Overseas Aid

Submission to DFA on White Paper on Overseas Development Aid

June 2005

One of ICOS' main responsibilities over the years has been to collaborate with the Department of Foreign Affairs and more specifically with Irish Aid (formerly Development Cooperation Ireland - DCI) in the management of the Fellowship Training Programme (FTP). The FTP attempts to fill capacity deficits in the programme countries through the sponsorship of well placed individuals to undertake programmes of study abroad mostly at post-graduate level.

ICOS welcomes this opportunity to contribute to the discussion on Ireland's Overseas Development Aid programme and while the organisation will make a few general comments on the aid programme overall, the focus of its commentary will be on the on-going potential of the Fellowship Training Programme (FTP) to contribute to the development process and to Ireland's wider Foreign and International Education Policy objectives.

» Full ICOS submission on the White Paper on Overseas Development Aid