Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI)

Name

Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI)

Website

https://independent.gov.uk

Company type

Private

Short description

The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) is a UK government statutory body that independently reviews the effectiveness of UK aid programmes. It serves Parliament, taxpayers, and the FCDO by conducting performance reviews and impact assessments funded through parliamentary supply estimates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Oversight

NAICS

International Affairs (92812), National Security and International Affairs (928), Administration of Economic Programs (9261)

SIC

Foreign Governments (8888)

akta.pro primary industry

Development Cooperation & Foreign Aid Administration (BPAIAIAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Donor Coordination & Aid Effectiveness (BPADAOAA)

Keywords

• Aid effectiveness reviews
• Development evaluation
• Public sector oversight
• Impact assessment
• Aid accountability

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

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Core offering

ICAI is a UK government statutory oversight body that conducts independent performance reviews, impact assessments, and real-time evaluations of UK aid programmes. It publishes reports identifying lessons learned and recommendations for improving the effectiveness, value for money, and transparency of UK aid spending, covering multiple aid modalities including grants, contracts, and multilateral contributions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Performance Reviews of UK Aid Programmes

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• International Development Evaluation Alliance (IDEA)coreOthersICAI is a member of IDEA, an international network of organisations and institutions involved in development evaluation. IDEA membership enables ICAI to share knowledge, harmonise evaluation approaches, and learn from best practices in development evaluation from around the world. This partnership strengthens ICAI's methodological approaches and ensures international best practice standards are applied to UK aid reviews.

Direct peers

• German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval): Germany's independent development evaluation institute, mandated to evaluate German bilateral development cooperation. DEval is the most direct international peer to ICAI, performing independent impact and performance reviews of national aid programmes.
• Independent Office for Evaluation (IOB), Netherlands: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs' independent evaluation office that assesses the effectiveness of Dutch development cooperation. Direct peer as another European donor country's statutory aid-evaluation body.
• Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF: An independent unit within the IMF that conducts objective evaluations of IMF policies and operations. Comparable to ICAI as an independent oversight body that produces publicly available performance and impact assessments of a major international institution.
• MOPAN (Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network): An independent network of donor countries that assesses the effectiveness of multilateral organisations. MOPAN operates in the same development-evaluation space as ICAI, with comparable donor-side oversight methodology.
• Swedish Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA): Swedish government-commissioned independent expert group producing evaluations and studies on Swedish development assistance. Direct peer as another donor-country independent aid-evaluation body producing public reviews and recommendations.

Broad incumbents

• OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC): The OECD's DAC sets international standards for development evaluation and peer-reviews donor performance. Comparable to ICAI as the international standards-setter whose evaluation criteria ICAI applies to UK aid reviews.
• National Audit Office (NAO): The UK's supreme audit institution, which independently scrutinises public spending including UK aid. NAO is comparable as the broader UK public-spending oversight body that also covers aid, overlapping with ICAI's remit on FCDO spending.
• Office of Inspector General (USAID OIG): Independent oversight body conducting audits, investigations, and evaluations of USAID programmes. Comparable as a national-level independent oversight mechanism for foreign aid, with audit and investigation powers beyond ICAI's review remit.

Regional players

• Global Affairs Canada - Evaluation Division: Canadian government's evaluation function for international assistance programmes. Comparable as a peer donor government's aid-evaluation unit performing impact assessments of bilateral aid spending.
• Office of Development Effectiveness (Australian DFAT): Australia's independent unit evaluating the effectiveness of Australian aid investments. Comparable as a national-level independent evaluator of bilateral aid programmes in another donor country.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/icai_uk
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