Policy paper

BEIS: official development assistance

What we aim to achieve through our official development assistance (ODA) funding and how we will achieve it.

• From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 30 June 2017
• Last updated: 26 September 2019
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  1. 26 September 2019

     Information about Transparency and International Aid Transparency Initiative Standards added in 'what we are doing' document.

  2. 30 June 2017

     First published.

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

BEIS official development assistance (ODA): what we are doing

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BEIS official development assistance (ODA): research and innovation - statement of intent

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The UK’s official development assistance (ODA) aims to create a safer and more prosperous world by tackling the global challenges of our time:

• poverty and disease
• mass migration
• insecurity
• conflict
• climate change

These documents set out what the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) aims to achieve through our funding.

Find out about BEIS ODA funding:

• Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)
• Newton Fund
• International Climate Fund (ICF)