Honour International commitments

Honour the UK’s international commitments and support actions to achieve the Millennium Development Goals

Actions	Start	End
1.1 Honour UK commitment to spend 0.7% of gross national income as official development assistance from 2013, enshrine this commitment in law and encourage other countries to fulfil their aid commitments
Enshrine in law our commitment to spend 0.7% of national income as Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 2013, as soon as Parliamentary time allows	Started	Mar 2015
Ensure 0.7% of gross national income is spent as ODA	Jan 2013	Mar 2015
Work with other departments to help them to meet agreed contributions to UK ODA targets and to have plans in place to publish aid data under the International Aid Transparency Initiative's common standard in line with the UK Open Government Partnership Action Plan	Started	Mar 2015
Release data every March/April showing percentage of gross national income spent as ODA by calendar year	Started	Mar 2015
1.2 Maintain momentum on actions to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with a focus on services for poor people
Showcase MDG successes and lessons learned in an event around the UN General Assembly (MDG Countdown)	Completed
Ensure support frameworks are in place for Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) in at least ten countries	Started	Sep 2013
Expand access to and educational outcomes for poor children, including through low-cost private schools, in at least four countries	Started	Mar 2014
Work to increase access to malaria and reproductive health services for poor people. including through voucher programmes in at least three countries	Started	Mar 2014
1.3 Shaping the future: Leading international thinking on development
Drive international efforts to agree an ambitious new global development agenda beyond 2015 that accelerates progress on poverty reduction, working through the UN Secretary General's High Level Panel co-chaired by the Prime Minister	Started	Dec 2014
Play a lead role in the Post-Busan Interim Group to shape governance and monitoring arrangements for the new Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, ensuring that key areas of results and transparency are adequately prioritised and that participation of emerging economies is encouraged	Completed
Lead the G8 during the UK's 2013 Presidency to deliver stronger accountability on developmental outcomes, including transparency, food security and maternal health	Started	Dec 2013