Bilateral Programme Budget
Project
Promong inclusion of
children with intellectual
disabilies in educaon
communies
Involving young Bolivians in
the discussions about a
climate deal
Database on Prevenve
Imprisonment
In depth report about judicial
culture in Bolivia
Best pracces for Police forces
dealing with disabled people
Monitoring Bolivian
Authories’ ability to respond
to el Nino Phenomenon in
Bolivia
Supporng Bolivian Ministry
of Government e3orts to
reduce levels of pre-trial
detenon in Cochabamba
Naonal Acon plan to protect
the labour rights of LGBT
people in Bolivia
Partnership for Open
Government in Bolivia
2015-2016 BILATERAL PROGRAMME
Value/£ Outline aim
To promote a greater culture of inclusion among school
teachers and students in Bolivia through the assimilaon of
children/teenagers with disabilies in their communies,
5,300
improved training for educators and students on the subject
and broadcasng of success stories to reach a wider
audience.
To inform young people in Bolivia about the full range of
7,000 views –including the UK’s – on the new global climate deal
and support the -rst COP 21 simulaon in Bolivia.
To contribute with a human right focus to the Bolivian
4,707 government’s penitenary reform by producing the -rst
naonal database of inmates without sentence
To produce a sociological and anthropological study about
the instuonal culture of the Bolivian legal system in order
5,000 to guide reforms the Bolivian government has pledged to
undertake in the judiciary.
To produce a protocol establishing procedures and
techniques for police sta3 to deal appropriately with people
5,000 with disabilies. Project implemented by the Bolivioan
Catholic University.
The El Nino Phenomenon starng late in 2015 would be of
great intensity in 8ooding and drought and, therefore, there
is a need to do a follow-up and knowledge management of
the Bolivian authories’ ability to respond to the e3ects
4,293 caused by it.
The project was implemented by Fundacion Comunidad
Sustentable in conjuncon with the German Embassy.
To develop legal and administrave processes that deal with
10,000 the high rates of pre-trial detenon. These processes could
be used by any UK detainees
To implement the Ruggie principles of “protect, respect and
remedy” in an Acon Plan aimed at protecng the labour
8,700 rights of people with diverse sexual orientaon and/or
gender identy in Bolivia, through collaborave work with
representaves from the LGBT community, state instuons
and private companies
To promote the principles of transparency, parcipaon,
collaboraon and technological innovaon through media
acvies, academic training and learning from other
14,000 countries’ experse (including the UK) to create an Alliance
for Open Government with civil society, universies,
municipalies and regional governments

Bilateral Programme 2016-2017
Budget/Drugs and Crime Fund
Project
Study to support Bolivia's
e3ort to aFract Foreign Direct
Investment
Promong the use of open
data for press reporng and
invesgave journalism
Bolivia parcipaon in the
Wilton Park Conference
Global Britain Fund
Project
Analycal training for the
Bolivian Police
Help Point / Panic BuFons
Pilot Project for Urban
Security in La Paz
High technologies on Lithium
64,000
BILATERAL PROGRAMME
Value/£ Outline aim
Provide the Bolivian Ministry of Planning with a
comprehensive study on how - policy, legal and strategic
measures - to aFract foreign direct investment to Bolivia, in
35,000 parcular in those sectors that are known to be more
compeve. The study was implemented by Price
Waterhouse Coopers aHer winning a compeve tender.
To promote a culture of transparency in public
11,225 administraon by enhancing the use of open data for press
reporng and invesgave journalism in Bolivia
Bolivia parcipaon in the Wilton Park Conference to
4,792 promote women's parcipaon in business and polical life
in Bolivia
51,017
2017-2018 GLOBAL BRITAIN FUND
Value/£ Outline aim
12,000 Analycal training for the an-narcocs force on open
source intelligence gathering
Training and basic equipment to install 5 panic buFons in
35,000 the tourist district of La Paz, in coordinaon with the City
Government and the Bolivian Police. Technology and
knowledge provided by Brish company Extek Ltd.
Scien-c UK mission (BGS, Satelite Applicaons Catapult,
University of Exeter) delivered presentaons and training
31,500 about new technologies devoted to epxlore and produce
lithium in a sustainable way to their Bolivian counterparts in
the Bolivian Lithium Company as well as local academia.
 Short English courses in order to provide Tourist Police
English classes for Tourist 2,184 OJcers with basic skills in English as they interact with
Police
English-speaking tourists.

