International aid and development

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Services

• Construction Ideas Fund (CiF) application form: skills development

  Application form and details of CiF skills development

• Contribute to the UK’s Voluntary National Review of the Sustainable Development Goals

  As part of our Voluntary National Review, we would like to hear from you about what you or your organisation is doing, in partnership with others, to help the UK deliver the Sustainable Development Goals.

• Civil Society Challenge Fund budget template

  Civil Society Challenge Fund budget template.

• Construction Ideas Fund window 1: application form

  Construction Ideas Fund window 1: application form.

• Defra international indicator 1a - area under restoration practices

  Methodology note and reporting template for the Defra international indicator 1a.

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Guidance and regulation

• Preference tiers under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme
  • Detailed guide
  • 19 June 2023
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Department for Business and Trade
• International Climate Finance
  • Detailed guide
  • 9 October 2025
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) programme
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 October 2025
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• UK standards and regulatory import requirements
  • Detailed guide
  • 19 June 2023
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Department for Business and Trade
• Ayrton Fund
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 July 2025
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

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News and communications

• The Gambia's WTO Trade Policy Review: UK Statement – February 2026
  • 6 February 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Speech
• Sudan: Foreign Secretary's statement, 5 February 2026
  • 5 February 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Oral statement
• UK imposes fresh sanctions to dismantle Sudan’s 'war machine'
  • 5 February 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Press release
• Foreign Secretary slams collective global failure to protect Sudan’s women and girls
  • 4 February 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Press release
• Foreign Secretary sets out new cooperation on illegal migration from Horn of Africa on visit to Ethiopia
  • 2 February 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Understanding parallel vote tabulation: an explainer for international partners
  • 14 January 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Westminster Foundation for Democracy
  • Research
• When to engage with an electoral management body
  • 14 January 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Westminster Foundation for Democracy
  • Research
• International election observation and the role of a Diplowatch
  • 14 January 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Westminster Foundation for Democracy
  • Research
• Key issues and risks throughout the electoral cycle
  • 14 January 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Westminster Foundation for Democracy
  • Research
• Understanding support to programmatic political parties: a review of approaches and lessons learned
  • 14 January 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Westminster Foundation for Democracy
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• UK support to Ukraine: factsheet
  • 6 February 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Ministry of Defence, Home Office, and Department for Business and Trade
  • Policy paper
• UK Small Island Developing States strategy 2026 to 2030
  • 13 January 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Policy paper
• FCDO annual statement of compliance with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity 2024 to 2025
  • 23 December 2025
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Policy paper
• Independent Commission for Aid Impact's review of UK aid to Sudan: UK government response
  • 18 December 2025
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Policy paper
• FCDO open access policy
  • 8 December 2025
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• FCDO workforce management information: December 2025
  • 29 January 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Transparency
• Independent Commission for Aid Impact's review of UK aid for international energy transitions: UK government response
  • 16 January 2026
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • Corporate report
• FCDO workforce management information: November 2025
  • 14 January 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Transparency
• IATI organisation identifiers for UK government organisations
  • 23 December 2025
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Transparency
• FCDO ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, April to June 2024
  • 19 December 2025
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Foreign, Commonwealth
  & Development Office
• Ministry
  of Defence
• Prime Minister's Office
  10 Downing Street
• Cabinet Office
• Home Office

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• UK Integrated Security Fund
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  for Environment,
  Food & Rural Affairs
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  of Health &
  Social Care
• HM Treasury
• Department for
  Business & Trade
• Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
• Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative
• HM Revenue
  & Customs
• Department for
  Energy Security
  & Net Zero
• Government
  Office for Science
• Department
  for Education
• Department
  for Transport
• Department for
  Science, Innovation
  & Technology
• Centre for Environment
  Fisheries and Aquaculture
  Science
• Ministry
  of Justice
• Maritime &
  Coastguard
  Agency
• Government
  Actuary's
  Department
• Border Force
• Department
  for Work &
  Pensions
• Office of the
  Leader of the
  House of Commons
• UK Export
  Finance
• Animal &
  Plant Health
  Agency
• HM Prison & Probation Service
• Immigration Enforcement
• Intellectual
  Property
  Office
• National Security and Intelligence
• Northern
  Ireland
  Office
• UK Health
  Security
  Agency
• Attorney
  General's
  Office
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear
  Police Authority
• Government
  Digital Service
• Marine
  Management
  Organisation
• Ministry of Housing,
  Communities &
  Local Government
• Office of Financial
  Sanctions Implementation
• Office of the
  Leader of the
  House of Lords
• UK Visas and Immigration

• UK Space Agency
• UK Hydrographic Office
• The Charity Commission
• Environment Agency
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Defence Equipment and Support
• Export Control Joint Unit
• Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Serious Fraud Office

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