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Recommendation 16
16
Acknowledged
Paragraph: 65
Aid organisations should try to design programmes in cooperation with the local populations where the...
Recommendation
Aid organisations should try to design programmes in cooperation with the local populations where the programmes will be delivered. They should also take responsibility for ensuring that aid beneficiaries are fully informed of their rights and know what is and what is not acceptable behaviour by aid workers. They might disseminate this information themselves with cooperation from the local population, or work with local women’s rights organisations to share the information. Either way, it must be shared in a sensitive and context specific manner. Access to this information will empower women and help them to make informed decisions. The FCDO should prioritise organisations that demonstrate active engagement with local populations when it is tendering for aid delivery contracts.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government acknowledges the importance of informing beneficiaries and empowering women, detailing how Community-Based Complaints Mechanisms (CBCMs) provide training and awareness-raising. It also notes engagement with Dutch colleagues on a project to identify robust accountability systems.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
The FCDO has adopted a new criterion within its tender evaluation criteria to take account of additional social benefits that can be achieved in the delivery of Government contracts. The introduction of this Social Values Policy from 1st January 2021 allows in-scope tenders to explicitly evaluate the wider social impacts of a bidder’s proposal. This will not be the only selection criterion and so overall we partially agree with the recommendation.
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