (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre) kommer under 2022 att få 13 miljoner kronor, varav 3 miljoner kronor från Sida/Globen för IDMC.
Sidas bidrag till NRC för 2022 kommer att täcka cirka 6,5 % av NRC:s totala finansiella behov för de stödda programmen och projekten. Det kommer att tillhandahålla humanitära tjänster till nästan 9 miljoner människor (53 % kvinnor) i Afghanistan, Kamerun, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia och regionen, Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jordanien, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria, Palestina, Somalia, Sydsudan, Sudan, Syrien, Uganda, Venezuela och Jemen.
HUM lägger till 50 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Ukraina som gynnar 90,000 människor med skydd, tak över huvudet, WaSH samt kontantbistånd. Beslut 5 April. Avtalförändring nr 5.
HUM lägger till 7,5 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Kamerun från halvsårsanslaget 2022 (livsmedelsförsörjning, juridik rådgivning för 600 husshållen/4200 individer i Logone-et-Chari, Mayo Sava och Mayo Tsanaga). Beslut 9 juni 2022. Avtalförändring nr 6.
HUM lägger till 10 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Sydsudan från slutsåranslaget. Beslut 16 november 2022, 2022-002341. Avtalförändring nr 7.
2023
NRC får totalt 659.5 miljoner kronor (2023-2025) av Sidas humanitära finansiering för att genomföra:
- humanitära insatser i 23
krisområden under 2023: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Centralafrikanska
republiken, Colombia, Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jemen,
Jordanien, Kamerun, Kenya, Libanon, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Palestina, Sudan,
Sydsudan, Syrien, Uganda, Ukraina och Venezuela.
NRC har dessutom ansökt om 244
miljoner kronor för att kunna fortsätta sina humanitära program i Jemen, Kamerun,
Sydsudan, Syria och Venezuela under 2024 och 2025.
- ansökan inkluderar även 50
miljoner kronor till den humanitära snabbinsatsmekanismen (RRM)
- och 40 miljoner kronor i stöd till fyra fleråriga projekt för metodstöd och kapacitetsuppbyggnad: Miljö, Skydd, Tillträde, IDMC (18,5 under 2023, 21,5 under 2024-2025). Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is Norway's largest international humanitarian organisation and widely recognized as a leading field-based displacement agency within the international humanitarian community. NRC is the INGO receiving the largest contribution from Sida's Humanitarian Unit to INGOs so far, based on experience of successful partnerships, NRC's capacities to respond at scale and its coverage of crises that Sida is prioritizing through the needs-based allocation approach. NRC receives approximately 8% of Sida's humanitarian unit's annual budget appropriation.
The objectives of NRC can be summarized as follows: "To protect the rights of displaced and vulnerable people during crisis, to provide assistance meeting their immediate humanitarian needs, to prevent further displacement and to contribute to durable solutions, and to provide expertise as a strategic partner to humanitarian systems and actors." NRCs main activity is delivery of humanitarian assistance through programme activities in the field. NRC specializes in six areas of expertise, or "core competencies": shelter and settlements; livelihoods and food security; information, counselling and legal assistance (ICLA); education; camp management; and water, sanitation and hygiene promotion (WASH). Protection is lifted up as a new core competency of NRC since 2021. NRC engages closely with the affected populations to understand their needs and capacities, ensuring it tailors its assistance accordingly and involve them in the entire programme cycle, from design through implementation to evaluation. NRC advocates for respect for the rights of displaced and vulnerable people.
In 2021, the NRC Board approved the Global Strategy 20222025. The strategy
sets out four sub-objectives for areas that NRC will continue to strengthen and further institutionalize, namely, 1. assistance to hard-to-reach populations, 2. humanitarian policy, 3. protection, and 4. durable solutions. It also points to four areas of work that will be accelerated through expanded engagement and investments: i) advocacy, ii) climate and environment, iii) collaboration with local actors, and iv) quality programming.
NRCs work is divided into three pillars: humanitarian assistance, advocacy and expert deployment. Sida's Humanitarian Unit funding will continue prioritizing mainly the first pillar through funding of the humanitarian country programmes in line with HRPs and the RRPs and through the RRM funding. To some extent, Sida will support as well the second pillar of advocacy which is integrated in the humanitarian country programmes and implemented by NRC's method, thematic and capacity development projects supported by Sida. Sida will provide NRC with only a punctual support to the third pillar, through funding to CashCap which is deploying experts to the field for invigorating cash assistance working groups (17 in 2020 to 16 countries).
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has applied for a renewed strategic partnership with Sida during 2021-2025.
The interventions tentative total budget is 4 263 200 000 Norwegian krona (NOK), that the organisation is financing with Sidas funding in a proportion of 8% approximately. Other donors, like the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG ECHO, UNHCR, etc. are the largest contributors, besides a dozen of other donors in agreement with NRC. Sida provides NRC with the opportunity to allocate resources flexibly within individual country programmes (Programme-Based Approach PBA).
NRC was granted funding to carry out the Humanitarian Programme for 2022 in 24 humanitarian crisis settings: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Irak, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Ukraina, Venezuela and Yemen. The grant includes provision of funding replenish the Rapid Response Mechanism funding instrument and four individual projects for method, capacity-building and coordination.
Sida's assessment on performance and results
Alike many other actors in the sector, NRC excels in reporting activities and outputs, but should be better in catching what changes and impacts its interventions have resulted to ultimately on assisted communities. The reporting of data and results does not provide necessarily an accurate and consolidated overview of what NRC has achieved. Sida has notified NRC that it should provide dis-aggregated data by age in targeting and reporting which is a norm.
It is assumed that NRC will achieve its objectives in 2023 again, but the global stress on the current resource mobilisation system supporting humanitarian action may affect NRC as well, similarly to large humanitarian actors such as the ICRC. | Significant |
Chad 2024 - IRC HUM 2021-2025 International Rescue Committee (IRC) är en enskild internationell organisation, aktiv i humanitär respons och resiliens i mer än 40 länder globalt. Deras huvudsakliga syfte är att bistå människor vars liv och försörjningsmöjligheter slagits i spillror till följd av konflikter, naturkatastrofer och klimatförändringar genom att erbjuda överlevnadsstöd och aktiviteter för återhämtning. Fokus ligger på aktiviteter inom hälsa, skydd, utbildning, försörjningsmöjligheter samt människors stärkta egenmakt och beslutsförmåga. Huvudsaklig målgrupp är människor som flyr från krig och katastrofer, samt de värdsamhällen som bistår dem.
I dagsläget är IRC huvudsakligen självimplementerande och utför sitt arbete med hjälp av sina 17 000 medarbetare världen över. IRC har däremot ett mål om att utöka sitt samarbete med lokala partners (myndigheter, organisationer, organiserade samhällsgrupper) för att på sikt kanalisera 25 % av finansiella medel genom tredje part, och kommer under 2024 och 2025 att försätta arbeta för att detta ska bli verklighet.
År 2024 får IRC humanitärt programbaserat stöd i 17 länder, samt medel till IRCs snabbfinansieringsmekanism ”Rapid Response Mechanism” vars funktion är att snabbt kunna kanalisera medel till hastigt uppkomna eller kraftigt förvärrade kriser. Utöver de pågående metod och kapacitet projekt börjar IRC två nya 2-åriga projekt i år, med fokus på skydd för den ena, och lokalisering för den andra. International Rescue Committee, IRC, is a non-profit international organisation, working with humanitarian and development work in more than 40 countries world-wide. As per IRC’s mission statement, their goal is “to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, including by the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control of their future” in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Their focus is on activities with the sectors of health, safety/protection, education, livelihoods and ensuring people have the power to influence decisions that affect their lives. Their main target group is people who flee from war, conflict and disaster, and the host communities that support them.
Currently, IRC is mainly a self-implementing organisation who conduct the bulk of their work through their 17 000 global staff members. However, IRC is striving to increase their cooperation with local partners (authorities, organisation, community groups) to reach a goal of sub-granting 25 % of their means through third party, and will continue to work towards achieving this target during 2024 and 2025.
In 2024, the IRC will receive humanitarian programme-based support in 17 countries, as well as funding for the IRC's Rapid Response Mechanism, whose function is to rapidly channel funds to emerging or worsening crises. In addition to the ongoing methodology and capacity projects, the IRC is starting two new 2-year projects this year, focusing on protection for one, and localisation for the other. IRC respond to the worlds worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic well being and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Their mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods have been shattered by conflict and disaster, including the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control of their future.
IRC consider their interventions successful when their clients see improvement in their safety from physical, sexual and psychological harm; in their health status, including physical and mental well-being; in education, including literacy and numeracy, social-emotional, and life skills (including safe schools); in economic well-being, including ability to provide basic material needs and income asset growth; and in power to have influence over the decisions that affect their lives. IRC strive to reach these goals while continuously trying to tackle gender inequalities in and through all of their work.
As Sida supports IRC in a variety of countries, not one specific objective can be identified for the whole contribution, but for the sake of exemplifying, a number of country specific goals are outlined below:
Ukraine: People are safe in their homes and receive support when they experience harm, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of gender-based violence, adolescents and adults are physically and mentally healthy, people meet their basic needs and protect livelihoods during emergencies, people develop their livelihoods and recover from shocks.
Myanmar: People are safe in their communities and receive support when they experience harm, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of
gender-based violence, women and girls achieve their sexual and reproductive health and rights, adolescents and adults are physically and mentally healthy, people access water, sanitation and hygiene services and live in an enhanced environment, people meet their basic needs and protect livelihoods during emergencies, people lead their recovery and development.
Central African Republic: People are safe in their communities and receive support when they experience harm, children survive and are healthy, women and girls achieve their sexual and reproductive health and rights, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of gender-based violence, people develop their livelihoods and recover from shocks, people lead their own recovery and development.
Across the country programmes relevant for Sida funding in 2024, IRC will engage i formal and informal partnerships with local and national actors. The cash modality will be explored in all contexts. | Significant |
Activity under preparation Projet d¿assistance technique au Ministère de l¿Enseignement Supérieur, de la Recherche Scientifique et de l¿Innovation Technologique (MESRSIT) Contract related to: Projet d¿assistance technique au Ministère de l¿Enseignement Supérieur, de la Recherche Scientifique et de l¿Innovation Technologique (MESRSIT) - L¿action se situe dans un contexte de fragilité extrême avec des crises sécuritaires récurrentes, malgré le retour à l'ordre constitutionnel en 2016 et la signature de l'Accord politique pour la paix et la réconciliation (APPR) en février 2019. Le projet vise ainsi à contribuer au développement du capital humain, pour renforcer le pays en capacités humaines nécessaires pour sa stabilisation et son développement.Le contexte sectoriel de l¿éducation en RCA est lourdement touché par les crises successives auxquelles le pays a été confronté. La situation sécuritaire et socio-économique affecte l¿accès aux services, leur disponibilité et la qualité des apprentissages, à tous les niveaux, du préscolaire à l¿enseignement supérieur. Quelques mois seulement après le retour à l¿école à la suite des mesures de confinement actives pendant presque la moitié de l¿année 2020 en raison de la pandémie de COVID-19, la vague de violences en février 2021 a à nouveau entraîné la fermeture des écoles dans 11 des 16 préfectures du pays. De nombreuses écoles ont été fermées de force, occupées ou endommagées à la suite des affrontements. Un nombre important d¿enfants et de jeunes sont à présent déscolarisés et la transition au post-primaire est très limitée surtout en-dehors de Bangui, les filles étant les plus défavorisées. Dans un tel contexte, l¿état de vulnérabilité de la jeunesse centrafricaine reste très élevé, les jeunes étant affectés entre autres par la faiblesse de l¿offre de formation professionnelle, le manque d¿opportunités d¿emploi salarié et la fragilité du tissu économique. L¿objectif général de cette action est d¿accroitre l¿accès, la qualité et la gouvernance de l¿éducation en République centrafricaine, notamment à travers (i) l¿amélioration de l¿accès à l¿enseignement primaire et au premier cycle du secondaire de qualité, avec un renforcement de la transition entre les deux cycles ; (ii) la promotion de l¿employabilité des jeunes et (ii) l¿amélioration de la qualité de l¿enseignement supérieur. L¿action cible particulièrement les enfants, adolescents et jeunes vivants dans les situations plus vulnérables, notamment les filles, les personnes handicapées, les personnes affectées par des crises (déplacés et retournés) et les communautés hôtes.L¿appui de l¿UE est aligné aux priorités du plan sectoriel décennal (PSE) récemment adopté par le Gouvernement. Le PSE est accompagné d¿un engagement de l¿Etat à augmenter progressivement la part des dépenses publiques consacrées au secteur. Les activités d¿appui aux principaux sous-secteurs du système éducatif ont été identifiées en cohérence et complémentarité avec les interventions appuyées par les principaux partenaires techniques et financiers regroupés autour du Groupe Local des Partenaires de l¿Education (GLPE) : PME, Banque Mondiale, ECHO, UNICEF, Ambassade de France et AFD. Une attention continue sera accordée à la coordination des interventions dans les sous-secteurs ciblés et de l¿appui au secteur dans son ensemble, à d¿éventuels déficits d¿appui clés en termes de renforcement du système, et à l¿harmonisation des approches, afin de renforcer l¿efficacité et l¿efficience des appuis et leur possible réplication à plus grande échelle. Les priorités dans le dialogue sectoriel incluront les réformes relatives aux enseignants, ainsi que le budget alloué au secteur. La réduction des inégalités territoriales et de genre sera également au centre du dialogue. | Significant |
Method/Capacity/Other Support 2024 - NRC Method and Capacity-building projects 2023-2025 NRC has applied as well to Sida for funding of 364.5 million SEK to carry out “the Humanitarian Programme for 2021” in 26 humanitarian crisis settings: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania/Burundi, Uganda, Venezuela, Yemen. The application includes provision of 40 million SEK to replenish the Rapid Response Mechanism funding instrument and 7 individual projects for method, capacity-building and coordination.
The intervention’s tentative total budget is 4 263 200 000 Norwegian krona (NOK), that the organisation is financing with Sida’s funding in a proportion of 8% approximately. Other donors, like the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG ECHO, UNHCR, etc. are the largest contributors, besides a dozen of other donors in agreement with NRC. Sida provides NRC with the opportunity to allocate resources flexibly within individual country programmes (Programme-Based Approach – PBA).
NRC's catalytic support for coordination and capacity building contributes greatly to the link between humanitarian aid, development and peace. NRC's advocacy work and activities enable, at least contribute to, sustainable solutions for refugees and displaced people in a significant way in cooperation with other actors. In the long run, the NRC will reduce humanitarian needs. The NRC prioritizes self-sufficiency in its programs. The NRC's analysis capability, not least through its Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC), is an advantage for relevant programming according to the nexus orientations. Among the 26 crises in NRC's portfolio that Sida prioritizes, there are 15 where Sida implements Sweden's development strategies in synergy with humanitarian aid.
Sida’s contribution to NRC for 2022 will cover around 6.5% of NRC’s total financial requirements of the supported programmes and projects. It will provides humanitarian services to almost 9 million persons (53% female). HUM adds 50 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in Ukraine benefiting 90,000 people with protection, shelter, WaSH and cash assistance. Decision 5 April. Amendment nr. 5.
HUM adds 7.5 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in Cameroon from the 2022 mid-year allocation (food security, legal advice for 600 households/4200 individuals in Logone-et-Chari, Mayo Sava and Mayo Tsanaga). Decision 9 June 2022. Contract amendment No 6.
HUM adds 10 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in South Sudan from the end-of-the-year allocation. Decision 16 November 2022 nr 2022-002341. Contract amendment No 7.
NRC targets 7.7 million unique beneficiaries in total within Sida-funded humanitarian programmes in 2023, (52% female), who will receive protection and humanitarian services from NRC: Education, WASH, Shelter and settlement, Food security and livelihoods, including multi-purpose cash assistance, Protection, Legal assistance, Humanitarian mediation (community-based peace-building). Advocacy and support to humanitarian coordination and durable solution to displacements working groups in the field are part of NRC's engagement that Sida is funding. NRC's annual budget 2023 in the settings and thematics prioritized by Sida amounts to 5620 million Norwegian crowns in total. Sida's share weighs so far 8% of it: NRC's third largest donor whose cumulated 2021-2025 grant is 80% softly earmarked (programme-based approach) and 34% multi-year.
Earlier granted multi-year funding for 2023 was disbursed in January (52 MSEK) in support to continued humanitarian operations in DR Congo, Mali and Nigeria with strong emphasis on emergency response. Norwegian Refugee Council - Norska flyktingrådet (NRC) - har ansökt om ett förnyat partnerskap med Sida 2021-2025.
2021
NRC har dessutom ansökt om finansiering på 364,5 miljoner SEK för att genomföra humanitära insatser i 26 humanitära krisområden under 2021: Afghanistan, Kamerun, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Demokratiska Republiken Kongo, Eritrea, Etiopien, Iran, Irak, Jordanien, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexiko, Palestina, Somalia, Sydsudan, Sudan, Tanzania / Burundi, Uganda, Venezuela och Jemen. Ansökan inkluderar även 40 miljoner kronor för den humanitära snabbmekanismen (RRM) och 20 miljoner kronor i stöd till sju projekt för metodstöd, kapacitetsuppbyggnad och samordning.
Den aktuella budgeten för NRC:s hela humanitära program 2021 uppgår till 4 263 200 000 NOK, varav Sidas del för närvarande utgör ca 8%. Sida ger NRC möjligheten att nyttja resurser flexibelt inom varje enskilt landprogram, (enligt så kallad Programme-Based Approach – PBA)
Humanitär-Utveckling-Fred Nexus
NRC bidrar i hög grad till arbetet för att sammankoppla humanitärt bistånd med freds- och utvecklingsinsatser. Organisationens strävan att effektivisera biståndet genom katalytiskt stöd till samordning och kapacitetsbyggande insatser bidrar till denna ansats. I samarbetet med andra organisationer möjliggör och bidrar NRC:s verksamhet och påverkansarbete till att stärka hållbara lösningar för flyktingar och människor som har blivit tvångsfördrivna och bidrar därmed till att på sikt minska de humanitära behoven. Även krisdrabbade människors möjligheter till självförsörjning prioriteras. NRC:s analyskapacitet är en styrka som bidrar till att programmeringen anpassas till en nexus-ansats och den analys som genomförs av NRC:s internationella center för övervakning av tvångsförflyttning (IDMC) är av stor vikt för dessa analyser. 19 av de 26 kriser i NRC:s portfölj som Sida finansierar avser länder där Sverige även bedriver utvecklingssamarbete vilket öppnar för möjligheter till synergier med humanitärt bistånd.
2022
NRC ska få totalt 455,5 miljoner kronor av Sidas humanitära finansiering, enligt följande fördelning:
- Sida kommer att stödja NRC:s humanitära program i 23 krissituationer som Sida har prioriterat genom sin behovsbaserade allokeringsmodell för 2022, med 288,5 miljoner kronor :Afghanistan, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia och
regionen (Ecuador, Panamà), Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jemen,
Jordanien, Kamerun, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria,
Palestina, Somalia, Sudan, Sydsudan, Syrien, Uganda, Venezuela.
- Flerårig finansiering för NRC :s humanitära program i Demokratiska
republiken Kongo, Mali och Nigeria inleds 2022 och Sida har för ändamålet att ta i anspråk 104 miljoner kronor från kommande års anslag från erhållen Bemyndiganderam förutsatt att Riksdagen anvisar tillräckliga medel.
- NRC:s akuta insatser vid plötsligt uppkomna kriser kommer att stödjas genom Sidas snabbinsatsmekanism (RRM) under 2022 med 50 miljoner kronor.
- NRC:s metod- och kapacitetsstärkande projekt för skydd, miljö och IDMC (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre) kommer under 2022 att få 13 miljoner kronor, varav 3 miljoner kronor från Sida/Globen för IDMC.
Sidas bidrag till NRC för 2022 kommer att täcka cirka 6,5 % av NRC:s totala finansiella behov för de stödda programmen och projekten. Det kommer att tillhandahålla humanitära tjänster till nästan 9 miljoner människor (53 % kvinnor) i Afghanistan, Kamerun, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia och regionen, Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jordanien, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria, Palestina, Somalia, Sydsudan, Sudan, Syrien, Uganda, Venezuela och Jemen.
HUM lägger till 50 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Ukraina som gynnar 90,000 människor med skydd, tak över huvudet, WaSH samt kontantbistånd. Beslut 5 April. Avtalförändring nr 5.
HUM lägger till 7,5 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Kamerun från halvsårsanslaget 2022 (livsmedelsförsörjning, juridik rådgivning för 600 husshållen/4200 individer i Logone-et-Chari, Mayo Sava och Mayo Tsanaga). Beslut 9 juni 2022. Avtalförändring nr 6.
HUM lägger till 10 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Sydsudan från slutsåranslaget. Beslut 16 november 2022, 2022-002341. Avtalförändring nr 7.
2023
NRC får totalt 659.5 miljoner kronor (2023-2025) av Sidas humanitära finansiering för att genomföra:
- humanitära insatser i 23
krisområden under 2023: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Centralafrikanska
republiken, Colombia, Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jemen,
Jordanien, Kamerun, Kenya, Libanon, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Palestina, Sudan,
Sydsudan, Syrien, Uganda, Ukraina och Venezuela.
NRC har dessutom ansökt om 244
miljoner kronor för att kunna fortsätta sina humanitära program i Jemen, Kamerun,
Sydsudan, Syria och Venezuela under 2024 och 2025.
- ansökan inkluderar även 50
miljoner kronor till den humanitära snabbinsatsmekanismen (RRM)
- och 40 miljoner kronor i stöd till fyra fleråriga projekt för metodstöd och kapacitetsuppbyggnad: Miljö, Skydd, Tillträde, IDMC (18,5 under 2023, 21,5 under 2024-2025). Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is Norway's largest international humanitarian organisation and widely recognized as a leading field-based displacement agency within the international humanitarian community. NRC is the INGO receiving the largest contribution from Sida's Humanitarian Unit to INGOs so far, based on experience of successful partnerships, NRC's capacities to respond at scale and its coverage of crises that Sida is prioritizing through the needs-based allocation approach. NRC receives approximately 8% of Sida's humanitarian unit's annual budget appropriation.
The objectives of NRC can be summarized as follows: "To protect the rights of displaced and vulnerable people during crisis, to provide assistance meeting their immediate humanitarian needs, to prevent further displacement and to contribute to durable solutions, and to provide expertise as a strategic partner to humanitarian systems and actors." NRCs main activity is delivery of humanitarian assistance through programme activities in the field. NRC specializes in six areas of expertise, or "core competencies": shelter and settlements; livelihoods and food security; information, counselling and legal assistance (ICLA); education; camp management; and water, sanitation and hygiene promotion (WASH). Protection is lifted up as a new core competency of NRC since 2021. NRC engages closely with the affected populations to understand their needs and capacities, ensuring it tailors its assistance accordingly and involve them in the entire programme cycle, from design through implementation to evaluation. NRC advocates for respect for the rights of displaced and vulnerable people.
In 2021, the NRC Board approved the Global Strategy 20222025. The strategy
sets out four sub-objectives for areas that NRC will continue to strengthen and further institutionalize, namely, 1. assistance to hard-to-reach populations, 2. humanitarian policy, 3. protection, and 4. durable solutions. It also points to four areas of work that will be accelerated through expanded engagement and investments: i) advocacy, ii) climate and environment, iii) collaboration with local actors, and iv) quality programming.
NRCs work is divided into three pillars: humanitarian assistance, advocacy and expert deployment. Sida's Humanitarian Unit funding will continue prioritizing mainly the first pillar through funding of the humanitarian country programmes in line with HRPs and the RRPs and through the RRM funding. To some extent, Sida will support as well the second pillar of advocacy which is integrated in the humanitarian country programmes and implemented by NRC's method, thematic and capacity development projects supported by Sida. Sida will provide NRC with only a punctual support to the third pillar, through funding to CashCap which is deploying experts to the field for invigorating cash assistance working groups (17 in 2020 to 16 countries).
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has applied for a renewed strategic partnership with Sida during 2021-2025.
The interventions tentative total budget is 4 263 200 000 Norwegian krona (NOK), that the organisation is financing with Sidas funding in a proportion of 8% approximately. Other donors, like the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG ECHO, UNHCR, etc. are the largest contributors, besides a dozen of other donors in agreement with NRC. Sida provides NRC with the opportunity to allocate resources flexibly within individual country programmes (Programme-Based Approach PBA).
NRC was granted funding to carry out the Humanitarian Programme for 2022 in 24 humanitarian crisis settings: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Irak, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Ukraina, Venezuela and Yemen. The grant includes provision of funding replenish the Rapid Response Mechanism funding instrument and four individual projects for method, capacity-building and coordination.
Sida's assessment on performance and results
Alike many other actors in the sector, NRC excels in reporting activities and outputs, but should be better in catching what changes and impacts its interventions have resulted to ultimately on assisted communities. The reporting of data and results does not provide necessarily an accurate and consolidated overview of what NRC has achieved. Sida has notified NRC that it should provide dis-aggregated data by age in targeting and reporting which is a norm.
It is assumed that NRC will achieve its objectives in 2023 again, but the global stress on the current resource mobilisation system supporting humanitarian action may affect NRC as well, similarly to large humanitarian actors such as the ICRC. | Significant |
Ethiopia 2021 - NRC Humanitarian Country programmes 2021-2025 Norwegian Refugee Council - Norska flyktingrådet (NRC) - har ansökt om ett förnyat partnerskap med Sida 2021-2025.
