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Bye-bye DFID, Hello FCDO, letter to suppliers and new Safeguarding Strategy

  • 1.  Bye-bye DFID, Hello FCDO, letter to suppliers and new Safeguarding Strategy

    Posted 09-11-2020 11:45
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    Hi All

    As you know FCDO launched last week and DFID is now formally closed.  I attach here the letter they sent to all suppliers on 2 Sep 2020.

    You may also be interested to see the new UK safeguarding strategy published today: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-strategy-safeguarding-against-sexual-exploitation-and-abuse-and-sexual-harassment-within-the-aid-sector

    And to hear that FCDO announced that Save the Children can restart applying for new UK aid funding: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/save-the-children-uk-can-bid-for-government-funding-again-after-improving-safeguarding-standards

    I met with Juliet Chua yesterday who is the new CFO of FCDO and who is one of 2 of the new senior appointees of FCDO that came from DFID (out of 7).  As you may remember, I have been meeting with her and senior DFID staff for the last 6 months and it is encouraging that these meetings have restarted now with FCDO.  I am waiting for notes of that meeting and will post about it next week.

    I am sorry for my radio silence here on Connect in the last month or so.  I have tried to share key DFID-related developments on social media but things started happening so fast I was worried I would overwhelm you if I posted everything here.  If you have questions about FCDO and the merger, the ongoing cutting process or the upcoming spending review - please post them as replies to this thread and I will try and answer them with what I post next week.


    Tim

    PS I also posted this in the DFID community, which we now need to rename



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    Tim Boyes-Watson
    Global Director, Alliances & Advocacy
    Humentum
    tim.boyes-watson@humentum.org
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