§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will place a copy of the agreement made in February 1999 between her Department and the Organisation of African Unity in the Library. [77490]
§ Clare ShortIn February the Department for International Development entered into an agreement with the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) to provide initial support to their Conflict Management Centre as part of a longer term partnership approach to building OAU capacity in the area of conflict prevention and peace-building. This initiative is part of our conflict reduction strategy: specifically our aim to support the role of regional and sub regional organisations in conflict prevention.
We are providing USD 515,800, equivalent to approximately £320,000, over 20 months for human resource capacity building in the OAU Conflict Management Centre. Our contribution covers recruitment and salary costs for 4 advisers—i.e., one senior political officer and three regional desk officers—who will be contracted by the OAU for a period of 18 months. In addition, we are providing technical advice to assist in completion of the OAU Conflict Management Centre's Capacity Building Programme document which will be presented to OAU Member States and potential funding partners.
767WA copy of the exchange of letters with the Organisation of African Unity, including the Project Memorandum for the Capacity Building Programme, which constitutes our agreement with them will be placed in the Library of the House.