DR 330: Letter to the Chairman of the Committee from Sir Peter Ricketts, Permanent Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

 

 

fco strategic programme fund

 

I enclose copies of the Strategic Programme Fund (SPF) Annual Report 07-08, highlighting the SPF's achievements in its first year. The programme followed from the Global Opportunities Fund (GOF), which was reshaped and refocused on the four new policy goals following our Strategy Refresh in 2007.

 

The Fund is a key tool in delivering our Departmental Strategic Objectives. Posts are encouraged to work up large, high impact, multi-year projects that can bring about transformational change and to measure the results as far as possible. Projects are fully integrated into the Country Business Planning process to ensure the right focus in each country.

 

I would like to get this report to Parliament more promptly in the future, and am taking steps to ensure that the 08-09 report is published in October 2009.

 

The current report will also be placed in the Library of the House and on the FCO website.

 

 

1 April 2009