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Ongoing human rights projects FOI Ref 0073-14
Updated 9 July 2014
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| Project Title | Project Description | Spend to date | Financial Year | Location | Anticipated Outputs/outcomes | Rationale | Human Rights element |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Think Tank exchange | Security think tank exchange between DPRK International Affairs Institute (IAI) and Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). | £1,674 | 2013 - 2014 | London | Relationship established leading to IAI fellowships in the UK that will expose IAI to wider range of views on their international posture. | Encouraging change / WMD | No |
| Scholarships | To provide Chevening scholarships to students from ODA-eligible countries in the region, enabling them to pursue postgraduate study at UK higher education institutions, exposing them to UK practices, values and language. | £2,104 | 2013 - 2014 | Cambridge | Two students will study international finance and management at Cambridge University (course starting October 2013). | Public Diplomacy | No |
| DPRK English Teacher Trainer Development | To consolidate and expand on achievements over the last ten years of the project through more targeted engagement with the present three institutions (Kim Il Sung University, Kim Hyong Jik University and Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies) and expansion of the project through engagement with three new institutions that focus on English language teacher training. | Not set | 2013 - 14 | Pyongyang | DPRK English language teachers and students given increased understanding of the UK, including British norms and values. | Encouraging change | No |
| British Council Arts project | British Council visit to DPRK to plan a future arts workshop and to undertake photography. | £6,642 (British Council) | 2013 - 14 | DPRK and London | Photography exhibition may take place in London in 2014. | Encouraging change | No |