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When developing
policies, DFID recognises that consulting with a wide range of interested groups
helps to ensure that the impact of its proposals on different sectors of society
is taken into account.
The Code aims to increase the involvement of individuals and groups in public
consultations, minimising the burden it imposes on them, and giving them enough
time to respond.
This guidance is used in conjunction with the
 Compact
between the government and the voluntary and community sector which includes a
specific code of good practice on ‘Consultation and Policy Appraisal’.
If you would like to take part in DFID public consultations, information will be
posted on these pages.
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UK's Development Plan for Bangladesh
The UK is currently developing a new strategy for its programme in Bangladesh.
The key aim is to consider how we can improve our aid programme to better target
the challenges that Bangladesh faces in terms of poverty reduction, governance
and overall economic growth.
The UK's present development programme in Bangladesh is based on four pillars:
Governance; providing services (health, education and water and sanitation);
private sector development; and support to the extreme poor (including climate
change adaptation). The current strategy comes to an end in April 2009.
To help us with the country planning process, we would like to invite you to
answer a set of questions about the possible future direction of our Bangladesh
programme. We will use your feedback to help us develop the issues and choices
we will present to the UK Secretary of State for International Development later
this year.
Consultation Questions
Background Information
Please send your comments by 10 October 2008 to
DFIDBConsultations@dfid.gov.uk
We will not reply to individual contributions during this period. However, a
consolidated reply addressing the key issues raised will be sent to all
respondents after the consultation has closed.
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DFID Yemen’s Country Plan
DFID is currently developing a Country Plan to guide our development
partnership with Yemen over the next three years. In 2007, we signed a ten-year
Development Partnership Arrangement with the Government of Yemen, underlining
our long-term commitment to the country. We are now scaling up our assistance
from £12 million in 2006/07 to £50 million in 2010/11.
Our programme is focused on reducing poverty and promoting stability. We are
focusing on:
- Working with the Government of Yemen to improve economic opportunities for
poor people;
- Helping the Government of Yemen to be more capable, accountable and responsive;
- Investing in people, with a focus on education, especially for girls.
To help us with the country planning process, we would like to invite you to
answer a set of questions about future direction of the Yemen programme. We will
use your feedback to help us develop the issues and choices we will present to
the UK Secretary of State for International Development later this year.
Consultation questions
Consultation questions (Arabic version)
Background information
Please send your comments by 26 September 2008 to
Yemen-CP@dfid.gov.uk
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Working in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
New UK and Denmark Performance and Results Framework 2008-11
UNDP is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and
connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources. It operates in more
than 160 countries, working with them primarily in building capacity to meet
development challenges. UNDP links and coordinates global and national efforts
to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Its main areas of programme
focus are in Poverty Eradication and Achievement of the MDGs; Democratic
Governance; Crisis Prevention and Recovery; and Environment and Sustainable
Development. Throughout its activities, UNDP is committed to gender equality and
the empowerment of women.
We are currently developing a joint UK/Denmark
Performance and Results Framework (PRF) to replace the old
DFID/UNDP Institutional
Strategy (291
kb). The PRF will set out the main areas of UNDP’s Strategic
Plan where the UK and Denmark want to see significant progress over the next
four years, and will contain a number of targets and indicators to measure that
progress.
Further details and background information.
As part of our
consultation process, we’re inviting comments and views from people and
organisations with an interest in UNDP. Your views and ideas will be helpful to
us in producing a final version of the PRF. Specific questions you may want to
consider are:
- Do you agree that the UK should support UNDP across the areas
outlined in the background information?
- How can the UK best work with UNDP to
reduce poverty and deliver the MDGs?
- How can UNDP work best at the country
level alongside other UN and international organisations?
- How can we work with UNDP to improve its internal efficiency, human resources and results reporting?
- How can we best measure and monitor progress with the PRF and UNDP’s programme
of work?
Please send views on these questions, or indeed any other points or
comments you wish to make to: UNDPPRF2008@dfid.gov.uk .
The consultation will run
until 27 August 2008. We are very grateful for your comments, which will all be
considered as we develop this work, although we cannot provide a response to all
of them.
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Working in partnership with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA): New Performance Framework (PF) – UK and Denmark, 2008/09 –
2010/11.
DFID are commencing a public consultations as part of a process to develop a
new Performance Framework with UNFPA. The new PF will replace the
just ended UNFPA Institutional Strategy(292
kb).
Further details and background
information
As part of our consultation process we are inviting comments and views from
stakeholders with an interest in UNFPA and global health issues. Your views and
ideas will be very helpful to us in producing a final version. Specific
questions are set out below:
- Do you agree that the UK should support UNFPA across the areas outlined
above?
- How can the UK best work with UNFPA to reduce and deliver the MDGs and ICPD
Programme of Action?
- How can UNFPA maximise its output at the country level alongside other UN
and international agencies?
- How can we work with UNFPA to improve its human resources, results based
management and evaluation?
- How can we best measure and monitor progress with the PF and UNFPA?
Please send views on these questions, or indeed any other point you may wish
to make to: mailto:UNFPA2008dfid.gov.uk
UK £100 million contribution to UNFPA
GPRHCS: UK is also developing a five year support. This will be governed by
separate log frame and project memorandum. A separate consultation process is
taking place. However, the PF will be used to monitor UNFPA’s success in the
area of RHCS (based on GPRHCS M&E framework) as this is a major UK priority. We
are aiming to complete consultation by 30th June.
The consultation will run
until 20th August 2008. We are very grateful for your comments; however we cannot
provide response to all questions received.
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Working in partnership with the joint United Nations Programme on
HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
New Performance Framework, 2008 – 2011.
DFID are commencing a public consultation as part of a process to developing
a new Performance Framework (PF) with UNAIDS, the new PF will
replace the just ended UNAIDS
Institutional Strategy(180
kb).
Further details and background information.
As part of our consultation process, we are inviting comments and views from
stakeholders with an interest in UNAIDS and global health issues. Your views and
ideas will be very helpful to us in producing a final version. Specific
questions are set out below:
- What are your views about the UK’s support to the UNAIDS across the areas
outlined?
- How can the UK best work with UNAIDS to reduce poverty, tackle AIDS and
deliver the MDGs?
- How can UNAIDS maximise its output at the country level alongside other UN
and international agencies?
- How can we work with UNAIDS to improve its human resources, results based
management and evaluation?
- How can we best measure and monitor progress with the PF and UNAIDS?
Please send views on these questions, or indeed any other point you may wish
to make to:
mailto:UNAIDSPF2008@dfid.gov.uk
The consultation will run until 20th August 2008. We are very grateful for
your comments; however we cannot provide response to all questions received.
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Uganda’s medium term strategic direction
DFID Uganda is developing a more focused programme that will achieve greater
synergy across the DFID Uganda country programme, become clearer about DFID
Uganda’s comparative advantage and define how to better work strategically with
others.
As part of our consultation process we’re inviting comments and views from
people and organisations with an interest in DFID and global development issues.
Please respond by 12 September 2008 to
DFIDUganda-CAP2008@dfid.gov.uk
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Nigeria Country Assistance Plan Consultation
DFID is developing a country assistance plan, and renewed joint strategy with
the World Bank, and potentially other International Development Partners, to
guide our development partnership with Nigeria for the next 3-5 years. Achieving
the MDGs in Nigeria is critical to achieving the MDGs in Africa: 20% of Africa’s
poor are Nigerian. At £100m, DFID’s Nigeria programme is DFID’s fourth largest
programme in Africa.
The programme in Nigeria is centred around:
- non-oil economic growth
- improving governance and accountability, and
- human development, particularly health, education and HIV and AIDS.
Further information on DFID
Nigeria’s current programme and approach.
