§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what projects his Department has(a) run, (b directly and solely financed and (c) directly financed with other contributors in (i) Uganda, (ii) Rwanda, (iii) Burundi and (iv) the Democratic Republic of Congo in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [173813]
§ Hilary BennThe following table lists those projects with a commitment of £1 million or more funded by DFID in Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1997, along with details of when they were started, their total value and whether they are solely financed or financed in partnership with
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Project Title/Country Spending Code Created
Commitment Financed by Uganda Deregulation project preparation 14 January 1997 1,915.818 Solely funded by DFID Uganda Prog Aid 28 February 1997 20,000,000 Harmonised with other donors Forest Sector Pol & Strat 4 March 1997 6,963,000 Co-financed by GOU, NORAD, EU, GTZ, UNDP Commodities Support to the HIV/AIDS, STI and TB Programmes 5 March 1997 2,395,000 Solely funded by DFID UNICEF E Polio Immunization/Oral Rehydration Salts 20 March 1997 3,110,000 Harmonised with other partners Renewable Natural Resources Strategy 12 June 1997 1,031,698 Solely funded by DFID Uganda Fish Farming 13 June 1997 2,227,000 Solely funded by DFID Uganda Lake Management 13 June 1997 4,876,000 Solely funded by DFID Economic Reform and Primary Education 24 September 1997 20,000,000 Solely funded by DFID Cont. to HIPC Trust fund 19 March 1998 6,402,439 Co financed by other donors Appropriate Technology (Uganda) Project for Rural Enterprise 25 March 1998 1,057,183 Harmonised with other donors Improving Rural Livelihoods 21 April 1998 4,985,000 Solely funded by DFID Education Sector Programme (ESP) 8 May 1998 7,000,000 Solely funded by DFID Uganda Land Laws (Tenure Project) 11 May 1998 1,350,000 Solely funded by DFID Cholera and Ebola Uganda Emergency Support 20 May 1998 1,825,060 Solely funded by DFID In Country Training Programme 20 May 1998 2,600,000 Solely funded by DFID Poverty Monitoring—Uganda 25 June 1998 1,260,000 Solely funded by DFID Primary SFAC project 14 July 1998 2,109,050 Solely funded by DFID Eradication of Polio in East Africa 5 August 1998 5,167,251 Harmonised with other donors Prog. Aid for Pov. Red. 98/2000 12 August 1998 18,000,000 Harmonised with other donors Education Sector Support 26 November 1998 60,000,000 Harmonised with other donors National Water & Sanitation Support Programme 6 January 1999 4,987,000 Harmonised with other donors Civil Society Programme 14 June 1999 8,300,000 Harmonised with other donors Anti-Corruption Support 6 July 1999 2,000,000 Co-financed by DANIDA Support to Uganda Bureau of Statistics 1 February 2000 3,250,000 Co-financed by GoU and World Bank Support to Government Of Uganda/UNICEF Health Programme 22 March 2000 2,850,000 Harmonised with other donors Prog. Aid Pov. Reduct. 99/00 24 March 2000 14,500,000 Harmonised with other donors Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Support 9 June 2000 5,529,930 Solely funded by DFID Poverty Eradication Action Plan Budget Support Grant 12 December 2000 138,500,000 Harmonised with other donors HIV AIDS Umbrella Prog 11 April 2001 6,260,000 Harmonised with other donors Financial Sector Deepening 1 June 2001 7,135,462 Solely funded by DFID Acholi land Conflict Reduction 14 August 2001 1,755,155 Harmonised with other donors Business Services Uganda 21 August 2001 1,500,000 Solely funded by DFID UNICEF Appeal for acholi 9 April 2002 1,270,000 Harmonised with other donors Assistance to the Pop Census 19 July 2002 1,000,000 Solely funded by DFID Humanitarian response N Uganda 8 January 2003 7,054,912 Harmonised with other donors Decentralisation Support Programme 18 February 2003 2,650,000 Co-funded by World Bank Priority Humanitarian Response in Northern Uganda-UNICEF 17 March 2004 1,000,000 Harmonised with other donors 383,816,958 Rwanda Gender Mainstreaming Development Programme 26 September 1997 1,670,000 Solely funded by DFID Rwanda Revenue Authority Phs 1 9 January 1998 1,040,000 Solely funded by DFID Rwanda Revenue Authority 3 19 November 1998 7,218,800 Solely funded by DFID Rwanda Revenue Authority 4 Local costs 10 January 2001 1,000,000 Solely funded by DFID Rwanda Revenue Authority Phase 4 17 January 2001 3,565,000 Solely funded by DFID Demobilisation & Reintegration 13 March 1998 1,000,000 Solely funded by DFID High Commissioner Human Rights 19 March 1998 2,000,000 Solely funded by DFID BBC Lifeline 11 November 1998 1,475,588 Solely funded by DFID Financial Aid 15 December 1998 93,000,000 Harmonised with other donors Household Survey 25 August 1999 1,300,000 Solely funded by DFID Poverty Reduction Strategy 13 June 2000 1,410,000 Solely funded by DFID Rwanda Education Sector Support Programme 23 January 2001 10,000,000 Harmonised with other donors other donors. There were no such projects funded by DFID in Burundi. I have not listed the projects below this level in view of the number of activities that would involve.
DFID acknowledges the importance of working collaboratively within the wider donor community, rather than operating independently. In all of the countries listed DFID is working actively to promote donor collaboration and harmonisation, both to improve the coherence of donor support and to cut down the transaction costs faced by recipient governments. Whenever solely financed projects are supported (e.g. in response to requests from humanitarian agencies) DFID seeks to do so in full knowledge of the support being provided in that field by other contributors.
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Commitment Financed by (ESSP) Rwanda ESSP 2 January 2002 3,530,000 Harmonised with other donors Development Central Statistics 22 July 2002 1,500,000 Solely funded by DFID Demobilisation & Reintegration Committee 30 July 2002 5,500,000 Solely funded by DFID Rwanda DBS 2003/4–2005/6 25 November 2003 82,000,000 Solely funded by DFID Rwanda Rev Auth—Phase V 4 December 2003 4,310,000 Solely funded by DFID 221,519,388 Congo Dem Rep World Bank Trust Fund 19 March 1998 5,977,286 Co-financed with other donors ICRC Emergency Appeal 2001 13 February 2001 5,500,000 Co-financed with other donors ICRC Emergency Appeal 2002 9 December 2002 2,500,000 Co-financed with other donors UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs 20 February 2003 1,000,000 Co-financed with other donors ICRC Emergency Appeal 2003 18 March 2003 2,500,000 Co-financed with other donors Insecticide Nets 17 September 2003 3,427,147 Solely funded by DFID Support to the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process 11 December 2003 1,100,000 Co-financed with other donors DRC Quick Start Health IRC 22 December 2003 3,414,016 Solely funded by DFID UNICEF Accelerated Vaccination Activities 25 February 2004 1,000,000 Co-financed with other donors International Committee Red Cross-Emergency Appeal 2004 4 March 2004 2,500,000 Co-financed with other donors Medecins Sans Frontieres Primary Health Care 30 March 2004 1,035,150 Solely funded by DFID 29,953,599