DFID’s partnerships with civil society organisations

International Development Committee

Parliament’s International Development Committee (IDC), or its ICAI sub-committee, hold hearings on all ICAI reviews. The IDC hearing on DFID’s partnerships with civil society organisations is available to listen to online.

ICAI’s follow-up

ICAI follows up on all of its reviews to check what progress has been made since publication. ICAI’s follow-up is available to read now.

We rated the government’s progress towards meeting the recommendations for this review as ‘adequate’. This means enough progress has been made in the right areas and in a sufficiently timely manner to address our main concerns.

We found that DFID’s response to ICAI’s recommendations has been quick, rigorous and ambitious, amounting to a potential change in how it approaches civil society partnerships. Striving to be a reliable partner to CSOs will be crucial in this time of significant stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.