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{{short description|'''Research and evaluation consultancy (Lhassa Consulting FZE); CSSF contractor'''}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Altai Consulting
| location = United Arab Emirates
}}
'''[[Altai Consulting]]''' is a contractor to the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] (FCDO) under the [[Conflict, Stability and Security Fund]] (CSSF). It is a named supplier on Lot 1 of the CSSF Framework Agreement 2023–27.<ref name="FTS2023">Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029743-2023 Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) Framework Agreement (2023-2027): contract award notice 029743-2023] ''Find a Tender Service'', 2023.</ref> FCO and FCDO payments to it over £25,000 recorded in published departmental spending data total about £497,996; these figures cover all FCO/FCDO (and, after September 2020, former [[Department for International Development]]) programmes and are not limited to the CSSF.<ref name="FCOspend">Foreign and Commonwealth Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/foreign-office-spend-over-25000 FCO departmental spending over £25,000] ''GOV.UK'', 2010–2020; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fcdo-departmental-spending-over-25000 FCDO: departmental spending over £25,000] ''GOV.UK'', 2020–2026.</ref>

== Overview ==
Altai Consulting says it has spent eighteen years developing tools to analyse migration and forced displacement. Its listed work includes a 21-country assessment of migration governance in Africa for the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa.<ref name="AltaiMig">Altai Consulting, [https://www.altaiconsulting.com/assignements-migration-and-forced-displacement Migration & Forced Displacement] ''Altai Consulting'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref>

== CSSF and other UK government work ==
Altai's framework entry is under Lhassa Consulting FZE, a UAE free-zone entity. FCO payments to it are recorded from 2013 to 2018 (see below); no CSSF programme detail was verified in public sources during this research.

=== FCO/FCDO payments ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ FCO/FCDO payments over £25,000 (all programmes; calendar year of payment)
! Year !! Amount (£)
|-
| 2013 || 359,790
|-
| 2017 || 68,260
|-
| 2018 || 69,947
|-
| '''Total''' || '''497,996'''
|}
<ref name="FCOspend" />

== See also ==
* [[Conflict, Stability and Security Fund]]
* [[:Category:CSSF Contractors]]

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:CSSF Contractors]]
[[Category:United Arab Emirates]]

Altai Consulting - Revision history

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