Future work plan
ICAI’s future work plan*:
| Review | Expected publication |
|---|---|
| Tackling fraud in UK aid through multilateral organisations | Autumn 2021 |
| The UK’s approach to safeguarding in the humanitarian sector | Winter 2021/22 |
| The UK’s support to the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) | Spring 2022 |
| Assessing UK aid’s results in education | Spring 2022 |
| Democracy and human rights | Spring 2022 |
| The humanitarian response to COVID-19 | Summer 2022 |
| Afghanistan country portfolio review | Summer 2022 |
| Peacebuilding | Summer 2022 |
*Publication dates subject to change; ICAI’s work plan remains under review during the Covid-19 pandemic
This is a provisional work plan which is subject to change. Additional reviews will be added after they have been confirmed. Alongside this work plan, we will retain some capacity to undertake ad hoc reports on specific issues of interest or concern.
Selection criteria
We use four selection criteria when planning our work plan:
- Relevance – the relevance of the topic to new and emerging challenges for the aid programme and its level of interest to stakeholders and the public.
- Materiality – the importance of the topic in terms of scale of expenditure.
- Risk – the level of risk involved to achieve the objectives of UK aid or to the appropriate use of UK funds.
- Value-added – appropriate coverage of the UK aid programme, across sectors, issues, types of programme and spending department, taking into account reviews done by others.
The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to make the world a fairer, healthier, safer and more prosperous place for all by 2030, provide us with a framework for selecting our work:
