Civil society funds

DFID's central funds include:

• The Global Poverty Action Fund (GPAF) – launched in October 2010. The GPAF is a demand-led fund supporting projects focused on poverty reduction, service delivery and the most off-track MDGs in poor countries
• Programme Partnership Arrangements (PPAs) – providing long-term funding for civil society organisations which share our strategic objectives
• The Governance and Transparency Fund (GTF) – supporting programmes designed to improve accountability and citizen participation in politics in developing countries
• The Civil Society Challenge Fund (CSCF) – supporting projects which build the capacity of civil society to influence decisions that affect poor people's lives
• Humanitarian funding – such as Humanitarian Response Funding and West Africa Humanitarian Response Fund (WAHRF).

DFID also works in partnership with other grant-makers and donors to support civil society. This includes:

• The Common Ground Initiative - managed by Comic Relief – supporting African development through UK based small and Diaspora organisations
• – supporting the participation of Disabled People's Organisations in the ratification, implementation and monitoring of the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in developing countries.