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Dept for International Development

Answer

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has allocated to UK non-governmental organisations this year for work in (a) Brazil and (b) Bolivia; how this sum is expected to change in real terms in the future; and if he will make a statement. [162962] Hilary Benn: Under DFID's Civil Society Challenge Fund, the value of firm offers of support to UK NGOs for specific activities in Brazil and Bolivia in 2004-05 is £204,204.00 and £336,730.00 respectively. In addition, £454,589.00 has been provisionally allocated for regional projects, including possible interventions in Brazil and Bolivia. Future offers of support will depend on the numbers and quality of proposals submitted by civil society organisations. In September 2003, £28,904.00 was provided to Helpage International through the Latin America bilateral programme in support of activities to be undertaken between September 2003 and August 2004 in Bolivia. DFID will also be providing £61 million in strategic support in 2004-05 to 19 major UK based Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the form of global Partnership Programme Agreements (PPA). A number of these organisations currently support activities in Bolivia and Brazil. From 2005-06, DFID is proposing to increase partnership funding, to include PPA and NGO's working in middle-income countries and Latin America in particular.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

419 c879W;419 c881W; 162962

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Development aid Bilateral aid Non-governmental organisations Bolivia Brazil South America

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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