§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the funding being made available from the know-how funds during 1997 and the countries and the type of project such funding is being used for. [20179]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorPlanned expenditure by the know-how fund in the financial year 1996–97 is as follows:
For projects in:
£000 Central Europe Albania/Macedonia/Slovenia 2,400 Baltic States 2,200 Bosnia/Croatia/FRY 1,750 Bulgaria 2,700 Czech Republic 2,300 Hungary 4,500 Poland 10,600 Romania 5,000 Slovakia 2,500 Regional (multi-country), including Environment KHF 4,600 Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) Kazakhstan 2,000 Russia 28,000 Ukraine 9,000 Other EECA countries 4,600 Regional (including Chancellor's Scheme and Environment KHF) 2,630 Investment schemes (Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia) 2,500 Expenditure is planned at similar levels in 1997–98. The KHF funds projects in a range of sectors, focusing on certain priorities. In the whole region, priorities include financial services, privatisation, small and medium enterprise development, good government and civil society. In central Europe, priorities are also management training, public administration and employment services. In Russia and elsewhere in eastern Europe and central Asia, other priorities are energy, agriculture reform and health management.