We would welcome your views on the future direction of DFID's programme in
Nigeria to inform the issues and choices that we will present to the Secretary
of State for International Development later this year.
Please refer to the Consultation
questionnaire and New State Level Programme Summaries
Please respond by 9 September 2008 to
DFIDNigeriaCAP-CPS2@dfid.gov.uk
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Working in partnership with World Health Organisation (WHO) – New
Institutional Strategy (2008-2013)
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United
Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health
matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards,
articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to
countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
We are currently involved in developing a joint UK Institutional Strategy
with the Department of Health, England and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
in consultation with other departments with an interest in WHO.
The Institutional Strategy sets out the rationale and objectives for UK
support to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the way we can work together
and with others more effectively. The strategy also serves as an accountability
framework for our financial support.
As part of our consultation process we’re inviting comments and views from
people and organisations with an interest in WHO and global health issues. Your
views and ideas will be very helpful to us in producing a final version.
Specific questions are set out below:
1. Do you agree that the UK should support WHO across the three broad areas
outlined above?
2. How can the UK best work with WHO to reduce poverty and
deliver the MDGs?
3. How should WHO work at the country level alongside other UN
and international actors?
4. How can we work with WHO to improve its internal
efficiency, results based management and reporting?
5. How can we best measure
and monitor progress with the IS and WHO’s programme of work?
More information on the WHO Institutional Strategy consultation
Please send views on these questions, or indeed any other points or comments
you wish to make to: mailto: WHOIS2008@dfid.gov.uk
The consultation will run until 1 August 2008. We are very grateful for your
comments, however we cannot provide a response to all of them.
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New global Access to Medicines Research Network (ATM RM): Consultation
One third of the world’s population lacks access to essential medicines. The
factors that contribute to a lack of affordable, quality assured essential
medicines in developing countries are well documented. There is rather less
information about medicine quality or utilisation.
With this in mind, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) is
considering the establishment of a Global Access to Medicines Research Network
(ATM RN). Although the ATM RN is at an early stage of development, it is
anticipated that it will bring together research institutions from developed and
developing countries to enhance the available evidence on how to make medicines,
especially essential medicines, affordable and accessible to the poorest
populations.
More detailed information on Understanding Access to Medicines and the
proposal for a Global Research Network.
To inform the design of the ATM RN DFID is planning an open consultation with
interested parties.
Please take the time to send us your views and comments by accessing our
on-line
survey
.
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Zambia Country Assistance Plan
DFID is developing a country assistance plan to guide our development
partnership with Zambia for the next 3-5 years. The plan will be agreed by
Ministers and will set out:
- Our overall strategy to help Zambia achieve the Millennium
Development Goals;
- Those parts of Zambia’s Fifth National Development Plan on which we
will focus our assistance;
- What we will not do and leave to other donors;
- How we will manage our own human and financial resources; and
- How we will monitor and measure our progress in achieving our
objectives.
DFID is presently inviting public comments to feed into the planning process,
specific questions and details for submitting comments
are set out here.
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Afghanistan country plan consultation
Following 25 years of turmoil and conflict, Afghanistan is one of the poorest
countries in the world, and remains off-track on all of the Millennium
Development Goals. Since the fall of the Taleban in 2001 there has been real
progress, with life improving for Afghans. Six million children are now
in school (a third of them girls); 5 million refugees have returned home to
Afghanistan; and since 2002 under-5 mortality rates have dropped from around 1
in 4 to less than 1 in 5. But much more has to be achieved if Afghanistan is to be
transformed into a stable, prosperous nation. In April 2008 Afghanistan launched
the Afghan National Development Strategy (ANDS) to guide the Afghan government's
development strategy for the next five years. DFID, and others in the
international community, will align their development effort in support of the
ANDS. Over the next few months we will be thinking through how best to provide
development support to the government and people of Afghanistan through the
preparation of our Country Plan.
