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The '''Strategic Programme Fund''' '''(SPF)''' - formerly the [[Global Opportunities Fund]] - was established in 2003 to support the Government’s international goals.
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==About==
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The '''Strategic Programme Fund''' '''(SPF)''' - formerly the [[Global Opportunities Fund]] - was established in 2003 to support the Government’s 'international goals'.
  
 
According to the [[Foreign & Commonwealth Office]] ([[FCO]])
 
According to the [[Foreign & Commonwealth Office]] ([[FCO]])
 
it has  
 
it has  
  
:supported nearly 950 projects since 2003 ranging from climate change and energy, Afghan counter-narcotics and migration prograrmmes, to sustainable development, relations with the Islamic world and economic governance.
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:supported nearly 950 projects since 2003 ranging from climate change and energy, Afghan counter-narcotics and migration programmes, to sustainable development, relations with the Islamic world and economic governance.
  
Now it main focus is mainly
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Now its main focus is mainly to
  
 
*counter terrorism, weapons proliferation and their causes
 
*counter terrorism, weapons proliferation and their causes
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*prevent and resolve conflict; and
 
*prevent and resolve conflict; and
 
*develop effective international institutions, above all the UN and EU
 
*develop effective international institutions, above all the UN and EU
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Source<ref>FCO Website [http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/what-we-do/funding-programmes/strat-progr-fund/ Strategic Programme Fund] Accessed April 15, 2008</ref>
  
 
==Funding==
 
==Funding==
  
  
The SPF is funded as part of the FCO, according to the most up-to-date Annual Report 2006-7, The FCO's spending for that year stood at £128 million - the SPF spending accounted for 50 per cent of this.<ref>Foreign and Commonwealth Office [http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/gof-2006-7 Global Opportunities Fund Annual Report 2006-7], p 37</ref>
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The SPF is funded as part of the FCO. According to the most up-to-date Annual Report 2006-7, the FCO's spending for that year stood at £128 million - the SPF spending accounted for 50 per cent of the FCO's annual budget<ref>Foreign & Commonwealth Office [http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/gof-2006-7 Global Opportunities Fund Annual Report 2006-7], p 37</ref>.
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==Affiliations==
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*[[Islamic Media Unit]]
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*[[Engaging with the Islamic World]]
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*[[Foreign & Commonwealth Office]]
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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[[Category: British Propaganda]]
 
[[Category: British Propaganda]]

Latest revision as of 22:13, 15 April 2008

About

The Strategic Programme Fund (SPF) - formerly the Global Opportunities Fund - was established in 2003 to support the Government’s 'international goals'.

According to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) it has

supported nearly 950 projects since 2003 ranging from climate change and energy, Afghan counter-narcotics and migration programmes, to sustainable development, relations with the Islamic world and economic governance.

Now its main focus is mainly to

  • counter terrorism, weapons proliferation and their causes
  • promote a low carbon, high growth global economy
  • prevent and resolve conflict; and
  • develop effective international institutions, above all the UN and EU

Source[1]

Funding

The SPF is funded as part of the FCO. According to the most up-to-date Annual Report 2006-7, the FCO's spending for that year stood at £128 million - the SPF spending accounted for 50 per cent of the FCO's annual budget[2].

Affiliations

Notes

  1. FCO Website Strategic Programme Fund Accessed April 15, 2008
  2. Foreign & Commonwealth Office Global Opportunities Fund Annual Report 2006-7, p 37