Independent Commission for Aid Impact

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| formation = May 2011{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm111031/text/111031w0004.htm#1111014000420 |title=Civil Service: Manpower |author= |date=31 October 2011 |website=publications.parliament.uk |publisher=UK Hansard |access-date=5 October 2020 |quote=The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) was put in place as a shadow operation in October 2010 and became fully operational only in May 2011.}}

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| leader_name = Jillian Popkins https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-icai-chief-commissioner-appointed

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The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) is an independent non-departmental public body tasked with the scrutiny of British Official development assistance (ODA).{{cite web|url=http://icai.independent.gov.uk/about/|title=ICAI About Us|publisher=ICAI|date=21 October 2018|accessdate=21 October 2018}}

Launched in May 2011 by then Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell, the body scrutinises and reports on the effectiveness of British ODA, focusing on the work of the Department for International Development (DFID) and other government departments that disperse ODA.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-responses-to-the-independent-commission-for-aid-impact-icai-reports|title=Government responses to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) reports|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=2019-12-10}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f8JKDwAAQBAJ&q=ICAI&pg=PT199|title=Anti-Corruption in International Development|last=Kerusauskaite|first=Ingrida|date=2018-02-06|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-351-27202-5|language=en}} It however, does not cover ODA provided by devolved governments, that is, the Scottish and Welsh governments.{{cite web |url=http://www.publicfinanceinternational.org/news/2012/10/can-aid-watchdog-stem-the-sceptics/ |title=Can aid watchdog stem the sceptics? |website=Public Finance International |date=1 October 2012 |access-date=15 May 2014 |archive-date=17 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517123105/http://www.publicfinanceinternational.org/news/2012/10/can-aid-watchdog-stem-the-sceptics/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://icai.independent.gov.uk/about-us/|title=ICAI's remit|publisher=ICAI|date=21 October 2018|accessdate=21 October 2018}} ICAI's current Chief Commissioner is Dr Tamsyn Barton.{{cite web |url=https://icai.independent.gov.uk/people/tamsyn-barton/ |title=Dr Tamsyn Barton |author= |date=22 February 2020 |website=icai.independent.gov.uk |publisher=ICAI |access-date=22 February 2020 |quote=Dr Tamsyn Barton Chief Commissioner}}

ICAI's work is monitored by the Sub-Committee on the work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact part of the International Development Committee.{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/international-development-committee/sub-committee-on-the-work-of-the-independent-commission-for-aid-impact1/role/|title=Role - Sub-Committee on the work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact |publisher=International Development Committee|date=21 October 2018|accessdate=8 November 2018}} ICAI hires a service provider, Agulhas Applied Knowledge, to carry out its work on its behalf, and has also worked with KPMG, Concerto Partners LLP and the Swedish Institute for Public Administration.{{cite web|url=http://icai.independent.gov.uk/about/|title=ICAI About Us|publisher=ICAI|date=22 November 2019|accessdate=21 November 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/may/17/dfid-aid-contractors-scrutiny|title=DfID's aid spend on contractors comes under scrutiny|last=Tran|first=Mark|date=2013-05-16|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-12-10|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

It was announced that ICAI would remain as a monitoring agency as the Foreign & Commonwealth Office merged with the Department for International Development to form the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.{{cite news |author= |title=Foreign Secretary commits to more effective and accountable aid spending under new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-commits-to-more-effective-and-accountable-aid-spending-under-new-foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office |work=Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) |location=London, UK |date=29 August 2020 |access-date=3 September 2020}}

The UK government is in the process of reviewing ICAI's remit as it did in a 2017 tailored review.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-commission-for-aid-impact-icai-review-terms-of-reference/icai-review-terms-of-reference |title=ICAI review: terms of reference |author= |date=28 October 2020 |website=gov.uk |publisher=Cabinet Office |access-date=30 October 2020 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tailored-review-of-the-independent-commission-for-aid-impact-icai |title=Tailored review of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) |author= |date=7 December 2017 |website=gov.uk |publisher=DFID, Cabinet Office |access-date=30 October 2020 |quote=}} The International Development Committee similarly is investigating ICAI's performance between 2019 and 2020 and its future.{{cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/work/506/icai-performance-in-201920-and-future-role/ |title=ICAI: Performance in 2019-20 and Future Role |author= |date=1 September 2020 |website=committees.parliament.uk |publisher=UK House of Commons International Development Committee |access-date=5 November 2020 |quote=}}