DFID's Performance in 2008-09 and the 2009 White Paper - International Development Committee Contents


Supplementary written evidence submitted by the Department for International Development

IDC WHITE PAPER HEARING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, 25 NOVEMBER 2009—FOLLOW UP ANSWERS

 (1)   Breakdown of the climate change funding which DFID channels through the World Bank
FundAmount (£) World Bank role
Environmental Transformation Fund Administrator for full amount and will implement some of the projects.
Clean Technology Fund85 million
Strategic Climate Fund

(consists of Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience, Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program, Forest Investment Program)
7.75 million
Congo Basin Forest Fund6 million
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility1.25 million
OtherSee below
Clean Energy Investment Framework250,000 Trust Fund
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program 1 millionTrust Fund
Information for Development Program500,000 Administrative Arrangement



  The World Bank is the administrator of Environmental Transformation Fund (ETF) resources. Country Governments decide the appropriate implementation agent on a project by project basis. The implementation agent will normally be one of the Multilateral Development Banks.

 (2)   Cost of the UKaid rebranding

  To date we have spent approximately £130,000 on re-branding our overseas aid. Of this cost £98,286 was spent on the design work and research groups to ensure that the UKaid logo communicates the work of the Department for International Development effectively, in language that is meaningful to the UK public. The procurement and development of the new logo was commissioned via the government's COI, following best practice and ensuring optimal value for money. This is a highly competitive price, coming in at about a quarter of the cost of comparable logos (BBC3 £400,000, London 2012 £400,000).

 (3)   UKaid pilot countries

  Since the introduction of UKaid in July 2009 we have piloted it in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Zimbabwe. The pilots are now complete. Guidelines for the wider use of UKaid overseas are being developed and will be available for country offices in January 2010.

 (4)   Copy of the first annual Achievement Statement on the Environmental Transformation Fund

  http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCC/Resources/annual_report_published_version_113009.pdf





 
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