Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding was allocated to the Causeway Institute for Peace-building and Conflict Resolution (CIPCR) for projects in the former Yugoslavia in 2017-18; how much his Department spent on training for the Bahrain Institute for Political Development (BIPD) in 2017-18; how many (a) workshops, (b) training events, (c) meetings and (d) other engagements between CIPCR and BIPD have taken place since 2012; on what dates and in which locations such events took place; and on what dates Overseas Security and Justice Guidance Assessments were conducted on those projects.

​There are no projects being funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office this financial year (2017/18) with either the Causeway Institute for Peace-building and Conflict Resolution (CIPCR) or the Bahrain Institute for Political Development (BIPD) for projects in Bahrain. The UK has worked with the Government of Bahrain to encourage progress on human rights in areas which include focusing on building effective and accountable institutions, strengthening the rule of law and justice reform. All of our work aims to support these institutions to operate in line with international standards, including on human rights, through sharing UK expertise and experience. Any training provided by, or on behalf of, the UK Government complies with our domestic and international human rights obligations and internal government guidance. As part of the programme process which CIPCR undertook between 2013-2016, there were a variety of events and meetings in Bahrain. CIPCR are not used for any project work in the former Yugoslavia.