The British Consulate General welcomes you to its projects' home page. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) works towards achieving its objectives and policy goals through the funding of a number of Programmes, as well as through the traditional use of diplomacy. Through these different programmes, the British Consulate General Jerusalem is supporting projects in several priority areas throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The British Consulate General welcomes project proposals under one of several programme budgets.

The Conflict Prevention Pool (CPP)

Conflict Prevention Pool  was set up on 1 April 2008. It replaces the former Global Conflict Prevention Pool and Africa Conflict Prevention Pool. The CPP is run jointly by the FCO, Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Department for International Development (DFID). It funds projects aiming to prevent and reduce conflict in selected geographical and thematic areas. All activity under the CPP is targeted at achieving the UK's overall intended outcome:

A global and regional reduction in conflict and its impact, through improved UK and international efforts to prevent, manage and resolve conflict, and to create the conditions required for effective state-building and economic development. We will consider projects that promote the Middle East peace process and contributing to the following objectives

• to contribute to a more benign security environment for Israelis and Palestinians in order to improve the economy, reduce violence against both Israelis and Palestinians, improve the humanitarian situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and implement the Agreement on Movement and Access of December 2005.
• to prevent the establishment of "facts on the ground" which would prejudice a final status agreement between Israel and the Palestinians
• to contribute to an environment more conducive for negotiations and co-operation between Israel and the Palestinians
• to reduce the drivers of conflict in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

The British Consulate General in Jerusalem has supported the work of international and Palestinian NGOs on a number of programmes supporting our objectives including:

• human rights, to improve the quality and relevance of legal and human rights services provided to citizens in East Jerusalem
• increase the safety of the Palestinians and reduce conflict through raising awareness among the Palestinian community on the negative affects of mishandling small arms
• using media to boost moderate voices and stimulate democratic public debate in support to peace, and to increase the level of Palestinian and wider Arab knowledge and understanding about Israel (society, culture, economy, decision making processes and policies) through the provision of valid and objective information to influence their misperceptions.

Bilateral Programme Budget (BPB)

The BPB is used to fund smaller scale projects up to £5,000, and events that will contribute to the Consulate’s objectives to encourage sustainable development. The aim is to meet the needs of Palestinian communities across West Bank and Gaza. The BPB has limited funds available and submitting a project however will not mean a guarantee of funding, as the project will be evaluated under the BPB policy and strategic objectives.