80,684
Evalua0on summary

Gave the Embassy visibility of its work in this area and helped demonstrate that UK sees the rights of
disabled people as extremely important, in line with the “Equality Act 2010".

Pionnering acvity on climate change diplomacy issues, involving NGO Integraon, Peace &
Development Network and the Government instuon Mother Earth Authority. It helped to
consolidate UK's image as a world leader in the subject. Workshops were carried out in Santa Cruz
and La paz with academia, media and other relevant organisaons (155 young people trained).
Charge d'A3airs Simon Wells aFended an event where parcipants succesfully simulated COP 21.

Project parally achieved. Collecon of informaon in several jails across Bolivia proved challenging.
With this limitaons, the database was created and made available to the Bolivian Ombudsman so it
can carry its acvies along with the Bolivian authories.

Study concluded succesfully. Part of current relevant local research on the subject.

Protocol developed succesfully with academic and praccal experse. Currently in use by Bolivian
Police.

Connuous monitoring of the Bolivian authories contributed to a beFer management of the El Nino
crisis in that year. Such acvies were documented in a complete report submiFed to the Bolivian
authories.

Project developed in conjunon with NGO Fundacion Construir. Database of populaon in each jail in
Cochabamba updated, with more 1455 prisioners under pre-trial detenon. Local court and judicial
system updated their database with the project's as a way to reduce excesive pre-trial detenon
procedures.

Local NGO Capacitacion y Derechos Ciudadanos draHed and presented the Naonal Acon Plan to
Protect Labour Rights for LGBT to the Bolivian Government. Such Plan was the result of several
workshops with LGBT leaders across the country and pilot tests and surveys with LGBT
representaves and employers from various local companies.

Brish expert Andrew StoF visited Bolivia and delivered talks and training to oJcers of the naonal
as well as local governments. He held meengs with the Bolivian Government authories and also
with the Municipality of La Paz authories. The project has inspired much of the progress achieved in
open government e3orts by AGETIC (the naonal government digital agency) as well as by La Paz
24/7, the online plaMorm of the La Paz Municipality.
Evalua0on summary

The Bolivian Government received the -nal study and a high-level presentaon for the Minister and
Vice-ministers. Thanks to the study, the very -rst Bolivian Investment Promoon Agency and its
website were established in the following years. The document and its main recommendaons is sll
very relevant and has been submiFed recently to the newly designated authories.

Diagnosis and report of the situaon of open data usage in Bolivia delivered. Results of report
duscussed by Boilivian journalists in a two-day workshop (71 journalists). Parcipants were trained in
the use of open data for reporng. Funding of 10 high-quality invesgave reports was made
available to allow their publishing. A book with the report and the 10 invesgaons was published
and presented in a well aFended event hoested by the Brish Ambassador.

Monica Novillo, Execuve Secretary of the Women Coordinator, aFended the Wilton Park Conference
and the Week of Women as the Bolivian representave. AHer her arrival to Bolivia, she delivered a
number of conferences and wrote arcles on women's rights and their involvement in polics and
business in Bolivia. A -nal event, were member organisaons of the Women Coordinator aFended,
was held by the Embassy, with Novillo as the main speaker.

Evalua0on summary
20 oJcers from the Bolivian intelligence unit of the annarcocs force trained in open source
intelligence-gathering tools. As the tools were open-source and did not require a subscripon or
licence, these oJcers were able to further train intelligence units in other departments/regions of
Bolivia.

Tourist district of La Paz has seen its crime rates reduced signi-cantly due to the project. Interest in
replicang/expanding the project has been expressed several mes by La Paz, Santa Cruz and
Bogota.

