Evaluation of the inter-departmental Conflict Pool

Our report assesses the Conflict Pool, which funds activities that contribute to peacekeeping overseas and support conflict prevention and stabilisation. It is managed jointly by DFID, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence.

Score: Amber/Red
  1. Status: Completed
  2. Published: 13 July 2012
  3. Type: Other
  4. Subject: Cross-government aid spend, Fragile states, Peace, security and justice, UK aid funds
  5. Assessment: Amber/Red
  6. Location: Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan
  7. Lead commissioner: Diana Good

Summary

This review assesses the inter-departmental Conflict Pool, which funds activities that contribute to peacekeeping overseas and support conflict prevention and stabilisation. It is managed jointly by DFID, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence. It was published in July 2012 and we awarded this review an amber-red score, and made six recommendations. The follow-up to this review was published in June 2014.

The Conflict Pool is a funding mechanism for conflict prevention activities, managed jointly by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, DFID and the Ministry of Defence. Based on case studies of Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this evaluation of the Conflict Pool’s Official Development Assistance element assesses whether it has led to a coherent, strategic and effective UK approach to conflict prevention.

Timeline

Review publication

Published 13 July 2012

Government response

Published 3 August 2012

ICAI follow-up

Published 12 June 2014