17 Jan 2024
ICAI’s Chief Commissioner, Dr Tamsyn Barton, gave evidence to the International Development Committee yesterday (16 January) on our review looking across the last four years of scrutinising UK aid. UK aid under pressure: A synthesis of ICAI findings from 2019 to 2023 draws upon review findings on the state of UK aid across those four […]
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19 Dec 2023
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will assess how well fraud risk is being managed by UK staff overseas, in the latest in a series of rapid reviews. Fraud is an often hidden crime that, alongside error, costs the UK government between 0.5% and 5% of total spending, according to the Public Sector Fraud […]
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14 Dec 2023
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will assess the UK’s commitments to provide funding to support developing countries to adapt to climate change and mitigate its impact – known as international climate finance (ICF). Our forthcoming rapid review will look at how ICF funds are being spent, as well as how they contribute to […]
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7 Dec 2023
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will examine UK aid to Ukraine in a forthcoming rapid review. The Russian invasion in February 2022 and ongoing conflict have created a major geopolitical and humanitarian crisis, with 7.7 million people registered as refugees across Europe and 6.2 million internally displaced. Alongside political and military support, the […]
25 Sep 2023
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will examine the £500 million Blue Planet Fund – designed to support developing countries to protect the marine environment and reduce poverty – in a forthcoming rapid review. The fund was announced by the government in 2021, as part of its commitment to spend at least £3 billion […]
20 Sep 2023
Global health research, sustainable cities, international climate finance and UK aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion are among the areas to be scrutinised by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) in the coming months. ICAI has agreed with Parliament’s International Development Committee (IDC) that it will examine and report on the following areas […]
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2 Feb 2023
ICAI has today published the approach for its forthcoming review of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) new Programme Operating Framework (PrOF).
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16 Dec 2020
Following the publication today of the government’s review of ICAI, commissioners Dr Tamsyn Barton, Sir Hugh Bayley and Tarek Rouchdy have released a joint statement: “Robust, independent scrutiny of how public money is spent has never been more important. We share the government’s desire to promote learning about ‘what works’ across departments, in order to […]
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29 Aug 2020
The government has confirmed the continued role of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) ahead of the merger of the Department for International Development with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said that ICAI will continue to scrutinise UK aid across all aid-spending departments when the new Foreign, Commonwealth and […]
Read more on Government confirms role for ICAI ahead of DFID-FCO merger
24 Mar 2020
We recognise that this is an unprecedented and extremely challenging time. We continue to scrutinise UK aid programmes during this period, in line with our mandate and at a time when monitoring public spending is as important as ever. However, we are keeping our workplan under constant review, working with parliament, the departments we scrutinise, […]
