Future work plan
ICAI’s future work plan*:
| Review | Expected publication |
|---|---|
| The humanitarian response to COVID-19 | Summer 2022 |
| Transparency in UK aid | Autumn 2022 |
| Country portfolio review: UK aid to Afghanistan | Autumn 2022 |
| The UK’s approach to democracy and human rights | Winter 2022 |
| The UK’s approaches to peacebuilding | Winter 2022 |
| UK aid’s support to refugees in the UK | Winter 2022/23 |
| Blue Planet Fund | Winter 2022/23 |
| Country portfolio review: India | Winter 2022/23 |
| The Programme Operating Framework for aid in FCDO | Spring 2023 |
| Agriculture | Spring 2023 |
| UK aid for trade | Spring 2023 |
*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:
