Archive of DFID public consultations
UK's Development Plan for Nepal
The UK is currently developing a new
strategy for its programme in Nepal. The key aim is to consider how we can
improve our development programme to better address the challenges that Nepal
faces in terms of poverty reduction, building an inclusive and effective state,
and increasing inclusive economic growth. Our current strategy comes to an end
in March 2009. To help us with our country planning process, we would like to
invite you to answer a set of questions about issues facing Nepal and our
response to them. In order to improve the way we work and help us better define
roles in Nepal, we are undertaking this consultation jointly with the Asian
Development Bank and the World Bank. 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 early next year.
Consultation questions
Background Information
(61 kb)
Links
Government of Nepal Ministry of Finance
ADB
Nepal
WB Nepal
Please send your comments by 8th December 2008 to
nepal-enquiries@dfid.gov.uk
We will not reply to individual contributions during this period. However, a
consolidated reply with a summary of the key issues raised and our response to
them, will be sent to all respondents once our country plan has been approved by
the Secretary of State.
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.
Background Information
- Consultation paper with questions
- Discussion paper on Politics
- Discussion paper on Growth and Job Creation
- Discussion paper on Resilience
- Current Interim Country Assistance Plan
- Horizon Scanning Document
- CAP consultation presentation
(657 kb)
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.
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 (Arabic version)
Background information
Please send your comments by 26 September 2008 to Yemen-CP@dfid.gov.uk
Working in partnership with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA): New Institutional Strategy (IS) – UK and Denmark, 2008/09 – 2010/11.
DFID are commencing a public consultations as part of a process to develop a
new Institutional Strategy with UNFPA. The new IS 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 IS and UNFPA?
Please send views on these questions, or indeed any other point you may wish to make to: mailto:unfpapf2008@dfid.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 IS 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.
DFID plans to hold an consultation workshop in London towards the end of 5 September 2008 - date still to be confirmed.
The consultation will run until 12 September 2008. We are very grateful for your comments; however we cannot provide response to all questions received.
Working in partnership with the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
New Institutional Strategy, 2008 – 2011.
DFID are commencing a public consultation as part of a process to developing
a new Institutional Strategy (IS) with UNAIDS, the new IS 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 IS and UNAIDS?
Please send views on these questions, or indeed any other point you may wish to make to: mailto:UNAIDSPF2008@dfid.gov.uk
DFID plans to hold an consultation workshop in London towards the end of 5 September 2008 - date still to be confirmed.
The consultation will run until 12 September 2008. We are very grateful for your comments; however we cannot provide response to all questions received.
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.
- Specific questions
Please respond by 12 September 2008 to DFIDUganda-CAP2008@dfid.gov.uk.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
.
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
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.
Working with the European Union: Europe for Development
The European Union (EU) has been committed to international development since its inception in 1957, and has been strengthening that commitment ever since. It is now more important for development than ever. With its global presence, and global influence, the EU has a unique standing in the world. It is the world’s largest development aid donor, the world’s leading humanitarian donor, the world’s largest single market and the main trading partner of most developing countries. It is recognised globally as a key development actor, donor and policy-maker - one that has the power to make a significant contribution to development on a global scale.
Currently, around 20% of DFID’s budget is channelled through the EU, and we are keen to ensure that further suitable reforms are put in place to deliver continued effective outcomes and benefits for developing countries, and to provide global leadership on challenges such as poverty, climate change and trade.
In our Institutional Strategy Paper, we set out three objectives for enhancing Europe’s role in global development:
- Improved wider policies for development.
- More and better aid.
- Political leverage for development.
Read the Institutional Strategy Paper(158
kb)
We are fully committed to working more closely with our European partners, with parliamentarians and with civil society. As part of our consultation process, we invited comments and views from people and organisations with an interest in EU development policies and procedures.
End date: 13 June 2008
DFID Rwanda’s new Country Plan
DFID is one of Rwanda’s largest bilateral donors. Over the past 10 years DFID has provided Rwanda with £380 million of assistance towards rebuilding the country after the genocide.
Since 1994 the Rwandan Government has focused on reconciliation, reconstruction and economic and political stability. In response, DFID’s support has been centred on building an effective state by strengthening government institutions and improving the services – education, health, roads – delivered to the poor. Remarkable progress in many of these areas now means that DFID can, in partnership with the Rwandan Government, go on to address deeper challenges, for example the depth of poverty – 57% of Rwandans live on 32 cents a day – and the need to speed up and maintain high levels of economic growth.
Our support to Rwanda is long term. DFID has in place a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2006 that provides a framework for our aid over the next 10 years. A key feature of this agreement is that two-thirds of our assistance will be delivered as general budget support – this means straight into financing Rwanda’s annual budget. A full description of our current programme is available here
DFID is now preparing a new country plan to cover the period 2008-11, which is in line with the Rwandan government’s own growth and poverty reduction strategy. We are still in the process of drawing together our analysis, but our early thinking suggests that in order to meet the Rwandan Government’s targets and the Millennium Development Goals, over the next three years DFID will focus in Rwanda on:
- maintaining high levels of growth;
- making faster progress towards the health MDGs;
- doing more on decentralised service delivery and helping citizens to hold government to account; and
- improving our ability to monitor impact and results.
As part of our country plan preparation, we invited comments from people and organisations with an interest in Rwanda. We asked for your views on:
- The critical issues facing Rwanda over the next five years.
- What you think Rwanda’s needs for support are.
- Whether you agree with the broad areas DFID proposes to focus on, set out above. If not, where you think DFID should focus its resources and attention over the next five years.
End date: 23 May 2008.
DFID Indonesia Country Assistance Plan (2008-11) Consultation
To inform our thinking about future priorities for DFID assistance, we
carried out a broad analysis of the progress made by Indonesia, and key
development challenges facing the country over the coming years. This analysis
draws extensively on available literature, as well as targeted consultations
with a wide range of partners and other informed commentators both in Indonesia
and the UK. These include the Indonesian Government, national and international
civil society organisations, researchers and media analysts, donors,
parliamentarians and other UK Government Departments. The findings of this
analysis are summarised in the
CAP
Summary document(66
kb). More detailed background papers cover:
Governance issues(39
kb), Economic Growth(123
kb), Poverty(433
kb), Social Exclusion(17
kb), Gender(39
kb) and
Environment(66
kb).
The consultation period has now closed. Thank you to all those who did send in comments. The finalised Country Business Plan will be available on the DFID website soon.
End date: 16 May 2008
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.
DFID Mozambique launches new Country Assistance Plan and Country Governance Analysis for consultation
In 1990 Mozambique was the poorest country in the world. Since peace was restored in 1992, Mozambique has made huge strides in sustaining peace and stability, generating economic growth and tackling poverty. Much has been done, but huge challenges remain. The new PRSP agreed in May 2006 (known as PARPA II), sets out targets which put Mozambique on track for reaching the majority of the MDGs by 2015. However, reaching these targets will require further progress, particularly in the area of service delivery. DFID Mozambique has produced a draft of their new CAP which is closely aligned to PARPA II and a new draft Country Governance Assessment which was prepared in close collaboration with the British High Commission in Maputo.
The consultation process will run from 1st October until 31st December 2007.
We very much value the views of the external stakeholders on our work in
Mozambique and we look forward to receiving your comments.
We would request that all comments are sent to the following email address:
MozambiqueCAP@dfid.gov.uk
Partnership Programme Arrangements – The Way Ahead
Brief description: DFID proposed a range of reforms to the Partnership
programme Arrangement scheme... The full consultation document(111
kb) is available here. Views and ideas were welcome to further develop the
proposals.
A web-based discussion forum
was set up to encourage dialogue throughout the consultation process.
End date: 12 November 2007
Outcome: new PPA web pages
DFID Ethiopia Country Assistance Plan Consultation
Brief description: DFID Ethiopia is preparing its Country Assistance Plan (CAP) for
the period 2006-10. This will set out how UK resources will help to reduce
poverty in Ethiopia.