This -rst engagement with the Bolivian Lithim Company has allowed Brish organisaons such as the
Brish Geological Survey, Satelite Applicaons Catapult and Cambridge University to carry over
projects on lithium in Bolivia with IDB and HMG funding in the following years. Relaonship with the
Bolivian Lithium Company might also prove relevant as Bolivia becomes a supplier of lithium (a
crical material) to the UK. This last point is also related to an e3ort to connect Bolivia, Chile and
Argenna (i.e. the Lithium Triangle) with the London Metal Exchange.
Tourist Police oJcers beFer prepared to engage with English-speaking tourists (around 40k Brish
Naonals usually visit Bolivia). Classes took place in the tourism desnaons of La Paz, Uyuni and
Copacabana where Brish naonals had problems communicang with the police. However, high
rotaon in the instuon is sll considered a threat.
Local organisa0ons bene23ng

Bolivian Ministries of Health and

Sports and Educaon

Mother Earth Authority (Bolivian

Ministry of Environmental
A3airs)

Bolivian Ombudsman

Bolivian Vice-presidency’s Social

Research Centre

Bolivian Naonal Police.

Bolivian Ministry of
Government. Municipal
Government of La Paz.

Bolivian Ministry of Jusce.

LGBT Community in Bolivia.

Bolivian Ministry of Jusice

Bolivian Ministry of
Government. Municipal
Governments.
Local organisa0ons bene23ng

Bolivian Ministry of Planning

Bolivian Media

Women Coordinator, a local

NGO that gathers 35
organisaons that promote
women rights in Bolivia.

Local organisa0ons bene23ng

Bolivian Naonal Police

Municipal Government of La Paz

and Bolivian Naonal Police

Bolivian Lithium Company (state

owned)
Bolivian Naonal Police
Frontline Diplomac Enabling
Acvity in Bolivia (2018/19)
Project Value/£
Anmicrobial Resistance
training for Bolivian
government
Capacity building in
cybersecurity for 6nancial
instuons
Methodology development of
lithium deposit classi6caon
Project management training
for large investment projects
Crisis management response
for Santa Cruz
Digital media ethics for
journalists
Outline aim
A series of workshops delivered in June 2018 by Professor
William Gaze, expert in AMR from the University of Exeter,
in coordinaon with the Bolivian Ministry of Health to raise
awareness on the implicaons of AMR in the world and
4200 Bolivia.
A major event held in March 2019 on cybersecurity in
6nancial systems, and emphasising the case of Bolivia.
4654 Delivered in coordinaon with the Bolivian Stock Exchange.
Scien6c mission to salars in Chile (Atacama), Argenna
(Olaroz) and Bolivia (Uyuni) by lithium experts from the
Brish Geological Survey (and their US equivalent) in
October 2018, to idenfy similaries and di;erences
amongst lithium deposits (in brine) in these countries. Key
informaon gathered to start a project to develop an
homogenous methodology to measure reserves and
deposits of lithium in the Lithium Triangle, to become a
global standard. Project organised in coordinaon with DIT
Argenna and Chile, and with the Government authories
of the three countries, who assigned representaves to the
4046 mission.
A series of three two-day technical workshops delivered by
a teams of experts from Brish consultant company ASPIN
Ltd. and its associates, held in November 2018, to help
Bolivian public sector manage large contracts more
e;ecvely. The 6rst one focused on oil and gas projects,
the second one of large civil infrastructure projects and the
6400 6nal one of large city infrastructure projects.
To evaluate crisis management response in the city of Santa
Cruz, and the capability of the various emergency service
agencies, aiming to highlight strengths and weaknesses and
provide recommendaons for improvement (in light of
10000 Amazon forest 6res a;ecng Bolivia)
Training for Bolivian journalists focused on veri6caon of
9981 digital media news and elecon coverage related to this.

Journalist security
Cabinet OCce scoping visit
Bolivian government science
scoping visit
English Language Teaching
Market in Bolivia
Frontline Diplomac Enabling
Acvity in Bolivia (2019/20)
Project Value/£
Personal and Digital Security for Journalists. Strengthening
freedom of press by enhancing journalists’ safety
6217 techniques.
Scoping visit by Cabinet OCce’s Government
Communicaons Service Internaonal to ascertain which
country-speci6c approaches or iniaves would be
appropriate to strengthen government communicaon
capability, leading to increased accountability and
4419 supporng HMG’s e;orts in tackling corrupon.
To showcase the UK’s capability for science, innovaon and
research during Vice President visit to UK and support
5130 Bolivia in developing its science/research ecosystem.
To idenfy need for and interest in ELT provision in Santa
10000 Cruz.
65047
Outline aim
 Introduce green 6nance as a tool to develop structural
Pioneering green 6nance in intervenons to support economic development and tackle
Bolivia 7200 climate change

Strengthening Bolivia’s contribuon to clean energy (i.e.

opmise and scale up exploraon and producon of lithium
as well as manufacturing of lithium baGeries) in a
Lithium scien6c mission 8000 sustainable fashion

Design and implement a satellite data based applicaon

that can opmise exploraon and exploitaon of large/best
lithium sources in the Coipasa and Pastos Grandes salars in
Bolivia. In addion, it can decisively contribute to a
sustainable management of the water basin associated with
lithium extracon in those regions, thus migang
IADB Catapult support 5000 environmental and social impacts of such acvies.

