UKaid from the Department for International Development (DFID) is the part of the UK government that works in partnership with developing countries to promote development and reduce extreme poverty.
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The European Union (EU) development policy aims to give disadvantaged people in developing countries control over their own development, which means addressing the sources of their vulnerability such as access to food, clean water, education, health and land. EU policy aims to reduce the debt burden that diverts scarce resources from vital public investments back to rich lenders in industrialised countries.
Find out more about EU development.

ENCISS project team

Christian Aid has been appointed to manage the ENCISS programme. The ENCISS programme is separate and distinct from Christian Aid's existing programme in Sierra Leone with its own identity, staff and offices in Freetown, Kenema, Makeni and Mattru. The ENCISS project team is the secretariat for the programme. Its responsibilities includes:

• Administrative support for the programme board and grants sub-committee
• Management of the ENCISS programme including grant application process, capacity building, financial management and reporting, communications and advocacy, and monitoring and evaluation.

Programme board 

A programme board has been appointed to provide advice, approve grants and support the aims of the programme. The board's members are drawn from civil society, governance experts and the donors. The board's responsibilities include:

• Overall prioritisation of funds spent
• Commission programme reviews in liaison with DFID
• Oversight and nomination of the grants sub-committee
• Sets the criteria for grants allocation and monitors progress
• Allocates and awards grants on recommendation from the grants sub-committee.

Grants sub-committee

The remit of the grants sub-committee is to select grantees from applicants to each call for proposals. The grants sub-committee reports to the programme board and its responsibilities include:

• Assessing grant proposals, according to the criteria set by the programme board
• Making recommendations of funding decisions to the programme board for their approval.

Indepth information

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Read more about Christian Aid in Sierra Leone.