International Bilateral Fund Monitoring & Evaluation
A concise overview of the International Bilateral Fund's economic impact as well as its contributions for establishing partnerships across space organisations.
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The International Bilateral Fund (IBF) is the UK Space Agency’s first programme targeted at establishing and strengthening bilateral and multilateral partnerships. At present, the majority of the UK Space Agency’s expenditure is channelled through the European Space Agency (ESA). Despite the significant benefits this brings to the UK, this has created a funding gap regarding collaborations with other (non-ESA) regions – a gap that the IBF aims to address. The IBF has focussed on establishing and reinforcing collaborations with priority partner countries, such as the USA, Canada, Australia, and Japan, alongside partners of opportunity, including Singapore, the UAE, India and Bahrain.
know.space has been commissioned by the UK Space Agency to conduct Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and benefits management for the IBF. These activities are providing greater understanding of the programme, its effectiveness, and the impacts it is producing in its primary objectives, which are to:
- build stronger relationships with priority countries and ensure the UK becomes a trusted space partner of choice
- increase UK space sector inward investment and exports
- develop UK capabilities in collaboration with our international partners