2021
NRC har dessutom ansökt om finansiering på 364,5 miljoner SEK för att genomföra humanitära insatser i 26 humanitära krisområden under 2021: Afghanistan, Kamerun, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Demokratiska Republiken Kongo, Eritrea, Etiopien, Iran, Irak, Jordanien, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexiko, Palestina, Somalia, Sydsudan, Sudan, Tanzania / Burundi, Uganda, Venezuela och Jemen. Ansökan inkluderar även 40 miljoner kronor för den humanitära snabbmekanismen (RRM) och 20 miljoner kronor i stöd till sju projekt för metodstöd, kapacitetsuppbyggnad och samordning.
Den aktuella budgeten för NRC:s hela humanitära program 2021 uppgår till 4 263 200 000 NOK, varav Sidas del för närvarande utgör ca 8%. Sida ger NRC möjligheten att nyttja resurser flexibelt inom varje enskilt landprogram, (enligt så kallad Programme-Based Approach – PBA)
Humanitär-Utveckling-Fred Nexus
NRC bidrar i hög grad till arbetet för att sammankoppla humanitärt bistånd med freds- och utvecklingsinsatser. Organisationens strävan att effektivisera biståndet genom katalytiskt stöd till samordning och kapacitetsbyggande insatser bidrar till denna ansats. I samarbetet med andra organisationer möjliggör och bidrar NRC:s verksamhet och påverkansarbete till att stärka hållbara lösningar för flyktingar och människor som har blivit tvångsfördrivna och bidrar därmed till att på sikt minska de humanitära behoven. Även krisdrabbade människors möjligheter till självförsörjning prioriteras. NRC:s analyskapacitet är en styrka som bidrar till att programmeringen anpassas till en nexus-ansats och den analys som genomförs av NRC:s internationella center för övervakning av tvångsförflyttning (IDMC) är av stor vikt för dessa analyser. 19 av de 26 kriser i NRC:s portfölj som Sida finansierar avser länder där Sverige även bedriver utvecklingssamarbete vilket öppnar för möjligheter till synergier med humanitärt bistånd.
2022
NRC ska få totalt 455,5 miljoner kronor av Sidas humanitära finansiering, enligt följande fördelning:
- Sida kommer att stödja NRC:s humanitära program i 23 krissituationer som Sida har prioriterat genom sin behovsbaserade allokeringsmodell för 2022, med 288,5 miljoner kronor :Afghanistan, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia och
regionen (Ecuador, Panamà), Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jemen,
Jordanien, Kamerun, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria,
Palestina, Somalia, Sudan, Sydsudan, Syrien, Uganda, Venezuela.
- Flerårig finansiering för NRC :s humanitära program i Demokratiska
republiken Kongo, Mali och Nigeria inleds 2022 och Sida har för ändamålet att ta i anspråk 104 miljoner kronor från kommande års anslag från erhållen Bemyndiganderam förutsatt att Riksdagen anvisar tillräckliga medel.
- NRC:s akuta insatser vid plötsligt uppkomna kriser kommer att stödjas genom Sidas snabbinsatsmekanism (RRM) under 2022 med 50 miljoner kronor.
- NRC:s metod- och kapacitetsstärkande projekt för skydd, miljö och IDMC (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre) kommer under 2022 att få 13 miljoner kronor, varav 3 miljoner kronor från Sida/Globen för IDMC.
Sidas bidrag till NRC för 2022 kommer att täcka cirka 6,5 % av NRC:s totala finansiella behov för de stödda programmen och projekten. Det kommer att tillhandahålla humanitära tjänster till nästan 9 miljoner människor (53 % kvinnor) i Afghanistan, Kamerun, Centralafrikanska republiken, Colombia och regionen, Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jordanien, Kenya, Libanon, Libyen, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria, Palestina, Somalia, Sydsudan, Sudan, Syrien, Uganda, Venezuela och Jemen.
HUM lägger till 50 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Ukraina som gynnar 90,000 människor med skydd, tak över huvudet, WaSH samt kontantbistånd. Beslut 5 April. Avtalförändring nr 5.
HUM lägger till 7,5 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Kamerun från halvsårsanslaget 2022 (livsmedelsförsörjning, juridik rådgivning för 600 husshållen/4200 individer i Logone-et-Chari, Mayo Sava och Mayo Tsanaga). Beslut 9 juni 2022. Avtalförändring nr 6.
HUM lägger till 10 MSEK för NRC:s landprogram 2022 i Sydsudan från slutsåranslaget. Beslut 16 november 2022, 2022-002341. Avtalförändring nr 7.
2023
NRC får totalt 659.5 miljoner kronor (2023-2025) av Sidas humanitära finansiering för att genomföra:
- humanitära insatser i 23
krisområden under 2023: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Centralafrikanska
republiken, Colombia, Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Etiopien, Irak, Jemen,
Jordanien, Kamerun, Kenya, Libanon, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Palestina, Sudan,
Sydsudan, Syrien, Uganda, Ukraina och Venezuela.
NRC har dessutom ansökt om 244
miljoner kronor för att kunna fortsätta sina humanitära program i Jemen, Kamerun,
Sydsudan, Syria och Venezuela under 2024 och 2025.
- ansökan inkluderar även 50
miljoner kronor till den humanitära snabbinsatsmekanismen (RRM)
- och 40 miljoner kronor i stöd till fyra fleråriga projekt för metodstöd och kapacitetsuppbyggnad: Miljö, Skydd, Tillträde, IDMC (18,5 under 2023, 21,5 under 2024-2025). NRC has applied as well to Sida for funding of 364.5 million SEK to carry out “the Humanitarian Programme for 2021” in 26 humanitarian crisis settings: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania/Burundi, Uganda, Venezuela, Yemen. The application includes provision of 40 million SEK to replenish the Rapid Response Mechanism funding instrument and 7 individual projects for method, capacity-building and coordination.
The intervention’s tentative total budget is 4 263 200 000 Norwegian krona (NOK), that the organisation is financing with Sida’s funding in a proportion of 8% approximately. Other donors, like the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG ECHO, UNHCR, etc. are the largest contributors, besides a dozen of other donors in agreement with NRC. Sida provides NRC with the opportunity to allocate resources flexibly within individual country programmes (Programme-Based Approach – PBA).
NRC's catalytic support for coordination and capacity building contributes greatly to the link between humanitarian aid, development and peace. NRC's advocacy work and activities enable, at least contribute to, sustainable solutions for refugees and displaced people in a significant way in cooperation with other actors. In the long run, the NRC will reduce humanitarian needs. The NRC prioritizes self-sufficiency in its programs. The NRC's analysis capability, not least through its Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC), is an advantage for relevant programming according to the nexus orientations. Among the 26 crises in NRC's portfolio that Sida prioritizes, there are 15 where Sida implements Sweden's development strategies in synergy with humanitarian aid.
Sida’s contribution to NRC for 2022 will cover around 6.5% of NRC’s total financial requirements of the supported programmes and projects. It will provides humanitarian services to almost 9 million persons (53% female). HUM adds 50 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in Ukraine benefiting 90,000 people with protection, shelter, WaSH and cash assistance. Decision 5 April. Amendment nr. 5.
HUM adds 7.5 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in Cameroon from the 2022 mid-year allocation (food security, legal advice for 600 households/4200 individuals in Logone-et-Chari, Mayo Sava and Mayo Tsanaga). Decision 9 June 2022. Contract amendment No 6.
HUM adds 10 MSEK for NRC's 2022 country programme in South Sudan from the end-of-the-year allocation. Decision 16 November 2022 nr 2022-002341. Contract amendment No 7.
NRC targets 7.7 million unique beneficiaries in total within Sida-funded humanitarian programmes in 2023, (52% female), who will receive protection and humanitarian services from NRC: Education, WASH, Shelter and settlement, Food security and livelihoods, including multi-purpose cash assistance, Protection, Legal assistance, Humanitarian mediation (community-based peace-building). Advocacy and support to humanitarian coordination and durable solution to displacements working groups in the field are part of NRC's engagement that Sida is funding. NRC's annual budget 2023 in the settings and thematics prioritized by Sida amounts to 5620 million Norwegian crowns in total. Sida's share weighs so far 8% of it: NRC's third largest donor whose cumulated 2021-2025 grant is 80% softly earmarked (programme-based approach) and 34% multi-year.
Earlier granted multi-year funding for 2023 was disbursed in January (52 MSEK) in support to continued humanitarian operations in DR Congo, Mali and Nigeria with strong emphasis on emergency response. Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is Norway's largest international humanitarian organisation and widely recognized as a leading field-based displacement agency within the international humanitarian community. NRC is the INGO receiving the largest contribution from Sida's Humanitarian Unit to INGOs so far, based on experience of successful partnerships, NRC's capacities to respond at scale and its coverage of crises that Sida is prioritizing through the needs-based allocation approach. NRC receives approximately 8% of Sida's humanitarian unit's annual budget appropriation.
The objectives of NRC can be summarized as follows: "To protect the rights of displaced and vulnerable people during crisis, to provide assistance meeting their immediate humanitarian needs, to prevent further displacement and to contribute to durable solutions, and to provide expertise as a strategic partner to humanitarian systems and actors." NRCs main activity is delivery of humanitarian assistance through programme activities in the field. NRC specializes in six areas of expertise, or "core competencies": shelter and settlements; livelihoods and food security; information, counselling and legal assistance (ICLA); education; camp management; and water, sanitation and hygiene promotion (WASH). Protection is lifted up as a new core competency of NRC since 2021. NRC engages closely with the affected populations to understand their needs and capacities, ensuring it tailors its assistance accordingly and involve them in the entire programme cycle, from design through implementation to evaluation. NRC advocates for respect for the rights of displaced and vulnerable people.
In 2021, the NRC Board approved the Global Strategy 20222025. The strategy
sets out four sub-objectives for areas that NRC will continue to strengthen and further institutionalize, namely, 1. assistance to hard-to-reach populations, 2. humanitarian policy, 3. protection, and 4. durable solutions. It also points to four areas of work that will be accelerated through expanded engagement and investments: i) advocacy, ii) climate and environment, iii) collaboration with local actors, and iv) quality programming.
NRCs work is divided into three pillars: humanitarian assistance, advocacy and expert deployment. Sida's Humanitarian Unit funding will continue prioritizing mainly the first pillar through funding of the humanitarian country programmes in line with HRPs and the RRPs and through the RRM funding. To some extent, Sida will support as well the second pillar of advocacy which is integrated in the humanitarian country programmes and implemented by NRC's method, thematic and capacity development projects supported by Sida. Sida will provide NRC with only a punctual support to the third pillar, through funding to CashCap which is deploying experts to the field for invigorating cash assistance working groups (17 in 2020 to 16 countries).
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has applied for a renewed strategic partnership with Sida during 2021-2025.
The interventions tentative total budget is 4 263 200 000 Norwegian krona (NOK), that the organisation is financing with Sidas funding in a proportion of 8% approximately. Other donors, like the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG ECHO, UNHCR, etc. are the largest contributors, besides a dozen of other donors in agreement with NRC. Sida provides NRC with the opportunity to allocate resources flexibly within individual country programmes (Programme-Based Approach PBA).
NRC was granted funding to carry out the Humanitarian Programme for 2022 in 24 humanitarian crisis settings: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Irak, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Moçambique, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Ukraina, Venezuela and Yemen. The grant includes provision of funding replenish the Rapid Response Mechanism funding instrument and four individual projects for method, capacity-building and coordination.
Sida's assessment on performance and results
Alike many other actors in the sector, NRC excels in reporting activities and outputs, but should be better in catching what changes and impacts its interventions have resulted to ultimately on assisted communities. The reporting of data and results does not provide necessarily an accurate and consolidated overview of what NRC has achieved. Sida has notified NRC that it should provide dis-aggregated data by age in targeting and reporting which is a norm.
It is assumed that NRC will achieve its objectives in 2023 again, but the global stress on the current resource mobilisation system supporting humanitarian action may affect NRC as well, similarly to large humanitarian actors such as the ICRC. | Significant |
Support to Democratic Governance in Mozambique Contract related to: Support to Democratic Governance in Mozambique - The Action has as its overall objective to strengthen the Mozambican democratic system for a more inclusive and just society. The Specific Objectives are to improve the efficiency, integrity and accuracy of electoral processes; and further enable Parliament (and other public institutions) to improve draft legislation and exercise its oversight functions. In particular, the Action will seek to i) strengthen the technical capacities of electoral stakeholders to promote credible and inclusive electoral processes; ii) enhance transparency in the electoral process through greater public outreach and information sharing by Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) to the voters¿ population; iii) improve electoral operations planning and electoral processes during the electoral cycle including during the crisis such as pandemics, natural disasters, security threats and political violence; and iv) support to citizen election observation. In addition, it will also v) support to the Assembly of the Republic trough the provision of technical assistance expert analysis and research products; and vi) further develop parliamentary committees¿ capacity to exercise their oversight function. | Significant |
Strengthening Civil Society Capacity on Local Development, Governance and Women Empowerment (Benaa) <p>The project aims to enhance CSOs' performance in project implementation and provide them with needed tools regarding local development, governance and women¿s empowerment, which will lead to better CSOs' contribution to SDGs in the country and to end poverty and inequality among the less advantaged communities, with particular focus on women, youth and people with disabilities.</p> | Significant |
Activity under preparation Support to MSMES for the implementation of the Green Deal regulations Contract related to: Support to MSMES for the implementation of the Green Deal regulations - The action seeks a transformation of the current economic model in the long term by addressing some of the structural issues currently faced. The EU will provide support in areas such as: economic integration and trade; sustainable and inclusive growth; the transition from an informal to a formal economy, taking advantage of digitalisation and supporting the transition to a greener and a sustainable economy, giving priority to innovative sectors and start-ups; supporting the creation of green and decent jobs in particular for women, indigenous communities and disadvantaged people; financial inclusion for poor people; and the design of institutional frameworks that enable investments and business environments, and ensure MSMEs competitiveness. Moreover, the action will favour entrepreneurship in rural areas promoting sustainable economic development beyond the capital or urban areas and greater equity in the distribution of economic growth in Guatemala. Promotion of green entrepreneurship and greentech could have potential for an operation under the EFSD+. | Significant |
IDA, Promoting Gender, and Disability Rights in Africa (Inception phase) IDA, 2023-2024 Promoting Gender & Disability Rights in Africa (Inception phase) IDA har efterfrågat stöd från Sverige i sitt arbete för att förbättra jämställdhet och rättigheter för personer med funktionsnedsättning. Beslut har tagits att stöd ska utgå under ett år med start i augusti 2023 och med en total budget på 3 990 000 SEK. Syftet med den ettåriga inledande fasen är att lägga grunden för ett längre projekt med fokus på rättigheter för personer med funktionsnedsättning - särskilt kvinnor och flickor med funktionsnedsättning.
Projektets övergripande mål är att stärka kapaciteten hos organisationer för människor med funktionsnedsättningar (så kallade OPD:s) och att främja partnerskap bland denna typ av organisationer på både panafrikansk och nationell nivå. Arbetet ska ytterst främja rättigheter och jämställdhet för personer med funktionsnedsättning. IDA has requested Sweden for support to improve gender equality and the rights of people with disability. A decision has been taken to support a one-year inception period, starting from August 2023, with the total budget of 3990,000 SEK. This inception phase of the contribution is intended to set the foundation for the main intervention that will focus on strengthening the rights of people with disabilities, particularly women and girls with disabilities. The weak adherence of such rights is partly due to weak capacity among organizations for people with disabilities (OPD), and a lack of evidence and knowledge around the intersection of gender and disability rights.
The overall objective of the project is to advance gender and disabilities rights in Africa through strengthening the capacity of the Organization for People with Disabilities (OPD) and to mainstream partnerships at Pan African and national levels. The overall objective of the project is to advance gender and disabilities rights in Africa through strengthening the capacity of the Organization for People with Disabilities (OPD)and to mainstream partnerships at Pan African and national levels.
The two specific objectives are:
Strengthening organizations working on cross disabilities, and mainstream partnerships to advance gender and disability rights at Pan African and national levels (Malawi, Zambia, Ghana, Benin).
Improving the capacity of OPDs to model and lead the design and delivery of disability and gender equality initiatives that monitor and uphold human rights instruments (CRPD, CEDAW, African Disability Protocol).
The inception phase of the SPARDA initiative is expected to deliver results that will lay a solid foundation for the main phase of the initiative and beyond. Accordingly, the inception phase of the SPADRA Initiative is expected to achieve three key results over a period of one year (01 August 202331 July 2024).
Result 1: An inclusive, dynamic, and robust consortium of African OPDs formed to advance and inform global and regional approaches to disability and gender rights.
Result 2: Strengthened capacity of consortium members and partners to design, implement and share learning on collaborative gender and disability rights initiatives.
Result 3: A gender and disability rights regional consortium programme developed based on context
specific needs in relation to social protection, inclusive education, and access to justice to strengthen the
implementation of policy and legal commitments | Significant |
Activity under preparation Resilience in Schools of East Jerusalem 2 <p>RiSE 2 aims to strengthen the resilience of the Palestinian community in East Jerusalem by improving access to education, school infrastructure and public spaces. A holistic approach is used for improving both the physical school environment and wellbeing in the schools, as well as the the creation of adjacent public spaces using participatory methods which enhance ownership, motivation and life skills of students and the wider local community.</p> | Significant |
Support to Social Protection Programme 2 (SSPP2) To support the Government of Mozambique to develop a bigger, better and more shock responsive social protection system. SSPP2 will help poor and vulnerable people meet their basic needs and cope better with crises through social protection. It will expand the Government of Mozambique’s social protection programmes to deliver more cash transfers to the most vulnerable. It will provide technical assistance to improve social protection programme delivery and value for money, making government programmes more efficient, effective and equitable. It will develop government capacity to respond to crises quickly and effectively through the national social protection system. The programme will leverage additional donor and government resources of about £70m per year. Ultimately, SSPP2 will support the creation of a sustainable, nationally owned system to redistribute revenues from gas that Mozambique is expected to start earning in the next decade. | Significant |
Fondo COVID-19_AID_011899: Creation of an Effective Network of Basic Health and Rehabilitation Services, in Juba Fondo COVID-19_AID_011899: CURE: Costruzione di Una Rete Efficace di servizi sanitari e riabilitativi nella città di Juba Fondo COVID-19_AID_011899: The project aims at improving the health conditions of the vulnerable population of the city of Juba, capital of the Republic of South Sudan, with particular reference to the most vulnerable groups including IDP, and persons (especially children) with disabilities. In order to achieve such objective, the project will be developed on two different lines of action, with Usratuna Pediatric Polyvalent Center as pivotal structure.First of all, the Usratuna Primary Health Care Department (which includes a dispensary, a laboratory, a pharmacy, a vaccination service, a specialized Antenatal and Postnatal Care Service, and a centre the diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of epileptic subjects, unique in the whole Juba) will be the focal point of a network of Governmental dispensaries widespread throughout the territory, which will be supported, so as to create reference points for basic health, according to the standards of the main health document of the Government of South Sudan (the Basic Package of Health Services - BPHS). These include prevention, visits and basic treatments, referral of patients to secondary structures in case of need, pre and postnatal visits and non-complicated deliveries. Secondly, the services of the Rehabilitation Department of Usratuna Center, and its two outreach rehabilitation branches in the Municipalities of Kator and Munuki, will be enhanced with an important training intervention, and expanded in terms of availability of services (e.g. start-up of a new occupational therapy service), so as to increase the number of beneficiaries, as well as the quality and quantity of the services provided. The two interventions are absolutely complementary to each other, and aim at reaching all three Municipalities of the City of Juba, in order to increase the access to services, especially for the benefit of the people who are systematically excluded (in particular the so-called Urban IDPs and people with disabilities). Through specific training of all the health workers, it will be possible to create an appropriate referral system for people with disabilities from the outreach dispensaries to Usratuna Rehabilitation Center, trying to detect the very first signs of deviation from what the WHO considers as normal development. This aims to reduce the age of first assessment for children with disabilities, so as to proportionally increase the opportunities and effectiveness of the rehabilitation intervention.Finally, for what is regarding the close relation between health and rehabilitation, the referral channel will be strengthened with some hospitals in the nearby Uganda, with which Usratuna Center has signed specific agreements, for the execution of surgical interventions that, in most cases, are real life-saving actions (ref. UN Convention on the Rights of persons with disability, art. 10), for cases of hydrocele, cleft palate, clubfoot, etc. Interventions that cannot currently be carried out in the hospitals of South Sudan, for the absence of the necessary facilities and hygiene conditions. Fondo COVID-19_AID_011899: Il progetto vuole migliorare le condizioni di salute della popolazione vulnerabile della città di Juba, capitale del Sud Sudan, con particolare riferimento alle categorie vulnerabili delle persone sfollate e delle persone (specialmente bambini) con disabilità. Per fare questo, il progetto sarà sviluppato su due diversi fronti, aventi come fulcro il Centro Polivalente Pediatrico Usratuna. Innanzitutto il Primary Health Care Centre del Centro (che comprende dispensario, laboratorio analisi, farmacia, servizio di vaccinazioni; un servizio specialistico di Antenatal e Postnatal Care, ed uno per la diagnosi ed il trattamento farmacologico di soggetti epilettici, unici nel loro genere a Juba) sarà il punto focale di una rete di dispensari governativi capillarmente distribuiti sul territorio, che saranno supportati dal progetto, in modo da creare dei punti di riferimento per la salute di base, secondo gli standard del principale documento sanitario del Governo (il Basic Package of Health Services - BPHS). Questi comprendono prevenzione, visite etrattamenti di base, riferimento di pazienti a strutture secondarie in caso di necessità, visite pre e postnatali e, quando possibile, parti semplici. In secondo luogo, i servizi del Dipartimento Riabilitativo del Centro Usratuna, e dei suoi due box riabilitativi in outreach nelle Municipalità di Kator e Munuki, saranno potenziati con un importante intervento formativo, ed ampliati in termini di disponibilità di servizi (ad es. sarà aperto un nuovo servizio di terapia occupazionale), in modo da aumentare il n. di beneficiari, nonche la qualità e quantità dei servizi erogati. I due ambiti di attività sono complementari, e mirano a raggiungere tutte le 3 Municipalità della città in modo da aumentare l'accessibilità ai servizi, specialmente a beneficio delle persone vulnerabili che ne sono sistematicamente escluse (in particolare i cosiddetti IDP Urbani e le persone con disabilità). Attraverso una formazione specifica di tutti gli operatori sanitari, infatti, sarà possibile creare un opportuno sistema di riferimento delle persone con disabilità, dai dispensari, al Centro Riabilitativo Usratuna, in particolare i bambini, specialmente all'insorgere dei primi segni di discostamento da quello che l'OMS considera sviluppo normale. Si mira cosi a diminuire l'età della prima visita dei bambini con disabilità, aumentando proporzionalmente le opportunità e l'efficacia dell'intervento riabilitativo Per quanto riguarda la stretta relazione tra salute e riabilitazione, infine, sarà potenziato il canale di riferimento con alcuni ospedali della vicinissima Uganda, con cui il Centro Usratuna ha siglato convenzioni specifiche per l'effettuazione di interventi chirurgici che, nella maggior parte dei casi, sono vere e proprie azioni salvavita (art. 10 Conv. ONU sui diritti delle persone con disabilità), per casi di idrocefalo, spina bifida, labiopalatoschisi, ecc., interventi che non è possibile attualmente effettuare in Sud Sudan, in quanto non esistono le strutture e le condizioni igieniche necessar | Principal |
PARTICIP-ACTION: active participation and social inclusion of PwD in Palestine through the empowerment of local DPOs PARTICIP-ACTION: partecipazione attiva e inclusione sociale delle persone disabili in Palestina attraverso l'empowerment delle DP The project supports the movement of People with Disabilities in West Bank. The methodology of the action promotes the empowerment of the DPOs, as principal actors in the promotion of PwD Human Rights in Palestine. L'azione è intesa a sostenere il movimento delle Persone con Disabilità in Cisgiordania. La metodologia di azione promuove l'empowerment delle DPOs, come attori principali nella promozione dei Diritti Umani delle PcD in Palestina | Principal |
Peace Blocks Contract related to: Peace Blocks - While the humanitarian needs are huge, with almost 14 million people in need of assistance, the changing nature of the crisis requires a more robust medium-term approach supporting the resilience and early recovery efforts of Syrian citizens wherever possible at a grassroots level ¿ going beyond emergency and life-saving responses. There is also a clear imperative to support medium to longer-term interventions which focus on strengthening systems and fostering resilience and sustainability. This Special Measure will therefore support the resilience and early recovery needs of the Syrian population through community-driven interventions aimed at the provision of key services while supporting social cohesion at the local level. Four priority areas of intervention have been selected. Interventions in the health and education sectors will focus on strengthening the provision of key services now, but will also pay attention, among others, to aspects which increase resilience, such as strengthened capacities of healthcare personnel to manage services and systems, or greater investments in vocational education providing youth with viable livelihood opportunities. This Special Measure will also continue to build urban and rural resilience, providing integrated support to a number of urban areas and their rural hinterlands with the aim of mitigating further instability, displacement and loss of human capital by employing a people-centred approach to recovery and social cohesion. Finally, this action will support local Syrian civil society actors to build their capacities as independent development actors in their communities, promoting inclusive, transparent and participatory processes, which can support early recovery and foster social cohesion.Individual areas of the action will contribute to four Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) linked directly to the priority sectors of intervention. Due attention to cross-cutting issues, especially gender and support for vulnerable community members will lead to contributions towards SDGs on gender inequality and reduced inequalities. Together, the separate interventions will contribute towards the overarching goal of a reduction in poverty.The action will give priority (1) to a `Whole of Syria¿ approach as long as the operational context allows, and (2) to communities where significant numbers of returnees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are located. | Significant |
Promoting a sustainable environment to support indigenous forest communities as advocates and guardians of biodiversity in Royal Belum State Park Contract related to: Promoting a sustainable environment to support indigenous forest communities as advocates and guardians of biodiversity in Royal Belum State Park - The proposed Action intents to contribute to Specific-Objective 1.3: Support CSOs as actors of good governance and development in partner countries and to the achievement of the related result 1.3: Civil Society Organisations¿ (CSOs) ability to engage as actors of good governance and development at country level is improved.The Action rolls out the EU support to country-level CSO initiatives aimed at implementing priorities reflected in the NDICI-GLOBAL Europe, Annex III CSO Thematic Programme and the subsequent draft Multiannual Indicative Plan for the same. In line with the policy of geographisation, a majority of funds under the CSO MAAP 2021-2024, will be allocated under the Action to support civil society in partner countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and in Neighbourhood countries and Russia. Activities funded under the Action will support a broad range of civil society actors including and prioritising, but not limited to, women and youth organisations, In the framework of the Country Roadmaps for EU and Member States engagement with civil society (CSO Roadmaps), all initiatives under the Action will aim at and contribute to strengthening civil society partner¿s institutional and operational capacity through a comprehensive approach; enabling and ensuring their participation; and on improving the environment in which they operate. Particular attention will be paid to CSOs capacities to benefit from the digital transformation which will pay attention to accessible digital technology and reduce the gap on access to ICT. | Significant |
COVID-19 Fund_AID_010927: Let's Start Up: Inclusive business e self-employment for People with disabilities and mother of people with disabilities Fondo COVID-19_AID_010927: Let's Start Up: quando l'economia diventa social: inclusive business e self-employment per DcD e Madri di PcD in Palestina COVID-19 Fund_AID_010927: The intent of the project is promoting inclusive business through the creation of social enterprise for peolple with disabilities and mother of people with disabilities Fondo COVID-19_AID_010927: Il progetto intende promuovere iniziative di inclusive business attraverso la creazione e il supporto di imprese sociali che favoriscano l'occupazione delle persone con disabilità e madri di persone con disabilità | Principal |
Systematic Registration of communal and Individually Owned land.
