Annex 1
DETAILS OF FCO ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES FOR
IRAQ
1. FCO/MOD/DFID IRAQ
GLOBAL CONFLICT
PREVENTION POOL
(GCPP)
The GCPP has allocated £7.5 million this
year for programmes in Iraq. (There is an allowance in the reserves
to meet additional programme costs if required.)
Approximately £2 million has been spent.
(Some GCPP Project details)
A £3 million programme, (part of an international
effort requested by the Coalition Provisional Authority), is contributing
to training up to 35,000 Iraqi police and began last November
in Jordan and in Basra in December. Fifty-five UK police trainers/officers
are now in Jordan. Twenty-four UK police officers were deployed
in December to the Regional Police Training Academy in Basra (RPTAB).
The Prime Minister visited the training centre on 4 January. The
first of 6,000 recruits (expected over the next six months) started
training on 27 December. The three-week course covers use of firearms,
investigation and arrest procedures, human rights, management,
and democracy.
A £1 million project to improve the responsiveness
of the Iraq Emergency services in MND (SE) by training and supplying
3,200 hand held and 300 vehicle radios is now being implemented.
£3 million has been allocated this year
on providing essential infrastructure for an independent Iraqi
media.
£1.25 million has been devolved to four
British led Governorates and the British Office Baghdad for spending
on local Governance and Security Sector reform projects.
2. FCO CHEVENING
SCHOLARSHIPS
£30,000 for a pilot Iraq Chevening scholars
programme (2003-04). We anticipate a large Chevening programme
for (2004-05) but are awaiting confirmation of funding.
3. FCO SPONSORED
VISITORS SCHEME
£20,000—allocated for 2003-04
4. FCO HUMAN
RIGHTS PROJECT
FUND
In 2003-04 HRPF funded:
Media Training and Development in Iraq
Budget: £142,655.68
Implementers: Writers and Scholars Educational Trust/Index
on censorship
Dates: May 2003-September 2003
Iraq Human Rights Reporting and Media Development
Budget: £51,879
Implementers: IWPR
Dates: October 2003
Impact on population health of past WMD programmes
Budget: £100,000 (2003-04) £50,000 (2004-05)
£50,000 (2005-06)
Implementer: Liverpool University
Dates: November 2003-06
Budget: £26,750
Implementer: INFORCE
Dates: December 2003
(The FCO is intending to run a training course
on HR Instrument for Iraqi officials later this financial year.
Costs £30,000-£50,000.)
5. FCO INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
BUDGET
Economics Seminar on Iraq in London in December 2003
Cost: £50,000
6. BRITISH COUNCIL
The Committee may be interested to know that
the Iraq Directorate of the British Council has allocated £1,040,000
to their programme in Iraq (2003-04).
(The FCO grant in Aid to the British Council
is £166 million for FY 03/03, and £170 million for 2004-05.)
7. DFID SMALL
GRANTS SCHEME
£100,000 DFID funds allocated to Iraq but
managed by FCO staff at British Office Baghdad.
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