Source · National Audit Office

Improving the lives of women and girls overseas

Published: 29 Apr 2020 Recommendations: 6 Type: Value for Money NAO confirmed: 6 Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

This report assesses whether DFID’s 2018 Strategic Vision for Gender Equality is well placed to secure value for money.

Dept: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Topics: InternationalInternational aid and development nao.org.uk →

Recommendations

6 items

6 accepted 5 implemented 1 in progress

Rec	Recommendation	Addressee	Acceptance	Implementation
1	DFID should: a) develop and publish a plan for implementing its 2018 Strategic Vision, setting out key milestones and planned achievements in the short, medium and long term through to 2030; Ref Page 13, paragraph 22, point a · Implemented Q1 2023-24	Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office	Accepted	Implemented ✓ NAO
2	b) put in place an action plan to tackle the barriers it has identified to the successful implementation of its interventions to tackle social norms; Ref Page 13, paragraph 22, point b · Implemented Q4 2025-26	Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office	Accepted	In progress ✓ NAO
3	c) periodically review other government departments’ and its international partners’ contribution to the implementation of its 2018 Strategic Vision to identify opportunities for its own influencing work and for collaborative activity; Ref Page 13, paragraph 22, point c · Implemented Q1 2023-24	Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office	Accepted	Implemented ✓ NAO
4	d) put in place an action plan to tackle the barriers to mainstreaming gender issues it has identified; Ref Page 13, paragraph 22, point d · Implemented Q1 2023-24	Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office	Accepted	Implemented ✓ NAO
5	e) regularly review the accuracy of its application of the gender policy marker, to make sure its actions for improvement will lead to a better understanding of its spending on programmes with a gender equality focus; and Ref Page 13, paragraph 22, point e · Implemented Q1 2023-24	Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office	Accepted	Implemented ✓ NAO
6	f) (complementing material it publishes through the Single Departmental Plan and the Annual Report and Accounts) publish, every two years, a short report setting out its progress against its 2018 Strategic Vision and towards the Sustainable Development Goals relevant to gender equality. Ref Page 13, paragraph 22, point f · Implemented Q1 2023-24	Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office	Accepted	Implemented ✓ NAO