DFID recognizes the significant role that the CSCF (Civil Society Challenge Fund) has played in giving poor people a voice in decisions which will affect their lives. The Global Poverty Action Fund programme has extended its objectives to incorporate some of the initiatives previously covered by the CSCF. This is being done to maintain our support to this area of work.
Civil Society Challenge Fund (CSCF) follows ten years of evaluation which is further considered by the ministers for the future of the fund. The Secretary of State has decided that there will be no further funding rounds under this fund. The CSCF will close in 2015 after the completion of ongoing projects.
The GPAF will now support projects emphasized on poverty reduction and in search of the MDGs through pr prominent changes to poor people’s lives including empowerment, service delivery and accountability and work on resilience, conflict, security and justice.
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