Capacity building with city of Santa Cruz on how technology

Santa Cruz Urban improves cies’ ability to be more sustainable and resilient
Development Seminar 1000 towards climate change.

Sustainable gold mining Capacity building for Bolivian mining industry on managing
seminar 250 social issues with global best pracce
 Help Bolivian government understand the advantages
parcipang in the global lithium trade through established
Internaonal Lithium Markets 400 markets and developing lithium as a commodity.

A consultancy payment to Gannon emergency services at

Amazon 6re response co- the request of the Ministry of Defence for assistance to
ordinaon 4600 coordinate all foreign aid during the Amazon 6res.
Fire 6ghng consumables in response to Bolivian
Fire vests 2400 government appeal for aid from foreign governments

Polical – Electoral Culture for 2019 elecons. Civil Society’s

Supporng civil society observaon for electoral integrity. Promong the
elecon monitoring for strengthening of the democrac instuons and access to
presidenal elecons 8000 informaon about the electoral process

To increase academic links between the UK and Bolivia,

leading to more successful UK-funded research projects in
UK-Bolivia academic Bolivia. To connue to posion the UK as partner of choice
conference 6000 for Bolivia of science, research and innovaon.

To bring together a diverse group of inIuenal young

Bolivians to form a leadership group and
discuss/collaborate on soluons for some of the most
important issues in the country. The 6rst event, following
the polical crisis in November 2019, was focused on
40 under 40 9000 democracy, conIict-resoluon and peace-building.

To raise awareness about the illegal wildlife trade, in

parcular jaguars, in Bolivia ahead of the regional workshop
on jaguar trade hosted by the Bolivian government in July
Illegal Wildlife Trade 2019 (which also received DEFRA funding) and the Global
awareness raising 2200 IWT conference in Lima in October 2019.

To support the Bolivian government in developing coherent

cyber security public policies, by providing UK experts for
Cyber Security Training for the annual cyber security conference hosted by the Agency
Bolivian Government 4000 for Electronic Government.

To scope the possibility of develop a stronger environment

Scoping visit for Climate and climate relaonship between the UK and Bolivia and
Change programme with encourage a more ambious climate agenda ahead of
Ministry of Environment 600 COP26.

To raise awareness about the need for strong and urgent

acon to tackle AMR globally and support the development
An Microbial Resistance of a naonal AMR strategy in Bolivia through knowledge-
conference 1000 sharing.
59650
Evaluaon summary

Three main workshops (to policymakers, to doctors and nurses and to academics and students) were
delivered by Prof. Gaze, along with some other experts (mainly from Lan America) invited by the
Bolivian Minister of Health. An introductory speech by HMG Chief Medical OCcer Dame Sally Davies,
aimed at Bolivian policymakers, was recorded in advance and broadcasted in the 6rst event.
Healthcare policymakers, doctors and nurses and health academics and students in La Paz have now
more informaon and are more aware of the impact and consequences of An-Microbial Resistance
(AMR), an issue that is extremely important in a country where self-medicaon is common and
anbiocs are sold without restricons. AMR now a factor taken into account in MoH policy making.

Bolivian commercial banks and investment banks now more aware and now acquiring specialised
services to protect their systems from cybercrime. They also understand now that cybercrime has to
be faced in a collaborave fashion and based upon adequate and state-of-the-art technology. Several
companies in the 6eld now being hired and consulted. More than 150 execuves and senior oCcers
from the Bolivian 6nancial sector and the Financial Regulator aGended. Presentaons delivered in La
Paz by specialised Brish company Darktrace and by an expert from Chatham House.

Stronger links developed between the state-owned Bolivian Lithium Company (YLB) and the Brish
Embassy in Bolivia. A joint Brish Geological Survey / United States Geological Survey project on a
new methodology to measure lithium reserves and deposits in the Lithium Triangle (Argenna,
Bolivia and Chile) under discussion with the IDB. First contacts among governments of the Lithium
Triangle facilitated by the project, to coordinate future collaboraon on R&D related to the lithium
industry, with technical support from the Brish Geological Survey.

Technical sta; from the Bolivian Minister of Hydrocarbons, the Bolivian Ministry of Public Works and
the Municipal Government of Santa Cruz (main Bolivian city) trained in Project Management for
Large Investment Projects, based upon Brish experse in the 6eld. Authories now using training
material internally for programmes.

The 6re services, and crisis response departments of the regional and municipal governments all
formed part of the project to try and promote a uni6ed response.
The project brought together all the major players, leading to connuing work with private
emergency services providers and the local authories to improve their crisis response and
procurement of emergency equipment from internaonal sources.

30 Journalists from di;erent regions in Bolivia trained on the applicaon of veri6caon techniques
and pre-planning an elecon coverage that is balanced, accurate and free of polarisaon.
Implemented by Thomson Foundaon.
90 journalists from all over the country trained on how to cover breaking news that poses danger,
how to ensure safe communicaon with sources and safeguarding sensive data, also providing
them with enhanced techniques on how to protect their online security.

A GCSI expert visited Bolivia for a week and held a series of meeng with government authories,
NGO’s, civil society, internaonal partners and journalists. He issued a report outlining
recommendaons for possible collaboraon in various areas, including possible training on cross-
department coordinaon, delivering campaigns, crisis communicaons and counter disinformaon.

An MOU was signed on the intent to develop research collaboraon between both countries, as well
as an academic collaboraon agreement on quinoa producon on the margins. VP was personally
impressed with capability on display, leading to the 6rst UK-Bolivia academic conference later that
year.

The project was implemented by the Brish Council, Urugugay, and the study gathered qualitave
data from local ELT instuons, CAINCO, INCE, schools, students, ELT professionals and the Ministry
of Educaon. The project study concluded stang that: there is and will connue to be an
unsas6ed demand for courses for small groups, with a learner-centred syllabus and highly quali6ed
teachers who are pro6cient in English (C1-C2 level). There is also a demand for Business English
courses and ESP courses from teachers who have business and specialist experience and a high level
of English. In public educaon, a greater e;ort is needed from ELT stakeholders in order to make
English an item of importance in educaonal policies. Given the relave autonomy of educaonal
instuons and the absence of policies in ELT, there seems as well to be opportunies to be found
for direct partnerships with schools and teacher associaons; e.g. exchange programmes where
foreign teachers-in-training can work as assistant teachers alongside Bolivian teachers. Finally, it is
worth menoning that most interviewees in this study consider the reestablishment of the Brish
Council a mely and much-needed contribuon to the development of ELT in the country, mainly in
the areas of teacher training and exams. There is a lot of expectaon from the local ELT community
that more foreign investment is made in the coming years that will help increase the quality of ELT in
Santa Cruz, in order to counterbalance the relavely large amount invested in the quanty and
markeng of services in recent years. Report issued in English and Spanish.

Evaluaon summary
Two internaonal seminars on Green Finance held in La Paz and Santa Cruz in coordinaon with the
Bolivian Stock Exchange in March 2020. Keynote speaker provided by Brish The Carbon Trust and
guest speakers from IDB Invest, World Bank’s IFC, the Sanago Stock Exchange and the Peruvian
Development Bank. The proceedings of both seminars soon to be published as the very 6rst White
book on Green Finance in Bolivia. Pioneering Green Finance events held in La Paz and Santa Cruz,
which have now created a series of iniaves in the 6eld, led by the Bolivian Stock Exchange, the
Bolivian Bank Associaon and the Bolivian Government, with the UK as a strategic partner. A White
book on Green Finance in Bolivia to be issued in a couple of weeks as a 6rst guide for all the relevant
stakeholders in order to develop this new market that can provide badly needed funding to the
Climate Change agenda in Bolivia.

