b'IMPACT STATEMENT 2022CRISIS RESPONSE AND RECOVERY IMPACT STORIESRehabilitation of healthcare conducted research to inform our larger programmeTazeez: supporting sub-national facilities in Ukraine grants facility, which will offer a broader range ofgovernance and decentralisationCrown Agents International Development (CAID),services such as resilience support (including Mentalin Libyathe charitable arm of Crown Agents, is currentlyHealth and Psychosocial Support Services (MHPSS) and programming in Gender Equality and SocialThrough the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and working to improve access to healthcare servicesInclusion (GESI)) and other technical assistance andDevelopment Office (FCDO) funded programme for communities affected by the war in Ukraine.capacity building to assist core operations. Our visionTazeez, Crown Agents assisted the Libyan Implemented in partnership with national civil societyis to support a broad range of CSOs and ensure ourGovernment in implementing its decentralisation organisations, this programme is rehabilitating 18programmes benefit vulnerable and marginalisedagenda and enhanced the capacity of local (and counting) healthcare facilities in regions thatpeople, including women and girls, survivors of warauthorities to deliver essential services. Our advisers have been targeted by the Russian invasion. We arecrimes and people with disabilities. worked with officials at the centre of government taking a holistic approach to restoring these services,and in target municipalities to understand needs and collaborating with the Ministry of Health with regardsdevelop a joined-up approach to municipal planning to staffing, and working with donors committed toProviding agile fund management andand budgeting. The purpose was to support the providing medical supplies and equipment oncetechnical assistance to support theGovernment of Libya to better meet peoples needs our rehabilitation works are completed. By the endcapacity of international NGOs in these places, thereby improving local resilience of the programme, more than 3,000 Ukrainians areand promoting peace. Working in partnership with expected to benefit monthly through the revival ofCrown Agents has provided technical backstoppingGerman GIZ International Services, we delivered a community healthcare services. for international NGOs wishing to act quickly andseries of training and mentoring sessions to support efficiently in response to the Ukraine crisis. Withinthe Tajoura and Souk al Jouma municipal councils the space of a month, we assisted organisationsas well as the Libyan Ministry of Local Government Strengthening Civil Societyin disbursing Disaster Emergency Committee(MoLG). Over three years, Tazeez piloted its Integrated Organisations (CSOs) in Ukraine (DEC) funds of over 1.5 million to 70+ civil societyMunicipal Development Programme, assisting In July, Crown Agents launched a new grantsorganisations responding to the growing needs ofTajoura and Souk Al Jouma to design a municipal programme funded by the UKs Conflict, Stabilityinternally displaced persons in Ukraine. Followingdevelopment plan that was presented to the central and Security Fund (CSSF) to support civil societyinternational NGOs due diligence and qualitygovernment, which enabled upscaled funding for organisations with much-needed financial andassurance processes using our technical expertisemuch needed public services. The programme also technical assistance. The fund will help Ukrainianand the experience of our Crown Agents Ukrainemade a series of recommendations to the MoLG groups to survive the difficulties brought on by theoffice, we conducted the contracting and vettingbased on lessons from our activity that will inform the war and continue to serve local communities affectedof selected CSOs, facilitated the disbursals ofMinistrys future interventions. This approach is ready by the conflict. For the countrys prominent civil- DEC funds, and supported financial managementto be rolled out nationally to pave the way for fiscal society sector, it is vital that resource gaps do notand end-of-programme reporting. To speed updecentralisation.weaken its operations and potential contributions tothe response, Crown Agents also took on the the recovery. We quickly mobilised the fund and withininternational NGOs administrative tasks to make sure weeks were able to offer civil society organisationsthat the selected CSOs were quality assured, checked emergency grants to assist with basic operationalfor due diligence, and fully utilising funds through needs of organisations relocating from East to West,assistance with budgets. This aided their capacity to such as rent, fuel and office equipment. We haverespond to immediate needs.32 33'