The Earl of Carlisleasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the business management programmes in which the Department for International Development commissions the British Council to act as manager or contractor; and what is the value of each contract to the British Council. [HL3513]
§ Baroness AmosThe table below lists details of contracts let by the Department for International Development to the British Council in 1998–99:
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Project title Country Value Palestinian legislative council—library West Bank and Gaza 220,755 Support to education sector: book procurement Ghana 47,066 Pakistan—Northern education project Pakistan 3,385,276 English language teaching project Philippines 35,836 Local DFID project support unit Brazil 345,102 British council division: IT audit project India 13,875 Project support services Mexico 519,772 34WA
Project title Country Value Regional programme support services Asia Regional 27,205 Management of change India 84,695 Soil salinity and breeding for salt resistant crops India 265,319 Technical co-operation support contract for 1998–99 China 223,130 Orissa social marketing of contraceptives and rehydration salts India 229,109 Assistance with design of DFID support to Ethiopian education sector development programme Ethiopia 208,285 In country training programme—management Tanzania 1,946,400 In country training programme—management Uganda 2,433,080 Trainer development project India 11,440 Kenya in-country training programme (ICTP) Kenya 598,959 Project Managers—health management strengthening project West Bank and Gaza 1,189,608 China: financial sector training scheme China 150,000 Support to Uganda records management phase iii Uganda 527,342 FIMA—design Bangladesh 10,084 LGAP II: Gdansk city management project—demonstration seminar Poland 6,060 Managing the implementation of the plant Germplasm conservation and utilisation project India 314,000 Health and Education access study Zambia 159,608 Indian professional officers scheme India 330,510 Support for the implementation of the Beijing platform of action—phase ii Kenya 509,890 Health policy planning and management project—NIHFW India 199,222 Community Ophthalmology India 299,817 Leprosy control India 191,050 Zimpod managing agency Zimbabwe 127,483 Capacity building in the Ministry of Education: project manager Jordan 1,367,992 Participation at GID development seminar 1998 Global (Non Project Specific) 3,765 Parliamentary co-operation programme administrators Russia 260,158 Russian President's management training initiative Russia 28,565 Clearance of homicide backlog Malawi 68,446 Support for primary health care systems (Bamako initiative) Nigeria 2,622,497 Provision of education planning advice for UNRWA's Education Department Jordan 140,070 Cross river state community forestry project Nigeria 3,176 Books scheme for basic schools (Chatham) Ghana 6,985,000
Project title Country Value Strengthening parliamentary democracy West Bank and Gaza 773,110 Small Environment Projects Scheme (SEPS) Russia 155,060 West Bank and Gaza good government assessment West Bank and Gaza 14,200 Democratic institutions small projects scheme (DISPS) Russia 199,920 Training and internal consultancy project phase ii Bangladesh 1,133,250 Early literacy and language project Namibia (SW Africa) 910,565 Education sector development programme: joint review mission Ethiopia 34,290 Training development programme for the Indian police India 35,210 Assistance to police training Mexico 8,815 Support to independent electoral commission South Africa, Republic of 610,720 I believe in myself Yugoslavia 103,640 First World Bank Family Health Project (FHPI) Pakistan 656,410 Judicial support project Russia 599,710 Management for government—bridging project West Bank and Gaza 57,680 Gender Beijing project management Uganda 260,000 Total value £31.6 million