UNOPS
is the Fund Manager (FMO) for the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund...
UNOPS
is the Fund Manager (FMO) for the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund
(LIFT) in Myanmar. LIFT is a multi-donor fund (2010 – 2019) to address food
insecurity and income poverty in Myanmar. The donors to LIFT are Australia,
Denmark, the European Union, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the
United States. From the private sector, the Mitsubishi Corporation is
also a donor.
The
overall goal of LIFT is to sustainably reduce the number of people living in
poverty and hunger. LIFT’s purpose is to increase the incomes and nutrition
status of poor rural people by means of interventions that increase income,
food availability, utilization and stability of access to food. Its designated
outcomes are income, resilience, nutrition, and pro-poor policy developments.
LIFT
works with and through support to implementing partners (IPs) such as
international NGOs, national NGOs, United Nations agencies, international
organisations (CGIAR, IFIs), academic and research institutions and the
Government of Myanmar. LIFT is currently funding projects at Union level and in
Ayeyarwaddy Delta, Dry Zone and Chin, Kachin, Shan, and Rakhine states.
The
Fund Management Office, which is based at UNOPS in Yangon, has delegated
authority for the management of LIFT under the rules and regulations of UNOPS,
and in accordance with the strategy approved by the Fund Board. Read more about
LIFT on www.lift-fund.org.