Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 39
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We hope the FCDO will work positively with its implementing partners to combat sexual exploitation...
Conclusion
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
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
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.