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

Government response

The government publishes a response to all ICAI reviews, indicating whether they ‘accept’, ‘partially accept’ or ‘reject’ each of ICAI’s recommendation and setting out the management actions that they propose to take in response.

The government’s response to our Arab Spring review is available to read online.

Timeline

Review publication

Published 14 June 2013

Government response

Published

ICAI follow-up

Published 18 June 2015