Brish scien6c mission organised in coordinaon with the Bolivian Government and its lithium
company, vising Uyuni and La Paz in September 2019. Experts from the Brish Geological Survey,
Satellite Applicaons Catapult, University of Cambridge and the Faraday BaGery Challenge aGended.
Besides visits, all aGendees were keynote speakers in two internaonal workshops on lithium (one
held in Uyuni and the other in La Paz), in coordinaon with Bolivian and Chilean Universies and also
with addional funding provided by the Inter-American Development Bank. Highly successful Brish
scien6c mission to the Bolivian Lithium deposits and industrial plants. Led to four projects
developed by the vising instuons (Brish Geological Survey, University of Cambridge,
Fastmarkets, CB2Tech and Satellite Applicaons Catapult) being (or about to be) implemented in
coordinaon with the Bolivian Lithium Company

Project to opmise Bolivia’s lithium exploraon and producon (in the Coipasa and Pastos Grandes
salars) using Brish technology on satellite data applicaons, implemented by UK’s Satellite
Applicaons Catapult. Co-funded with the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) who has
approved £100,000 for this project. Project has been approved by the Bolivian Government and shall
commence in the following weeks and last for two years. . Project implemented by Satellite
Applicaons Catapult in close coordinaon with the Bolivian Lithium Company (YLB), including
technology transfer and sta; training for the laGer.

Highly successful seminar delivered for municipal oCcers. Seminar held in March 2020, as part of the
Brish Week in Santa Cruz, in coordinaon with the Municipal Government of Santa Cruz, with
almost 250 people aGending. Four Brish experts presented their experiences on urban
developments associated with solar energy in cies, technology for cizen security, food security in
cies and on how to 6nd a balance between urban and rural development. Four Brish organisaons
presented their experiences on the topic. Two of them were very soon approached for further
relaonships with Santa Cruz. So far, one of them signed a commercial contract and is now supplying
solar panel technology to Santa Cruz and Bolivia. A second one might provide technical assistance on
technology related to cizen security in the coming months.

Internaonal seminar held in March 2020, organised by the Bolivian Ministry of Mining, Bolivian
consultant company Cumbre del Sajama and the Brish and Swiss Embassies in Bolivia. More than
300 execuves, oCcers and workers of the mining sector aGended. Private and public mining
companies in Bolivia now more conscious and aware of the importance of establishing fair and
respecOul relaons with people living nearby mining sites. In parcular, these are now more aware of
creave soluons as those designed and facilitated by specialised Brish company Watchman UK
(keynote presenter in the event) in Africa. However, fresh e;orts are required in this 6eld. Watchman
UK and other consultancies are now in line to o;er its services in this important 6eld to a number of
Bolivian mining companies who wish to achieve win-win soluons to their controversies with
indigenous inhabitants and towns located in the area of inIuence of their acvies.
High – level technical meeng held in Buenos Aires, Argenna, in April 2019. Mining and lithium
authories of Argenna (Minister), Chile (Main Advisor to the Minister) and Bolivia (Vice-minister of
Lithium and CEO of state-owned Bolivian Lithium Company) as well as senior representaves of the
London Metal Exchange aGended to the meeng hosted and facilitated by the Brish Ambassador in
Argenna. The project from the Brish Embassy in Bolivia end, consisted in securing and facilitang
the presence of the Bolivian authories in the meeng. Bolivian Government authories aware of
the relevance of the London Metal Exchange and its interest to establish a lithium standard (based
upon the Lithium Triangle producon, based in brine and thus the most compeve in the world) for
market operaons as a new commodity. REDACTED SECTIONS 27 & 43.

As experts Gannon were able to draw up lists of essenal equipment needed, and 6nd available
suppliers with suCcient stocks. They worked for a month with the government helping to coordinate
the crisis response, and their help allowed the authories to contain the 6res more quickly than they
would have been able to otherwise.

N/A

An Alliance of civil society organisaons coordinated an operaon for cizen’s observaon of the
elecons in 2019. They conducted two surveys about the quality of the democracy in Bolivia and the
vong intenon. One of them was an important input for the OAS mission report, which iden6ed
irregularies in the process.

The conference brought together 17 researchers based in both countries in a mul-disciplinary forum
for the 6rst me, with high-level government buy-in from the Social Research Centre housed by the
Vice-Presidency of Bolivia. The opportunies for UK-Bolivian research funding were widely
disseminated.