Administration Agreement for Uganda's National Development Plans (TF 073022) The objective is to increase security of land rights by consolidating the demarcation and documentation of individually and communally owned customary lands. This would be implemented by inclusion of vulnerable people of both genders. The proposed activities will build on national pilots and initiatives and global and regional best practices. The proposed activities are i) community participation; ii) community awareness; iii) institutional training and strengthening, and iv) monitoring and evaluation. | Significant |
Accelerating the global transition to a green and circular economy The action `Accelerating the global transition to a green and circular economy¿ is aligned with EU¿s leadership in global efforts to transform the economy, achieve climate neutrality, contribute to halting biodiversity loss, and fighting pollution. It comprises three components: 1. Support to the Partnership for Action on the Green Economy (PAGE); 2. Support to the Global Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP); and 3. Support to the Green Economy Coalition (GEC), all leading to the Overall Objective (Impact) of catalysing a just transition to a carbon-neutral, resource-efficient, and circular economy, globally. The underlying intervention logic for this action is that the overall objective requires the adoption at all levels (global, regional, country) of enabling policies and regulations, and of economic, social and business reforms (based on Sustainable Consumption and Production models), supported by robust evidence and enhanced knowledge of innovative technologies, of new business practices, and of societal demands. It also requires multi-stakeholder efforts, primarily involving governments, the private sector and civil society. In this context, EU engagement with global partners and multilateral initiatives is necessary to increase awareness of the relevance and the benefits of the transition, to strengthen multilateral action and global knowledge, to encourage countries develop enabling policies and transform their economies, and to facilitate more consistent and coordinated efforts in this direction (under component 1 ¿ PAGE). Working across the policy, industry and finance communities (under component 2 - GGKP) is also key, to document green/circular economy knowledge and, identify knowledge gaps and entities best placed to fill them, and while also allow dissemination to targeted audiences in a connected and customised approach. The engagement with civil society (supported under component 3 - GEC) is especially important to convey society demands, promote a sustainable consumption and fair and just transition, leaving no one behind[1]. EU support to the proposed initiatives is expected to further promote this transformation at global level and to complement, coordinate, and strengthen action at country and regional level. The action is expected to contribute to the following results of the Prosperity pillar of the Global Challenges programme for 2021-2027: a. increased global advocacy, policy support and knowledge sharing for the just transition to an inclusive carbon-neutral resource efficient circular economy through knowledge development, awareness raising, multilateral dialogues and partnerships; and b. increased adoption of circular economy policies and regulations in partner countries.The action mainly contributes to SDG 12 - Sustainable Consumption and Production, with additional contributions to SDGs 8, 9, 13, 15 and 17. Aid to Environment and climate change mitigation are a principal objective of the action. Participation development/good governance are a significant objective (particularly relevant under Component 3), and so are climate change adaptation, and the preservation of biological diversity. | Significant |
UNICEF Yemen: Children's enhanced rights and access to basic services - UNICEF Yemen: children's enhanced rights and access to basic services NEW UNICEF Jemen: Barns ökade rättigheter och samhällstjänster UNICEF Jemen: Stöd till skydd av barn och tillgång till basala samhällstjänster The programme aims to ensure that children, adolescent and women in Yemen are
better protected and have increased resilience to vulnerabilities which put them at risk of
violence, abuse, neglect and harm through a holisic support to respond to the needs of
children experiencing child rights violations and ensuring access to basic services.
Outputs
1. Children at risk or those experiencing child rights violations have better access to
quality responsive and protective protection services.
2. Children have better access to quality basic services linked to health, nutrition and
education to reduce their vulnerabilities to experiencing child rights violations.
The programme is designed to suport multi-sectoral interventions to maximize the
impact for children, addressing multiple deprivations and vulnerabilities. The
programme builds on two components:
Component 1: Response to child rights violations targeting the most vulnerable children
through the provision of quality preventive and protection services, systems strengthening
and capacity development.
Component 2: Preventive intervention to reduce vulnerabilities for children at risk of
child right violations through the mainstreaming of and access to basic services. Outcome of the programme
The programme aims to ensure that children, adolescent and women in Yemen are
better protected and have increased resilience to vulnerabilities which put them at risk of
violence, abuse, neglect and harm through a holisic support to respond to the needs of
children experiencing child rights violations and ensuring access to basic services.
Outputs
1. Children at risk or those experiencing child rights violations have better access to
quality responsive and protective protection services.
2. Children have better access to quality basic services linked to health, nutrition and
education to reduce their vulnerabilities to experiencing child rights violations.
The programme is designed to suport multi-sectoral interventions to maximize the
impact for children, addressing multiple deprivations and vulnerabilities. The
programme builds on two components:
Component 1: Response to child rights violations targeting the most vulnerable children
through the provision of quality preventive and protection services, systems strengthening
and capacity development.
Component 2: Preventive intervention to reduce vulnerabilities for children at risk of
child right violations through the mainstreaming of and access to basic services. | Significant |
Mali Eye Care MOH The goal of this project is to reduce the prevalence of blindness in health districts covered in the Region of Koulikoro and Sikasso. | Principal |
EU Support to Housing for Internally Displaced Persons in Chernivtsi Contract related to: EU Support to Housing for Internally Displaced Persons in Chernivtsi - On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation launched a war of agression against Ukraine. The military agression has inflicted widespread suffering and casualties on the Ukrainian population, disrupted the provision of essential services, damaged civilian infrastructure and caused massive forced displacement. The European Union and the international community at large have firmly and unequivocally condemned Russia¿s war of aggression in the strongest possible terms and imposed sweeping economic sanctions as well as restrictive measures against individuals. The Action seeks to contribute to alleviating the suffering of the Ukrain¿s population caused by Russia¿s war of agression, including indiscriminate attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure by the Russian Armed Forces in blatant violation of international law, especially international humanitarian law. The Action¿s main objective is to provide infrastructure to secure access to basic goods and services as well as protection. The Action will also contribute to strengthening the country¿s resilience and resilience against hybrid threats by increasing the capacity of the government, economic actors, media and civil society to withstand the impact of the crisis and contribute to the recovery of the country. Focus will be also placed on the reconstruction of civilian infrastructure and its strategic planning as well as energy security.The Action, while contributing to advancing SDG 16 (Peace, justice and strong institutions), is in line with Priority Area 1 (A resilient, sustainable and integrated economy), Priority Area 4 (A resilient digital transformation) and Priority Area 5 (A resilient, gender-equal, fair and inclusive society) of the Multi-annual Indicative Programme (MIP) 2021-2027 for Ukraine, and is consistent with the wider European Union¿s goal of increasing the stability, prosperity and resilience of its neighbourhood, as set out in the Global Strategy for the Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union. | Significant |
Achieving Meaningful And Lasting solutions for Internally Displaced Persons (AMAL) Contract related to: Achieving Meaningful And Lasting solutions for Internally Displaced Persons (AMAL) - Yemen is experiencing a deep and multi-layered crisis where violent conflict compounds pre-existing fragilities and persistent economic decline. Conflict is the immediate cause of the overwhelming humanitarian needs in Yemen; however, the major drivers of humanitarian needs and development deficits are of a structural or economic nature. To address this complexity, the international response to the Yemen crisis balances humanitarian assistance with targeted development and peace interventions, requiring a high degree of coordination between different actors. This action aims at positioning the EU at the heart of this nexus coordination. The overall objective is to create sustainable pathways to resilience for vulnerable Yemenis who face prolonged acute food insecurity and/or displacement. | Significant |
Syria crisis 2022 - Save the Children Sweden HUM Project 2021-2025 During 2020, Sida's Unit for Humanitarian Assistance conducted an overview of ongoing strategic partnerships in order to ensure that partnerships were established with the most relevant and effective humanitarian actors to carry out Sida's Humanitarian Strategy. As a result of the overview, Sida has decided to appraise a new contribution and enter into a new strategic partnership agreement with Save the Children Sweden (SCS) for the period 2021-2025 (see archive number 2021-000057).
The total initial contribution to SCS in 2024 amounts to SEK 97 317 333.
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
1. Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
2. Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
3. Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
One of the main comparative advantages of Save the Children is its competence in addressing protection-related concerns. For this reason, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected Breakthrough particularly central for its interventions during the agreement period.
Finally, in addition to these three Breakthroughs, the proposed contribution also aligns with Sweden's newly adopted "Strategy for Sweden’s humanitarian assistance provided through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) 2021–2025". Detta beslut och tillhörande beredning avser en ny insats (Beslut om insats, Insatshanteringsregeln 2.9 §) mellan Sida och Rädda Barnens Riksförbund (Rädda Barnen) för avtalsperioden 2021-2025. Beslut och tillhörande beredningar avser dessutom stöd till Rädda Barnens humanitära verksamhet under 2021-2024 (stöd för avtalsåren 2025 är avhängligt Sidas godkännande av Rädda Barnens fullständiga ansökan för respektive år enligt att-satserna ovan).
Aktuellt beslut omfattar finansiellt stöd till Rädda Barnen om 97 317 333 SEK under 2024.
Målet med insatsen (2021-2025) är att bidra till tre "Förändringar" (Breakthroughs) som identifierats inom Save the Children-rörelsen som del av dess vision för 2030. Dessa är att barn ska:
1. Överleva - inga barn dör av orsaker som kan förebyggas innan de fyllt fem år.
2. Lära - alla barn får del av kvalitativ grundläggande utbildning.
3. Vara skyddade - våld mot barn tolereras inte längre.
I ljuset av Sveriges "Strategi för Sveriges humanitära bistånd genom Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete (Sida) 2021-2025" kommer särskilt den tredje Förändringen - vara skyddade - att vara central, eftersom ett av strategins huvudmål är "Förbättrad förmåga att tillgodose skydd och assistans för krisdrabbade människor". Rädda Barnen kommer dessutom i hög utsträckning att integrera skyddskomponenter i sin multisektoriella assistans inom ramen för insatsens tema "Centrality of Protection". Detta tema syftar till att på ett holistiskt sätt minska skyddsrelaterade risker och svara upp mot skyddsrelaterade behov hos barn i kombination med andra projektkomponenter, snarare än att betrakta skydd som isolerat från andra delmål. Vision, Humanitarian Policy and Humanitarian Plan
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
For the upcoming agreement period 2021-2025, SCS has identified several aims under each breakthrough that it seeks to promote with Sida's humanitarian funding.
All Country Offices within Save the Children are to be held accountable for their contribution to the Breakthroughs through a combination of programming, promotion, advocacy, funding and public mobilization. This is assessed to require integrated expertise in health, nutrition, education, child protection, child poverty and child rights governance. The work will be undertaken by SCS as part of both its development and humanitarian programming.
The humanitarian sphere of work related to the Breakthroughs is anchored in the Save the Children movement's Humanitarian Policy - Our Approach to Humanitarian Action, adopted in 2019. It stipulates that Save the Children aims to deliver humanitarian assistance that is timely, appropriate, effective and accountable to the most vulnerable children, their families and communities. Furthermore, during 2021, the work is guided in particular by its Humanitarian Plan 2021 - Children Cannot Wait. The plan is structured around four pillars, of which the first three align with the three strategic Breakthroughs: Child Survival, Access to Education, and Child Protection. The fourth pillar is Avoid Negative Coping Mechanisms, which sets out the aim for Save the Children to promote increased income opportunities, CVA for basic needs, in-kind food when CVA is not appropriate, as well as government social protection schemes. The overarching ambition of the Plan is for Save the Children to respond to the humanitarian needs of 15.7 million people, including 9.4 million children, in 2021.
Finally, to achieve the Breakthroughs, Save the Children emphasizes the importance of standards in its programming. For this reason, its Humanitarian Policy commits the organization to ensure that its programming consistently aligns with and integrates the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), the Sphere standards, the Inter- Agency Network for Education In Emergencies (INEE) minimum standards, and the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS).
Centrality of Protection
In 2019, a Centrality of Protection policy and strategy was endorsed in line with the Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) Principles Statement on the Centrality of Protection in Humanitarian Action (2013). Through the statement, protection became recognized as the purpose and intended outcome of humanitarian action. For Save the Children, the commitment to Centrality of Protection is built around six policy statements:
1. Ensure capacity of humanitarian staff to understand, recognise and respond to violations of International Humanitarian Law/International Human Rights Law/International Refugee Law/International Criminal Law and uphold humanitarian principles in humanitarian crises.
2. Adopt a conflict-sensitive approach to the centrality of protection.
3. Systematize the approach to child protection analysis and integration in humanitarian crises.
4. Commit to the identification, response, monitoring and reporting of grave and other serious child rights violations.
5. Define the organizational position and develop an appropriate response when identifying the erosion of the international legal framework for upholding child rights in humanitarian contexts.
6. Strengthen interagency collaboration, including as a Cluster Lead agency, and use that to promote child rights within the humanitarian protection architecture.
For SCS's Sida-funded Humanitarian Program 2021-2025, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected breakthrough particularly central for its interventions. It would entail a broader conceptualization of protection than during the agreement period 2017-2020, which had the thematic frame Children and Armed Conflict, with a specific focus on Protecting Children in Conflict. The key difference would be moving beyond preventing protection risks faced by children through child protection-focused interventions, towards integrating the mitigation of protection risks into all SCS's sectors of work whenever relevant. The ambition is to promote a more comprehensive and holistic approach to addressing child protection concerns in contrast to doing so in isolation.
Initial Allocation 2021
In alignment with Save the Children's ambitions related to its Vision for 2030 and the three strategic Breakthroughs, its Humanitarian Policy, its Humanitarian Plan, as well as Sida's Humanitarian Strategy, SCS has submitted a Full Project Proposal to Sida for 2021. Sida has reviewed these proposals and drawn the conclusion that they align well with the abovementioned priorities as well as the proposed Centrality of Protection thematic frame. Below, a short description is provided for the proposed projects to be supported by Sida as part of the initial allocation 2021. The activity period for each project is 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022, which corresponds to the 2021 work year.
I. Annual Projects (in line with the most recent Humanitarian Response Plans)
Iraq - SEK 15,000,000
Three years after the end of Iraq’s conflict against ISIS, the impacts of fighting remain high. In 2020, more than 4.1 million people were in need of some form of humanitarian assistance, and it is estimated that over 2.3. million individuals will be in need of protection services in 2021. Moreover, 1.3 million people are estimated to be internally displaced, many of whom facing additional vulnerabilities as a result of the Government of Iraq's announcement in October 2020 that all camps and informal locations for Internally Displaced People (IDP) are to be closed.
Save the Children has significant experience of addressing humanitarian needs in Iraq. In their activities, they include capacity strengthening for the Department of Labour and Social Affairs and other local actors working with child protection-related issues. Furthermore, Save the Children has a strong localization focus, with 40 % of the funds designated for the proposed intervention planned for to be forwarded to the three local implementing partners: Harikar; Al Sorouh for Sustainable Development Foundation; and Sahara Economic Development Organization.
Save the Children has previously reported good results from their interventions in Iraq and has contributed to the reduction of protection risks that vulnerable girls and boys and their caregivers face. Moreover, Save the Children is co-lead in the Child Protection sub-cluster and has a role to play in the future transition to development interventions in this area of work.
The project would be implemented in Ninewa (Mosul), Diyala (Mugidadia) and Dohuk (Sakho) with IDPs, recent returnees and vulnerable host communities as the targeted groups. The overall objective is to support the most vulnerable conflict-affected and displaced to survive and be protected through integrated protection, mental health and psychosocial support services, livelihoods and health actions. In alignment with the three Strategic Objectives of the draft HRP for 2021, this would be done by, inter alia, providing case management and positive parenting support services (benefitting 3,420 children and youth), multipurpose cash grants (1,320 children and 660 adults), life skills trainings (300 youth), promoting health awareness (3,000 children and 10,000 community members) and capacitating local actors to lead protection-oriented responses (520 persons).
Mali - SEK 7,000,000
Of the estimated 13.5 million crisis-affected Malians, around 7.1 million are projected to be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2021 - an increase of 39 percent compared to 2020. Of these people, 3.5 million are estimated to be children. The worst affected region is Mopti, where approximately 42 % of the country's 311,193 IDPs reside (55 % of whom are women), food insecurity is pervasive and severe protection risks exist. The dire situation is mainly a result of different types of ongoing armed violence, but is compounded by poverty, weak state presence and climate change.
In alignment with the first three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 HRP, the proposed intervention targets 8,940 people living in Koro and Bankass circles in Mopti region (4,700 children and 3,790 adults). It is an integrated protection intervention with a strong focus on promoting sustained outcomes. The objective is to restore the psychosocial well-being and addressing the basic needs of populations affected by the armed violence as well as to strengthen the protective environment in the region. This would be done through the provision of protection and education services, cash assistance during the lean season, and the implementation of the protection cluster's Centrality of Protection action plan.
Of the budget, 60 % is designated for direct implementation by Save the Children, and the remainder for a planned partnership with a local organization. The partner organization is yet to be identified, and Sida is currently in dialogue with SCS related to this risk and potential contingency planning.
Capacity building and material support is also planned for to local state actors and community groups for them to sustain the protection support structure in Mopti following the finalization of the project. This includes developing an exit plan to be implemented during the last three months of the project (January to March 2022).
Mozambique - SEK 6,000,000
Ever since cyclone Kenneth struck the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique in April 2019 causing widespread destruction, humanitarian needs have continued to increase. The main reason for this has been the parallel escalation of an armed conflict in the province that dawned in 2017. Between March and November 2020 alone, the number of IDPs quadrupled from around 110,400 to nearly 530,000. In total, over 1.3 million people are projected to be in need of humanitarian support in the province during 2021.
Sida has provided support to Save the Children for responding to humanitarian needs in Cabo Delgado since cyclone Kenneth in 2019 and is diversifying its partner portfolio from 2021. The proposed support for Save the Children aligns specifically with the third strategic objective of the 2021 HRP - addressing protection risks and needs of crisis-affected people. As such, it is foremostly a focused rather than an integrated intervention, and targets 33,346 people (13,338 children) in the districts of Chuire, Metuge, Montepuez and Pemba.
The intervention is planned for to be implemented in partnership with CARE International throught he COSACA consortium, which has been operating in Mozambique since 2007. It is focused around two Outcomes: child protection (led by Save the Children) and gender-based violence (led by CARE International. The overarching aim is to ensure crisis-affected people are protected and better able to withstand protection risks of current and future crises. Activities include case management support for unaccompanied and separated children as well as children exposed to Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and the provision of Psychosocial Support Services at Child Friendly Spaces.
South Sudan - SEK 10,000,000
In South Sudan, approximately 80 % of the population of 11.8 million live on less than USD 1 per day, with an estimated 8.3 million to be in need of humanitarian assistance and 7.7 million to experience food insecurity (IPC 3 or worse). One of the worst affected states is Jonglei where the armed conflict intensified in 2020, and where needs were compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as floods. The latter in particular, and volatile weather and climate change in general, pose significant threats to many South Sudanese as the majority of the population rely on subsistence farming.
The objective of the proposed intervention is to improve food and income security of crisis affected people - including IDPs - in Bor South and Nyirol Counties of Jonglei State. The total number of people targeted is 52,183. The intervention would be integrated with an ongoing education project with the aim of building a safe and protective environment for children, which is currently receiving development support from Sida. This would foremostly be done by preventing dropout rates through cash assistance and livelihoods trainings, and by meeting nutritional needs of children under the age of five in order to prevent them from suffering physical or cognitive damages ahead of enrolling in school. The humanitarian project would be multisectoral - food security and livelihood, nutrition, child protection, mental health and psychosocial support, and with indirect links to education.
The project would contribute to the three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 South Sudan HRP: reducing morbidity and mortality; facilitating safe, equitable and dignified access to basic services; and enabling vulnerable people to recover from crisis, seek solutions to displacement and build resilience to acute shocks and chronic stresses. Save the Children would partner with the local organization Christian Recovery and Development Agency (CRADA) in Nyirol for part of the food security and livelihood component, and cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, County Health Department, and Ministry of Gender.
Syria - SEK 10,000,000
About to enter its tenth year, the war in Syria has devastated the country, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to live in overcrowded camps with insufficient services and imminent protection risks. In two of these camps located in northeast Syria - Al Hol and Roj - over 64,400 people live. In Al Hol, 94 % of the residents are women and children, and 53 % are below the age of 12. Around 60 % of children are not receiving education, with Covid-19 having further exacerbated this situation. In Roj, 64 % of the residents are below 18 years old, many similarly missing out on education opportunities.
A barrier analysis conducted by Save the Children in mid-2020 indicated lacking access to services as a major concern, in particular for vulnerable groups such as girls and children with disabilities. The proposed intervention would address this issue through the provision of integrated protection, mental health, psychosocial, and education support reaching a targeted 1,700 children, 140 caregivers and 22 education facilitators. Activities include providing case management and psychosocial support services, making referrals, supporting child protection committees and promoting protective education opportunities.
The intervention would contribute specifically to Strategic Objective 2 - enhance protection and Strategic Objective 3 - increase resilience and access to services, of the 2020 HRP for Syria, published in late 2020. Being one of few NGOs with access to operate in the camps, Save the Children would be conducting all implementation, while seeking to advocate with camp authorities on child-related issues and strengthen community structures such as child protection committees and parent teachers associations to promote resilience.
Yemen - SEK 15,000,000
OCHA estimates that 24.1 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance (as of December 2020), which corresponds to around 80 % of the entire population. One of the governorates most severely affected by the war is Hajjah, with frontlines in Abs, Mustaba and Aslem where people suffer from severe deprivations and increased protection risks. In February 2019, for example, 62 % of cases of recruitment and use of children and 37 % of child casualties verified across the country were from Hajjah. In addition to the hostilities, displacement and lack of access are the main drivers of humanitarian needs, in particular food insecurity. Moreover, 5.5 million children were estimated to be in need of education assistance in 2020, with 161 schools in Hajjah unfit for use and girls being two times more likely th be withdrawn from school than boys.
The proposed support is for an integrated food security and livelihoods, child protection and education intervention to 7,800 people (no double counting) in Abs district and Hajjah city. This will be done by, inter alia, providing multipurpose cash grants to adolescents and caregivers to cover basic needs, most of whom would also receive complementary vocational training with the aim to improve their livelihoods resilience. With regards to child protection, moreover, support services would complement education efforts by targeting children attending temporary learning spaces with psychosocial support and case management when needed.
Save the Children's operations have previously suffered severely from restricted access - in 2019, merely 13 % of targeted beneficiaries for a Sida-funded project were reached in four northern provinces (including Hajjah), prompting Save the Children to shift its operations to southern Yemen in 2020. The outlook is currently that Save the Children would be able to conduct the intervention as planned for 2021, but Sida will need to engage in close dialogue with SCS during the year to ensure operations are running smoothly and that Sida is promptly informed otherwise.
Finally, Ansar Allah, largely in control of north Yemen, has been subjected to a terrorist designation by the US as of 19 January 2021. Sida, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance is therefore in close contact with its partners on the potential impact of the designation on the humanitarian situation in the country, as well as the SCS’s specific activities and presence. Moreover, a risk analysis is being developed by each partner to identify challenges and mitigation measures.
II. Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) - SEK 25,000,000
Part of the annual humanitarian budget is set aside for sudden onsets of humanitarian crises and as well as deteriorations of major ongoing ones. For these situations, Sida has a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) that makes it possible to allow for the release of disbursed (but unallocated) funds for SPOs within 24 hours in order for them to swiftly respond when humanitarian needs suddenly emerge or severely deteriorate.
SCS has been assessed by Sida to have a strong capacity to respond to sudden onset crises in complex humanitarian contexts. For this reason, it is proposed that SCS receives SEK 25 million in RRM support for 2021.
III. Capacity Building and Method Development Support
Strengthening Humanitarian Access - SEK 3,409,000
As raised above, the latest Annual Report of the UN Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict outlined an increase of 453 percent in incidents of denial of humanitarian access in 2019, representing a total of more than 4,400 incidents. In recent years, the respect for norms governing armed conflict and humanitarian action has eroded, which undermines the ability of humanitarian organizations to reach people in need of assistance and places the onus on communities themselves to ensure access to assistance and services. Moreover, access restrictions are sometimes further compounded by counterterrorism and sanction measures preventing engagement with actors that might be in partial or direct control over areas where humanitarian needs exist.
The objective of this intervention is to address these issues by strengthening access for humanitarians and communities in hard-to-reach areas. It is divided along three objectives:
1. Promote systematization of how Save the Children staff and partners engage in dialogue with armed actors. This includes providing, inter alia, capacity-building support for field workers and frontline teams in structuring their humanitarian negotiations.
2. Facilitate communities to access services. 2021 would be the first year of a two-year effort to assemble knowledge and understanding and develop guidance to promote community-led child protection. The ambition is for this to then be piloted in selected constituencies during 2022 (no such funding for year two proposed for in this Appraisal Memo).
3. Measuring the impact of denial of humanitarian access to children, including the effects of counterterrorism legislation. This would be done as a research project in partnership with Watchlist and the Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) and be used for advocacy purposes.
This proposed project aligns with several objectives of Sida's Humanitarian Strategy's, in particular "Humanitarian assistance and protection activities reach people in hard-to-reach areas" and "Humanitarian actors have safe, unhindered and sustained humanitarian access to reach crisis-affected people".
Interagency Child Protection Programming - SEK 2,184,000
In a constantly evolving humanitarian landscape there is a need to ensure humanitarian actors respond to crises with quality and reach. To this effect, humanitarian standards are central instruments. Departing from this notion, the project aims to strengthen quality, accountability and efficiency in interagency child protection programming. It is based on two components: the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS) and Cash and Voucher (CVA) assistance.
First, together with the Sphere Protection Principles, the CPMS provide for a foundation of advancing Centrality of Protection in humanitarian programming, which was incorporated in the CPMS during 2019. However, funding for child protection is limited and prioritization of Centrality of Protection across sectors is oftentimes lacking. The proposed project seeks to address this by supporting innovation and local leadership through the CPMS Innovation Fund - granting financial support to national and local actors to lead implementation of the CPMS. Moreover, advocacy is planned for at the global level on how multi-sectoral actors' commitment to the Centrality of Protection can be realized and trickle down to programming at the country level.
The second component seeks to strengthen the use and evidence base for CVA in interagency child protection programming, which in part is a continuation of activities funded by Sida in 2020. It includes (i) the finalization and dissemination of an integrated CVA and Child Protection Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment and Learning (MEAL) toolkit, (ii) undertaking a desk review on CVA for child-headed households and unaccompanied children, and (iii) finalizing guidance on conditions and capacities required to work with child protection using CVA.
This proposed project also aligns with several objectives of Sida's humanitarian Strategy's, including "Reduced risk of violence, threats and abuse for crisis-affected people", and "Increased effectiveness and efficiency of the humanitarian system in line with Grand Bargain commitments".
IV. Global Surge Deployments - SEK 800,000
In 2017, a review was undertaken of the surge structure across the Save the Children movement, which resulted in a decision to transition it from a decentralized model where surge teams were hosted by different Members, to a centralized model hosted by SCI under what is called a Global Humanitarian Surge Platform (GHSP). The purpose was to increase the quality, speed and effectiveness of the global surge capacity, reducing the complexity of deployment procedures and increasing the visibility of supply and demand of staff. The GHSP was formally established in 2019, and managed 342 deployments in 2020.
The objective of Sida's proposed support to the GHSP is to ensure that Save the Children's humanitarian responses have access to rapidly deployable skilled and experienced staff needed to deliver high quality and timely humanitarian responses. During 2021, an estimated ten deployments of four weeks respectively are expected to be funded through Sida's support.
V. Operational and Technical Support - SEK 5 000 000
This support is provided to SCS's HQ in Stockholm in order to engender high-quality management of - and compliance with - the draft Agreement during 2021. The support is divided between "Operational Support", "Thematic and Quality Support", "Grants Management & Monitoring", and "Financial Management and Donor Relations".
Sida's assessment of this support is provided in more detail in section 5.1. below. | Significant |
Somalia 2024 - IRC HUM 2021-2025 International Rescue Committee (IRC) är en enskild internationell organisation, aktiv i humanitär respons och resiliens i mer än 40 länder globalt. Deras huvudsakliga syfte är att bistå människor vars liv och försörjningsmöjligheter slagits i spillror till följd av konflikter, naturkatastrofer och klimatförändringar genom att erbjuda överlevnadsstöd och aktiviteter för återhämtning. Fokus ligger på aktiviteter inom hälsa, skydd, utbildning, försörjningsmöjligheter samt människors stärkta egenmakt och beslutsförmåga. Huvudsaklig målgrupp är människor som flyr från krig och katastrofer, samt de värdsamhällen som bistår dem.
I dagsläget är IRC huvudsakligen självimplementerande och utför sitt arbete med hjälp av sina 17 000 medarbetare världen över. IRC har däremot ett mål om att utöka sitt samarbete med lokala partners (myndigheter, organisationer, organiserade samhällsgrupper) för att på sikt kanalisera 25 % av finansiella medel genom tredje part, och kommer under 2024 och 2025 att försätta arbeta för att detta ska bli verklighet.
År 2024 får IRC humanitärt programbaserat stöd i 17 länder, samt medel till IRCs snabbfinansieringsmekanism ”Rapid Response Mechanism” vars funktion är att snabbt kunna kanalisera medel till hastigt uppkomna eller kraftigt förvärrade kriser. Utöver de pågående metod och kapacitet projekt börjar IRC två nya 2-åriga projekt i år, med fokus på skydd för den ena, och lokalisering för den andra. International Rescue Committee, IRC, is a non-profit international organisation, working with humanitarian and development work in more than 40 countries world-wide. As per IRC’s mission statement, their goal is “to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, including by the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control of their future” in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Their focus is on activities with the sectors of health, safety/protection, education, livelihoods and ensuring people have the power to influence decisions that affect their lives. Their main target group is people who flee from war, conflict and disaster, and the host communities that support them.
Currently, IRC is mainly a self-implementing organisation who conduct the bulk of their work through their 17 000 global staff members. However, IRC is striving to increase their cooperation with local partners (authorities, organisation, community groups) to reach a goal of sub-granting 25 % of their means through third party, and will continue to work towards achieving this target during 2024 and 2025.
In 2024, the IRC will receive humanitarian programme-based support in 17 countries, as well as funding for the IRC's Rapid Response Mechanism, whose function is to rapidly channel funds to emerging or worsening crises. In addition to the ongoing methodology and capacity projects, the IRC is starting two new 2-year projects this year, focusing on protection for one, and localisation for the other. IRC respond to the worlds worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic well being and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Their mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods have been shattered by conflict and disaster, including the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control of their future.
IRC consider their interventions successful when their clients see improvement in their safety from physical, sexual and psychological harm; in their health status, including physical and mental well-being; in education, including literacy and numeracy, social-emotional, and life skills (including safe schools); in economic well-being, including ability to provide basic material needs and income asset growth; and in power to have influence over the decisions that affect their lives. IRC strive to reach these goals while continuously trying to tackle gender inequalities in and through all of their work.
As Sida supports IRC in a variety of countries, not one specific objective can be identified for the whole contribution, but for the sake of exemplifying, a number of country specific goals are outlined below:
Ukraine: People are safe in their homes and receive support when they experience harm, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of gender-based violence, adolescents and adults are physically and mentally healthy, people meet their basic needs and protect livelihoods during emergencies, people develop their livelihoods and recover from shocks.
Myanmar: People are safe in their communities and receive support when they experience harm, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of
gender-based violence, women and girls achieve their sexual and reproductive health and rights, adolescents and adults are physically and mentally healthy, people access water, sanitation and hygiene services and live in an enhanced environment, people meet their basic needs and protect livelihoods during emergencies, people lead their recovery and development.
Central African Republic: People are safe in their communities and receive support when they experience harm, children survive and are healthy, women and girls achieve their sexual and reproductive health and rights, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of gender-based violence, people develop their livelihoods and recover from shocks, people lead their own recovery and development.
Across the country programmes relevant for Sida funding in 2024, IRC will engage i formal and informal partnerships with local and national actors. The cash modality will be explored in all contexts. | Significant |
Förderung der Integration von Menschen mit Behinderungen im ländlichen Bereich in Indien Promoting the integration of people with disabilities in rural areas in India Förderung der Integration von Menschen mit Behinderungen im ländlichen Bereich in Indien Promoting the integration of people with disabilities in rural areas in India Mindestens fünf Prozent der Menschen in Indien sind von einer Behinderung betroffen, wobei die Dunkelziffer noch höher liegen dürfte. Ca. 70 % von Menschen mit Behinderung (MmB) dort leben in ländlichen Gebieten und sie leiden unter unzureichender Gesundheitsversorgung, Diskriminierung und sozialen und ökonomischen Ausgrenzungen. Das Projekt ist darauf ausgerichtet, die Fähigkeiten von ca. 4.400 MmB und deren Familien zu stärken, durch Kapazitätsausbau der Basisgruppen von MmB, Schulungen + Trainings für MmB und deren Familien sowie Netzwerkarbeit mit Behörden. At least five per cent of people in India are affected by a disability, although the number of unreported cases is likely to be even higher. Around 70% of people with disabilities (PWDs) there live in rural areas and suffer from inadequate healthcare, discrimination and social and economic marginalisation. The project aims to strengthen the capacities of around 4,400 PWDs and their families through capacity building of grassroots groups of PWDs, education + training for PWDs and their families as well as networking with authorities. | Principal |
Reso Climat Mali Phase 2 - Evaluation Reso Climat Phase 2 Mali-Folkecenter on behalf of Reso Climat has applied to the Embassy's for funding of 42,5 MSEK to carry-out the project "Local Sustainable Adaptation Initiatives to the effects of climate change for vulnerable rural communities in Mali Climate Change Adaptation Initiatives (PIL-ADCC)" during the period 2015-2018.
The intervention aims at improving the living conditions of rural communities in Mali by 1) strengthening
the resilience of rural communities and 2) better supporting resilience issues in the municipalities covered by the programme. Mali-Folkecenter Nyetaa (MFC) will implement the intervention together with the members of Reso Climat Mali (RCM).
Of the total budget of 44,8 MSEK, the Embassy will withhold 2,3 MSEK for the monitoring consultant (maximum 1,2 MSEK), a sytem-based audit (maximum 100 000 SEK) and a final external evaluation (1 MSEK). 42,5 MSEK will be forwarded to the cooperation partner. The intervention is supported solely by Sweden and it is planned that MFC will forward funds to the members of Reso Climat Mali upon call for proposals and a selection process according to the project document. Insatsen syftar till att förbättra levnadsvillkoren för samhällen på landsbygden i Mali genom att 1) stärka deras motståndskraft och 2) förbättra arbetet med motståndskraft i de kommuner som täcks av programmet.
Mali-Folkecenter Nyetaa (MFC) kommer genomföra insatsen tillsammans med Reso Climat Malis (RCM) medlemsorganisationer.
Mali-Folkecenter har för Reso Climat:s räkning inkommit med en ansökan till ambassaden gällande en finansiering om 42,5 MSEK för att genomföra "Local sustainable adaptation initiatives to the effects of climate change for vulnerable rural communities in Mali (PIL-ADCC)” under perioden 2015-2018.
Av insatsens totala budget om 44,8 MSEK, kommer ambassaden att kvarhålla 2,3 MSEK för en uppföljningskonsult (max 1,2 MSEK), en systemrevision (max 100 000 SEK) och en slututvärdering (1 MSEK). Insatsen finansieras helt av Sverige och MFC planerar att vidareförmedla medel till Reso Climat Malis medlemmar. | Significant |
Citizen Engagement for Good Governance, Accountability and Rule of Law - phase II (CEGGA II) <p>In continuation with the previous phase, the CEGGA II Programme aims to promote the impact of good governance, human rights and the rule of law in Lao PDR, as laid out in GoL's policies and strategies. The envisaged outcome of enhanced citizen-state interaction for inclusive national development is pursued by three Specific / Component Objectives (CO) / Outputs: Output / CO1: The dialogue between civil society organisations (CSOs) and state institutions has improved in frequency and substance; CO2 Citizen-oriented decision-making processes of the National Assembly (NA) and Provincial People¿s Assemblies (PPAs) in selected partner provinces are implemented; CO3 Access to justice for citizens is enhanced.</p> | Significant |
Rural Eye Health Programme - West Bengal Eye health programme | Significant |
“IBTKAR for Social Change” - Inclusive Development Opportunities for the Resilience of Palestinian Rural Communities in post-Covid Era “IBTKAR per il Cambiamento Sociale” – Opportunità di sviluppo inclusivo per la resilienza delle comunità rurali palestinesi nell'era post-Covid The three-year IBTKAR Project stems from the desire to strengthen the social, economic and environmental resilience of agricultural entrepreneurs, particularly women and youth, and of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) actors in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, through innovative and sustainable solutions in the post-Covid-19 era (Specific Objective). In this way, the Project aims to contribute to the achievement of SDG 8, to foster a lasting, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work in Palestine (General Objective). Therefore, the Project adopts a holistic approach, working on three levels: micro, through financial and technical support to micro, small and medium enterprises in the agricultural sector and to SSE operators; meso, through strengthening (financial and technical) structures to support small agricultural producers; macro, for a legislative -but also cultural and social- framework, in favour of financial inclusion and SSE. The macro level will also foresee activities at the international level, to uphold Palestinians' socio-economic rights. The Project is rooted in the concept of innovation - in Arabic IBTKAR, the title of this proposal. Innovation is a guiding concept for the whole action, pursued through: (i) Financial services offered by the partner microfinance institutions. These instruments will be more flexible, tailored to the needs of the target groups and will follow a value chain finance approach, based on the financial inclusion of all actors of the agricultural supply chain. (ii) Accompanying services to credit beneficiaries, customised and focused on the development of managerial and marketing skills, as well as on the introduction of gender and environmental justice principles. (iii) Business models based on the values of the SSE, i.e. human dignity, social and gender justice, environmental and ecological sustainability, democracy and cooperation. In the Palestinian context, SSE played an important role during the Covid-19 pandemic and can play an equally important role in the recovery phase. (iv) Tools and toolkits designed according to the real needs of the target groups, and to the specific economic, political, social and cultural context and shared in dedicated training sessions. All the activities carried out as well as the services provided within the Project will be evaluated through dedicated learning sessions to analyse beneficiaries’ feedbacks, in order to reorient or strengthen the processes put in place. In this framework, each partner will bring in its own expertise, gained through years of cooperation and joint work. Specifically, Oxfam will offer its advocacy and policy experience, through the mobilisation of local actors in Palestine, and at an international level, through to the involvement of Oxfam Confederation affiliates, thus reaching a wide audience. Oxfam will also provide its experience in developing innovative tools to facilitate market access for disadvantaged groups (e.g. social impact investments with community organisations and local private investors, guarantee funds, agricultural insurances, capacity building for savings and loan cooperatives). Cospe will use its experience in SSE developed both in Italy and in other countries in the region. It will map, create and consolidate a network of all SSE actors at national level and kick-off an institutional dialogue to strengthen the network and create a more favourable environment for the development of SSE. Banca Etica will support financial partners ACAD Finance and REEF Finance in order to strengthen their technical capacities and to jointly develop sustainable, inclusive and high social impact financial services. In doing so, Banca Etica will build on the long-standing partnership with these two microfinance institutions (as since 2007 the Bank is involved in the development of Reef Finance and it is considering a shareholding in ACAD Finance). Il Progetto triennale IBTKAR nasce dalla volontà di rafforzare la resilienza sociale, economica e ambientale degli imprenditori agricoli, in particolare donne e giovani, e degli attori dell'Economia Sociale e Solidale (ESS) in Cisgiordania e nella Striscia di Gaza, attraverso soluzioni innovative e sostenibili nell'era post Covid-19 (Ob. Specifico). Il Progetto intende contribuire al raggiungimento dell’OSS 8, volto a incentivare una crescita economica duratura, inclusiva e sostenibile, un'occupazione piena e produttiva e un lavoro dignitoso in Palestina (Ob. Generale). A tal fine, il Progetto adotta un approccio olistico, intervenendo su tre livelli: micro-, cioè supporto finanziario e tecnico a micro, piccole e medie imprese del settore agricolo e agli operatori dell’ESS; meso-, con il rafforzamento delle strutture (finanziarie e di accompagnamento tecnico) a supporto dei piccoli produttori agricoli; macro-, per un quadro legislativo -ma anche culturale e sociale- a favore dell’inclusione finanziaria e dell’ESS. Questo livello sarà accompagnato anche da azioni sul piano internazionale, per sostenere il rispetto dei diritti socio-economici dei palestinesi. Il Progetto affonda le proprie radici nel concetto di innovazione: in arabo, appunto, IBTKAR, titolo della presente proposta. Si tratta di un concetto-guida dell’azione nella sua globalità e che si concretizza come segue: (i) servizi finanziari offerti dalle istituzioni di microfinanza partner della proposta. Tali strumenti saranno più flessibili, rispondenti ai bisogni dei gruppi target, e seguiranno un approccio di filiera (value chain finance) basato sull’inclusione finanziaria di tutti gli attori della filiera agricola; (ii) servizi di accompagnamento ai beneficiari del credito, personalizzati e centrati sullo sviluppo delle competenze manageriali e di marketing nonché sull’introduzione di principi di giustizia di genere e ambientale; (iii) modelli di business fondati sui valori dell’ESS, vale a dire dignità umana, giustizia sociale e di genere, sostenibilità ecologica ambientale, democrazia e cooperazione. Nel contesto palestinese, l’ESS ha giocato un ruolo importante durante la pandemia di Covid-19 e può giocare un ruolo altrettanto importante nella fase di recovery; (iv) strumenti e toolkit disegnati in base ai reali bisogni dei gruppi target e allo specifico contesto economico, politico, sociale e culturale, condivisi nell’ambito di sessioni di formazione dedicate. Tutte le attività condotte nonché i servizi erogati nell’ambito del Progetto saranno valutati attraverso momenti dedicati di learning, nei quali si analizzeranno i feedback dei beneficiari, al fine di riorientare o rafforzare i processi messi in atto. In questo quadro, ciascun partner metterà in campo la propria expertise, maturata in anni di cooperazione e lavoro congiunto. Nello specifico, Oxfam metterà a disposizione la propria esperienza di advocacy e policy in Palestina, attraverso la mobilitazione degli attori del territorio, e a livello internazionale, grazie al coinvolgimento delle affiliate della confederazione Oxfam raggiungendo, così, una vasta audience. Oxfam, inoltre, metterà a disposizione l’esperienza pregressa nello sviluppo di strumenti innovativi per facilitare l’accesso al mercato per gruppi più svantaggiati (come, ad es., investimenti a impatto sociale con organizzazioni comunitarie e investitori privati locali, fondi di garanzia, assicurazione agricola, capacity building per le cooperative di risparmio e prestito). Cospe offrirà la propria esperienza nell’ambito dell’ESS, sviluppata sia in Italia che in altri Paesi della regione. Curerà, quindi, la mappatura, la creazione e il consolidamento di una rete di tutti gli attori dell’ESS a livello nazionale e l’avvio di un dialogo istituzionale per rafforzare la rete e creare un ambiente più favorevole allo sviluppo dell’ESS. Banca Etica accompagnerà i partners ACAD Finance e REEF Finance, al fine di rafforzarne le capacità tecniche. | Principal |
JPO with disability 2022 - JPO with disability 2021 JPO med funktionsnedsättning 2022 Insatsen avser finansiering av 1 JPO till UNDP
Talent Programme for Young Professionals with Disabilities. Sverige har åtagit sig att bidra till genomförandet av Agenda 2030 i utvecklingsländer genom att tillhandahålla personal som arbetar med och genom FN organens och Världsbankens olika mandat. Denna insats tar särskilt hänsyn till "Leaving no one behind" principen av Agenda 2030 genom att rikta sig till personer med funktionsnedsättningar. The contribution is a JPO for the UNDP Talent Programme for Young Professionals with Disabilities. Sweden is committed to contribute to Agenda 2030 in developing countries by providing skilled human resources to work with and through the diverse UN mandates. This contribution particularly aims at the "Leaving no one behind" principle of Agenda 2030" by focusing on people with disabilities. Bidra till genomförandet av Agenda 2030 genom att tillhandahålla personal inom prioriterade ämnesområden. Och speciellt bidra till principen om att "Leave no one behind".
Bidra till delmålen inom Strategin för kapacitetsutveckling, partnerskap och metoder som stödjer Agenda 2030 för hållbar utveckling 2018-2022, som syftar till en bredare svensk resursbas genom att:
1) Öka svensk representation på strategiska tjänster i internationellt utvecklingssamarbete.
2) Öka användning och återföring av svensk kompetens och erfarenhet inom internationellt utvecklingssamarbete.
Tjänsten som finansieras är för JPO med funktionsnedsättning med placering med UNDP | Principal |
Sustainable Cities - Phase 1 <p><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">The Specific(s) Objective(s) (Outcomes) of this action are to:</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">1. Improve national and city level policy framework for gender responsive integrated urban development</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">2. Improve environmental management and climate change adaptation and mitigation by targeted cities</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">3. Increase delivery of quality urban services and accountability of local authorities in targeted cities</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives (Outcomes) are: </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">1.1 contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1): Opportunities provided for dialogue and cooperation between national and regional administration, city municipal authorities, civil society and private sector on urban management</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">1.2 contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1): Improved capacities of city municipal authorities for integrated urban planning</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">1.3 contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1): Enhanced financing capacities of cities</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">1 </span> <span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">2 </span> <span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">2.1 c</span>ontributing to Outcome 2 (or Specific Objective 2): Improved capacities of cities to design and implement urban climate change strategies mitigation and adaptation</p><p><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">3 3.1 </span>contributing to Outcome 3 (or Specific Objective 3): Improved capacity and facilities for the delivery of smartefficientsustainable and accessible municipal services</p> | Significant |
Strengthening access to acute and chronic disease medication at primary health care centres and dispensaries for vulnerable populations Contract related to: Strengthening access to acute and chronic disease medication at primary health care centres and dispensaries for vulnerable populations - The Overall Objective (Impact) of this action is to contribute to healthy lives and physical and mental well-being of extreme poor and socially-vulnerable groups in Lebanon.The Specific(s) Objective(s) (Outcomes) of this action are 1. Improved equitable access to quality primary health care 2. Strengthened access to acute and chronic disease medication | Significant |
Support to the United Nations Children's Fund in Syria Support to the United Nations Children's Fund in Syria to provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance in education, health, WASH, child protection and nutrition to support vulnerable children and their families in Syria. | Significant |
Equal Chances for Human Development The Overall Objective of the Action is to support the children of Zambia to reach their potential and to improve young female adolescent¿s resilience in alignment with Zambia¿s human development commitments under 8th National Development Plan. To achieve this global objective, the Action will follow three more specific objectives:_ Improve nurturing care through more inclusive and equitable access to quality early childhood development and education (ECDE) for young children (0-8);_ Decrease inequalities through enhancing wellbeing and opportunities for adolescent girls_ Strengthened coordination across government systems to enhance the effectiveness of integrated service delivery to young children (0-8) and to female adolescents; | Significant |
Mission d'assistance technique en appui ¿ la D¿l¿gation pour la th¿matique soci¿t¿ civile Contract related to: Mission d'assistance technique en appui ¿ la D¿l¿gation pour la th¿matique soci¿t¿ civile - The proposed Action intents to contribute to Specific-Objective 1.3: Support CSOs as actors of good governance and development in partner countries and to the achievement of the related result 1.3: Civil Society Organisations¿ (CSOs) ability to engage as actors of good governance and development at country level is improved.The Action rolls out the EU support to country-level CSO initiatives aimed at implementing priorities reflected in the NDICI-GLOBAL Europe, Annex III CSO Thematic Programme and the subsequent draft Multiannual Indicative Plan for the same. In line with the policy of geographisation, a majority of funds under the CSO MAAP 2021-2024, will be allocated under the Action to support civil society in partner countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and in Neighbourhood countries and Russia. Activities funded under the Action will support a broad range of civil society actors including and prioritising, but not limited to, women and youth organisations, In the framework of the Country Roadmaps for EU and Member States engagement with civil society (CSO Roadmaps), all initiatives under the Action will aim at and contribute to strengthening civil society partner¿s institutional and operational capacity through a comprehensive approach; enabling and ensuring their participation; and on improving the environment in which they operate. Particular attention will be paid to CSOs capacities to benefit from the digital transformation which will pay attention to accessible digital technology and reduce the gap on access to ICT. | Significant |
Supporting the Resilience of Local Agri-Food Systems in Northern Syria Contract related to: Supporting the Resilience of Local Agri-Food Systems in Northern Syria - The Overall Objective of the action is to address resilience and self-reliance needs of communities and local agents for change in Syria in manner that promotes inclusive and active citizenship, preserves social fabric and ultimately creates conditio | Significant |
DRC crisis 2022 - MPTFO CBPF 2021-2023 Sida has supported the CBPFs since the establishment of the very first fund in Angola, already back in 1999. Since then, Sida has been one of the largest donors to the CBPFs. During 2019, the CBPFs received 956 million USD in financial contributions to respond to humanitarian needs in 18 countries.
The CBPFs fund UN, NGOs and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Society. During the years, the CBPFs has increased its funding to local actors. In 2014 they reached 11% with direct funding, compared to todays 31 %.
CBPFs are locally managed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) under the leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator and in consultation with the humanitarian community. Advisory Boards oversee the Funds, providing advice on key decisions, and ensuring efficient and effective management. The daily management of the funds is overseen by a Fund Manager, monitoring officers and financial officers. At the global level, the Pooled Fund Working Group brings together key stakeholders (representing donors, NGOs and UN agencies) to provide policy guidance.
The main value added of the CBPF will be ensuring an efficient humanitarian response due to the specific strengths the fund entails:
1) Proximity to the response: The CBPFs aims to address humanitarian needs through a structure with high degree of local expertise of both the humanitarian situation and the humanitarian actors on the ground.
2) Humanitarian Coordination: The CBPF has a strategic objective of ensuring the implementation of the Humanitarian Response Plan and its various components/ programmes. The Humanitarian Coordinator can hence direct funding to critical components in the HRP that are underfunded. The Humanitarian Coordinator can also at any time direct humanitarian funding to sudden onset emergencies or quickly deteriorating crises, through the quick funding mechanism called “Emergency Reserve”. The overall coordination is naturally strengthened by the fact that the ultimate authority of the mandate lies with the Humanitarian Coordinator who is the overall coordinator of the UN lead humanitarian response in any given country.
3) Reach the best placed actors, which in many cases are local actors who has the expertise and humanitarian access. The CBPF can support local actors in responding to the humanitarian needs. This has been particularly useful when local actors have shown to have the local expertise needed to adequately formulate smaller local responses and also having humanitarian access to areas not accessible by international actors. During 2019, the CBPF allocated 25% directly to local actors and in some countries up to 50% is allocated directly to local partners.
Moreover, the CBPFs aim to ensure that projects consider the specific needs and constraints faced by women, girls, boys and men. The CBPFs do so by promoting sound gender analysis and gender integration in all projects. The Pooled Fund Disability Inclusion Contact Group composed of independent experts advise on how to improve the funds' work with people with disabilities. This is to ensure that disability inclusion is taken into account in all CBPF processes. Some of the funded projects aim to strengthen resilience of affected population, although this is not the main objective of the contribution.
OCHA as a central actor in the humanitarian system has a good understanding of the contexts OCHA and the CBPFs work in, including good understanding of the conflict, power dynamics, root causes and drivers of conflict. At CBPF level there is a mandatory part in the project template that implementing partners needs to show an understanding of the context and analyse the humanitarian consequences for the beneficiaries, including do-no-harm, based on multi-sectoral needs assessments. De humanitära landfonderna, Country Based Pooled Funds, härefter CBPFs, är en av de viktigaste kanalerna för snabba och effektiva humanitära insatser baserade på de humanitära principerna. Därför föreslås att Sida under 2021 bidrar till finansieringen i 16 CBPFs i länder med stora humanitära och komplexa behov.
CBPF’s främsta mervärde är att säkerställa ett effektivt humanitärt stöd genom att fonderna är landbaserade. CBPF gör det möjligt att möta humanitära behov med en hög grad av kunskap om de lokal förhållandena och ger de som finns närmast kriserna inflytande över prioriteringar och beslut.
Fonderna stärker också den humanitära samordningen genom att de har som strategiskt mål att säkerställa genomförandet av den humanitära responsplanen (HRP). Den humanitära samordnaren, som beslutar om insatser som finansieras genom fonden, kan därmed rikta finansiering till kritiska insatser inom HRP.
Den humanitära samordnaren kan också när som helst rikta humanitär finansiering till plötsligt uppkomna kriser eller snabbt försämrade kriser, genom den snabba finansieringsmekanismen ”Emergency Reserve Allocation”. CBPFs har dessutom goda möjligheter att nå de aktörer som har bäst förutsättningar att genomföra effektiva insatser. De lokala aktörerna har förutom den lokala expertisen som behövs ofta också tillträde till områden som inte är tillgängliga för internationella aktörer. Under 2020 fördelade CBPF 28 % av finansieringen direkt till lokala aktörer och i vissa länder tilldelas lokala partners upp till 50 %.
Dessutom arbetar CBPF med att säkerställa att olika behov och hinder bland kvinnor och män, flickor och pojkar tas i beaktning genom att främja jämställdhetsanalyser och integrerering av jämställdhet i alla projekt. Inom CBPF finns en arbetsgrupp som säkerställer inkludering av människor med funktionsnedsättning i samtliga CBPF-processer och allokeringar. Vissa insatser som fonderna finansierar syftar till att stärka människors motståndskraft mot framtida kriser, även om detta inte är det huvudsakliga målet med fondernas verksamhet.
OCHA är en central aktör i det humanitära systemet och har därmed god förståelse för de humanitära kontexterna, vilket inkluderar kunskap om konflikters dynamik och grundorsaker. Fonderna kräver av alla projekt att påvisa förståelse för kontexten och de humanitära konsekvenserna för projektdeltagarna baserat på en multi-sektoriell behovsbedömning, vilket inkluderar do-no-harm.
Sida har bidragit till de humanitära landfonderna sedan den allra första fonden inrättades i Angola 1999. Sedan dess har Sida varit en av de största givarna till CBPF. Under 2020 fick CBPF’s globalt 863 miljoner USD i finansiellt bidrag för att möta humanitära behov i 18 länder.
CBPF’s finansierar humanitära insatser som genomförs av FN, icke-statliga organisationer samt Röda korset / Röda halvmånen. Under åren har CBPF’s ökat sin finansiering till lokala aktörer. Idag uppgår finansieringen till lokala aktörer till 28% vilket är en betydande ökning från endast 11% år 2014.
CBPF’s förvaltas lokalt av FN: s kontor för samordning av humanitära frågor (UN OCHA) under ledning av den humanitära samordnaren och i samråd med det humanitära landteamet. Varje fond har en rådgivande styrelse (Advisory Board, AB) som ger råd om viktiga beslut och säkerställer en effektiv förvaltning av fonderna. Den dagliga förvaltningen sköts av en chef för varje landfond samt operationell- och finansiell personal. På global nivå finns arbetsgruppen ”Pooled Funding Working Group (PFWG)”, där nyckelintressenter så som givare, FN och NGOs finns representerade. I PFWG förs strategiska diskussioner kring CBPF’s. The United Nations Humanitarian Reform initiative (2005) and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Transformative Agenda (2012) put increased emphasis on humanitarian financing as a critical component towards resourcing principled humanitarian action in a predictable and consistent manner. More specifically, the IASC Transformative Agenda focuses on improving the timeliness and effectiveness of the collective humanitarian response through stronger leadership, more effective coordination structures, and improved accountability. In this context, CBPFs provide a link between the pillars of the Transformative Agenda and humanitarian activities on the ground by supporting humanitarian response planning, mobilizing resources, promoting accountability and serving as a vehicle for setting strategic funding priorities for coordinated humanitarian action. The CBPFs are instrumental in delivering OCHAs mandate to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors.
CBPFs are guided by the fundamental humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence. CBPFs are also in line with recognized international standards as determined by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) and humanitarian financing principles as codified under the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) Initiative.
The CBPFs allocate funding based on identified humanitarian needs and priorities at the country level in line with the Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC). Allocations go to UN agencies, national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Red Cross/Red Crescent organizations. To avoid duplication and ensure a complementary use of available CBPF funding, allocations are made taking into account other funding sources, including bilateral contributions. In addition to the fundamental humanitarian principles that guide CBPFs and all humanitarian action, CBPFs are grounded in four specific principles that underpin their functioning:
1) Inclusiveness: A broad range of humanitarian partner organizations (UN agencies and NGOs) participates in CBPF processes and receive funding to implement projects addressing identified priority needs.
2) Flexibility: The programmatic focus and funding priorities of CBPFs are set at the country level and may shift rapidly, especially in volatile humanitarian contexts. CBPFs are able to adapt rapidly to changing priorities and allow humanitarian partners to identify appropriate solutions to address humanitarian needs in the most effective way.
3) Timeliness: CBPFs allocate funds and save lives as humanitarian needs emerge or escalate.
4) Efficiency: Management of all processes related to CBPFs enables timely and strategic responses to identified humanitarian needs. CBPFs seek to employ effective disbursement mechanisms, minimizing transaction costs while operating in a transparent and accountable manner.
Together with these principles, CBPFs have three expected outcomes:
1) Improve effectiveness of the humanitarian response by directing funding towards priority humanitarian needs. Priority needs are identified through an inclusive and participatory process, which includes national actors (e.g. NGOs).
2) Strengthen the leadership of the HC, while leveraging his/her humanitarian coordination role.
3) Mobilize resources and support coordination in support of the humanitarian planning framework (HRP/HPC).
These outcomes lead to the overall operational impact of CBPFs, i.e., the provision of timely, coordinated, principled assistance to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain human dignity. | Significant |
Building skills Building Futures The Action will target a total of approximately 22,578 conflict affected male and female youth; in particular youth in displaced populations/ host communities, youth headed households and female headed households, youth with disabilities, as well as teachers and trainers and parents. The target group encompasses all displaced persons / host community members who directly participate in project activities or directly receive services. | Significant |
Boosting Liveable Income and Empowerment for Vulnerability Eradication in Jordan (B-LIEVE) Improve the economic empowerment and social inclusion of vulnerable groups in Jordan, including women, people with disabilities, former inmates and at-risk youth, through better access to training services and employment opportunities including self-employment. | Significant |
Inherited blood disorders, globalisation and the promise of genomics: An Indian case-study Sickle cell and thalassaemia, forms of inherited blood disorders (IBD), classified by the WHO under 'prevention and management of inherited birth defects', have recently been defined as an emergent global health crisis. The pattern of recessive inheritance implies that babies who inherit two copies of a mutant gene (from both parents) will have a serious blood disorder, needing long term treatment and care; while carriers who inherit only one copy will not have the disease. A much higher incidence poses significant healthcare challenges in low and middle income countries, especially sub-Saharan Africa and India. India is estimated to have the largest number of carriers of IBD in the world, around 42-45 million; where approximately 22,500- 37,000 babies with IBD are born each year. A significant proportion are born in households with little or no access to healthcare, especially in the rural, poor, marginalised ethnic and 'tribal' communities. Despite cheap diagnostic tests and treatments, including curative stem cell transplants, available across public and private sectors, only 5-10 percent of children receive optimal care in India. There is little research examining the social and ethical reverberations of carrier screening, especially of pregnant women, and the use of prenatal diagnosis and termination of affected foetuses, as preventive interventions as a means of 'prevention'. Further, it is imperative to examine how, given the widespread practice of sex selective abortions and poorly regulated markets, an appropriation of genetic technologies by state, public as well as private enterprise might further exacerbate existing structural inequalities related to ethnicity, caste, gender and disability. This 40 month long, Indian case-study will provide a comprehensive analysis of the social and ethical reverberations of policies and practices surrounding the treatment and 'prevention' of IBD, within the context of globalisation and the promise of genomics in reducing health inequities in the global South. The main aim of our research is to relate these global debates to local forms of engagement and therapeutic citizenship reflected in the practices of NGOs helping people (potentially) affected by these disorders in the rural, poor and marginalised communities. To contextualise our empirical work, we will first review literature from medical anthropology, sociology, global health policy and ethics to help refine the questions to be explored through a multi-sited ethnography. Fieldwork across four sites will involve main actor interviews, shadowing NGOs, community focus group discussions and practitioner interviews, as well as in-depth interviews with patients, carriers and two main carers in 80 households, from rural/semi urban poor areas and 10 households from a higher socio-economic, urban background. These households will be visited three times over 12-14 months. Researchers will use a topic guide for interviews on how IBD are recognised and treated, and decisions related to risk and long term care, and maintain health diaries for each family with a record of illnesses, health expenses and decisions related to health. The research will provide theoretical insights from medical anthropology/ sociology/ bioethics and the empirical findings to inform policy and practice on the far reaching social and ethical ramifications of the use of genomic technologies as a means of 'prevention' of recessive gene disorders in particular, and the intersections between genetics, ethnicity/ 'race', gender, kinship, disability and citizenship at a broader level across South Asia. Further, the project will provide methodological insights into a model of community engagement, where the local users and community organisations are intrinsic to the conception and execution of the research as well as the recommendations based on the research, to ensure that they have a stake and benefit from the dissemination plan. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. | Principal |
ASCEND Sightsavers - Liberia Accelerating the Sustainable Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ASCEND - Lot 2) is a high profile, DFID-funded, multi-partner programme, which will make a significant contribution to the control and eliminatuion of the 5 PC NTDs, health systems strengthening, and cross-sector collaboration (particularly WASH and education) across 13 countries in Western and Central Africa. ASCEND - Lot 2 is a single integrated programme across NTDs and the health system, with the following minimum results across the region: 1) provide surgeries to prevent 52,000 cases of blindness due to trachoma 2) 450 million MDA treatments and 3) reduction of morbidity and disability in 26,000 people with lymphatic filariasis. | Significant |
DRC crisis 2021 - IRC HUM 2021-2025 International Rescue Committee, IRC, is a non-profit international organisation, working with humanitarian and development work in more than 40 countries world-wide. As per IRC’s mission statement, their goal is “to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, including by the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control of their future” in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Their focus is on activities with the sectors of health, safety/protection, education, livelihoods and ensuring people have the power to influence decisions that affect their lives. Their main target group is people who flee from war, conflict and disaster, and the host communities that support them.
Currently, IRC is mainly a self-implementing organisation who conduct the bulk of their work through their 17 000 global staff members. However, IRC is striving to increase their cooperation with local partners (authorities, organisation, community groups) to reach a goal of sub-granting 25 % of their means through third party, and will continue to work towards achieving this target during 2024 and 2025.
In 2024, the IRC will receive humanitarian programme-based support in 17 countries, as well as funding for the IRC's Rapid Response Mechanism, whose function is to rapidly channel funds to emerging or worsening crises. In addition to the ongoing methodology and capacity projects, the IRC is starting two new 2-year projects this year, focusing on protection for one, and localisation for the other. International Rescue Committee (IRC) är en enskild internationell organisation, aktiv i humanitär respons och resiliens i mer än 40 länder globalt. Deras huvudsakliga syfte är att bistå människor vars liv och försörjningsmöjligheter slagits i spillror till följd av konflikter, naturkatastrofer och klimatförändringar genom att erbjuda överlevnadsstöd och aktiviteter för återhämtning. Fokus ligger på aktiviteter inom hälsa, skydd, utbildning, försörjningsmöjligheter samt människors stärkta egenmakt och beslutsförmåga. Huvudsaklig målgrupp är människor som flyr från krig och katastrofer, samt de värdsamhällen som bistår dem.
I dagsläget är IRC huvudsakligen självimplementerande och utför sitt arbete med hjälp av sina 17 000 medarbetare världen över. IRC har däremot ett mål om att utöka sitt samarbete med lokala partners (myndigheter, organisationer, organiserade samhällsgrupper) för att på sikt kanalisera 25 % av finansiella medel genom tredje part, och kommer under 2024 och 2025 att försätta arbeta för att detta ska bli verklighet.
År 2024 får IRC humanitärt programbaserat stöd i 17 länder, samt medel till IRCs snabbfinansieringsmekanism ”Rapid Response Mechanism” vars funktion är att snabbt kunna kanalisera medel till hastigt uppkomna eller kraftigt förvärrade kriser. Utöver de pågående metod och kapacitet projekt börjar IRC två nya 2-åriga projekt i år, med fokus på skydd för den ena, och lokalisering för den andra. IRC respond to the worlds worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic well being and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Their mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods have been shattered by conflict and disaster, including the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control of their future.
IRC consider their interventions successful when their clients see improvement in their safety from physical, sexual and psychological harm; in their health status, including physical and mental well-being; in education, including literacy and numeracy, social-emotional, and life skills (including safe schools); in economic well-being, including ability to provide basic material needs and income asset growth; and in power to have influence over the decisions that affect their lives. IRC strive to reach these goals while continuously trying to tackle gender inequalities in and through all of their work.
As Sida supports IRC in a variety of countries, not one specific objective can be identified for the whole contribution, but for the sake of exemplifying, a number of country specific goals are outlined below:
Ukraine: People are safe in their homes and receive support when they experience harm, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of gender-based violence, adolescents and adults are physically and mentally healthy, people meet their basic needs and protect livelihoods during emergencies, people develop their livelihoods and recover from shocks.
Myanmar: People are safe in their communities and receive support when they experience harm, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of
gender-based violence, women and girls achieve their sexual and reproductive health and rights, adolescents and adults are physically and mentally healthy, people access water, sanitation and hygiene services and live in an enhanced environment, people meet their basic needs and protect livelihoods during emergencies, people lead their recovery and development.
Central African Republic: People are safe in their communities and receive support when they experience harm, children survive and are healthy, women and girls achieve their sexual and reproductive health and rights, women and girls are protected from and treated for the consequences of gender-based violence, people develop their livelihoods and recover from shocks, people lead their own recovery and development.
Across the country programmes relevant for Sida funding in 2024, IRC will engage i formal and informal partnerships with local and national actors. The cash modality will be explored in all contexts. | Significant |
Budget support component for the Sector Budget Support for Public Administration Reform Contract related to: Budget support component for the Sector Budget Support for Public Administration Reform - The Support is designed to promote good governance, increase the compliance with Union¿s values and their alignment with the Union¿s rules, standards and practices in the relevant areas. The overall objective of this sector budget support is to improve efficiency, accountability and transparency of public administration and the quality of service delivery and management of public finances. This goal will be achieved by supporting the Government in achieving the objectives of the PAR strategy and action plan implementing measures that form part of Serbia's public administration reform (PAR) [MC(1] strategy and action plan, in the public financial management (PFM) reform programme and action plan and local self-government reform programme and action plan and programme for improving public policy management and regulatory reform. In line with the overall objective of IPA III the Action will be instrumental for the development and implementation of relevant reforms and strategies.The impact[AOL(2] of the Support is further improvement of public administration operations and quality of formulation of public policies in line with the European Principles of Public Administration, delivering high quality services to citizens and businesses, professional public administration which will significantly contribute to economic stability and improvement of the standard of living.In particular, the Support will assist the Government to improve the recruitment process in public administration, to increase the level of accountability and transparency at all levels of government, to improve capacities for budget planning and public investment management, to effectively collect and manage budget funds and to improve the FMC system in public sector institutions. This Support contributes to the Serbian efforts to apply the revised EU enlargement methodology, by addressing the key recommendations from the EC Annual Report for the year 2021 regarding public administration reform. [LS(3] Planned results are coherent with IPA III programming framework focus on modernisation of public administrations at all levels of government and ensuring fiscal sustainability and sound management of public finances as applicable in the EU, in order to contribute to sustainable growth and to improve competitiveness. The Action will contribute to Sustainable Development Goal[AOL(4] 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. More specifically the Action will contribute to Target 16.6: Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels; Target 16.7: Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels and Target 16.10: Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements. The Action will also partially contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. | Significant |
Projet d'am¿lioration de l'employabilit¿ des jeunes les plus fragilis¿s, en particulier les jeunes femmes et les d¿plac¿s et retourn¿s Contract related to: Projet d'am¿lioration de l'employabilit¿ des jeunes les plus fragilis¿s, en particulier les jeunes femmes et les d¿plac¿s et retourn¿s - L¿action se situe dans un contexte de fragilité extrême avec des crises sécuritaires récurrentes, malgré le retour à l'ordre constitutionnel en 2016 et la signature de l'Accord politique pour la paix et la réconciliation (APPR) en février 2019. Le projet vise ainsi à contribuer au développement du capital humain, pour renforcer le pays en capacités humaines nécessaires pour sa stabilisation et son développement.Le contexte sectoriel de l¿éducation en RCA est lourdement touché par les crises successives auxquelles le pays a été confronté. La situation sécuritaire et socio-économique affecte l¿accès aux services, leur disponibilité et la qualité des apprentissages, à tous les niveaux, du préscolaire à l¿enseignement supérieur. Quelques mois seulement après le retour à l¿école à la suite des mesures de confinement actives pendant presque la moitié de l¿année 2020 en raison de la pandémie de COVID-19, la vague de violences en février 2021 a à nouveau entraîné la fermeture des écoles dans 11 des 16 préfectures du pays. De nombreuses écoles ont été fermées de force, occupées ou endommagées à la suite des affrontements. Un nombre important d¿enfants et de jeunes sont à présent déscolarisés et la transition au post-primaire est très limitée surtout en-dehors de Bangui, les filles étant les plus défavorisées. Dans un tel contexte, l¿état de vulnérabilité de la jeunesse centrafricaine reste très élevé, les jeunes étant affectés entre autres par la faiblesse de l¿offre de formation professionnelle, le manque d¿opportunités d¿emploi salarié et la fragilité du tissu économique. L¿objectif général de cette action est d¿accroitre l¿accès, la qualité et la gouvernance de l¿éducation en République centrafricaine, notamment à travers (i) l¿amélioration de l¿accès à l¿enseignement primaire et au premier cycle du secondaire de qualité, avec un renforcement de la transition entre les deux cycles ; (ii) la promotion de l¿employabilité des jeunes et (ii) l¿amélioration de la qualité de l¿enseignement supérieur. L¿action cible particulièrement les enfants, adolescents et jeunes vivants dans les situations plus vulnérables, notamment les filles, les personnes handicapées, les personnes affectées par des crises (déplacés et retournés) et les communautés hôtes.L¿appui de l¿UE est aligné aux priorités du plan sectoriel décennal (PSE) récemment adopté par le Gouvernement. Le PSE est accompagné d¿un engagement de l¿Etat à augmenter progressivement la part des dépenses publiques consacrées au secteur. Les activités d¿appui aux principaux sous-secteurs du système éducatif ont été identifiées en cohérence et complémentarité avec les interventions appuyées par les principaux partenaires techniques et financiers regroupés autour du Groupe Local des Partenaires de l¿Education (GLPE) : PME, Banque Mondiale, ECHO, UNICEF, Ambassade de France et AFD. Une attention continue sera accordée à la coordination des interventions dans les sous-secteurs ciblés et de l¿appui au secteur dans son ensemble, à d¿éventuels déficits d¿appui clés en termes de renforcement du système, et à l¿harmonisation des approches, afin de renforcer l¿efficacité et l¿efficience des appuis et leur possible réplication à plus grande échelle. Les priorités dans le dialogue sectoriel incluront les réformes relatives aux enseignants, ainsi que le budget alloué au secteur. La réduction des inégalités territoriales et de genre sera également au centre du dialogue. | Significant |
Promoting human security in Somalia This action intends to promote human security and sustainable peace in Somalia, through a better-managed and more accountable security sector, more effective justice institutions and strengthened conflict resolution mechanisms. To this end, (i) local inclusive and accountable approaches to rule of law issues that contribute to public confidence will be promoted (outcome 1 - community engagement); (ii) the local coverage and effectiveness of justice services to citizens, especially for women and vulnerable groups, will be expanded (outcome 2 ¿ access to justice); (iii) efforts to professionalize police forces to increase the safety of the population and foster federal coordination on police development will be sustained (outcome 3 ¿ police); (iv) security and justice institutions as well as oversight bodies that can meet the expectations of, and address concrete problems experienced by, the population will be strengthened (outcome 4 - institutional support). The action will draw on its understanding of local concerns and realities to inform national policy, legal and financial frameworks and to strengthen institutional responses. | Significant |
Support for Reproductive Health via Marie Stopes Tanzania The overall objective is to improve access to quality family planning services in Tanzania and reduce maternal complications and deaths from unwanted pregnancies. The programme activities will help reach the Government’s goal of 60% national contraceptive rate (percentage of women of reproductive age 15-49 who are using contraception) by improving access to quality, comprehensive, inclusive, and non-judgemental SRH-services both through static clinics and mobile outreach teams. | Significant |
Addressing Gender-based Violence and Discrimination particularly Domestic Violence and Child Marriage in Marathwada region of the State of Maharashtra, India <p>To reduce the incidence of gender-based violence and discrimination (GBVD) particularly domestic violence (DV) and child marriage (CM) in the project areas. Specific objectives are:</p><p>1) Girls and women across Marathwada region in the State of Maharashtra especially in the districts of Beed, Latur, Osmanabad exercise agency, and take action against gender-based violence and discrimination (GBVD) particularly domestic violence and child marriage and boys and men act as supportive partners and change agents for gender equality by taking action against gender-based violence and discrimination.</p><p>2) Increased capacity and effectiveness of civil society actors and government agencies/duty-bearers in Beed, Latur and Osmanabad districts, and legal aid clinics based in law colleges and One-Stop Crisis Centers (OSCCs) across Marathwada region of the State of Maharashtra to prevent and respond to GBVD cases particularly domestic violence and child marriage.<em>reduced the incidence of gender-based violence and discrimination (GBVD) particularly domestic violence (DV) and child marriage (CM) </em>in the project areas.</p> | Significant |
An investigation of interventions to increase uptake of HIV self-testing and linkage to post-test services among higher education students in Zimbabwe Adolescents and young people in Africa have the worst health outcomes of adolescents and young people globally, in large part because of the high rate of new HIV infections, particularly among young women. Despite this, young people are less likely to know their HIV status than older adults and as such are less likely to benefit from prevention and treatment options. The population of young Africans is set to double in the next 30 years meaning that if nothing is done to improve young people's access to HIV prevention and care, the number of new infections in young people will also double. This project targets young students attending higher education institutions with a novel intervention, HIV self-testing, aimed at improving their uptake of HIV testing and supporting them to take up prevention and care services. HIV self-testing, where people test themselves for HIV infection, has been shown to be safe and accurate and of importance here, highly acceptable to young people who desire privacy and autonomy when testing. I propose to compare the effectiveness and cost and cost effectiveness of two models of distributing HIV self-testing among students, in a trial where higher education institutions are allocated by chance to one of two distribution models. Outcomes include: i) uptake of self-testing, ii) linkage to HIV prevention and care services depending on their HIV result and, iii) cost per person tested, diagnosed positive and started on treatment or preventive service. The two HIV self-test distribution models to be compared are a peer-led plus mass-media supported model with a mass media only model. I will also develop an internet based tool to measure distribution of self-test kits and support and measure subsequent engagement with services. I will then explore how to adapt these self-testing models for young people to other settings (eg schools or workplaces) and to support prevention and care for other chronic diseases in young people (eg hypertension or poor mental health). The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. | Principal |
Method/Capacity/Other Support 2021 - Save the Children Sweden HUM RRM 2021, 2023-2025 During 2020, Sida's Unit for Humanitarian Assistance conducted an overview of ongoing strategic partnerships in order to ensure that partnerships were established with the most relevant and effective humanitarian actors to carry out Sida's Humanitarian Strategy. As a result of the overview, Sida has decided to appraise a new contribution and enter into a new strategic partnership agreement with Save the Children Sweden (SCS) for the period 2021-2025 (see archive number 2021-000057).
The total initial contribution to SCS in 2024 amounts to SEK 97 317 333.
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
1. Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
2. Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
3. Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
One of the main comparative advantages of Save the Children is its competence in addressing protection-related concerns. For this reason, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected Breakthrough particularly central for its interventions during the agreement period.
Finally, in addition to these three Breakthroughs, the proposed contribution also aligns with Sweden's newly adopted "Strategy for Sweden’s humanitarian assistance provided through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) 2021–2025". Detta beslut och tillhörande beredning avser en ny insats (Beslut om insats, Insatshanteringsregeln 2.9 §) mellan Sida och Rädda Barnens Riksförbund (Rädda Barnen) för avtalsperioden 2021-2025. Beslut och tillhörande beredningar avser dessutom stöd till Rädda Barnens humanitära verksamhet under 2021-2024 (stöd för avtalsåren 2025 är avhängligt Sidas godkännande av Rädda Barnens fullständiga ansökan för respektive år enligt att-satserna ovan).
Aktuellt beslut omfattar finansiellt stöd till Rädda Barnen om 97 317 333 SEK under 2024.
Målet med insatsen (2021-2025) är att bidra till tre "Förändringar" (Breakthroughs) som identifierats inom Save the Children-rörelsen som del av dess vision för 2030. Dessa är att barn ska:
1. Överleva - inga barn dör av orsaker som kan förebyggas innan de fyllt fem år.
2. Lära - alla barn får del av kvalitativ grundläggande utbildning.
3. Vara skyddade - våld mot barn tolereras inte längre.
I ljuset av Sveriges "Strategi för Sveriges humanitära bistånd genom Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete (Sida) 2021-2025" kommer särskilt den tredje Förändringen - vara skyddade - att vara central, eftersom ett av strategins huvudmål är "Förbättrad förmåga att tillgodose skydd och assistans för krisdrabbade människor". Rädda Barnen kommer dessutom i hög utsträckning att integrera skyddskomponenter i sin multisektoriella assistans inom ramen för insatsens tema "Centrality of Protection". Detta tema syftar till att på ett holistiskt sätt minska skyddsrelaterade risker och svara upp mot skyddsrelaterade behov hos barn i kombination med andra projektkomponenter, snarare än att betrakta skydd som isolerat från andra delmål. Vision, Humanitarian Policy and Humanitarian Plan
The overall objective of the intervention is to contribute to the promotion of three Breakthroughs in the way children are treated in the world: Survive, Learn and Be Protected. These are part of the Save the Children movement's Vision for 2030 and are defined as remarkable and sustainable shifts from current trends that Save the Children aspires to work to achieve for children. Their respective objective is the following:
Survive: No child dies of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.
Learn: All children learn from quality basic education.
Be Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
For the upcoming agreement period 2021-2025, SCS has identified several aims under each breakthrough that it seeks to promote with Sida's humanitarian funding.
All Country Offices within Save the Children are to be held accountable for their contribution to the Breakthroughs through a combination of programming, promotion, advocacy, funding and public mobilization. This is assessed to require integrated expertise in health, nutrition, education, child protection, child poverty and child rights governance. The work will be undertaken by SCS as part of both its development and humanitarian programming.
The humanitarian sphere of work related to the Breakthroughs is anchored in the Save the Children movement's Humanitarian Policy - Our Approach to Humanitarian Action, adopted in 2019. It stipulates that Save the Children aims to deliver humanitarian assistance that is timely, appropriate, effective and accountable to the most vulnerable children, their families and communities. Furthermore, during 2021, the work is guided in particular by its Humanitarian Plan 2021 - Children Cannot Wait. The plan is structured around four pillars, of which the first three align with the three strategic Breakthroughs: Child Survival, Access to Education, and Child Protection. The fourth pillar is Avoid Negative Coping Mechanisms, which sets out the aim for Save the Children to promote increased income opportunities, CVA for basic needs, in-kind food when CVA is not appropriate, as well as government social protection schemes. The overarching ambition of the Plan is for Save the Children to respond to the humanitarian needs of 15.7 million people, including 9.4 million children, in 2021.
Finally, to achieve the Breakthroughs, Save the Children emphasizes the importance of standards in its programming. For this reason, its Humanitarian Policy commits the organization to ensure that its programming consistently aligns with and integrates the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), the Sphere standards, the Inter- Agency Network for Education In Emergencies (INEE) minimum standards, and the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS).
Centrality of Protection
In 2019, a Centrality of Protection policy and strategy was endorsed in line with the Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) Principles Statement on the Centrality of Protection in Humanitarian Action (2013). Through the statement, protection became recognized as the purpose and intended outcome of humanitarian action. For Save the Children, the commitment to Centrality of Protection is built around six policy statements:
1. Ensure capacity of humanitarian staff to understand, recognise and respond to violations of International Humanitarian Law/International Human Rights Law/International Refugee Law/International Criminal Law and uphold humanitarian principles in humanitarian crises.
2. Adopt a conflict-sensitive approach to the centrality of protection.
3. Systematize the approach to child protection analysis and integration in humanitarian crises.
4. Commit to the identification, response, monitoring and reporting of grave and other serious child rights violations.
5. Define the organizational position and develop an appropriate response when identifying the erosion of the international legal framework for upholding child rights in humanitarian contexts.
6. Strengthen interagency collaboration, including as a Cluster Lead agency, and use that to promote child rights within the humanitarian protection architecture.
For SCS's Sida-funded Humanitarian Program 2021-2025, Centrality of Protection has been proposed as the thematic frame, making the Be Protected breakthrough particularly central for its interventions. It would entail a broader conceptualization of protection than during the agreement period 2017-2020, which had the thematic frame Children and Armed Conflict, with a specific focus on Protecting Children in Conflict. The key difference would be moving beyond preventing protection risks faced by children through child protection-focused interventions, towards integrating the mitigation of protection risks into all SCS's sectors of work whenever relevant. The ambition is to promote a more comprehensive and holistic approach to addressing child protection concerns in contrast to doing so in isolation.
Initial Allocation 2021
In alignment with Save the Children's ambitions related to its Vision for 2030 and the three strategic Breakthroughs, its Humanitarian Policy, its Humanitarian Plan, as well as Sida's Humanitarian Strategy, SCS has submitted a Full Project Proposal to Sida for 2021. Sida has reviewed these proposals and drawn the conclusion that they align well with the abovementioned priorities as well as the proposed Centrality of Protection thematic frame. Below, a short description is provided for the proposed projects to be supported by Sida as part of the initial allocation 2021. The activity period for each project is 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022, which corresponds to the 2021 work year.
I. Annual Projects (in line with the most recent Humanitarian Response Plans)
Iraq - SEK 15,000,000
Three years after the end of Iraq’s conflict against ISIS, the impacts of fighting remain high. In 2020, more than 4.1 million people were in need of some form of humanitarian assistance, and it is estimated that over 2.3. million individuals will be in need of protection services in 2021. Moreover, 1.3 million people are estimated to be internally displaced, many of whom facing additional vulnerabilities as a result of the Government of Iraq's announcement in October 2020 that all camps and informal locations for Internally Displaced People (IDP) are to be closed.
Save the Children has significant experience of addressing humanitarian needs in Iraq. In their activities, they include capacity strengthening for the Department of Labour and Social Affairs and other local actors working with child protection-related issues. Furthermore, Save the Children has a strong localization focus, with 40 % of the funds designated for the proposed intervention planned for to be forwarded to the three local implementing partners: Harikar; Al Sorouh for Sustainable Development Foundation; and Sahara Economic Development Organization.
Save the Children has previously reported good results from their interventions in Iraq and has contributed to the reduction of protection risks that vulnerable girls and boys and their caregivers face. Moreover, Save the Children is co-lead in the Child Protection sub-cluster and has a role to play in the future transition to development interventions in this area of work.
The project would be implemented in Ninewa (Mosul), Diyala (Mugidadia) and Dohuk (Sakho) with IDPs, recent returnees and vulnerable host communities as the targeted groups. The overall objective is to support the most vulnerable conflict-affected and displaced to survive and be protected through integrated protection, mental health and psychosocial support services, livelihoods and health actions. In alignment with the three Strategic Objectives of the draft HRP for 2021, this would be done by, inter alia, providing case management and positive parenting support services (benefitting 3,420 children and youth), multipurpose cash grants (1,320 children and 660 adults), life skills trainings (300 youth), promoting health awareness (3,000 children and 10,000 community members) and capacitating local actors to lead protection-oriented responses (520 persons).
Mali - SEK 7,000,000
Of the estimated 13.5 million crisis-affected Malians, around 7.1 million are projected to be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2021 - an increase of 39 percent compared to 2020. Of these people, 3.5 million are estimated to be children. The worst affected region is Mopti, where approximately 42 % of the country's 311,193 IDPs reside (55 % of whom are women), food insecurity is pervasive and severe protection risks exist. The dire situation is mainly a result of different types of ongoing armed violence, but is compounded by poverty, weak state presence and climate change.
In alignment with the first three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 HRP, the proposed intervention targets 8,940 people living in Koro and Bankass circles in Mopti region (4,700 children and 3,790 adults). It is an integrated protection intervention with a strong focus on promoting sustained outcomes. The objective is to restore the psychosocial well-being and addressing the basic needs of populations affected by the armed violence as well as to strengthen the protective environment in the region. This would be done through the provision of protection and education services, cash assistance during the lean season, and the implementation of the protection cluster's Centrality of Protection action plan.
Of the budget, 60 % is designated for direct implementation by Save the Children, and the remainder for a planned partnership with a local organization. The partner organization is yet to be identified, and Sida is currently in dialogue with SCS related to this risk and potential contingency planning.
Capacity building and material support is also planned for to local state actors and community groups for them to sustain the protection support structure in Mopti following the finalization of the project. This includes developing an exit plan to be implemented during the last three months of the project (January to March 2022).
Mozambique - SEK 6,000,000
Ever since cyclone Kenneth struck the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique in April 2019 causing widespread destruction, humanitarian needs have continued to increase. The main reason for this has been the parallel escalation of an armed conflict in the province that dawned in 2017. Between March and November 2020 alone, the number of IDPs quadrupled from around 110,400 to nearly 530,000. In total, over 1.3 million people are projected to be in need of humanitarian support in the province during 2021.
Sida has provided support to Save the Children for responding to humanitarian needs in Cabo Delgado since cyclone Kenneth in 2019 and is diversifying its partner portfolio from 2021. The proposed support for Save the Children aligns specifically with the third strategic objective of the 2021 HRP - addressing protection risks and needs of crisis-affected people. As such, it is foremostly a focused rather than an integrated intervention, and targets 33,346 people (13,338 children) in the districts of Chuire, Metuge, Montepuez and Pemba.
The intervention is planned for to be implemented in partnership with CARE International throught he COSACA consortium, which has been operating in Mozambique since 2007. It is focused around two Outcomes: child protection (led by Save the Children) and gender-based violence (led by CARE International. The overarching aim is to ensure crisis-affected people are protected and better able to withstand protection risks of current and future crises. Activities include case management support for unaccompanied and separated children as well as children exposed to Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and the provision of Psychosocial Support Services at Child Friendly Spaces.
South Sudan - SEK 10,000,000
In South Sudan, approximately 80 % of the population of 11.8 million live on less than USD 1 per day, with an estimated 8.3 million to be in need of humanitarian assistance and 7.7 million to experience food insecurity (IPC 3 or worse). One of the worst affected states is Jonglei where the armed conflict intensified in 2020, and where needs were compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as floods. The latter in particular, and volatile weather and climate change in general, pose significant threats to many South Sudanese as the majority of the population rely on subsistence farming.
The objective of the proposed intervention is to improve food and income security of crisis affected people - including IDPs - in Bor South and Nyirol Counties of Jonglei State. The total number of people targeted is 52,183. The intervention would be integrated with an ongoing education project with the aim of building a safe and protective environment for children, which is currently receiving development support from Sida. This would foremostly be done by preventing dropout rates through cash assistance and livelihoods trainings, and by meeting nutritional needs of children under the age of five in order to prevent them from suffering physical or cognitive damages ahead of enrolling in school. The humanitarian project would be multisectoral - food security and livelihood, nutrition, child protection, mental health and psychosocial support, and with indirect links to education.
The project would contribute to the three Strategic Objectives of the 2020 South Sudan HRP: reducing morbidity and mortality; facilitating safe, equitable and dignified access to basic services; and enabling vulnerable people to recover from crisis, seek solutions to displacement and build resilience to acute shocks and chronic stresses. Save the Children would partner with the local organization Christian Recovery and Development Agency (CRADA) in Nyirol for part of the food security and livelihood component, and cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, County Health Department, and Ministry of Gender.
Syria - SEK 10,000,000
About to enter its tenth year, the war in Syria has devastated the country, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to live in overcrowded camps with insufficient services and imminent protection risks. In two of these camps located in northeast Syria - Al Hol and Roj - over 64,400 people live. In Al Hol, 94 % of the residents are women and children, and 53 % are below the age of 12. Around 60 % of children are not receiving education, with Covid-19 having further exacerbated this situation. In Roj, 64 % of the residents are below 18 years old, many similarly missing out on education opportunities.
A barrier analysis conducted by Save the Children in mid-2020 indicated lacking access to services as a major concern, in particular for vulnerable groups such as girls and children with disabilities. The proposed intervention would address this issue through the provision of integrated protection, mental health, psychosocial, and education support reaching a targeted 1,700 children, 140 caregivers and 22 education facilitators. Activities include providing case management and psychosocial support services, making referrals, supporting child protection committees and promoting protective education opportunities.
The intervention would contribute specifically to Strategic Objective 2 - enhance protection and Strategic Objective 3 - increase resilience and access to services, of the 2020 HRP for Syria, published in late 2020. Being one of few NGOs with access to operate in the camps, Save the Children would be conducting all implementation, while seeking to advocate with camp authorities on child-related issues and strengthen community structures such as child protection committees and parent teachers associations to promote resilience.
Yemen - SEK 15,000,000
OCHA estimates that 24.1 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance (as of December 2020), which corresponds to around 80 % of the entire population. One of the governorates most severely affected by the war is Hajjah, with frontlines in Abs, Mustaba and Aslem where people suffer from severe deprivations and increased protection risks. In February 2019, for example, 62 % of cases of recruitment and use of children and 37 % of child casualties verified across the country were from Hajjah. In addition to the hostilities, displacement and lack of access are the main drivers of humanitarian needs, in particular food insecurity. Moreover, 5.5 million children were estimated to be in need of education assistance in 2020, with 161 schools in Hajjah unfit for use and girls being two times more likely th be withdrawn from school than boys.
The proposed support is for an integrated food security and livelihoods, child protection and education intervention to 7,800 people (no double counting) in Abs district and Hajjah city. This will be done by, inter alia, providing multipurpose cash grants to adolescents and caregivers to cover basic needs, most of whom would also receive complementary vocational training with the aim to improve their livelihoods resilience. With regards to child protection, moreover, support services would complement education efforts by targeting children attending temporary learning spaces with psychosocial support and case management when needed.
Save the Children's operations have previously suffered severely from restricted access - in 2019, merely 13 % of targeted beneficiaries for a Sida-funded project were reached in four northern provinces (including Hajjah), prompting Save the Children to shift its operations to southern Yemen in 2020. The outlook is currently that Save the Children would be able to conduct the intervention as planned for 2021, but Sida will need to engage in close dialogue with SCS during the year to ensure operations are running smoothly and that Sida is promptly informed otherwise.
Finally, Ansar Allah, largely in control of north Yemen, has been subjected to a terrorist designation by the US as of 19 January 2021. Sida, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance is therefore in close contact with its partners on the potential impact of the designation on the humanitarian situation in the country, as well as the SCS’s specific activities and presence. Moreover, a risk analysis is being developed by each partner to identify challenges and mitigation measures.
II. Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) - SEK 25,000,000
Part of the annual humanitarian budget is set aside for sudden onsets of humanitarian crises and as well as deteriorations of major ongoing ones. For these situations, Sida has a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) that makes it possible to allow for the release of disbursed (but unallocated) funds for SPOs within 24 hours in order for them to swiftly respond when humanitarian needs suddenly emerge or severely deteriorate.
SCS has been assessed by Sida to have a strong capacity to respond to sudden onset crises in complex humanitarian contexts. For this reason, it is proposed that SCS receives SEK 25 million in RRM support for 2021.
III. Capacity Building and Method Development Support
Strengthening Humanitarian Access - SEK 3,409,000
As raised above, the latest Annual Report of the UN Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict outlined an increase of 453 percent in incidents of denial of humanitarian access in 2019, representing a total of more than 4,400 incidents. In recent years, the respect for norms governing armed conflict and humanitarian action has eroded, which undermines the ability of humanitarian organizations to reach people in need of assistance and places the onus on communities themselves to ensure access to assistance and services. Moreover, access restrictions are sometimes further compounded by counterterrorism and sanction measures preventing engagement with actors that might be in partial or direct control over areas where humanitarian needs exist.
The objective of this intervention is to address these issues by strengthening access for humanitarians and communities in hard-to-reach areas. It is divided along three objectives:
1. Promote systematization of how Save the Children staff and partners engage in dialogue with armed actors. This includes providing, inter alia, capacity-building support for field workers and frontline teams in structuring their humanitarian negotiations.
2. Facilitate communities to access services. 2021 would be the first year of a two-year effort to assemble knowledge and understanding and develop guidance to promote community-led child protection. The ambition is for this to then be piloted in selected constituencies during 2022 (no such funding for year two proposed for in this Appraisal Memo).
3. Measuring the impact of denial of humanitarian access to children, including the effects of counterterrorism legislation. This would be done as a research project in partnership with Watchlist and the Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) and be used for advocacy purposes.
This proposed project aligns with several objectives of Sida's Humanitarian Strategy's, in particular "Humanitarian assistance and protection activities reach people in hard-to-reach areas" and "Humanitarian actors have safe, unhindered and sustained humanitarian access to reach crisis-affected people".
Interagency Child Protection Programming - SEK 2,184,000
In a constantly evolving humanitarian landscape there is a need to ensure humanitarian actors respond to crises with quality and reach. To this effect, humanitarian standards are central instruments. Departing from this notion, the project aims to strengthen quality, accountability and efficiency in interagency child protection programming. It is based on two components: the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS) and Cash and Voucher (CVA) assistance.
First, together with the Sphere Protection Principles, the CPMS provide for a foundation of advancing Centrality of Protection in humanitarian programming, which was incorporated in the CPMS during 2019. However, funding for child protection is limited and prioritization of Centrality of Protection across sectors is oftentimes lacking. The proposed project seeks to address this by supporting innovation and local leadership through the CPMS Innovation Fund - granting financial support to national and local actors to lead implementation of the CPMS. Moreover, advocacy is planned for at the global level on how multi-sectoral actors' commitment to the Centrality of Protection can be realized and trickle down to programming at the country level.
The second component seeks to strengthen the use and evidence base for CVA in interagency child protection programming, which in part is a continuation of activities funded by Sida in 2020. It includes (i) the finalization and dissemination of an integrated CVA and Child Protection Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment and Learning (MEAL) toolkit, (ii) undertaking a desk review on CVA for child-headed households and unaccompanied children, and (iii) finalizing guidance on conditions and capacities required to work with child protection using CVA.
This proposed project also aligns with several objectives of Sida's humanitarian Strategy's, including "Reduced risk of violence, threats and abuse for crisis-affected people", and "Increased effectiveness and efficiency of the humanitarian system in line with Grand Bargain commitments".
IV. Global Surge Deployments - SEK 800,000
In 2017, a review was undertaken of the surge structure across the Save the Children movement, which resulted in a decision to transition it from a decentralized model where surge teams were hosted by different Members, to a centralized model hosted by SCI under what is called a Global Humanitarian Surge Platform (GHSP). The purpose was to increase the quality, speed and effectiveness of the global surge capacity, reducing the complexity of deployment procedures and increasing the visibility of supply and demand of staff. The GHSP was formally established in 2019, and managed 342 deployments in 2020.
The objective of Sida's proposed support to the GHSP is to ensure that Save the Children's humanitarian responses have access to rapidly deployable skilled and experienced staff needed to deliver high quality and timely humanitarian responses. During 2021, an estimated ten deployments of four weeks respectively are expected to be funded through Sida's support.
V. Operational and Technical Support - SEK 5 000 000
This support is provided to SCS's HQ in Stockholm in order to engender high-quality management of - and compliance with - the draft Agreement during 2021. The support is divided between "Operational Support", "Thematic and Quality Support", "Grants Management & Monitoring", and "Financial Management and Donor Relations".
