International aid and development

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Services

• Civil Society Challenge Fund claim form - claim in arrears

  Civil Society Challenge Fund claim form - claim in arrears.

• Civil Society Challenge Fund advanced claims form

  Civil Society Challenge Fund advanced claims form

• Construction Ideas Fund (CiF) application form: skills development

  Application form and details of CiF skills development

• Defra international indicator 1b - area designated as protected or other effective conservation measure (OECM)

  Methodology note and reporting template for the Defra international indicator 1b.

• Contribute to the UK’s Voluntary National Review of the Sustainable Development Goals

  As part of our Voluntary National Review, we would like to hear from you about what you or your organisation is doing, in partnership with others, to help the UK deliver the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Guidance and regulation

• Prevention of violence against women and girls, response, and women-led organisations in conflict-affected areas of Sudan
  • International development fund
  • 18 March 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Strategic Stability Programme guidance 2026 to 2027
  • Guidance
  • 9 March 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Preference tiers under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme
  • Detailed guide
  • 19 June 2023
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Department for Business and Trade
• Petroleum products humanitarian assistance exception: notification form
  • Detailed guide
  • 13 March 2026
  • Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Ayrton Fund
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 July 2025
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

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News and communications

• UK announces investment to help developing economies thrive in global trade at WTO Ministerial Conference
  • 25 March 2026
  • World news story
• UK boosts global trade partnerships to help economies grow through stronger, fairer trading systems
  • 25 March 2026
  • World news story
• Foreign Secretary statement on International Development: 19 March
  • 19 March 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Oral statement
• Foreign Secretary sets out new innovative development reforms
  • 19 March 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Press release
• New investment to boost warehouse space and help Kenyan businesses grow
  • 11 March 2026
  • World news story

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Research and statistics

• Understanding politics and the security sector
  • 9 March 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Research
• Regional and local authority data on immigration groups
  • 26 February 2026
  • Home Office and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Statistical data set
• Statistics on International Development: provisional UK ODA spend 2025
  • 25 February 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • National statistics announcement
• Understanding parallel vote tabulation: an explainer for international partners
  • 14 January 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Westminster Foundation for Democracy
  • Research
• When to engage with an electoral management body
  • 14 January 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Westminster Foundation for Democracy
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• FCDO Official Development Assistance programme allocations 2026–2027 to 2028–2029: equality impact assessment
  • 19 March 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Impact assessment
• FCDO evaluation strategy 2026 to 2030
  • 10 March 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Policy paper
• UK support to Ukraine: factsheet
  • 9 March 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Ministry of Defence, Home Office, and Department for Business and Trade
  • Policy paper
• Integrated Security Fund: Africa programme summaries 2024 to 2026
  • 26 February 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Policy paper
• Integrated Security Fund: Western Balkans programme summaries 2024 to 2025
  • 26 February 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• FCDO business appointment rules advice, October to December 2025
  • 24 March 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Transparency
• FCDO special advisers’ gifts, hospitality and meetings, October to December 2025
  • 24 March 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Transparency
• FCDO senior officials’ business expenses, hospitality and meetings, October to December 2025
  • 24 March 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Transparency
• FCDO ministerial travel and meetings, October to December 2025
  • 24 March 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Transparency
• Official Development Assistance: UK Integrated Security Fund (UKISF)
  • 6 March 2026
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Home Office, and Ministry of Defence
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Foreign, Commonwealth
  & Development Office
• Ministry
  of Defence
• Prime Minister's Office
  10 Downing Street
• Cabinet Office
• Home Office

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• UK Integrated Security Fund
• Department
  for Environment,
  Food & Rural Affairs
• Department
  of Health &
  Social Care
• HM Treasury
• Department for
  Business & Trade
• Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
• Department for
  Energy Security
  & Net Zero
• Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative
• HM Revenue
  & Customs
• Government
  Office for Science
• Department
  for Education
• Department for
  Science, Innovation
  & Technology
• Department
  for Transport
• Ministry
  of Justice
• Centre for Environment
  Fisheries and Aquaculture
  Science
• Maritime &
  Coastguard
  Agency
• Government
  Actuary's
  Department
• Border Force
• Department
  for Work &
  Pensions
• Office of the
  Leader of the
  House of Commons
• UK Export
  Finance
• Animal &
  Plant Health
  Agency
• HM Prison & Probation Service
• Immigration Enforcement
• Intellectual
  Property
  Office
• National Security and Intelligence
• Northern
  Ireland
  Office
• Office of Financial
  Sanctions Implementation
• UK Health
  Security
  Agency
• Attorney
  General's
  Office
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear
  Police Authority
• Government
  Digital Service
• Marine
  Management
  Organisation
• Ministry of Housing,
  Communities &
  Local Government
• Office of the
  Leader of the
  House of Lords
• UK Visas and Immigration

• UK Space Agency
• UK Hydrographic Office
• The Charity Commission
• Environment Agency
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Defence Equipment and Support
• Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Serious Fraud Office

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