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This guidance explains the different preference tiers under the DCTS, including benefits for each tier, criteria for moving between tiers and transition periods.
International Climate Finance is a UK government commitment to support developing countries to respond to the challenges and opportunities of climate change.
This guidance outlines the requirements for claiming preferential tariffs under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
This is the standard budget template for delivery partners with accountable grant arrangements.
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) guidance on preventing and responding to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in the international aid sector.
This page provides grants to UK-based civil society organisations and charities for poverty reduction projects in developing countries.
This guidance provides an introductory guide to the standards and regulatory requirements that businesses may need to meet, to import and sell goods in the UK.
The Ayrton Fund supports clean energy research, development and demonstration (RD&D) to accelerate the clean energy transition in developing countries.
Now closed, UK Aid Direct supported small and medium sized civil society organisations, based in the UK and overseas, to achieve sustained poverty reduction and the Global Goals.
The Programme Operating Framework (PrOF) sets the standard for how the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) delivers its programmes and projects.
This guidance explains how to apply to join the FCDO’s Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation (OCSM) Civilian Stabilisation Group (CSG).
The list of core competencies for advisers that set out the skills and attributes that make up each competence.
Everyone has the right to choose whether to marry, who they marry and when they marry.
Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) was the FCDO-funded women’s economic empowerment programme from 2017 to 2025.
Guidance on how to ensure UK overseas security and justice assistance work meets our human rights obligations and our values.
Information about the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Accredited Official Statistics release: Statistics on International Development.
Effectiveness in this area is about leading internationally, engaging our staff, contacts and international partners to help deliver UK Government objectives.
Closed: The FCDO invited expressions of interest by 8 October 2025 to establish a Multi-Hazard Research Network (MHRN) to provide rapid, high-quality evidence and expert advice to the FCDO and its partners and inform respons…
Closed: The FCDO invited proposals by 17 October 2025 for AI automation and optimisation solutions in health, education, humanitarian, economic development, and climate action to be deployed through FCDO bilateral developmen…
This guidance provides the technical detail of improvements to rules of origin under the DCTS, as announced in the UK Trade Strategy.
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