Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 24
24
Accepted in Part
Convene regular strategic dialogues with philanthropists and development foundations for aligned work.
Recommendation
We recommend that the FCDO convenes regular strategic dialogues with philanthropists and development foundations to ensure that work can be aligned and complementary, and to encourage knowledge sharing. (Recommendation, Paragraph 75)
Government Response Summary
The government partially agrees, noting it already convenes strategic roundtables with philanthropists and is proactively assessing ways to systematically partner, including by convening strategic dialogues to align work and share knowledge.
Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government
Accepted in Part
Partially agree. Partnerships with philanthropic organisations are important. The FCDO is committed to deepening these to drive the government’s new approach to international development. The FCDO’s existing engagement through formal frameworks and informal collaboration covers a range of activities across shared priorities. Last year for example, FCDO convened a strategic roundtable which hosted over 20 CEOs from international philanthropic foundations (including from the UK, South Africa, Turkey, USA, Italy, Singapore, UAE and Germany) for a discussion on how government and philanthropic organisations can work together to achieve development outcomes. Building on engagements like these, the FCDO is proactively assessing ways to systematically partner with philanthropies - including through convening strategic dialogues to align on emerging priority issues and ensure philanthropies are informed of UK priorities to help complement our multilateral development efforts.