Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s and the British Council’s use of aid in response to the Arab Spring

We review how effectively the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the British Council responded to the ‘Arab Spring’ through their bilateral aid programmes.

Score: Green/Amber
  1. Status: Completed
  2. Published: 14 June 2013
  3. Type: Other
  4. Subject: Cross-government aid spend, Democracy, governance and human rights
  5. Assessment: Green/Amber
  6. Location: Egypt, Tunisia
  7. Lead commissioner: Graham Ward CBE

ICAI follow-up

We follow up on the steps the government has taken in response to our recommendations for all ICAI reviews. This process is a key link in the accountability chain, providing Parliament and the public with an account of how well government departments have responded to ICAI reviews.

We published the follow-up for our Arab Spring review in 2015.

Read the follow-up

Timeline

Review publication

Published 14 June 2013

Government response

Published

ICAI follow-up

Published 18 June 2015