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<p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office jointly manages a number of cross Government
programmes in Colombia.</p><p>The Cross Government Prosperity Fund supports a multi-year
programme (2017-2022) in Colombia with a total allocation of £25.5m. Commencing implementation
in April 2018, it will help to rebuild Colombia and improve the lives of more than
3 million people affected by conflict and create export opportunities to the UK.</p><p>The
Cross Government Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) has allocated almost
£40m to two programmes in Colombia since 2015. The two programmes are i) Colombia
Security and Access to Peace; and ii) Peru/Colombia Serious Organised Crime.</p><p>The
International Climate Fund (ICF) managed by the Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has allocated over £130m to multi-year (2013 to 2021) programmes
in Colombia. In Colombia the ICF supports six programmes which aim to reduce deforestation,
increase carbon capture, increase the use of green technology and create secondary
benefits for UK companies. Colombia also benefits from a share of £177m in regional
ICF programmes which also includes Brazil, Mexico & Peru.</p><p>The Global Challenges
Research Fund (GCRF) provides £7.8m to two programmes in Colombia managed by the UK
Space Agency which use satellite based technologies such as Earth Observation to monitor
deforestation and climate change. Colombia also benefits from regional programmes
supported by up to £18m from the GCRF.</p><p>The Newton Fund managed by the Department
for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has provided £11.2m (2014-2018)
of a planned £30m by 2021 for joint scientific research in Colombia, with 100% matched
resource from the Colombian Government. This collaboration is known as the Newton-Caldas
Fund (named after prominent scientists in both countries) and has supported biodiversity
research involving experts from Kew Gardens and has discovered more than 30 new species
and 5 that were thought to be extinct.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Human
Rights Fund has spent over £2.5m on projects in Colombia since 2011. Colombia is one
of 30 countries designated by the FCO as a Human Rights Priority Country. The programmes
managed by the British Embassy in Bogota priorities work to support human rights defenders,
the Preventing Sexual Violence In Conflict Initiative and tackling Modern Slavery.</p>
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