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Latin America: Conflict Prevention

Volume 491: debated on Monday 27 April 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 25 March 2009, Official Report, columns 17-19WS, on conflict resources 2009-10, what schemes are being funded under the Conflict Prevention Pool programme in Latin America; and what assessment he has made of the impact of the withdrawal of UK funding on these schemes. (267728)

The schemes funded by the Latin America Conflict Prevention Pool are listed in the following table:

Country

Project

Colombia

Regional Humanitarian Mine Action and Training Centre

Strengthening the effective and transparent implementation of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights through the engagement of civil society organisations

Strengthening economic reintegration policy for Internally-Displaced Persons through increased involvement of the private sector

Implementation of Colombian Ministry of Defence (MOD)'s Human Rights policy - promotion of Security Forces' protection and prevention role in relation to forced displacement

Supporting the Colombian MoD's Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law policy through implementation of Best Practices in Chain of Custody

Strengthening investigations of Forced Disappearances through improved case-management and chain of custody protocols

Institutional strengthening of the Ombudsman's Office for protecting Internally-Displaced Persons' housing, land and property rights

Supporting implementation of the National Search Plan through capacity building of key State Institutions to address cases of enforced disappearances

Colombian MoD Human Rights

Bolivia

Security Sector Reform

Venezuela

National Police Reform in Anzoategui State

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Comprehensive Strategy for Conflict Prevention and Management on Venezuelan border

Belize/Guatemala

Organisation of American States (OAS) Office Capacity Building

Audit of Donor Programmes in Belize and Guatemala

Assistance to the OAS Office in the Adjacency Zone

Research Piece: The Case for Resolution

Information/Media Campaigns

River Border workshop

Sarstoon River support

Technical assistance for referendum

Legal ‘Basket Fund'

Belize - Prisoner Handling Training

Caribbean

Guyana Security Sector Reform

Caribbean Prison Reform

Caribbean Law Enforcement Adviser

Joint Capacity Building in the JDF and JCF in Jamaica

Caribbean Strategic Conflict and Security Assessment

Regional Aviation Security Training

It is too early to provide a full assessment of the impact of Conflict Prevention Pool funding reductions in Latin America. Some of the above projects have been transferred to other funding streams, including strategic programme funds and bilateral programme budgets. We are also discussing with external stakeholders the possibility of joint funding for some of these schemes. The Department for International Development (DFID) also contributes significantly to multilateral work in the region. DFID's multilateral financial support is increasing by 15 per cent. over the next three years from £84 million to £97 million in 2010-11. DFID's new "Working in Partnership in Latin America" will also see the UK support the work of 12 international civil society partners increase to £13 million per year.