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According to the OECD, Ireland’s total ODA (USD 2.5 billion, preliminary data) increased in 2022, mostly due to higher in-donor refugee costs and higher contributions to international organisations. ODA represented 0.64% of gross national income (GNI). [6] The Irish Aid programme is an integral part of Ireland's foreign policy. [7]
The International Fund for Ireland is an independent international organization established in 1986 by the British and Irish governments with the objectives of promoting "economic and social advance" and "to encourage contact, dialogue and reconciliation between nationalists and unionists throughout Ireland." [1]
The Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Irish: Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí, Seachadta ar an bPlean Forbartha Náisiúnta, agus Athchóirithe) is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.
State Agencies or Non-Commercial State Agencies in Ireland are public sector bodies of the state that have a statutory obligation to perform specific tasks on behalf of the Government of Ireland. Such agencies are considered "arm's length" bodies as they are largely isolated from the workings of central government.
The main functions of the Fiji Procurement Office are to regulate and administer the procurement of goods, service and works for the government. [176] The Government Tender Board is "constituted with authority to approve all procurement of goods, services and works valued at FJ$50,001 and more".
Doras, or Doras Luimní, was founded in 2000 in response to the creation of the direct provision system by the Irish government. The name is the Irish for "door" to symbolise an open door for migrants in Ireland. They began by running English language classes and conducting outreach visits to refugees, which they still conduct.
Concern Worldwide (often referred to as Concern) is Ireland's largest aid and humanitarian agency. [1] Since its foundation in 1968 it has worked in 50 countries. According to its latest annual report, Concern helped 28.6 million of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people in 2019, while responding to 82 emergencies in 24 countries. [2]
Foreign funding of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is a controversial issue in some countries. In the late Cold War and afterward, foreign aid tended to be increasingly directed through NGOs, leading to an explosion of NGOs in the Global South reliant on international funding. Some critics of foreign funding of NGOs contend that foreign ...