The launch event brought together 33 young leaders from all across the polical spectrum and
represenng diverse voices from civil society, academia and business. Parcipants are now
collaborang on small projects focused on social cohesion and the impacts of COVID-19.

Publicity events and murals by Bolivian street arsts gained signi6cant press aGenon and
contributed to cemenng our posion as the key ally for Bolivia on IWT, including signi6cant tracon
with the Ministry of Water and Environment.

Two UK experts were funded to parcipate. Over 1,000 people took part, including students, ICT
leads from major government agencies and state-owned companies, private sector and civil society.
New dialogue with Bolivian government on cyber.

The visit included successful meengs with key stakeholders including SIN FCO, BEIS, UKRI (including
InnovateUK and Research Councils), Brish Council and universies/catapults, leading to the
development of a coordinated and strategic one HMG approach for engaging with Bolivia on climate.

A UK expert on AMR from the University of Exeter delivered a keynote address at a naonal AMR
conference. The UK is now viewed as a key ally for Bolivia on AMR and academics and public health
oCcials in both countries are exploring the possibilies of joint research.
Local organisaons bene-.ng

Bolivian ministry of health

Bolivian Stock Exchange

Bolivian Lithium Company YLB,

Chilean Government and
Argennian Government

Bolivian ministries of
Hydrocarbons and Public Works,
and Municipal Government of
Santa Cruz

Regional government of Santa

Cruz department

Local journalists
Local contribuon to a joint
project with Brish Embassy
Lima, funded by Media Freedom
Fund. Local IPF funds were
granted to partner Fundacion
para el Periodismo to cover
coordinaon and logisc
expenses of running Thomson
Foundaon’s training in three
cies.

Bolivian ministry of
communicaon, civil society

Bolivian vice presidency,

ministry of educaon and
science

Bolivian Ministry of Educaon,

State and municipal
governments of Santa Cruz

Local organisaons bene-.ng

Bolivian stock exchange, Bolivian
public and private businesses,
Santa Cruz city government

Bolivian Lithium Company and

small towns surrounding the
lithium deposits and industrial
plants

Bolivian Lithium Company

Municipal government of Santa

Cruz and cizens and businesses
of Santa Cruz

Bolivian Ministry of Mining and

Bolivian mining sector
Bolivian ministry of energy and
high technology

Bolivian ministry of defence

Bolivian police (= 6re service)

Local foundaon Jubilieo

received funding as part of
c.USD1m provided by USA and
other EU countries.

Bolivian vice presidency,

ministry of educaon and
science. Bolivian academics

Individuals - travel costs

Ministry of Water and

Environment

AGETIC (Bolivian technology

agency)

Ministry of Water and

Environment

Bolivian Ministry of Health

Part 1 - Chevening Scholarships in Bolivia

The budget for Chevening between 2015 and 2019 is as follows:

Year Budget £ Scholar numbers

2015-2016 scholar 217,000 10
cohort
2016-2017 173,600 9
2017-2018 192,000 7
2018-2019 210,800 10
2019-2020 168,939 7

The budget is set each year using a unit cost based on an average tui$on fee.

The actual cost is usually di&erent from this budgeted cost, due to varying tui$ons fees, and scholar
withdrawals and upgrades.

4) Provide FCO evalua$ons of these projects.

Evalua$on is conducted centrally at the Chevening Secretariat. There is no separate evalua$on of

Chevening in Bolivia.
Our impact report [linked] gives you an insight into some of the inspira$onal successes that the
Chevening community has achieved, and the di&erence they con$nue to make all around the world.

5) Please provide the name of any local organisa$on which received funding through these projects.
NONE

6) Please provide an outline of aims of these projects.

Chevening is the UK government’s interna$onal awards programme aimed at developing global

leaders. Funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development O9ce (FCDO) and partner
organisa$ons, Chevening o&ers two types of award – Chevening Scholarships and Chevening
Fellowships – the recipients of which are personally selected by Bri$sh embassies and high
commissions throughout the world.

Chevening o&ers a unique opportunity for future leaders, in=uencers, and decision-makers from all
over the world to develop professionally and academically, network extensively, experience UK
culture, and build las$ng posi$ve rela$onships with the UK. Since 1983, over 50,000 professionals
have studied in the UK through Chevening.