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==About==
 
==About==
 
 
The '''Strategic Programme Fund''' '''(SPF)''' - formerly the [[Global Opportunities Fund]] - was established in 2003 to support the Government’s 'international goals'.
 
The '''Strategic Programme Fund''' '''(SPF)''' - formerly the [[Global Opportunities Fund]] - was established in 2003 to support the Government’s 'international goals'.
  
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:supported nearly 950 projects since 2003 ranging from climate change and energy, Afghan counter-narcotics and migration programmes, to sustainable development, relations with the Islamic world and economic governance.
 
:supported nearly 950 projects since 2003 ranging from climate change and energy, Afghan counter-narcotics and migration programmes, to sustainable development, relations with the Islamic world and economic governance.
  
Now its main focus is mainly to
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Now{{when}} its main focus is to:
  
*counter terrorism, weapons proliferation and their causes
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*"[[counter terrorism]]", weapons proliferation and their causes
 
*promote a low carbon, high growth global economy
 
*promote a low carbon, high growth global economy
 
*prevent and resolve conflict; and
 
*prevent and resolve conflict; and
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==Funding==
 
==Funding==
 
 
 
The SPF is funded as part of the FCO. According to the most up-to-date Annual Report 2006-7, the FCO's spending for that year stood at £128 million - the SPF spending accounted for 50 per cent of the FCO's annual budget<ref>Foreign & Commonwealth Office [http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/gof-2006-7 Global Opportunities Fund Annual Report 2006-7], p 37</ref>.
 
The SPF is funded as part of the FCO. According to the most up-to-date Annual Report 2006-7, the FCO's spending for that year stood at £128 million - the SPF spending accounted for 50 per cent of the FCO's annual budget<ref>Foreign & Commonwealth Office [http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/gof-2006-7 Global Opportunities Fund Annual Report 2006-7], p 37</ref>.
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
 
 
*[[Islamic Media Unit]]
 
*[[Islamic Media Unit]]
 
*[[Engaging with the Islamic World]]
 
*[[Engaging with the Islamic World]]
 
*[[Foreign & Commonwealth Office]]
 
*[[Foreign & Commonwealth Office]]
 
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==References==
 
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[[Category: British Propaganda]]
 
[[Category: British Propaganda]]

Latest revision as of 11:11, 22 January 2019

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Formation2003
Interests“terrorism”

About

The Strategic Programme Fund (SPF) - formerly the Global Opportunities Fund - was established in 2003 to support the Government’s 'international goals'.

According to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) it has

supported nearly 950 projects since 2003 ranging from climate change and energy, Afghan counter-narcotics and migration programmes, to sustainable development, relations with the Islamic world and economic governance.

Now[When?] its main focus is to:

  • "counter terrorism", weapons proliferation and their causes
  • promote a low carbon, high growth global economy
  • prevent and resolve conflict; and
  • develop effective international institutions, above all the UN and EU

Source[1]

Funding

The SPF is funded as part of the FCO. According to the most up-to-date Annual Report 2006-7, the FCO's spending for that year stood at £128 million - the SPF spending accounted for 50 per cent of the FCO's annual budget[2].

Affiliations

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References

  1. FCO Website Strategic Programme Fund Accessed April 15, 2008
  2. Foreign & Commonwealth Office Global Opportunities Fund Annual Report 2006-7, p 37