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The UK Aid Network (UKAN) is a coalition of UK-based development NGOs working together to advocate for more and better aid. Members carry out joint policy, lobbying and advocacy work to make the case for increasing the volume and quality of official development assistance (ODA), mostly focusing on the UK's ODA policy and practice. However its remit also extends to the European and international levels through its engagement with the UK government on international issues, its participation in EU Aid Watch working groups (CONCORD) and the International Coordinating Group of civil society organisations working on Aid (Better Aid).

European Member States are failing to deliver on their aid commitments and jeopardising global efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals, reveals a new CONCORD report called "Penalty against Poverty: More and Better EU Aid Can Score Millennium Development Goals", which UKAN played a leading role in producing.

In contrast to the picture across much of Europe the Report shows that the UK is on course to deliver its promised 0.7% of national income as aid by 2013, and it is delivering more genuine aid (excludes aid spent in donor country and debt relief) than any other EU member state.

UKAN has published 6 policy papers on key aid issues that will be at the centre of debates around the future of UK and international aid in the coming years. These papers focus on: a case for budget support and country-owned aid; challenges around the impact of aid; aid policy and conflict; the future of the international aid effectivenss agenda; an agenda for multilateral effectiveness; a vision for effective aid. These papers together with UKAN's response to the Conservative Party's Green Paper on international development can be accessed here.

UKAN, supported by the Bond Conflict Policy Group organised a workshop on 25th Feb on "the challenges for promoting the development focus of the UK's aid to conflict affected and fragile states". Discusisons focussed on international aid definitions, allocations across countries, challenges for cross-HMG engagement on development assistance. A report and presentations from the workshop can be accessed here.