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Recommendation 39
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Accepted
We hope the FCDO will work positively with its implementing partners to combat sexual exploitation...
Recommendation
We hope the FCDO will work positively with its implementing partners to combat sexual exploitation and abuse in ODA funded programmes. The FCDO should ensure that safeguarding is properly budgeted for in programme contracts and is not undermined by wider value for money requirements. It should also show leadership on this issue among other UK ODA spending departments. (Paragraph 140) 54 Progress on tackling the sexual exploitation and abuse of aid beneficiaries
Government response summary AI-generated
The FCDO states it already actively encourages partners to budget for safeguarding and integrate it into tender processes, viewing it as integral to risk management and value for money. It also confirms it continues to convene and support other UK ODA spending departments on this issue.
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Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
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We continue to actively encourage partners to include costs and to build SEAH considerations into tender processes and funding proposals. Safeguarding against SEAH is a key plank of the FCDO’s overall risk management approach and if we don’t manage risk effectively we won’t achieve value for money. We continue to convene all UK ODA spending departments quarterly and provide ad hoc support to other departments when requested and possible.
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