Sida's assessment of this support is provided in more detail in section 5.1. below. | Significant |
Activity under preparation Complementary assistance component for the SRPC for PAR - Assessment and monitoring of SBS implementation Contract related to: Complementary assistance component for the SRPC for PAR - Assessment and monitoring of SBS implementation - The Support is designed to promote good governance, increase the compliance with Union¿s values and their alignment with the Union¿s rules, standards and practices in the relevant areas. The overall objective of this sector budget support is to improve efficiency, accountability and transparency of public administration and the quality of service delivery and management of public finances. This goal will be achieved by supporting the Government in achieving the objectives of the PAR strategy and action plan implementing measures that form part of Serbia's public administration reform (PAR) [MC(1] strategy and action plan, in the public financial management (PFM) reform programme and action plan and local self-government reform programme and action plan and programme for improving public policy management and regulatory reform. In line with the overall objective of IPA III the Action will be instrumental for the development and implementation of relevant reforms and strategies.The impact[AOL(2] of the Support is further improvement of public administration operations and quality of formulation of public policies in line with the European Principles of Public Administration, delivering high quality services to citizens and businesses, professional public administration which will significantly contribute to economic stability and improvement of the standard of living.In particular, the Support will assist the Government to improve the recruitment process in public administration, to increase the level of accountability and transparency at all levels of government, to improve capacities for budget planning and public investment management, to effectively collect and manage budget funds and to improve the FMC system in public sector institutions. This Support contributes to the Serbian efforts to apply the revised EU enlargement methodology, by addressing the key recommendations from the EC Annual Report for the year 2021 regarding public administration reform. [LS(3] Planned results are coherent with IPA III programming framework focus on modernisation of public administrations at all levels of government and ensuring fiscal sustainability and sound management of public finances as applicable in the EU, in order to contribute to sustainable growth and to improve competitiveness. The Action will contribute to Sustainable Development Goal[AOL(4] 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. More specifically the Action will contribute to Target 16.6: Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels; Target 16.7: Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels and Target 16.10: Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements. The Action will also partially contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. | Significant |
State and Resilience Building Contract for Kosovo Contract related to: State and Resilience Building Contract for Kosovo - The overall objective of this Action is to assist Kosovo through targeted growth-enhancing policy measures aimed at mitigating the socio-economic impact of the rising gas prices and of the energy crisis in particular on small and medium sized enterprises and households, and to strengthen the Administration¿s overall capacity to deliver tailor-made services to vulnerable households and support the long-term socioeconomic recovery, energy security, and energy transition of Kosovo. The action will contribute to an increased access to reliable, energy and resources efficient affordable housing and commercial facilities. | Significant |
Social Protection Programme The programme is a cornerstone of inclusive growth; helping individuals and societies to manage risks, alleviating chronic poverty, and promoting equality of opportunity through building human capital and equipping people to improve their livelihoods. Equally important, social protection systems offer the state the opportunity to invest in its population and to demonstrate its commitment to inclusion, resilience, and poverty reduction. These are key elements of DFID Nepal’s strategic pillar on ‘Leave No One Behind’ | Significant |
Améliorer la qualité et l¿équité du système éducatif au Tchad (AQUEDUCT) Le Tchad connaît un très faible niveau de scolarisation, qui touche seulement un enfant sur deux. Le taux d¿enfants scolarisés avec des bonnes bases en lecture et mathématiques, en français ou en arabe, serait seulement d¿environ 20% à la fin du cycle primaire.L¿action fournira des compétences de base aux jeunes vivant dans des conditions de vulnérabilité pour leur autonomisation et leur inclusion socio-économique, avec un accent particulier sur les filles. Pour cela, l¿action appuiera le développement structurant d¿alternatives éducatives pour les groupes non-scolarisés et la scolarisation des filles, avec un focus sur l¿achèvement du cycle primaire et la transition vers le secondaire. L¿action inclut une composante communautaire avec un appui immédiat en faveur des groupes vivant dans des conditions de vulnérabilitédans les zones visées. Elle est conçue comme une action conjointe UE-AFD d¿un montant total de 40 000 000 EUR, dont 28 000 000 EUR du NDICI et 12 000 000 EUR de l¿AFD. Elle sera mise en ¿uvre par une convention de contribution avec l¿AFD. Elle fera l¿objet d¿un dialogue politique sectoriel conjoint UE-AFD sur les politiques éducatives et sera mise en ¿uvre par des ONG et des opérateurs privés dans quatre provinces du Tchad parmi les plus fragiles en termes d¿éducation en cohérence avec les besoins en termes socio-éducatifs et notamment l¿accès à l¿enseignement moyen et tenant compte des complémentarités des actions du partenaire AFD ainsi que des interventions sur des zones transfrontalières prenant en compte les populations déplacées, en particulier, les réfugiés.L¿action prévoit également un appui central au MEPNC. Elle a été formulée de manière à assurer un démarrage accéléré de certains volets via la mobilisation des fonds de l¿AFD (émanant des fonds urgence permettant des procédures simplifiées, ce qui permettra très rapidement d¿avoir des résultats sur le moyen terme).L¿objectif général de l¿action est de contribuer à l¿inclusion et à l'émancipation des populations vivant dans des conditions de vulnérabilité dans quatre régions du Tchad, particulièrment les jeunes filles et les enfants non scolarisés des zones rurales périphériques.Les objectifs spécifiques de l¿action sont les suivants :· L¿accès aux alternatives éducatives de qualité liées à l'insertion socio-économique et à la promotion de la paix est amélioré au bénéfice des populations non scolarisées, tout particulièrement pour les filles, les femmes et les personnes déplacées et réfugiées dans quatre régions du Tchad. · L'accès à l'éducation formelle inclusive et de qualité dans quatre régions du Tchad est amélioré tout au long du cycle moyen, notamment pour les groupes à faible niveau de scolarisation dans l'enseignement moyen. · La gestion, le pilotage et la redevabilité des acteurs du système éducatif et notamment des services déconcentrés, sont plus efficaces et sensibles aux aspects d'égalité de genre (y compris contre la violence) et à l'inclusion des personnes porteuses d¿handicap dans quatre régions du Tchad.Dans ce cadre, l¿action sera mise en ¿uvre de manière conjointe avec l¿AFD, de manière à opérationnaliser le volet d¿accès à l¿éducation prévu par cette IEE. L¿action prévoit aussi un dialogue conjoint UE-AFD avec le gouvernement tchadien sur les politiques sectorielles. | Significant |
A development study to examine feasibility and acceptability of pulmonary rehabilitation in Uganda for adults with chronic respiratory disease Arising from respiratory infections such as TB and HIV, tobacco smoking and nutritional impairment, chronic lung disease (CLD) affects around one in five adults in Africa, and is a major threat to health. Patients with breathlessness related to CLD create large but silent burden of human suffering, damage to the economy through lost productivity and disability, and direct health service costs with frequent and prolonged hospital admissions. People with CLD are prone to breathlessness, inactivity, de-conditioning, declining health status and prognosis. CLDs are disproportionately prevalent in deprived populations and many sufferers can neither afford the drugs nor transport to medical clinics. While non-communicable diseases are now recognised as a major public health problem in Africa, CLDs are neglected as a health priority. While medication may improve lung function and symptoms they do not change prognosis or rate of decline in lung function or health status. However these important systemic effects of CLDs are amenable to treatment with pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) which is a programme of exercise, and education and self management. There is strong evidence that PR improves health status, exercise capacity, social functioning and is recommended in international guidelines. PR involves existing local resources such as nurses, doctors, physiotherapists and clinic staff. PR allows patients to help each other and themselves, without major capital outlay or equipment. PR offers a major and radical new approach to CLDs, an important neglected group for whom no effective therapy is available. A literature review found no evidence of pulmonary rehabilitation being used in Sub Saharan Africa. In a pilot PR study we set up and ran a programme in Mulago Hospital, Kampala. A multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, physiotherapist and others have run 2 groups with 23 patients with chronic lung damage secondary to pulmonary TB. Results confirm that the programme is feasible and acceptable to patients and to the hospital staff at all levels. Major improvements were seen in exercise capacity and health status. In many patients the experience was life changing, allowing severely incapacitated patients who were entirely dependent on others to now function normally in work and social activities. The patients in this pilot so far have been post tuberculosis patients, but we are now able to include patients with other CLDs. The objective of this application is to develop PR to a point where it may be deployed widely in East Africa and assessed in a large trial. The main research questions are: - What is the optimal design of the PR programme? - What are the patient recruitment and retention strategies? - What are the optimal assessment strategies and outcome measures? - How can the training and roll-out be best achieved? The study has quantitative and qualitative elements. We will continue the pilot PR programme at Mulago hospital for 3 more cohorts, totalling 30-40 people. Quantitative data will be recorded on recruitment, uptake and completion of PR. We will assess a range of measures including exercise capacity and quality of life, satisfaction, and evaluation of chest pains. In the qualitative study, detailed interviews will be held with 25 participants who have completed the programme and 5 interviews will be conducted with people who did not take part or complete PR, focusing on barriers to attending or completing PR. A focus group and up to 5 in depth interviews with stakeholders will explore practical issues of running and extending PR in Africa. Thematic analysis will be performed by Ugandan researchers in local languages initially with further framework analysis in collaboration with the UK team. To inform the development of a full grant application we will host a meeting of all stakeholders to disseminate the findings of this work and develop the strategy for rolling out PR in East Africa. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. | Principal |
HR Ombudsman 2017-2018 MR Ombudsman 2017-2018 Ombudsmannen för Mänskliga Rättigheter i Bolivia har en strategisk plan för perioden 2016 - 2020. I planen definieras tre resultat:
- Policys och normer finns för att människor i sårbara situationer ska kunna utkräva sina rättigheter och förbättra sin livssituation.
- Statliga institutioner och civila samhället inkorporerar ett rättighetsfokus och en kultur av dialog i sitt arbete.
- Bolivias medborgare har överbryggt klyftor gällande jämställdhet och jämlikhet i maktrelationer och i samhället.
Sida har finansierat Ombudsmannen för Mänskliga Rättigheter i Bolivia sedan dess start 2000, bl.a genom samfinansiering med andra givare som idag har lämnat landet eller avslutat stödet till institutionen. MR Ombudsmannen har lyckats få en gradvis ökande statlig finansiering. Innevarande stöd från Sida är ett utfasningsstöd för 2017 och 2018
Strategin har en total budget på ca 43 MSEK och Sida föreslås bidra med 5 MSEK i ett utfasningsstöd 2017- 2018. The contribution is a transition support in order to conclude the support to Human Rights Ombudsman Strategic plan 2016-2020. To guaranty the institutional sustainability of Human Rights Ombudsman, avoid instability and vacuum during the conclusion period 2017-2018. During this period there should be a dialogue and preparation about a possible conclusion evaluation for the period 2000-2018. PROGRAM No 1: EERCISE AND ENJOYMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF POPULATIONS IN SITUATION OF VULNERABILITY AND
DISADVANTAGED SECTORS
Strategic Program Objective: To promote the generation of material living conditions that allow the exercise and enjoyment of human rights of populations vulnerable and disadvantaged.
PROGRAM NO 2: DIALOGUE FOR PEACEFUL PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF CONFLICTS
Strategic Program Objective: To impulse sensible action to conflict and peaceful conflict management in state institutions and actors of society, from a human rights approach in and the culture of dialogue and peace.
PROGRAM No 3: EXRCISE AND ENJOYMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CONDITIONS OF EQUALITY AND EQUITY
Strategic Program Objective: Transformation of inequality and inequity relations for the observance of human rights | Significant |
Fortalecimiento ampliación de la atención en el ámbito de la salud mental y discapacidad en Mahotas (Mozambique) en el contexto de C (COVID-19) Fortalecimiento ampliación de la atención en el ámbito de la salud mental y discapacidad en Mahotas (Mozambique) en el contexto de C Con este proyecto se busca que las personas (adultas, jóvenes, niños y niñas) que experimentan enfermedades de saludmental y/o con discapacidad, puedan continuar recibiendo atención sanitaria y de rehabilitación en el contexto de la pandemia del Covid-19. Debido a la crisis sanitaria los pocos dispositivos de atención en salud mental que hay en la región handebido de cerrarse o reducir sus servicios dejando sin atención a personas que se encuentran en una situación de vulnerabilidad socio- sanitaria. En el caso del Centro de Rehabilitación Psicosocial de Mahotas (CRPS)- Mozambique, se han debido | Principal |
Emergency assistance and early recovery in food security and livelihood sectors and for access to basic service in health and education, for enhancing Intervento di emergenza ed early recovery nei settori della sicurezza alimentare e livelihoods, salute e istruzione per il rafforzamento della capacit The initiative aims to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to the population most at risk (women, children, the elderly, people with disabilities) and strengthening resilience and access to basic services, with reference to food security, health, and education of the most vulnerable Burmese population. The strategic approach promotes a multi-sectoral approach that facilitates access to basic services, combining assistance to the most vulnerable categories with the promotion of their resilience and the strengthening of livelihood and small income-generating activities, in order to limit the adoption of negative coping mechanisms. The initiative involves the selection of one or more non-profit implementing partners through the launch of an emergency tender managed by the AICS Office in Hanoi. L'iniziativa mira a fornire assistenza umanitaria salvavita alla popolazione più ad alto rischio (donne, bambini, anziani, persone con disabilità) e rafforzare la resilienza e l'accesso ai servizi di base della popolazione birmana più vulnerabile, con particolare riferimento ai settori della sicurezza alimentare, della salute e dell'educazione. L'impostazione strategica promuove un approccio multisettoriale che faciliti l'accesso ai servizi di base, coniugando l'assistenza alle categorie più vulnerabili con la promozione della loro resilienza e il rafforzamento dei mezzi di sussistenza e delle piccole attività generatrici di reddito, al fine di limitare l'adozione di meccanismi di risposta negativi. L'iniziativa prevede la selezione di uno o più soggetti no profit attraverso il lancio di un bando emergenza gestito dall'Ufficio AICS di Hanoi. | Significant |
Promoting human rights of persons with disabilities Promoting human rights of persons with disabilities - Promoting human rights of persons with disabilities - new strategy 2021-2025 Reprogrammed funds to address COVID-19
AIFO Liberia has applied to the Embassy for funding of SEK 3,2 million for the implementation of a 12-month project entitled 'Coordinated Action on Disability in Liberia - Inception Phase'. AIFO Liberia initially presented a project 'Coordinated Action for Disability in Liberia (CAD-L)' that was assessed by the Embassy as weak in terms of the theory of change and the monitoring framework. The inception phase is motivated to allow for improvement in the project document and to try limited activities.
The inception phase therefore will allow AIFO achieve two broad goals i) pilot test of approaches for the economic empowerment of persons with disabilities (PWD) in Liberia and ii) development of a multi-year programme framework aimed at promoting the human rights of persons with disability in Liberia.
Regarding the pilot test of approaches for the economic empowerment of persons with disabilities in Liberia, the project seeks to achieve the following outcomes:
Intermediate outcome 1 (awareness-raising):
The inception phase will support civil society consisting of disabled people organizations to carry out awareness raising on PWDs right to work and to participate in economic activities.
Intermediate outcome 2 (building a tri-partite alliance):
AIFO will contribute to strengthening an alliance among key PWD stakeholders in the labour and entrepreneurship arena to identify opportunities for PWD to participate in entrepreneurship and or employment. The tri-partite Alliance include: Liberia Labor Congress, Liberia Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Labour.
Intermediate outcome 3 (PWDs have more employment opportunities for economic independence):
The project will engage PWDs in MSME (Micro-Small-Medium Entreprises) activities. The inception phase activities will be linked to AIFO existing project the the 'Disability and Start UP'.
By the end of the inception phase a survey on employment and entrepreneurship will be carried out to inform AIFO on the most recent data on PWDs’ economic independence. Omprogrammerade medel för att bekämpa covid-19
AIFO Liberia har ansökt om finansiering, 3,2 miljoner kronor, för ett 12-månadersprojekt med titeln "Coordinated Action on Disability in Liberia - Inception Phase". AIFO Liberia presenterade initialt ett programdokument "Coordinated Action on Disability in Liberia (CAD-L)" som sträcker sig över 4 år. Dess förändringsteori och resultatramverk bedömdes som svagt av Ambassaden. Inception-fasen möjliggör för AIFO att utveckla programdokumentet samt att utföra ett antal pilotaktiviteter.
Inception-fasen kommer ge AIFO möjligheten att uppnå två mål i) utforska olika metoder med syfte att bidra till ekonomisk självständighet för personer med funktionsnedsättning i Liberia ii) utveckla ett långsiktigt program som syftar till att främja mänskliga rättigheter för personer med funktionsnedsättning i Liberia.
För det förstnämnda delmålet, att utforska olika metoder med syfte att bidra till ekonomisk självständighet för personer med funktionsnedsättning i Liberia, ska inceptions-fasen leda till följande resultat:
Delresultat 1 (öka medvetenheten):
Inception-fasen kommer fokusera på att stödja de civila samhällsorganisationerna för funktionsnedsättning genom aktiviteter som syftar till att öka medvetenheten om funktionsnedsattas rätt att arbeta och att delta i ekonomiska aktiviteter.
Delresultat 2 (utveckla en trepartsnätverk):
AIFO kommer att bidra till att stärka ett nätverk mellan relevanta aktörer för funktionsnedsatta inom arbets- och entreprenörsområdet för att identifiera vilka möjligheter det finns för funktionsnedsatta att delta i entreprenörskap och/eller ekonomisk sysselsättning. Trepartsnätverket inkluderar: Liberia Labour Congress, Liberia Chamber of Commerce och Ministry of Labour.
Delresultat 3 (möjliggör för fler anställningsmöjligheter):
Projektet ämnar att engagera funktionshindrade i MSME-aktiviteter (Micro-Small-Medium Enterprises). Aktiviteterna kommer att kopplas till AIFOs pågående projekt; "Disability and Start UP".
I slutet av inception-fasen ska en undersökning om sysselsättning och företagande ske för att AIFO ska få tillgång till den senaste statistiken om den rådande situationen gällande funktionsnedsattas ekonomiska självständighet. The project is a one year inception phase that has the following objectives:
Collect baseline data and identify key indicators for the measurement of programmatic results for the Coordinated Action on Disability in Liberia (CAD-L) program;
Pilot test approaches for the economic empowerment of persons with disabilities in Liberia;
Revise the programmatic document for Coordinated Action on Disability in Liberia (CAD-L).
INTERMEDIATE OUTCOME 1 - Disabled people organisations (DPOs) members with Increased awareness on PWDs economic and work rights
INTERMEDIATE OUTCOME 2 - A tripartite alliance act to respect, protect and promote decent work for PWDs
INTERMEDIATE OUTCOME 3 - PWDs have more employment opportunities for economic independence | Principal |
Contribution to WHO for the Emergency health response program for the vulnerable population of Hudur district, South West State, Somalia Intervento sanitario di emergenza a favore delle fasce vulnerabili della popolazione del distretto di Hudur, nel South West State, Somalia Main objective of the intervention is supporting the vulnerable local communities in the South West State of Somalia, Hudur District, affected by drought and famine caused by climate shocks with specific regard to the 2019 drought, and also victims of the frequent armed conflicts in the area which was, till recently, under the control of Al Shabab.The planned emergency medical intervention will focus mainly on neonatal care, maternal health, trauma and emergency care, malnutrition, cholera treatment . Based on the Nexus approach, alongside emergency medical activities, the intervention foresees urgent renovations works to the Hudur hospital, which represents the only public health facility at secondary level for the whole district L'intervento ha come obiettivo principale fornire assistenza sanitaria di emergenza alle comunità vulnerabili e marginalizzate del distretto di Hudur nello Stato del South West colpite dai frequenti shock climatici (siccità e conseguente carestia in corso) e dai conflitti armati che hanno interessato tutta l'area che fino a pochi mesi fa era ancora sotto il controllo di milizie di matrice terroristica appartenenti al gruppo Al Shabab. L'intervento prevede principalmente attività nel campo della salute materno infantile, delle cure di emergenza,contrasto alla malnutrizione, e trattamento delle epidemie di colera - Seguendo un approccio nesso umanitario e sviluppo, il progetto prevede, accanto ad attività mediche d' emergenza, anche il rafforzamento strutturale dell'ospedale pubblico statale di Hudur, che ad oggi rappresenta l'unico centro sanitario pubblico di secondo livello in tutta la regione. | Significant |
UNDAP/UNSDCF Rwanda 2019-2024 - OLD - UNDAP II UNDAP/UNSDCF Rwanda 2019-2024 United Nations in Rwanda (One UN) is implementing the United Nations Development Assitance Plan II (UNDAP) during during 2018-2023. The Embassy has decided to support the programme fund called the Sustainable Development Goal's (SDG) fund with a total of 60 million SEK during the period 2019-2022.
UNDAP II in Rwanda is designed to strengthen the co-ordination and effectiveness of the UN system at national level, as a contribution to Rwanda's efforts to achieve sustainable poverty reduction. Three strategic results areas are identified: Economic transformation, Social transformation and Transformational governance. They are fully aligned with the national development priorities, as articulated in the National Strategy for Transformation 2017-2024 (NST 1). The broad engagement corresponds to several of the objectives set out in the Swedish Development Cooperation Development Strategy with Rwanda 2015-2019. However Sweden has decided to loosely earmark the funds to four of the six outcomes areas which are more inline with the ongoing strategy. This is highlighted in the annexed payment schedule to the agreement.
The Swedish support will be provided through the SDG Fund, in line with Sweden's willingness to support the UN reforms for a coherent and more effective work (UN reform "Delivering as One", DaO) and the Swedish strategy for multilateral development policy. Both UNDP, as the designated UN body that manages the One UN Fund (through the UNDP office in Kigali and headquarters in New York), and the UN Resident Coordinator (UN's High Representative in Rwanda) will sign the Standard Administrative Agreement (SAA) with the Swedish Embassy.
The total budget for the interventions is 655 841 127 USD, out of which available funding is 242 966 590 USD. Hence there is a funding gap of 412 874 597 USD. Sweden will contribute with approximately 6 million USD (60 000 000 SEK). FN i Rwanda är representerade av 22 organisationer. Tillsammans i ett så kallat One UN genomför de ett gemesamt program kallat United Nations Development Assitance Plan (UNDAP) under åren 2018-2023. Ambassaden har efter beredning beslutat att stödja programfonden som kallas Sustainable Development Goal's (SDG) fund med totalt 60 miljoner SEK under perioden 2019-2022.
UNDAP II i Rwanda är designat för att stärka FN-systemets samstämmighet och effektivitet på nationell nivå, liksom att bidra till Rwandas arbete för att minska fattigdomen och att uppnå de globala målen. Tre strategiska resultat har identifierats, dessa är: Ekonomisk förändring, Social förändring och Förändring av styrning. Dessa tre resultat är i linje med de nationella prioriteringarna, så som de är uttryckta i den nationella strategin för förändring 2017-2024 (National Strategy for Transformation). Den övergripande verksamhet som planeras att genomföras omfattar också de mål som anges i den svenska strategin för utvecklingssamarbetet med Rwanda 2015-2019.
Det svenska stödet till FN kommer att vara löst bundet i den mening att fyra resultat har identifierats som mer relevanta för programmet och en utbetalningsplan som biläggs avtalet tydliggör detta. Stödet kanaliseras via en fond för att genomföra insatser i syfte att nå de globala målen (SDG-fonden) vilket är i linje med Sveriges politik att stödja ett sammanhållet och effektivt FN-arbete, "Delivering as One" (DaO), liksom strategin för multilateral utvecklingspolitik. UNDP är det av FN utsedda organ som administrerar SDG-fonden (genom UNDP-kontoret i Kigali och huvudkontoret i New York). FN:s Resident Coordinator (UNRC) är FNs högste representant i Rwanda, och både UNDP och UNRC skriver under samarbetsavtalet med ambassaden.
Programmets totala budget för programperioden är 655 841 127 USD, varav tillgängliga medel för närvarande är 242 966 590 USD. För programperioden behöver One UN i Rwanda alltså mobilisera ytterligare ungefär 412 874 597 USD. Sverige bidrar till finansieringsgapet med ungefär 6 miljoner USD (60 000 000 MSEK). The UNDAP II outlines the areas of support to the national development agenda in Rwanda by the United Nations system, under the umbrella known as ‘One UN’.
The overarching principle of the United Nations Development Assistance Plan 2018-2023 (UNDAP II) is to ‘leave no one behind’ underpinned by a human rights-based approach to programming, gender equality and women’s empowerment; sustainability and resilience; and accountability. Interventions will focus on ensuring the targeting and prioritization of the most vulnerable population in Rwanda, reaching the furthest behind first.
Three Strategic Priority Areas for the UNDAP 2018-2023 are identified as:
(i) Economic Transformation;
(ii) Social Transformation, and;
(iii) Transformational Governance.
These results areas are directly aligned to the Government of Rwanda’s national development priorities as outlined in the Vision 2050, the National Strategy for Transformation (NST1) 2017-2024 and the subsequent Sector Strategic Plans and District Development Strategies, grounded on Agenda 2030, AU Agenda 2063 and East African Community Vision 2050. The UNDAP II consists of six Outcomes and 25 Outputs, each with defined results and means of measurement and verification.
Informed by the recommendations of the final evaluation of the UNDAP 2013-2018, the UNDAP II seeks to further strengthen the humanitarian-development nexus and improve programmatic integration and coherence, including through appropriate integration between operational and programmatic action for more efficient implementation of interventions and finally more effective and impactful UN system support to national development. | Significant |
Nigeria 2023 - UNICEF Humanitarian Support 2022-2025 Insatsen avser stöd till FN:s barnfond (UNICEF) i syfte att svara upp humanitärt. UNICEF:s arbete fokuserar på att rädda liv, minska lidande, bibehålla mänsklig värdighet och skydda rättigheter för befolkningen där det råder humanitära behov till exempel på grund av konflikt, naturkatastrofer eller hälsokriser. UNICEF spelar vidare en central roll i den humanitära responsen globalt och leder kluster inom WASH och nutrition samt leder tillsammans med Rädda Barnen utbildningsklustret. Inom skyddsklustret, leder UNICEF banskyddsklustret. Det är inte endast barn som är mottagare av humanitärt stöd utan också kvinnor och funktionshindrade individer. Inom hälsa arbetar UNICEF också t.ex. med reproduktiv, mödravård, nyfödda samt barnhälsa. Sida beviljade extra stöd till UNICEF i februari 2022 med anledning av Rysslands anfallskrig mot Ukraina. Sida har finansierat UNICEF under ”UNICEF Humanitarian Support 2018-2021”. The proposed contribution aims to support United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) humanitarian programmes globally through the UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) appeals which are in line with the UNICEF Strategic Plan for 2022-2025 and the Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) in Humanitarian Action. UNICEF’s humanitarian work is focused on interventions that saves lives, alleviates suffering, maintains human dignity and protects the rights of affected populations, wherever there are humanitarian needs due to e.g. armed conflicts, natural disasters, public health emergencies. UNICEF plays a central role in the global humanitarian response and leads the clusters of WASH and nutrition and co-leads the cluster of education. Within protection, it leads the child protection cluster. Children are not the only beneficiaries of UNICEF but also women and disabled persons, as examples. Within health, UNICEF e.g. more specifically works on Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH). In February, a major amendment to the agreement was conducted to provide UNICEF with additional funds to be able to respond to the crisis in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s aggression. Sida funded UNICEF under previous contribution ”UNICEF Humanitarian Support 2018-2021”. The Strategy Plan 2022-2025 of UNICEF applies an approach that supports programming across the humanitarian-development nexus, where it systematically applies a humanitarian lens to the theories of change underlying work on all Goal Areas, cross-cutting programmes, change strategies and enablers, and reflects UNICEF humanitarian work throughout the plan itself and in the Integrated Results and Resources Framework of the SP 2021-2025. The result areas of the SP include:
Goal Area 1: Every child, including adolescents, survives and thrives with access to nutrition diets, quality primary health care, nurturing practices and essential supplies.
a. Strengthening primary health care and high-impact health interventions.
b. Immunization services as part of primary health care.
c. Fast-track the end of HIV/AIDS.
d. Health and development in early childhood and adolescents.
e. Mental health and psychosocial well-being.
f. Nutrition in early childhood.
g. Nutrition of adolescents and women.
h. Early detection and treatment of malnutrition.
