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United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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For an overview of
the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland's
Official Development Assistance, please click here.
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The Department for
International Development (DFID) is the British government
department responsible for development assistance. |
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Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria,
Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize,
Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana,
Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman
Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,
Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Djibouti,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Timor-Leste, Ecuador, Egypt, El
Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia,
Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong of
China, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan,
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's
Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya, Lithuania, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali,
Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,
Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia,
Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority, Panama,
Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Pitcairn, Poland, Romania,
Russian Federation, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova,
Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and
Principe, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan of
China, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,
Tristan Da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and
Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Republic of
Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam,
Samoa, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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DFID`s goal is to contribute to
the achievement of the Millennium
Development Goals. The focus of particular projects should
lie on locally agreed priorities. |
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Information not identified yet. |
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DFID is currently shifting its
aid modality focus from project to sector and budget support.
DFID uses the term "Sector Wide Approach". According
to DFID's understanding, a Sector Wide Approach has the
following characteristics:
- The recipient country has to have an appropriate
macroeconomic and budget framework based on a Medium Term
Expenditure Framework (MTEF).
- The government of the recipient country should take the
decisions for sector policy, priority setting, expenditure
programme, organisational and system reforms, accounting
and reporting procedures. Also the formulation of the
technical assistance plan should be responsibility of the
host country.
The U.K. plans to provide approximately half of its total
bilateral aid through direct budget support in some years.
General budget support should always be in such a form that it
is integrated into the recipient country's regular budgetary
system. Preconditions to receive general budget support are
the recipient country's commitment to poverty reduction,
indicated by the existence of a Poverty Reduction Strategy
Paper, the presence of an adequate public financial management
framework, macroeconomic stability.
DFID will continue to support projects in the following cases:
- the country's level of aid dependency is low,
- donors
cannot participate in the policy formulation process,
- policy dialogue is not possible.
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There is little direct
investment in TVET projects from DFIDs side, because sector
and budget support are increasingly emphasised. TVET
initiatives need to be embedded in these frameworks. |
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About 40% of DFID's
bilateral programme are provided in form of technical
assistance. 70% of this amount are spent on hiring
consultants/ technical assistance personnel. |
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DFID sees the task of NGOs in
advocacy activities with the partner country, and less in
service delivery as this could be a concurrence for public
service delivery. If service delivery is intended, DFID
correspondingly shifts funds originally dedicated to NGO
activities to assistance through the government.
13% of the total amount of British bilateral aid are
granted to British NGOs. Other areas of support to NGOs are
humanitarian support and country programmes. Here local NGOs
become involved. |
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Information not identified yet. |
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- DFID, Departmental Report
2003 (http://www.dfid.gov.uk
> Publications > Departmental Report 2003: Summary
Version);
- DFID, Departmental Report 2002. The Government's
Expenditure Plans 2002/3 to 2003/2004.
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| Name |
Department
for International Development (DFID) |
| Street
Address |
1 Palace
Street
London SW1E 5HE |
| Phone |
[+49] (20) 7023 0000 |
| Fax |
[+49]
(20) 7023 0019 |
| E-mail |
info@deza.admin.ch |
| Website
(language) |
http://www.dfid.gov.uk
(English) |
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Public
Enquiry Point |
| Phone |
0845
30004100 (local call rate from within the UK)
[+44] 1355 84 3132 (from outside the UK) |
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Contact
for a named member of staff |
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(020)
7023 0000 from within the UK
[+44] (20) 7023 0000 from outside the UK |
| Fax |
[+44] (0) 1355 84 3632 |
| E-mail |
enquiry@dfid.gov.uk |
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Abercrombie
House |
| Street
Address |
Eaglesham
Road
East Kilbride
Glasgow G75 8EA |
| Phone |
[+44] 01355 84 4000 |
| Fax |
[+44]
01355 84 4099 |
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Conflict
and Humanitarian Affairs Department (CHAD) |
| Street
Address |
20
Victoria Street
London SW1H ONF |
| Phone |
[+44] (20) 7023 0000 |
| Fax |
[+44]
(20) 7023 0019 |
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Unless indicated otherwise
information concerning the UK's development assistance is
taken from the following sources:
Department for International Development (DFID)'s website: http://www.dfid.gov.uk,
access: 05 September 2003;
DFID, "DFID Policy Developments", paper provided at
the meeting of the Working Group for International Cooperation
in Skills Development, Bonn, 28-30 April 2003;
Hasegawa 2002, pp. 21-25;
Riddell 2002, pp. 17+23. |
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