§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the non-Governmental organisations funded by her Department that are present in Kosovo; and what assessment she has made of their co-ordination and effectiveness. [106339]
§ Clare ShortMy Department has provided funding for the following NGO activity in Kosovo:
- Pharmaciens sans Frontières
- Handicap International
- International Medical Corps
- Goal
- Feed the Children International
- Medair
- Mercy Corps Europe
- Scottish Charities Kosovo Appeal
- Global Care
- Children's Aid Direct
- Help Age International
- Oxfam
- ADRA
- International Rescue Committee
- War Child.
In making applications for funding, NGOs are required to describe the agency's involvement in sectoral co-ordination arrangements, and their knowledge of other agency activity in the same area. NGO programmes are subject to monitoring by our field office staff and, in 316W the case of larger programmes such as the £5 million International Medical Corps programme of support to primary health care, by London experts.
§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations she has made in the past three months to the United Nations Mission in Kosovo concerning the humanitarian situation in the Balkans. [106436]
§ Clare ShortThe key humanitarian issues in Kosovo are warmth and shelter. Staff from our Field Office and Infrastructure Engineering Unit in Pristina have worked closely with United Nations Mission in Kosovo's (UNMIK) humanitarian pillar, headed by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and other donors over the past three months to implement power transmission and water programmes. These will complement the UNHCR-co-ordinated shelter programme, which has received generous support from the European Union.