§ The Earl of Sandwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
What support the Overseas Development Administration gives to development education, and what grants it has made for this purpose in the most recent period of 12 months for which figures are available; and
Whether they have any plans to expand their development education programme through voluntary organisations.
§ Lord CheshamThe Overseas Development Administration considers development education an important part of its information effort and supports a large number of organisations in this field. It intends to continue this support in the future.
Grants awarded in 1994-95 were:
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Development Education Grants 1994–95 1. Worldaware: Core Budget 1994–95 £210.000 2. Worldaware: publication £8.500 3 Scottish Education and Action for Development: publication. conference £30.000 4. Scottish Development Education Centre: publication £7.250 5.Education Partners Overseas: school links £50.000 6. International Broadcasting Trust: schools TV series: "Eye user Asia" £50.000 7. OneWorld Broadcasting Trust: annual media awards £20.000 8. One World Broadcasting Trust: One World OnLine project/news diary £24.000 9. Gemini: rural reporting protect. South Africa If £15.000 10. Patios Institute: media briefings. "news from the South" project £50.000 11. Development Education Association: youth project (£22.000 1994–96) £8.866 12. Development Education Association: youth conference 1994 £2.000 13. FAO 50th Anniversary Book: 94–95: UK$40.000 (£25,3 15), 95–96: US$10.000 (£6.330) £25.178 14. Inter-Press Service: newspaper. UN conference on women terra viva grant 15. Education Partners Overseas: conference grant £9.080 16. Local Government International Bureau: continuation of grant £259 17. World Development Movement: information paper £8.626 18. International Broadcasting Trust: Attica schools project £50.000 19. International Broadcasting Trust: One World Support £50.000 20. Television Trust for the Environment: Benaco film grant £15.000 Total £6644.259