Goal Area 2: Every child, including adolescents, learns and acquires skills for the future.
a. Access to quality learning opportunities.
b. Learning, skills, participation and engagement.
Goal Area 3: Every child, including adolescents, is protected from violence, exploitation, abuse, neglect and harmful practices.
a. Protection from violence, abuse and exploitation.
b. Promotion of care, mental health and psychosocial well-being and justice.
c. Prevention of harmful practices.
Goal Area 4: Every child, including adolescents has access to safe and equitable water, sanitation and hygiene services and supplies, and lives in a safe and sustainable climate and environment.
a. Safe and equitable water, sanitation and hygiene services and practices.
b. Water, sanitation and hygiene systems and empowerment of communities.
c. Climate change, disaster risks and environmental degradation.
Goal Area 5: Every child, including adolescents, has access to inclusive social protection and lives free from poverty.
a. Reducing child poverty.
b. Access to inclusive social protection. | Significant |
CSOs Improving Nutrition in Tea Estate and Rural Communities through Enhanced Service Delivery and Empowerment (CSO-INTERCEDE) <p>Overall objective of the action aiming to enable ¿Capable Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) effectively supporting vulnerable groups (women, children, and youth) in coping with the socio-economic crisis (livelihood, nutrition) through active involvement in the governance and development process in estate and rural Sri Lanka</p> | Significant |
Support to Digitalization of Public Services in Ukraine 2020-2024 - Support to Digitalization of Public Services in Ukraine Stöd till digitalisering av offentliga tjänster i Ukraina 2020-2024 The intervention, implemented by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine, aims at supporting Ukraine's government institutions to select two complexes of services that representatives of vulnerable groups face in life situations to enable the delivery of digitally-enhanced, mobile-based services. The project will also work proactively with citizen-clients to enhance their digital skills and buy-in for solutions offered through new technology. Insatsen, som genomförs av United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) i Ukraina, syftar till att stödja statliga institutioner att utforma och genomföra policyer för att digitalisera två medborgarorienterade tjänster i enlighet med mänskliga rättigheter och jämställdhet. Insatsen syftar också till att öka kunskapen hos ukrainska kvinnor och män om de digitala och mobilbaserade tjänster som är tillgängliga för dem och hur de kan använda dessa tjänster mer för att tillgodose sina behov. The intended Outcome of UNDP Digital, Inclusive, Accessible Support Project is that women and men, especially those who belong to vulnerable groups, have improved quality access to digital administrative and social services.
The project has three outputs:
Output 1: Government institutions have the knowledge and skills to design and implement policies to digitalize citizen-oriented services in line with HRBA and gender mainstreaming principles;
Output 2: Government institutions have at least two client-centred digital service packages built around life situations designed in a participatory and gender-responsive manner;
Output 3: Ukrainian women and men know more about digital and mobile-based services available to them and use these services more to meet their needs. | Significant |
RISE-ALB: Strengthening of Social Entrepreneurship in Albania RISE-ALB: Rafforzamento dell'Imprenditorialità SocialE in Albania The aim of the project is to improve the socio-economic inclusion of disadvantaged people (especially women, people with disabilities and youngsters living in rural areas), also through the strengthening of the local CSOs that protect their rights. The project aims at supporting the development of social entrepreneurship, identified by the local laws and by the European practices as an ideal instrument to promote VET and job placement of vulnerable categories. The generated impact affects: - the disadvantaged people involved in the VET courses and job placement activities, who become economically active subjects and encouraging positive models for other people in the same conditions; - the local CSOs which, thanks to the improvement of their managerial skills, are going to be able to start new social enterprises even after the end of the project, also because of a sensitive political environment and of the private sector interest.<br>The project has terminated its first year of activities according to its operational plan. L'obiettivo del progetto è quello di migliorare l'inclusione socio-economica di persone svantaggiate (specificatamente donne, persone con disabilità e giovani delle aree rurali), anche attraverso il rafforzamento delle OSC locali che ne tutelano i diritti. In particolare, il progetto mira a sostenere lo sviluppo delle imprese sociali, identificate dalla normativa locale e dalle pratiche europee quale strumento ideale per favorire la formazione e l'inserimento lavorativo di categorie socialmente vulnerabili. L'impatto generato interessa non solo le persone svantaggiate coinvolte nei percorsi di formazione e lavoro, che tramite il progetto diventano soggetti economicamente attivi nella comunità e modelli positivi di cambiamento per altre persone in condizioni simili; ma anche le OSC locali che, migliorando competenze e organizzazione, potranno mettere in campo iniziative di imprenditoria sociale anche dopo il termine del progetto, facilitati da un contesto politico-istituzionale facilitante e da un crescente interesse del settore privato profit. Il progetto ha terminato il primo anno di attività secondo piano operativo. | Significant |
Developing and strengthening CSO capacities for empowered representation (DISCERN) Contract related to: Developing and strengthening CSO capacities for empowered representation (DISCERN) - The proposed Action intents to contribute to Specific-Objective 1.3: Support CSOs as actors of good governance and development in partner countries and to the achievement of the related result 1.3: Civil Society Organisations¿ (CSOs) ability to engage as actors of good governance and development at country level is improved.The Action rolls out the EU support to country-level CSO initiatives aimed at implementing priorities reflected in the NDICI-GLOBAL Europe, Annex III CSO Thematic Programme and the subsequent draft Multiannual Indicative Plan for the same. In line with the policy of geographisation, a majority of funds under the CSO MAAP 2021-2024, will be allocated under the Action to support civil society in partner countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and in Neighbourhood countries and Russia. Activities funded under the Action will support a broad range of civil society actors including and prioritising, but not limited to, women and youth organisations, In the framework of the Country Roadmaps for EU and Member States engagement with civil society (CSO Roadmaps), all initiatives under the Action will aim at and contribute to strengthening civil society partner¿s institutional and operational capacity through a comprehensive approach; enabling and ensuring their participation; and on improving the environment in which they operate. Particular attention will be paid to CSOs capacities to benefit from the digital transformation which will pay attention to accessible digital technology and reduce the gap on access to ICT. | Significant |
Activity under preparation EU for Rule of Law RS2024AAP The Action is designed to promote the rule of law by strengthening capacities of stakeholders in justice sector, fundamental rights, to prepare and implement strategies and reforms. It will contribute to gender equality and inclusion of persons with disabilities by their empowerment and providing access to justice. The Overall Objective of this Action is to strengthen rule of law and fundamental rights protection in Serbia by further enhancement of justice sector and human rights protection. The Specific Objectives are to enhance the justice sector, ensure equitable access to justice system to all children, enhance the system for execution of criminal sanctions,advance gender equality in line with EU accession and national priorities.In particular, the Action will strengthen the capacities of national judicial institutions, Administration for Enforcement of Penal Sanctions, and fundamental right protection in line with Green Deal and the EU III Action Plan for Gender Equality.In line with the overall objective of IPA III, the Action will be instrumental for the development and implementation of relevant reforms and strategies in justice sector. Planned results are coherent with IPA III Programming Framework focus on priorities such as the rule of law, democracy, the respect of human rights, fundamental rights and international law. In addition, the Action and results are contributing to effectiveness of public administration, social protection and inclusion policies. The Action will promote interventions that are advancing the efficient use of resources. The Action will contribute to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16: on peace, justice and strong institutions and its targets 16.3 (access to justice for all), 16.2 (violence against children) and SDG 5: to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, especially 5.c Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels. | Significant |
MAAP 2022-24 - Action 1 - INTPA countries for Human rights and Democracy activities at country level Human rights and democracy are founding values of the EU. Protecting and promoting HR&D is therefore a key priority of the EU¿s external action. It is also a precondition for sustainable development and for building more inclusive, open and resilient societies.Yet, recent data show that globally, most countries are far from having acceptable human rights and democracy track records. In this context, worsened by the COVID crisis, the EU re-affirmed its commitment to support human rights and democracy worldwide by adopting the `Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024¿. The Action Plan identifies priorities and key actions, to ensure that the EU plays a greater role in promoting and defending human rights and democracy throughout its external action. The Regulation (EU) 2021/947 (Global Europe) establishes the legal basis for the human rights and democracy actions. Particularly, its annex III details the areas of intervention for human rights and democracy.The overall objective of the present action is to contribute to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law worldwide. The action will achieve this objective by supporting and strengthening civil society organisations (CSOs), democracy activists and human-rights defenders working on critical human rights and democracy issues in non-EU countries. It may also cover, where relevant, the promotion of international humanitarian law. Consequently, it will contribute to the 5 priorities of the Multiannual Indicative programme 2021-2027 as well as the specific priorities set out for the additional funding coming from the cushion.This action will mainly be implemented by EU Delegations in-country so as to: (i) better respond to the country-specific contexts; (ii) be as close as possible to the needs of the rights holders; and (iii) promote a sense of `ownership¿ of the action among local actors. The actions financed at country level will be in line with: (i) the EU action plan for human rights and democracy; (ii) EU guidelines on human rights; and (iii) the respective Human Rights and Democracy country strategies or priorities under the EU accession process. All actions will follow a human rights based approach putting people at the centre of actions and also focusing on promoting gender equality. | Significant |
Re-circulating O-Waste in The Gambia's Food Supply Contract related to: Re-circulating O-Waste in The Gambia's Food Supply - The proposed Action intents to contribute to Specific-Objective 1.3: Support CSOs as actors of good governance and development in partner countries and to the achievement of the related result 1.3: Civil Society Organisations¿ (CSOs) ability to engage as actors of good governance and development at country level is improved.The Action rolls out the EU support to country-level CSO initiatives aimed at implementing priorities reflected in the NDICI-GLOBAL Europe, Annex III CSO Thematic Programme and the subsequent draft Multiannual Indicative Plan for the same. In line with the policy of geographisation, a majority of funds under the CSO MAAP 2021-2024, will be allocated under the Action to support civil society in partner countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and in Neighbourhood countries and Russia. Activities funded under the Action will support a broad range of civil society actors including and prioritising, but not limited to, women and youth organisations, In the framework of the Country Roadmaps for EU and Member States engagement with civil society (CSO Roadmaps), all initiatives under the Action will aim at and contribute to strengthening civil society partner¿s institutional and operational capacity through a comprehensive approach; enabling and ensuring their participation; and on improving the environment in which they operate. Particular attention will be paid to CSOs capacities to benefit from the digital transformation which will pay attention to accessible digital technology and reduce the gap on access to ICT. | Significant |
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) 2019-2024 - Gender Support AIPP Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) 2019-2024 Globalt finns det ca 370 miljoner ursprungsfolk. I Asien lever 260 miljoner urbefolkningar. Två tusen olika civilisationer och språk finns i regionen, vilket gör Asien till den etniskt mest varierande kontinenten i världen. De är mestadels bosatta i avlägsna och oåtkomliga områden och är nära kopplade till mark, naturresurser och lokal försörjning. Ursprungsfolk har under århundraden diskriminerats, utnyttjats och förtryckts av de dominerande grupperna som kontrollerar staten. Diskriminering förekommer i olika former, såsom att undanhålla medborgarskap, förflyttning , utnyttjande av traditionell kunskap, undanhållande av tillgång till juridiskt skydd och rättshjälp, brist på tillgång till välfärd och stöd från civila samhället. Den snabba ekonomiska utvecklingen i Asien har ökat befolkningens levnadsstandard och lyft många ur fattigdom. Sådana framsteg har dock uppnåtts på ursprungsbefolkningens bekostnad eftersom de förblir den mest marginaliserade och utsatta gruppen i samhället och har högre fattigdom än det nationella genomsnittet.
Internationellt finns det rättsliga ramar eller instrument som erkänner ursprungsfolks rättigheter och behovet av att skydda deras rättigheter. FN: s deklaration om ursprungsfolks rättigheter (UNDRIP), antagen 2007, anges en universell ram för minimistandarder för ursprungsbefolkningars överlevnad, värdighet och välbefinnande, som utarbetar befintliga mänskliga rättighetsstandarder och grundläggande friheter som gäller urfolks specifika situation. ILO-konventionen 169 ”När det gäller ursprungsbefolkningar och stamfolk i oberoende länder” belyser ursprungsbefolkningarnas rätt till land, territorier, resurser, kollektiva rättigheter till självbestämmande och rätt till fri och informerat samtycke.
Icke desto mindre efterföljs inte de rättsliga ramverken då ursprungsbefolkningens rättigheter ofta ignoreras och kränks. I Asien varierar erkännandet av ursprungsbefolkningar och deras rättigheter på landnivå avsevärt beroende på beslutsfattarnas tolkning och bedömning, som ofta är politiskt driven och inte transparent. Under de senaste åren har det skett en tillbakagång vad gäller de mänskliga rättigheterna, vilket bl a omfattar överträdelser av rättsstatens principer, frekventa fall av straffrihet, minskande av demokratiska och medborgligarättigheter godtycklig arrestering av opposition och hot mot människorättsaktivister . Situationen verkar vara svårare för ursprungsbefolkningar med tanke på belag av land/mark fortsätter att öka och det gör även dödsfall bland MR aktivister. Urbefolkningar löper de största riskerna för att bli utsatta för våld och hot, särskilt de miljö och MR-aktivister.
Utöver ovanstående utmaningar hindrar de asiatiska viktiga strukturella utvecklingsfrågorna, svaga rättsstats system. otillräcklig social skyddssystem och bristande medvetenhet om ursprungsbefolkningar möjligheterna för ursprungsbefolkningar att konsolidera sin agenda för kollektiva åtgärder och transformativa förändringar. Det föreslagna ingripandet ”Främjande av ursprungsbefolkningarnas rättigheter i Asien för en framtid för fred, rättvisa och jämställdhet, inlämnat av organisationen Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) syftar till att öka erkännandet och skyddet av ursprungsbefolkningens rättigheter i Asien genom genomförandet av dess strategiska plan som har ett övergripande mål att stärka urbefolkningarnas solidaritet, samarbete och kapacitet i Asien för att främja och försvara deras rättigheter, kulturer och identiteter, och deras hållbara resurshanteringssystem och självbestämande. Det föreslagna stödet omfattar te år från januari 2019 till december 2021. Bidraget från Sverige kommer att täcka det underskottet AIPPs strategiska plan där kostnaderna för aktiviteter inte kan täckas av avtale med andra givare.
För att nå det övergripande målet för den strategiska planen planeras aktiviteterna i enlighet med de fem resultatområdena.
Resultatområde 1: Urfolk i Asien har befogenhet att främja, göra anspråk på och försvara lagligt erkännande av deras identiteter och kollektiva och individuella mänskliga rättigheter inklusive rätten till självbestämmande.
Resultatområde 2: Urfolks olika organisationer i Asien stärks genom att bygga bred solidaritet och samarbete mellan ursprungsbefolkningar såväl som med andra sociala rörelser för att uppnå jämlikhet, fred, demokrati och rättvisa;
Resultatområde 3: Skydd av natur resurser främjas och ursprungsbefolkningars hållbara natur resurshantering inklusive deras färdigheter och traditionella kunskaper för livsmedelssäkerhet, försörjning och skydd av biologisk mångfald förbättras genom att ha full kontroll över deras land/mark, territorier och deras resurser;
Resultatområde 4: Fullständigt och effektivt deltagande av kvinnor och ungdomar såväl som utsatta människor, som personer med funktionsnedsättning och äldre etc., och förmågan att främja och skydda deras rättigheter.
Resultatområde 5: AIPP: s styrning, sekretariat och medlemsorganisationer stärks.
Genomförandet av AIPP: s nuvarande strategiska plan integrerar metoderna kapacitetsuppbyggnad, främjande och lobbyverksamhet, stärkande av organisationer och forskning samt kommunikation i alla programaktiviteter. Verksamheten levereras av AIPP 6-programenheter vilka är Human Rights, Campaign and Policy Advocacy Program, Environment Program, Indigenous Women Program, regionalt kapacitetsuppbyggnadsprogram, kommunikationsutvecklingsprogram och organisationsstärkande och stöd till organisationer . Från utvärderingen av AIPP 2016 lyftes problemet med att det finn en klyfta mellan på lands- och subregional nivå i deras organisationsplanering. För att överbrygga klyftan har AIPP antagit en systematisk nedifrån och upp-process i sin verksamhet under den strategiska planen för att genomföra situation bedömningar, temakartläggning, prioritering och planering. Robust kommunikation och samråd med medlemsorganisationerna och nätverken är nyckeln för AIPP att framgångsrikt bedriva konsultationsmetoden nerifrån och upp Det förväntas att sådan praxis kommer att bidra till att upprätta en regelbunden granskningsmekanism och samordning mellan medlemsorganisationer som gör det möjligt för AIPP att övervinna befintliga hinder och svagheter när det gäller att stärka solidaritet och enhet, brist på gemensam agenda och strategisk samstämmighet i deras förespråkande verksamhet på landnivå. Detta kan också bidra till konsolidering och enande av de inhemska samhällena som för närvarande förblir fragmenterade och inte har kunnat bygga upp sina rörelser effektivt. The proposed intervention is 3 years-duration from January 2019 to December 2021. The contribution from Sweden will cover the proportional shortfall under this strategic plan where the cost of activities cannot be covered by the existing agreement with other donors since the supports are activities specific.To achieve the overarching objective of the strategic plan, the activities are planned and channel through five result areas as follow. Result Area 1: Indigenous peoples in Asia are empowered to promote, claim and defend legal recognition of their identities and collective and individual human rights including the right to self-determination. Result Area 2: Indigenous movements in Asia are strengthened by building broad solidarity and cooperation among indigenous peoples as well as with other social movements towards achieving equality, peace, democracy and justice;Result Area 3: The protection of the integrity of the natural environment is promoted and the sustainable resource management systems of indigenous peoples including their skills and traditional knowledge for food security, livelihood and protection of biodiversity is enhanced by having full control over their lands, territories and their resources;Result Area 4: Full and effective participation of indigenous women, and youth as well as vulnerable people, like indigenous persons with disabilities (IPwD) and elderly etc., and their capacities to promote and protect their rights;Result Area 5: AIPP’s governance, the secretariat and member organisations are strengthened.The implementation of AIPP current strategic plan has integrated the four-pronged approaches consisting of capacity building, advocacy and lobbying, organizational strengthening and research and communication into all its programme activities. The activities are delivered by AIPP 6 programme units which are Human Rights, Campaign and Policy Advocacy Programme, Environment Programme, Indigenous Women Programme, regional capacity building programme, communication development programme and organizational strengthening and movement building. Importantly, the implementation of this strategic plan also attempts to rectify the critical gap at country and sub-regional level in their organizational planning which is the key observation from AIPP evaluation in 2016. To bridge the gap, AIPP has adopted systematic bottom-up process in its operation under this strategic plan to conduct situation assessment, thematic mapping, prioritization and planning. Robust communication and consultation with the member organisations and networks are key for AIPP to successfully pursue the bottom-up consultative approach. It is anticipated that such practice will help establishing regular review mechanism and coordination among member organizations which will enable AIPP to overcome existing barriers and weaknesses regarding strengthening solidarity and unity, and lack of common agenda and coherence in strategy in their advocacy activities at the country-level. This can also contribute to the consolidation and unification of the indigenous communities which currently remain fragmented and have not been able to effectively build their movements. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)'s Strategic Plan (SP) 2021-2024
VISION:
Indigenous Peoples (IPs) dignified voices and choices in Asia are recognised, empowered and sustainably progressing with fully secured rights and dignity in an environment of justice, peace and equality.
MISSION:
To secure the rights of and enable the progressive growth of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) of Asia through effective engagements, innovative partnerships, and inclusive actions to empower, uplift and secure the rights, dignity and adaptive capacities of communities.
Goal 1: Increase AIPP's impacts to strengthen governance and build co-responsibility among AIPP's Executive Committee, AIPP's member organisations and network for securing rights as well as indigenous knowledge for co-creation of indigenous knowledge and documentation around bio-cultural landscape
Goal 2: Expand AIPP's outreach to expand and build capacity of the network of AIPP as well as create new channels of partnerships
Goal 3: Enhance rights holder's and stake holder's effective engagement through supporting AIPPs member organizations and networks in localizing SDGs, rights-based conservation, FPIC, and related capacity building modules in their respective contexts, with particular attention to indigenous women, youth and IPwD
Goal 4: Strengthen AIPP's ability to adapt through institutional building, increase human resource capacity, research capacity and M&E capacity | Significant |
Enhancing Capacity of People's Networks to Promote Justice in Access to Universal and Sustainable Social Welfare System Long-term goal of this action is Thailand is a welfare-state country that provides basic social services, essential since birth to death, to all the citizens, including social safety net measures, without all kinds of discrimination and in respect of social equity. The specific objective is to 1) advocating the government to convert the old age allowance policy to the universal basic pension scheme at a rate sufficient for the elderly's living, 2) raising public awareness of the need. | Significant |
TUDISANGE BUA KALASA KASAI CENTRAL <p>L'action proposée s'aligne sur les priorités de l¿Éducation en zones de crise, Province du Kasaï Central, République démocratique du Congo en s'attaquant aux impacts du conflit sur les populations et les institutions, surtout dans le secteur de l'éducation, et pour les filles en particulier.</p><p>l'action proposée : i) améliorera l'accès et l'achèvement des programmes éducatifs (formels et informels) pour les enfants vulnérables et marginalisés (en particulier les filles), y compris ceux touchés par la crise ; ii) adapter et améliorer la qualité de l'enseignement et des pratiques scolaires ; et iii) améliorer l'accès et l'intégration des adolescents touchés par la crise aux opportunités sociales et économiques. Cette action rendra les établissements et le milieu scolaire au niveau physique et psycho-sociale plus accueillant et prêt à combler les besoins essentiels des élèves dans un environnement propice à l¿apprentissage en portant une attention spéciale à l¿inclusion de populations particulièrement démunies tel que les filles enceintes, jeunes mères, les élèves déplacés et non-accompagnés, handicapés ou troublés. Par rapport à l¿offre de service, l¿action se focalisera sur la qualité de l¿enseignement avec la pédagogie et les approches centrées sur l¿enfant. Au niveau institutionnel, l'action portera sur la qualité des services éducatifs affectés par la déstabilisation et la démotivation du personnel enseignant en raison du conflit, de la pandémie et d'autres facteurs.</p> | Significant |
Fiji COVID-19 Support Package of initiatives to support the Government of Fiji and civil society partners to manage and deliver effective COVID-19 response and containment operations, mitigate vulnerability risks, and protect the livelihoods of Fijian households. | Significant |
Towards an inclusive society in China: Empowering and Strengthening Disability-focused CSOs for better advocacy and higher quality services Overall objective: To increase NGOs capacity to empower people with disabilities and better integrate them into societySpecific objectives:1. To strengthen the capacity of Disability-focused Civil Society Organisations (DCSOs) on service delivery and advocacy in a diverse range of disabled communities2. To enhance community voluntary groups of people with disabilities and strengthen their capacity to lead action for change to improve their living conditions3. To build a supportive environment among DCSOs for mutual learning and sustainable development | Principal |
Women’s Empowerment through Inclusive Eye Health, Rehabilitation and Education Services in PNG The overall goal of this Activity is for women and girls living in remote communities in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea to have improved access to eye health, rehabilitation and education services to enhance their safety, health and well-being, improve autonomy and enable better quality of life. | Principal |
Support to Women's Fund in Georgia (WFG) 2022-2024 Stöd till Women's Fund in Georgia (WFG) juni 2022- juli 2024 Insatsen berör ett projektstöd till Women's Fund i Georgien (WFG). WFG är en oberoende, ideell stiftelse och lokal vidareförmedlande organisation som stödjer kvinnorättsgrupper och feministiska organisationer och individuella aktivister för att uppnå social förändring. Det övergripande målet för projektet är att stärka den georgiska feministiska rörelsen, genom att uppmuntra intersektionella ansatser och visioner och utmana sociala normer för att på så vis ge röst och stöd åt marginaliserade och diskriminerade grupper i det georgiska samhället.
WFG's stöd innefattar vidareförmedling och kapacitetsutveckling. WFG’s målgrupper är i första hand marginaliserade kvinnor och flickor som lever på landsbygden och i bergsområden, kvinnor med funktionsnedsättning, LBTQ-personer, kvinnor som representerar etniska och/eller religiösa minoriteter och kvinnor från andra socialt utsatta grupper, inklusive kvinnor som arbetar i den informella sektorn. The contribution concerns project support to the Women's Fund in Georgia (hereinafter referred to as WFG). WFG is an independent, non-profit foundation and local advocacy organization that supports women's rights groups and feminist organizations and individual activists to achieve social change. The overall goal of the project is to strengthen the Georgian feminist movement, by encouraging intersectional approaches and visions and by challenging social norms, in order to give voice and support to marginalized and discriminated groups in Georgian society.
WFG's support includes sub granting and capacity development. WFG's target groups are primarily marginalized women and girls living in rural and high mountainous areas, women living with disabilities, LBTQ persons, women representing ethnic and / or religious minorities and women from other socially disadvantaged groups including women working in the informal sector. The overall objective of the project is to contribute to a more gender equal society in Georgia. In order to achieve the Goal, Women's Fund Georgia has set 2 specific objectives:
Objective 1: To strengthen the Georgian feminist movement, encourage more intersectional vision and challenge social norms, in order to give voice and support to marginalized and discriminated communities and groups.
Objective 2: To strengthen the capacity of Women's Fund Georgia | Significant |