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Sub-Committee takes evidence on non-DFID ODA funds

30 November 2017

Sub-Committee hears from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI), the National Security Secretariat, the Prosperity Fund Management Office and the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Affairs (BEIS) regarding (1) The cross-government Prosperity Fund, and (2) The Global Challenges Research Fund.

Witnesses

Wednesday 6 December 2017, Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

At 9.50am

  • Dr Alison Evans, Lead Commissioner on Prosperity Fund review, Independent Commission for Aid Impact
  • Tina Fahm, Lead Commissioner on Global Challenges Research Fund review, ICAI
  • Catherine Cameron, Team Leader on both reviews, ICAI

At 10.30am

  • Robert Chatterton Dickson, Director, Secretariat, Programmes, Implementation, Network and Enablers (SPINE), National Security Secretariat, Cabinet Office
  • Julius Court, Head, Prosperity Fund Management Office
  • Dr Sharon Ellis, Director of International Science and Innovation, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Purpose of the Session

This is the Sub-Committee's second evidence session of the new Parliament. It provides an opportunity for Members to examine two recent reviews by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI), and to question the Government on the reviews' findings.

Further information

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