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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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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>. | ||
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*[[Islamic Media Unit]] | *[[Islamic Media Unit]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category: British Propaganda]] | [[Category: British Propaganda]] | ||
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Contents
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 its main focus is mainly 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
- ↑ FCO Website Strategic Programme Fund Accessed April 15, 2008
- ↑ Foreign & Commonwealth Office Global Opportunities Fund Annual Report 2006-7, p 37
