2024

-Ongoing

Climate Action for a Resilient Asia (CARA)

FCDO

Climate Action for a Resilient Asia (CARA)

FCDO

CARA is a regional programme supporting governments, institutions, communities, and the private sector across the Indo-Pacific to build climate resilience, restore ecosystems, and promote low-carbon growth.

FCDO’s Climate Action for a Resilient Asia (CARA) is a regional programme supporting governments, institutions, communities, and the private sector across the Indo-Pacific to build climate resilience, restore ecosystems, and promote low-carbon growth through six thematic partnerships, including climate finance, nature-based solutions, urban resilience, and water security.

As the MEL Support Unit for FCDO’s CARA programme, we are delivering seven key outputs: refining CARA’s overarching monitoring framework; reviewing and aligning MEL systems of implementing partners; supporting annual independent monitoring and reporting, including ICF KPIs and GESI impacts; providing targeted MEL support to partners; generating high-quality evidence and learning products; disseminating knowledge through a dedicated CARA website and outreach strategy; and facilitating coordination across thematic components. Our work ensures rigorous, adaptive MEL systems that capture impact, support decision-making, and align partners around CARA’s climate resilience and low-carbon growth objectives across the Indo-Pacific region.

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Nikos Papachristodoulou

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Partnership Development • Operations Management • Business Development • Project Management • Advocacy • Leadership Development and Change Management

M.K. Padma Kumar is involved in developing strategies and managing operations for the IPE Global Group.

He has over 25 years of experience in the development sector, working in civil society organisations and international development agencies like DANIDA and DFID. As the Head of State Partnerships at the DFID India, he was responsible for developing partnerships, programme design, management and strategic oversight of all programmes implemented in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. He has managed various development programmes. His expertise lies in driving operational, financial and programmatic transformations. Before DFID, he was associated with Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), Help Age and World Wildlife Fund.

He holds a Master’s degree in Business Management with specialisation in Human Resource Management and Finance. He is extensively trained in Project Cycle Management, Grant Management, Performance Management, Leadership Skills and Change Management.

 
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