South East Asia Prosperity Fund
Southeast Asia Prosperity Fund blog
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22nd January 2015
Singapore
This guest blog is from Myles McCarthy, Director of Implementation at Carbon Trust, who are currently undertaking a Prosperity Fund project on LED energy efficient technology in Malaysia. I find talking about energy efficiency very interesting, and I do it a lot. But until recently I hadn’t had the opportunity to do it on primetime television […]
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9th December 2014
Singapore
Today marks International Anti-Corruption Day which is a great opportunity to share more about some of the work that Southeast Asia Prosperity Fund supports. Since its inception in 2011, nearly a fifth of the Prosperity Fund’s grants have gone to projects to better enable transparency in government and businesses; reflecting the importance of combating corruption […]
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3rd December 2014
Singapore
A new member of staff recently asked me how the annual bidding round works and more importantly what makes a strong bid stand out. As I was talking through it I realised this was a blog post in the making. So I thought I would share with you six tips to increase the chances of […]
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24th November 2014
Singapore
The Bidding round for the South East Asia Prosperity Fund is now open for projects bids for financial year 2015/2016. You have until the 9th January 2015 to submit your bid. Full details of the application process and detailed guidance on applying to the fund are provided on our website. Please read the information on the website […]
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19th November 2014
Singapore
As we look ahead to the open call for bids on the 24th November 2014, I’d like to share with you the key dates for the diary for the 2015-2016 SE Asia Prosperity Fund. More information on the open call will go live on the GOV.UK website on the 24th November, including information on how to bid, submission […]
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17th November 2014
Singapore
Last month, I made a trip over to Jakarta to join in the evaluation of two Prosperity Fund projects that ran from 2011 to 2013. Aside from the perpetual traffic jams, this visit was extremely enjoyable for two very important reasons. Firstly, this was a perfect opportunity for me to see and hear the impact […]
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14th November 2014
Singapore
It’s now been 2 months since we started this blog and we are gathering more and more stories to bring you from our work in the region. As we look ahead to the start of the South East Asia Prosperity Fund bidding round at the end of November, I wanted to give you a flavour […]
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13th November 2014
Singapore
This guest blog is the first in a series of four by Peter Mumford, SE Asia Regional Director, Economic & Trade Policy, based at the British High Commission in Singapore. In this series, Peter shares his experience working on economic and trade policy projects in South East Asia, and also his views on where further […]
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15th October 2014
Singapore
By Claire Lewis & Le Thi Ngoc Bich, Climate Change Attaché, Vietnam. It’s been a busy few weeks for our colleagues in Vietnam. From ASEAN-wide International Negotiators training in Hanoi to the launch of the Greenhouse Gas Inventories workshops in London, to the development of a 2050 Calculator tool; there has been a lot to […]
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4th September 2014
Singapore
Welcome to a blog about the South East Asia Prosperity Fund Programme. Since joining the programme in 2012, I’ve quickly come to realise how tricky it is to explain what the Prosperity Fund does. Explaining it to a Singapore audience makes it doubly hard. Why? That’s because I’m up against this guy in terms of mind-share… God of […]
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