HC Deb 02 February 1998 vol 305 c473W
Mr. Fitzpatrick

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the current British aid projects in Nicaragua. [26753]

Clare Short

Current British aid projects in Nicaragua are as follows:

(i) Technical Cooperation Programme projects Land Resources Monitoring Project

(ii) Joint Funding Scheme projects (the principal mechanism for supporting NGO projects based on a 50:50 share of funding.

Agency Project title
CODA International Institutional Capacity Building Programme
Health Unlimited Community Health Care Programme
International Cooperation for Development Promoting Gender and Development with Women's and Mixed Organisations
Marie Stopes International Developing participative Programme Management Capacity
One World Action Community Health Care Programme
One World Action Support for Solidez
Y CARE International Acahualinca Youth and Community Development
Y CARE International Integrated Rural Community Development Programme

The list of Joint Funding Scheme projects currently being funded does not include those supported through the block grants provided to certain agencies. Information on these will not be available until mid 1998.