The Government of Ethiopia has developed a new poverty reduction strategy,
the Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty (PASDEP). How we will achieve these objectives is described in the
draft CAP(158
kb).
End date: 30 October 2007
DFID Malawi Country Assistance Plan 2007–2011 Consultation
Brief description: As Malawi’s largest bilateral donor the UK commits itself to long term
support for Malawi and is providing at least £70m a year for the 4 years. DFID
Malawi is currently preparing its Country Assistance Plan (CAP) for the period
2007-11. Please take a look at the draft Malawi Country
Assistance Plan(427
kb), annexes
(239
kb) and Country Governance Assessment(606
kb). Suggestions fed into the final draft of the plan will guide DFID’s work in Malawi for the next four years.
End date: 10 October 2007
New Research Strategy 2008-2013
Brief description: DFID was seeking views to help it develop a new research strategy. The new
strategy will start in April 2008 and replace the
Research Funding Framework
2005–2007(127
kb). For information details of the
consultation are available(123
kb).
End date: 23 September 2007
Outcome: new Research Strategy
DFID – Ghana Country Assistance Plan 2008–2010 Consultation
Brief description: DFID is supporting Ghana’s progress in three priority areas: growth, human development and good governance. We were looking for what areas you think we should focus on. Suggestions will be used to develop our new Country Assistance Plan for 2008-2010. A short paper for consultation was produced.
End date: 14 September 2007
DFID India Country Assistance Plan (CAP) Consultation
Brief description: Our aid programme in India is currently £266 million, rising to £290 million next year. As India grows and transforms over the next five to ten years, DFID will seek to work with the 'Three Indias'. Views on our outline plan 'ending poverty in India - consultation on DFID's plan for working with Three Indias' and the questions it poses were sought.
End date: 10 September 2007
Outcome: new India country assistance plan
Updating “Taking Action – the UK’s strategy for
tackling AIDS in the developing world” – a consultation paper(90
kb)
Brief description: Taking Action – the UK’s strategy for tackling AIDS in the developing world - ends in March 2008. Much has changed since Taking Action was launched in July 2004, and the UK needs to update its position and approach to reflect on these changes.
End date: 8 August 2007
Outcome: Achieving Universal Access - DFID's new HIV and AIDS strategy
DFID’s Water Supply, Water Resources and Sanitation Policy Update
Brief description: In September 2006 DFID announced we would update our policies on water resources, water supply and sanitation. The consultation process for this started in January 2007.
End date: 7 August 2007
Outcome: new water policy launched
New Regional Assistance Plan for the Caribbean(105
kb)
Brief description: DFID Caribbean prepared a draft Regional Assistance Plan for the Caribbean for 2007-2010 outlining how DFID proposes to support poverty reduction in the region over the next three years.
End date: 30 June 2007
Moving Forward - a consultation paper on DFID's work in Latin America 2008-2011
Brief description: Regional Assistance Plan for Latin America (2008-2011)
End date: 11 June 2007
Outcome: due to a change in policy it was decided not to produce a new Latin America RAP for 2008-11
DFID seeks views on a potential new Linking Scheme
Brief description: To set up a scheme which would help UK based groups such as faith groups, local government, business and charitable organisations in the developing world.
End date: 11 June 2007
DFID creates more opportunity for people to participate in global issues and building support for development
Brief description: To see views on how to develop initiatives, to create the best possible opportunity to involve more people directly in global issues and development.
End date: 31 May 2007
Outcome: new youth volunteering programme, new diaspora volunteering programme
New Pakistan Country Assistance Plan
Brief description: How should the UK spend up to £480 million to cut poverty, improve healthcare and increase education opportunities in Pakistan?
End date: 31 May 2007
Outcome:
Pakistan Country
Plan 2008-13(1.46MB)
Equality for Disabled People: how will we know we are making progress?
Brief description: The Office for Disability Issues launched a consultation to find out how progress towards achieving equality for disabled people can be measured and whether progress is being made in areas which are most important to disabled people.
End date: 9 May 2007
Outcome:
consultation
results
Last updated: 7 January 2009
