DFID s work with Civil Society Civil Society Department September 2012 Slide 1
Where does DFID work? 2 UK HQ: London and East Kilbride & offices overseas. 2,500 staff in 2011/12, over half work in developing countries. 28 priority countries: Slide 2
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DFID Top 10 Country Expenditure 2011/12 DFID Ethiopia 324.1m DFID India 268.4m DFID Pakistan 215.8m DFID Bangladesh 202.8m DFID Nigeria 171.5m DFID Afghanistan 153.9m DFID DRC 142.7m DFID Tanzania 141.0m DFID Somalia 102.9m DFID Kenya 94.3 Slide 4
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Why DFID funds Civil Society Organisations Direct service provision often to hard to reach groups and places; Help people hold governments account; Support poor people to do things for themselves; Maintain capacity and space for an active civil society; Build support for development; Slide 6
Changes in DFID s work with Civil Society since 2010 Engaging smaller UK groups (new Global Poverty Action Fund) Shift to matched and performance based funding where it makes sense New pre-contract due diligence checks for all centrally funded CSOs and improved controls to prevent fraud and abuse Stronger focus on outcomes, outputs and VfM New ceiling on DFID s central funding to CSOs - max 40% of an organisation s income CSOs supported by DFID must meet transparency requirements Slide 7
Size and composition of DFID s support to CS in 2010-11 How much? Total spend 694m roughly 16% of bilateral programme 367m (53%) spent by central departments 327m (47%) through country offices Plus over 160m through multilaterals such as World Bank, EC and UN Where? 60% spent in fragile states Variable amounts of funding provided by country offices - over 40% of programme in Bangladesh and DRC and less than 5% in China Central funding supports work in DFID focal countries and in bottom 50 UN Human Development Index countries Slide 8
's million DFID Country Offices with highest civil society spend in 2010-11 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 - Slide 9
's million DFID Central Departments with highest levels of support to civil society 2010/11 250 200 150 100 50 0 Civil Society Department Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department Research and Evidence Africa Regional Department Human Development Group Outreach and Stakeholder Relationships Governance and Social Development Group Climate and Environment Group
Sectoral breakdown of DFID s bilateral expenditure through CSOs 6% 3.30% 3% 5.70% 6.20% 11.70% 1.80% 8.20% 9.60% 17.80% Wealth creation Climate change Global partnerships Governance and Security Education HIV/AIDS Humanitarian Malaria Health Poverty, hunger and vulnerability Reproductive and maternal care Water and sanitation 2.10% 14.50% Slide 11
How does DFID fund CSOs Centrally? Strategic grants: Multi year funding. Allocated through central and in-country competitive processes. Aiming to deliver agreed results. DFID funding forms less than 40% of any organisation s overall funding (eg. Programme Partnership Agreements PPAs; The Global Resilience Action Programme which focuses on disaster prevention; and AidMatch which provides matched funding for NGO public fundraising campaigns.) Challenge Funds: Projects supported through competitive processes aim to deliver specific outputs (eg. Global Poverty Action Fund GPAF, Girls Education Challenge Fund both centrally managed) Pooled funds with other donors (eg. Disability Rights Fund with AuSAid) Funding via multilaterals (eg. The UN has specific targeted funds for CSOs) Slide 12
Main central CSO funds (1 of 2) (* open to new applications) The Global Poverty Action Fund (GPAF): demand-led fund supporting projects focused on poverty reduction and the MDGs. 40m per year. October 2010 to September 2013 (extension planned); * The Common Ground Initiative (CGI), managed by Comic Relief - supporting African development through UK based small & diaspora organisations. 3.8m per year. 2009 to March 2014 (possible ext). * Programme Partnership Arrangements (PPAs): provide strategic funding based on mutually agreed outcomes between DFID and the recipient CSO. 120 per year April 2011 to March 2014; The Governance and Transparency Fund (GTF): designed to improve accountability & citizen participation in politics in developing countries. 25m per year. Dec 2008 to Nov 2013; The Civil Society Challenge Fund (CSCF): supports projects which build the capacity of civil society to influence decisions that affect poor people s lives. 14m per year 2000 to March 2015; Slide 13
Main central CSO funds (2 of 2) (* open to new applications) Girls Education Challenge Fund (GECF): aims find better ways of getting girls into school. 90m per year. May 2012 to March 2016 (with a possible extension); * Responsible and Accountable Garment Sector (RAGS): aims to improve working conditions of vulnerable workers in the garment sector in Asia and Africa. 3m per year. November 2010 to July 2013; Rapid Response Facility (RRF): DFID-wide facility to provide rapid funding to pre-qualified organisations in the first 72 hours following a rapid onset, spike in a chronic humanitarian emergency, or other disasters as deemed necessary. Funding as needed from April 2012; Global Resilience Action Programme (G-RAP): building capacity/capability and working to build the disaster resilience of vulnerable communities. Proposed 12m per year. 3 year programme; UK Aid Match (UKAM): Match funding for UK NGO public fund raising campaigns. Successful 37m pilot June 2011 to July 2012. Preparing business case for 120m fund from late 2012. Slide 14