The Foreign,Commonwealth &Development Office (FCDO) is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom. Equivalent to other countries' ministries of foreign affairs,it was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the Foreign &Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID). The FCO was itself created in 1968 by the merger of the Foreign Office (FO) and the Commonwealth Office. The department in its various forms is responsible for representing and promoting British interests worldwide.
The Heads of British diplomatic missions are persons appointed as senior diplomats to individual nations,or international organisations. They are usually appointed as ambassadors,except in member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations where a high commissioner is appointed. The head of mission to an international organisation is usually a permanent representative. For some nations a consul or consul-general is appointed.
The Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) is a United Kingdom non-departmental public body set up to support democratic institutions overseas. It was established on 26 February 1992 and registered as a company limited by guarantee in the UK. It receives funding from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID),which were merged into the Foreign,Commonwealth,and Development Office (FCDO) in September 2020.
The Chevening Scholarship is an international scholarship,funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office,that lets foreign students with leadership qualities study at universities in the United Kingdom.
In UK politics,the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Affairs is a position within the opposition's shadow cabinet that deals mainly with issues surrounding the Foreign Office. If elected,the person serving as shadow foreign secretary may be designated to serve as the new Foreign Secretary.
The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a non-profit organization based in Indonesia which has served as a think tank on social,international,political and economical issues. CSIS was founded on Sept 1,1971 by a group of Indonesian colleagues who hoped to promote public policy-oriented discussions in Indonesia. Founders of the organization included Harry Tjan Silalahi,Jusuf Wanandi,Hadi Soesastro,and Clara Joewono. It also had strong support from key figures close to the government at the time including generals Ali Moertopo,Soedjono Hoemardani,and Benny Moerdani. It was founded to give advice,ideas and support to government and other stakeholders such as parliament,political parties,businesses and NGOs and to reach out to the regional and international communities and to develop awareness of Indonesian policies and its state of development,while giving feedback to the Indonesian government on domestic and international developments.
Mark Canning is a British former diplomat and was British Ambassador to Indonesia between August 2011 and 2014,before being succeeded by Moazzam Malik. He served concurrently as British Ambassador to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and to Timor Leste. He is a career member of the UK Foreign Service and has occupied a series of challenging and sensitive senior diplomatic appointments. Prior to his current position he served as Britain's Ambassador to Zimbabwe (2009–2011) and to Myanmar (Burma) (2006–2009). Prior to his three ambassadorial assignments,he served as a Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.
Crown Agents Ltd is a not-for-profit international development company with head office in London,United Kingdom,and subsidiaries in the United States and Japan.
The School of International Development is a department at the University of East Anglia,Norwich,England. Situated within the Faculty of Social Sciences,the School of International Development has been ranked in the top three British development studies departments.
The Muslim Charities Forum (MCF) is an umbrella organisation for UK based Muslim-led charities whose primary goal is to provide humanitarian aid and assistance to the poorest and most vulnerable people around the world. It is also an associate member of British Overseas NGOs for Development (Bond),the UK membership body for non-government organisations and a member of National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO),an organisation with 11,000 members that champions the voluntary sector and volunteering.
Benny Dembitzer is a British economist who has specialized in international economic development issues and consequences of climate change,in particular in the economies of sub-Saharan Africa. He is Visiting Professor of Global Economics at the China Centre of University College,London and a Rockefeller Fellow. He has worked for a variety of NGOs and United Nations agencies. His work has taken him to 35 different countries in sub-Saharan Africa,as well as Indonesia,Pakistan,Chile and Brazil. He was director of the European Office of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,when the organization was awarded the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.
Sir Simon Lawrance Gass is a British civil servant. Since 2019,he has chaired the Joint Intelligence Committee and he also served as the British Prime Minister's representative on Afghanistan from 2021 to 2022 concurrently. Between 2018 and 2019,he was the Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies. During his diplomatic career,he served as British ambassador to Greece and to Iran. In May 2023,it was announced he was stepping down as Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and succeeded by Madeleine Alessandri.
The Office for Conflict,Stabilisation and Mediation (OCSM) formerly the Stabilisation Unit,is a cross-government unit of the UK government,governed through the National Security Council. It is a component of the Foreign,Commonwealth &Development Office (FCDO). It works cross-government to reduce the creation and intensity of conflicts abroad.
Catriona Wendy Campbell Laing is a British civil servant and diplomat who has been serving as United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres' Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) since 2023.
The Diplomatic Academy was part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the United Kingdom. It was renamed the International Academy following the merger of the FCO and the Department for International Development (DFID) in September 2020 to form the new Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
Kumar Sabapathy Iyer is a British economist and civil servant. He is currently the Director General for Economics,Science and Technology at the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). He leads all cross-cutting work on international economic policy including oversight of the UK’s sanctions regime. His most recent roles include Director General in the Prime Minister’s COVID-19 Taskforce and before that Chief Economist and a Board Member at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).
Sir Richard Peter Moore is a British civil servant,currently chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and formerly Director General for Political Affairs,at the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office,and previously the British ambassador to Turkey.
Christian Philip Hollier Turner is a British diplomat serving as Political Director of the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office since 2023. He previously served as British High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2019 to 2023.