To help us with this country planning process we would like you to answer a
few questions and provide comments and suggestions on the future direction of
DFID's programme in Afghanistan. We will use your comments and questions to help
us to develop the issues and choices that we will present to the Secretary of
State for International Development in the summer.
List of Consultation Questions
Please respond by 31 July to
Afghanistan-CP@dfid.gov.uk . We
will not reply to individual contributions during this period. However, a
consolidated reply addressing the key issues raised will be sent to all
respondents after the consultation has closed.
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Environmental Stability: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
At this year's High Level Segment of the UN's Economic and Social Affairs
Council (ECOSOC) in early July, the UK will be one of eight countries delivering
a national voluntary presentation around the theme of Millennium Development
Goal 7 - Ensure Environmental Stability. National presentations may cover a
range of related issues such as aid effectiveness, conditionality, and the
challenges of implementing development objectives on climate change and
sustainable development.
We would welcome your initial views as part of the process to prepare a first
draft of the presentation, to be discussed with the UN Department of Economic
and Social Affairs in early May. Further comments will however be welcome
throughout the preparation period leading up to the High Level Segment in late
June.
ECOSOC consultation paper
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Somalia country plan consultation
Following years of conflict, Somalia has some of the worst poverty indicators
in the world. 43% of the population live on less than $1 a day, and only one in
five children attend primary school. Starvation and epidemic diseases are
commonplace.
In building on our work to date, DFID would like to invite you to answer a
few questions and / or provide some comments on the future direction of the
Somali programme. We would welcome this input ahead of us finalising the issues
and choices we present to the Secretary of State for DFID in the summer. If you
are able to help DFID with its planning and in turn help the Somali people
improve their lives, then please send us your views to the
list of questions.
Please respond by Friday 20 June to
Somali-CP@dfid.gov.uk . We will not be replying to individual contributions
during this period. However, a consolidated reply addressing the key issues
raised will be sent to all respondents after the consultation has closed.
Background information on
DFID's programme in Somalia
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Kenya Country Plan Consultation
DFID is developing a country assistance plan to guide our development
partnership with Kenya for the next 5 years.
The country plan is based on the
Kenya
Joint Assistance Strategy (KJAS) which was launched last year by 17 donors
(including the UK) and guides our engagement with the Government of Kenya from
2007 - 2012.
The KJAS is the culmination of a two and half year process which included a
three-month active consultation with NGOs, private sector, Parliament, political
parties, media, and academia. Details of the consultations and subsequent
feedback are available in Annex 4(442
kb)
However in light of the recent political crisis in Kenya, DFID is presently
inviting further public comments to feed into the planning process.
Specific
questions and details for submitting comments are set out here.
Please send us your comments by 18 June 2008 when the consultation process
will end. We are very grateful for your comments but cannot provide a response
to all of them.
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Update on DFID’s Caribbean Forward Strategy
DFID would like to thank the wide range of people and organisations who
contributed, for taking time to comment on our draft Caribbean Regional
Assistance Plan for the Caribbean for 2007 – 2010. Our consultations in the
region, in the UK and on our website all provided helpful insights which we have
incorporated into our thinking about DFID's forward direction the region.
On the basis of this and other input, we have decided to deepen our analysis
of the prospects for growth and poverty reduction in the region, upon which our
forward strategy will be based. Over the next few months, we will be outlining a
plan and timetable to conduct this analysis and to update the overall
medium-term approach for our work in the region.
We remain committed to working with others to help reduce poverty and promote
growth in the Caribbean.
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DFID Vietnam new Country Assistance Plan
DFID Vietnam's "Draft for
Consultation" of the Country Assistance Plan (CAP) 2007-2011(625
kb) is now available
for your comments.
During the three-month consultation period, we will
hold a number of events both in Vietnam and the UK
Please refer to the Consultation Document, and send your written comments to
VietnamCAP@dfid.gov.uk
Your views and ideas will be very helpful to us in producing a final version.
Last updated: 10 July 2008
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