Subject	Predicate	Object
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		Written answer
	answer has question	9SxdMDeD
	answer has answering person	Harriett Mary Morison Baldwin
	answer text	<p>DFID has agreed that Search for Common Ground (SFCG) should select the research partner through a closed selection process because the processes involved in an open competition would place sensitive information about existing programme activities into the public domain. Our risk assessment indicates that this information could be used to target future programme activities, individual participants, or local staff involved in the management of the programme, and so we took this decision in order to uphold the aid principle to do no harm.</p><p> </p><p>DFID received the bids from SFCG on 17 March 2019, and the evaluation panel comprehensively reviewed the bids and concluded that they did not sufficiently address the scope of work required for the People for Peaceful Change research piece. DFID is currently in the middle of agreeing an alternative option to effectively deliver a comprehensive and robust research element to this programme. We will release an interim update on the research piece to update MPs by the end of April.</p>
	answer given date	2019-04-09
	answer has answering body	Department for International Development
	written answer has answering body	Department for International Development
Department for International Development	answering body has written answer	lwjXwRfe
Department for International Development	answering body has answer	lwjXwRfe
9SxdMDeD	question has answer	lwjXwRfe
Harriett Mary Morison Baldwin	answering person has answer	lwjXwRfe